Chapter 5: Misconception of Suicide

After hearing Kogoro's words, everyone was even more surprised. "You're saying he committed suicide?" "No way, how could he kill himself!" Yoko Okino shouted with a sad face.

"What's going on? Don't you know him? Officer Twilight looked at her confusedly, hoping for an explanation. Mr. Yamagishi, I can't hide it anymore. "Miss Yoko!"

Ignoring the panicked Yamagishi Sakae, Yoko Okino continued to speak in a deep voice. "He was my boyfriend in high school, his name was Akiyoshi Fujie, but I broke up with him." "So do you want to completely cut off relations with him, so you kill him and then disguise himself as a suicide?"

Hearing Officer Twilight's words, Kogoro couldn't help but shake his head helplessly. "No, Officer Twilight, if Miss Yoko did it, then she wouldn't have to come to me, just pretend to go home and find the body as usual."

"And it's not a disguised suicide, it's a real suicide. As for the reason for the suicide, I probably have to wait for Miss Yuko to answer. He said to himself, not noticing Conan, who was shocked and lost.

After a while, the officer walked in with a woman. "You're Miss Yuko Ikezawa." "Ah, yes!" Although she already knew that there was a murder here, there was no trace of nervousness or panic.

"Can you explain why these earrings are in Miss Okino's home?" Officer Twilight looked at Yuko Ikezawa with a solemn expression, but she looked at the earrings with a happy expression.

"So it's here, I've been looking for it for a long time!" "It's not just this earring, according to the security guard here, I've seen people like you wandering around here many times."

"Drink, you said that they were just similar people, so this judgment is too arbitrary! I'll go to the toilet first! "Wait a minute, I'm not done yet!"

"Are you annoying, besides, do you judge the murderer based on just one earring!? Okay, I'm too busy to talk to you. She said confidently, ignoring Kogoro's inquiry.

Without hesitation, she turned around and walked to the toilet, and when she passed by Yoko Okino, she suddenly came up to her. "Of course, no matter how busy I am, I can't compare to the popular Miss Yoko. However, if the media were to be made aware of the case, then it would be uncertain. ā€

With that, she walked into the toilet proudly, leaving Yoko Okino with an ugly face. But at this moment, Kogoro looked at the back of Yuko Ikezawa with a blank expression.

"Okay, okay, I've said I've never been here!" She said impatiently, and at the same time, without hesitation, she picked up the lighter of the Statue of Victory on the cabinet and lit a cigarette.

Seeing her movements, Kogoro couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth. "Miss Yuko, could you please explain again, how did you know that this goddess of victory statue is a lighter?"

After hearing his question, Yuko Ikezawa suddenly became nervous. "Ah, I—I saw the same one at a friend's house." "Where is your friend, can you explain?"

Officer Twilight understood as soon as she replied in a panic, and hurriedly asked. "Ah, yes, yes......" Before she could stutter an explanation, Kogoro spoke again.

"Not only that, isn't it strange that you know where the toilet is when you first come here? I'm afraid this first time is just a lie, you killed this person here to slander Miss Yoko! "It's obvious that he's cheating her here.

As he expected, Yuko Ikezawa immediately explained. "No, it's not! No! This man attacked me, I just resisted and fled, I really didn't kill this person! ā€

"I've been here a few times, using the key I stole from the company lounge the other day. When I entered the house during the day, the man suddenly followed me and attacked me, and I managed to escape, and the earrings fell off at that time. ā€

"Well, everything is already clear. Because the back of Miss Yuko Ikezawa is very similar to that of Miss Yoko, Mr. Fujie regarded Miss Ikezawa as Miss Yoko at that time. ā€

"So he went up and wanted to say something to Miss Yoko, who he thought was there, and Miss Ikezawa, who came in secretly, was already nervous, and suddenly a man came, so he immediately resisted."

"And Mr. Fujie, who was treated like this, was immediately disheartened, and then planned this suicide case out of revenge, wanting to blame the owner of the house, Miss Yoko."

Hearing this, everyone suddenly understood, and they all fell into silence, only Yoko Okino looked at Kogoro excitedly. "But why did he do this!"

"I think it's because he still loves Miss Yoko deeply!" "How so!? Didn't he propose to break up first!? She was puzzled by this explanation.

Hearing her question, Sakae Yamagishi suddenly looked at Yoko Okino in embarrassment. "Actually, I went to ask him to break up with you!" Yoko Okino's eyes suddenly widened, and she muttered unwillingly. "How so!?"

Just then, a police officer walked in. "Report to the officer, we found the diary left by the deceased." Officer Twilight took it and opened it, and the crowd immediately looked at him.

Then, under the relay of Officer Twilight, they all understood the tangled mood of Fujie Akiyoshi recently, and finally made up their minds to show their true intentions even if it was affecting Yoko Okino's star journey, but they encountered something like today.

"It seems that this is a suicide case caused by lies and misunderstandings, etc., it is really worthy of Maori brother, thanks to you this time!" "Where, that's what I'm supposed to do." After a few polite words, the two said goodbye and left.

After sending the three elementary school students home, the three went straight back to the office. Along the way, they were all embarrassed and saddened by this tragedy.

"Miss Yoko is really good, even if this kind of thing happens, she can adjust so quickly. And I can't, Shinichi hasn't been there for days. Xiaolan's sad words suddenly made Kogoro and Conan silent for a while, not knowing how to comfort them.

Soon, a few days passed, and Xiaolan's uneasiness due to the absence of the new ones for a few days calmed down because of a phone call made by Conan using a voice changer.

But even so, Kogoro is still very worried, and has been thinking about whether to tell her that Conan is Kudo Shinichi, after all, because of Shinichi's long-term non-appearance and the problem of two identities, Xiaolan has endured a lot of suffering.