Chapter 1670 The Killed Woman
Seeing Ayano Saeki burst into tears again, Officer Megure on the side spoke to comfort him.
As for Tangze, he took advantage of the search to look at the entire room.
First of all, the most conspicuous things in the whole room are the footprints and the bloody knife.
The footprints spread randomly towards the balcony, and it looked like he might have escaped from the balcony.
Tangze tapped his finger on the footprints on the floor, and then pinched the dust on it.
Then he looked sideways at the murder weapon thrown aside. The dagger was stained with blood, and the floor next to the dagger was also stained with some blood.
But after seeing the pool of blood next to the murder weapon, Tang Ze couldn't help but frown.
He stood up and walked to the balcony, and Conan followed him.
"The balcony window was smashed, and the criminals probably invaded from here."
Conan looked at the broken balcony door and said, "Miss Mifuyu's house only has the second floor, and there is grass below.
Whether it's invasion or escape, it shouldn't be difficult."
"Judging from the footprints, it does appear that way."
The tip of Tang Ze's nose twitched slightly, and the next moment he turned to look at the external air conditioner on the balcony. On it, there was a relatively regular rectangle composed of a circle of yellow residue.
"Are these bread crumbs?" Karasawa quickly identified the identity of the residue from the smell. After entering the room again, he found a bread machine on the cupboard that was used to heat bread slices.
"Takagi Criminal, did you find anything there?"
After looking at the bread heating machine, Karasawa looked at Officer Takagi who was communicating with the forensics personnel and asked.
"We found a piece of paper in the trash can in the room."
Takagi took out the evidence bag and found a crumpled piece of paper inside: "It says "293" on it. Miss Ayano, don't you know if you have any impression of this set of numbers?"
"No," Ayano Saeki looked at the note and shook her head.
"The body is missing. It will definitely be a big trouble to transport it directly." Karasawa said: "Is there any suitcase or anything like that in Miss Mifuyu's house?"
"If you say so"
When Saeki Ayano heard Karasawa's words, she looked around and said with a horrified expression: "Mifuyu's suitcase is missing!
She has a big suitcase, which she usually puts in the cabinet at the end of the bed."
"So, that guy Tabata took the suitcase!"
When Mouri Kogoro heard this, he immediately said excitedly: "So this should be the case, Megure Police Department!
The prisoner first killed Miss Mifuyu with a knife, and then when he was about to move the body, Miss Ayano rushed over.
Then he hid on the balcony, and when Ayano-san left, he put Mifuyu-san in her suitcase and took her away."
"Judging from the evidence at the scene, this is indeed the most likely possibility."
Officer Megure pondered for a moment and then immediately ordered: "Takagi, immediately take someone to the area to find out if there is any suspicious man moving around with a suitcase!
Let’s go see Mr. Tabata’s house!”
The group of people heard this and had no objections, so they drove to Mr. Tabata's home under the command of Ayano Saeki.
Tabata Atsushi's house is a standard one-family house. When everyone arrived at the far gate, two patrol policemen walked towards them.
After receiving the order, they arrived at the mansion and guarded the door.
"Officer Megure, there are footprints here and traces of wheel axles. They must have been left by the heavy suitcases being checked in!"
After hearing what Mouri Kogoro said, Takagi took out his notebook and compared the footprints and said, "Indeed, the footprints here are consistent with the footprints at Miss Mifuyu's house."
Hearing Takagi's words, his previous reasoning was fulfilled. Mouri Kogoro became more and more excited, and his desire for expression was overwhelming: "That guy Tabata, he really packed the body in a suitcase and brought it home after killing someone!"
Mouri Kogoro walked towards the door aggressively. After first ringing the doorbell but no one responded, he opened the door directly the next moment.
“The door is unlocked”
Mouri Kogoro was just about to say something, but when he saw the boots under the entrance, his face became frozen and he quickly entered the room and said: "Police department, look at those shoes with blood stains on them!"
Wearing white gloves, Mouri Kogoro picked up the shoes, looked at the bottom of the shoes and said solemnly: "The shading of these shoes is the same as the mark of Miss Mifuyu's shoes!
Obviously, the prisoner was wearing this pair of shoes when he killed Miss Mifuyu.
Look, you guys, there’s blood on it!”
Officer Megure and Takagi looked at each other, nodded immediately, and Takagi took the lead in walking towards the interior of the room.
The strong Karasawa followed behind the opponent. If there was an emergency, his reaction could completely limit the attack and protect Takagi's safety.
"Did you run away?"
Megure, who had not heard anything from Tokyo, couldn't help but speak as he walked and listened to the quiet sounds around him.
After all, if you hear so much movement in the house, you will definitely check the situation or run away with a guilty conscience.
But since they arrived at Tabata's house, there has been no movement in the entire room. It is normal for Officer Megure to suspect that the other party has escaped.
Just when everyone was wondering whether the other party was fleeing in fear of crime, they were shocked when they saw the scene in the living room. The next moment they unconsciously quickened their pace and came to the low table.
Atsushi Tabata, who they expected to escape, was lying on the table at this moment, without any movement, and there was a pool of white liquid next to his mouth. It looked like the situation was not good.
"died."
After testing his pulse, Tang Ze shook his head and said.
"What on earth is going on!?" Officer Memu's expression changed drastically when he saw this scene, but his expression was more confused.
After all, in the previous investigation, it was obvious that Tabata Atsushi was the murderer.
When they arrived at the identified suspect's home, they found that the suspect was dead. This made everyone feel doubtful and eager to know what happened.
"The unique almond flavor of cyanide."
Tang Ze's nose moved slightly and he confirmed that this was an old friend of theirs who was investigating the case. He was poisoned with the most poison: "She should have been poisoned to death."
"Depending on the situation, it should be mainly placed in the cup of coffee on the table." Officer Megure judged after looking at the things on the table.
"There is also a piece of paper." Karasawa looked at the content on it and read: "It says [I will definitely go to Mifuyu—Tabata Atsushi]. It looks like a suicide note."
"Look for Tabata's characters in the house and compare them," Officer Megure ordered after hearing this.
After hearing this, Takagi quickly searched around, and finally found the words "Meifu" written on the calendar by the other party, and after comparison, it was confirmed that it was his own handwriting.
"Suicide?"
After confirming that the handwriting was consistent, Officer Memu looked at the corpse on the table and said to himself.
"Whether it is a suicide or not remains to be confirmed. The top priority is to find Miss Mifuyu's body first."
Tang Ze, who was on the side, heard Officer Megure starting to make a conclusion and quickly opened his mouth to divert everyone's attention.
Even if he hasn't seen any flaws yet, Tang Ze knows that the other party will definitely not commit suicide.
If Officer Megure really planned to end the case with suicide, he would have to stand up and talk about the discovery of the handwriting again. In order to save words, he would just divert his attention first.
"It doesn't seem to be in this room." Mouri Kogoro looked around and said, "Police Department, let's go take a look at the surrounding rooms."
Hearing what Mouri Kogoro said, Officer Megure nodded and walked out of the living room with Takagi to search other rooms.
After Tangze looked at the body, he looked around again, and finally his eyes fell on the cabinet next to him.
In this cupboard, there are two layers of teacups. The first layer is white teacups with green graphics, while the lower layer is full of blue teacups and trays.
"Looking for the suitcase!"
Just as Karasawa was looking at the missing tea set among the blue tea cups on the floor below and thinking deeply, Takagi's words immediately attracted Karasawa's attention, and he and Conan hurriedly walked out of the living room and towards the bedroom.
"I'm going to open it!"
Takagi opened the buckle with a solemn expression, and after talking to everyone, he opened the lid of the red suitcase.
But what they saw made everyone stunned.
Because the suitcase was empty, there was nothing packed in it, let alone the miserable corpse as expected.
"It's empty." Takagi looked at the suitcase and couldn't help but guess, "Did you find the wrong suitcase? It's another suitcase?"
"Probably not."
Tang Ze knelt down and took out a long hair from the suitcase: "This length is obviously female."
"I see!"
Before Karasawa could make a judgment, Kogoro Mouri hit his left palm with his right hand, with an expression that I already knew: "Tabata must have put Miss Mifuyu in the suitcase and left the other party's house, and then put her in the suitcase on the way."
Miss Mifuyu’s body was thrown away!”
"Um!"
Officer Megure nodded in agreement, and immediately said: "Then let's go back and investigate whether the hair is the same as Miss Mifuyu's.
Takagi, use their mansion as a starting point to search for Miss Mifuyu’s body!”
"Wait a minute, something's wrong."
Hearing that Officer Megure's arrangements were likely to "temporarily come to an end," Tangze felt a little bad.
After all, this journey was a little too smooth, and all the clues seemed to be designed to guide them to this conclusion.
This made Tang Ze feel like he was "in the game".
When you sense something is wrong, you have to jump out as soon as possible and don't follow the rhythm of the person who arranged the situation, so Tangze immediately interrupted Officer Megure's words.
And Tang Ze's words made everyone's eyes focus on him, with curiosity in their eyes.
"Is there anything wrong?" Officer Megure asked curiously.
"There is something wrong with this suitcase appearing in this room."
Karasawa pointed to the suitcase in front of him: "If Atsushi Tabata really dumped his body on the way, why not bury the suitcase together?
After all, after the body has been moved, the suitcase has become an important exhibit, and most people would not want to take it home.
What Mr. Tabata is doing now is nothing short of unnecessary."
"That's true," Officer Memu nodded in agreement.
"Besides, the tea set Mr. Tabata uses to drink coffee seems to be a coffee cup used to entertain guests."
Conan on the side followed Tang Ze's rhythm and followed suit.
"That's also a problem."
Karasawa nodded and added: "Look at the white mug over there in the kitchen. That seems to be the mug that Mr. Tabata usually uses."
"This is similar to how some people who commit suicide will choose to tidy up their appearance in the end, right?"
Mouri Kogoro looked indifferent and didn't take it seriously at all and said: "Mr. Tabata, maybe you just want to drink a cup of coffee?
As for taking the wrong cup, you will commit suicide, so naturally you will no longer stick to the rules."
"But it is also possible that there are traces left by someone other than Mr. Tabata."
As Karasawa spoke, he rummaged through the cupboards, but found no signs of any cups being used.
"You can see there are no traces."
Mouri Kogoro on the side saw that Karasawa's efforts were in vain. As soon as he finished speaking, Conan slapped him in the face: "Found it! There are traces of lipstick on the sea where the dishes were washed in the kitchen!"
"It seems that in order to hide that he had visited Mr. Tabata's home, someone eliminated traces of himself in the house."
Tang Ze looked at the lipstick on the sponge and sneered at the corner of his mouth: "But in the end, the flaw was exposed. Although the cup was cleaned, the lipstick on it got onto the dishwashing sponge."
"Hide your traces!?"
Officer Megure was suddenly startled when he heard this, and quickly said: "Could it be that Mr. Tabata's death was not a suicide, but that he was poisoned to death!?"
"If this is the case, how should we explain the suicide note?"
Mouri Kogoro asked: "The suicide note also said something like [I will definitely find Mifuyu].
And after comparison, the handwriting is the same."
"But it's also possible that we were preconceived about Miss Mifuyu's death, so we misunderstood that sentence to mean that she died with Mifuyu."
Karasawa slowly said: "If that sentence is really literal, would Tabata Atsushi go somewhere in reality to find Miss Mifuyu?
It's just that the prisoner took advantage of this letter and made us mistakenly think it was a suicide note."
"If that's the case, it's not a suicide, but a carefully planned murder!" Mouri Kogoro said with a horrified look on his face, and a solemn look in his eyes.
"First kill, and then commit suicide out of fear of guilt. This is a trap set by the murderer for us in order to escape guilt!"
Mouri Kogoro said with a serious expression: "It seems that Miss Mifuyu was also attracted by that person."
"Actually, there are some strange things about Miss Mifuyu's house."
Tang Ze said: "On our way here, there was a light rain in the sky and it cleared up soon. Maybe everyone didn't pay much attention to it.
But just because you don't care doesn't mean it doesn't exist. The footprints on the floor of Miss Mifuyu's house are dry, which is very strange.
It stands to reason that from the time Miss Mifuyu was attacked to the time Detective Mori called the police, the footprints in the house should have been wet.
But when I went to touch it, I found that the soil on the footprints had dried, and it had obviously been there for a while.
This is obviously arranged by someone in advance!"
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