Conan's self-cultivation of fake wine

Chapter 587: Husband and wife united
Perhaps because they have not received Maori's long-term special training, the local police in Shizuoka are not as keen on cases as the Tokyo police.

Generally speaking, when the police receive a report of a homicide, it only takes about twenty minutes for the Tokyo police to arrive at the scene, but the Shizuoka police decisively doubled this time.

They arrived at the scene at nearly one o'clock in the morning, and as for the subsequent related work, it was an even longer tug-of-war.

Out of consideration for her health, Lu Ren asked Bei Dao to send Xiao Ai back to her room to rest first.

They will then stay with the police for a while.

As for whether it is possible to work all night, it depends on whether we can find key evidence in the next one or two hours, so that the case can make significant progress. If there is progress, we will work all night. If there is no progress for the time being, we will go back and rest, and discuss solving the case early the next morning.

If possible, Lu Ren would actually prefer to work all night. If he could solve the case tonight, maybe he would encounter a new case after dawn.

But judging from the current work efficiency of the Shizuoka police, Lu Ren was not very hopeful. It could be said that they were too slow in their work, or that they were too meticulous.

All in all, the progress in solving the case is very touching.

After waiting for almost another hour, the Shizuoka police finally gave the preliminary investigation results.

[The time of death of the deceased was initially determined to be between 10 and 11 p.m. The cause of death was a blunt force trauma to the back of the head. The murder weapon has not yet been found.]

"Excuse me, lawyer Hime, what is your relationship with the deceased?" The person asking the question is the police chief of Shizuoka Prefecture, the second fan of Maori Kogoro, Coral Head Yokomizo Sango. Compared with his brother Yokomizo Shigego, he has a more easy-going personality. Even when facing the first suspect in the case, his emotions are still very stable.

Hibiki Eri explained the actual situation truthfully, "The deceased was my client. We had an appointment to mediate a dispute in this room tomorrow. She came to me in the evening and said that she had a big fight with her husband and hoped to stay here tonight. She fell asleep after that. I called her husband and explained the situation. When I came back after eleven o'clock, I found that she was no longer there. I thought her husband had taken her away."

"This room has an automatic lock and can only be opened with a room card. The windows are also equipped with anti-theft devices so that no one can climb in from the outside. If you didn't see the body when you came back, and only found a body on the floor after taking a shower, wouldn't that be a murder in a closed room? Murder in a closed room is not a crime."

At this point, Coral Head changed the subject and said in a playful tone: "In my opinion, it was Lawyer Fei who killed the person."

After putting forward the argument, Coral Head began to add evidence one by one, reconstructing the crime process and psychological journey of Eri Kisaki at the time, "After you returned to the room at around 11 o'clock, you had an argument with the deceased for some reason and killed her. In order to wash off the blood on your body, you went into the bathroom and took a shower until Mr. Maori knocked on the door."

Kisaki Eri was quite speechless. She didn't even need the help of other detectives present. She grasped the crux of the matter herself and asked directly: "If I really killed the person, then why did I ask Maori and others to come in?"

"You called them in precisely because it's impossible. You deliberately violated people's common sense and made them subconsciously think that you didn't do it, thereby clearing yourself of suspicion." As he spoke, Coral Head pretended to take out his cell phone. "The murder weapon is probably still on you. I'll call two female police officers over now and have them search you."

"That's not necessary." Mao Li stopped Yokomizo and said, "I searched her in the bathroom before you came. She was only wearing a bath towel, so it was easy to search her."

Hearing this, Yokomizo looked at Kisaki Eri, whose face was slightly red and a little embarrassed, then turned to look at Mori, who had a nonchalant expression, and fell into deep thought for a moment.

He began to wonder, puzzled, and doubtful. All his words finally boiled down to one sentence: "Mr. Maori, is this considered sexual harassment?"

"What's the problem? We are husband and wife." As he said that, Maori stood next to Kisaki Eri.

“But we are separated now.”

Mao Lilan also added, "The surname 'Hi' is my mother's real surname. Usually, she only uses it when she works as a lawyer." "I see." Yokomizo's doubts disappeared, and she greeted with a smile, "So you are Mrs. Mao Li. I finally meet you in person."

"Finally?" Fei Yingli was a little puzzled, "Are you looking forward to meeting me?"

"Yes. Because every time I see Mr. Maori, he is always surrounded by a group of beautiful ladies, and I often mistake them for his wife. Now I finally meet the real person."

"Oh - really -" Kisaki Eri turned around and began to look at Maori with a sidelong glance, as if trying to figure out what was so attractive about this sloppy man with a mustache that girls liked.

Mao Li became furious and shouted, "Don't say such nonsense."

Wow--

Lu Ren almost laughed out loud while listening to this. Why didn't he realize that Henggou was so good at chatting before?

If you don't take action, it's fine. But if you take action, you will force Mao Li into a deadly situation.

This is because Maori and his wife are already separated. If they were a couple with a normal relationship, they would probably start a fight on the spot after hearing this.

"Okay, let's change the subject. But since you are a couple, Mr. Maori, your previous testimony can only be regarded as a family testimony. It cannot be used as a reference for handling the case. At the same time, we must also consider the possibility of conspiracy between husband and wife."

Perhaps out of consideration for his idol's reputation, Yokomizo's words were rather reserved, but everyone present understood what he really wanted to express.

To translate, the police will not accept Mao Li's body search testimony, and a female police officer will come to search Eri Kisaki in a while. And not only Eri Kisaki, but Mao Li will also be searched.

Even if the murder weapon is not found, it does not mean that Kisaki Eri is cleared of suspicion. There is still a possibility that the couple conspired to hide the murder weapon.

It changed from a single person committing a crime to a joint crime between a husband and wife.

After hearing this, even though Lu Ren had given him some warning beforehand, Mao Li still found it hard to accept.

"Yokomizo, I'm telling you..."

"I'm sorry, but it's necessary."

Even if Kisaki Eri has nothing to do with Mori Kogoro, it is still difficult to clear her of suspicion.

"If what your wife said is correct, then this really is a closed room murder case."

"That may not be the case. This room is not necessarily a secret room. This is a hotel. In addition to the room card in Lawyer Fei's hand, there is also a spare room card at the hotel front desk."

Nanatsuki Koshimizu added: "Since she is not the only one who holds the room card, how can this room be truly called a secret room?"

"right."