Chapter 1199: The Puzzle of the Old Sofa

Sunday, December 22, morning, Akebonomachi, Tanaka Yurikata. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After listening to Yuantai's words, Conan said: "Since the murderer did not take the money and goods after committing the murder, the murderer must have committed the murder because of grudges and other things, so the murderer is likely to know the deceased, and then you can narrow it down by checking the phone number of this house." ”

Mitsuhiko said, "But it could have been an accident, like a salesman or something." ”

"It's possible, but it's very unlikely that a salesman will be frustrated, and he will get into a conflict with his employer and kill someone," Conan said. ”

Mitsuhiko asked, "But there are, aren't they?"

Conan said: "Yes, but when there are no clues, the tune must be done step by step from the inside to the outside." ”

"But, but ......" Mitsuhiko couldn't refute for a while.

Officer Takagi said, "Conan is right, the investigation must be carried out step by step from the inside out. ”

"Yes. Mitsuhiko was a little disappointed.

"That," Officer Takagi said to Officer Chiba with some embarrassment, "Chiba, please check the phone number of this Tanaka family, and I'll call the Twilight Police Department and ask him to help apply for a telephone investigation." ”

"Yes, yes, the big head will be given to you. Officer Chiba smiled, "But remember to owe me a meal." ”

"No problem, thank you. Officer Takagi laughed, and then went out to call.

Motota asked Officer Chiba curiously, "Now, what's the big head?"

"Oh, it's the big head of the credit. Officer Chiba said.

"Why is that?" asked Conan, curious.

Officer Chiba smiled, "It's not for Officer Sato, Takagi is full of energy now." ”

Ayumi fantasized, "Ah, are they going to get married?"

"No, no, no," Officer Chiba sweated, and hurriedly said, "They can't even get along, it's Takagi who feels that he is still a little unworthy of Officer Sato, so he's doing it, anyway, I don't have any ambitions, and it doesn't matter if I have less credit." ”

"I see. Yuan Tai said.

Ayumi smiled, "Officer Chiba, you are such a good person." ”

"It's fine. Officer Chiba said embarrassedly, scratching the back of his head.

"Alright, let's go too. Conan said.

Ayumi asked, "Where are you going?"

"Survey salesmen, of course. Conan laughed.

"Hmm. Mitsuhiko laughed happily. ……

At noon, Akebono shopping street, a drink shop.

Mitsuhiko reported to Officer Takagi and Officer Chiba about the investigation of the salesman by their four junior detectives, and a total of eleven salesmen had appeared yesterday afternoon at a Kenwa apartment near the Tanaka Yuri-house, but no one had seen them enter the Tanaka-Yuri-house.

According to neighbors, Yuri Tanaka was absent from the salesman and used to chase people away with a broom.

After Mitsuhiko finished speaking, Conan asked, "Officer, how is the phone list?"

Officer Chiba said: "I carefully investigated Mrs. Tanaka's home and found no mobile phone or mobile phone, not even a box, so it is possible that Mrs. Tanaka, like some elderly people, did not use mobile phones and mobile phones. ”

Officer Takagi said, "According to the landline phone list of Mrs. Tanaka's house, the landline phone number and mobile phone number that Mrs. Tanaka often calls are the landline and her mobile phone at Miss Sanae Hosono's apartment, and the landline phone of Mr. Tokunaga Kazuhiro's apartment and her mobile phone, and the last phone call to Mrs. Tanaka's house was around 4 p.m., which was a phone booth number near the Akeno-machi bus stop. ”

Conan's heart moved, "That's the murderer." ”

Ayumi said, "I know Miss Sanae Hosono, she is the owner of a flower shop. ”

Conan added, "Miss Hosono is about thirty years old, and her flower shop is near Tanaka House, and she was alone in the flower shop yesterday afternoon, and there was no alibi. ”

Mitsuhiko said, "Miss Hosono said that Mrs. Tanaka often buys flowers from her to decorate the room. ”

Motota said, "However, we didn't meet a man named Tokunaga Kazuhiro. ”

Mitsuhiko guessed: "By the way, will it change its voice, it is the voice of a middle-aged man." ”

Officer Chiba said, "It's not impossible. ”

Conan asked, "Officer, if you have a landline, you should have an exact address, do you know the identity of Mr. Tokunaga Kazuhiro?"

Officer Takagi said, "We have already learned from the patrol officers that Mr. Kazuhiro Tokunaga is about 40 years old and is the owner of an izakaya. ”

Yuan Tai said: "Ah, it happens to be a middle-aged man, and he doesn't have to go to work in the afternoon, so the murderer is him." ”

Mitsuhiko said, "Yuantai, this will not be known until after investigation. ”

Ayumi said, "Mitsuhiko is right, let's go find him." ”

Conan laughed, "Wait, we're going to borrow something first." ”……

Kazuhiro Tokunaga's apartment is near the Tanaka Yuriya House, but there is no one inside, and the group goes to his izakaya and finds a middle-aged man tidying up inside.

Officer Takagi asked, "Are you Mr. Kazuhiro Tokunaga?"

"Yes. Tokunaga Kazuhiro asked, "Is there anything you want me to do?"

Officer Chiba showed his police ID, "I'm Chiba from the Metropolitan Police Department's Search Section. ”

Officer Takagi showed his police ID, "I'm Takagi from the Metropolitan Police Department's Search Division, and I want you to help investigate an incident, I wonder if you're free now?"

"Of course. Tokunaga Kazuhiro said, "Please speak." ”

Officer Takagi asked, "Excuse me, do you know Old Lady Yuri Tanaka?"

"Recognize. Tokunaga Kazuhiro asked, "What's wrong?"

"Old lady Tanaka was killed. Officer Chiba said.

"What? Old Lady Tanaka is dead?" Tokunaga and Hirodae were taken aback, and then asked in exclamation, "Ah, you don't suspect me, do you?"

Officer Takagi asked, "Where were you yesterday afternoon?"

"Is the time of death in the afternoon?" Tokunaga Kazuhiro was a little excited, "I slept in my apartment yesterday afternoon, and I was alone in my apartment, and I really didn't have an alibi, but you can't doubt me because of this." ”

Officer Takagi said, "Please calm down, we are just looking for you to assist in the investigation." ”

After a few moments, Kazuhiro Tokunaga calmed down.

Officer Chiba said, "Mr. Tokunaga, we found out that you and Mrs. Tanaka are in frequent contact, may I ask between you?"

Kazuhiro Tokunaga and I have known Mrs. Tanaka's family for a long time, and my izakaya has always had a mediocre business, but since the consumption tax hike, business has been a little bad, so I tried to borrow money from Mrs. Tanaka, and we have been in contact from time to time. ”

"I see. Officer Takagi said, "Then that's it, excuse me." ”……

Akebono Housekeeping Club.

Officer Takagi holds a tape recorder and plays the conversation he had just had with Kazuhiro Tokunaga to the four cleaners who went to Mrs. Tanaka's house yesterday, and that's how Conan did it.

The four cleaners listened a few times, but couldn't confirm it, just said it was similar.

Yuan Tai said, "That prisoner is him." ”

Officer Chiba said, "Unless it is two recordings that are confirmed to be the same after analysis with equipment, this evidence is not enough to prove that he is the murderer just by listening to the human ear." ”

Yuan Tai complained, "It's so troublesome. ”

Officer Chiba said, "This kind of thing is not to be careless. ”

Officer Takagi said distressedly, "The problem now is that the scene is cleaned up and no evidence can be found. ”

Mitsuhiko said: "By the way, his motive for killing must be for money. ”

Ayumi said, "But he didn't take the belongings from the room." ”

Mitsuhiko said, "No, he should have taken away something more valuable, which is an IOU." ”

Officer Takagi said, "But it's been a day, and the IOU should have been disposed of a long time ago." ”

Yuan Tai complained: "Really, how can this be, obviously the prisoner is there, but there is no evidence." ”

Conan said, "By the way, Officer Takagi, can you please ask these four to go to the old lady Tanaka's house and restore it to the way it was before they cleaned it." ”

"Hey!" Officer Takagi's eyes lit up, "That's a good idea." ”……

Yuriya Tanaka.

After the group got out of the car, they met two housewives passing by.

Woman A said, "I'm telling you, that guy is actually a voyeur?"

Woman B said, "No, right? He looks honest. ”

Woman A said: "I saw it with my own eyes yesterday, and he took a telescope at home to look around, how could it be wrong. ”

Woman A and B said, "Really, then be careful next time." ”

Hearing them say this, Officer Takagi hurriedly stopped them.

After showing his police ID card, Officer Takagi asked, "Excuse me, is the Tokunaga you just mentioned Mr. Tokunaga Kazuhiro?"

"That's right, it's him, the owner of Tokunaga Izakaya. "We live in the same apartment building as him. ”

Officer Takagi asked, "Excuse me, you just said you saw him on the home telescope, what time was it?"

"It must have been about half past three in the afternoon," said Woman A, "and by the way, the Akebono Housekeeper car was parked outside the Tanaka house at the time. ”

"Great. Officer Takagi asked, "Can you tell me what you saw at the time?"

"Absolutely. "I was passing by here, and my eyes were shining on something reflective, and then I looked closer, and I saw that it was in the window of Tokunaga's house, and I saw him holding a telescope, standing behind the window and looking this way. ”

"This is it!" Officer Chiba smiled happily.

"I remember him saying he was sleeping at home. ”

Ayumi said, "He lied, it's so bad. ”

Mitsuhiko said: "He should be worried, so he has been staring at the old lady Tanaka's house. ”

"That's why he was able to call us near the end of our work," said Cleaner A. ”

"Because he's been watching," said the cleaner. ”

Cleaner C said, "This bastard. ”

Woman B asked, "What's wrong with him?"

Cleaner B said, "He killed the old lady of the house. ”

"What!" the two women were taken aback.

Officer Takagi hurriedly said, "No, no, it's not certain yet, Mr. Tokunaga is just a suspect." ”

"Ah, I figured it out. Mitsuhiko high-fived and smiled, "The phone booth, he must not dare to use his own phone, he can only go to the phone booth to make a call, there are many people at the bus stop, and he will definitely be able to find eyewitnesses." ”

Yuan Tai was puzzled, "But, didn't you see him calling?"

"yes, what does it matter?" Ayumi was puzzled.

Mitsuhiko smiled: "It's the time to call and the time to answer the phone." ”

Conan smiled in his heart, "Okay, Mitsuhiko, you really solved an incident this time."

"That's right. Officer Takagi laughed, "Just check the phone number in the phone booth and everything will be known." ”

Officer Chiba flipped through the police handbook, "Yesterday afternoon, around four o'clock in the afternoon, the cleaning staff of the Akemachi Housekeeping Club received a call from the landline of the Tanaka family, asking them to carry the sofa where the body was hidden, so it is certain that the person who called, if not the murderer himself, was an accomplice of the murderer. ”

"That's right," Officer Takagi said with a smile, "If someone had seen Mr. Tokunaga talking from that phone booth around four o'clock yesterday afternoon, Mr. Tokunaga would have been the person involved in the incident." ”

Cleaner A said, "Then what are you waiting for, let's go, Mr. Policeman, we will help you expose this guy's true colors." ”

"That's right, let's go together. Woman A said, and then complimented Mitsuhiko, "Little friend, your brain is really good. ”

Mitsuhiko was a little embarrassed, "The results haven't come out yet." ”

"I'm optimistic about you. Woman B laughed, "I'm going to call my friends to help." ”……

Akebono bus stop.

After the expansion of a team of housewives, the wide net cast by the crowd really caught an eyewitness.

Eyewitnesses said that at around 4 p.m. yesterday, he saw someone calling from that public phone booth near the Akemachi bus stop, and that although this person was wearing a hat and a mask, he still knew that it was the owner of the Tokunaga Izakaya he frequented, Kazuhiro Tokunaga. ……