Tuesday, August 6, at the door of lawyer Xun Zhuangping's house.

Seeing that the lawyer left without even entering the house, the Twilight Police Department asked, "Maori, what do you think about this incident?"

"The Twilight Police Department, since there are strangers' fingerprints, it must be a robber murder," Maori said, "After the robbers broke in, they broke through the hiding place and attacked Mrs. Xun, and then probably realized that murder was a bigger crime, so they fled in panic." ”

The Twilight Police Department asked, "Didn't you just say that Lawyer Xun was the murderer?"

"I thought Yamazaki was looking at Lawyer Tatsumi," Mori said, "and Lawyer Tatsumi had a motive...... Oh, by the way, the Twilight Police Department, maybe it was Lady Tatsumi's affair partner, they made an appointment to meet here, and then there was a verbal altercation, and then the man was ...... tie."

"Well," said the Dusk Police Department after a moment's thought, "it makes sense. Then he asked, "What clues do you have about this person?"

"That's all, this is what Lawyer Xun told me, the place where Lady Xun frequented, and it may be the place where the tryst was located. Maori said as he handed over the information to the Twilight Police Department.

The Twilight Police Department said, "Then let's start with these places and find out this person first." ”……

In the evening, Mei Dai Restaurant.

Mori and the Twilight Police Department went to the Metropolitan Police Department, and Yamazaki, Ran, and Conan returned first.

When Midaiko, Aoko, and Ran went upstairs to watch Kaito's magic show, Conan said to Yamazaki, "Yamazaki, say it again, be detailed." ”

"It doesn't matter how many times I say it," Yamazaki said, "I really can't confirm that the person who drove to Lawyer Tatsumi's house is Lawyer Tatsumi himself." ”

"Then now we can only make sure that at one o'clock in the afternoon, Mrs. Xun is fine, and at two o'clock in the afternoon, Lawyer Xun left the hotel," Conan said, "and the hotel, the Xun's house, and the garage are almost in the same line, and according to what you said, the car will go in a moment and come out, and there is no problem with this time difference at all." ”

Yamazaki said, "Yes, it would be nice to know the exact time." Uh......" Speaking of this, Yamazaki suddenly understood the difference between the living and the dead, and said to himself, "I see, it's a good idea to be a lawyer." ”

"What, what?" Conan asked.

Yamazaki asked, "You say, in this matter, what is the difference between the living and the dead Sunda?"

"What is alive and dead, and now Lady Tatsumi is almost like dead, uh......" Conan asked in surprise, "Are you saying that Lady Tatsumi's injuries were deliberately inflicted by Lawyer Xun, and Lawyer Xun used it to confuse time?"

"It can also alleviate suspicion," Yamazaki said, "and Lawyer Tatsumi has every chance, and has time to kill Mrs. Tatsuna." ”

"If Lady Tatsumi dies, then a single autopsy will confirm the exact time of death. And now, as long as it is found that Mrs. Xun is alive, the first thing to think about is not to test the injury, but to send it to the hospital, so that if you want to test the injury, you have to wait until the rescue is over, and at that time, there is no way to confirm the specific time, you can only say the approximate time," Conan laughed, "This creates a blind spot, what an exciting opponent." ”

"Excited, think about how to expose him," Yamazaki said, "and with this blind spot, Lawyer Xun is invincible." ”

Conan laughed, "It's not because you didn't see him. ”

"As long as there is no way to confirm when and where Mrs. Tatsumi was injured, even if I see Lawyer Xun, it is just one more suspect. One o'clock in the afternoon should have been specially let us know, because the hotel is only about 20 minutes away from the lawyer's house, and when he leaves the hotel at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, even if he goes home, it will be until 2:20, 1:20 to 2:20, and a lot of things can happen within an hour. Yamazaki said, "As for the examination, I don't know when it will take, but it would be good to extrapolate the time of Mrs. Tatsumi's injury to between one and three o'clock this afternoon." In contrast, the person who left the fingerprints is a little more suspicious, and if it comes to a lawsuit, Lawyer Xun has a good chance of winning. ”

"yes, maybe there are fingerprints on the tie, and there is no need to fight the lawsuit. "Unless it can be proven that Lady Sunda's injuries were at the hotel." ”

"It must have been there, between half past one and one fifty in the afternoon," said Yamazaki, "but unfortunately, there is no need to think about the evidence, there is no blood, and it is the room where I just stayed, and from one fifty to two o'clock, ten minutes, even if there was a fight, there was no trace of blood, it was easy to clean up, and I don't think there was a fight." ”

"Yes," said Conan, "from behind, you can be subdued at once." ”

At this time, Maori shouted from the front: "Yamazaki, bring a dozen beers." ”

"Uncle Maori is back. Yamazaki said, and went to get a dozen beers and walked over with Conan.

After Maori poured a can of beer in one go, Yamazaki asked, "How's it going, uncle?"

"The fingerprints on the tie of the murder weapon came out," said Maori, "and there were two people's fingerprints, one of Lady Xun's, and the other of the man who had left his fingerprints on the doorknob." ”

"Lawyer Tatsumi?" Yamazaki asked.

Conan asked, "What do the fingerprints on the tie look like?"

"I don't have Lawyer Xun's fingerprints," Maori said, eating, "and the fingerprints on the tie are a little out of shape......

"Deformed?" said Yamazaki, "that is, the fingerprints were left first, and they were wearing gloves when they did it." ”

"It's not certain. "But there are fingerprints on both ends of the tie, so you can be sure that this person is the murderer." ”

"The murderer?, the tie must have been bought by Mrs. Tatsumi for her affair partner, and the fingerprints were left by him, right?" Yamazaki asked, "The Twilight Police Department thinks he's the murderer?"

"Yes. "Because there are no traces of rummaging in the Sundashi lawyer's house, it can be ruled out that the robbers did it." ”

"Uncle, what else is there," Conan asked, "how is Lady Tatsune?"

"I haven't woken up yet, and I've asked Dr. Asai from the Twilight Police Department," Mori said, "and it won't be good if Mrs. Tatsumi doesn't wake up within three days." ”

Yamazaki asked, "Has the injury been examined, and has the exact time of injury been found?"

Conan asked, "Have you checked the room next door to Lawyer Tatsuda's office?"

"Mrs. Xun had a strangled scar on her neck, and she was strangled unconscious when she was attacked from behind. The time of the injury was between one and three o'clock this afternoon. "Lawyer Xun's office and the room next door have been carefully checked, and there are no problems." Then he added, "Lady Xun's affair partner hasn't been found yet, that's all." ”

"Then uncle, you use it slowly. Yamazaki laughed.

Back in the rest area, Conan said: "The murderer seems to be Lawyer Xun, but unfortunately there is no evidence, and there is no fingerprint of Lawyer Xun on the tie, and I don't know how he got the tie." ”

"I have a guess that it may prove that Lawyer Tatsumi did it at the hotel," Yamazaki said, "but we need to know about this affair partner." ”

"How?" asked Conan, "because there's only a scar on his neck?"

"Yes. Yamazaki said.

Conan said, "It seems that we will have to wait until this affair partner is found." ”……

The next day, Wednesday, August 7, in the morning paper, a large article was published about Mrs. Tatsumi, and it was said that the focus of the current investigation was on Mrs. Tatsumi's friendship.

In the morning, after nine o'clock, the Maori Detective Agency.

"Alas," Maori sighed after reading today's morning paper, "another business has gone down the drain." ”

"There's no way around it. Lan said.

Yamazaki asked, "Uncle, do you have a phone number from the Twilight Police Department?"

"Nope. Maori said.

At this time, the phone rang, and Mori answered the phone, it was from the Twilight Police Department, Mrs. Sun's affair partner, who had read the morning newspaper and then went to the Metropolitan Police Department, and the Twilight Police Department asked Mori to come and visit.

A conference room in the Metropolitan Police Department.

Mori, Yamazaki, Ran, and Conan saw Mrs. Tatsumi's affair partner, who was brought in by Officer Shiratori and Officer Sato, a fair man in his thirties, and he introduced himself: "My name is Hirose, I'm a designer, and I'm the object of Kazumi's affair. ”

Lawyer Xun said angrily: "It turned out to be you. Then he pointed at Mr. Hirose and asked, "Why did you want to kill Kazumi?"

Maori asked, "Dusk Police, did you let us come here?"

The Twilight Police Department said, "Mr. Hirose wants to confront Lawyer Xun, so he may have some questions for you. ”

"I don't, and I'm definitely not doing the beautiful thing," Mr. Hirose asked rhetorically, "why should I kill a person who is about to leave her husband and marry me?" ”

"Married?" Lawyer Tatsumi was taken aback.

Mr. Hirose said, "You don't pretend, you already know about this." ”

"I really don't know. "I also told the Maori detective yesterday that I was just suspicious of Kazumi. Then he asked, "Is that so, Detective Maori?"

"Not bad. Maori said.

"So, how do you explain that tie?" asked Mr. Hirose, "that tie was obviously bought for you, but there are no fingerprints on it, isn't that the best evidence that you are trying to blame me?"

Officer Shiratori asked, "Mr. Hirose, you said that the tie belonged to Lawyer Tatsumi, so why is it all your fingerprints?"

"I was there when Kazumi picked out the tie," Mr. Hirose said, "and I took this tie, so it has my fingerprints on it." ”

"I don't remember ever asking her to buy a tie like that. Lawyer Xun said, "It's all your fingerprints, I guess I bought it for you." ”

"Damn!" shouted Mr. Hirose.

Officer Sato asked, "Mr. Hirose, where were you yesterday between 1:20 and 2:30 p.m.?"

"I—I went to Lawyer Tatsumi's house. Mr. Hirose said with difficulty.

"What else do you say, there is no alibi. Lawyer Xun smiled, "I advise you to turn yourself in quickly." ”

Mr. Hirose said, "I was framed by you. As he spoke, he took out a fax and said, "Kazumi said that she was waiting for me at home at two o'clock in the afternoon." But when I rang the doorbell, no one answered, and then I saw that the door was not closed, so I went in and looked at it, and tried to pull the doorknob of the gate. ”

Officer Shiratori asked, "So, Mr. Hirose, can someone prove that you didn't go in?"

"No, no. Mr. Hirose said. ……