"That's right, police department, she is the girl I saw in the photo email."
After Aso Minori stood up and looked at the face of the deceased, Mouri Kogoro said firmly.
"Well? Brother Mouri, have you seen the deceased?" After hearing Kogoro Mouri's words, Officer Megure cast a surprised look.
"It can be considered a coincidence." Mouri Kogoro scratched his head, and then slowly told what happened during the day.
This morning, Kogoro Mouri received an invitation from the large theme park "Cartoon Kingdom" and became a director there.
Because Mouri Kogoro felt that it would be pointless to go directly, he went to a clothing store that rented clothes and rented clothes.
As a result, Kogoro Mouri's funny ability was so well received that he was invited to continue to be the "One-day Director" next year and the year after that.
Of course, these are not the point. The point is that after he and Conan went to return the clothes, they happened to meet Jiro Ishikawa, who reported the crime, and the three of them went to borrow clothes.
There was a brief exchange between the few people.
And Kogoro Mouri also clearly remembered that Yoko Nakamura received a text message from Miss Umeda, which also included a photo of herself dressed as a clown.
And everyone also clearly remembered that the time at that time was half past four because Kijima Mikan had read the time and estimated the distance before departure.
"Hmm... In other words, at 4:30, is Miss Umeda still alive..."
After listening to what Kogoro Mouri said, Officer Megure initially deduced the time when Miss Umeda was killed.
"Has the identity of Miss Umeda been investigated?"
Tangze didn't put too much faith in this time point. After all, if a prisoner wanted to prove his innocence, he would usually arrange an alibi for himself.
"It is said that he is a very talented editor of a popular magazine."
Miwako Sato on the side was holding a manual and told Karasawa and others the information she had just obtained from questioning the three of them: "As for Mr. Kijima, who first discovered the deceased, he was the makeup artist she discovered and trained.
As for Mr. Ishikawa, he is a photographer in the company, and his engagement partner, Ms. Yoko, only needs to work as a model in the company."
"Police Department, valuables such as rings and necklaces are missing from the jewelry box in the victim's room." At this moment, Chiba walked out of the bedroom and reported the news of his investigation to everyone.
"Are you saying it's possible that a robber committed the murder?" Kijima Miko seemed to have thought of something after hearing Chiba's words, and said with some hesitation: "It couldn't be the panicked young man we met when we came here."
"What! Do you think you don't know the prisoner's face?"
After hearing Kijima Mi's words, Mouri Kogoro on the side quickly asked.
"That's right, it was about 5 o'clock at that time..." Kijima nodded and said: "After we parked the car in the parking lot and were walking towards the gate of the community, a very panicked person suddenly rushed out.
man.
I remember he seemed to be wearing a black coat...right, Ishikawa?"
"Well..." Ishikawa nodded, and then under the descriptions of the three people, everyone also understood the situation before the body was discovered.
Although they met a panicked guy at the door, the three of them didn't pay much attention at first.
After all, this is a high-rise apartment, and there are still many people living there. What if the other party just has something urgent?
So the three of them didn't take it too seriously at first, and even made some jokes about whether they were robbers or something.
Ishikawa also scared his girlfriend that she might be a murderer or something, which made her angry.
Just chatting like this, the three of them took the elevator to Miss Umeda's house.
Because Miss Umeda would leave the door open for them to come in directly in her text message at noon, Kijima and the other three opened the door directly and entered the room.
But when the three of them entered the room, they found that the lights in the room were not turned on at all, and it looked very dim.
At this time, Kijima Mito pointed to the ground with some confusion. Ishikawa and the others looked closely and discovered that there were several footprints on the wooden floor of the entrance.
Thinking back to the previous banter of the three people, everyone was panicked for a moment.
Upon seeing this, the three people took off their shoes and entered the room, and even asked about the footprints at the entrance. However, they did not expect to find Editor Umeda lying on the ground dead in the living room.
"I also wanted to go up and help, but fortunately Kijima was calm enough and stopped me because he was afraid of damaging the traces left by the prisoners in the room." Ishikawa Jiro explained.
"After that, I wanted to find the phone in the room to call the police, but I didn't expect that the phone line was cut off by the prisoner." Mijima explained: "The editor-in-chief's mobile phone was also not found."
"Because none of us had mobile phones with us at that time, Kijima-kun suggested that he and Ishikawa go find a public phone."
Nakamura Yoko echoed and added: "But because Ishikawa was afraid that I would be scared if I stayed here alone, the two of us went outside to find a public phone and left Kijima-kun alone in the room."
"We searched nearby for a long time but couldn't find a public phone. Finally, we went to a nearby station to find one..." Ishikawa Jiro glanced at Miss Umeda who was being carried away next to him, but he didn't finish his words in the end.
Nakamura Yoko on the side looked at Umeda's body and even turned his head and couldn't bear to look at it anymore, with a look of sadness on his face.
"Hey, why don't you guys bring your cell phones?"
After hearing the words of the three people, Conan had already heard something was wrong. Before Tang Ze could speak, he couldn't help but ask: "When we met before, didn't the eldest sister still use it?"
"You kid, just interrupt me again!"
Mouri Kogoro lowered his head and scolded in displeasure, then looked at the three of them and said seriously: "I also want to ask you this question."
"That's because our mobile phones were all stored at the place where we rented clothes." Nakamura Yoko quickly explained after hearing this.
"Actually, Editor Umeda doesn't like mobile phones too much. She feels that mobile phones will not bring convenience, but will be disturbed anytime and anywhere."
Kijima Mito echoed and explained: "Especially when we have a party today, Editor Umeda will never allow anyone to bring a mobile phone to the party."
"She also repeatedly told us in text messages not to bring mobile phones." Ishikawa Jiro then added the last key reason.
"Is that so..."
Mouri Kogoro said with a deep expression: "Five years ago, public telephones were everywhere, but now it takes a long time to find them. It's really a strange era..."
"Yeah, I don't know if it's more convenient or more inconvenient."
Officer Memu also sighed in agreement. Obviously, with the rapid development of the times, the two middle-aged men also felt that they could not keep up with the times.
"Let's not talk about this for now."
After a moment of emotion, Mouri Kogoro said solemnly: "I don't know whether the murderer learned the news in advance, or whether he came to this unlocked room by chance.
Ms. Umeda was so focused on preparing for the party that she didn’t even notice there was an intruder in the house.”
"External invasion..."
After hearing what Kogoro Mouri said, Officer Megure touched his chin and said in deep thought: "Judging from the current situation, it is true that the panicked man Mr. Ishikawa and the others saw at the door is very suspicious..."
On the other hand, looking at the tableware scattered on the table, Tang Ze didn't quite agree with the two people's speculations.
From a practical point of view, the dining table is facing the entrance door. Even if you are busy with party arrangements at the time, you will not notice if the door is opened.
After all, she knew that if she left the door open, she would definitely have some thoughts on the outside.
Apart from this, there were no signs of any struggle or escape around.
If you don't notice it at first and later find that a stranger is approaching you, a normal person's first reaction will be to distance themselves.
In this case, the gangster wanted to subdue the deceased, and Miss Umeda wanted to protect herself. There would definitely be a conflict between the two.
In other words, there must be traces of fighting.
But now, there are only traces of struggle, such as cutlery scattered on the dining table, which is a bit intriguing.
It even feels a bit like a sudden attack by an acquaintance who approaches.
If the reality alone is not enough to be certain, Tangze's analysis of "Ke Xue's Law" is already close to a stone hammer.
The first choice is that since the presence of Kogoro Mouri and Conan triggered the case, it is impossible to expect that outsiders killed the deceased. Instead, the three people present are the most suspect.
After all, it was a classic case of choosing one of three. Tangze knew without even thinking that the suspect must be among them.
Of course, the "handsome guy, beautiful girl rule" does not apply this time, because the three people this time are actually considered to be handsome men and beautiful women.
However, Karasawa still doubted this "traditional" handsome guy like Mijima Mito.
Well, the other person is the type who looks handsome and has medium-long hair. Many of the handsome criminals that Karasawa arrested are of this type.
Of course, the main reason why Karasawa suspected Kijima Mito was because Kijima Mito was too obvious when he discovered the body.
However, whether he found footprints when he first entered the house or asked Ishikawa not to destroy the crime scene after discovering the body, the other party acted too calmly.
If you say that people like Karasawa and others who have criminal work experience would take such measures when encountering such a situation, it is normal, but it is a bit strange that you, an ordinary makeup artist, can be so calm.
Of course, if you really say you are gifted, then that's fine, but overall, Kijima Mito is a bit too "rhythmic".
Judging from the three people's retelling of the situation at that time, from the entry to the final phone call, the other party was constantly guiding Ishikawa and the two.
Such a rhythm was so obvious that even Tang Ze felt that the other party had basically been exposed.
Every move of the other party points to one thing, which is to push the suspicion to the invasion of outsiders.
But Tang Ze had long ago ruled out the possibility of external intrusion and determined that the crime was committed internally.
Then your rhythm is a bit too obvious.
Thinking of this, Karasawa looked at Kijima and said with a smile: "It's all thanks to Mr. Kijima that the crime scene remains the same."
"No, no, I just watch a lot of mystery dramas, so I imitate and deal with it. It would be great if it can help."
After hearing Karasawa's words, Kijima smiled and said modestly.
Hearing this, Tang Ze just smiled and said nothing more.
He was not surprised by Kijima Mi's answer and even felt that the other party's excuse was terrible.
To be honest, Karasawa felt that Kijima Mito seemed to be a "rhythm master", but because he guided him so well when he discovered it, his own performance was a little too obvious.
After the initial test, Tang Ze looked around and searched for the same place in the room, trying to find some clues. However, at this time, a subtle sound coming from outside the room attracted his attention.
"Let me go! I don't know! It's not me!!"
As the sound coming from the entrance door became louder and louder, everyone couldn't help but look towards the entrance door.
I saw Takagi grabbing a young man wearing a black coat and dragging him into the room.
"That's him!"
"That's him we saw!"
Before Megure and the others could ask what was going on, Ishikawa and Nakamura on the side pointed at each other and exclaimed.
"He is the man we saw rushing out in a hurry!" Ishikawa looked at the man in front of him with a look of hostility in his eyes.
"I was in front of the station so that the other side of the park wouldn't see him looking frightened and fidgety, so I stepped forward to ask questions."
Takagi restrained the other person's arms with both hands, looked at the man beside him and said with a cold face: "But who knew that after hearing my words, he suddenly wanted to escape, so I arrested him directly."
According to Takagi, this man was called Shimizu Shintaka. When he was arrested, a large amount of jewelry was found on his body.
While talking, Takagi took out a handkerchief from his trouser pocket. When he opened it, he found various kinds of jewelry. The gorgeous gems were dazzling.
Upon seeing this, Officer Megure quickly called Nakamura Yoko and three others to ask them to identify whether this was the ornament in Miss Umeda's jewelry box.
Although the two men did not pay much attention to these matters, Miss Nakayama still exchanged these topics with Miss Umeda in her daily life after she became a woman.
After her identification, she quickly determined that these jewelry were the ones missing from Miss Umeda's home. Some of them were very impressive to her, and they were absolutely unmistakable.
Not only that, Chiba also compared Shimizu Shintaka's shoes with the footprints of the prisoner at the door, and found that not only were they the same size, but they also had the same signs of wear and tear.
These two pieces of evidence have almost identified Shimizu Shintaka as the murderer in this case.
After all, whether it is the footprints or the jewelry carried by the other party, it can be said to be the ironclad evidence of ironclad evidence.
"I'm really not a murderer. I just found a job through the Internet. It really has nothing to do with me!"
When Shimizu Shintaka learned from Officer Megure that he was now suspected to be the number one suspect in the murder case, he hurriedly explained: "Believe me, it's really not me!"
Along with Shimizu Shintaka's narration, another excuse of innocence based on his own actions gradually unfolded in front of everyone.
This chapter has been completed!