After dismissing the police, the Masuo store manager strode to the door of the room where the exercise bike was located and unscrewed the doorknob.
...but failed to open the door and enter.
——The door is locked.
Normally, Masuo Kadai never has the habit of locking the door of his room. When he works out, he likes to leave the doors and windows open for ventilation.
But today, she circled the photo album with red pen, called the young and handsome detective, held the photo album and thought about the appropriate wording, and the pitiful expression she should have when talking... Think about it, after all, this is
In her husband's house, it was inevitable to feel guilty, so in the afternoon, Masuo Kayo easily turned on the lock.
...This undoubtedly brought great trouble to her husband who wanted to destroy the evidence.
The Masuo store manager couldn't turn the doorknob, and stared at the locked door, sweating all over his face.
He took a quick look behind him in the direction of the police. It was blocked by a wall and the two sides couldn't see each other.
The Masuo store manager calmed down a little. He gritted his teeth and quickly went to the study room.
...Don't panic. There are spare keys for all the doors in his house. Although he hasn't used them in several years, he is a very planning person and he probably knows where the keys will be placed.
The second floor was very large, and the two policemen needed to search for a long time. He had no time to destroy the evidence...
…
When the Masuo store manager was rummaging through the drawers in the study.
The scene on the second floor was different from what he imagined.
Miwako Sato didn't even get to the second floor and had already turned out of the courtyard.
——When she stepped onto the stairs just now, she vaguely saw a suspicious figure passing by through the window of the side room.
Officer Sato became alert instantly.
——They rushed over very quickly. Although when the robber found out that Mrs. Masuo was talking on the phone when she was attacked, the robber probably realized that his whereabouts were exposed and fled the scene immediately, but he could not guarantee his courage.
People will want to stay and search for property.
In addition, even if they are not suspects, the person who sneaked into the yard should be able to provide them with a lot of information.
With this thought in mind, Sato Miwako said to Takagi, "You look for the second floor, I'll go to the yard to have a look." Then she quickly climbed over the open window and entered the yard.
As she landed, she looked around alertly, and soon caught the fleeting hem of clothes from the corner of the room.
...Sure enough, there is someone.
That man went around to the back of the house. What did he want to do?!
Sato Miwako frowned, feeling that things were not simple, and quickly rushed around the corner.
I originally thought I would have to chase it for a while longer.
Unexpectedly, the "suspicious person" actually stopped less than two meters away from the corner. Officer Sato was surprised, and at the same time, he took a long step and was transported to the "suspicious person" by inertia.
The suddenly shortened distance gave Officer Sato, who had been fighting on the front line for a long time, a sense of crisis - when the Masuo couple came to the police station to take notes, she already knew about the couple's situation and knew that there were only two people in the family.
The two of them live there and there will be no one else.
And now, Mr. Masuo is looking for his wife in the house. As for Mrs. Masuo... Although I only took a quick glance, the person in front of me is obviously a male. It cannot be the wife who screamed not long ago. In short,
Even if the "suspicious person" is not a gangster, he is at least a thief who broke into the house illegally.
This thought flashed across her mind, and Miwako Sato didn't have time to think about it. She grabbed the opponent's shoulder, intending to capture him and knock him down first.
However, the man suddenly twitched his hand as if he had eyes behind his back and ducked to the side.
He hid so fast... When the fight started, his instinct was faster than his thinking. When he came to his senses, Sato had already hugged the "suspicious person"'s waist from behind and performed her favorite German arch bridge throw.
preparatory actions.
Suspicious person Jiang Xia: "..."
...Is Officer Sato short-sighted?
Almost a second has passed, and you still haven't realized that she is about to hit an ally.
Jiang Xia grabbed the external pipe in front to stabilize her body. She planned to remind him tactfully.
But before he could make a sound, a muffled groan came from behind him.
Immediately afterwards, the strength on his waist suddenly relaxed.
Miwako Sato closed her eyes sleepily and fell straight to the ground.
"...?"
Jiang Xia easily supported her, turned around and saw a child in the corner holding an anesthesia watch, with a slightly dazed expression, as if he was "in trouble".
——Conan also came here.
Jiang Xia glanced at Miwako Sato, who fell asleep instantly, and then silently turned to Conan, who caused this scene: "...Why did you stab her?"
They are all acquaintances, so just shouting should be able to solve the problem... But now, with Sato Miwako sleeping, he has to find another eyewitness who is easy enough...
Conan closed the watch cover awkwardly: "...I didn't react just now."
——As a detective who is extremely good at observation, Conan and Miwako Sato noticed the suspicious figure outside the window when they stepped up the stairs.
After Officer Sato chased him out, Conan immediately opened the cover of his anesthesia watch and hurriedly followed, intending to stun the "suspicious person" depending on the situation.
Because his legs were slow in sprinting, by the time Conan arrived, the two people behind the house were already fighting one-sidedly.
Conan heard some fighting noises and rushed out to take a look. He immediately saw Jiang Xia and the "sneak attacker" behind him who was planning to throw him in a dangerous position.
Because Conan's mind was full of "anesthetically numbing suspicious persons" at this time, and because he was more familiar with Jiang Xia, when he saw this scene, he reflexively released the anesthesia needle.
Then, he found that he seemed to be nervous and accidentally attacked the police...
...Next time, I will definitely have to look carefully before taking action.
Conan took a second to briefly summarize his mistakes.
Then it took another 0.1 seconds to forget about this summary and looked at Jiang Xia: "Why are you here?"
"A client asked me to deliver the cat, but when I knocked on the door just now, no one came to answer the door. In addition, when she called me before, her tone was very nervous, as if she was involved in something important.
.I was worried that something had happened, so I wanted to go to the lighted room to have a look, but I met Officer Sato on the way."
Hearing this reason, Conan nodded clearly. He didn't think there was anything wrong with Jiang Xia breaking into someone else's yard - if it were him, he would probably take the same approach.
After Jiang Xia finished speaking, he lowered his head and looked at the faint pinprick on Sato Miwako's neck.
He felt that Officer Sato would probably faint for a few minutes, so he did not carry her all the time, but temporarily put her aside and let her sit against the wall.
After standing up straight, Jiang Xia looked into the room through the window.
——This happens to be the room where Mrs. Masao exercised just now. It’s a cloudy day today, and it’s quite dark outside. On the contrary, there are bright lights inside the room, so it’s not difficult to see the scene inside.
