21st Century Necromancer

"The bloodstain indicates the start was probably right here." Tokairin Yuko put down the spray bottle containing the Luminol Solution as she looked towards Misumi Mikoto and Chen Yu, standing by the firmly shut door of the storeroom for physical education equipment.

Standing at the entrance to the equipment room, Misumi Mikoto glanced at the closed room, hesitated for a moment with a contemplative expression, and then opened the door.

As with any school's physical education equipment storeroom, Suikawa High School's storeroom was also filled with various sports equipment. However, it was apparent that students had been using the area as a hangout spot, clearing out considerable space for activities, so it didn't seem completely packed.

Unfinished snacks were left on tables, and a pile of comic books and photo magazines littered the floor, clearly indicating the state of the high schoolers who frequented this place.

After the trio of forensic investigators from UDI entered, they immediately began looking for clues, but Chen Yu only watched as Misumi Mikoto and Tokairin Yuko worked busily with Kube Rokuro and did not seem interested in intervening. In fact, he even asked Jounouchi Hiromi to stay outside the door.

Transcendent perception had already allowed him to detect the residual scent of blood in the air and the victim's unwillingness and resentment from the very first moment.

He walked to the corner and took out a rolled-up mat from storage. As he unfolded it on the floor under the surprised gaze of Misumi Mikoto and the others, the large bloodstain on the mat immediately caused Tokairin Yuko to turn her head away, her face showing an expression of distress.

This was also one of the reasons why Chen Yu did not want Jounouchi Hiromi to come in. Crime scenes are generally quite brutal, and Chen Yu had no desire for his girlfriend to witness such a scene.

"Judging from the area of this bloodstain, at least two liters of blood was lost. It's certain that the cause of death was excessive bleeding." Chen Yu pulled out a pair of surgical gloves from his pocket, put them on, examined the bloodstains on the mat, and then looked at the traces on the floor. Next to the pile of comic books, he spotted some white powder: "Dr.

Misumi, please collect the bloodstains and hairs for DNA comparison. Also, take some of this white powder on the floor for testing. It looks like this is the crime scene."

Observing the vast bloodstain on the mat, Misumi Mikoto agreed with Chen Yu's assessment. Along with Tokairin Yuko and Kube Rokuro, she started the task of collecting various samples to send for analysis.

However, after Misumi Mikoto finished collecting bloodstains and hairs from the mat, Chen Yu made a move that left her dumbstruck—he laid down on the mat.

"Doctor Chen, what are you doing?" Misumi Mikoto asked in surprise, not understanding why he would lie down on the mat. Since this was now confirmed to be the scene of the crime, the place where Chen Yu was lying was unquestionably the position of the victim. By lying in the victim's position, what was he trying to do?

"Considering the amount of bleeding and the location where the weapon pierced, the victim did not die immediately after being stabbed but survived for five to ten minutes, and he must have been lying on this mat the entire time, which is why such a large bloodstain was left behind." Chen Yu lay on the mat, looking left and right while explaining to Misumi Mikoto: "Since the victim was alive for five to ten minutes, there should have been some struggle...

Yet, there are no signs of a struggle here."

"No signs of struggle?" On hearing Chen Yu's words, Misumi Mikoto hurriedly examined the area around the mat. Indeed, the piled comics and surrounding desks and chairs, as Chen Yu had described, were very orderly and showed no signs of disarray or struggle: "What does this mean? Did the victim just lie there on the mat for several minutes without moving?"

"Not only that..." Chen Yu sat up from the mat and stood in front of it, facing Misumi Mikoto: "Judging from the wounds on the victim's body and his clothing in the video, he should have been lying face-up on the mat, but the knife wound was in his back.

If that's the case, then he must have been lying on his back to the mat like I am now, which explains why there were no bloodstains on the front of his clothing."

Watching Chen Yu lie with his back to the mat while explaining to her, Misumi Mikoto visualized the scene in her mind and suddenly grasped the implication of what Chen Yu was suggesting: "But the wound is on the back, which means the victim's back was towards the assailant or the weapon. So, how did he get stabbed?"

"I'm also very interested in this question, let's simulate it," Chen Yu said with an interested expression on his face, looking at Kube Rokuro beside him, "Rokuro, do you have a pen on you? Use that to simulate the murder weapon and pretend to stab me in the back three times."

"Yes, Brother Yu," Rokuro nodded, taking out a water-based pen from his backpack and holding it in his hand as if it were a knife.

Chen Yu turned his back, signaling Kube Rokuro that he could start.

Upon seeing this, Kube Rokuro stepped forward and poked three times at Chen Yu's back, pretending to simulate the three stabs the murderer inflicted on the victim. Then Chen Yu turned around in feigned surprise and fell onto the cushion with his back down, but his posture was strange no matter how you looked at it, and in the end, he didn't turn over but fell on his side onto the cushion.
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"Brother Yu, are you okay?" Seeing Chen Yu fall onto the cushion, Kube Rokuro quickly reached out and pulled him up.

"I'm fine." Chen Yu dusted his hands off and stood up from the cushion, then also looked at Kube Rokuro, "Rokuro, where exactly did you stab just now?"

"I wasn't paying attention, just stabbing randomly," Kube Rokuro answered upon hearing Chen Yu's question. After thinking for a bit, he realized that he really hadn't been paying attention and had just randomly stabbed three times.

Hearing what Kube Rokuro said, Chen Yu closed his eyes and considered for a moment before indicating that Kube Rokuro should switch places with him, "Rokuro, you stand here, and I'll try stabbing you."

Kube Rokuro nodded at this suggestion and switched places with Chen Yu, standing in front of the cushion, while Chen Yu held the water-based pen behind him.

Recalling the positions of the wounds on the body and comparing them with Kube Rokuro, Chen Yu raised his hand and stabbed towards him. However, after two stabs, just as he was about to stab a third time, Chen Yu suddenly stopped his motion.

"What's wrong, Mr. Chen Yu?" Seeing Chen Yu's motion come to a sudden halt, Misumi Mikoto knew he must have found something amiss.

"No, that's not right," Chen Yu signaled Kube Rokuro to stand still and after trying a few more times, he still felt it was awkward, "Why would someone stab here? Even if they wanted to stab a few more times, it still doesn't make sense... Struggling? Then the second stab should be off... Why are they so far apart?"

"Mr. Chen Yu, what exactly is wrong?" Misumi Mikoto, seeing Chen Yu perplexed, hurriedly asked with concern.

Chen Yu shook his head, still thinking, but he answered Misumi Mikoto's question, "The positions of the wounds are wrong. If it was a succession of three stabs, the wounds should be more concentrated based on the length of the arm and the weapon."