"There is no trace of the door lock being picked, and there are no shoe prints in the house, it seems that the person took off his shoes and entered the house, if nothing else, it should be an acquaintance who committed the crime. Ah, teacher, don't come in. ”

I followed Conan's slippers into the house, and stopped Kobayashi-sensei, who was pale but still forced himself to enter the house.

"Huh?"

Mr. Kobayashi looked at me puzzled.

"For teachers who have been in contact with the victims, if you find something like the teacher's hair at the scene, you will be suspected of committing a crime. Xiao Ai explained to Mr. Kobayashi, who was full of ignorant expressions.

"Teacher, you'd better call the police first. ”

"We're just kids, and it's easy for the police to ignore the police. ”

Ayumi, Motota, and Mitsuhiko began to babble at Kobayashi-sensei.

These little ghosts, who have been with Conan for a long time, have begun to break away from the category of ordinary children...... Isn't the normal reaction of an ordinary child now supposed to be screaming?

I couldn't help but shake my head when I looked back at Mr. Kobayashi, who was surrounded by a few children and called the police, but was still in shock.

"Shake your head and do you have any finds?" Conan turned to look at me after examining the body.

"I found a small detail, it should be a temporary impulse killing, and it was committed by an acquaintance. I smiled.

"So?"

"Look at the doorknob. ”

Conan looked in the direction of my finger, and under the doorknob, a stain of red blood was unusually glaring.

"In a hurry to flee the scene, didn't you even pay attention to the blood on your hands? Conan nodded knowingly.

"What about you? Did you find anything?"

As I spoke, I looked around the room, it was a little messy, except for some simple furniture, there was nothing special, typical bachelor living alone in a rental house.

"Well, there's a point, you come to see this wound of his. ”

I followed Conan's instructions and looked over, and the large depression on Masato Sugimori's head was unusually conspicuous.

"Lethal with a blunt force. ”

"Well, if nothing else, the murder weapon should be the tripod of the camera over there. Conan nodded, gesturing to the tripod not far from the corpse.

"The layman is really unreliable, since he accidentally killed someone, he either obediently surrendered, or he cleaned up the scene, at least he had to clean up the blood stains that were splashed. ”

Looking at the mess, miserable, and so many traces of the explosion, I couldn't help but pout.

"Judging from the state of this splattered blood stain and the corpse, as long as you let the experts of the forensic department identify it, you can not only understand the degree of strength used by the prisoner, but even the height of the prisoner can be roughly calculated from the angle, ah, the telephone button here ......"

Halfway through my words, I suddenly noticed that there was a splattered blood stain on the message button of the phone in this room.

"Well, you're right, there is no blood on Mr. Sugimori's hands. "Conan affirmed my idea.

"This stupid thief is hopeless, and he dares to forge a lame alibi by himself. I couldn't help but put my hand on my forehead.

"Come back, this case will be handed over to the police, no matter how stupid the police are, it won't take more than three days to investigate. I turned to Conan and said, "I seem to have made Xiaolan angry many times recently, and this time I obediently go back early, maybe I can cheat a hamburger to eat." ”

"Hey, wait!"

As soon as I turned around, Conan grabbed the back collar and staggered me.

"What's wrong?" I squirmed, and I finally regained my balance in a convulsive posture, and gave Conan angry look.

Really, in front of so many girls, I don't want to lose face.

"It's better to close this case as soon as possible, after all, the children are watching, and if it is not handled properly, I am afraid that it will leave a shadow in their hearts. Conan leaned into my ear and whispered to me.

Shade?

When I heard this, I couldn't help but turn my head to look at the door.

Yuantai - a look of excitement.

Mitsuhiko - Eyes glow.

Ayumi - full of anticipation.

Xiao Wai - It's none of my business.

These people don't look like people with psychological shadows......

"Hey, look at them, where are they like ...... Forget it, you're right, let's close the case quickly. ”

When the words came to my lips, I still changed my words, and there was only one reason.

Mr. Kobayashi is so scared!

Not only was his face pale, his breathing was short, his pupils were slightly dilated, and even his body couldn't stop trembling slightly.

If it weren't for the fact that the identity of the people's teacher was restraining her and preventing her from falling in front of the children, she would have collapsed to the ground at this time, right?

I don't know if there will be a shadow for a few children, but if Teacher Kobayashi is allowed to leave like this, she is definitely right for having a shadow......

In less than ten minutes, Officer Twilight arrived at the scene with a group of men, but unfortunately I didn't see Officer Sato, and I don't know if she is still being forced on a blind date by her aunt.

"Judging from the scene, it should be an acquaintance who committed the crime. "As an old detective, Officer Twilight entered the house and came to this conclusion with just a glance.

"Yes, Officer Twilight. Officer Takagi held the account in one hand and reported to Officer Twilight, "The deceased's name is Masato Sugimori, and he was a freelance writer who contributed articles for the magazine. According to the preliminary autopsy results, the time of death has been more than five hours, and the specific autopsy report will come out tomorrow. ”

"Good work. Officer Twilight nodded with a solemn gaze.

"I'm going to visit the residents in the neighborhood to see if they see anyone coming in and out of Mr. Sugimori's room, and considering the nature of Mr. Sugimori's work, it can't be ruled out that he was retaliated against by his own interviewees, so I'll also ask about his recent interviewers. ”

"Well, now it seems that this is the only way to do it. Officer Twilight thought for a moment and acknowledged Officer Takagi's actions.

"I think there are only four suspicious people!" Conan intervened as Officer Twilight and the others were about to cordon off the scene and return to the police station.

"Ke, Conan?" said Officer Takagi in surprise.

"Oh, is the Maori brother here too?" said Officer Twilight.

"It's a shame that Officer Twilight, Uncle Maori didn't come. I shrugged my shoulders and turned my mouth towards Yuan Tai and the others at the door.

"We are the callers, and we are the first witnesses. ”

"Ah, yes, ahaha. The disappointed Officer Twilight snorted, then turned to look at Conan, "You just said that there are only four suspicious people?

"Take a closer look at that phone call. Conan pointed to the phone and said, "That light is flashing, isn't it?"

"Hmm, oh, it's the message button that's on. ”

At Conan's prompting, Officers Twilight and Takagi soon discover that the prisoner had left a message on the phone, and that he had suspiciously left the key to the room on the table and that the door was not locked.

A person who kills someone, does not lock the door, and deliberately leaves a message on the phone, there is only one conclusion that can be drawn.

That is: the prisoner left a message himself, falsified his alibi, and hoped that someone would find out about the scene.

Conan was like a dutiful midfielder, passing the ball smoothly and quickly to the feet of the striker's Twilight officer.

"Then let's listen to what kind of message this prisoner has left!" Officer Twilight, who had never felt his thoughts so clear, was very excited, and stared at the message button on the phone and pressed it.

From Officer Twilight's eager eyes, I could probably tell what he was thinking.

With the old hunter's sense of smell, he found clues from this fake message, caught the cunning fox of the prisoner, and realized a highlight moment in his criminal police career!

What could be more exciting?

However, before Officer Twilight's journey as an old hunter began, Officer Takagi confiscated his gun.

"Wait, wait, Officer Twilight. Takagi panicked but resolutely stopped Officer Twilight's movements, and then gently took the phone from his hand.

"Huh?" Officer Twilight glanced at Officer Takagi in confusion and dissatisfaction.

"Well, let's listen while recording, so that not only can we listen to it repeatedly, but in case we ......"

Seeing that Officer Twilight's face was getting worse and worse, Officer Takagi swallowed a mouthful of saliva in fright, but still smiled wryly: "If we accidentally delete it, we will be in big trouble, ahahaha......"

"I heard Officer Twilight is a mechanical idiot?" I whispered in Conan's ear.

"Well, it's not strange that you're older. Conan whispered back.

"Ahahaha......"

Officer Takagi's words were very reasonable, so that Officer Twilight was speechless for a while, and after echoing and laughing a few times, he had to agree with his words: "What you said makes sense. ”

"Then I'll go to my colleagues in the forensics department to borrow a tape recorder. ”

"Please. Officer Twilight's voice was weak.

"Hey, Conan, did that prisoner really forge a message?" Watching Conan walk back from Officer Twilight with a calm smile, Motota hurriedly asked.

"Couldn't it be that the prisoner deliberately left it to confuse the public?" Mitsuhiko asked uneasily.

"Peace of mind, look over there. Conan pointed to the blood stains under the doorknob and smiled at the children, "How can a prisoner who didn't even notice the blood on his own hands be so careful to do that kind of thing." ”

"Just find the flaws in the message, right?" I confirmed to Conan.

"Hmm. ”

“...... I'm sorry. "I was just about to continue saying something, when suddenly, the phone in my pocket vibrated and I had to step aside with my phone.

"Hey, Grandpa Grass?"

"I'm sorry, young master, to disturb you so late......"

"It's okay, what's the matter?"

With the character of Cao Mu, if it wasn't for something important, he would never call me at this time.

"Young master, that's the case, a few days ago, we pretended to be the bodyguards of the people in the extreme path, and today we came to the club to collect the money. ”

"Didn't I say that you should deal with them first?"

"Yes, my side has been dragging this matter on your instructions, but just now, the person who was the leader of those people was talking to me when he suddenly died!"

"What? dead man?" I couldn't help but frown slightly when I heard this.

"Yes. ”

"Is it RB people who died?"

"No, we found his passport in his pocket, a German. ”

"How many people are with him?"

"He's the only one. ”

"Did you call the police?"

"Not yet, I cordoned off the scene as soon as the accident happened, and now I am waiting for your instructions. ”

"Well, I see, I'll go over now. ”

"I'm very sorry, young master, because we didn't handle it here......"

There was a thick apology in the voice of the grass and trees, and there was also a hint of trepidation.

"It's okay, now you don't have to do anything, wait for me to pass. I whispered a word and hung up.

Dead people, and foreigners, if they don't get it right, they risk making big news.

The club has just completed the merger and reorganization, and some financial statements and other hand estimates have not yet been dealt with.

You can't handle it with care......

"What's wrong? Conan looked at me with doubts in his eyes.

"Well, it's okay, I'm a little sick to my stomach and can't accompany you anymore, I'll go back first. I smiled at the group and turned to leave.

"Wait!" Conan grabbed my arm, his eyes were unusually sharp: "I'll go back with you, I just happen to have a stomachache, I guess the snack we ate together in the afternoon is not very clean." ”

"Eh, Minghui-san's stomach hurts, doesn't it matter?" Ayumi looked at me worriedly when she heard our words.

"The snacks are not clean, aren't they? Yuan Tai is obviously fine after eating so much. Mitsuhiko looked at Motota, then at me and Conan, and said with some suspicion.

"In that case, will the teacher take you to the clinic to have a look?" Kobayashi said to Conan and me with concern.

"No, no!" Seeing that even the police's attention was about to be attracted, I quickly refused.

"Teacher, aren't you still going to stay here as a witness for the police uncle?" As I spoke, I lowered my head and whispered to Conan, "You detective is gone, what should I do with the case?"

"As you said before, just leave it to the forensics department, right?"

"What about the psychological shadow of the children?"

"This ......," Conan choked on at my words.

"Peace of mind, I'm really just sick to my stomach, and I won't be late today. I smiled and patted Conan on the shoulder, patted his chest and beat the ticket.

"Then I'll go back with you, it just so happens that the doctor hasn't eaten for almost a day, so I need to go back and cook for him." ”

Just when I thought I had taken care of everything, Xiao Ai interjected faintly next to me.

"This ......" this time it was my turn to choke on.

"Isn't it a stomachache?"

"Ah...... Be. ”

"With me as a doctor for one-on-one treatment, do you have any complaints?"

"I didn't ...... No, I mean, great, I'm relieved now, hahaha......"

"Hawkers, since there is Gray Yuan looking at you, then I won't say anything, you hurry up and take care of your stomach, don't come back late, make Xiaolan angry, good luck." This time, Conan patted me on the shoulder, and his face was full of playfulness.

"Then, Xiao Ai, let's go. ”

"Hmm. ”

"Conan, Officer Twilight's side......"

"Go in peace, I'll help you out. ”

"Phew, can't you say something auspicious. ”

........................

"Now, Xiao Ai, are you still angry?"

Walking on the street at night, the cold wind blew in my face, and the slightest coolness climbed along the seam of my clothes, successfully arousing goosebumps in me.

"What?"

"I didn't mean to eavesdrop on you, and to be honest, I didn't actually hear anything......"

I scratched my face with my fingers a little sneeringly, not daring to look at Xiao Ai's expression.

"That's the kind of thing that's fine, whatever. ”

"Oh, so you're not angry anymore? "I couldn't help but be overjoyed.

If it weren't for the urgent matter to deal with now, I would definitely pull Xiao Ai for a drink.

"It's boring, what does it matter if I'm angry or not. Xiao Ai gave me an angry look.

"It's very relevant, for me, very relevant. I turned my head to look at Xiao Ai and said seriously.

In my world, there is nothing more important than the person around me.

The streets are filled with neon lights, like a flowing streamer.

Xiao Ai and me, who are pressing the road, are like two inconspicuous grains of dust compared to the noisy metropolis of Tokyo.

When the insignificance disappears, no one will notice.

“...... Well. ”

After walking more than a dozen steps, Xiao Ai's soft promise was late.

In the cold voice, there was a rare softness.

"For me, it's the same. ”

"Little mourning. I gently shook her little hand with emotion.

For an emotionally restrained girl like Xiao Ai, it is too difficult for her to say this kind of thing directly.

If only there had been a recording, damn it.

"So, although it's just a small stomach ache, your body is inherently problematic, and you can't be careless about anything, you must check it carefully. ”

"Huh?"

"Eh, don't you have a stomachache, it doesn't hurt now?" Xiao Ai looked at me with a smile.

"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts!!"

After reacting, I hurriedly covered my stomach and began to behave, and at the same time kept thinking in my heart how to get out of Xiao Wai's side.

"If the pain is like that, it seems that it is likely to be acute gastroenteritis, and you have to take medicine quickly. As he spoke, Xiao Ai stretched out his hand to stop the taxi.

"No, no, no, what I want to do most right now is to go to the bathroom!"

Taking advantage of Xiao Ai's lack of reaction, I took her hand and ran.

"Let's go to the sushi restaurant in front!"

"Hey, wait......"

"Welcome!"

"Boss, give me a super luxury double life service set!Also, where is the toilet here?" I said to the staff who greeted me as quickly as I could as fast as I could into the sushi restaurant.

"Ah, ...... upstairs"

"Upstairs, right! Xiao Ai is sitting and waiting for me now, I'll come when I go!"

Regardless of the reaction of everyone behind me, I rushed upstairs in a flurry of chickens and dogs, and then faced the window opposite the toilet on the second floor, which was a leap of faith.

It's really nice that this sushi restaurant is only two floors......

Ten minutes later, I appeared at the door of a building, and was greeted by the butler who had been waiting there for a long time.

"Grandpa, I want to kill you!"

First, I pretended to be a grandson who came to the company to find my grandfather to show the security guard, and then I walked in briskly while confirming the situation with the housekeeper.

"That guy is in the office now?"

"Yes, no one has been in the scene except me, and I am the only one who knows about the dead before this. ”

"This kind of thing can't be hidden, and some of his accomplices must know his whereabouts. I shook my head, "Anyway, let me see how that person died." ”

On the twenty-fifth floor of the building, in the office of the president of the newly established Mimori Club, a man in a suit of more than one meter and eight meters fell face down on the ground, and there was still a little saliva left at the corner of his mouth.

"Aren't there any wounds on your body?" I walked carefully around the body, but found no wounds or blood.

"We didn't have any conflicts. The grass butler shook his head.

"Did he suddenly collapse while you were talking?" I said as I gently turned the body around, and found the man clutching the location of his heart with one hand.

"Yes. ”

"You've found out who he is, right?"

"This man's name is Donnie Palamon, 35 years old, who used to be a mercenary in the Afghan Revolutionary United Front, and retired three years ago to join the Guardian Shield Company, specializing in personal protection for dignitaries. ”

"Well, does this person have any medical history? Cardiological. ”

The hairstyle is neat, the cuffs are clean, and the nails are clean, indicating that the man is a person who attaches great importance to personal hygiene, the lavalier on the tie is inconspicuous, but it is gold, and the watch is a mechanical watch produced by Seiko, although the reputation is not as good as that of Rolex, but the accuracy is very high.

No matter how you look at it, this man is quite in line with the standards of European and American gentlemen, and there is a faint smell of cologne on his body.

"Well, from his information, I didn't find any special records, and I didn't have any medical history. ”

"Sudden death without a medical history?"

I rummaged through the corpse's pocket, but I didn't find any emergency medicine, and there was no smell in his mouth, and his face was slightly pale, which was the color of a normal corpse, and on the surface, there was no trace of poisoning.

"Buzz...... Buzz ......"

Just as I was checking the body, the mobile phone of the grass butler who had been standing respectfully on the side suddenly rang.

Seeing that I nodded slightly, the grass and wood housekeeper showed me an apologetic look, bowed slightly, and picked up the phone.

"Hey...... What? I see, I know, let those people come up. ”

"What's wrong?" I looked up at him when I saw the slight change in the grass tree's expression.

"Young Master......" The grass and wood butler hesitated for a moment, and then said softly to me.

"When the police arrived, someone called the police and said that we had someone dead here. ”

“...... Scold. ”

After listening to the words of the grass and trees, although I still don't understand what is going on, there is one thing that I know very well now.

We were tricked.