Ke Xue: The thief Cao is actually myself

Chapter 447: Under the stupid tree, there are stupid fruits. Under the stupid fruits, you and me! (Please give me a monthly ticket!)

"Okay, investigate this area immediately!"

After listening to Kogoro Mori's reasoning, Inspector Megure pondered for a moment, then decisively issued orders to his subordinates.

At this point, Officer Megure paused and cast his gaze towards Toya Eiko who was standing beside him. "And Miss Toya, we need to collect your fingerprints. Please cooperate!"

Although considering the timing, it is unlikely that Toya Eiko committed the crime, we cannot rule out the possibility that she used some special means or collaborated with others to commit the crime.

As soon as these words came out, Toya Eiko couldn't help herself, "Mr. Officer, do you mean that I am also a suspect?"

Damn it, she shouldn’t have revealed any flaws, and should have dealt with most of the things that needed to be dealt with, right?
But why did the police still suspect her?

Could it be that there was something missing that she hadn't noticed, which aroused the police's suspicion?
Officer Megure waved his hands repeatedly, denying the incident, "No..."

Even if he thought so in his heart, he certainly couldn't say it verbally, otherwise, he would undoubtedly offend Toya Eiko in front of him.

Although when I was working as a police officer, I was mentally prepared to offend people.

But if possible, he still hopes not to offend too many people.

Especially a public figure like Toya Eiko.

Because, as a well-known designer, if Toya Eiko is determined to target the police, it will cause a lot of trouble for him and the police.

"We are trying to find the suspect's fingerprints..."

If they want to find the suspect's fingerprints, they must first exclude the fingerprints of non-suspicious people such as Toya Eiko. Otherwise, a large number of fingerprints piled together will undoubtedly affect the police's judgment.

Kogoro Maori and Inspector Megure looked at each other, then stood up and testified for their former colleague. "So basically, Miss Yingzi, you can't be a suspect. Don't worry!"

In fact, not only did Inspector Megure think that Toya Eiko was less suspicious, but even he, the famous detective, thought so too.

There was no way around it, since Toya Eiko simply didn't have the time to commit the crime.

In fact, if there was no time to commit the crime, Toya Eiko would be the biggest suspect in this incident.

After all, she has some conflicts with Mika Taniguchi, and she has every motivation to do such a thing!
Conan, who was sitting on the sofa with his head down, was not sure what he was thinking. After hearing what Maori Kogoro said, he was stunned for a moment, "Why isn't she the suspect that Inspector Megure thinks Toya Eiko might be the murderer?"

Maori Kogoro pointed his finger in annoyance and shouted at Conan, "You idiot, do you know that Miss Eiko and Miss Taniguchi took two different elevators at the same time, and Miss Taniguchi was assassinated as soon as she opened the door on the eighth floor. At that time, Miss Eiko was on the fifteenth floor, and there was no elevator to the eighth floor. So how could she assassinate Miss Taniguchi?"

Moreover, going down from the 15th floor to the 8th floor, then killing someone and then returning to the 15th floor would take about four or five minutes, no matter how fast one went. However, the idle time for Toya Eiko was only about one minute. It is obvious that the person who assassinated Taniguchi Mika could not have been her.

After all, there is simply no time left!

However, I would actually ask such a question.

Sure enough, no matter how smart and clever a little kid is, he is just a child after all and cannot compare with adults like them!
"But even so, we still can't completely rule out her suspicion!"

After hearing Kogoro Mouri's "evidence", Conan raised his head in dissatisfaction and refuted loudly.

Yes, he admitted, what Kogoro Mori said made sense.

But the lack of time does not mean that Toya Eiko is completely clear of suspicion. If she uses some tricks, she may have the chance to do something similar.

Seeing that he had made his words so clearly, a certain little brat actually dared to talk back to him, Kogoro Mouri, who was used to speaking in a nice voice to children, especially those naughty ones who liked to act on their own, his face instantly darkened.

"Boom..."

The next moment, a familiar huge fist hit Conan's head hard.

"Little brat, this kind of professional work should be left to adults. Don't interrupt me, you little brat!"

He is just a little kid in elementary school, but he dares to question the great detective. Sure enough, he deserves to be punished!
Mao Lilan pursed her pink lips, a little helpless, "Dad! There's no need to hit people all the time!"

If her father had not been unreliable and the fact that he could regain his youth was not unbelievable, she would have almost thought that the other party had figured out that the little carrot-head named Edogawa Conan was actually her childhood sweetheart Kudo Shinichi. So, while her childhood sweetheart had not yet recovered his true form, she tried every means to beat him up a few more times, and then get rid of the anger of having her business snatched away by the other party and almost starving herself.

Seeing that Mao Lilan actually stood up to defend a certain naughty child, Mao Li Kogoro's face became even more angry. "That's because every time I say it, he doesn't listen. It's totally useless!"

Needless to say, it's not like he hasn't done such a thing before.

But when has a certain little brat ever heard of this?
No, not once.

Not only did he not listen, but he became even worse and liked to act on his own more and more.

If not for this, he wouldn't like to use his fists to teach others a lesson at every turn.

After all, isn't it because no matter how much you say, the other party won't listen?

Conan looked at Kogoro Mouri with his signature dead fish eyes, looking unhappy.

A certain confused detective who likes to hit people with his fists at every turn is really bad.

However, judging from someone's appearance, there is no way to rely on him this time. If we want to solve the case, we have to rely on this high school detective!

Thinking of this, Conan strode towards the elevator nearby. He was ready to investigate it himself...

Seeing this, Mao Lilan was slightly stunned, "Conan, where are you going?"

Could it be that her childhood sweetheart discovered some important clues?

Maori Kogoro curled his lips and said disapprovingly, "Don't worry about him, just let him go!"

Because of some brat, his precious daughter actually talked back to him as a father.

Sure enough, he still couldn't like that certain brat.

Bai Ye took in all of Conan's little moves, and then he pondered for a moment, looked at Mao Lilan, and stood up, "I'd better follow him and take a look!"

After exchanging a glance with Bai Ye, Mao Lilan's beautiful eyes flickered slightly, "Okay, then everything will be left to you, Bai Ye!"

"Um……"

Bai Ye nodded gently, then took a step and walked towards the elevator...

...Looking at the elevator in front of him going directly to the 15th floor, Conan seemed to be thinking about something.

If his reasoning is correct, then the key to the matter should be on the fifteenth floor!
Thinking this way, he took the elevator all the way to the fifteenth floor.

Looking at the luxurious decoration around, Conan sighed, "It's worthy of being the exclusive floor for the chairman's office..."

If he hadn't known that this was actually the chairman's office of Toya Eiko, he would have almost thought that this was the house of some rich family.

"What a beautiful carpet..."

While sighing, Conan lay on the ground and began to examine it carefully.

As Conan was checking, he suddenly made a new discovery.

"Huh? This is it?"

Looking at the petals fallen on the carpet, Conan narrowed his eyes slightly.

"petal?"

Why are there flower petals on the street stalls?

After groping on the carpet for a while and failing to find anything, Conan raised his hand, sniffed, and then a strange look flashed in his eyes.

“Is it pollen?”

Silently keeping this clue in mind, Conan came to the elevator again and began to observe carefully.

"this is……"

Soon, he made another new discovery.

Looking at the four obvious marks of tape on the elevator buttons, Conan's pupils shrank suddenly, "Traces of tape?"

Why are there traces of tape on the elevator buttons? Who did this?
While thinking, Conan came to the president's office, opened the door, and saw a bouquet of flowers on the table. They were the petals he picked up from the stall outside.

Touching the bouquet of flowers, Conan compared the petals on the carpet with the bouquet on the coffee table for a few seconds, and then compared the color and smell of the pollen in his hand. Conan thought, "Same pollen."

Just why?
Why are there flower petals and pollen near the elevator?
If you were going to the chairman's office, you shouldn't have dropped it here, right?

"Ding dong..."

While Conan was thinking, he suddenly heard the sound of the elevator.

As the elevator door opened, a figure that was extremely familiar to him walked out and appeared before him. It was Bai Ye.

"Brother Bai Ye...why are you here?"

Why did Bai Ye come to the 15th floor? Did he also realize that the 15th floor was the key to solving the case?

Well, it's not surprising to realize that someone is at least a detective who is no less capable than him.

After taking a deep look at him, Bai Ye raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said, "Come here to find something."

Originally, he was planning to go with Conan, but a certain little brat ran too fast, and when he got to the elevator, the other party had already opened the elevator. With no choice, he had to wait for the next one.

But it doesn’t matter. A few minutes earlier or later will not affect the final outcome of this incident.

"Conan, what are you doing here?"

Conan looked up innocently and said, "I see that Uncle Maori and Inspector Megure are working hard to solve the case, so I wanted to see if I could find something here to help them."

Bai Ye raised his eyebrows slightly, and said meaningfully, "Oh, Conan, did you find anything?"

If a confused detective knew that you were so nice to him, he would be eager to reward you with your favorite fist.

Conan raised his little face innocently, "Yes!"

Then, as if offering a treasure, she told Bai Ye about the petal she had picked up, the pollen on her hands, and the traces of tape on the elevator button. "Brother Bai Ye, look, I found this near the elevator, and it seems that someone has also used tape on the elevator button..."

A certain muddle-headed detective, he can no longer be counted on.

Right now, he can only cooperate with Bai Ye to solve the case.

Although, she felt a little unhappy about giving the chance to steal the show to her love rival Bai Ye.

However, compared to letting Bai Ye become famous, letting the truth be buried in the darkness, and letting the murderer escape legal sanctions and trial, this kind of thing is even more unacceptable to him.

"Petals? Pollen? Tape marks?"

Touching his chin, Bai Ye thought, "So that's it, I understand!"

"Sure enough, the murderer is her!"

Hearing this, Conan couldn't help but open his mouth wide, his face full of disbelief.

Shit, how come it just turned out like this?
Did you just get here? I haven't figured it out yet, but you figured it out already? Aren't you too fast?
Although he had long known that private detective Bai Ye's reasoning ability was superior to his own, he was still shocked by the fact that the other party had seen through all the truth as soon as he arrived. Such a speed in solving the case really shocked him.

Noticing the confused and shocked expression on Conan's face, Bai Ye raised his eyebrows slightly, "It seems that Conan, you haven't figured it out yet, then I'll give you a hint!"

After that, without waiting for Conan to object, Bai Ye kindly gave a reminder, "Miss Taniguchi fell in the wrong direction, the blood on her shoulder, the creases on her clothes, plus the petals and tape marks you just found, put all these together, do you have any idea?"

Listening to Bai Ye's kind reminder and carefully recalling the situation of Mika Taniguchi at the time of the crime, Conan fell into deep thought.

Miss Taniguchi was assassinated when the elevator stopped on the eighth floor. Toya Eiko had only a little over a minute to spare. It would have taken her at least four to five minutes to climb the stairs from the fifteenth floor to the eighth floor, assassinate Miss Taniguchi, and then return to the fifteenth floor.

If that's the case, then the problem lies in the location where Miss Taniguchi was assassinated...

Thinking back to the direction where Miss Taniguchi's body fell, the blood on her shoulder, the unnatural creases on her clothes, the petals that fell on the ground, and the traces of tape left on the button of another elevator, Conan's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he felt that he already knew the truth of the matter.

The person who tried to assassinate Miss Taniguchi was indeed Toya Eiko, the one he felt was wrong from the beginning!
The traces of tape on the elevator buttons and the petals dropped near the elevator are because the other party wanted to use the elevator to set up an alibi!
(End of this chapter)