At eleven o'clock today, Renmi Kanako, who was at home, suddenly answered a call from Renmi Matsuichiro.
The person on the phone saw Matsuichiro asking if the other party was at home. She answered and asked Takehiko if she wanted to answer the phone, but the other party refused.
Afterwards, he told Kanako that he hoped to reconcile with Takehiko and asked her to help him say something nice.
After hearing what the other party said, the man who originally hoped that the two brothers would reconcile was naturally very happy to see Kanako and directly agreed.
Then when he saw Matsuichiro, he hoped that she would come to Yoneka Town, and made an appointment with her to wait for her at the ticket gate of Yoneka Station at twelve o'clock.
But when she set off from home to Mihua Station, she didn't wait for anyone. Seeing that a long time had passed, she returned home directly.
"But I really didn't expect that such a thing would happen..." Kanako couldn't help crying when she saw this. After all, her husband was killed as soon as she returned home, and no one could accept it.
Seeing that the other party was very excited, everyone said goodbye to the other party and left the other party's house without staying too much.
Coming downstairs, Xiaolan thought about it and guessed: "Do you think Mr. Matsuichiro's original plan was to finish the affairs at the Rice Krispies Restaurant first and then meet Mrs. Kanako?"
"It is indeed possible." Ayako agreed upon hearing this and agreed, "But this premise is that Mrs. Hitomi's testimony is correct."
After being with Karasawa for a long time, Ayako has also acquired the habit of reasoning, just like Xiaolan who will try to reason when encountering a case. However, Ayako has obviously learned Karasawa's rigor and pays more attention to the support of evidence.
"But I do think what she said should be true."
After hearing the conversation between the two, Mouri Kogoro pointed to the big tree in front of the apartment: "You see, this tree is not far from the people's homes on the second floor.
Judging from the scene, it is likely that the prisoner reached the balcony from here, then smashed the window and broke in.
But Mrs. Hitomi’s physical ability obviously cannot support this method, and she has no motive to kill her husband.”
"That's right."
Megure looked at the apartment on the second floor where the crime occurred and nodded, "It seems that it was a burglary. It's just that Mr. Takehiko was unlucky to come back at that time, so he was killed..."
If this is the case, then these two cases are just pure accidents, which can only be explained by the so-called spiritual connection.
However, this kind of metaphysics is obviously too unreliable. If it is possible, Tang Ze will naturally not believe that it is just a simple accident.
At this moment, he thought of another possibility based on what he knew so far!
Exchange killing!
First of all, according to what Kogoro Mori said, when he followed someone to meet Matsuichiro, he saw him guarding the stairs and then broke into Minami Kaoru's room and attacked him.
After hearing Minami Rikaun's voice calling for help, Mouri Kogoro broke down the door. Afterwards, when people saw Matsuichiro, he ran away and eventually fell to his death.
That is to say, if Kogoro Moori hadn't interfered, Hitomi Matsuichiro would have probably successfully attacked Kaoru Minami and killed him.
Minari Kaoru claimed that he did not know Matsuichiro Hitomi at all, which also supported this point.
Because exchange killing is an act in which two criminals kill each other's people who have nothing to do with themselves but are related to each other, so as to help each other escape the guilt.
For example, Hitomi Matsuichiro originally made an appointment to meet Hitomi Kanako, so that the two of them would have an alibi, and thus they would be eliminated as suspects in the case of Hitomi Takehiko.
And Nan Lixun, who he chose to attack at that time, will definitely eliminate him from a certain suspicion!
It was only because of Mr. Takehiko's entrustment that Mouri Kogoro, who was following him, ruined the other party's plan, which resulted in the bizarre incident of the two brothers dying one after another.
Once you see through this, everything becomes clear!
Since Tang Ze digested the perfect A-level investigative science, his ability to reason and analyze situations has increased. Combining the case facts and Ke Xue's law of "off-the-record tricks", he quickly surmised the case to a close.
After deducing this result, Tang Ze began to analyze the actions of the other person.
According to his guess, the other prisoner is probably the "Mr. Anxi" mentioned by Miss Nan Lixun.
He killed a stranger named Takehiko Hitomi, but his target was not eliminated, and his teammates died instead.
This is equivalent to him killing a person in vain. The key is that his original goal has not been achieved, and he has lost his wife and lost his troops as standard.
Obviously the other party's situation is very bad at this moment. Although I don't know why the other party wants to kill Nan Lixun, since it has reached the point of killing, it is obvious that Miss Nan Lixun threatens him somewhere.
Profile the other person's psychology and put yourself in his shoes. Now that he has killed someone, there is no turning back.
If Nan Lixun were allowed to tell the police about him and let him come into the police's sight, then the investigation might reveal his relationship with Renjian's brothers. If the police let him think of exchanging murders, he would be finished.
So the next suspect, whom Nan Lixun called "Mr. Anxi", wanted to kill Nan Lixun, whether it was to cut off the connection between him and Renjian's brother's death, or for the original purpose.
Only by killing Nan Lixun could he completely wipe everything out.
Thinking of this, Tangze made a plan. After a conversation with Officer Memu, the group returned to the Rice Krispies Restaurant and met with Nan Lixun again.
After meeting Nan Li Xun, Maori Kogoro told the other party everything that had happened before, and then asked Nan Li Xun in the hope of getting useful information from her.
"I really don't know, all those things you said have nothing to do with me!!"
Faced with Mouri Kogoro's constant questioning, Nan Lixun covered his head and collapsed: "What on earth do you need me to say before you are willing to believe it!!"
"We will naturally believe you if you tell the truth!" Mouri Kogoro responded loudly.
"Everything I said is true!!" Nan Lixun, full of grievances, shook his head wildly and shouted: "I swear I didn't tell lies! Why do you think I can lie when you encounter such a terrible thing!!
Why are you so suspicious of me, why!! Why on earth!! Why is it that I have to encounter such an unlucky thing!!"
Nan Lixun collapsed and started crying. Mouri Kogoro was also embarrassed for a while, as if he realized that what the other party said was the truth, and that he had gone too far in forcing him.
"Let's do this, Miss Nan Lixun, please calm down first." Tang Ze said: "After all, Shoichiro Hitomi attacked you, and his brother was subsequently killed.
Although it may not seem related on the surface, there may be something hidden behind it that even you don’t know about.”
"Hidden secret? What secret?" Nan Lixun said excitedly when he heard Tang Ze's words: "I don't even know him, how could anything involve me!!"
"Yes, there is no direct contact with you, but what about indirect contact?"
Tang Ze looked at the excited Nan Lixun and said, "I wonder if you would like to talk about that 'Mr. Anxi'?"
Nan Lixun's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he immediately said: "This is another matter, there is nothing to say."
"I don't know what that "Mr. Anzai" means to you, but if you encounter any problems, our Metropolitan Police Department is more powerful than you alone."
After Tangze expressed his goodwill, he still put pressure on him: "Conan said that you seem to attach great importance to whether the other party stores things for you. If it is not an illegal matter, is there anything to hide?"
These words made everyone look at Nan Lixun unconsciously, and the scrutinizing gaze made her angry: "I didn't do anything illegal!! I was just looking for him!"
"Looking for someone?"
Tang Ze nodded suddenly and smiled: "Then you should tell us. Although we usually won't help unless you are missing, but this time is a special situation. As long as you tell me the details, we can make an exception and help you find someone.
how?
It may be difficult for you, but for us, it may just be a matter of speaking and typing on the keyboard.
Nan Lixun was a little moved after hearing Tang Ze's words, "Can you really help me find him?"
"Of course, it doesn't matter even if it's a private matter, just think of it as an apology from us for wronging you?" Tang Ze nodded and smiled.
"Okay, then I'll tell you, although I don't think this matter has anything to do with everything I'm encountering now."
After hearing Tang Ze's words, Nan Lixun nodded heartily and began to speak slowly.
It is true that he came here to find someone. When she was in Kansai, she had dated this person before, and his name was Anxi.
The two of them met while learning to dive, and later fell in love and even agreed to get married.
But who would have known that Anxi borrowed money from her six months ago and said he had something urgent to deal with, and he never contacted her again after that.
"I'm sorry, although it's rude of me to say this, but you must have encountered a relationship scam. I first dated you and got a lot of money, and then disappeared directly."
Tang Ze revealed the reality unceremoniously, then looked at her and said, "I wonder if you called the police?"
"No... because I hope to find him and ask him face to face, so I haven't yet..." Nan Lixun said sadly.
"But you don't even have his address. How can you find him in such a big place?" Mouri Kogoro asked puzzledly.
"I came here because a friend said I saw him in Tokyo."
Nan Lixun sighed slightly when he said this: "But Tokyo is so big, I don't know how to find him.
Apart from the name Anxi, I don't even know where he is from or what he does...
If I have to say it, all that’s left is a group photo..."
"A group photo? It's easy to do now that we have photos. It's not a difficult task for us at the Metropolitan Police Department."
Tang Ze's eyes lit up slightly when he heard this. He didn't expect that Nan Lixun actually still had his photo.
In the exchange killing, Hitomi Matsuichiro's stakeholder is his younger brother Takehiko, and the stakeholder of his accomplice "Mr. Anzai" is Minami Rikau.
So at the beginning, he just wanted Nan Lixun to tell him about "Mr. Anxi" and see what his relationship was with Nan Lixun.
Afterwards, I would throw out the theory of exchange for killing, and then see if I could determine the other party's appearance by drawing portraits or other techniques to start an investigation.
But now that the other party actually has photos, it's much easier.
Just like Karasawa said, although it is difficult for someone to find someone, it is not particularly difficult for a behemoth like the Metropolitan Police Department.
But when Tang Ze took the photo from Nan Lixun, his eyes couldn't help but shrink.
"It seems that now I don't even have to worry about finding someone."
Looking at the man in the photo, Tang Ze couldn't help but put a smile on his lips: "I have seen this man before."
"What!?" Nan Lixun stood up excitedly when he heard this and looked at Tang Ze and said urgently: "Where, where did you see him!!"
"Detective Mori, can you lend me your camera?" Karasawa looked at Kogoro Mori and asked with a smile.
"Okay." Although Mouri Kogoro was a little confused, he still handed the camera to Karasawa.
When Karasawa retrieved the photo, a man with the same photo in Nanrizun's hand also appeared in Mouri Kogoro's camera.
However, the other person in the photo was taken accidentally, and Mouri Kogoro's main target is Hitomi Matsuichiro.
At that time, people saw Matsuichiro sitting in the hall holding his head and looking in pain, while the other person was sitting diagonally opposite him and was captured in the photo.
"Dad, think about it quickly. Does this person have anything to do with Hitomi Shoichiro?" After comparing the photos, Xiaolan quickly looked at her father and asked.
"Ah... no..." Mouri Kogoro scratched his head and said: "I feel like the two of them have no connection. They just happened to pass by, and I didn't see any intersection between the two of them."
No connection? Coincidence?
In this case, considering Karasawa's rich "science knowledge", this guy is definitely related to the case, and the suspicion is definitely the highest, it can even be said that he is.
And let alone Ke Xue's law, according to Tang Ze's reasoning, this guy is the first suspect in the case.
Now that he had found the target person and confirmed the connection between the two parties, Karasawa looked at the photos of Mouri Kogoro again, and he remembered that there were several photos of him.
Here, Karasawa wants to rectify the name of Mouri Kogoro. Although Mouri Kogoro is a god of reasoning, he is a first-rate expert in supporting.
As a tool man with thousands of needles in his back, he used his absurd and unruly behavior to provide Conan with various key evidence to lock the prisoner at critical moments. It can be said that he has deep merit and fame.
Therefore, according to Ke Xue's law, if the prisoner does not reveal key evidence, just look at what Mouri Kogoro has done in the case, and 80% of the time there will be important evidence left.
No, Karasawa remembered that besides this one with his face exposed, there were two or three photos of Mouri Kogoro taking each other, and he looked at them carefully one by one.
Sure enough, he actually got evidence that was probably the key to the case.