"In other words, President Moriyama's body was found with his hands raised above his head?"

A little further in time, in the corner of the crag on the second floor, Shimizu Shizu was listening to Sonoko Suzuki tell the details of the murder of Hiromichi Moriyama.

"Uh-huh, that's it!"

Sonoko Suzuki nodded repeatedly, then raised her hands straight above her head in the classic "Astro Boy" pose.

"When we first saw it in front of the sink, President Moriyama was soaked in water like this, his hands and feet were very straight, and only his waist was leaned back, which made it look so weird......"

[This posture is indeed very problematic......]

Listening to Suzuki's description, Shimizu Jing's eyes drooped.

"Brother-in-law, did you think of something?" Sonoko Suzuki looked at her curiously.

Facing her expectant gaze, Qing Shui pondered her words for a moment and replied, "The posture in which the corpse was first found is indeed very wrong.

Even considering that President Moriyama fought or fled with the murderer before he was killed, it is impossible to imagine that he would make such a strange gesture.

I think that the strange posture of President Moriyama's corpse should be directly related to the murderer. ”

"Something to do with the murderer?"

Sonoko Suzuki pointed her index finger at her chin, looking confused.

"So the murderer put his body like that after killing President Moriyama? But what was his purpose in doing this? Could it be some kind of evil ritual? ”

It's clear that her thinking is too divergent.

"Well, that's a possibility."

Smiling and nodding, Qing Shui Jing turned his head and swept the entire interior of the crag.

"When exactly was President Moriyama killed?"

"The police said it was between one and three o'clock yesterday afternoon." Mao Lilan, who was also sitting on the side, replied.

"Are the suspects the ones sitting over there?"

Following Shimizu Shizu's gaze, there were three other suspects sitting in the corner on the other side of the cirami, Reika Kuramoto, a breeder, Takashi Yaguchi, a lame technical minister, and Sotaro Harada, who was injured in his right arm.

Among them, Harada Sotaro also got up and walked over after seeing Hattori Heiji and Conan walking towards the abandoned warehouse in the Iwaba on the left.

And Takashi Yaguchi then stood up and walked towards the police who were gathered not far away on crutches, and only Reika Kuramoto sat alone in the corner in a daze.

"Well, because apart from President Moriyama, only the three of them have the key to the door of this cragwa, so they are the most likely suspects."

"Did the police find any clues on President Moriyama's body?" Qing Shui Jing suddenly asked.

"Clues, I don't think so......" Sonoko Suzuki replied.

"Some of the gardens are the two that the police brought after." Maoliran reminded her.

"Oooh! It seems that a USB flash drive and a broken pocket watch have been found. Recalling this, Sonoko Suzuki hurriedly said.

"Bad pocket watch?" Shimizu Jing was keenly aware of this anomaly.

"Well, I heard from Officer Sato that the time on that pocket watch seems to have stopped at six and ten o'clock......

[Six-ten-a.] 】

Suddenly aware of something, Shimizu Jing quickly turned her head to look at the abandoned warehouse in the crag on the left.

"Is that warehouse abandoned?"

"Well, it's said that I haven't used it since last year."

“…… I see. ”

She nodded slightly, then looked at Suzuki Sonoko beside her, and said with a smile, "Sonoko, can you help me go to the young lady breeder and ask a few questions?" ”

“……”

"Hmmm! Leave it all to me! ”

After clearly memorizing the words of Shimizu Shizu, Suzuki Sonoko immediately got up and walked towards the breeder Kuramoto Reika in the opposite corner with her head held high.

"Miss Kuramoto!" Sitting directly next to Reika Kuramoto, Sonoko Suzuki grinned.

"Hello, may I ask ......" Reika Kuramoto looked at the female high school student with some confusion.

"Just call me Garden, Miss Kuramoto, may I ask you a few questions?" Suzuki Sonoko gets straight to the point.

"Well, that, if it's related to the case, then the police just ......"

"It's okay! The police and those two detectives are good friends of mine! I suddenly thought of some doubts, so I'll ask them first! ”

"Huh? Is this—Is that so? ”

"So, Miss Kuramoto, what exactly were you doing yesterday afternoon?" According to Shimizu's teaching, Sonoko Suzuki asked the first question.

"Hmm...... If you're asking about the time when the president was killed, I was in the aquarium all the time, cleaning the sink with the other keepers. Reika Kuramoto replied.

"I see, but what about after that?" Sonoko Suzuki continued to ask.

"After that?"

"That's right, what were you doing after three o'clock, until Miss Kuramoto, and before you got off work yesterday?"

Hearing this, Reika Kuramoto looked at her with some embarrassment, "That, this is ...... with the president."

"It matters! A big deal! Please don't hide it, Miss Kuramoto! Sonoko Suzuki slammed her shoulders and said categorically.

"Yes, yes......"

Nodding subconsciously, Cangyuan Lingxiang recalled for a moment and continued:

"After three o'clock, after we cleaned the sink, we sprinkled it with a neutralizer that neutralizes the detergent.

It would take some time for the detergent to take effect, so everyone went to the café upstairs to rest as they had done before.

But I didn't come with them, I went to the West Leaf Building......"

"Why go to the West Leaf Mansion?" Sonoko Suzuki asked.

"Because at about 3:50 yesterday, the president sent me an email, saying that he had something to say to me, and asked me to go to Xiye.

Now that I think about it, this email should have been sent by the president in advance, right? After all, he was killed before three o'clock, so it's no wonder I couldn't wait for the president yesterday......"

"Uh-huh......" Nodding, Suzuki Sonoko continued to ask as Shizuzu had taught, "Then Miss Kuramoto, when did you come back to the aquarium after leaving?" ”

"It was about five o'clock, and I couldn't wait for the president in Xiye, and the time for the neutralizer was almost up, so I went back to the aquarium and started releasing water in the tank, and then moving all the fish back into the tank, and I was busy until about six o'clock, and I didn't leave work until about six o'clock."

"Haven't you all been in that warehouse during this time?" Sonoko Suzuki asked, pointing to the abandoned warehouse in the craga on the left.

"No, we're not going to ......"

It seemed that something was touched by this warehouse, and a hint of gloom flashed in Cangyuan Lingxiang's eyes.

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(End of chapter)