To her left, a silver-white pistol was scattered.

On her right wrist, she wears a watch that looks valuable.

This is probably what Takagi said strangely.

As Takagi wondered.

If it was a burglary, the robbers wouldn't have let this watch go.

'Left-handed? ’

Looking at the watch on Mako Shinki's right wrist, Fujino suddenly remembered something.

The watch is worn on the right hand, and the pen holder of the desk is also placed on the left side.

These are all characteristics of left-handedness.

If Shinki is left-handed, then the bullet hole in the left temple can explain it.

But why is the pistol scattered on the right hand?

Thinking about it, Fujino just wanted to stand up, but his body couldn't help but stagnate.

Because at the moment of getting up, he saw a small gray button in the gap between the coffee table and the sofa.

Fujino looked at the small button and frowned.

He picked it up and handed it to Miwako Sato: "Officer Sato, I have made a new discovery." ”

"Buttons?"

Miwako Sato stared at the buttons she had taken from Fujino's hand and guessed, "It should be scattered on Miss Shinki's clothes, right?" ”

"I don't think so."

Regarding Miwako Sato's speculation, Fujino interrupted: "Officer Sato, can you please check if Miss Shinki's closet has the same buttons?" ”

For Fujino's orders, Miwako Sato agreed.

He walked to the closet, opened the door, and began to look through the clothes.

While she was inspecting her closet, Fujino began to look at the ashtray on the coffee table.

From the moment he entered the room, he felt a little surprised, yes, the cigarette butt in the ashtray was obviously wrong.

There are two types of cigarette butts, a thin-stemmed seven-star women's cigarette and a thick-stemmed Marlboro.

Obviously, the Seven Star cigarettes were left by Shinki Mako, but the other one was clearly not smoked by her.

And that button............

After a while, Miwako Sato checked the wardrobe and replied to Fujino, "Fujino-kun, in Miss Shinki's closet, there are no clothes that can match this button. ”

"If that's the case, then this case is not a simple burglary."

Fujino said in a deep voice, "If my speculation is correct, before I was killed last night, Miss Araki should have received guests in this room. ”

"Guest?"

Wataru Takagi wondered, "Detective Fujino, how did you see that?" ”

"Officer Takagi, you didn't notice the ashtray?"

"Ashtray?"

Takagi looked a little puzzled, "What's so strange about the ashtray?" ”

"Fujino-kun is probably talking about the cigarette butts in the ashtray, right?"

Miwako Sato looked at the ashtray on the coffee table: "There are two kinds of cigarette butts in the ashtray, which is indeed a bit strange. ”

"I know these cigarette butts, they are women's Seven Star cigarettes, and the thick Marlboro, Seven Star brand cigarettes should be smoked by Miss Shinki, and another Marlboro, Miss Shinki, who smokes women's cigarettes, is impossible to smoke."

Fujino continued to reason in a deep voice: "Combined with the buttons scattered at the scene of the crime that do not belong to Miss Ikeki, I think that Miss Aki should have received guests in this room before she was killed last night. ”

"I see!"

Hearing this, Takagi suddenly realized, "In other words, this case may not be a burglar murder, but a deliberate murder!"

And the murderer is the guest that Miss Shinki entertained last night. ”

"It's just a suspicion, and it's not clear who the killer is."

After a pause, Fujino continued, "And I think that Miss Koya may also be a suspect. ”

"Miss Honggu, she's also a suspect?"

The two of them were full of doubts when they heard this.

"That's right, even though she claimed to have been in a photo camp for the first two days, as the discoverer of the corpse, ......"

Looking at the two of them with puzzled faces, Fujino asked rhetorically, "Don't you think her behavior is too abnormal?" ”

Miwako Sato understood the meaning of Fujino's words: "In other words, Miss Hongya, it is very likely that she already knew that Miss Shinki had died in the bedroom, so she chose to call the police." ”

"Correct."

"In that case, Takagi, you take someone to the neighborhood to investigate and see if there are any eyewitnesses who witnessed anyone coming to this villa last night, and I will go with Fujino-kun to ask Yayoi Hiroya."

…………

The living room of the villa.

"Miss Honggu, what time did you return to this villa this morning?"

In the living room of the villa, Miwako Sato asked Yayoi Koya, who was sitting opposite.

"I don't remember this very well."

Yayoi Hongya, who was wearing pajamas, thought for a moment before replying, "Before nine o'clock, it was probably after eight fifty o'clock. ”

Miwako Sato continued to ask, "Can you tell us more about what you did before calling the police?" ”

"After returning to this villa from the photo camp, I first returned to my room with my suitcase, and after packing up my belongings and resting and changing into pajamas, I knocked on the door of Mako's bedroom, intending to tell her about my stay in the past few days............"

After a pause, Yayoi Koya continued, "But no matter how much I knocked on the door and shouted, I didn't get a response, and I was worried that something would happen to Mako, so I planned to open the door and go in to check on her............ But the door was locked............ In a hurry, I called the police. ”

"Miss Honggu, how can you be sure that Miss Shinki was in that room at the time, and something happened."

At this time, Fujino suddenly interjected: "After all, it is possible that she just went out." ”

"Are you suspicious of me?"

Hearing this, Yayoi Kotani frowned, and there was a slight displeasure in his words.

"Of course not."

Fujino chuckled, "It's just a reasonable suspicion." ”

"I've known her for many years............"

Yayoi Kotani took a deep breath and calmed her mind for a moment, "Before going out, she usually leaves me a note or something, is there a problem?" ”

"Absolutely."

As he spoke, Fujino recalled the page that had been torn off from his notebook and asked, "Didn't she leave you any information?" ”

"Of course not, if there were, she would have stayed on the coffee table between the two sofas we were sitting on, and if there was a note, I wouldn't have worried about her safety and called the police for help."

"Miss Hongya, you said that you and Miss Shinki have known each other for many years, can you tell us how you met her?"

At this time, Miwako Sato, who was taking notes on the side, raised her head and asked Yayoi Kotani.

"She and I met five years ago while traveling in the United States, probably because of similar interests, and the two of us quickly became friends, and after returning home, the two of us shared this house."

"I see."

Miwako Sato nodded when she heard this, and continued to ask, "Miss Shinki, does she have any financial pressure at the moment?" ”

"Economic pressure...... Although her income is not high, it is definitely not too low. ”

Honggu Yayoi thought for a moment, and then suddenly said: "But she borrowed some money from me some time ago, but she returned it soon............"

Recommend a book.,Conan Homo.,It's interesting.

(End of chapter)