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Chapter 92 The Third Death

Akikawa Sosuke returned to Sogabe Ryo's screening room and sat down next to Itakura Misaki.

"Mr. Akikawa, you've been in the bathroom for so long..."

When Itakura Misaki saw Akikawa Sosuke coming back, she couldn't help but complain.

"There were a lot of police outside the theater. I watched from outside for a while."

"Huh?! Police?"

"Yeah, I heard that Director Soga was found dead in his personal lounge."

"?!"

Itakura Misaki's eyes widened when she heard that.

An expression of disbelief appeared on her face, and it took her a long time to digest the information in Akikawa Sosuke's words.

"What's going on... In just over a month, we've already encountered three cases of death!"

"And why is the security of the Suzuki Group so poor?"

Itakura Misaki couldn't help but complain.
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In Sogabe Ryo's personal lounge, Sera Masumi had just told Megure Juzo who had arrived at the scene the clues he and Conan had found.

After Megure Juzo ordered the police officers of the Identification Division to further investigate the scene, he said to Sera Masumi with a serious face:

"This time the murderer has a pistol and is extremely dangerous."

"In order to prevent others from being hurt again, we must catch the murderer as soon as possible."

Sera Masumi also nodded seriously:

"I will do my best to assist Officer Megure."

Just at this moment, Megure Juzo's cell phone rang.

He picked up the phone, and then raised his voice sharply:
"What did you say?! I know!"

Megure Jusan's sudden change caught the attention of Conan and Sera Masumi.

He put down his phone and looked at Sera Masumi.

"Another person was found dead in his own lounge. This time the dead person is Soma Miho, also a director."

"Soma Miho?!"

Conan and Sera Masumi both exclaimed after hearing Megure Jusan say this name.

Both of them were impressed by the name.

"Do you know each other?" Megure Jusan asked.

"Soma Miho was the first eyewitness to the incident with Tsunekazu Kosaka yesterday. She was the one who screamed yesterday."

"Moreover, Sogabe Ryo and Soma Miho who died today, and Tsunekazu Kosaka who died yesterday, were all friends who sat at the same table at the dinner yesterday."

Sera Masumi said.

"The three directors who sat at the same table all died. It can't be a coincidence no matter how you think about it."

Megure Jusan frowned and made the same analysis.

"Director Sogabe has basically determined the situation here, let's go to Director Soma as soon as possible."

Megure Juzo had no objection to Sera Masumi's suggestion. After giving some instructions, he prepared to take people to Soma Miho's exhibition hall.

Conan also wanted to go along.

But just as he was about to leave, Mao Lilan grabbed his collar.

"Conan-kun, you'd better not follow him. Didn't you hear what Officer Megure said just now? The criminal has a gun?"

"No, it's okay, Sister Xiaolan!"

"I said no—okay!"

Mao Lilan stretched out her tone, put her hands on her waist and showed a serious expression.

"It's okay, Xiaolan, the criminal will definitely not stay at the scene."

At this time, Masumi Sera also came out to rescue Conan.

"I guess Director Soma was just like Director Sogabe. He was murdered in his private lounge during the screening, and was not discovered until he was about to give a speech before the next screening."

"And Conan-kun has a keen eye for observation. Sometimes he can always find details that I don't notice."

"With his help, solving cases can always be done with half the effort."

"This..." Sera Masumi's words made Mouri Ran hesitate, and after a while she nodded.

"Okay, then Sera and Conan-kun, please be careful!"

Conan and Sera Masumi both agreed, and then followed Megure Juzo to Soma Miho's exhibition hall.

After they arrived at Soma Miho's exhibition hall, they found that Soma Miho's death was very similar to that of Sogabe Ryo.

All were shot in the forehead.

The only difference is that Soma Miho was shot in the elbow.

"The bullet that attacked Director Soma was the same as the bullet that attacked Director Sogabe, both were 9mm bullets, so the preliminary judgment is that the same person committed the crime."

After observing the bullet shell that fell to the ground, Masumi Sera made a judgment.

Then she turned and looked at Megure Jusan.

"Officer Megure, please ask the forensic officers to compare the rifling of the two bullets."

Megure Jusan nodded slightly and gave the order.

Just because the bullets are the same does not mean that they come from the same gun.

At this time, we need to compare the rifling.

The rifling is like the fingerprint of a gun. Only after comparing the rifling can we truly determine that two bullets were fired from the same gun.

"Since the three dead people were all dining at the same table yesterday, that means the murderer has a grudge against all three of them, right?"

Megure Jusan analyzed again.

"Do not."

Masumi Sera spoke up to refute Megure Juzo's opinion.

"The way the two people died later was different from the way Tsunekazu Kosaka died yesterday. If the same person committed the crime, then he would have no reason to choose a more risky pistol."

"Another point is that the murderer could have killed them with one shot, but he still deliberately shot them in the arms and elbows."

"In other words, the murderer wanted to cover up something with the gunshot wound."

"Etc., etc!"

When Sera Masumi said this, Megure Juzo suddenly interrupted him.

"The wounds on Sogabe Ryo and Soma Miho's arms and elbows clearly showed signs of life. Didn't the murderer first hit their arms and elbows, and then hit their heads?"

"If the murderer really wanted to cover up something, shouldn't he have waited until they were dead before shooting them in the arm?"

"Shooting at these non-lethal parts while they are still alive is not only difficult to hit, but it will also alert the target, causing him to scream and attract other people's attention, right?"

Megure Juzo found it difficult to agree with Sera Masumi's reasoning and thought that it was somewhat illogical.

"That's because the murderer is very clever."

Conan's childish voice suddenly rang out at the scene.

It successfully attracted the attention of Megure Juzo and the police officers present.

"Like Inspector Megure said, if the murderer shot other parts of their bodies after they died, wouldn't the police be able to immediately determine the murderer's purpose through their reactions?"

After hearing this, Megure Jusan thought about it and felt that there was some truth to it.

But he still seemed a little hard to accept.

"The kid is right."

Sera Masumi took over the conversation.

"It sounds difficult to shoot someone in a specific part of their body and then in the head while they are still alive without attracting attention from others."

"But Officer Megure, have you noticed that both the penetrating wound on Sogabe Ryo's arm and the penetrating wound on Soma Miho's elbow have a common feature?"

"That is, the trajectory of the bullets flew from the air to the ground, rather than flying towards the surrounding walls."

"That is to say, the murderer did not shoot at the deceased from a long distance, but at a close distance, and even when the deceased took the initiative to stretch out his arms to the murderer, he suddenly pulled out a gun and shot at their arms."

"This not only proves the close relationship between the murderer and the deceased."

"It also proves that the murderer wanted to cover up the traces, which must be very important to him."

"It is either enough to expose the murderer's identity or it will pose a fatal threat to the murderer."

Masumi Sera looked at Soma Miho's body on the ground and said in a deep voice.

(End of this chapter)