Seeing that Mr. Higashida's resistance was gradually weakening, Officer Takagi followed suit and said: "And the door and the anti-theft lock were locked at that time, so the room was like a secret room.
In addition, your fingerprints are clearly left on the door key, the anti-theft lock, and the tape wiring wrapped around the deceased's neck.
After our police investigation, we found that you once had a conflict with Miss Muranishi Mami when you were working in the company.
On the night of the incident, you once said in the pub that you must teach that woman a lesson.
It's very possible that after you got drunk, you went to Miss Muranishi Mami's room and killed her!"
"..."
After hearing what Officer Takagi said, Mr. Higashida gradually fell into silence, but couldn't help but defend himself: "But I really didn't kill anyone! Although I hate that woman, I never thought of killing her.
I don’t know why I came to her room last night. I clearly remember that I returned to my own apartment.
Moreover, my daughter is getting married tomorrow, and I have to attend her wedding. How could I kill someone at this time?"
Solid evidence!
If it weren't for Mr. Higashida being sure that he didn't kill anyone last night.
Faced with so much conclusive evidence, he himself has to doubt whether he is the murderer?
"..."
Seeing that Mr. Higashida had reached this point and was still crying out for injustice, Officer Sato and Officer Takagi also began to think deeply.
Logically speaking, in the face of so much conclusive evidence, if Mr. Higashida was really the murderer, he would have already accepted his fate.
After all, there is so much irrefutable evidence in front of him, no matter how much Mr. Higashida denies it, it will be enough for the judge to convict him.
Moreover, this attitude of refusing to plead guilty will only make the judge think that he is in contempt of court and impose a heavier sentence.
Therefore, unless it is someone who has been really wronged, the murderer will not waste his energy crying out for injustice when there is so much irrefutable evidence in front of him.
"Um...Officer Sato, what should we do next?"
Officer Takagi was silent for a while and cast a questioning look at Officer Sato.
It was obvious that Officer Takagi felt something was not right, but he still had to seek Officer Sato's opinion.
After staring at the desperate Mr. Higashida for a while, Officer Sato opened his lips and said softly: "Next, I will be responsible for escorting Mr. Higashida back to the headquarters. Takagi, you can go and investigate the situation at the murder scene.
If you can find proof that Mr. Higashida is not a murderer before going to work tomorrow, he should be able to make it to his daughter's wedding."
"yes!"
Upon hearing this, Officer Takagi quickly responded with a smile.
"...Thank you, thank you very much."
Mr. Higashida heard the conversation between the two and couldn't help but shed tears of emotion.
Seeing Mr. Higashida's reaction, Officer Sato and the others felt more and more that he might really have been wronged.
But for the criminal police, feelings are just feelings after all, and in the end, the evidence must speak for itself.
The actions of Officer Sato and Officer Takagi can only be regarded as giving Mr. Higashida a chance to escape guilt.
If Officer Takagi fails to find evidence that is favorable to Mr. Higashida, he will eventually have to bear the blame for this murder case.
"Officer Takagi, let us help too!"
"That's right! Now it's our young detective team's turn to appear."
"Young Detective Team, let's go!"
With the helpless expression on Officer Takagi's face, Conan and the others followed him out of the abandoned building with their souls burning.
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To be honest, Officer Takagi didn't want to bring six oil bottles, but the six little ones didn't give him a chance to refuse!
In order not to miss any clues, Officer Takagi did not take Suzuki Haruaki and others directly to the murder scene, but first took them to the pub where Mr. Higashida went to drink last night.
Mr. Higashida was identified as the murderer by the police because he was too drunk and fell asleep on the victim's bed.
If Mr. Higashida is really innocent, then the tavern proprietress who was present last night and the other guests present may be able to provide some clues.
"That's right! Mr. Higashikata was indeed very drunk last night. He was so drunk that he couldn't walk. He kept mumbling that he wanted to teach Miss Muranishi a lesson."
Facing Officer Takagi's inquiry, the tavern proprietress told what she knew. She couldn't help but shook her head and said: "Although I have known for a long time that Mr. Higashida and Miss Muranishi have a bad relationship, I really didn't expect it.
, Mr. Higashida can actually kill people."
Suzuki Seimei was keenly aware of the crux of the matter, and quickly asked: "Auntie, you just said that Mr. Higashida was too drunk to walk, so who sent him back?"
"Mr. Higashida's good friend, Mr. Kitagawa, who came to drink with him, helped him back."
Halfway through her words, the tavern proprietress pointed to the middle-aged man at the dining table not far away and said, "That is Mr. Kitagawa. He and Mr. Higashida are colleagues in the same company."
Looking in the direction of the tavern proprietress's finger, Suzuki Seimei and the others also saw the man with the horse hood.
Got you!
When Suzuki Seimei saw the three characters "can sign in" floating above Mr. Kitagawa's head, he could basically conclude that this person was the murderer.
After all, under the premise that Conan triggers the case, the person who meets the sign-in target conditions is either the murderer or the victim.
Now that the victim is dead, and Mr. Higashida was unjustly accused, there is a high probability that Mr. Kitagawa, who sent him back last night, is the murderer.
Seeing this, Hui Yuan Ai frowned slightly and said, "This man is really strange. His good friend just killed his colleague, and yet he is still in the mood to drink."
"Could he come here to drink because he was in a bad mood?"
Hearing this, Ayumi couldn't help but say: "When my father is in a bad mood, he will drink to relieve his boredom."
"But that uncle doesn't look like he's in a bad mood?" Mitsuhiko said.
Conan touched his chin and pondered for a while, then raised his head and asked Officer Takagi: "Officer Takagi, have your police officers questioned Mr. Kitagawa?"
"Of course! Because Mr. Kitagawa is the first person to discover the body." Officer Takagi replied subconsciously.
"He was the first person to find the body?"
Officer Takagi nodded and said: "Yes, the day after the incident, because neither Mr. Higashida nor Miss Muranishi went to work at the company, he went to ask the administrator to open the room. That's when the body was discovered.