Conan's Science Manga Artist Kudo Yuuji

"Thank you, Doctor." Sitting in the Beetle, Yusaku Kudo looked at the editorial team that had not caught up in the rearview mirror and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Just now, Officer Megure reminded me with a pager and called me. He said there was a difficult case that could not be solved."

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Driving the Beetle, Dr. Agasa looked at Kudo Yusaku in the passenger seat, "I don't care. There has been no progress in research recently. It's okay to accompany you to the scene, but you should buy a car."

Shaking his index finger, Kudo Yusaku laughed: "What are you talking about, doctor? If a detective buys a car, isn't it just for others to destroy it?"

"Have you watched too much TV?"

"These are all the bloody lessons of our predecessors."

Parking the car in the parking lot of a four-story apartment in Haido, Kudo Yusaku and Dr. Agasa immediately ran to the crime scene 401.

The entire fourth floor is currently blocked by the police, and residents on other floors are also required not to leave their rooms.

After confirming their identities with the police in front of the blockade, Kudo Yusaku and Agasa Fujitaka saw the familiar big belly of Officer Megure from a distance.

"Ah, Kudo brother, you are here!"

Holding the hat on his head, Officer Megure looked at Kudo Yusaku who walked to the door of the room and asked the other police officers to leave the room first.

"Dr. Agasa is here too."

Nodding and greeting the doctor, Officer Megure pointed to the kitchen in the suite: "The deceased is Hirotoki Kishida, 72 years old this year. In his early years, he went to the UK with his wife and daughter to do business. Later, he returned to Japan alone and bought this apartment building. He made a living by collecting rent. The medical record card said that he had diabetes."

Following Officer Megure into the living room and stopping at the door of the kitchen, Kudo Yusaku looked inside and noticed the body of an old man lying on the ground with his back of the head smashed. There is no doubt that the deceased was killed by a blunt instrument.

There was a pool of yellow blood on the ground. Some stainless steel bowls and plates that were originally placed on the table fell down, but there was no deformation. The kitchen was still very clean.

"The air conditioner in the living room was always on, and there were no signs of fighting in the kitchen, so we judged that the murderer was someone familiar with the deceased."

Officer Megure took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it over: "This is the preliminary judgment of the time of death, about five to seven in the morning."

"Has the police locked the suspect at present?"

Kudo Yusaku's eyes stayed on the name of the first discoverer "Hayataka", and then looked at the police's murder weapon, which was a wrench.

"After eliminating a lot of people, we locked the suspect on Kishida Hirotoki's cousin Kishida Shunzo, his neighbor Hayayataka and Izumi Hibiki downstairs."

Kishida Shunzo is Kishida Hirotoki's cousin. He is 65 years old this year. He currently lives alone because he is not married. He is a company employee and has not retired yet.

According to him, he came to his cousin for morning exercise this morning like he usually does on Saturdays, but found that his cousin did not get up early as usual, and the door of the apartment was locked from the inside.

He thought his cousin wanted to rest today, so he went for morning exercise by himself. When he finished his exercise and came back, he found that the door was still not open. Then he took out the spare key, walked into the apartment and found Hirotoki Kishida dead in the kitchen.

"So, this case is still a closed room murder case?" Dr. Agasa looked at the body on the ground in surprise, but he did not expect Kudo Yusaku to shake his head.

"In fact, it is not. Just now, from the outside, this apartment was not sealed when it was built. The adjacent buildings were only separated by plastic boards. If you are good at it, you can also get here from the balcony next door."

No wonder the police suspected that the neighbor had seen it earlier. Among these three people, he could easily commit murder.

"Hayashi Konaga has a criminal record of theft. He was not released from prison until five years ago. He later rented a house here and made a living by doing odd jobs." Officer Megure looked at Kudo Yusaku who was flipping through the documents, took the two to the balcony, and knocked on the thin and brittle plastic board.

Because of his criminal record, the police suspected Hayami Konaga the most among the suspects.

"Izumi Hibiki is a third-year student at Haido High School and lives here alone. I heard from the residents of this building that he always felt that the rent was too high, so he often quarreled with Kishida Hirotoki, and was also listed as a suspect by us."

Officer Megure pointed to the fire escape on the ground again: "This apartment also has a fire escape for escape, which can be reached from upstairs to downstairs. However, Kishida Hirotoki changed the escape door for each resident this week to open from the top in one direction."

(Did it change this week?)

Kudo Yusaku squatted on the ground, wearing gloves and stroking the handle of the escape door, and found that there was no lock. It could be opened directly by lifting it from the top, but if it was a resident downstairs, it would definitely not be opened because of the design.

"Inspector! Someone wants to see you." A policeman knocked on the apartment door twice: "It's a woman."

"Woman?" Officer Megure frowned in confusion: "Has Kishida Hirotoki's daughter returned from England? But he died this morning."

"She said someone was trying to steal her husband." The police officer looked at Officer Megure hesitantly, then snickered.

"I think it's my wife." Kudo Yusaku laughed helplessly and looked up at Dr. Agasa.

"Doctor?"

"Ah! Because Yukiko insisted that I tell her the location, otherwise I won't have lunch tomorrow, so..."

"Hey, let's not do it again."

"Yusaku..."

A tired Kudo Yukiko walked into the entrance of the apartment aggrievedly. Worried that she would fall, Kudo Yusaku immediately went over and hugged his wife.

"I suddenly feel unsafe going to the checkup alone. You should quickly get rid of the fat uncle and go home with me..."

"Who is the fat uncle!"x2

"I know, wait for me for a while."

"Yusaku, you too..."x2

Kudo Yusaku patted his wife on the head and turned to look at Officer Megure: "Officer Megure, where were Hayami Kyoto and Izumi Hibiki during the time of death?"

Getting a confession from his subordinates, Officer Megure handed a copy to Kudo Yusaku and also sent a copy to Dr. Agasa.

It was written in the transcript that because today was a rare day off every month, Hayami wanted to sleep in today. He slept soundly from 5 to 7 and had no idea what happened next door.

In short, this person had a criminal record, no alibi, and could climb over the balcony to kill the victim and climb back at any time. The police would of course list him as the primary suspect.

In contrast, Izumi Hibiki had a complete alibi. From 5 to 7, he was in the Haido Library doing morning study for the college entrance exam.

"Eh? This is the murder scene?"

Standing at the door curiously, a voice suddenly woke up everyone in the room.

"Who are you?! How did you get in!" (Megure)

"Mori?!" (Kudo Yusaku)

"Kogoro!" (Yukiko)

"Who is it?" (Dr. Agasa)