"Not only did he kill someone with such a big vase, but he also broke the padlock on the cabinet. It seems that he stole something." Mouri Kogoro said.
...The screen changed. Officer Megure took Takagi and other police officers to the scene to investigate.
"Is this it? Did you come to the dressing room to find the vase that was used as the murder weapon, and you found Mr. Sarake's body?" Hearing this, Naomura Yin Ling nodded,
"Yes, it was the store manager who asked me to find the vase that was originally placed at the door, right?" the store manager said,
"Yes, because one of the two vases usually placed at the door is missing, so I asked her to find it." Takagi turned around and said,
"Then do you two know when that vase disappeared?"
"Um...I don't know. I'm usually the first one to come to the store to clean, but it seemed like the vase was gone when I came here today." Naomura Yinling said hesitantly.
The store manager frowned and said with a worried look on his face,
"I'm usually the last one to close the door and windows and leave the store, but I remember that the vase was still there when I left last night." Officer Megure nodded slightly.
"I understand, so please tell me, are you two the only ones with the keys to the store?" Naomura Yin Ling said repeatedly,
"No, speaking of the keys to our store, Mr. Gengjia also has the key to the front door." The store manager added,
"As for the key to the back door, every chef in our store has one because it makes it easier to purchase goods." Takagi widened his eyes slightly.
"You mean the back door?" He walked out of the locker room. Naomura Yinling said softly,
"It's this door next to the dressing room. It's very troublesome to open and close this door during the business period, so I just leave it open." At this time.
Officer Memu stood up from the body and said in a deep voice,
"Anyway, Takagi, you first go to the chefs in the kitchen to ask about the situation. Ask them if the deceased saw anyone entering or leaving this door before and after entering this dressing room."
"Yes!" Takagi immediately set off. Officer Mumu cast his gaze on everyone, and he seemed to ask,
"Did you guys see anyone coming in or out of the store?" Masumi Sera crossed her arms and said with a smile,
"We only saw the door that said only employees can enter and exit, and we don't know the rest." Sonoko replied,
“At that time we were chatting happily in our seats!”
"So I didn't pay attention there." Xiaolan looked helpless. Suddenly, Yuanzi turned around, stroked his chin with one hand, and squinted,
"However, one of the detectives watching us might have seen something. Please tell me what you saw." Mouri Kogoro was startled and waved his hand.
"No, I didn't see anything. What, am I right? Kid?" He lowered his head and looked at Conan beside him.
However. Conan looked like he was bowing his head and thinking hard. Mouri Kogoro interrupted Conan's thoughts and shouted,
"Hey kid! They're asking you if you saw anything!" Conan came back to his senses and couldn't explain why, so he could only mumble.
"Hmm" said. Mouri Kogoro curled his lips,
"Really, what are you thinking about?" Conan laughed dryly. Damn it, what the hell is going on?
! I don’t understand it at all! His mind was not on this matter. Chun Riling suddenly spoke,
"I remember that Mr. Gengjia had an argument with a guest just now, and that guest even revealed Mr. Gengjia's secret. The two of them seem to have a grudge."
"Ah! Yes, Nahua, you are talking about the person who stopped Sonoko from revealing the location, right?" After passing this point, Xiaolan suddenly remembered.
Officer Megu's eyes lit up.
"Is he still here?"
"I think it should be in the kitchen, because I heard him chatting with the store manager before, saying that he would teach chefs in the back kitchen." Chun Riling said, looking at the store manager.
The store manager was stunned and his face became a little nervous. Officer Memu raised his eyebrows.
"Teaching chefs? Who is that person?"
"It seems that he used to be the chef of this restaurant." Kasuga Ling said with a smile.
"That's it." Officer Megure nodded, and then ordered to the police officer beside him,
"Go and bring that man over." At this time, Shiliang Zhenchun held his waist and smiled admiringly at Bai Mao Danzi,
"As expected of Naihua, you can even hear whispers from such a long distance. No wonder you have so many more clues than me even though you are with me." Kasuga Ling pursed her lips and smiled, then reached out and touched her ears. The silver-white hair is only slightly exposed, and the white and delicate ears are slightly exposed.
"It's nothing, I'm just sensitive to the sounds and smells around me." Soon. Officer Takagi returned from the kitchen and reported,
"Officer, I have just asked all the cooks in the kitchen. None of them left the kitchen between half past one and two o'clock, the presumed time of death."
"Really?" Officer Memu pondered for a few seconds. Takagi nodded,
"In addition, because the door of the dressing room was blocked, they couldn't see the situation in the dressing room in the kitchen. They don't know if anyone entered the dressing room during that time. However, it is said that the previous chef of this restaurant was there. I've been to the kitchen to give them some guidance some time ago." Officer Memu said knowingly,
"Heiyu said just now that I have sent someone to bring him." At this time. The store manager reluctantly calmed down and said anxiously,
"Are you talking about my brother?" He just finished speaking. The police officer happened to bring Benchao Lifan over at this moment.
After some questioning. Benchao Lifan spread his hands and said,
"I did go to the kitchen once during that period because my sister asked me to give instructions to the chef. But I didn't know that the man was in the dressing room at that time. Besides, how could I kill someone?" Pure raised her head,
"However, I think you can predict that the deceased will come to this dressing room, right?"
"What?" Benchao Lifan was a little surprised. Kasuga Ling looked helpless at the corners of her mouth, looked at everyone, and explained for Sera Masaki,
"You will know just by smelling it. There is a very strong smell of smoke in this room."
"Very strong? Sister Kuroba, we don't have as keen a sense of smell as you." Officer Megure's mouth twitched.
But he did smell a bit of smoke. Chun Riling stuck out her tongue,
"Look, the ashtray on the cabinet over there is full of cigarette butts, and they are all of the same brand of cigarettes. I just smelled the smell of cigarettes in the deceased's mouth, so I guess he must be a long-time smoker. . Then as long as you keep waiting here, you can definitely wait until he comes here to smoke." The store manager also nodded slightly.
"However, only Gengjia smokes in our store. All employees should know that Gengjia often comes here to smoke alone during breaks. However, the murder weapon you are talking about should be the big vase, right? Although the vase It's empty, but it's also very heavy. No one in our store can lift that vase." Seeing this, Chun Riling's blue starry eyes flashed slightly, she took out her handkerchief and placed it on the armrest of the vase.
Then try to lift the vase with your left hand. With a slight exertion by Bai Mao Tuanzi, the entire vase lifted up a corner. The whole process was as casual as if she was just picking up a cup with one hand.
"It's indeed very heavy." Chun Riling felt a little interesting about this eucalyptus.
