Chapter 40: The TV Incident II

When the staff found the body, it was just after 9:05, and when Officer Twilight and the others arrived, it was already 9:20.

Taking advantage of this time, Kogoro made a preliminary survey of the scene, and although he did not find conclusive evidence, he also had several clues.

"The deceased's name is Michihiko Suwa, who is thirty-seven years old this Chinese New Year's Eve. The cause of death was a bullet that pierced his head directly, and the murder weapon was this pistol! Officer Twilight said, glancing at the pistol next to the corpse.

"By the way, Brother Maori, did you find anything?" He looked at Kogoro expectantly.

"I took a look, and there were four bullet marks in the room, including the one that shot Mr. Suwa, one fired next to the clock diagonally above the corpse, and two fired in the corner of the poster next to it."

"Although this matches the number of shells, there is a very strange thing." "Strange place!?" "Judging from the three bullet marks on the wall, the murderer fired at the door, but the location of the wounds of the deceased is too strange."

As Kogoro spoke, everyone looked at the corpse, and Officer Mudu, who was an old criminal policeman, reacted immediately.

"Really! If the murderer really shot at the door, then he would never have hit the temple of the deceased! ”

The reason why he said this was because Michihiko Suwa had been shot and fell directly to the wall, and he was facing the door head-on, without any signs of movement.

It is impossible for the murderer who fired head-on to hit the temple on the right side of the deceased's head, but the three shots on the wall were indeed frontal.

At the thought of it, Officer Twilight's head grew bigger. "Brother Maori, why do you think the murderer deliberately fired three shots at the wall later!?"

Kogoro's face was solemn, and his eyes swept in front of everyone. "That's because the killer wanted to obscure the location where he fired the gun, which could reveal his identity."

"Then do you know where the killer shot!?" Officer Twilight immediately asked in surprise. Kogoro didn't answer, but asked people to remove Michihiko Suwa's body before he began to answer.

"If I'm not mistaken, there it is." "There!?" "Let's take a look at this window first, don't you think the blood on it is suspicious?"

After hearing this, the people looked there again, but found nothing but a large mass of blood.

"Brother Maori, don't sell it, hurry up and say it!" Officer Twilight looked at Kogoro impatiently, making him smile.

"The deceased's head had been attached to the window when he was shot, which is evident from the fact that there were so many blood stains on the broken glass."

"But if the windows were closed, the blood would just run down, and you see this."

With that, Kogoro walked to the window, pushed open the glass, and pointed to some scattered blood stains on the edge of the outer window.

"These blood stains would never have been possible if the window was closed, which means that the deceased's head was attached to the open window at that time."

"How is that possible!? Why did he do it! And in that case, isn't the murderer the gun he fired on the upper floor? ”

"Yes, exactly. The murderer asked the deceased to stick his head out of the window over the phone, then shot him, and finally dropped the gun on the window and fell into the room. ”

"How did the murderer do it, that the deceased would stick his head out so obediently?" "It's simple." As he spoke, Kogoro dialed his phone.

Soon the phone was connected, followed by Conan's voice. "Uncle Maori, I'm about to jump right above the mixing studio!"

As soon as he finished speaking, before Kogoro could react, Officer Twilight screamed and rushed to the window, sticking his head out and looking up. Because the window is turned outward, his body is slightly sideways against the window for convenience.

At that moment, a water bomb hit his temple, and the water gun fell to the window and slid to the ground.

Officer Twilight's reflexes were also good, and he immediately understood, and slid to the ground with that force.

Because of the wall, he was facing the doorway, leaning under the window. The window was also moved by the fall of the body, so it was closed.

The scene reappeared in front of everyone's eyes, everything was so simple, but it was hard to imagine.

"So who killed Michihiko Suwa?" Officer Twilight wiped the water stains on his head and asked again.

"It is also clear that this case was clearly deliberately arranged. The murderer needs to be very clear about the location of the deceased and someone that Mr. Suwa knows. ”

"In this TV station, you are the one who has this condition and the time to commit the crime, Mr. Takashi Matsuo!" Kogoro's right index finger pointed directly at Matsuo Takashi.

The sweat on his forehead immediately flowed, and he hurriedly distinguished. "You say I'm the murderer of Mr. Suwa, but I'll show you the evidence!"

"There are two pieces of evidence, one is the telephone. In order to complete the previous plan, it was necessary to talk to the deceased while talking to the deceased at the time of the crime, and at the same time going back and forth to the place where the gun was fired. ”

And this can only be done by mobile phones, and there must not be many such things as mobile phones in the entire TV station now! And you're Mr. Suwa's old partner, so it's not surprising to have his phone number. If you haven't turned off your phone yet, you should be able to replay it directly to Mr. Suwa's phone. ”

After saying that, his complexion changed suddenly, and before he could come up with any explanation, Kogoro continued.

"You may be able to dismiss the first point, but you can't refute the second point. From rushing to murder, now, you basically don't have any free time! You may have forgotten that if you have fired several shots, you will have a strong gunsmoke reaction on your body! ”

After saying this, he collapsed directly to the ground. "Mr. Matsuo, did you really kill Mr. Suwa?" The staff were surprised, after all, the two had been friends for many years.

"Yes, I don't want to hand over this new show we came up with to someone else to host, so I'll ......" He looked very lonely and sad.

"Didn't Mr. Suwa come up with this show!?" "It's just something we've discussed, he'll take the credit, and I'll preside over it."

"But I didn't expect that later he thought that I was not popular enough, and wanted to find a beautiful star to replace my position, I really couldn't bear it."

"When I think about it, how happy we were when we planned this show together! However, now it is too late, and sure enough, it is said that the process is the most beautiful. ”