Conan: Naruto

"But what...?"

Detective Takagi followed Officer Megure's line of sight and glanced at the bruises on the corpse's neck, then looked at Megure confused.

"Pay attention to that bruise."

Officer Memu described calmly:

"On the corpse, there are only strangle marks on the front of the neck."

"Yes, it stands to reason...there should also be traces of strangulation around the neck of the corpse."

Dongfang Haoyue squatted on the right side of Police Officer Mumu, looking at the bruises on the neck of the corpse belatedly.

"Haoyue, Conan!"

Police officer Mumu was startled, and suddenly turned his head to look at Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi who were squatting side by side, and said angrily:

"Children are not allowed to run into the scene of the crime!"

"This matter is not important, the important thing is..."

Kudo Shinichi looked at Police Officer Megure and then at the blue debris left between the nails of the corpse's right middle finger, and reminded seriously:

"Blue debris remained between the nails of the middle finger of the corpse's right hand."

"Really, I just discovered..."

Dongfang Haoyue looked at Blue Debris in surprise.

"it is good."

Officer Mu Mu looked at the blue debris, nodded slightly, and calmly arranged:

"I'll let the forensics examine it."

After half a minute.

"What it is?"

Police officer Mumu half-kneeled in place, looking puzzled at the small piece of blue debris held by the forensic officer on the left with tweezers raised in his hand.

"Um......"

The forensic personnel stared closely at the debris and explained rigorously:

"Although I haven't tested this thing in detail, the conclusion I gave may not be correct, but..."

The forensic personnel paused for a second, and judged based on years of experience:

"I think it's most likely a piece of plastic."

Kudo Shinichi, who was squatting at his original position, heard this, dragged Dongfang Haoyue on the left to stand up, turned around, looked around the hall, and found...

Plastic bags from a convenience store are placed on a wooden table far in front of the gate to the left.

On the sofa behind the wooden table, there is a vacuum transparent bag specially used for sealing clothes in the laundry... The transparent bag contains a button-up golden coat supported by a blue hanger.

A blue dress with a laundry label was scattered on the floor half a meter to the left of the sofa... To the right of the dress lay a torn vacuum transparent bag.

"The plastic bag contains unopened lunch boxes."

Dongfang Haoyue, who quietly slipped to the side of the wooden table, finished the reconnaissance, returned to the left of Kudo Shinichi, looked at Shinichi, and described in an extremely low voice:

"The lunch box has the label from last night."

"Ah."

Kudo Shinichi nodded slightly, stretched out his hand to straighten Dongfang Haoyue's head, put his mouth to Haoyue's ear, and analyzed in a calm voice:

"It seems that last night...Miss Meixiang went to a convenience store and laundromat, and after returning home, she was brutally murdered without eating.

but......"

"But what...?"

Dongfang Haoyue wanted to turn her head to look at Kudo Shinichi, but Xinyi's mouth was too close, and she could only stare forward in confusion.

Shinichi turned his head back, held his chin with his right hand, lowered his head slightly, looked down at the floor, and elaborated in a deep voice:

"I always feel that something is not right."

"Eh?"

Dongfang Haoyue looked at Kudo Shinichi, and was about to ask questions.

"stop!"

Officer Meguro stood up, turned sharply and looked at Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi who were communicating secretly, and expelled them solemnly:

"Please don't stay at the scene of the crime and interfere with our police handling the case. This is definitely not a place for children to play."

"Why are you driving us away!"

Dongfang Haoyue put her hands on her hips, looked at Police Officer Mu Mu angrily, and said with righteous words:

"We have cracked a lot of murder cases before, and we are even the first discoverer of this murder case!"

"Haoyue is right!"

Kudo Shinichi looked at Police Officer Mumu calmly, supporting Dongfang Haoyue as always.

"After all, you are children under the age of seven."

Officer Megure looked back and forth between Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi, with his hands behind his back in a serious manner, he arranged steadily:

"I'll find you here when I'm busy... Just wait for me in the lobby on the first floor."

"Okay..."

Dongfang Haoyue, who was only six years old, lost all arrogance, pouted her mouth sadly, and dragged Kudo Shinichi who was smiling awkwardly, turned around and left.

"Brother Takagi."

Officer Meguro looked at Detective Takagi who also turned around on the right, and calmly ordered:

"You call the Green Beauty Room now and ask them to send someone to identify whether the body is wrongly identified."

"Yes!"

Detective Takagi looked at Officer Meguro, saluted with his right hand, and followed Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi who were about to leave the living room into the corridor, took out his mobile phone, and pressed a series of phone numbers obtained through investigation.

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after a while.

Apartment on the first floor, lobby.

"how come......"

Yoshida Ayumi squatted on the cold white tiles, her back leaning against the light green exterior wall of the corridor, her hands folded between her knees, she looked down at the tiles, and said sadly:

"Sister Meixiang, how could..."

"Ugh......"

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya stood on the right side of Ayumi Yoshida, leaning his back against the wall, looking down at the tiles, and sighed in pain.

Kojima Motota stood silently on the right side of Mitsuhiko, leaning his back against the wall, stepping on his right foot with his left foot, with his hands behind his head, looking up at the plain ceiling with a sullen look.

"New One."

Dongfang Haoyue stood on the left side of Yoshida Ayumi, with her mouth close to the ear of Kudo Shinichi on the left, and asked in a low voice with a strong thirst for knowledge:

"Have you ever thought of the reason why the blue debris remained between the nails of the corpse?"

"Um...part of something the prisoner carried with him."

Kudo Shinichi was slightly startled, looked at Dongfang Haoyue, and guessed in a very low voice:

"Or part of the murder weapon."

"If it's the remains of the murder weapon..."

Dongfang Haoyue seriously analyzed in a low voice:

"Then the murder weapon satisfies at least the following two points... First, it can strangle people.

Second, the murder weapon is made of blue plastic as a whole or a part of it is attached with blue plastic. "

"Blue... murder weapon..."

Kudo Shinichi was startled when he heard this. After thinking about it for a moment, suddenly!

"Zi!!!"

There was a sudden sound of brakes on the road outside the hall gate.

Yoshida Ayumi heard the sound, looked up from where the sound came from, and looked far ahead, on the side of the road outside the gate, Goto Midori, who got off the back row of the taxi, greeted in surprise:

"It's the store manager Goto!"

"Ah."

Dongfang Haoyue looked at Goto Midori who was walking on the sidewalk as he expected, and calmly explained:

"Just now, Detective Takagi called and asked Green Beauty Room to send someone to confirm the identity of the corpse."