Saturday, April 22, afternoon.

Regarding the doubts against Umezu Takashi, Mikami Toru, and Araki Chika, the Twilight Police Department said, "If you say that you are not the murderer, then you must have an alibi." ”

"According to my judgment, the time of Umezu's death was between 3 and 4 p.m. ”

The three of you look at me, I look at you, and shook his head helplessly, indicating that there is no alibi.

Yamazaki said, "Mr. Mikami, didn't you say that you called Mr. Osamu Umezu? If it's a landline, then it can prove your location." ”

Toru Mikami said: "I know this, but I use a mobile phone. ”

"Mobile phones? It takes a little effort to find the base station. Yamazaki said, "Please tell me your mobile phone number." ”

"Huh?"

Everyone noticed that Mikami's hand was shaking a little.

Araki Chika screamed, "Mikami Toru, did you kill the teacher?"

Mikami reflexively exclaimed, "No, I don't, I really don't." ”

"Then please give me your mobile phone number. Mori took Mikami's cell phone and called the Twilight Police Department's cell.

Soon, the results of the investigation came out, and Toru Mikami made two phone calls to Osamu Umezu this afternoon.

The first call was answered, and the conversation lasted nearly a minute.

The second call went unanswered.

The time of the second call was within the time of Osamu Umezu's death, and the location was near Osamu Umezu's house.

The Twilight Police Department asked, "Mr. Toru Mikami, what is your explanation for this?"

Mori asked, "Mr. Toru Mikami, you said that you made a phone call and found that no one answered, so you rushed over to check." ”

Mikami said: "That, yes, when I was around here, I wanted to call the teacher by the way, but I found that no one answered, so I ran over." ”

"Oh, it's nearby," the Dusk Police Department asked, "and where was it?"

"Don't tell us, you don't remember where you are," Maori said. ”

"Yes, I don't remember exactly. Mikami said, "I was wandering around, and wherever I went. ”

Maori said angrily: "You are so laid-back. ”

Toru Mikami said, "I'm thinking. ”

Conan reminded, "Now, the assistant can also write books, right?"

Araki Chika exclaimed, "Ah, Mikami, that book can't be written by you!"

"No, it's not. Mikami tried his best to deny it, but his heart was empty.

"Oh, I see, it's not enough for the old man to bully Araki all the time, even you are tired of bullying, you really deserve to be killed. Umezu smiled, "Thank you so much." ”

Maori said angrily: "You guy, what the hell is going on with you, he is your father after all!"

"So, old man, he's right. Umezu sneered, "You can imagine what happened to me before when you look at how the old man did to these assistants, and I didn't kill him, even if I was worthy of him." ”

Maori has nothing to say, because now it seems that there is indeed something wrong with Umezu's character.

The Twilight Police Department said to Toru Mikami: "Mr. Toru Mikami, don't resist anymore, as a fiction writer, I think you must have a manuscript, that's the best evidence." ”

Mikami clenched his fists and gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, I am the author of the novel "The Road to the Thirteen Steps", and Mr. Osamu Umezu took it. ”

Mori Daiki, "Very well, so you admit to killing Umezu Shu-sensei"

"No, I don't admit it. Mikami said, "You can't just think I'm a murderer, this Miss Araki Chika next to me, she has many works that have been taken away by the teacher, and if she killed the teacher, I'm not surprised at all." ”

Araki Chika was in a hurry, "No, I didn't. ”

"If Araki-sama wasn't the murderer, then I think the teacher committed suicide," said Mikami, "because the jury had noticed that the novel 'The Road to the Thirteen Steps' was not written by the teacher, and he was afraid that I would expose him and end up ruined, so he committed suicide." ”

Araki Chika hesitated, "This, this is not impossible. ”

Yamazaki asked, "Why do you two want to be shadow writers and the other don't? Is it a matter of money?"

Araki Chika said with some shame: "Yes, I was short of money so I agreed to let the teacher publish my novel in his name, so that I could have a better income." ”

"I just didn't expect that my work would have received a good response, and I would have disagreed with it if I knew it, but it was already difficult to ride the tiger. ”

"In terms of writing style, the style of my work is not far from the style of my teacher's work, and it is rumored by the outside world that it is a new idea developed by the teacher, which has been branded by the teacher. ”

"And because I am a famous teacher, I can get good grades, and if it were me, an unknown person, I believe that the grades of the book would not be very good. ”

"This is the star effect, we newcomers can only be constantly sucked blood. ”

Speaking of this, Araki Chika's expression changed from misery to hatred.

"Well, did you hear that?" said Toru Mikami, "I'm short of money too, but I don't want to be like Miss Chika, hiding behind her teacher all her life and becoming a bone under his throne." "Honestly, if there's anyone out there who doesn't want the teacher dead, it's me, because I'm proposing a raise to the teacher." ”

Maori didn't feel good and said, "I'm afraid it's blackmail, right?"

"Whatever you say, in short, if the teacher doesn't die, I can take this matter and have the right to speak in front of the teacher. Mikami said, "I said before that the teacher would commit suicide, that's the reason, I don't want to say it, and I don't want to expose the deal between me and the teacher." ”

"If that's the case...... "Mori and the Twilight Police Department looked at each other for a while, and Mikami Toru really had no reason to kill Umezu.

Next to him, Conan finds Yamazaki, pulls Yamazaki aside, and points out to Yamazaki the death information of Osamu Umezu.

"Death information?" Yamazaki felt a toothache, "Is that the wat held by the priest in the corpse's hand?"

Conan said, "That's right, apparently it was after that Umezu Xiu got his hands. ”

"I don't know where you apparently saw it," Yamazaki asked angrily, "Are you sure that is not the scene set up by the murderer?"

"Listen to me. Conan said, "The wat that Umezu holds is upside down, and in his essay he writes that he has a childish mechanism that is not worth mentioning in the eyes of others, and that everyone is looking at but no one discovers his own pleasure." ”

"So what?" asked Yamazaki, "What does this mechanism have to do with Wat?"

"Many of the titles of his works are palindromes, that is, they mean the same thing when they are read backwards. "In other words, quietly adding palindrome to one's own work is what Umezu-sensei calls secret pleasure." ”

"And then, because Mikami Mikami is also a palindrome, so he is the murderer?" Yamazaki asked, "What do you think?"

"That's right, but I haven't found any further evidence, so I want to ask you why you suspect him as a murderer," Conan said. ”

Yamazaki said: "I suspect him, just because he is the first discoverer, and he also has Uncle Maori, according to Uncle Maori's usual luck, he is likely to be the murderer, plus the scene is a little uncoordinated, the deceased is neat and the scene is chaotic." ”

"Uh-huh, and then?" Conan asked, "what evidence?"

"No, he pushed cleanly. Yamazaki asked, "By the way, do you know what I think?

Conan asked, "Oh, what do you think?"

Yamazaki said, "Umezu Shu obviously drank the poison, which can be seen from the coffee. ”

"So what?" asked Conan.

Yamazaki said: "I don't think he will be able to get up after he falls, so Osamu Umezu committed suicide, and he held the wat in the hope that he would get good luck after death." ”

Conan shook his head and smiled: "This is impossible, he must have killed him." ”

Yamazaki asked, "What about the evidence?"

Conan said, "I'll find it." ”

Yamazaki said: "Then, if Umezu Osamu was killed by him, I think the murderer was still here at the time, so this wat was arranged by the murderer." ”

Conan insisted, "No, it must have been taken by himself later." ”

Yamazaki shook his head and said, "Your detective's intuition can't be used as evidence, and the death information you said can't be convinced, because no one can be sure that he will be able to get up again after taking poison and falling." ”

"......" Conan had nothing to say.

At this time, the forensic officers called it a day and came to report the situation to the Twilight Police Department.

Umezu Shu drank coffee, which was initially identified as a nervous poison, which was the cause of his death.

Umezumu had a traumatic wound to the back of his head, but the blood was confined to the underside of his head, which means that it was caused by the fall.

Conan interjected: "Now, can you see that after he fell, did he get up?"

"It's hard to judge, because if he doesn't bleed much from his wounds, even if he stands up, he won't necessarily bleed much," said the forensic officer. ”

In addition, there are no bloody handprints in the room, that is, after he stood up, he touched the wound on his head and then touched the bloody handprints left elsewhere, with this, it means that he must have stood up, but without this, it does not mean that he did not stand up, it can only be said that it may be very small. ”

Conan was a little discouraged, "That's right. ”

The forensic personnel continued to report and found some fingerprints and hair, and the fingerprints were confirmed to be those of Umezu Takashi, Mikami Toru and Araki Chika, and Mao found that it was still suspicious.

In addition to the fingerprints of the deceased, no fingerprints of other people have been found, and based on some traces, it is difficult to determine whether someone entered the room wearing gloves, that is, he cannot be judged to have killed him. ……