Various images were replayed in his mind, and they were quickly frozen by Conan. He suddenly remembered - when Maya Hashimoto left the magic venue last night, she was holding a beautiful bouquet of white roses in her hand.
"White rose, magic..." Conan tried to catch something along the thread, "This is too coincidental. Is there any connection hidden in it that I don't know about?"
He stared at the beautiful female magician with long hair in the group photo, and wanted to focus on this point and ask more about it.
But when he glanced at Toru Amuro next to him out of the corner of his eye... Conan could only clench his fists, holding back his grudge while swallowing the question forbearingly.
When Mrs. Jiujiu mentioned these three apprentices, her expression became gentler: "The three of them are all good children. They are currently staying at my house in order to learn magic."
Next to him, Toru Amuro didn't know White Rose, but he was slightly moved by the situation described by Mrs. Ninety-nine: three magician apprentices living in the master's house, and they were also two men and one woman... This background is simply the same as
The case yesterday was exactly the same.
He cleared his throat: "Where were those three people when the crime occurred yesterday?"
Mrs. Ninety-nine recalled: "That evening, a dinner party was to be held at the Rice Krispies Restaurant, and a magic performance was scheduled to be held at the banquet. Because the remuneration was quite high, and there were many celebrities present, all three children accepted the invitation.
, go and perform.”
"Actually, the person the hotel wanted to invite the most was my husband, but my husband felt that this kind of place was not worthy of his worth, and he had no past... Well, if I had known this, I would have had to make him agree to anything I said."
Jiang Xia pushed the biscuit box to the opposite side, trying to comfort the sad lady, and then he asked: "When will the three apprentices of the deceased be free? I want to talk to them - I want to solve this case.
I’m afraid we still need their help.”
Mrs. Ninety-nine was stunned and understood the meaning of his words: "You want to say that the three of them are also suspects in this case? - The police actually thought so, but everyone at the front and back of the dinner party
No, all three of them were really present at the time and had no time or opportunity to go home and murder my husband."
Tohru Amuro also wanted to see the three apprentices. Hearing this, he helped: "It's impossible to tell. Although they all had alibis during the dinner, who can guarantee that they didn't attack your husband before leaving home? - Maybe?
As early as when you and the three apprentices went out, your husband had already died quietly in the basement."
"This..." This description made Mrs. Jiujiu feel a chill in her back, and she silently got goosebumps all over her body.
But soon she felt something was wrong and shook her head: "No. No, I remember that the police autopsy report contains the presumed time of my husband's death - he did die during the dinner, there will be no falsehood.
.”
Recalling the collection of newspaper clippings from Jiangxia crime cases that she had read from a friend, Mrs. Jiujiu added: "No sleeping pills were detected in my husband's body. In addition, he was not tied up and was completely free to move.
"To take a step back, suppose the murderer is one of our three apprentices, and one of them gave my husband a capsule containing poison before leaving home. Then after he left, my husband could have taken the opportunity to call for help.
"But in fact, there was no trace of dialing on either the mobile phone or the landline in the basement, and the basement door was properly closed - it was as if my husband died calmly.
"In addition, the doors and windows of my house are well locked, and there is no trace of external intrusion...not an outsider, nor one of our own. Alas, it is no wonder that the police finally came to the conclusion of 'suicide'."
Amuro couldn't help but frown after hearing this: "..." Put it this way, it really looks like suicide... But in the final analysis, it is just "like" - as long as this case is related to Uzo, then even if it is not
He can make a final conclusion based on any evidence. This is by no means an ordinary suicide.
Jiang Xia felt the mellow coffee floating beside her, and poked the ghosts with her fingertips, asking them to gather more quickly.
He himself acted like a detective, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "It does sound like suicide, but since you came to me today, it means that you still have doubts in your heart. Sometimes, people have to believe in their own
Intuition—can you tell me what exactly you think is wrong?”
Mrs. Ninety-nine rubbed her fingers anxiously: "I can't tell what's wrong, but I really can't figure out why my husband committed suicide - tomorrow is my daughter Fumino's birthday. As early as a month ago, my husband had committed suicide for
She has prepared birthday gifts and is looking forward to this day very much. Even if he committed suicide the day after tomorrow, I would not be so incomprehensible, but it happened before my daughter’s birthday..."
"By the way, there's one more thing." Mrs. Jiujiu thought of something, lowered her head and rummaged through her handbag.
Soon she took out two ordinary-looking playing cards and put them on the table.
Jiang Xia picked it up and looked at it, and saw that they were two red-bottom playing cards stuck together back to back. One card was the Ace of Spades, and the other was the J of Spades. They were slightly staggered diagonally and were glued together.
form a solid whole.
Mrs. Ninety-nine said: "This was found in the basement where my husband died. At that time, the police thought it was some kind of death message, so they carefully disassembled them and checked them, but there was nothing sandwiched inside the playing cards, and there was no
Leave a mark.
"My husband is a magician, and there were many magic props in the basement, so the police thought they were what he used for practice and did not investigate further.
"But I still felt a little strange - my husband has focused on stage magic in recent years and rarely uses props like playing cards. So I glued it back together and brought it over."
Toru Amuro glanced at Jiang Xia's ungloved hands, took the playing cards from his hands, and checked them himself.
"Go and wash your hands, what if they are poisonous?" He said to this extremely vigilant employee, "Then we go to this lady's house to have a look."
As he said that, he played with the poker in his hand and turned to Mrs. Jiujiu: "Since you have doubts in your heart, then the matter will be easy to handle - take us to your house and find the three apprentices by the way. We will help you seriously.
You investigate.”
Mrs. Jiujiu breathed a sigh of relief and stood up happily: "Thank you for believing that he did not commit suicide - I will contact the three children right away, but they may be busy during the day, and I don't know if they are at home."
Toru Amuro nodded and emphasized: "Don't directly say that it is to investigate the murder case. You just need to find an excuse like a dinner party to call them back."
——Let him take a good look at those three people to see if there is anything left by Uzo.
