Morning, ten past seven.
On the helicopter flying to Tokyo, Officer Megure and Katsuya Ishikawa sat in the back row, their faces getting paler——
Although the two of them are not afraid of heights, the feeling of flying in a helicopter for a long time is really uncomfortable. Not to mention that they haven't slept all night and haven't eaten much. Now their legs are as soft as noodles. It's very uncomfortable to say... …
Well, it’s all damn Shu Yunwen and Fukuda Haru’s fault!
If it weren't for these two guys, how could they have suffered this crime!
The two uncles cursed Shu Yunwen and the others silently in their hearts. Suddenly, Ishikawa Katsuya's mobile phone rang.
Ishikawa Katsuya quickly took out the phone and answered the call. After saying "Uh-huh" twice, he said, "I understand, continue to keep an eye on them" and hung up the phone.
As soon as Katsuya Ishikawa hung up the phone, Officer Megure immediately turned around and asked, "Officer Ishikawa, do you have any important information?"
"Yes, the news just came from the Metropolitan Police Department. The target persons Fukuda Haruya, Shu Yunwen and others arrived at Aipido Station ten minutes ago. They have just left the station now. Their destination seems to be Aipido Municipal Hotel..." Katsuya Ishikawa Answered in a low voice.
Officer Megure was stunned when he heard this, and then asked eagerly: "What are they doing at the Abedo Municipal Hotel? Are Sato and Takagi being detained there by them?"
"This... I don't know yet." Ishikawa Katsuya's voice was a bit resentful, "... but according to the colleagues who were following them, they seemed to have booked breakfast and a room at the Acupido Municipal Hotel, and planned to take a short rest after breakfast... …”
"Uh..." Listening to Ishikawa's words, Officer Megure looked depressed——
Damn it! How do these guys enjoy it so much?
Because of you, we took a helicopter ride almost all night, and I felt like I was completely drained. But you booked the best hotel, had breakfast, and still had to sleep. The baby is really angry...
Officer Memu was depressed for a while, and then he said: "...even if they say they want to have breakfast and rest, we can't let down our guard. We must keep an eye on them at all times and not give them any opportunities!"
"Well, I have already ordered them to go down. I believe that my colleagues from the Metropolitan Police Department will keep an eye on them." Katsuya Ishikawa nodded, and then asked the helicopter pilot seriously, "...How long will it take for us to arrive in Tokyo?"
"This... it will probably take more than an hour..."
After the pilot finished speaking, Ishikawa Katsuya immediately said: "...more than an hour... Well, please contact the Aipido Police Station directly. After the helicopter arrives in Tokyo, we will land directly in Aipido Town and rush to the target location... "
"...This time, we must not let them escape from under our noses again!"
…
Around 8:30 in the morning.
In Cupido Town, Higashida Hideaki's apartment.
Conan, Koshimizu Nanatsuki, and Takagi stood at the door and surveyed the scene again, with "everything is under control" smiles on their faces.
Conan looked at the furniture and layout of Higashida Hideaki's apartment and said with a smile: "...Now it seems that this case is indeed as we theorized. Mr. Higashida is indeed not the murderer, but the one who was wrongly accused. !”
"Yes! I really didn't expect that the real culprit would use such a clever trick. He specially decorated the scene of the crime at Miss Muranishi's house exactly like Mr. Higashida's house, and took advantage of Mr. Higashida's drunken delusion to commit the crime... "Officer Takagi held his chin with one hand and analyzed carefully:
"...However, the real culprit, Mr. Kitagawa, was really bold! If Mr. Higashida had not been drunk or insisted on going home by himself, then his method would be tantamount to digging his own grave! "
Koshizui Nanatsuki smiled slightly and said: "You are wrong, Officer Takagi. Mr. Kitagawa will definitely make Mr. Higashida drunk. Didn't Mr. Higashida say before that the daughter he has not seen for twenty years sent him a mail?" He has been very happy these two days. As long as Mr. Kitagawa uses this as a reason to deliberately invite Mr. Higashida to have a celebration drink, Mr. Higashida will not refuse..."
"...Moreover, didn't the proprietress of the izakaya also say that Mr. Higashida likes to drink very much, and he often gets very drunk..."
Takagi was stunned when he heard this, then smiled dryly and scratched his head and said: "...This...is what he said..."
Conan took out his pockets with both hands and continued: "...Now, let's restore the case and make final confirmation. First of all, in the afternoon the day before yesterday, Mr. Kitagawa got off work early, bought gray sheets, curtains, etc., and then entered Miss Muranishi At home, we have replaced Miss Muranishi’s favorite beige curtains and bedsheets, and changed the furnishings of the furniture. The layout is basically the same as Mr. Higashida’s house..."
"...Yes, in order to ensure that Mr. Higashida would not notice anything unusual, he also took away the calendar in the room and moved the cactus to the balcony." Koshimizu Nanatsuki took over the words, "...After all, if there is something wrong in the room, The colors of the curtains and sheets have changed, and there are also Tokyo Soul calendars and cacti that would never appear in my home. Even if I drink too much, it will feel wrong!"
"...Then, Mr. Kitagawa waited for Miss Muranishi to come home and killed her, and then went to an izakaya to drink with Mr. Higashida. After Mr. Higashida got drunk, he offered to send Mr. Higashida home. In fact, he brought Mr. Higashida to Miss Muranishi's home and reminded Mr. Higashida to lock the indoor anti-theft chain. His trick was completed..."
"...Next, all he needs to do is go to Miss Muranishi's house with the apartment manager the next day and act as the first discoverer of the case..."
Takagi nodded "Yeah": "...That's right! The only person who can complete this technique is Mr. Kitagawa who sent Mr. Higashida home..."
Conan and the three of them discussed for a while, and then Conan smiled proudly: "Okay, let's go directly to Mr. Kitagawa's house and reveal the truth! Well... it's not long until the appointment of nine o'clock in the morning. !~"
"Uh...that's right." Takagi nodded repeatedly, but Nanatsuki Koshikawa suddenly said: "Wait a minute, Conan, we don't seem to have evidence yet..."
"Evidence? That's right!" Conan was stunned for a moment——
In other words, they were only focused on reasoning before and didn't pay attention to the evidence at all... As for their reasoning? That is just situational evidence and a chain of indirect evidence, and there is no way to convict!
Conan reached out and pinched his chin, thinking seriously, and suddenly thought of the cactus at Muranishi Mami's house. His eyes lit up, and he turned to Takagi and asked: "Officer Takagi, did Miss Muranishi and Mr. Higashida have any prickly pear on their hands?" Traces of the past?”
"Cactus thorns?" Officer Takagi was stunned for a moment, then scratched his head and said, "...This...No! But, does this have anything to do with the case?"
Takagi was still confused, but Nanatsuki Koshizui already understood what Conan meant. He reached out to hold his chin and said with a smile: "...I see! Conan, are you talking about the pot of golden tiger cactus at Miss Muranishi's house?" The tavern proprietress said that the pot of golden tiger cactus was given to Miss Muranishi on the morning of the incident, but when we saw the pot of cactus, the spines on it were obviously broken and there were some slight blood stains. …”
When Takagi heard this, he finally realized: "...That's it! When Mr. Kitagawa moved the cactus to the balcony, he accidentally pricked his hand! If Mr. Kitagawa's hand had traces of being pricked by a needle, and there were traces of needle pricks on the cactus, If the DNA test results of the blood stains are consistent with Mr. Kitagawa’s, that’s ironclad evidence!”
"That's right!"
Conan smiled slightly: "...So, we have the decisive and ironclad evidence!"
