The housekeeper's explanation, coupled with the fact that most of the glass fragments were scattered in the bedroom, basically fit the characteristics of an invasion by an outsider.
Therefore, the doubts raised by Conan did not attract enough attention.
"Excuse me, did your wife say or do anything strange after she came back from the party the night before yesterday?" Mouri Kogoro looked at the maid.
"No."
The maid shook her head, "After she came back, Madam went to the living room and took a look. Then she said she wanted to rest and went back to her room."
"That is to say, the murderer had sneaked into the bedroom secretly before that. When your wife came to the balcony to watch the stars as usual, he shot directly from behind, killed the person and snatched him away. He fled here wearing a pearl necklace and bracelet."
Mouri Kogoro held his chin with one hand and murmured, "It seems that the prisoner is an expert."
"that……"
Gao Mushe hesitated for a moment, then said truthfully:
"The murderer must have been in a panic. For example, he did not clean up the broken glass in the bedroom. In addition to the hooked rope, even the pistol used in the murder was left on the lawn below the balcony."
"Oh, even experts will make mistakes occasionally." Mouri Kogoro waved his hand and added a meaningless explanation to the previous judgment without any position.
Haha, the only one who takes mistakes for granted is you...
Conan silently complained about his tool man, turned his head to observe Ye Gengyi's reaction, and found that Ye Gengyi still had that completely unreadable expression. He had no choice but to speak again, pointing to the dressing table and said:
"But the murderer must have been too careless. Look at the very expensive earrings on the table that are inlaid with many gems. They were not stolen."
"It's a vendetta." Ye Gengyi suddenly said.
Conan: "..."
If it were normal times, he would definitely be happy with the tacit understanding between the two of them.
but now……
Our hall Yingyou is here!
Brother Gengyi, can't you come up with this analysis before I prompt you? You're under a lot of pressure!
"ah?"
Everyone was startled and turned to look.
"There are no traces found outside the villa. It's just a preconceived illusion..."
Ye Gengyi looked at the maid and said: "As long as we assume that the murderer is the person living in the villa, then the doubts that Officer Takagi just mentioned will make sense."
"It seems... makes sense..." Mouri Kogoro murmured in a low voice.
"No, it's not me. How could it be me who killed Madam?"
Seeing the detectives all nodding in doubt, the maid immediately explained:
"When Madam came back the night before yesterday, two friends and I were in the living room downstairs, discussing the dishes for the family party until about 11 o'clock. After they left, I continued to tidy up the room that was messed up by the young master, about Went back to the room to rest until 12 o’clock.”
"Mr. Ye..."
Takagi Wataru opened his notepad: "We interviewed Ms. Takamei's two friends yesterday, and we can confirm that the three of them were always in the living room at that time."
"Well, since Ms. Xiaomei has an alibi, she can't be the murderer..."
A certain tool man coughed dryly and flexibly switched positions again, "More importantly, the murderer is a very experienced and habitual criminal, so he deliberately left so many contradictory clues at the scene to confuse our judgment. Don't be fooled. .”
"Well, I really didn't consider this well."
Ye Geng nodded and said smoothly: "However... if the murderer is someone from outside, then the Megure Police Department should deploy police forces to conduct a large-scale manhunt, so we will continue to stay in Sanchome to investigate the inexplicable high salary." Work, or just go back?"
"Ah, this..."
Mouri Kogoro also hesitated.
It is true that if the murderer was not an outsider, he, a famous detective, could still stay in the villa to help investigate clues as a client.
But if the pace of a full-scale manhunt turns to a full-scale manhunt, and he, the 'non-involved person' of the incident, has to stay and wander around Toshima Town, it will be a bit of a disgrace to the Megure Police Department.
Conan on the side also looked depressed when he saw this.
Why are there so many nonsense words from my own tool man?
...Looking at this battle, Geng Yi Ge must not want to reason and is ready to find an excuse to escape! hateful! When can he be like a real detective and be more persistent about the case that happened in front of him?
Huh? Wait a moment.
He was about to complain a few more words about a certain expert from the Technical Association who was still under suspicion, but suddenly remembered something, and glanced sideways at Hondo Yingyu, who was currently lowering his head with a particularly serious expression.
It doesn't seem like it's all bad to leave now... What should I do?
Conan hesitated for a moment, but before he had time to think deeply, the slightly apologetic voice of Kogoro Mori came to his ears:
"Ms. Xiaomei, I..."
Hey hey! I haven't decided yet, should I be so efficient?
Conan was shocked, he simply frowned, his heart raised his voice, and shouted directly:
"Ah, it's so strange..."
"Well……"
Mouri Kogoro had just prepared an excuse to terminate the commission before he finished speaking. Hearing this, he immediately looked down at Conan with a dark face:
"What's wrong with you kid?"
"It's this earring!"
Conan continued to point to the table top of the dressing table, "I've been looking for a long time and I still can't find where the other one is. Could it be that the murderer took it away?"
"No," Takagi Wataru shook his head, "After our verification, the deceased was wearing this pair of earrings when she went out that day, and the other one was also worn on her ear."
"Well, the earring that was not taken off happened to be on her right ear. Because when Mrs. Funamoto was killed, the right side of her body was pressed against the balcony wall, so the murderer probably didn't notice it." Mu Shisan said.
"So that's it. Mrs. Funamoto must be a very reckless person like the murderer..."
Conan continued to remind: "Otherwise, ordinary people would not just take off one earring and run to the balcony, unless...she was called to the balcony when she was taking off her earrings."
Um! ?
When everyone heard this, they were suddenly enlightened.
"Ms. Takami, it seems that Mr. Funamoto's room is next door to Mrs. Funamoto's..."
Mouri Kogoro asked pointedly: "What time did he come back to the room last night?"
"Well……"
The maid recalled for a moment, "Yesterday, the master was playing with the young master on the first floor. After dinner at about 7 o'clock, I helped him up."
"That's it..."
Reminiscent of Ye Gengyi’s previous inference about the vendetta and the alibi of the helper Shigeno Takami.
Maori Kogoro immediately locked the suspect on the owner of the villa, Funamoto Tatsuhito.
He came closer to Mumu Shisan and lowered his voice:
"Police department, judging from the situation, the murderer could not be Mr. Funamoto, right?"
"impossible……"
Mumu Shisan had an expression on his face that said, "Can you still be wise?" and explained helplessly:
"Have you forgotten? The bullet penetrated from the back of the deceased's head to the forehead. Judging from the angle of incidence, the murderer was at least 1.8 meters tall, while Mr. Funamoto was only less than 1.6 meters tall. Besides, he is still Sitting in a wheelchair, no matter how much I think about it, it can’t be him.”
No matter what you think?
(눈_눈)...Memu Police Department, can you really take responsibility for this sentence while patting your chest?
It feels like the IQ of the entire room has been lowered by you...
Ye Geng looked at a few people with dead eyes.
The evidence is that Conan didn't even think about following the topic that he left earlier, and then took the opportunity to observe the reaction of the main hall Eyou.
previously.
After he judged that the incident was not caused by the organization, he immediately prepared to narrow the scope and investigate one by one.
As a result, I just asked about the maid’s alibi.
Mouri Kogoro ran out to cause trouble.
Originally, Ye Gengyi didn't intend to pay attention to it, but at that time, he happened to notice the gaze cast by his hall Yingyou.
There was a subconscious, undisguised emotion mixed in it.
expect?
Not at all……
stunned?
There seems to be some...
In short, Ye Gengyi could feel that this high school student, who looked very similar to Mizuno Reina, seemed to be looking forward to the inference that the murderer was an outsider.
Like to mislead the police to satisfy your own evil interests? Or do you want to find more clues?
Ye Gengyi thought it was the latter.
So, at that moment, he did not refute Mouri Kogoro's inference, but decided to give this wrong clue to Hondo Eiyu to observe his subsequent reaction.
As a result... Conan seems to be a little useless.
Although it is not yet to the point of choosing the smaller over the greater, has this young detective's obsession with the case reached a certain morbid level?
"The Evil God"
