August 9, Rice Flower Town, in front of Jun Omura's apartment building.

Before 10:30 p.m., Yamazaki arrived, saw Mori standing in front of the car and looked down at the ground, and heard Mori Rang Lan call the police and asked, "Uncle Mori, has there been an incident?"

"It could have been a car accident. Maori said.

"No, no," the owner said quickly, "as soon as I came to Ikuta, he was like that." ”

"It wasn't a car accident," Conan said, "and he got a blow to the head. ”

"What?" Maori was taken aback, and quickly checked it again.

"There were a lot of cigarette butts on the ground, and it looked like someone was attacking them while they were waiting for someone. "The wallet is still there, it's a murder." ”

"Ahem!" Yamazaki coughed lightly as a reminder.

"Ah, this," seeing that Maori has a tendency to grow mushrooms, Conan knew that he was robbing his lines, and hurriedly said, "That is just a little reasoning that I learned from Uncle Maori." ”

"Hmm. Maori changed his attack to kneading and said with satisfaction, "Yes, yes." Then he introduced himself to the owner, "I'm Kogoro Mori." ”

"Detective Mori Kogoro!" the owner said in surprise.

"Not bad. Maori nodded in satisfaction, and then asked, "Excuse me, do you know the deceased?"

"Yes, his name is Yoshiro Ikuta, my name is Masami Hisakata, and we went to a friend's house for a drink. "Our friend's name is Koji Takeno, and his family lives on the top floor here. We were joined by Yoichi Shimizu and Hidenori Nakamura. ”

At this time, Jun Omura and Ran came over, and Jun Omura took her to call.

Mori asked, "Mr. Hyuta, so Mr. Ikuta is waiting for you here?"

"Yes. "We're done with beer, I'm going to buy a beer and ask him to wait here for me so we can get it together." ”

"He's been waiting a long time to buy a beer, isn't he?" asked Maori, "Does it take so long to buy a beer?"

"Due to the large number of people attracted by the Chungyuan Conference, some roads in Yonkacho were temporarily turned into pedestrian streets, and vehicles were not allowed to enter, so I took a long detour to come back. "Ikuta is an old smoker, and he always smokes cigarettes one after another. ”

"Is this all true?" asked Maori.

"Of course, you can see it. Masashi Kusakata hurriedly said.

Maori asked, "Mr. Sunshita, is that how he did when you came?"

"When I drove over, I saw him suddenly fall to the ground. ”

Maori asked, "Don't you see people?"

"No, I didn't see anyone at the time. "Really, there wasn't anyone here at the time. ”

"Ahh

At this time, a person came out of the hallway, "Sun, what happened, why didn't you come up?" By the way, what about Ikuta?" and then found Mr. Ikuta lying on the ground, and was taken aback.

"Mr. Mori, this is Yoichi Shimizu. Mr. Kusaka introduced.

"Mr. Mori?" asked Shimizu in surprise, "Are you Detective Mori Kogoro?"

"Not bad. Maori smirked.

Shimizu Yoichi asked, "Is it difficult, is it ...... Ikuta?"

"Yes, I'm sorry. Maori said.

"I went up to inform the others. As soon as Shimizu said, he ran back.

"Wait, Mr. Shimizu, I'll go up with you. Maori said, "Yamazaki, I'll leave it to you." ”

"Understood. Yamazaki said.

Ran followed Maori, and Masashi went up under the sun, and Conan certainly followed. Yamazaki asked Jun Omura about the situation again.

After that, Mei Daizi rushed over, "yes? Is this another incident? Brother, is that the thing doing it?"

"I don't know. Yamazaki laughed, "But I didn't see anyone at the time of the accident." ”

"Really?" said Mei Daiko with a smile, "Tell me about it." Then he listened to Yamazaki tell him about the matter, including the strange things about the Omura family, and then asked Omura, "Uncle, where is your house?"

"That's it. Jun Omura said with a flashlight shining a light on a room with a broken window.

"Brother, take care of me. Mei Daiko said.

"Okay. Yamazaki stood in front of the building, and then took Midaiko, who rushed over.

Mei Daiko landed directly on the eaves of the second-floor window, then pressed her hands against the wall to counteract the momentum, and then looked closely.

After a while, Mei Daiko said, "Brother, there are marks of something hitting this outer wall. Then he took half a step back and fell.

"Be careful!" Jun Omura hurriedly shouted.

Mei Daizi propped her hand on the window eaves, "Thank you." Then he lowered his body, then let go of the wall and jumped with the force of the recoil.

At this time, the sound of a police car came from a distance.

Putting the gold medal that jumped out of her clothes back into her clothes, Midaiko smiled, "I think it may have been knocked by a tall youkai with a mace." ”

"A tall yokai with a mace?" Jun Omura asked with a smile, "Impossible, right? I've heard it several times, why do you keep looking for me?"

"The apartment buildings in the neighborhood seem to have lights on the same apartment building where you live, which means that there are no people living in the neighborhood. Mei Daizi smiled, "And uncle, you are in the apartment building where you live, of course, uncle, your chubby appearance looks more delicious." ”

"Can I take this as a compliment?" asked Jun Omura with a smile in his eyes.

"I'm sorry, Uncle Omura. Yamazaki laughed.

"It doesn't matter. Jun Omura smiled, then touched his stomach and smiled bitterly, "Maybe it's really delicious." ”

Mei Daizi said, "Don't worry, uncle, I will definitely catch the monster when I come." ”

At this time, Mori, Ran, and Conan came down with Masami Kusakata, Yoichi Shimizu, Koji Takeno, and Einori Nakamura.

A moment later, the police car arrived, and the Twilight Police Department got out of the car with his subordinates, accompanied by Officer Takagi, who seemed to be on duty.

"I'm sorry, it's not easy, I'm late. The Twilight Police Department asked, "Brother Maori, what's the situation?"

"Yes. Mori said, "The deceased Yoshiro Ikuta, and these people, Mr. Koji Takeno, Mr. Masami Kunoshita, Mr. Yoichi Shimizu, and Mr. Einori Nakamura were from the Kanka University Mountaineering Club, and Mr. Koji Takeno had a party at home today, and after the wine was drunk, Mr. Kunoshita went to buy sake, and Mr. Ikuta answered him downstairs. Then Mr. Kusakata said that when he returned, he found Mr. Ikuta already on the ground. I was on the third floor, and when I went downstairs, I found that Mr. Ikuta had passed away, and the cause of death was a blow to the brain from a heavy object. ”

The Twilight Police Department found that the street lights were broken, so they asked their subordinates to adjust the car and light up the scene, then looked at Ikuta Yoshiro's body and asked, "Is it a robber?"

"Mr. Ikuta's wallet is still there, and I don't think it's a robber killing by mistake, it's a premeditated killing," Mori said. ”

The Dusk Police Department asked, "So these people?"

"Since it's a murder, I think the culprit should be someone the deceased knew, and these people happen to be around here, so there's a lot of suspicion," Maori said. ”

The Twilight Police Department asked, "So do you know who the killer is?"

"Well," Mori said, "according to Mr. Hyuta, I don't see anyone." ”

"Anyone watching?" asked the Dusk Police Department.

Masami Kunoshita said, "Yes, Officer, when I was driving over, Ikuta suddenly fell to the ground. ”

The Dusk Police Department asked, "In front of you?"

"In front of my car, I was driving close to him. ”

The Twilight Police Department asked, "You don't see anyone?"

"Yes, I didn't see anyone at the time, but I heard the sound of glass breaking. ”

Maori hurriedly told Jun Omura about the strange noises he heard and the broken glass in his house.

The Twilight Police Department asked, "Did you see who broke it?"

Maori said, "No. ”

"It must have been hit by a youkai with a stick. Ordinary people can't make small holes in the exterior wall of the third floor, and it's always at night. Mei Daiko said.

"What kind of pit?" said the Twilight Police Department automatically filtered Midaiko's words.

"It's like the one on the wall of this empty apartment. Mei Daizi said, and then asked, "Huh, what's the speckled on it? It can't be bloodstains, right?

When Conan heard this, he immediately ran into the empty apartment opposite the Omura Jun apartment building.

The Twilight Police Department immediately sent forensic personnel to check it, and sure enough, it was bloodstained, and it extended to the railing on the roof of this building, and there were traces of rope grinding on the railing. There are two kinds of ropes, one is a thin rope such as fishing line, and the other is a finger-thick rope, and the material has not been found. Strangely, the mark is not on the outside, but on the inside, that is, on the outside of the building.

"So, this is the first scene. The Twilight Police Department said, and then asked Masami Kusakata, "You really didn't see anyone when Mr. Ikuta Yoshiro fell?"

"The lights weren't shining there, but I can confirm that there was no one at the time. ”

The Twilight Police Department instructed his subordinates: "Check Mr. Sunshita's car and the surrounding area to see if there is a murder weapon." ”

At this time, Conan ran to Jun Omura's apartment building again, but came out again a moment later, and he remembered that the door of Jun Omura's house was locked.

"Uncle," Yamazaki said to Mori, "it's best to check if there is blood on the glass of Uncle Omura's house." ”

"Huh?" Maori said after a moment's thought, "You mean that the murderer stood on the upper floor of Chun's house, tied the stone to a rope that bypassed the railing on the roof of the apartment building opposite, used it as a fulcrum, let the stone make a pendulum motion, and after the murder, pulled the stone back, and the stone hit the glass of Ah Chun's house." That's right, that's it. Then he told the Twilight Police Department about it.

"Well, that's what it is. Mei Daiko said.

"I'm sorry. Lan said.

"It doesn't matter. Mei Daizi smiled, "I'll look for it next time." ”

"Mr. Omura, please let us check. The Twilight Police Department said, then instructed his men, "Also, check the outer wall for any blood stains extending upwards." ”

Soon after, the results of the examination came back, and there were blood stains on the broken glass of Mr. Omura's house. The exterior wall has not been found for the time being.

"Mr. Takeno, Mr. Shimizu, Mr. Nakamura," Yamazaki asked, "Excuse me, do you three share this apartment?"

Yoichi Shimizu said, "No, this is the Takeno family, and he invited us to drink." ”

Nakamura said, "Yes, Takeno is the only one who lives here. ”

"Then, Mr. Takeno, the murderer is you. Yamazaki said.

Maori asked, "Why do you say that?"

"There are two minimum conditions for becoming a prisoner, one is to know Mr. Ikuta's exact height, so that he can leave an accurate length of rope and hit Mr. Ikuta's head. The other has practiced casting multiple times at this length so that he can hit Mr. Ikuta in one hit. The small pit on the wall, the small pit on the outer wall of Uncle Omura's house, is the trace left after many exercises, and the sound that Uncle Omura heard at night is the sound of heavy objects hitting the outer wall of his house when they are recovered. So many night exercises were obviously not done by Mr. Yoichi Shimizu and Mr. Einori Nakamura, who don't live here. Therefore, you are the only one who lives here, Mr. Takeno, who meets both of these conditions. Yamazaki said, "The street lights here have been broken, and you must have deliberately broken them to prevent people from seeing you doing the casting exercises." ”

Koji Takeno said: "Nonsense, you said that the street lights were broken, so how did I do it? You must know that it was already past ten o'clock in the evening, and the fireworks of the Zhongyuan Conference had stopped, and it was pitch black here. ”

Yamazaki said, "From the cigarette butt at Mr. Ikuta's feet......"

"By the way, it's cigarettes. "If you keep a rope of the right length, when you see the smoke getting brighter, that is, when you smoke, you can put a heavy object on the bright spot......

"You can call Mr. Ikuta. "Uncle Mori is right, that's what Mr. Takeno originally intended. However, things took a turn for the worse, and I think Mr. Takeno's plan was supposed to start attacking Mr. Ikuta after Mr. Hinoshita and Mr. Ikuta went downstairs. However, there was an accident and it was delayed, and this incident could not have happened, but Mr. Kuishita, who bought the wine, also had an accident, which caused Mr. Takeno to still attack Mr. Ikuta after getting out, but Mr. Ikuta also did not expect that Mr. Kuishita would take dozens of minutes to buy a beer, and the cigarettes he brought downstairs were also smoked. Mr. Ikuta thought that Mr. Kurashita might be back the next moment, so he had to stand there and wait. Mr. Ikuta didn't smoke, and Mr. Takeno lost his purpose, so he had to wait until Mr. Kusaka returned, identified Mr. Ikuta's location by the headlights, and then attacked him. ”……