Sunday, February 15th, 4 p.m., Rice Flower Town.

Mori drove back from the ski resort with Ran, Conan, Yamazaki, Maidiko, and Sonoko. Yuanzi got off at an intersection and took a taxi home, and after Maori took the four Lan and the four people downstairs to the Maori Detective Agency, he went to return the car.

Māori Detective Agency.

When Ran returned, he found a message on the answering machine that a friend of Mori had invited him to Ginza for a drink, just tonight.

Soon after, Maori returned, learned the news, hurriedly changed into the jacket he wore on the ski trip, changed into a suit and left.

Later, when Lan sorted out Maori's coat, he found that Maori's wallet, watch, mobile phone, cigarettes, lighters, etc. were all in his coat pocket.

"Really," Lan said worriedly, "Dad, he won't be without money to ride." ”

"No, my uncle's suit pocket has the change he found last time he bought cigarettes with 10,000 yen. Conan laughed, "As long as I don't run into the police uncle, I should be able to come back." ”

"Uncle Policeman?" Lan asked, confused.

Conan smiled and asked, "Sister Lan, what will happen if my uncle can't leave when he's drunk?"

"The patrolman will call us when he sees him," Lan said, then laughing, "By the way, if you don't have your ID, you'll have to come back tomorrow." ”

"That's it. Conan laughed.

"Okay, then don't care about Daddy. Lan said, "Since Dad has gone out to eat, let's order something to eat." ”

"How's that pizza, Sister Lan?" asked Conan.

"It's okay, I haven't eaten this in a while. Lan said. ……

In the evening, Mei Dai Restaurant.

The four members of the Miyamoto family, Ran, and Conan had just settled the supper, and Yamazaki's mobile phone rang, and it was Maori's, and he called with the mobile phone of the Twilight Police Department to inform Yamazaki that he had encountered a murder and asked Yamazaki to go over for an internship. ……

Soon after, after eleven o'clock in the evening, an apartment in 2-chome, Rice Flower Town.

When Yamazaki, Ran, and Conan arrived, Officer Takagi was reporting the preliminary investigation results, "The victim is the tenant here, Miss Kazumi Takenaka, 29 years old, the cause of death was a stab in the chest, and the body was found by Mr. Mori, who came here at about 10:30 p.m., and the victim's landlord and roommate, Miss Sachiko Shimamura, judging from the stiffness of the victim's body, it is estimated that the time of death should have been two hours ago, that is, around 9 o'clock in the evening." Then he added, "The caretaker here said that the escape staircase of this apartment is very close to the balcony and easy to climb into, and there have been quite a few robberies here. Judging by the rampaging drawers in the room, it may have been a robbery murder. However, there is a courier on the table, and the administrator said that the courier came at about 8:40 p.m., so it is also possible that the courier robbers killed him, and now the courier company has been contacted and is looking for this courier. ”

"Good. The Twilight Police Department said, then asked, "By the way, Brother Maori, how did you end up here?"

Maori just wanted to answer, but suddenly felt a chill in his back, and turned his head to look, it was Lan, who was staring at himself with unkind eyes, and glared at her, meaning don't make trouble, what is there to talk about when you go back. Then he said to the Twilight Police Department: "I was going to Ginza to drink with a friend today, but at about seven o'clock, the friend suddenly received an important phone call and left, so I came back by train, and when I came out of the rice flower station and walked to the back door of the rice flower middle school, I was drinking and sat for a while, and then I ran into Miss Sachiko." ”

The Twilight Police Department asked, "Mori, do you know Miss Sachiko?"

"Yes, officer. "I have a small import and export company in Chaoyang, and the Poirot café downstairs from the Maori Detective Agency is my client, and it is there that I met the Maori detectives. ”

The Twilight Police Department asked, "Miss Sachiko, why did you meet Brother Maori there?"

Sachiko Shimamura said, "I was working overtime alone in the company today, but I was a little worried about Kazumi who was lying in bed because of a cold, so I drove back around 7:50 to see how she was doing, and parked the car there." ”

"Oh, you've been here," the Dusk Police Department asked, "So, Miss Sachiko, did you meet Miss Wami back then?"

"Well, it can't be said to be a meeting. Sachiko Shimamura said, "Because Kazumi has been sleeping soundly, I didn't call her and went straight back to the car." ”

"Na, na," asked Conan, "Miss Sachiko, why did you park your car at the back door of Rice Flower Middle School?

"Because I want to go back to the company," says Sachiko Shimamura, "and the parking lot here is a two-story design, so it's very difficult to get in and out." ”

Conan asked, "Wouldn't it be nice to stop in front of the apartment?"

"No, kid, I wasn't sure how long I would be here. Sachiko Shimamura smiled, "And there is a bus passing in front of our apartment, which will block the way." ”

The Twilight Police Department asked, "Miss Sachiko, is this parcel with your name written on the table, is it for you, and when did you receive it?"

"It's mine, but I don't remember receiving this package," Sachiko Shimamura said, looking at it, "The signature looks like Kazumi's handwriting." ”

The Twilight Police Department asked, "So, was it there when you came back to visit Miss Kazumi?"

"This," Sachiko Shimamura said after a moment's thought, "I don't remember. ”

"Rice Flower Middle School is here," the Twilight Police Department asked, "So, Mori, what time did you meet with Miss Sachiko?"

"At eight o'clock in the evening, I forgot to bring my watch when I went out, and I heard the school bell. Maori said, Then Miss Sachiko and I took her car to the beach, and when we got there, it was about half past eight in the evening, and then we drank the beer and juice she bought from the vending machine, and we stayed for about an hour, and we left there at about nine forty o'clock in the evening, and we stopped at her company for about five minutes on the way, and after that, we went straight back to the apartment, and I sent Miss Sachiko back to find that the door was unlocked, and then I found the body of Miss Kazumi Takenaka, which was about ten twenty o'clock in the evening, and then I contacted the police officer。 ”

"If that's the case, Mori you can indeed testify for Miss Sachiko. "But, Miss Sachiko, can you let us check your car?" ”

"Absolutely. Sachiko Shimamura said, then handed over the car keys.

"The police department, the seaside with vending machines, will not be a secluded place. "It's not yet midnight, and there must be no more tourists who have not returned, so I think it's necessary to call the patrol officer in the neighborhood to leave the people who are still there, and then drive over in Miss Sachiko's car." ”

"What do you say," cried Maori, "you don't believe me anymore?"

Yamazaki smiled bitterly: "I'm sorry uncle, the smell of alcohol on your body is too strong, I find it hard to believe that you are awake, if you fall asleep and then come back here to commit a crime, and then go back to wake you up, in terms of time, it is completely possible." ”

"That's a good point. Lan said angrily, "It's hard to believe the words of a drunk. ”

Maori said angrily: "You ......"

"What am I, it's you, Dad. Lan interrupted Maori and stared at Maori fiercely, "Unless you say everything you've said in that hour or so, every word." ”

Conan raised his triangular eyes, Lan's momentum, alas!

"This ......" Maori hesitated.

The Twilight Police Department asked, "Oh, is there something wrong with this, Brother Maori?"

"This," Maori said embarrassedly, "I did fall asleep." "I was drunk with a beer, and before I knew it, I fell asleep, and by the time I was woken up, it was nine thirty p.m." ”

The Twilight Police Department sent a pair of triangular eyes, "So, you can't be Miss Sachiko's witness?"

"Ah, this," Maori said, "yes, I've had a can of beer, so I guess we've been talking for a while." ”

Lan asked, "How much time is there?"

"This, I don't remember. Maori smiled wryly.

"Ahem!" said the Twilight Police Department, "Miss Sachiko, please take us to the beach where you just went." ”

"No need. Shimamura Sachiko muttered, "Sure enough, I still can't hide it." ”

The Twilight Police Department asked, "Miss Sachiko Shimamura, do you mean by this, you killed Kazumi Takenaka?"

"I'd like to ask a question, can you turn yourself in now?" asked Sachiko Shimamura.

"Yes, as long as you say it before the investigation, you will be considered a surrender. ”

"Well," said Sachiko Shimamura, "yes, I killed Kazumi Takenaka here." ”

The Twilight Police Department asked, "So, you took advantage of the time when Maori was asleep to run back and forth?"

Sachiko Shimamura said, "No, I just adjusted the clock on the car. ”

"Tune the clock? The Twilight Police Department said, and then asked Mori angrily, "What time did you meet Miss Sachiko?"

"Well, I heard the bell of Rice Flower Middle School ring eight times. "Maori's sweat came down.

"It was nine, and it was nine o'clock in the evening. Sachiko Shimamura said, "I'm sorry, Detective Maori. ”

"Nine o'clock in the evening?" Lan gritted his teeth, "I see, I saw people, and even the time was wrong." ”

"Hey, hey, Lan, don't think about it," Maori said quickly, "I just drank too much." ”

"At nine o'clock in the evening," said Conan, "Uncle fell asleep quickly, and then was woken up after only ten minutes or so." ”

Sachiko Shimamura said, "Yes, Detective Maori drank half a jar of wine in one gulp, and then fell asleep while talking, so I poured out the rest of the wine, making Detective Maori think we had been talking for a long time." ”

"Poof!" Lan couldn't help but smile and asked, "Dad, are you dating like this?"

"Whew, verbose. Maori blushed.

The Twilight Police Department asked, "Ahem, Miss Sachiko, did you use those ten minutes to deal with your crime tools?"

"Yes, I threw them into the sea. Sachiko Shimamura said, "Although I think I'm doing something very hidden, there are a lot of people there, I can't guarantee that I won't be seen, my luck has not been very good lately, and I don't want to bet on this." ”

"Luck?" asked Maori.

"I am in the import and export business, and last time there was a batch of agricultural products that was no problem, but the country's policy changed, and it became contraband, and I didn't know about this situation at the time, so I did this business. Sachiko Shimamura said, "Kazumi is also a good friend of mine, but when I told her about this as an after-dinner chatter, she went to collect evidence, came to threaten me, asked me to provide her with a house, and then gave her a salary." A small import and export company like mine relies entirely on bank credit and financing to conduct business, and if this thing is poked out, the capital chain will be broken immediately, and the company will definitely go bankrupt, so I agreed to Hemei's conditions. It was until this evening, when Kazumi called me to tell me that my courier had arrived, and I suddenly had the idea of killing her and blaming her death on the courier who came to deliver the parcel. ”

The Twilight Police Department asked, "But if you don't meet Maori, how are you going to prove an alibi?"

"Originally, if everything went well, you police wouldn't suspect me, and I didn't need an alibi at all. Sachiko Shimamura said, "And even if you suspect me, there is nothing you can do about me, after all, in the absence of evidence, overtime is a very legitimate argument." ”

The Twilight Police Department said, "That's right. ”

"But when I was leaving here, I suddenly ran into the Maori detective, and fortunately the Maori detective was too drunk, so I was not exposed on the spot, and to be honest, when Mr. Maori called me, I thought it was all over, but when I knew that Mr. Maori had misheard the time by an hour, I had the idea of taking advantage of the clock in the car and having the Maori detective be a witness to my alibi. Sachiko Shimamura said," I didn't expect that not only Yamazaki, the assistant of the Maori detective, saw the problem, but even the Conan children suspected my intention to park the car behind Rice Flower Middle School, I think that if the Maori detective wakes up tomorrow, he will definitely be able to figure out today's things, and then he will definitely be able to find the problem, and you police may be able to find what I threw away, and then find traces of my use on it, now that I think about it, I feel that I chose the wrong bag, I used a waterproof bag, and I forgot to open it when I threw it and then threw it away, so I had to turn myself in now. ”

"I see. The Twilight Police Department said, and then said angrily to Mori, "So, thank you for your help." ”

"Where, where. Maori laughed dryly, "I really didn't help much." ”

Sachiko Shimamura saluted Mori and said, "I'm sorry, Mori, for causing you trouble." ”

"It's nothing. Maori said.

Shimamura Sachiko smiled: "Then, when I come out, I will ask you for a drink again, as an atonement." ”

"How embarrassing is that. Maori laughed.

"Ahem! Lan reminded.

"Heh, heh, Lan, you have to take care of your father. Sachiko Shimamura said with a smile.

Lan blushed in embarrassment.

The Twilight Police Department said, "Alright, Miss Sachiko, please come with us." ”

"Okay. Sachiko Shimamura said.

"Remember to come back tomorrow to take notes. The Twilight Police Department said to Maori.

"I see, Policeman. Maori laughed. ……