25. Elevator homicide
When Kei Suzuki heard this, he also had a guess in his heart, that is, the bride Sayuri may have seen the scene where Takasugi poisoned the drink. It was only because of the complex emotions of guilt and love that she finally drank the can of lemon tea.
At this time, a phone call came from the hospital, and it turned out that due to the poison in Sayuri Matsumoto's stomach in time. The medicine residue was forced out, and at this time, Sayuri Matsumoto was already fine, and she would wake up only after a good rest.
Although the murderer who poisoned the bride was caught, Matsumoto Police couldn't be happy, it turned out that the man who almost married his daughter was actually a person with bad intentions. But when Sayuri Matsumoto was discharged from the hospital half a month later, Kiyocho Matsumoto learned that his daughter had already known that the drink was poisonous, but she still drank it. And she still has a longing for the man who almost killed her.
Every time I think of this, Matsumoto Kiyocho has a snack stopper.
Just after the curtain came down on Sayuri Matsumoto's wedding, Kei Suzuki suddenly received a call from Kogoro Mori that day. On the weekend, Ran was selected as a model by Eiko Toya, Japan's leading fashion designer, and he took Ran and Conan to the place where Toya worked for an audition. But before she could work, Mika Taniguchi, Eiko Toya's secretary, was killed.
Since Kei Suzuki was already able to handle the case alone, Kei Suzuki quickly led the team to the scene of the murder, and Takagi, who had been a policeman for several years, followed him as Kei Suzuki's assistant at this time. When he arrived at the scene, Conan greeted him and told Kei Suzuki what he knew. In fact, Conan didn't investigate any situation before, and almost all of them were ordinary situations.
Due to the murder, the elevator where the body was located was stopped, and Kei Suzuki and the other police officers had to go up from another elevator to the 8th floor, where the body was stuck. Asked Takagi to ask the others for confessions, and Kei Suzuki carefully examined the scene.
"A knife to the heart that kills people on the spot. But it seems that the strength is a little weak, the murderer doesn't look like a man, and from this angle, the height of the murderer is not high, but it is about the same as the victim, and it should only be about 163 cm. ”
It's just that as soon as Kei Suzuki's conclusion was finished, the policeman next to him stepped forward and said, "Officer Suzuki, the footprints have been collected, and the size of these footprints is 26 centimeters." ”
When Maori Kogoro next to him first heard Suzuki Kei's judgments, he really believed it very much. However, as soon as he heard the data of the footprints mentioned by the person in the identification class, he became suspicious again, and said, "Officer Suzuki, if the footprints are 26 centimeters, then the murderer should be a man." ”
Kei Suzuki came over again to look at the dusty footprints on the floor and said, "How do I think these footprints look like someone deliberately stepped on them?" ”
However, this time he didn't see anything from the footprints, so after saying this, Kei Suzuki left the corridor again and entered the elevator where the corpse was placed.
"There was also blood on the shoulder, what's going on? Also Why did she fall out of the elevator? Doesn't that mean that the deceased was killed in the elevator and placed against the elevator door? But there was no one in the elevator, and the murderer either turned her body in the other direction after killing her outside the elevator, or the murderer was already in the elevator. ”
Hearing Kei Suzuki say this, Conan's heart moved, and he ran to the top.
And at this time, Takagi also brought the confession he smelled.
"Miss Toya went straight to the 15th floor, but when she called Taniguchi's office, Miss Taniguchi didn't answer the phone, so after going up to the 15th floor, in less than two minutes, Miss Toya went down, and then Miss Toya, Mr. Mori, and the security guard came up and found that Miss Taniguchi had been assassinated."
Kei Suzuki touched his chin and said, "You mean that this fashion designer's Miss Toya is so keen?" Even if the next elevator only takes about 40 seconds, this Toya lady actually knew that Miss Taniguchi had an accident because her secretary, Miss Taniguchi, did not answer the phone in just 1 minute? ”
Speaking of which, Kei Suzuki asked, "What is the height of this Toya lady?" ”
Takagi choked suddenly, and Mori Kogoro touched his head and thought about it and said, "Well, I remember that Miss Toya is about 4 centimeters taller than Miss Koran." ”
Kei Suzuki nodded, this was in line with the height of the murderer he had speculated, but the gender was not right. Thinking of this, Kei Suzuki asked again, "Is there anything on that Miss Toya that can fit a pair of shoes?" ”
Takagi heard Kei Suzuki ask this, and hurriedly said, "Ah, by the way, Miss Toya's satchel seems to be relatively large, and it seems to be able to fit a pair of shoes." ”
When Kei Suzuki heard this, he smiled. And Takagi also reacted at this time, looked at Suzuki Kai and said, "Officer Suzuki, are you suspicious of that Toya lady?" ”
Mori Kogoro also shouted, "Although I don't want to believe it, but from the beginning, I suspected that Miss Toya had the intention of carrying such a large satchel, but I didn't expect that she was actually trying to kill Miss Taniguchi." ”
Kei Suzuki had no idea about Maori Kogoro's funny, he touched his forehead and said, "That's right, when I saw that designer, I was suspicious of her." Then when I saw the corpse, I trusted my judgment even more, and now what you said corroborates my judgment. It's just that now we don't have the evidence, and even if we suspect it, there is nothing we can do about her. By the way, Takagi, let's wait and check her satchel. ”
After saying that, Kei Suzuki and Takagi entered another elevator and went down to the first floor. And just as Kei Suzuki and the others reached the first floor, Conan also ran out of another elevator, and his eyes were staring straight at Miss Toya, but when he found that Kei Suzuki Mori Kogoro was going there, he quickly stopped his steps. When there was only Mori Kogoro, Conan was not afraid, but when he found out about Keigo Suzuki, he was cowardly.
Kei Suzuki didn't look back when he heard Conan's voice, but just waved behind him and motioned for Conan to follow. Then Kei Suzuki slowed down and whispered, "Did you find anything?" ”
Conan looked at Maori Kogoro in front of him, for fear that he would turn back and punch him, and after finding that Maori Kogoro had no intention of turning back, Conan said carefully: "The elevator that Miss Taniguchi is taking, at the location of the 15th floor, has traces of adhesive tape on the button, and there are petals and pollen on the floor that Xiaolan sent to Miss Toya. ”
It was at this time that Takagi found the 26-centimeter men's shoes from Miss Toya's satchel. And with the shoes, there are also a pair of blood-stained gloves. After comparing the soles of the shoes with the photos taken at the scene of the murder with the police officers of the forensic division, they gave the result that this was the pair of shoes at the scene, and the blood on the gloves was also the deceased Mika Taniguchi.
Faced with this conclusive evidence, Eiko Toya, Japan's leading fashion designer, finally admitted that she had killed someone. And the reason why she wants to kill Mika Taniguchi is because Mika Taniguchi stole her design and sold it to a rival company, which put her career in trouble.