Chiba hurried over with manpower, and naturally discovered something.
In the bathroom on the fifth floor, they found the gloves, coat and hat that the suspected murderer was wearing when he committed the crime.
It's just that the 5th floor where we went is relatively remote and few people go there. When these things were discarded, no one saw the suspected criminal, and of course the stolen document was not found.
In addition, Chiba and others also gained something from investigating the suspects on the list provided by Jiu Jiu in the next life.
Because the company is upstairs, the investigation went very smoothly.
According to inquiries, at the moment Nakajo Katsawa was killed, most of the employees were resting in the company or eating out alone. 27 of these people had clear alibi.
After excluding these 27 people, the 58 suspects were further narrowed down to 31 people.
As for the documents in Nakajo Katsuzawa's hands that were snatched by the murderer, the criminals are currently conducting a blanket search on the eighth to eleventh floors.
"Karasawa-kun! The blood-stained writing on the pedal was found!!"
Just as Tangze was checking his list, Takagi's shouts immediately rang out, attracting everyone's attention.
When Tang Zhe, Conan and others quickly came to the escalator pedal, they saw the fluorescent blue "□" shape on the pedal.
"It looks very much like the word "mouth" in Chinese characters, but if you think about it with the three "○×△" shapes in front of it, then the possibility of a square should be greater..." Takagi looked at the pedals
The shape on it can't help but be guessed.
After comparing with the traces on the deceased's file bag, the blood-stained area exactly matches the shape of the "□" on the pedal. It can be said that this is the complete "death message" left by the deceased.
「□○×△」!
This was the last desperate message left by the deceased Nakajo Katsawa.
However, Tang Ze keenly discovered that the "□" shaped symbol on the escalator pedal was significantly larger than the other three.
"Do you think this message will combine these symbols?"
Yuanzi, who likes to participate in reasoning, quickly expressed her opinion. She pointed to the list above and said: "Look, "□" and "×" combined together become the word "田".
In this case, the word with the word "田" is very suspicious."
"Oh! That makes sense!" Judy nodded and expressed the same opinion after hearing this: "But if you look at the shape, Mr. Asai's "Well" is also formed by overlapping two cross shapes."
However, it is obvious that Sonoko's speculation is unreliable. This person is also a clue remover comparable to Mouri Kogoro.
Any inference that the other party comes up with can basically rule out this line of speculation first.
However, this time Atomic's reasoning was not without its use. Looking at the names on the list, Tang Ze was thoughtful.
Next to him, Conan touched his chin with the same pensive look, and his brain began to work crazily.
This time the conditions are completely fair again. Whoever can solve the code first will be able to find the murderer first!!
For Conan, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to defeat Karasawa, and he must seize it!!
"Hey~ you two~" Just as the two of them were deep in thought, Judy on the side did take the initiative to come closer, "Have you thought of the meaning of "□○×△"?"
"Not at all." His meditation was interrupted, and Conan looked helplessly at Teacher Judy and said.
"Maybe it's just like Sonoko and Mori-san said, those symbols represent something..."
Judy smiled when she said this and gave an example: "For example, in the Meridian Department of Defense, don't ordinary people call it the "Pentagon"? Because the floor it is located on is a pentagon-shaped building, so it is called "Pentagon"!
"
Looking at the two people who didn't reply, Judy showed a bright smile and continued: "In Meijian, there are countless examples of using a certain shape to describe special items.
For example, the White House (White House), the president's official residence, is all white...and the Oval Office (Ovaloffice) is the president's office...and the most important one...FBI..."
Speaking of this, Judy looked at the two of them with a meaningful smile, "This refers to the FBI. How come I don't know if I have given you two some good references?"
"I don't know if it's a reference or not, but it's almost an explicit reminder. It's too conspicuous." Tang Ze on the side kept smiling on the surface, but he was complaining crazily in his heart.
It was obvious that Judy had set her sights on Conan, and even began to use some of her own information to test him.
But what Judy said is indeed correct. The symbols "□○×△" may represent something.
Wait...four symbols?
Tang Ze suddenly thought that many people on the list also had four-letter names.
Although this is very common for Neon people, Tang Ze comes from a flower gardening family and is still more accustomed to names with three characters, so he is always a little concerned about names with more than three characters.
Could it be that the four symbols "□○×△" refer to people's names!?
Thinking of this, Tangze's brain was like a tide and started to run wildly.
If you think about it from another perspective, if you are about to die, obviously the deceased will not be able to think about such complicated information. It must be the simplest and clearest one that can directly point to the prisoner...such as the name...
The deceased certainly didn't have much time before he died, so he must have written down the prisoner's name in a hurry...
Thinking of this, Tang Ze couldn't help but look at the four-letter name on the list in his hand again.
He glanced at the list in his hand, and with the help of his strong memory and rich painting experience, he quickly abstracted the four symbols "□○×△" and completely overlapped with one of the names on the list.
"Kuniyoshibunta! This guy is a criminal!!" Karasawa said in a deep voice.
"ha?"
Hearing Tang Ze suddenly identify the prisoner, everyone looked confused. Yuanzi even looked puzzled and said: "The prisoner was found? But why is it him?"
"It's very simple. You just need to cover the upper part of the name, and "○×△" will appear, right?"
"But brother-in-law...the word "tai" doesn't look very similar, does it?" Yuanzi looked at the men on the list and hesitated.
"After all, this is the printer's standard font. If it were handwritten and the last bit was slightly longer, wouldn't it be "○×△"?"
"But why do you want to cover the upper part..." Yuanzi asked suspiciously: "Is there any basis for this?"
"Don't forget, there are documents in the file bag. If the deceased wrote the upper part of his name on the exposed documents, and then the documents were taken away, this would naturally happen."
After finishing speaking, Tang Ze pointed to the word "□" on the file bag, "As for this, because the deceased was in critical condition at the time, it is not necessarily impossible to abbreviate the word "国" as "口".
Some people's shorthand is so simple, and combined with the last three words, it is easy to identify the real culprit."
"Oh! Si Guoyi!! Mr. Karasawa, you are just like Sherlock Holmes!" Judy said in plastic neon language and praised: "You are worthy of being a famous criminal in neon!"
"You flatter me."
In response to Judy's compliment, Karasawa smiled politely, then said "I'm sorry", and then gathered his troops and rushed towards the company on the eighth floor.