I'm in Mihua, and all the ladies like me.

"Oh, international friends?"

Upon hearing that he had just arrived in Japan today, the Megure Police Department suddenly became less vigilant, but his eyes still kept scanning the face in front of him.

The main thing is...this face doesn't look European at all.

Then Sera Masumi also came over: "Then I said it was his sister, Sera Masumi, who also came to Japan today. She just completed the admission procedures at Tedan High School in the morning."

"I came to Japan to attend high school." Megure Police Department suddenly realized and wrote in his notebook with him, "Sera Bell and Sera Masumi... they are two brothers and sisters, right?"

"Hmm."

Sera Masumi's eyes fell on the handwriting, and he nodded quickly and smiled happily.

But in comparison, Serabel was a little confused.

Sera Bell?what is that?

Forget it, leave it alone.

"By the way, if we want to talk about the first discoverer, there was another little boy wearing glasses at that time."

"A little boy with glasses?"

As if this description triggered some kind of PTSD, the Mumu Police Department was slightly startled, and then began to actively search around.

Finally, he saw a smiling little head poking out from the outside of Serabel's left leg, and waved towards him.

"Good morning, Memu Police Department."

"Conan!? It's really you..."

For a moment, the police officer's face showed an expression that was somewhere between the joy of seeing a relative's child and the pain in the naughty child's balls.

Looking at the familiar scenes on both sides, three words flashed through Serabel's mind.

Affiliate?

"Cough, let's get down to business."

Realizing that this was not the right time to reminisce about old times, the Memu Police Department coughed slightly and brought the topic back.

"According to our police investigation, the window in the compartment where the deceased died was open, so it is temporarily speculated that the prisoner may have escaped through the open window..."

?

After hearing this last sentence, a question mark slowly appeared above Serabel's head.

This police department, do you want to listen to what you are saying? ?

Chapter 8 I will always like Fei Yingli (loudly)

Since he was not the first person to discover the body, and was not even considered a person related to the case, Masumi Sera, who had never been to the bathroom from beginning to end, was forced to stop in the cafe lobby on the grounds that "unrelated persons are not allowed to enter."

When Serabel entered the bathroom again, the evidence collection work inside was nearing completion.

The body of the victim at the crime scene had been taken away first, and white lines were used on the floor to outline the outlines of various parts of the body of the deceased as he lay on the ground.

A middle-aged male police officer who looked like a master of forensic science was walking towards the door. He was holding an evidence bag in his hand. In the bag was a blood-stained dagger, and in the other hand was a Polaroid photo. The printed photos still have a little residual warmth on the paper.

When he saw the Mumu Police Department leading people into the crime scene, he immediately picked up the two things in his hands and walked towards them quickly.

"Police department, there is something new."

"what?"

"Look at..."

Without any unnecessary nonsense, the police officer from the forensics department immediately came to his side and showed the photo in his hand to the Memu Police Department.

Serabel also glanced at it. It was a close-up photo of the deceased's neck. It could be seen that there was a clear circle of strangulation marks on the upper part of the deceased's neck, along with some purple bruises.

"Previously, we initially inferred that the deceased's fatal injury was a knife wound on his chest. However, at present, it is very likely that the deceased was first strangled by a rope or something, suffocated and lost consciousness, and then was stabbed into the chest with a knife..."

Having said this, the forensic officer subconsciously picked up the evidence bag containing the dagger.

Serabel glanced over and couldn't help but let out a soft "Huh?"

Logically speaking, if a knife is inserted into the human body, no matter how tight the perpetrator's hand is, a large amount of blood will inevitably spatter out and splash onto the back of the hand when it is pulled out, and then be contaminated through the gaps between the fingers and the tiger's mouth. to the hilt.

If you keep holding and squeezing it because of nervousness, it is not impossible to get blood stains all over the handle of the knife.

However, the entire handle of the dagger in front of me was extremely clean. Not even a trace of dirt could be seen, let alone blood.

But why?

Just as Serabel was lost in thought, the voice of the police department rang out again.

"Well, if that's the case, it means that the criminal should have strangled the deceased unconscious first, then inserted the dagger into the deceased, and finally escaped through the window..."

hiss--

Serabel resisted the urge to hold her forehead.

He never expected that this police officer from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department actually repeated the exact words of the forensics department, and also added the conclusion that "the prisoner must have escaped through the window", just... you are thinking crazy Got a window?

"Excuse me, Memu Police Department, have you asked someone to retrieve the surveillance video of the coffee shop?"

"monitor?"

The Mumu Police Department was stunned, not angry at all, just a little surprised.

"We have asked the cafe owner about this, and he said that there are only videos in the lobby and kitchen, but there are no videos in the bathroom due to personal privacy issues."

"What I mean is -" Serabel has never felt that talking to people is such a tiring thing, "If the prisoner escaped from the window after killing the victim, then besides the deceased, another person was entering the bathroom. The person who never came out after that must be the murderer, right?"

A flash of understanding flashed in Mumu Police Department's eyes: "Hey, that makes sense."

As he spoke, he waved his hand back, ready to ask the accompanying police officers to adjust the surveillance.

At this moment, an innocent child's voice came from the other end of the bathroom.

"I think there's no need for this -"

Conan, who had discovered the body with Sera Bell before, was now standing in front of the compartment with blood stains on the ground and the door opened, raising his hand to point to the spotless toilet inside with its back against the window.

"Because you see, if the prisoner wanted to escape through the window, he would definitely have to step on the water tank and cover of the toilet. But now there are no traces in these two places, including the window sill, which is also very clean."

"Well, uh, maybe the prisoner wiped it clean when he escaped?"

After all, it's just a child's inference, and the police officers are still trying to justify it.

But the sound coming from the door the next second made Memu shut his mouth completely.

"I think that kid is right. After all, a prisoner who was so panicked that he fled the scene of the crime before taking away the murder weapon, how could he still have time to deal with his own footprints?"

"You, you are..."

Ok?

Serabel also looked in the direction of the sound.

What appeared at the door of the bathroom was a beautiful woman wearing glasses and exuding an intellectual aura. Her long chestnut hair was meticulously tied up behind her head, and a few long, slightly curly bangs hung down in front of her forehead. Although she was already old, But there is no sign of aging in Guo Buhuo. On the contrary, it adds a bit of mature charm to her beauty. The black stockings under the rather business-like skirt wrap her slender legs tightly, making her look like an ascetic queen. .

"Lawyer Fei! So you are here too!"

As if they saw something like Galio descending from the sky, the police department immediately opened its mouth wide with an expression of great surprise on its face.

But the concubine's lawyer just smiled lightly: "I didn't expect you to become a police officer, Mr. Mumu."

Ah, another related account?

Serabel, who had a premonition that she would have a long way to go in solving the case for the first time as a fledgling, raised her eyebrows silently, turned her head and turned her eyes to Edogawa Conan on the other side behind her, only to find that the latter was staring straight ahead. The concubine's lawyer who had just walked in had an unnatural look on her face.

To give an example, it is probably when a little mouse meets a big cat, the aura of suppression is engraved in the bones.

"Back to the subject, that means the murderer did not escape, but is still in this cafe, right?"

The Mumu Police Department, which seemed to have found its backbone, even spoke with some confidence.

"According to my inference, this is correct." Her Lady Queen said this very firmly.

So the police department waved its hand.

"Very well, get everyone who passed the restroom after the deceased entered it!"

Naturally, it is impossible for anyone to dare to neglect matters where human life is at stake.

Within 2 minutes, three people in the lobby outside were taken into the restroom by the accompanying police officers.

They are -

The long-haired playboy who was on the phone in the lobby boasting about his prostitute-hunting skills.

With a face full of vicissitudes of life and a stubble, he looks like a 27-year-old young programmer rushing to study in college.

And the burly man in a turban who was entrusted by Sera Bell to keep an eye on a certain kid with glasses at the door of the toilet. The middle finger of his right hand was tightly wrapped in a bandage, like a super fried sausage.

"There are only these three people, right? Are there others? Have they been confirmed through surveillance?" Megure Police Department asked the police officer.

"Well, after asking, it was just the three of them, but as for surveillance..."

The hesitating tone clearly meant that there was no confirmation.

Just when Megure frowned and was about to go and confirm quickly, Serabel's voice interrupted him in advance.

"More than three, to be precise, there were four people who came to the bathroom after the deceased entered the bathroom. In addition to the three of them, there are -"

With a slightly protracted tone, the young man's arms were like a pointer crossing over, and finally settled on the concubine's lawyer who had her arms around her chest at the door of the bathroom.

"she."?

Chapter 9 Stop talking nonsense and take off quickly

Uh?

Subconsciously looking in the direction Serabel pointed, Mu Mu's expression suddenly became a little embarrassed.

"Concubine, concubine, lawyer, it turns out that you have also entered the bathroom?"

"Oh, yes."

The Queen, whose name was called, acted quite calmly.

"Just now, Megure Police Department, you said that everyone who had entered the bathroom should come over, and I was already here, so I didn't bother to go out and come in again. And like them, to a certain extent, I also committed a crime. possibility."

"Eh……"

Memu Police Department twitched the corner of his mouth.

Although police investigations should not involve too much personal emotions, even close relatives must be treated equally as criminal suspects as long as they are related to the case.

However, judging from all the attitudes shown at the moment, it is obvious that he does not think that the concubine's lawyer will be the murderer, even if it is a one in ten thousand possibility.

But there is no way, there is no selfishness in official business, not to mention that even the people themselves said so, so everything can only be done according to the process.

"Anyway, let me briefly explain the purpose of each of you coming to the coffee shop today."

As the police chief spoke, the accompanying police officer immediately took out his notepad.

Mumu pointed at the long-haired playboy.

"Just say it first."

"Uh, me?" He probably didn't expect that he would be the first to be named. The playboy was stunned for a moment and then said with a smile, "I actually made an appointment with a girl to meet him today."

"What about the girl?"

"It seems like no one has come yet..."

"Huh~ Sounds suspicious?"

The casual comment made by the Mumu police officer with his eyes raised made the playboy turn pale instantly, and he quickly waved his hands to defend himself.

"It's really not me. I don't know the deceased at all. Why should I kill a completely unrelated person?"

"That's not certain. According to the report handed over by the forensic department, although the wallet of the deceased at the scene was still left next to the body, the money in it had long since disappeared. Maybe you were trying to pick up girls but you were short of funds. So you did this kind of murderous behavior?"

"How could you possibly do something like that!"