Chapter 183: Can You Don't Cue Me
But not long after they entered, a scream suddenly came from inside.
"It's the garden!"
Conan's face changed as soon as he heard the scream, and he rushed in without saying a word, and his speed was even faster than that of Mu Dui.
Shaking her head, Twilight pretended to be anxious and ran in with Conan.
"What's wrong with the garden? What's wrong? ”
"It's a dead man—someone was killed—" I don't know if it was intentional or not, but as soon as I saw Twilight enter, the garden immediately threw herself into Twilight's arms in fear.
"It's okay... I'm here—" Mu Dui rolled her eyes silently, comforting the garden softly as she checked the scene.
The dead were a woman in her twenties dressed as Goth Lori, and it was the four of them who met at lunchtime.
At this time, Mu Twilight finally remembered the plot of this case.
"The key piece of evidence is this roll of cartons..."
Mu Dusk glanced at the polished metal carton in the next compartment without a trace, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
Under Conan's reminder, Xiaolan hurriedly called the police, and it didn't take long for Twilight Thirteen and other old acquaintances to rush over.
With the traffic conditions in Rice Flower Town, they can still feel it so quickly, and even Mu Twilight admires their speed a little.
"Why are you guys again..."I don't know how many times I've said this, but after seeing Xiaolan and Conan at the scene of the crime, Twilight Thirteen couldn't help but complain.
"We're just a coincidence, officer!" Before Xiaolan could speak, Yuanzi had already stepped forward to mention them and told them what had happened.
It's just that Twilight Thirteen looked at Ran and Conan even more strangely after listening to it.
"These two people must have been infected by the Maori brothers, right? How can you come across a case everywhere you go? ”
Twilight Thirteen shook her head, then looked at the dead in the compartment.
"So you've seen the dead at noon? There are traces of rope stranglehold on the neck, and there is also the Yoshikawa line... It seems that the deceased was strangled to death..."
Hearing him talk to himself, Mu Dui's heart couldn't help but move, and a wicked smile flashed in his eyes.
"Yoshikawa Line? What is that? Twilight asked, pretending not to know, as he leaned into Conan's ear.
"The Yoshikawa Line is a technical term used by the police when handling cases, commonly known as scratches. It refers to the scratch caused by the victim subconsciously pulling the rope holding the neck outward with his hand when the neck is strangled, which can be used as one of the evidence for the judgment of homicide, and was first discovered by Yoshikawa Suichi, the head of the Metropolitan Police Department's Identification Division in the Taisho era, and named after him! Conan, who was thinking about the case wholeheartedly, was directly hit by the attack without any precautions.
"Huh? Will you scratch your own neck? ”
"Yes! In general, the marks of scratching the neck with your fingernails will not be obvious. But when he was about to be strangled or strangled, the victim struggled violently to breathe or get out of the prisoner's control, and his fingernails left deep blood marks on his neck! Because at this time, the pain of scratching the nails is no longer comparable to the pain of not being able to breathe..."
Finally, Conan finally reacted to the smile in his eyes as he looked at Mu Dui.
"Ahh Ha ha.. These are—"
"I see... Conan's children are really amazing... This kind of expertise doesn't even appear on regular TV shows! Twilight smiled evilly and preemptively blocked Conan's original excuse.
"......" Conan opened his mouth, and at this moment he suddenly wished that it was Twilight who died in the toilet before.
Of course, he could only think about it, and saw that Xiaolan's eyes already showed a thoughtful look of suspicion. Conan could only think of a new excuse quickly.
"By the way, these are all taught to me by Uncle Kogoro!"
"Dad? What else does he know? ”
"Yes, yes! Uncle is a detective Mori Kogoro! ”
Xiaolan looked back suspiciously about Maori Kogoro's usual appearance, and always felt that something was wrong in her heart, but Maori Kogoro was a detective after all, and after thinking about it, she still believed Conan's explanation.
"Whew... It's dangerous! Conan, who had finally passed the test, let out a long sigh of relief, but when he peeked at Twilight, his teeth itched with hatred.
"This guy can't be intentional, right?"
At this moment, the deceased's phone suddenly rang, and Conan's attention was immediately drawn to it.
The caller was the one who had made an appointment with the deceased to meet in the restaurant, and Mu Du had seen Zhuang Tang Weijia before. According to the principle that the most innocent person in a detective plot is most likely to be the murderer, this person is naturally the murderer of the deceased.
Not long after, Zhuang Tang Weijia also came here to identify the body under the notice of the police, and also confessed his alibi.
"Miss Zhuang Tang, you said you had been staying in that restaurant all along?"
"Yes, I met Wei Wei Yue better, but I was accidentally late, and when I got there, Wei Wei had been away for ten minutes, I asked the clerk, and she said that Wei Wei went to the toilet, so I waited for her there..."
"Well, would you please come with me to that restaurant again? We need to check with the clerk there! ”
"Okay!"
As the person directly related to this case, Zhuang Tang Weijia will naturally be suspected, so her alibi must be confirmed.
At the same time, the four Mu Dui, who were eyewitnesses, also followed as a matter of course.
"This young lady, are you sure that this young lady Zhuang Tang has been staying in your store all this time and has never left?"
"Yes officer!"
"And what about the young lady from before?"
"That Miss Mitsuki arrived at one o'clock, and then went out to the bathroom after two minutes, because she was wearing a very gorgeous gothic loli outfit, so I remember it very well... Then, about ten minutes later, this young lady came to our shop..."
"Thank you... In this way, Miss Zhuang Tang's suspicion should be ruled out, after all, it takes at least half an hour to go back and forth from this restaurant to the park where the deceased was killed..."
Twilight Thirteen said and turned his head to look at Takagi and Chiba under him, but these two had limited IQs and obviously couldn't see anything wrong.
"So-"
"By the way, Conan, what do you think about this?" Originally, Twilight Thirteen was about to thank Miss Zhuang Tang and leave the place, but Mu Dui's sudden opening interrupted him.
"Huh? I... I... Brother Scarlet Village, why do you ask me? Conan panicked, but looked at Mu Twilight with an innocent expression on his face, as if he really didn't understand why Mu Twilight asked him.
"Because Conan, you just touched your chin and looked like a detective with a contemplative expression!" Twilight looked at Conan with a smile on her face.
"Huh... Ha ha... But I... But I'm just a child! ”
Looking at Conan's frightened appearance of being too frightened to sell cute, Mu Du almost didn't laugh directly.
"Oh, is that so, it seems that Miss Zhuang Tang's suspicion should be ruled out..."
“......”
"This is definitely intentional, right? Absolutely—" Conan's eyes glared at Twilight with wide eyes, and his eyes were about to pop out.
With the detective's unique intuition, he can be 100% sure that there is something wrong with this Zhuang Tang Weijia, nine out of ten may be the murderer who killed Mitsu, but Maori Kogoro is no longer there, and Mu Du is still staring at him, how can he speak?
At this moment, Conan really felt like he had eaten a dead fly, not to mention how crooked he was.
There was a psychological confrontation, and in the end, the detective's principles and dedication to the truth made him speak.
"However, the Gothic Lori costume needs to be dressed in gorgeous clothes and painted with thick makeup, so if you don't look closely, you can't tell who is who, right?"
"Huh? Conan's words seem to make a lot of sense! Officer Twilight, you see that Miss Zhuang Tang and the deceased Miss Weijun are about the same height and size, if the clothes and hairstyle are the same, and they are still Qi bangs that cover half of the face, and then put on thick makeup, it seems that it is really difficult to distinguish if you don't compare carefully... I didn't expect you to be so smart, Conan, we adults didn't see that you saw it first..."
"Uh... This one... I learned this from Uncle Kogoro! After all, I've been following Uncle Kogoro for so long! Conan tried his best to make excuses for himself, and the first time he found out that solving the case would be so tiring, especially Xiaolan's suspicious eyes, his legs and stomach began to tremble.
"If Xiaolan knows that I am a washing machine... I'm going to get a punch from her, right? Thinking of the picture of himself taking a bath with Xiaolan, Conan only felt that a breath of death suddenly enveloped him.
"It seems that there is such a possibility when you say that..."Twilight Thirteen, who has never been in a simple position, began to suspect Shodo again after hearing Conan's reminder and Mu Twilight agreed.
"Miss, may I ask if Miss Wei Wei came here at the beginning has something?" Officer Twilight questioned the clerk again.
"No, but that Miss Mitsuki has seen the menu I gave her!"
"The menu is OK, too—"
Just as Officer Twilight was about to ask her to bring the menu and show it to Kobe Bryant to check her fingerprints, Zhuang Tang Weijia on the side suddenly spoke.
"I accidentally broke the water cup on the table when I came, I wiped it with a paper towel when I saw that the menu was wet, and the table and stool too, if you want to verify your fingerprints, you can only look for the broken water glass..."
Not only Conan, but after she finished speaking, Twilight Thirteen and the others all frowned, because Zhuang Tang Weijia was too calm, and even had a feeling of fearlessness.
It's just that they can't determine whether a person is a murderer based on suspicion alone, they must pay attention to evidence.
"So, miss, is the broken water cup still there?"
"Yes, the broken glass is still in the trash, and if there's not much garbage, we don't usually throw it away until the door closes at night..."
Then, at Twilight's request, the clerk found the cup and gave it to the forensic department to take back for identification.
It's just that both Conan and Officer Twilight can tell from Zhuang Tang's fearless expression that there must be fingerprints on it.
"Conan, what do you think about this? If there are really Miss Weixi's fingerprints on the cup, does it mean that Miss Weijun has been here? ”
"MMP, why is this guy cue me again?" Seeing Mu Twilight leaning down to look at him with a smile, the corners of Conan's mouth twitched.
"Then we can go to the store where Miss Wei Wei bought clothes and ask the clerk there, Miss Zhuang Tang, if she has ever bought the same clothes!" Conan couldn't care about pretending anymore, he just wanted to solve the case as soon as possible now, and then stay away from Mu Dui.
"Oh! Conan is really smart! ”
At this time, without Mu Du opening his mouth, Takagi and the others had already praised with a surprised face.
It's a pity that Conan, who was praised, was not happy at all, but rolled his eyes wildly in his heart.
"Can you stop paying attention to this now?"
Fortunately, Twilight Thirteen is still relatively serious.
"So, Miss Zhuangtang, do you know where Miss Mitsu's goth loli costume was bought?"
"Know! I'll take you there! ”
Zhuang Tang Yujia nodded, still maintaining her previous calm in the eyes of the others, but Mu Du and Conan were keenly aware of a hint of nervousness in her eyes.
"Have you ever seen the lady in the photo?" Half an hour later, the group arrived at the clothing store and showed the deceased's ID photo to the clerk there.
"Yes, I remember that this young lady came to our store yesterday evening to buy clothes!"
"Is this the one?" Officer Twilight showed the clerk the photo of the gothic loli suit on the deceased.
"That's right, this is a new model that we launched in our store just yesterday, because the online pre-sale worked well and it was sold out in one day..."
"Then did this Miss Zhuang Tang come to your store yesterday to buy clothes?"
The clerk looked at Zhuang Tang carefully for a few moments, and then shook her head.
"No, this young lady didn't come yesterday..."
"That's right—" Officer Twilight touched his chin, apparently still thinking about the whole thing.
Judging from the current evidence, Zhuang Tang Weijia should indeed be able to rule out suspicion, but with his few intuition, he feels that there is something strange in it.
"I went to Fukuoka on a business trip yesterday and flew back at noon today, so if you don't believe me, you can check the surveillance footage at the airport! Also, I went with a colleague, and you can ask my colleague as well! Zhuang Tang Weijia's eyes flickered for a moment, and then he added an alibi to himself.
"So-"
"How's that, Conan, come to mind?" Seeing that Twilight Thirteen, who couldn't think of a reason, was about to give up, Twilight began to cue Conan again.
"No... No... I didn't expect anything..."Conan quickly smiled awkwardly and waved his hand.
"Well, that's a pity, I thought Conan was thinking of something with such a powerful expression just now... Could it be Conan, you actually thought of something, but you just deliberately didn't say it, right? ”