Tuesday, May 7, afternoon.

The four members of the junior detective team, when they were trying to find the cat for the Kamen Superman Super Gold Card, they found the body of a man in the bathtub of a family by the way. However, when the Twilight Police Department arrived, when they went to the bathroom to look, the bloody body lying in the bathtub was gone.

Thinking that the body might have been hidden, the Twilight Police Department ordered the officers to search it thoroughly.

"By the way, Dusk Police," Conan said, "that cat still has blood on it, take some of it, that's the best evidence." ”

So, the Twilight Police Department ordered his subordinates to do this, but soon after, the subordinates came to report that the cat had been cleaned after being brought home by Haoshu, and there was no way to sample it now. At the same time, there is no way to prove the situation at that time, because it was washed by Haoshu, and no one else saw it, and now the most can only be said that the cat was once stained with blood.

At this time, outside the door, a middle-aged man in a brown suit approached the house, looked at the police car and the cordon at the door, and asked the police officer guarding the door: "Excuse me, is there something going on in my house?"

When he was asked, he was the man's younger brother who also lived here, and the police took him into the house.

When I entered the house, the police officer rummaged through the boxes and cabinets in the house, no, the ceiling was lifted, the tatami mats were removed, and the man in the suit exclaimed, "What's going on, what's going on?"

"It's nothing," said the Twilight Police Department, pressing Conan's head next to him, "and these kids said they found a body in your house. ”

"Remains?" the man in the suit asked in surprise.

At this time, there was a sound in the next room, and Conan, the Dusk Police Department and the man in the suit went over to see that Yuan Tai was standing on the double high chair he had set up, and there was a cabinet on the right, and there was a jar on the right side of the top of the cabinet, which was empty near the left side of Yuan Tai, and there was a broken jar on the ground. What are you doing with that jar?" Conan thought to himself, hiding in the jar that he could only put his hand into.

Seeing that Ayumi and Mitsuhiko were each rummaging through a big box, Conan was speechless, what was this looking for, ten minutes was enough time for him to do this kind of thing, and the body must still be intact.

After looking at the scene and understanding what was happening, the Twilight Police Department asked, "Why were you so careless?"

"Ah, it's not a big deal. The man in the suit laughed.

At this time, a loud voice came from upstairs, "You guys are very noisy, can you be quiet." ”

Walking to the staircase by the entrance, the man in the suit asked, "Is Brother Kazuyu on the second floor now?"

"Yes. "He seemed to be quite angry. Then he asked, "What kind of industry is your brother engaged in?"

"My brother is supposed to be a writer, so he usually spends more time at home. The man in the suit smiled, "By the way, this is my business card." He handed out a business card.

"Tomosaki Tanaka, oh, it turns out that you work at a securities company. Looking at the business card, the Dusk Police Department asked, "So, there are only two of you brothers in this family?"

"Yes," said Mr. Tanaka with a smile, "but this house belongs to me, and my brother only lives with me." With that, he followed the Twilight Police Department into the room, and the Twilight Police Department was going to go in and continue the search.

Conan suddenly noticed that as Mr. Tanaka moved, a green thing fell from the curled edge of his trouser leg, and when he stepped forward to pick it up, it turned out to be a green leaf. It's strange, it's not yet the season of falling leaves, so how can there be leaves on it, and the leaves are incomplete, and the leaves are also wrinkled, and it doesn't look like they fall off naturally, and I can't figure it out for a while, so Conan put it away.

Soon after, police officers came to report one by one and found nothing suspicious. No bodies were found, no items suspected to be murder weapons, and no blood-stained wet yukata was found.

"Well, I've searched inside the eaves and under the bed, and now only your brother's room has been found," the Dusk Police Department said, "Can you ......?"

"Okay," Mr. Tanaka said with a smile, "if my brother doesn't object, then it doesn't matter." ”

He took the Twilight Police Department, Conan, and two police officers up to the second floor, stood in front of the door of the room where Tanaka and Yuki were located, knocked on the door, and shouted "Brother", and Mr. Tanaka pushed the door in with a twist of the doorknob.

In the room, the TV is on, and on a recliner with his back to the door, Mr. Kazuyuki Tanaka, who is wearing a yukata, is leaning on it with his right hand supporting his chin.

Calling out "brother" again, Mr. Tanaka Tomoshi walked over to take a look, then turned around and whispered, "It's okay, it seems that I have fallen asleep." ”

Looking at Mr. Kazuyu Tanaka, who was motionless, the Twilight Police Department said, "That's fine." Then he went in with his subordinates and searched lightly.

Engrossed in the search, and when the search was almost over, when he came back to his senses, the Twilight Police Department suddenly felt that the light in the room had dimmed, so he opened the half of the curtain opposite the side of the chaise longue, and then found that there was a rather large tree under the window, so he turned around and asked, "That tree is ......" Then I looked at Mr. Tanaka Tomoshi, who had been standing behind the recliner with his back to the chaise longue, was turning to look at his brother, afraid that he would not hear, so he shouted again, "Mr. Tanaka?"

At this time, Mr. Tanaka said, "Really, if you want to sleep, you should turn off the TV." ”

"Smack!" The TV was immediately turned off by the remote control.

Seeing that the person who did not welcome the police was still awake, the Twilight Police Department immediately led people to retreat, and Conan also retreated. Mr. Tomoshi Tanaka, who came out with him, said, "It's okay, he doesn't seem to care." ”

Standing at the entrance, Mr. Tanaka asked, "Mr. Policeman, I think you should have searched them all, right?"

"There was no trace of the body at all. With his back to the gate, the Twilight Police Department said to the four members of the detective group, "Children, ......"

Head Yuan Tai said, "We really didn't lie. ”

Conan asked, "By the way, could it be that the body has been moved outside?"

"But, Conan," the Twilight Police Department asked rhetorically, "didn't you say when we came here that you didn't see anyone walk out of this house?"

"Well, that's what I said at the time, but because I'm sitting on top of the phone booth at the front of this house, there's no way to see behind it. "So, I don't know if anyone will come in from behind." ”

The Twilight Police Department asked, "But there is a high wall at the back of this house?"

"But isn't there a rather tall tree next to the wall?" Conan asked rhetorically, "If you tie the body to your body and reuse that tree, won't you be able to get out of the wall?"

At this time, Mr. Tanaka Tomoshi, who was standing behind the detective group and facing the twilight police department, was listening to everyone's conversation, suddenly turned around and picked up the phone on the telephone cabinet behind him, and said, "Yes, this is Tanaka's house." Be. No, it's not. Yes, yes. Good bye. Then he hung up the phone and explained with a smile, "It's a mistake." Then he smiled and asked, "By the way, what did you just want to ask me?"

"The big tree under the window on the second floor. The Twilight Police Department reminded.

"That tree," said Mr. Tanaka with a smile, "was there when I bought this house." With that, he went out with the Twilight Police Department, who decided to have someone try to climb it.

Looking at the phone, Conan thought to himself, did the phone ring just now? But when he heard the Twilight Police Department instruct the police officers to climb the tree, he put the problem aside for the time being and went out to look.

One officer strapped to another and struggled to climb up a tree, then clinging to the trunk with his legs and climbing his upper body to the wall.

The Twilight Police Department asked, "How's it going?"

"No," said the officer, leaning on the wall, looking down, "and outside the wall is a draining embankment." ”

The Twilight Police Department asked, "Is there a place to stand?"

"Yes, there is a passage of about 40 centimeters between the embankment and the fence," the officer replied, "I'll try it." After saying that, the police officer leaned against the wall, moved his legs to the wall, and then let his legs go down first, against the wall, and slowly slid onto the path.

"How are you?" the Twilight Police Department asked again, "Are you alright?"

"It's fine," the officer gasped, "I'm standing on it, I can't turn around at all, but if it's a person, I can walk." ”

The Twilight Police Department continued, "That means there's no way to leave with the body tied, right?"

"Yes, Dusk Police. The officer replied.

The Twilight Police Department said, "Alright, you can come back." ”

"Okay," the officer said, "um? Well, I need help." ”

"Oh, I'm sorry," the Dusk Department commanded, "go get them up." ”

"Dusk Police," the officer suddenly shouted, "if you stick to the wall, you can move sideways little by little." ”

"Oh, then you stand still," the Twilight Police Department said quickly, "I'll come out and take a look." ”

The house is backed by a longitudinal waterway, and there is a family next to it side by side, and beyond that there is a horizontal street. The street is connected to the opposite side by a bridge over the waterway.

Going around to the back of the house, the Twilight Police Department found that there was a distance of about two meters between the back wall of the house next to it and the embankment, and it was completely possible to walk around with the body tied, and the place where the police officer was standing at this time was only about three meters away from here. So he shouted, "Okay, you can come here now." ”

Leaning against the wall, the officer slowly moved out, and the Dusk Police Department stepped forward and praised: "Very good, good job." ”

Mr. Tanaka asked, "But what should I do when I come out like this, if I carry it like this, as soon as I walk onto the bridge, I will be noticed by passers-by, right?" You know, the next bridge is a few hundred meters away, and during the day, there are people on the bridge all the time. ”

Mitsuhiko said: "The width of this place is enough to fit a car, just park the car here and drive away immediately." ”

"If you doubt me," Mr. Tanaka laughed, "I don't have a driver's license and can't drive at all." And you see, there are no tire prints on this land. ”

"And what about in the water?" said Yuantai, "just throw it into the water, and you can leave alone." ”

Mr. Tanaka replied, "There is no way to go down from here. ”

Conan asked, "Is it possible for this embankment to slide down and throw the body into the water?"

After thinking for a while, he squatted down and touched the embankment, and the Dusk Police Department ordered, "Go and call the forensic personnel to come." ”

Moments later, several forensic officers arrived, one of whom reported the results of the bathroom inspection to the Twilight Police Department. The results of the examination do not indicate that there was once a man covered in blood lying in the bathtub, as stated by the detective group.

"Yes. "Look at this section of the embankment and see if you can see if you can see any signs of people slipping down or bodies rolling down." ”

Soon after, forensic personnel came to report that there were no such traces. The bottom is wet, and there is a section at the bottom that is often flooded, and there is some moss, and it is easy to identify whether there are traces or not.

"What do you want to say now? There are no bodies in the house, and they haven't been moved outside. And the murder weapon was not found in the house, nor was the blood-stained wet bathrobe you mentioned. "In other words, you're lying, you're playing a prank, aren't you?"

"How so?" Ayumi said aggrievedly.

The Dusk Police Department said, "Alright, guys, we can go back." With that, he turned and walked back to the car.

"Wait a minute, Dusk Police," Conan shouted, "we're ...... for real"

"Hmph," the Dusk Police Department said, turning back, "I believed you just because you found out about the calculator last time, I'm naïve." After saying that, he got into the car and led the team away. ……