Ke Xue's Kogoro

Chapter 22 Bullet Tracks
Rimai TV station, backstage.

Not long after the staff left just now, a phone call came, and everyone present knew that Suwa Michihiko was lying in the mixing room covered in blood.

With an expression of "I knew it", Kogoro followed the program director and ran to the elevator outside, but found that the elevator could not come up for a while, so everyone had to run down the stairs.

When he arrived at the scene, Kogoro pushed aside the onlookers and entered the scene of the crime.

At the scene, that is, the mixing room, Michihiko Suwa was sitting under the window with blood on his head.And on the glass window above him, there were a lot of blood stains, many of which had already flowed to the ground.

On Suwa Michihiko's right hand side, there was still an uncovered mobile phone. He must have been shot in the head while making a phone call.And the gun that seemed to be the murder weapon was placed in front of him.

"Everyone back off, don't look around here anymore, the police will be here soon, don't get in the way of the case here."

Kogoro stepped forward to confirm that Suwa Michihiko had been killed, and began to investigate the situation in the room in detail.

"Uncle, there are two bullet holes here."

Conan pointed to a poster next to the glass window, lifted a corner of the poster, and easily saw two bullet holes.

"And next to that clock."

Kogoro moved closer to the glass and saw a bullet hole in the center of the spreading blood.

Not long after, police officer Meguro entered the venue with his men, and the forensic staff quickly found 4 bullet casings in the room.

"Hey, Conan."

Kogoro walked aside with Conan in his arms, and said in a low voice, "I think this is most likely committed by an insider. When I perform later, take a closer look at anyone whose expression is not right."

Conan nodded, let him observe, the possibility of being discovered is very low.

"Ahem, Officer Mumu, I have a preliminary reasoning."

"Oh? I knew it."

Officer Megure is in no mood to complain about Kogoro now.

"Look, there are four bullet holes and four bullet casings at the scene, and the gun is also left here. Then it is very likely that the murderer broke in through this only door, and in a panic, he shot Suwa Michihiko. Killed. So, I think we can go to investigate and see if there is any suspicious person coming in."

Matsuo Takashi couldn't help but smile, he stood silently behind everyone, as if he had everything under control.Even after the live broadcasters of the news came over, they cried bitterly in front of the camera, shouting to find the murderer who killed Michihiko Suwa.

No need to guess, Kogoro thinks this guy is the murderer.

Kogoro couldn't help but said: "However, such reasoning still feels a little bit wrong. For example, the murderer killed someone on the TV station, which is too bold. Even if it's for money or revenge, it is reasonable to choose a place with so many people .”

Officer Mumu took a deep breath: "Brother Maoli, just finish what you want to say in one breath."

Kogoro shook his head. He walked to the window and carefully looked at the bullet holes on the glass window. With the skill of level 6 investigation, he quickly discovered the suspicious point.

"Officer Megure, and the police officers from the forensic department come here."

Kogoro pointed to the bullet hole and said, "Look at the bullet hole, isn't the trajectory a bit strange?"

After careful comparison, the staff of the forensics department said, "Indeed, this mark doesn't seem to be pierced from the front. It's more like..."

When Police Officer Mumu was in a hurry, Kogoro pushed the window out, but several people found that the glass window was opened at an angle of no more than 50 degrees.

"correct!"

The forensic personnel said: "It is this kind of trace, this bullet hole should be pierced by someone from the top down."

Kogoro rubbed his chin: "In other words, the deceased put his head out of the window to look up, and was shot in the head. So, there should be a bullet hole on the floor below. If the reasoning is true, Then the bullet holes in the room were punched by the murderer in advance as smoke bombs."

Police officer Mu Mu immediately sent someone to check on the ground on the first floor.

"Officer Mumu, I think the deceased was still on the phone at that time. Please immediately check who called him at that time. The last call should be from the murderer."

The police immediately questioned Suwa Michihiko's colleagues, and soon found a passer-by who had left the country several times, the little brother who was wearing the orange hat backwards.

Police officer Mumu found him: "So, did you call the deceased?"

The little brother replied: "Yes, he answered the call at 8:15, but he didn't answer the call at 8:55."

"So the crime time should be within 40 minutes, why are you calling him?"

Takashi Matsuo explained: "Oh, I asked him to call. Originally, we all made an appointment to meet after the show. I wanted to confirm the location of Mr. Suwa, but I didn't know his phone number. .”

Officer Megure said to Matsuo Takashi casually: "I remember they all said that your marksmanship is very good, right?"

Takashi Matsuo said, "Are you doubting me? But I've been doing shows from 8 o'clock to 9 o'clock."

"But in the middle, you left for 4 minutes."

Facing Kogoro's questioning, Matsuo Takashi replied very easily: "Because I go to the bathroom, if you doubt me, it will work. The program is produced on the 9th floor, and the mixing room is on the 4th floor. Do you think I could come down and kill someone before running back in 4 minutes?"

Kogoro looked towards the corridor, and he was not disappointed. Conan was back.

"How? Does it work?"

Conan smiled crookedly: "Uncle, you're right, from the warehouse on the 9th floor to the 7th floor, and then returning to the 9th floor after killing people, I can do it."

Kogoro rubbed Conan's big head: "Okay, then I'm going to pretend... No, I'm going to start reasoning."

"Ahem, Officer Mumu, I already know who the murderer is, and I have the decisive evidence in my hand."

Officer Megure: ￣へ￣
If you want to say it, just say it!

Just as Kogoro was about to speak, the live news reporter next to him immediately turned the microphone over and the camera pointed at him.

"Cough cough, step aside, everyone, don't get so close, I'm going to start reasoning."

"Well, first of all, the deceased was shot to the temple. The forensic personnel found bullet holes on the floor of the first floor, and found bullets stained with the deceased's blood nearby. Obviously, the deceased was actually shot from above. Shot and killed."

"So, the other three bullet holes in the room are all smoke bombs."

"Then, by observing the shooting angle and route, we determined that the murderer should have fired the shot in the warehouse on the 7th floor directly above this room."

Kogoro's reasoning made Matsuo Takashi slowly break out in a cold sweat.

(End of this chapter)