Next to the building in 25 Banji, 2-chome, Yone-cho, two police cars with flashing red lights are parked. The policemen, who were not idle on weekends, stepped out of the car and stood in front of a middle-aged man in a dark brown fedora. Beside them were four women dressed differently, one of the thinnest, long-haired women, who looked at the situation in front of them, and her body couldn't help but tremble. A man with a fashionable hairstyle walked up to the Twilight Police Department and whispered something in his ear, and Twilight's face suddenly became grim when he heard this, and he turned his head to look at Nana Maruyama, who was a little overwhelmed, with stern eyes.

――When Nao and his party approached, they saw such a scene.

"Miss Maruyama, we have investigated the tennis club you mentioned, but there is no record of Ling Childe's court rental today. Twilight lowered her head, an eagle-like gaze shot out from under the brim of her hat, "And we've found out that the victim's blood contained a powerful tranquilizer that would make him sleep unconscious for a day and a night. How do you explain that?"

"I—How would I know? He did say go to the club when he went out!" Maruyama said in confusion, his hands clutching the placket tightly, but his eyes drifted subconsciously, "And a powerful tranquilizer or something...... How could I have that kind of thing!"

"But according to our investigation, you have a history of neurosis in the past, and you have to rely on tranquilizers for a long time to live a normal life. Plus you have a history of abusing your son......" The Twilight Police Department sneered, "Even so, you still won't admit it? You first hypnotize the victim with tranquilizers, then hide him somewhere, and when the time comes, hang him in the woods across the wall from the courtyard......"

"No, it's not like that, I didn't kill my son!!" Maruyama cried out in a broken break, looking at Twilight with resentment in his eyes, "Ah, yes, it's true that I had OCD. Thanks to it, I even lost my job, my husband also separated from me, and occasionally unconsciously hurt Xiaomu, and he became a little autistic because of it...... But so what? I've been here for so many years, and my condition was brought under control a year ago, so why do I want to kill my son now!"

"For the insurance money?" said Twilight quietly, "You insured your son Maruyama Mu with a large amount of accident insurance last month, and the beneficiary was yourself, and then your son was attacked this month...... Do you think it has nothing to do with you?" he pulled out a photo of the exhibit from his pocket and shook it in front of her, "Would a woman with a child without a job go and buy high heels that cost enough to buy a helicopter?"

"That's, that's ......" Looking at the photo in Twilight's hand, Nana Maruyama's eyes gradually cleared. She took a deep breath and seemed to regain her composure, "This pair of 'Broadway Dreams' was given to me by my husband, and it is indeed worth more than 10 million yuan, but it doesn't seem to have anything to do with Xiao Mu's attack, right? Yes, that's right, I bought Xiao Mu's insurance for him, but it's only because he has finally become a little more cheerful recently, and if he wants to practice tennis, I'm afraid he will get hurt." But in that case, it doesn't seem to constitute a motive for the killing, right? And all you just said is speculation, what about the evidence?"

"Speculation? Of course not. Twilight snorted, "We've checked your medical records, and the kind of potent tranquilizer you were taking should only be prescribed by a medical professional. The next thing we need to do is find the tranquilizer and then compare the ingredients with those in the victim's blood. And," he said, shaking the picture in his hand, "these shoes have a great connection with the prisoner." If you want to prove your innocence, take it out. ”

Nana Maruyama stiffened slightly, and the momentum that suddenly appeared slipped away quietly. She bit her lip and said with some hesitation, "Those shoes...... It's gone, just last week. ”

"Such a coincidence?" Twilight was obviously unconvinced, "This kind of expensive thing will be noticed if you throw it away, so where did you hide it?"

"How is that possible!"

"Then prove it, if you're really not a prisoner. ”

Under the strong pressure of Twilight, Nana Maruyama had to agree to let the police search her room. However, the current situation is indeed not in her favor, and her only way out is to do so. Although Nao and Kudo already knew the real prisoner, in order to perfect all their reasoning, they still chose to watch in silence in place, waiting for the last trap set by the prisoner for Nana Maruyama to appear. Moriran looked at Maruyama's tired appearance and felt a little unbearable, but Kudo, who was provoked by the prisoner to calm down to the extreme, stopped her from trying to tell the truth.

"Police! Found this under the bed!" At this moment, a police officer quickly ran out of the Maruyama house, holding something that surprised everyone.

"This, this is ......" Maruyama looked at the items in the officer's hand, and his eyes grew in disbelief, "This can't be!"

"Now, Shinichi," Ran said quietly, touching Kudo's shoulder, "that is indeed ......"

"Ahh Kudo lowered his head and hid a smile at the corner of his lips, "The yellow gold color with six citrines on the back of the shoe is a sky-high luxury item worth nearly 20 million yen - Dream Broadway, a Broadway dream!"

Nao stared at the golden-colored shoes, her fists clenched tightly in her trouser pockets. The appearance of Natsu hanging from the door panel when she was unconscious, the appearance of Natsu lying on the hospital bed with a pale face, the appearance of Aiko looking after her bedside with a haggard face, and the appearance of Jinpei smoking cigarettes one after another flashed through her mind like a movie, and finally settled on the gold-colored high heels with a missing crystal and as empty as a skeleton's eye socket.

That's it!—Evidence of the murderer's attack on Natsu.

"Didn't you say this was stolen, why was it found under your bed?" asked Maruyama in a snap of Twilight, "and a piece of crystal was missing, which perfectly matches the evidence found after the last attack." Is there anything else you have to say?"

"I—I don't know! It's not me! I didn't do it!" Maruyama's chest rose and fell violently, and his hands clutched at his arms as if they were spasmodic, leaving blood marks one after another.

"If you want to explain, go to the police station and explain. Unmoved, Twilight instructed the officer beside him, "Take it away." ”

"-Wait a minute!"

The two voices overlapped, and the joint stop of Nao and Shinichi made everyone's eyes turn.

"Oh, it's Nao and Yusaku's son...... Ah, even Lan is here!" Twilight's expression softened a little, "Is there anything else you'd like to add?"

"Absolutely. ”

"Very important clues. ”

Nao took a step forward, the corners of Shinichi's mouth raised, and Mao Liran nodded incessantly. Twilight didn't think about it at first, but Kudo Yusaku's reasoning ability is obvious to all, his son should also be well nurtured, and Nao has also solved a murder in Kanagawa, so it is really possible to find out that something is not possible, so he turned to look at the two teenagers and girls.

"What did you find?"

"We found ......," Kudo Shinichi and Nao looked at each other, "evidence to prove that Nana Maruyama is not the murderer." ”

"W-What? You said Nana Maruyama wasn't a murderer?!" Not only Twilight, but everyone was stunned. Officer Sato stepped forward, looked at the two confident teenagers and asked, "Really? So you mean, who is the real culprit?"

"Not bad. Kudo Shinichi nodded at her, "First of all, the attack that happened today, and I was the first to find out. If, as Officer Twilight said, the prisoner escaped by hanging the victim from a tree and climbing over the wall, I would have seen her as soon as she had disappeared after she had lifted her...... Because, the victim was strangled by the neck after jumping off a tree in front of me!"

"Jumping off a tree in front of you?!" Twilight was shocked, "What do you mean, this is self-suicide?"

"How is that possible!" Kudo rolled his eyes weakly, "Not to mention whether a child is capable of tying a rope from such a tall tree, he didn't struggle when he was hung around his neck, which means that he was unconscious at the time." ”

"Kudo-kun, stop kidding! how could someone who has lost consciousness jump off a tree!" said with a dry smile, completely mistaking it as a child's lie.

"It's true!" Moriran squeezed up and said disapprovingly to Twilight, "Shinichi and I were going to go for a walk in the woods, but as soon as we got to the tree, we heard a 'boom' sound, and when we ran over to see that it was a child hanging from the tree......! But when he saw that the rope hanging from him was still shaking, and the branches on it were also shaking, he realized that he had just jumped from the tree, and immediately called an ambulance and the police. ”

"After that, I tried desperately to climb up, but my foot was ......," Shinichi Kudo pointed to his bandaged ankle, "and then about three minutes later, Saotome appeared and saved the victim who was still in a heartbeat." In the time between the discovery of the victim and the time he was rescued, no suspicious person appeared. If it was really the prisoner who had struggled to hang him from a tree, it would have been impossible to climb over the wall and escape without even making a sound in just a second. ”

"So what is this...... It's impossible to commit a crime?"

"Nothing is impossible. Kudo laughed mockingly, "The point is that 'boom' that Ran and I heard, it was indeed the sound of a tree branch. But in addition to this, I also heard a small but shrill sound of breaking through the air at the same time. When I heard this voice, I already knew that the prisoner had committed this case in some way and without his own presence. ”

What does it mean...... Did you use some kind of prop to hang the victim without harming his life, and then remotely eliminate the prop, and the victim fell naturally?" Sato thought for a moment, "The forensic department found a concave line on the tree at the scene, like a mark of being cut by a knife. However, since no other clues could be found, it was believed that the prisoner had left traces when he was killed by hanging from a tree. ”

"It is true that the prisoner left traces when he hung the victim from a tree, but not when he was killed, but many hours before. Nao said to Sato, "The ambulance staff also said that the victim was slightly dehydrated, and when I gave him first aid, I also found that he had a considerable amount of dew on his head. This indicates that the victim was hung from a tree in the early morning, and the moisture and dense branches of the woods did not allow the dew to evaporate, especially on the most leafy plane tree. And the prop that hangs the victim from a tree all day is something similar to a fishing line. ”

"Fishing line?"

"That's right, it's the fishing line. Kudo picked up Nao's words, "I found marks on the victim's belt, a deep and thin ravine, and traces of curling at the ends of the belt itself, indicating that the prisoner hung the victim from hanging the line through the victim's belt and hanging him from a tree." He looked at Mori Lan, "Lan, when you went to change your clothes just now, did I let you bring the fishing line with you? and gloves." ”

“...... Well. Moriran pulled out a pack of unopened fishing line and a pair of leather gloves and handed them to Kudo's hand.

"But is the weight of the line enough?" Sato asked, watching Kudo open the package, "The line may be okay, but the traces left behind are definitely not that fine." ”

"Of course, it's not a sea fishing line, just a normal fishing line. Kudo raised the bag in his hand and smiled at her, "Although the weight of ordinary fishing line is only about 10kg, the double-strand fishing line is enough to lift a child about 10 years old, let alone a thin child like the victim." He took the line and demonstrated it in front of the crowd, using Maolilan as a model, "First bend the line in half like this, bend it in half, pass it through the victim's belt, then take both ends in your hand and place the line on the higher branch...... Saotome!"

"Understood. ”

Nao caught Kudo's tossed gloves and quickly put them on her hand, then pulled up the fishing line that had passed through the Moriran belt and ran towards the fence beside her. I saw her step on the tree by the wall and climb the branches, and then lightly climbed the wall, turning her head and smiling at Maorilan.

"Wait, wait, what's going on...... Wow!!"

At Maoriran's exclamation, Nao leapt from the fence into the courtyard. The fishing line was set up at the top of the wall, and Nao's light weight was used to hoist Moriran from the spot.

"That's it, the prisoner can easily hang the victim from a tree. As long as it is hung from a tree, it is covered by leaves and branches, and it is not easy to find the victim even if you go under the tree. Kudo Shinichi said to the crowd whose eyeballs were about to fall out, "By the way, I found some wrinkles in the victim's armpits, which must have been caused by the prisoner putting a rope under his armpit in order to fix the victim's body while performing the technique that he will explain next. ”

"What's next, how did you cause long-range killing?"

"Yes, it's a very simple, but brutal one. ”

The author has something to say: tsk, I didn't finish it......

In order to finish the three shifts before twelve o'clock, I had to send it up first.

The next chapter of this case is over, and it will be more tomorrow.

Ah, after this case is over, what case should I write next......

I still want to write about the case, but after a few chapters, I want to write about a case that I encountered with Nioh, what do you think?

Who will appear in the next case......