Conan: This repairman is not very knowledgeable

Chapter 398 The Right Choice...

"Fourth shot?"

"Why am I starting to not understand..." Yukiko was stunned and looked down at Haodaer.

When everyone was in the monitoring room, Fujieda Kan'ao did raise his hands, and was eventually shot and fell to the ground. When he ran outside the audio-visual room, he clearly heard two more gunshots.

There were only three gunshot wounds on the deceased's body. Is this consistent with the circumstances?
"Four guns..." Conan lowered his head in deep thought, then walked into the living room, ready to listen to what the several suspects in the house had to say.

"Next, each of you will explain to Officer Megure where you were and what you did during the three minutes from the time Mr. Fujieda Mikio was shot in the audio-visual room until we entered the room."

Lawyer Fei was full of momentum and took direct control of the situation.

"After the shooting, I returned to my room, took the spare key, and immediately ran to the audio-visual room." The old butler spoke first.

Everyone knew that he went to get the keys.

"I also went back to my room to get a phone to call the police and an ambulance, and then stayed in the room." Fujieda Moka said while wiping her tears, and it was unclear whether this emotion was real or fake.

"Well, your husband was shot, and you stayed in the room?" Inspector Megure felt that there was something wrong with this statement.

Even this group of irrelevant people rushed to the scene...

"Because the gangster with the gun is likely still nearby!"

All I can say is that Fujieda Soka's worries are not unreasonable.

But I’m afraid these tears are not shed for Fujieda Kan’ei…

"Mr. Butler and I all saw the scene on the screen where Qianxiong was shot and fell. The most suspicious person should be the one who left the monitoring room before us, right?"

Fujieda Moka's words shifted everyone's attention to Fujieda Shigeru.

"See? For an excellent suspect, there is no need for guidance when questioning him." Lin Feng nodded and said.

The next step should be to expose each other and reveal their respective motives for murder.

"..." Conan rolled his eyes at him and turned his head to continue watching the show.

"Mr. Fan, is that so?" Inspector Megure looked at the mystery novelist.

"Yes, I went back to the room alone to finish the manuscript. Then I heard a noise outside the door, so I went out and ran to the audio-visual room with everyone else."

"Moreover, we were standing at the door and heard the two gunshots at the same time," Fujieda Shigeru explained.

"You were the first one to enter the room, right? Did you see anyone near the window?" Officer Megure continued to ask.

We heard gunshots together, so it is unlikely that he was the one who committed the shooting.

"Nothing. My attention is all on my brother-in-law Qianxiong."

Fujieda Shigeru shook his head slightly. He glanced at the sofa beside him and asked to sit down before continuing.

"It's okay, please sit down. Mr. Butler and the servants, please sit down as well." Inspector Megure nodded and looked at the old butler and several maids standing aside.

"No need, I think it will be easier to stand." The old butler said, leaning forward slightly.

"Is that so?" Inspector Megure didn't say anything else after hearing that. Maybe the rules at home are strict and they can't just sit down and rest.

If there are any suspects in this house, it seems that the deceased's current wife and the deceased wife's younger brother are both suspects.

"Police department!"

"We caught a suspicious man wandering around the courtyard!"

The door to the living room was opened, and a police officer walked in with a middle-aged man wearing a knitted hat.

No matter what the police asked, this person remained silent. No wonder the police officer felt suspicious. It was only after everyone introduced him that Officer Megure learned that the other person was a gardener here.

"Mr. Doi stayed in the courtyard some distance away from the viewing room for three minutes after Fujieda Kan'ao was shot at eight o'clock," recalled lawyer Hime.

"How do you know?" Inspector Megure turned his head and looked over.

"Because the surveillance cameras captured it, he was still busy tidying up the yard after the incident, but he didn't come here," Yukiko explained.

These two people...

It feels more difficult than Brother Maori...

Inspector Megure immediately suggested checking the surveillance footage.

Since you have this kind of video and you checked it before the police arrived, you should have spoken out about it.

Everyone came to the monitoring room together.

In the surveillance footage, for a period of time after the incident, the taciturn Mr. Doi was indeed tidying up the flowers and plants in the yard. Even if he walked to a place that was not captured by the surveillance camera, the light of his flashlight could be faintly seen.

"Mr. Butler and Mrs. Fujieda were in the monitoring room when the first shot was fired and Fujieda Shigeo fell to the ground. They had no alibi when the subsequent shooting occurred."

"Shigeru Fujieda had no alibi when the first shots were fired, but he was with us afterwards."

Conan took a look at the situation in the surveillance room, then stood outside the door and reviewed the case with the repairman.

Several cameras inside the villa, including those in the courtyard, did not capture any clues about the criminal, which indirectly proved that the murderer was one of their own.

"What about Mr. Doi?" Lin Feng wanted to ask the famous detective what he thought of him.

"If we have to talk about a motive, there should be one, but the camera captured him." The famous detective shook his head.

"First shot, second shot, third shot, fourth shot..."

Conan muttered, vaguely grasping something...

……

"Celebrating the festival? Are you talking about one of those four people?"

The maids who were pulled aside by Yukiko and the others for quiet questioning looked at the four people sitting by the sofa.

"I think it was the butler, Mr. Ueki, who had his asthma relapsed because the master forced him to do cleaning work in the dusty warehouse."

As if cooperating with the maid, Ueki Sohachi, who was standing beside the sofa, coughed a few times.

"However, if I were Master Fan, I would definitely be very angry."

"Even if this house is inherited by the current master, this is where Master Fan has lived since he was a child. How dare the other party ask for rent?"

One of the maids expressed a different opinion, and it seemed that she was on Fujieda Shigeru's side.

"Although Mrs. Suhua doesn't seem to have any hatred towards the master, it is clear that she chose to marry for the inheritance. After the master passed away, she was probably the happiest person."

Another maid nodded and said.

After all, even if the master died, it would not be good for Master Fan and all of us workers.

Logically speaking, the estate should be inherited by the wife, right?

The maids looked at Mr. Doi who was sitting upright, and began to talk about the gardener in a low voice again...

Yukiko and Attorney Hibiki were right to drag these women over for questioning...

(End of this chapter)