Conan's Corpse Picker

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Metropolitan Police Department, search a lesson.

Conan yawned boredly, and was about to take notes with the boys of the Detective Boys—this morning, they encountered a bag robbery case.

Entering the Metropolitan Police Department, the office of the First Search Division was empty.

It is said that in the Dongdu bank robbery three days ago, the wife of the branch store manager and the wife of the Megure police department were taken hostage by the gangsters, so the police officers worked very hard on the case and had no time to stay in the office to fish .

Chapter 444

When the Detective Boys were about to start taking notes.

A man followed the policeman into the office.

It was an old-looking man with a broad face, constantly looking at the gold watch on his wrist, paying special attention to the time.

"Mr. Masuo?" Officer Sato was slightly taken aback when he saw him, "Didn't your Madam say that in the afternoon..."

"We did agree to come over together." Masuo store manager rushed to say, "But today the bank has something to deal with, so I made an appointment with my wife to meet directly at the police station—she hasn't arrived yet?"

"...Not yet." Miwako Sato was a little puzzled.

She actually wanted to say just now, "Didn't Mrs. Zun say to come at 3 pm?" - this is the time Mrs. Masuo made an appointment with them before.

But now, according to Mr. Masuo, it seems that he and his wife have made an appointment to come together at 2 o'clock.

Although the two people's words were somewhat contradictory, but thinking of Mrs. Masuo's trance look before, Officer Sato felt that it might be that the wife who had just been taken as a hostage and was frightened had a wrong memory.Or the couple didn't have time to talk things through.

Officer Sato was about to remind the store manager Masuo to ask his wife about the situation.

At this moment, Katsura Masuo had already consciously took out her cell phone: "I'll ask her if she's gone out."

As he spoke, he turned his phone on to speakerphone, put it on the table, then freed his hand, rummaged for a handkerchief, and wiped his face.

His movements were very slow, and before he finished wiping, he was able to pass through the speakerphone and heard the voice of Mrs. Masuo on the other side of the phone:

"Hello? Husband, what's the matter?"

The store manager Masuo picked up the phone, and slowly grinned a sinister smile from the corner of his mouth covered by the handkerchief, and then quickly restrained himself.

He found an excuse to let Sato and Mrs. Masuo speak a few words, and then took the phone by himself-in this way, when his wife was "assassinated and killed", he would have a solid alibi at the police station prove.

……

At two o'clock, Jiang Xia closed the door of the detective agency, picked up the cat, and prepared to go to the client "Shibata Kayo".

The address she sent was not too far from here.Let's set off now, twist the accelerator a few more times on the way, and arrive at exactly two o'clock at the appointed time.

Although he couldn't think of anything from the name "Shibata Kayo", Jiang Xia always felt that there was a surprise waiting for him with this special connection.

So it's best to do exactly as the client's wife asks—not one second early, not one second late, say ten past two, ten ten past two.In order not to disturb others with some self-assertive actions...

……

Masuo's house.

Masuo Kayo continued to pedal her exercise bike while carefully talking to her husband.

The vigilance of her husband and the gradual pressurization of the exercise bike prevented her from noticing the increasing resistance under her feet.

——In a place that Masuo Kayo didn't notice, a fishing line was pre-connected to the axle of the wheel.

The other end of the fishing line extended behind her—behind the exercise bike, there was a bookcase, and the fishing line was connected to the top of the tall bookcase.

As the exercise bike runs, the fishing line is reeled into the wheels and the cabinet behind it is pulled to tilt.

Eventually, the bookshelf lost its balance and slammed onto Kayo Masuo on the exercise bike.A cold light flashed - a dagger was secretly placed on the top of the cabinet.

Masuo Kayo heard the strange movement behind him, turned his head quickly, just in time to see the scene of the bookcase shop pressing down.

She let out a terrified scream, was stabbed deeply in the back by the dagger, fell to the ground, and gradually died out.

Opposite the phone.

Everyone in the Metropolitan Police Hall was startled by the sudden scream.

Conan stared at the screaming mobile phone, a flash of light appeared on his glasses, and his expression gradually changed from sleepy to serious.

Miwako Sato grabbed the phone from Masuo store manager: "Mrs. Masuo? What's wrong?"

The store manager Masuo also tried his best to suppress his happiness, and shouted worriedly: "Kayo!!"

There was no response on the phone.Mrs. Masuo didn't move at all.

Everyone in the police station glanced at each other, thinking of the gangster who was suspected of seeing Mrs. Masuo's face when he kidnapped Mrs. Masuo three days ago, and suspected that Masuo Kayo was being targeted.

……

Soon, a police car drove towards Masuo's house.

In addition to the anxious store manager Masuo, there were two police officers, Sato and Takagi, and...

A elementary school student with glasses who sneaked into the car while no one was looking for him.

……

2:9:01 PM.

Jiang Xia pulled out the car key and walked quickly from the nearest parking lot to the address left by "Shibata Kayo".

And knocked on the door exactly at 2:10.

After 1 minute, no one came to answer the door.

Jiang Xia was about to go to the other side of the road and wait, when, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a touch of white passing by.

Looking down, I saw a fresh shikigami fluttering out from the crack of the door.

Suddenly finding a psychic in front of him, Shikigami grabbed the door frame and froze for a moment, then moved a little bit to the side, leaned against the wall, bypassed Jiang Xia, and continued to drift leisurely into the distance.

Jiang Xia: "..."

All the shikigami ran out, and it seemed that someone was gone.

According to the procedures that detectives should have, find a way to confirm the scene, mean to give first aid to the deceased, and then call the police to start fast forward.

Of course, it would be best if the murderer hasn't left yet, just press and knock...

The residents of this house seem to pay extra attention to safety, and there are rare barbed wires on the walls that are difficult to fall on.It's not good to turn it over directly.

But outside the courtyard wall, there is a tree.

Jiang Xia tiptoed to look at the surrounding situation, and then glanced at the word "Masuo" on the house number, thought for a moment, turned and left the main entrance, ready to go in from the side to have a look.

If "Shibata" is replaced with "Masuo", the name "Masuo Kayo" can remind him.

And if it was the case in his memory, then Mrs. Masuo would have passed away around 2 o'clock.

Amuro Toru's detective agency has surveillance cameras, and Jiang Xia also passed one or two cameras on the way here.No matter how you look at it, there is no time to commit crimes. Even if he enters the house now, he will only be an enthusiastic detective who "would worry about Mrs. Masuo coming to check the situation after he feels abnormal", and he will not because this kind of high school student detective often has His behavior was regarded as a murderer...

……

Not long after Jiang Xia's figure turned to the side.

A car screeched to the door of Masuo's house.

Officer Sato and others jumped out of the car and went straight to the gate.

The store manager Masuo found the key, opened the door, and led people into the house.

Then he pointed to the living room, and said to the two police officers, "I'll go over there and have a look, please help me find the second floor."

Seeing that the attention of the two policemen had successfully turned upstairs, Katsura Masuo dragged his bulky body to the place where Mrs. Masuo was, preparing to lift up the cabinet that fell to the ground, and then hide the top of the bookshelf used to fix the fishing line. Thumbtack, disguise everything as a perfect housebreak together.

Chapter 445

After dismissing the police, the store manager Masuo walked to the door of the room where the exercise bike was located, and unscrewed the doorknob.

...but failed to push the door open.

—the door was locked.

Normally, Masuo Kayo has never had the habit of locking the door of his room. When exercising, he likes to open the doors and windows for ventilation.

But today, she circled the photo album with a red pen, called the handsome young detective again, held the photo album and thought about the appropriate words, and the pitiful expression she should have when she confided... Think about it, after all, it is In her husband's house, it was unavoidable to feel guilty, so in the afternoon, Masuo Kayo turned the lock on smoothly.

... This undoubtedly brought great trouble to her husband who wanted to destroy the evidence.

Manager Masuo failed to turn the doorknob, staring at the locked door, dripping with cold sweat.

He took a quick look at the direction of the police behind him, it was blocked by a wall, and the two sides could not see each other.

Manager Masuo calmed down a little.He gritted his teeth and hurried to the study.

...don't panic.There are spare keys for the doors of the house. Although he has not used them for a few years, he is a very planning person, and he probably knows where the keys will be kept.

The second floor is huge, and the two policemen needed to search for a long time, and he had no time to destroy the evidence...

……

When the store manager Masuo was digging through the drawers in the study.

The scene on the second floor was different from what he had imagined.

Miwako Sato had already turned out of the yard before reaching the second floor.

——When she stepped up the stairs just now, through the window of the side room, she vaguely saw a suspicious figure passing by.

Officer Sato immediately became alert.

——They rushed over very quickly. Although when the robber found out that Mrs. Masuo was on the phone when he was attacked, that person probably realized that his whereabouts were exposed and would flee the scene immediately, but it was difficult to keep his courage people will want to stay and search for their belongings.

In addition, even if they were not suspects, the person who sneaked into the yard should be able to provide them with a lot of information.

Thinking of this, Miwako Sato left a sentence to Takagi, "Look for the second floor, I'll go to the yard to have a look", then quickly turned over the open window and entered the yard.

At the same time as she landed, she looked around vigilantly, and soon caught a fleeting hem from the corner of the room.

... Sure enough, there are people.

The man went around to the back of the house, what was he trying to do? !

Miwako Sato frowned, feeling that the matter was not simple, and rushed across the corner quickly.