Tuesday, January 27, evening.

The front and last pages of the evening newspaper carried the whole story of the Okuda incident, and the oil truck bombing incident was a thing of the past for most people.

News about the corruption of the United Nations oil-for-food programme was published in the international edition. ……

Sunday, February 1st, afternoon, rice flower shopping street.

Conan accompanied Lan to go shopping, and met an acquaintance, Sachiko Nishimura, in front of the beef shop, who was carrying a bottle of high-end red wine and was buying two servings of high-end beef.

Lan was a little curious, "Miss Sachiko, who are you?"

"Because today is a very special day. Sachiko Nishimura smiled, "My lover will come." ”

"Hey?" Lan was surprised, "Miss Sachiko, do you have a lover?" and then reacted, and said embarrassedly, "It's really rude." ”

"It doesn't matter. Nishimura Sachiko smiled, then took the beef, "Lan, then I'll go first." ”

"Miss Sachiko, goodbye. Lan laughed.

Conan proposed, "Now, Sister Lan, why don't we eat beef at night?"

"I'm sorry, Conan, but we'll talk about that at the end of the month. Lan said angrily, "If only Dad could quit buying horses and drinking." ”

Conan straightened his triangular eyes, and the uncle probably didn't have to count on it in his life. ……

The next day, Monday, February 2nd, afternoon.

On their way out of school, Yamazaki, Midaiko, Sonoko, and Ran spotted a police car parked in front of an apartment building and a group of onlookers, with the police officers in the lead appearing to be Officer Takagi and Officer Chiba.

Yuan Zi looked over curiously, and found that the deceased people were talking about was actually Ran's acquaintance Nishimura Sachiko, and after being surprised, he hurriedly called Ran and them over.

"Miss Sachiko is dead!" Lan asked, "What's going on?"

Officer Takagi said, "According to Miss Nishimura's colleague, Miss Nishimura did not go to work today, and no one answered her mobile phone calls to her apartment, because she lived alone, so her colleagues were worried about whether she suddenly had some illness, so they came to look for her." ”

Officer Chiba said: "My colleagues called the door and no one answered, so I asked the administrator to open the door, and it turned out that she was actually dead at home, so I called the police." ”

Officer Takagi said, "The cause of death was a blunt blow to the head with a blunt weapon, which was a Buddha statue in the room. ”

Officer Chiba said, "There are traces of rummaging in the room, and there is a suspicion of property damage. ”

Mei Daiko asked, "That is, for money?"

"Yes, and acquaintances. Officer Takagi said, "Since the door was not damaged, Miss Nishimura should have taken the initiative to let someone in, and then that person killed and robbed money." ”

Officer Chiba said, "In addition, there are two steaks on the table, or maybe ......"

Lan's face turned sour, "No, no, it's impossible. ”

Officer Takagi asked, "Miss Lan, do you know anything?"

"There are too many people here, it's not a place to talk about it, can you let us go to the scene and have a look. Yamazaki suggested.

Officer Takagi and Officer Chiba discussed it and agreed. ……

Scene, Sachiko Nishimura's room.

The forensic staff was working, the room was a little messy, it was obvious that it had been rummaged through, the table was very neat, two steaks, one was only half eaten, the other did not move at all, not even the knife and fork.

At the dining table, the chair is pulled away at a large angle on the side of the steak that has been moved, and on the other side of the steak that has not been moved, the chair is still neatly on the edge of the table.

Ran told Officer Takagi and Officer Chiba that she had met Sachiko Nishimura yesterday afternoon and learned that Sachiko Nishimura was going to entertain her boyfriend with a steak.

Officer Takagi asked, "Do you know who her boyfriend is?"

"I don't know. "I also learned for the first time yesterday that I always thought that Miss Sachiko didn't have a boyfriend. ”

Mei Daizi asked, "Hey, if you're a boyfriend, there should always be a group photo, right?"

Officer Takagi said, "No, none of the photos we found had a man in them. ”

"Maybe it's all taken away. Officer Chiba said.

"I see," Sonoko said, "the murderer was her boyfriend, who killed Miss Sachiko for money and took the picture away." ”

"No," Lan said sadly, "Miss Sachiko was so happy yesterday." ”

"That's for love. "The steak didn't move at all, which means he doesn't even want to eat what Miss Sachiko cooks." ”

"Makes sense," said the garden, "that the robbery is a trick to get the attention of the police." ”

"Let's take a closer look. Yamazaki said, "Look at those two chairs." ”

Yuan Zi asked, "What's the problem?"

"Ah, that's not right," said Maidiko, pointing to the chair next to the table, "it shouldn't be like that." ”

The garden asked, "What is that?"

"The chair is what it looks like when a person is sitting at the table. ”

"What's that?" said the gardener, "I must have put the chair back after leaving." ”

"Ah, I see. "If you put the chair back after you leave, you should put it under the table, not on the edge of the table like this, and if you don't put it back, it should be at a big angle to the table like that chair." ”

"The chair is in a sitting position, the dish hasn't moved, and the wine doesn't seem to have moved," Yamazaki said, "Maybe Miss Sachiko is just drinking alone." ”

"No," Officer Takagi said, "a neighbor heard Miss Nishimura talking to someone. ”

"No," Officer Chiba said, "the man only heard Miss Nishimura speak alone, and he was smiling and toasting to the other party. ”

Mei Daizi said, "But this wine does not seem to have moved at all, and if anyone is sitting here, it is polite to take a sip." ”

"That is, there was no one in this house at that time?" Sonoko asked, "who killed Miss Sachiko and took the belongings?"

"No, no, you're just guessing, there's no evidence to back it up. Officer Takagi asked rhetorically, "And the photo is gone, so if it's not the murderer, why take it?"

"To blame you. Mei Daiko said.

"This steak was only eaten a little, that is, the incident happened at dinner. "It wasn't the dead of night, the caretaker wouldn't sleep, he wouldn't leave the management room to patrol, he must have known who had been in and out of the building, and he could ask the neighbor who gave the clue." ”

"Okay, let's go ask the administrator. The garden said.

"Whoever it is, I can't spare him. Lan said angrily.

"Let's wait until we catch someone. Mei Daiko smiled. ……

The administrator provided a clue that Kenji Suenaga of the apartment building opposite had been there about that time last night.

The administrator said, "I once saw him talking to Miss Nishimura, and he seemed to be courting Sachiko Nishimura, and he seemed to be a little flustered when he left. ”

Officer Takagi asked, "Panic?"

"I don't know," said the administrator, "anyway, I jokingly asked him if he had caught Miss Nishimura, and he didn't say anything, and just hurried away, unlike usual. ”

Officer Chiba asked, "How is he usual?"

The administrator said: "He works as a salesman in a liquor store, and he can usually talk very well. ”

Yuanzi smiled: "Okay, the murderer is him, he must be a thief." ”

"Let's go find him. Lan said angrily.

Mei Daizi smiled: "Maybe she ran away a long time ago." ”……