Monday, March 23rd, afternoon, the balcony of Kozaburo Hijikata's house.

Looking at the covered object on the balcony next door, Conan was taken aback by his own thoughts, and whispered to Yamazaki, "Hey, did you say that was ......?"

"I think so. Yamazaki said.

"What are you looking at?" Lan asked.

"Sister Lan, look at that covered thing on the balcony next door," Conan asked, "like what?"

"Like what?" Lan looked at it carefully, then his face changed greatly, and he said in horror, "Like, like a person!"

"What?" Maori looked at in surprise and found that it looked like a person, "No, I'm going to take a look." ”

"I stayed here and watched. Yamazaki said.

A moment later, next door to Kozaburo Hijikata's house, outside the Okita family.

Mori knocked the door and shouted, "Mr. Okita, are you there?"

"Will I go to the convenience store and haven't come back yet. Lan said.

At this time, the door opened, and Okita asked, "What's so noisy?"

"I'd like to see your balcony, okay?" asked Maori.

"Balcony?" Okita said, "Then please come in." ”

Conan rushed in first, followed by Kozaburo Hijikata, Mori, and Ran, and Okita followed in confusion.

When Conan entered, he found that the architectural layout of the house was symmetrical with the one next door, and immediately ran into the living room, then opened the balcony door and entered the balcony, glanced at Yamazaki next door, saw him nod, and knew that he was saying that no one had come, so he pulled the cloth open.

Bushimoto was indeed a person, Yumi Nagakura, who sat unnaturally sideways in the corner.

"Brave, brave!" exclaimed Kozaburo Hijikata, and then pounced, shouting incessantly.

"Well, this is ......," Okita exclaimed in surprise.

Mori stepped forward and grabbed Yumi Nagakura's wrist, probed her heartbeat, and then said solemnly, "No, she's dead." Then asked Yamazaki to call the police, and asked the time by the way, 2:03 p.m.

"Yumi!" Kozaburo Hijikata hugged Yumi's body and cried bitterly.

"Why, how could it be!" Okita cried out in horror, "how could Yumi die on my balcony." ”

Maori grabbed Okita by the collar, "You don't pretend to me, this is your family, who do you say is the poisoner." ”

"I didn't kill anyone at all. Okita exclaimed, "I just came back from the convenience store." ”

Maori said: "I've seen a lot of things like you make alibi, so you should explain it to the police." With that, he let go of Okita.

Mori asked Kozaburo Hijikata to put Yumi's body on the ground.

The preliminary examination results showed that Yumi Nagakura had been strangled by someone using multiple strands of thin wire such as a fishing line, and no foreign objects were found in her fingernails, which means that she had no resistance, and the time of death was definitely not more than thirty minutes, and it was shorter, and the skin on her neck was still warm.

It seems that he was strangled in a coma, Conan touched his chin and thought, now just wait for the time when the police investigate Okita and go to the convenience store, and then crack this alibi.

On the other side, Yamazaki went down to the first floor, took the elevator to the top sixth floor, and then sat on the first floor, and looked at the time, which was about sixty-five seconds each way and about one hundred and forty seconds round trip.

About 30 steps from the elevator to the main door, according to the cadence rate of 2 seconds and 3 steps, it is counted as 20 seconds, and 379 steps to the convenience store is counted as 200 seconds. One red light on the road, forty seconds, plus yellow light and other factors, it counts as forty-five seconds.

Yamazaki asked the clerk at the convenience store, and Okita bought a battery for the Walkman and almost came in and left, leaving at about 1:53 p.m., and the clerk saw through the glass that Okita ate a red light when he walked to the crosswalk.

Yamazaki calculated as he walked back, if calculated according to the cadence of two seconds and three steps, Okita would take about 330 seconds to get home, that is, he would arrive home before 1:59 pm, and four minutes was short, but it was enough. And if you go a little faster, you can squeeze out a minute, and then time is enough.

When Yamazaki walked back to the Kozaburo Hijikata apartment building, the Twilight Police Department and Officer Takagi led the team.

Yamazaki looked at the time, and at 2:21 p.m., after greeting them, Yamazaki took them upstairs.

Okita family.

After getting his subordinates to work, the Twilight Police Department asked Maori angrily, "Hey, why are you here?"

"By chance," Maori laughed dryly, "it was all accidental." Then he explained the situation.

On the other side, Conan noticed that Yamazaki was coming, so he stepped forward and asked, "Where have you been?"

"Go to the convenience store. Yamazaki said.

"It's rare that you're so positive. Conan laughed, then asked, "What did you find?"

"He'll be back before two o'clock. Yamazaki said.

"So there's time to commit the crime. Conan laughed.

"What about you, did you find anything?" asked Yamazaki.

"Nope. "I guess he threw the gloves, the drug, and the murder weapon into the river outside." ”

"You've said less. Yamazaki said.

"What?" asked Conan.

"Shoes. Yamazaki said, "I didn't find women's shoes at the door when I entered the door just now. ”

"Oh, that's true. Conan said, and then asked, "I don't know if I'm wrong, you have different questions about this incident?"

"A little. Yamazaki said.

"What is it?" asked Conan.

Yamazaki said, "When Mr. Hijikata was boiling water in the kitchen to make tea, he was also alone, and there was no alibi. ”

"Mr. Hijikata?" Conan said after a moment's thought, "but what reason did he have to kill his wife?"

"I don't know. Yamazaki said.

At this point, the forensic officer reported the results of the preliminary examination of the body to the Twilight Police Department, which was the same as that found in Maori.

The Twilight Police Department asked, "So, Mr. Okita, do you have anything to explain?"

"I didn't kill Yumi," Okita said, "I don't have any motive to kill Yumi." Then he pointed to Kozaburo Hijikata, who was sitting on the side and cried, and said, "If there is anyone here who really wants to kill Miss Yumi, it must be him, they are about to divorce, and he killed Miss Yumi for the divorce property." ”

"Nonsense. Kozaburo Hijikata said angrily, "I had an agreement with Yumi at the beginning, and if we divorce, we will only take away the money we earned, and we both have agents, and the accounts are very clear." ”

"We'll look into that. The Twilight Police Department said, then asked, "Mori said that the last time they saw Ms. Yumi was around 1:50 p.m., Mr. Okita, where were you at that time?"

"I don't remember the specifics," Okita said, "I went to a convenience store and bought a battery, but I threw the receipt away." ”

"I went to the convenience store and asked," said Yamazaki, "Mr. Okita bought a battery and left the convenience store around 1:53 p.m., and he ate a red light on the road. Then he said, "According to my estimate, if he comes back with a cadence of two seconds and three paces, he will arrive home before 1:59." ”

"yes, I see. "Just to be on the safe side, Takagi, you take someone on another walk." ”

"Yes, go right away. "Officer Takagi took the people away.

The Twilight Police Department asked, "Mr. Okita, where were you when they came in?"

"I was listening to music in the living room, but I didn't see Miss Yumi at all. Okita said, "The murderer must have deliberately put Miss Yumi in the back of his sight." ”

"Dead ends?" the Twilight Police Department took a look, looking from the living room to the balcony, and there were indeed dead spots on both sides.

"The police department, this should have been deliberately put by himself. "That way, if any guests come, they won't see it." ”

Okita shouted, "Nonsense, I let you in when you said you wanted to see the balcony." ”

"Hmph, you're just gambling," Maori said angrily, "If you don't let me in, you're a thief, and you don't need to investigate now." Then he added, "By the way, the police department, I remember that Mr. Hijikata said that the couple was going to meet with Mr. Okita for a meeting. ”

"Yes, there is such a thing. Kozaburo Hijikata stopped his tears and said, "But the specific time is set by Yumi, I don't know." ”

The Twilight Police Department asked, "Oh, Mr. Okita, is there such a thing, and what time is it?"

"Yes, we're going to discuss how to deal with the rumors during this time. Okita said, "Time is, time ......."

Speaking of this, Okita's face turned completely pale.

"What time is it?" asked Maori, "it won't be two o'clock in the afternoon, will it?"

"No, no," Okita exclaimed excitedly to Kozaburo Hijikata, "it must be you, you're framing me." ”

"What nonsense are you talking about. Kozaburo Hijikata said angrily.

The Twilight Police Department hurriedly stepped forward and stood between the two, waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, please calm down." ”

After a while, seeing that Okita's mood had calmed down, the Twilight Police Department asked, "Mr. Okita, may I ask, what time is the appointment between you and Ms. Yumi, is it two o'clock in the afternoon?"

"Yes. Okita said with difficulty.

"Police, I think it must be like this," Maori said. Ms. Yumi came to knock on the door in order to make sure that Mr. Okita was not at home, Mr. Okita opened the door and asked Ms. Yumi to go in, and Ms. Yuami naturally went in, and then stood in front of the entrance and said a few words to Mr. Okita, after which Ms. Yuami turned around and went out, ready to go home to call Mr. Hijikata, and at this time, Mr. Okita took advantage of her to go back to call Mr. Hijikata, attacked Ms. Yuami from behind with a handkerchief with a drug, and after fascinating her, closed the door and dragged her into the room, put on gloves, strangled her with a rope, and then put Ms. Yumi's body in the corner of the balcony and covered it with a cloth, ready to wait until it got dark to deal with it。 Mr. Okita then packed up the murder weapon, gloves, and drugs and threw them into the Tsutsumi River outside, so the forensic personnel have not found them in the room until now. ”

"Well, that makes sense. The Dusk Police Department said.

"No, no, I haven't done it. Okita muttered, "I didn't do it. ”

At this time, the mobile phone of the Twilight Police Department rang, and I looked at the number, and it was Officer Takagi's, "Where are you? Why does it sound noisy?"

"I'm downstairs, the police department," Officer Takagi said with a wry smile, "and the building is already surrounded by reporters, and we can't squeeze in." ”

The Twilight Police Department asked, "What about your investigation?"

"The convenience clerk said that Mr. Okita walked at 1:53 p.m. and ate a red light. Officer Takagi said, "According to the investigation just now, we walked here from the convenience store for 240 seconds, which is four minutes, and when we took the elevator down before, it was about 90 seconds, and the total journey was less than six minutes. ”

In other words, Mr. Okita arrived home at about 1:59 p.m. "Okay, I see. ”

"Well, police department, what do we do now?" asked Officer Takagi.

"Uh," the Twilight Police Department thought for a moment and smiled, "That's fine, you take someone to the river to see, the murder weapon may have been packed and thrown in the river." ”

"Huh?" Officer Takagi was taken aback.

"Stupid," the Twilight Police Department laughed, "and I didn't let you go down to fish, and I wouldn't call someone to help." ”

"Ah, yes, I see. Officer Takagi immediately laughed. ……