Chapter 317 There is no safest place in this world
Surviving this year in the world of Conan is victory Chapter 317: There is no safest place in this world
Under the entrustment of Sosuke Takaji, Kudo Shinichi took the elevator to the fifteenth floor. As soon as he stepped out of the elevator door, he found that the decoration here was much better than that on the eighth floor. It was worthy of being the exclusive floor for the president's office. It was just a carpet.
The materials used are much higher quality than those downstairs.
Kudo Shin turned his head and looked at the elevator buttons. Just as Takaji Sousuke had guessed, the buttons had traces of being pasted with tape, and judging from the crisscross pasting method, something should have been fixed here before.
The button is always pressed.
Because only in this way, the body of the victim Mika Taniguchi would fall down on the eighth floor, and the scene of half of the body remaining outside would remain. Therefore, as the murderer, Eiko Ashiya had to change the direction of the body in order to create her own alibi.
Such a painstaking design, why not be more cautious?
Not only did he lead people to discover the remains, but he also couldn't wait to describe the incident as a burglary. All of this was too deliberate and would only attract others' attention.
As a fashion designer, she should know that adding oil and vinegar to the design draft will only have the opposite effect, but she is like this now... In order to escape guilt, she always makes some eye-catching actions, isn't it effective?
What about the counter-effect?
Kudo Shinichi took out his mobile phone to take photos and was about to leave, but he noticed a strange yellow stain in front of the elevator door that went directly to the fifteenth floor. Not only that, there was also a rose petal, which Xiaolan had specially gone to flower before she came.
Store bought roses.
He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. It seemed that Ashiya Eiko had placed the rose bouquet sent by Xiaolan on the carpet in advance in order to stab Taniguchi Mika with all her strength, so she left such a trace.
After taking another photo, he didn't stay here because there were no valuable clues here. Continuing to search would only be a waste of time. It would be better to let Sosuke Takaji solve the case as soon as possible so that he can take care of the baby quickly.
Lan goes to New Year's Eve.
She was looking forward to becoming a fashion model on her way here, but when something like this happened, the modeling career was naturally ruined, and even the Ashiya brand might disappear.
I have to think of a way to make her happy.
Kudo Shinichi stood in the elevator with his hands folded on his chest. After thinking carefully with his brows furrowed, he came to the conclusion that he would take her to a recently opened dessert shop. There were animal-shaped cakes in it that she should like very much.
After all, Xiaolan has always been obsessed with the sea cucumber man in the Rice Krispies Aquarium, and I don’t know how cute that thing is. Generally speaking, girls like dolphins and penguins more.
The elevator door opened, and Kudo Shinichi couldn't wait to hand the phone to Takaji Sousuke. He put his index finger in front of his nose and said with a hearty smile, showing his big white teeth:
"Officer Eagle Division, I found one more suspicious point. Look at the second photo."
Fujiwara Yu took the phone and saw that the first photo was indeed consistent with what he thought. There were traces of tape on the elevator buttons. After hearing what Kudo said, he quickly pressed the button and looked at the second photo.
After seeing the rose petals and pollen on the carpet, he was a little confused. After all, he was not there at the time and had no idea that Ashiya Eiko had gone upstairs with a bouquet:
"What does it mean?"
Kudo Shinichi was stunned when he heard this. After thinking about it, he realized that only a few people present at the time knew about this. He rubbed his neck in embarrassment and said with a smile:
"Hahaha, I forgot that you were not there, Officer Takaji. In fact, Xiaolan gave Ms. Ashiya a bouquet of roses. She entered the elevator with the bouquet, and we were waiting in the rest area of the lobby on the first floor.
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"Oh, then I understand what you mean. You think she put the bouquet directly on the carpet for the convenience of the murder, causing the petals and pollen to remain on it, which constitutes evidence of this murder method."
"That's right." Kudo Shin nodded, but he quickly showed a troubled expression and asked: "But Officer Takaji, these clues can indeed construct the murderer's murder methods, but they cannot be used as evidence at all.
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It is true that there is no way to arrest a criminal without evidence. As a police officer, Fujiwara Yu naturally knows this, but he also understands that the crime scene lacks a piece of physical evidence that can point to the murderer.
The murder weapon was inserted into the victim's chest, so the murderer wanted to avoid leaving her fingerprints during the crime, so the gloves she used have not yet been found.
You must know that the murderer has now been identified as Eiko Ashiya. In order to create an alibi to eliminate her suspicion, she did not have time to destroy the gloves. Therefore, the gloves are most likely on the 15th floor or on her. As long as she finds the gloves, she can be killed.
Eucalyptus.
Fujiwara Yu didn't say it directly, but chose to ask. He wanted to see what Kudo Shinichi thought. He still had a good impression of the smart young detective. It would be good to give him a chance to grow. He couldn't predict the future.
You can also become a partner.
He handed the phone back to Kudo Shinichi, with a hint of joy in his voice:
"Then what kind of thing do you think can be used as pointing evidence? Or...how to find it."
Kudo Shinichi did not expect that Takaji Sousuke would come to ask him. He vaguely felt that Takaji already knew the answer to this question, but he still followed the other person's intention and thought about it.
A crime requires nothing more than the victim, the murderer and the murder weapon. When all three have been found, the only problem left is to cover up the murder.
The murder weapon... to cover up the murder... huh? That's right, I haven't found anything like that yet!
"It's a glove!" Kudo Shinichi's voice was inevitably mixed with excitement. He liked the process of reasoning very much and also enjoyed the sense of accomplishment after successfully solving the case. He said confidently: "The murderer doesn't have time to deal with the gloves.
I think she should still stay in this apartment building, or...she was confident enough that the police would not pay attention to her, so she hid in the safest place she thought."
Fujiwara Yu raised his eyebrows. He did not answer, but chose to walk directly in front of Eiko Ashiya, who was leaning against the wall and holding a crossbody bag. He suppressed his faint smile and hit the opponent's weak point with one sentence:
"Ms. Ashiya, could you please let me check your crossbody bag?"
There is no safest place in the world. If there is an absolutely safe place, what else do the police need to do? Accidents happen every day in this world, and murders happen every day.
After all, where there are people, there will be crime.
On the contrary, wherever there are criminals, there will be police and detectives who rush to the scene following the smell of blood. They will show their fangs and try to bite the criminals' necks, making them lose the ability to escape and eventually be brought to justice.