Kindaichi of Kexue World

Chapter 116 New Clues
The on-site investigation was almost completed soon, and the next step was to interrogate the suspect at the village office.

At this time, because the investigation into the death of Hideo Kawashima came to an end, most of the people had already left, so there were not many suspects present.

The Megure Police Department gathered everyone together, began to describe the progress of the case, and started basic inquiries.

This is what is currently known.

Judging from the autopsy report and the 5-minute blank tape, the murderer was killed at around 6:30, and then the murderer spent several minutes at the scene drawing a code score with blood and playing an attention-grabbing tape before fleeing .

Because time was tight and the village hall was tightly guarded, the murderer had no chance to escape from the village hall.

The murderer is now mixed among these people at the scene.

Although it is disrespectful to the deceased to say so, thanks to this case, the scope of suspects has been greatly narrowed.

The remaining suspects are the village head candidate Shimizu Masato, Kuroiwa Tatsuji's daughter Kuroiwa Reiko and prospective son-in-law Murasawa Monday, the delirious Nishimoto Takeshi, the village head secretary Hirata Kazuaki, and the only doctor on the island, Asai Naruto. In fact, there are also Kuroiwa Tatsuji's two bodyguards, Hirata Kairu and Hei Teng Betsuzo.

And because the modus operandi of this case is very similar to that of the death case of Hideo Kawashima and related rituals, the murderer is most likely the same person.

Therefore, Kuroiwa Reiko and Asai Chengmi, who are women, were excluded.

And both of them also have clear alibi at the same time.

Kuroiwa Reiko was being interrogated by the police at the time of the incident, and Asai Chengshi was with Conan and the others after returning from the bathroom at 6:5.

Both bodyguards said that they had been in the village chief's office at the time of the crime, and they could prove to each other that they had no time to commit the crime. Of course, the credibility of these two people is open to question.

The alibi of the four remaining suspects was even more murky.

Hirata Kazuaki insisted that he had been staying in the hall waiting for the interrogation and had not left for a minute. However, there were so many people coming and going in the hall that few people stayed there all the time, and even if they did, they would not have noticed. Is a certain person always there during a certain period of time, such as Conan and others sitting there all the time?

Murazawa and Masato Shimizu proved to each other that the other party went to the toilet at the time of the incident, but Masato Shimizu said that he had been in the toilet all the time, while Murasawa said on Monday that he had only been there for a few minutes, so they could not fully prove each other's clean.

As for Ken Nishimoto...he is still in that crazy state.

He also had a chance to commit the crime, after all, he was the one who found the body, and Conan was delayed in the toilet for a while, giving him some extra time to commit the crime, but this time is very tight.

Conan then provided a clue.

He can prove that Ken Nishimoto spent most of the time in the lobby from 06:30 to [-]:[-], checked his watch frequently, and went to the studio at a fixed time to find the body. It seems that there was a date from the beginning look.

Then the two bodyguards of Heiyan Tatsuji proved that Heiyan Tatsuji also said that he had a date at the time, so he left the village chief's office around six o'clock, and because it was a private date, he did not let the bodyguards follow him.

It seems that Ken Nishimoto's date is Kuroiwa Tatsuji, so the reason why Kuroiwa Tatsuji will send bodyguards to act alone is also valid.

Conan repeatedly deduced in his mind based on the existing clues.

If the murderer was Nishimoto Ken, the situation would be like this.

Since Nishimoto Ken was one of the accomplices of Aso Keiji's death 12 years ago and was a potential victim of this incident, Kuroiwa Tatsuji will definitely believe that this person is harmless in his heart, and he can contact him with confidence. What happened a few years ago can't be shared with others, that's why the bodyguards were sent away to go alone.

But there is a problem here.

Why does Heiyan Tatsumi go to the appointment half an hour earlier than Nishimoto Ken?

Conan was puzzled.

Could it be that Kuriyan Tatsuji met other people before meeting Ken Nishimoto?

Masato Shimizu is unlikely, they are political enemies.In this sensitive period, it's too late for the two of them to be on guard against each other!
If Hei Yanchen wants to meet Hirata and Akira next time, there will be plenty of opportunities, so there is no need to find an opportunity to meet secretly.

As for Murasawa Monday... this person only knows that he is Kuroiwa Tatsuji's prospective son-in-law, and there is not enough information to make a judgment.

Conan rubbed his head irritably.

"Damn...the clues are still not enough!" Conan thought to himself.

At this time, I don't know where Jin Tianyi Er went!
I don't know if there will be any new clues from Yingshu Liulizi!

The five male suspects have been taken for detailed questioning separately, and Conan feels that it is very likely that he will not be able to get any new clues, unless the murderer is stupid enough to blow himself up.

Is the murderer stupid?Of course it's impossible.

The murderer managed the case so seamlessly and even made some clues to provoke the detectives. He must be a thoughtful person.

Didn't you see that even Conan himself was being played around!

So the case stalled again.

"What should we do now?" Mao Lilan was a little frustrated. She felt that she really didn't help much this time, and she couldn't even compare to the newly-acquainted Asai Chengmi.

"What else can I do? Wait!" Asai Narumi said while finding a chair and sitting down.

Conan and Mao Lilan also sat down, but this time they were no longer in the mood to chat.

"Why hasn't Kindaichi-kun come here? What is he doing?" Asai Narumi said to himself.

"do not know······"

Conan wanted to call Kindaichiji to communicate, but the phone of the village office was in the office, and there was an interrogation going on there, so there was no way to get in.

"I heard... another person died?"

Aida Saburo, the old policeman on the island, arrived late.

"Yes, Grandpa Aida..." Mao Lilan nodded first, and then asked: "Why are you here?"

"The community room is full of forensic personnel, and I couldn't sleep because of the noise, so I just came over to take a look." Saburo Aida yawned as he spoke.

"Then you still sleep until now..." Conan complained in his heart: "When you get older, you get sleepy..."

"I heard that the head of Kuroiwa Village was also killed... hey... Could it be really the curse of Keiji Aso?"

"How is this possible...Don't believe those things." Asai Chengmi waved his hand and said
"How can it be impossible? Doesn't it mean that after death, people will turn into ghosts to claim their lives!"

"Stop talking..." Mao Lilan was a little scared, and hugged Conan beside him.

"Grandpa, the teachers all told us that there are no ghosts in this world! After people die..."

At this moment, an idea suddenly popped into Conan's mind.

"Grandpa, you have been in the village for a long time. Can you confirm that all Keiji Aso and his family are indeed dead?"

"Of course! Three corpses were indeed found at the scene of the fire. After comparing the teeth with the hospital's files, it was completely confirmed that the three corpses were Keiji Aso, his wife and daughter."

"Are you sure?" Conan was somewhat disappointed. After all, he had also read the medical file and found nothing abnormal.

"Of course, the scene of the fire was terrible, no one survived, and the only thing that survived was a fireproof safe..."

"Safe! What's in it?"

All three of them became interested in an instant.

"I remember... there seemed to be a stack of sheet music in there..."

"Score!"

"This may be an important clue!" Conan asked anxiously, "Is it still there?"

"It's in the storage in the community room."

"Then let's get it quickly!" Conan made a gesture to pull Aida Saburo away.

"Don't worry! You won't be able to get in without the key to the warehouse!" Aida Saburo was not in a hurry, still looking slow.

"Where's the key to the warehouse?"

"It's at the police station!"

"Go find it!" Conan hurriedly pulled Aida Saburo away.

"Don't worry, kid, slow down, I can't keep up with you..."

Conan drifted away, and Mao Lilan wanted to keep up, but he heard Conan commanding from a distance: "Sister Xiaolan, report this matter to the Mumu Police Department!"

Mao Lilan had to stay and inform the police of this important clue.

As soon as Conan pulled Aida Saburo out of the village office, he bumped into Kaneda Yiji who was rushing towards the village office.

"Conan, Officer Aida, what are you doing here?"

Conan explained the ins and outs of the matter in a few words, and Kindaichiji realized that another person died unexpectedly.

Damn!

It's late again!

(End of this chapter)