Ke Xue's Kogoro

Chapter 76 The Falling Dead

Izu Princess Hotel, at the gate.

The deceased had been lifted off the statue, Kogoro went up to observe, and saw at a glance that the deceased had only one glove on.

"Officer, after questioning, the deceased fell from a high altitude and just happened to fall on the statue."

"Then what about the identity information of the deceased?"

Another policeman came over with a few people, and he reported: "Officer, the deceased is called Jiang Yuan Tokio, and he traveled with these people."

After the explanation by the police, Kogoro quickly learned the basic information of these people.

Hideko Kamijou, a sexy beauty who lives in 2102.

The deceased Jiang Yuan Shinan lived in 2101.

Shiro Konno, a bank clerk who lived in 2002, has glasses and long hair.

Genichiro Kaneshiro, who lives in 2001, is the president of the company and an old man wearing sunglasses.He also has a maid Lin Jingjiang who takes care of him.

Live in 1901 Maeda Satoshi, the national karate champion, and his fiancée Sayama Akiko.

Speaking of which, Satoshi and Maeda live next door to Kogoro.

After the introduction of this temporarily formed Izu tour group, Kogoro and the others learned that they all met through surfing the Internet, and this time they got together because of a computer software called "Night Duke".

The mysterious tour promoters promised free hotel accommodations and computer software if they found the Night Duke in disguise among them.

Officer Henggou came to a conclusion: "So, the most likely people to kill Ehara Tokio are you. I'm right."

Kamijou Hideko said dissatisfiedly: "What kind of talk is this? We are just strangers on the Internet. How could we kill each other just after meeting today?"

Officer Henggou was not as easy to talk to as Officer Memu. He said forcefully: "Although he may have died in an accident, I still need to obtain your whereabouts at the time first. I hope you all have alibi."

Xiao Wulang said: "Brother Henggou, leave this to your subordinates. Let's go to the room of the deceased to take a look."

"Okay, let's do that."

After explaining to the counter, the hotel manager personally took the master key and took Kogoro and others to room 2101 of the deceased.

"drop!"

The manager swiped his card and pushed it in, but the anti-theft lock was locked inside and he couldn't open it.

"Ahem, manager, I shouldn't have to pay for kicking the door open, right?"

The manager smiled and said, "No, no, it's important to investigate the case."

Just kidding, this murder happened, who cares about a door?
Kogoro kicked the door open with a side kick. There was a set of clothes on the floor of the room, and the key card was also thrown on the ground.The windows on the balcony were wide open, and the curtains were rustling in the wind.

Kogoro looked at the blue trousers and suddenly found something suspicious.That was the corpse just now. The belt buckle of his trousers was on the right, while the belt of the trousers on the ground was on the left.

This was clearly inconsistent, and Kogoro asked the manager, "Did you know that this suit belonged to the deceased?"

"Oh, I'll get someone to confirm right away."

Naturally, it was impossible for the manager to notice, but police officer Henggou took out his walkie-talkie and asked his police officers to ask other members of the tour group, and it was quickly confirmed that the suit on the ground was indeed the one worn by the deceased today.

"Mr. Mori, is there something wrong with this suit?"

Kogoro said: "Just now I noticed that the belt buckle of the deceased is on the right side, which is exactly opposite to the belt buckle on this pair of trousers. Therefore, the suit of the deceased was probably put on by the murderer for him. And just now The door is locked, which means..."

Before Kogoro finished speaking, Police Officer Henggou took over the conversation: "This is a murder case in a secret room!"

Officer Henggou immediately confirmed with his subordinates and confirmed the direction of the belt buckle.

"Confirm the alibi of other tour group members immediately!"

Officer Henggou was arranging his men, and Kogoro continued to search the room, and then found a white glove on the balcony railing, which should be the other glove that the deceased did not wear.

"Mr. Maori, this is the glove of the deceased. I saw that he was only wearing one glove just now. That is to say, the deceased was pushed downstairs at that time, grabbed the railing in desperation, and fell to his death due to exhaustion. ?”

"Impossible, this is not a crime scene at all."

"Huh? Why do you say that, Mr. Mori?"

"Because I saw the dead man drop it at that time. There was a strong wind at that time, so the dead man's room directly above the statue must not be the scene of the crime. If it was the scene of the crime, then he would definitely be killed. Blow to a position further to the side."

"A lot of wind?"

The hotel manager said at this time: "The Maori detective is right. We often have strong winds blowing from west to east, which is called the princess wind by our locals. And our hotel is named after the princess. Just now At 10 o'clock, there was a strong wind blowing, and many people can testify to this."

In a serious manner, Police Officer Henggou asked his subordinates to ask the people who ate melons.

Kogoro asked the hotel manager: "Manager, can you tell me where the rooms of the other members of the tour group are located on each floor?"

"Of course it can."

This is the manager's specialty. He quickly drew a rough schematic diagram and marked the room where everyone lived.

"Officer Yokomou, it seems that the crime scene should be the room of Kamijou or Maeda. But I think the crime scene must be room 1901, because the balcony of 1901 is covered. If the room 2102 above it Those who leave behind will definitely hit the cover first."

"Very good, then I will arrange to go to the shelter on the 20th floor to see if there are any traces."

After the investigation, the staff of the forensics department confirmed that there was no trace of the corpse falling on it, which also confirmed the fact that the deceased definitely fell from Room 1901.

"Then let's go down and look at the alibi. The only thing we need now is the evidence. But, Police Officer Henggou, there is something you need to check first."

Officer Henggou asked suspiciously, "What should we investigate first?"

"Of course it's the criminal motive. Maeda Satoshi and Sayama Akiko lived in 1901. Let someone check their family members and recent work situation. Generally speaking, there are three reasons for killing people."

"Three?"

"One is fame and fortune, see if they have conflicts of interest. The second is morality, see if they are avenging relatives and friends. The third is killing people for no reason. I think they will report to the same tour group. No matter how you look at it, they are somewhat understanding The other party’s, so the first two murder motives should not be wrong.”

In fact, in the world of Conan, 99.99% of the cases are the first two motives.

(End of this chapter)