Chapter 19: It Was Really That Woman

When Matsuda took the elevator to the fifteenth floor, he got out of the elevator and saw that Conan, the little ghost, was also there. Just as Conan heard the movement of the elevator and turned his head to see Matsuda coming out of the elevator.

The faces of the two men changed at the same time. Different from Matsuda's relaxed and meaningful smile, Conan pulled a few times with great difficulty, and barely squeezed out a smile: "Uncle Matsuda, I'm lost." Do you know where this is?" the voice was always crisp and immature.

Matsuda looked at Conan with a smile, and wanted to just keep watching it when he saw him gradually becoming filthy. But seeing Conan's signs of annoyance, he immediately smiled and said, "That's what it looks like! Human beings are really terrifying, and their potential is so endless." It was terrible that a seven-year-old child could get lost on the fifteenth floor. After speaking, he looked around and locked the emergency passage closed from the inside: "Fifteenth floor, did you climb up from below?"

How could such a thing happen. Conan rolled his eyes but replied, "I got into that elevator, and then it came up, and I still don't know where this is." Is it really the fifteenth floor that Uncle Matsuda said?"

"It's pathetic, it's pathetic. Matsuda crouched down and touched Conan's head, and pointed to the emergency passage with a look of pity: "Where to get out, you can go back to the first floor." Hurry up, little ghost, your sister Xiaolan has been waiting for you. ”

Ha Lu Ha ~~~ Don't use this kind of coaxing tone to deceive people, okay Conan angrily removed the palm that Matsuda put on his head. The ghost will believe you and walk back from the fifteenth floor to the first floor.

"Hey, don't deliberately resist my kind and warm smile in your heart. Matsuda unconsciously put his palm on Conan's head and shook it twice. As Conan can't understand his broad mind, as if he doesn't cooperate with him, Conan who resists and pulls off his palm.

Conan was about to say something and give Matsuda a look. Matsuda was the first to divert the subject: "You know the way, right? You were there at the time, so you must have noticed something unusual about the house." ”

"What!?" Matsuda's thoughtless words made Conan stunned for a moment, and it was only when he came back to his senses that Matsuda meant: "Unusual place? That's right." ”

"For example," Matsuda smiled mysteriously, "Toya went to the office on the fifteenth floor and returned here in less than two minutes, taking you to the eighth floor." The seemingly unassailable alibi only increased her suspicions. ”

"yes. Conan organized a verbal response to Matsuda, and for the first time did not speak to Matsuda in a child's tone: "I took a different elevator to the stairs with my secretary, and within two minutes the secretary's mobile phone was unanswered, so I suspected that something was wrong." This far-fetched reason is too questionable. ”

"As long as you pass by, then you will definitely leave a trace. I'm sure there will be a point in this building where Toya and Taniguchi-sama are intertwined. Matsuda confidently said, "I'll definitely find out." ”

"Then you just haven't figured it out yet. Conan shrugged: "Don't say such big things, be careful of retribution." In such a short period of time, it is impossible for a toya to go to the eighth floor. ”

"yes. It is not possible to go to the eighth floor. Matsuda turned his head and locked his gaze on the elevator next to him. The victim, Mika Taniguchi, was killed in the elevator parked on the eighth floor. In the small and enclosed space of these two elevators, there is only the fifteenth floor that can intersect except for the first floor.

"Little ghost, have you ever seen the petals on the ground?" Matsuda asked suddenly.

"Petals?" Conan followed Matsuda's gaze to see the petals that fell on the ground, and leaned forward to identify them: "Well, when we came, Sister Xiaolan brought a bouquet of flowers. Eh, there's pollen on the ground?"

After saying that, he picked up the petals, wiped a handful of pollen on the ground, turned around and ran into the president's room, which is Eiko Toya's room.

When Conan came out of the president's office, he saw Matsuda staring at the elevator in the middle, and walked in to take a look: "This? This is the trace of duct tape?"

"Well, did you find out too? Matsuda bowed his head and asked Conan, "What did you find in the president's office?"

"I found the flowers sent by Sister Xiaolan. Conan looked at the middle of the two elevators: "It should be the petals that fell from the bouquet." The petals can barely be explained, but the pollen on the ground should not appear. ”

"Things you don't dare to appear appear in places where they shouldn't. The corners of Matsuda's mouth rose: "Miss Taniguchi's falling posture and the folds of her shoulders can be explained clearly." Let's go, little ghost, it's time to reveal her true colors. ”

When Matsuda and Conan returned to the first floor and came out of the elevator, they heard Toya ask Twilight, "Mr. Officer, may I ask if I can go back." ”

"Huh?" Twilight, who was thinking about it, was interrupted and said casually, "So let's stop here today." ”

"Miss Maori, I'm sorry, let's continue another day. Toya said and stood up, "Then I'll go first." ”

"I'll take you to the door. Kogoro on the side also stood up.

"Are you leaving?" Matsuda blocked the way of the house and Kogoro: "It's really ruthless, my secretary was killed, so I went home in such a hurry, okay?"

Toya was pulled down by Matsuda's words: "Of course I'm saddened by Mika's death, but I'm sure the officers will find out the murderer and notify me as soon as possible." And I'm going back to deal with Mika's aftermath. ”

"Really?" Matsuda grimaced, "Then Ms. Toya, now I'm here to inform you that I've found the killer of Miss Taniguchi." ”

"What!?Who?" "What!?Brother Matsuda, is it true?"

Twilight and Kogoro both came up to him.

"Of course. Matsuda guessed maliciously and pushed away the two uncles with bad intentions.

"I won't say anything about the murderer being Ms. Toya. Kogoro thought for a moment and asked Matsuda suspiciously: "You can't say such unfounded speculation without evidence." ”

"Don't worry, I haven't seen the evidence yet, but I know where it is. "Matsuda is confident.

"What?" Twilight began to suspect Matsuda, "Brother Matsuda, let's talk about it first." ”

"There's only one reason why Ms. Toya can't be the murderer, right?" Matsuda asked, looking at Toya.

"Yes, there's no way Ms. Toya has time to kill Miss Taniguchi on the eighth floor. Kogoro said immediately.

"But the premise of all this is that Miss Taniguchi was really killed on the eighth floor. Matsuda glared at the troublesome Kogoro.

"What!?Not on the eighth floor!?" Twilight and Kogoro were incredulous, "The corpse is obviously on the eighth floor!"

"To be precise, the body was in the elevator on the eighth floor. Matsuda corrected them, "And that elevator can reach the fifteenth floor where Ms. Toya is." ”

"Could it be that Miss Taniguchi was killed on the fifteenth floor?" Kogoro kept the ceiling: "Then how did those shoe prints on the eighth floor appear?"

"Half an hour before the crime, Ms. Toya went up alone, right?" Matsuda turned his head to look at Toya, "Those shoe prints were left at that time, in order to clear his suspicions." But it is these shoe prints that hide the first suspicion. That is, the murderer left too calmly, judging from the gap between the shoe prints, it was like a walk. ”

"Yes, it's very doubtful. Twilight recalled the shoe prints on the eighth floor, "But that doesn't prove that Ms. Toya is the murderer." ”

When Ms. Toya reached the fifteenth floor, she dialed Taniguchi's mobile phone and asked her to go to the fifteenth floor. Matsuda elaborated on the scenario he had imagined in his mind: "On the elevator button on the fifteenth floor, there were traces of duct tape running down. It should have been you who used duct tape to stick the coins there to prevent the elevator from suddenly shutting down. Then it was just waiting for Miss Taniguchi's arrival. ”

"How is that possible!?" Kogoro shouted, "Then how did Miss Taniguchi appear on the eighth floor!?"

"By elevator, of course. Matsuda then replied, "This is the second suspicion, the direction in which Taniguchi-sama fell." If it was assassinated while exiting the elevator, then the direction of the fall should be inside. And in the opposite direction of what we saw, Ms. Toya, it was you who moved Ms. Taniguchi's body. ”

"Turn Miss Taniguchi's back towards the hallway, press down on the eighth floor, and turn off the elevator. In this way, the elevator automatically opens the door on the eighth floor, and we see the scene on the spot. ”

"It's an interesting story. What a waste it would be for this officer not to write detective novels. Toya calmly retorted: "If Mika has been to the fifteenth floor, then the elevator button on the eighth floor should have left her fingerprints." What was the result? Mr. Officer. ”

The officer of the forensic division on the side looked at the record and replied: "No, there are no fingerprints on it." ”

This brings us to the third suspicion. Matsuda asked, "According to Conan, you approached the elevator before we arrived. And Ms. Toya pressed the elevator button at the time, right? Why don't you have your fingerprints on it?"

Toya's face changed, and he became gloomy, and he no longer answered Matsuda's words.

"I guessed why you wanted to go back in such a hurry. Matsuda saw that Toya had given up resistance, and immediately presented conclusive evidence: "You must have used gloves when you committed the crime, and the gloves stained with Miss Taniguchi's blood would theoretically not have time to deal with them." You don't keep this dangerous thing in your office, do you?"

Seeing Toya hugging his purse tightly, Matsuda said, "It seems that you are quite confident in your elevator skills." Those blood-stained gloves are in your purse. ”

"That's right. The more he struggled, the more painful he became, and his hands let go: "I killed her." Taniguchi betrayed me and secretly sold my clothing designs to competing companies. After I found out about this incident, she said that it didn't matter if she told the police, it would only cause more damage to the brand Eiko Toya. She then submitted her resignation, so I wanted to kill the woman before she left the company anyway. ”

"Is this really good?" Matsuda said in a low voice after silence, "Eiko Toya's brand has always had a good reputation. Is it worth it for that kind of woman, for that kind of company that only does small things in the shadows?"

"Don't think I'm so strong, this costume design took me too much effort. Eiko Toya said, "No matter what, I'm a woman after all." ”