Conan: Naruto

Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi stopped in the fence and carefully observed the ropes with three circles of horizontal bars and a looped knot, and discovered...

The front and edges of the rails have extensive rubbing marks.

Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi turned to look at the hanging rope on the right, and unexpectedly discovered that the rope looked brand new, but in fact it had slight scorch marks.

suddenly!

"Can't you let it go?"

was the surprised cry of a fatter police officer.

Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi heard the noise and turned to look at the three police officers. They suddenly noticed that the taller police officer and another thinner police officer were standing face to face across the fence, holding the body's feet with both hands.

The thinner police officer stood in the fence and looked back to the left. The fatter policeman, who had a rope wrapped around his waist to prevent the taller policeman from falling, asked for advice:

"It was difficult for us to put the body down...the body's feet couldn't reach the fence rails."

Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi were startled when they heard this. They were suddenly shocked to realize that the feet of the corpse hanging not far above the top crossbar of the fence were still a long way from the crossbar.

Shinichi quickly dragged Haoyue and ran to the left of the fatter police officer. He opened his hands widely forward, looked up at the police officer one meter in front, and reminded him innocently:

"That's not right. If you can't step on the railing..."

"Hey, kids, where did you come from?"

The fatter police officer grabbed the rope protecting the taller police officer with both hands, turned his head to look at Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi, and blamed in a bad tone:

"The crime scene is a place where you can come?"

"what......"

Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi were stunned.

Haoyue came back to her senses at the speed of light, scratched the back of her head with her right hand, made a fist with her left hand and placed it behind her waist, and said in an innocent and obedient manner:

"We were looking for the bathroom and accidentally got lost!"

"Yep!"

Kudo Shinichi shook his hands with nowhere to rest, looked around pretending to be searching, and elaborated with a sly smile:

"We thought there was a restroom here!"

"Oh, that's so weird."

Dongfang Haoyue dragged Kudo Shinichi and turned around towards the door leading to the interior of the five-story pagoda. She said in surprise without looking back:

"Where is the bathroom? Why can't I find it?"

"Where did this stupid kid come from..."

The three police officers looked at the two elementary school students pretending to be dumbfounded and walked away with confused expressions.

Dongfang Haoyue had just stepped inside the five-story pagoda and stepped down the red-painted wooden stairs when she clearly heard the complaints coming from behind her.

He looked down at the steps below, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he argued angrily in a low voice:

"If a person who commits suicide wants to hang himself from a sharp corner of the eaves, he must at least have something to stand on.

Even if Oda Hideaki stepped on the fence, jumped forward while grabbing the rope, and then used the rope to strangle his neck... his jump would be too precise.

Moreover, as long as he moved the rope around the sharp corner of the eaves further inside, he could grab the rope and strangle his neck by stepping on the fence.

Compared to jumping over and grabbing the rope, my method is obviously more secure.

The three police officers just now didn't even understand such a simple truth. Who is the fool? "

"Okay, people make mistakes and horses make mistakes. It is reasonable for the three police officers to be negligent."

Kudo Shinichi followed Dongfang Haoyue side by side, turned to look at Haoyue, and softly comforted:

"At least we have confirmed that Hideaki Oda died of homicide. We only need to decipher the modus operandi, find evidence, and reveal the true identity of the prisoner."

"Just..."

Dongfang Haoyue looked at Kudou Shinichi blankly, and whispered in confusion:

"Such a complicated crime-solving process can be described in just two words...!"

"Because I know Haoyue is committed to justice, so I want to act more relaxed to reduce Haoyue's pressure to solve the case."

Kudo Shinichi turned the corner of the stairs, stepped onto the next step, looked at the simple decorations in the five-story pagoda, and said with a peaceful smile:

"If it is still impossible to locate the prisoner, Haoyue will be equally anxious and no less anxious than me."

"Shinichi is so nice."

Dongfang Haoyue followed Kudo Shinichi inextricably as he stepped down, looking ahead, with a happy arc on his lips.

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after a while.

The open space outside the gate of the five-story pagoda.

The body lay flat on a blue sheet far outside the gate of the five-story pagoda.

Xiaolan's family gathered around the corpse, looking at the people and things around them with different eyes, but said nothing for the time being.

"Forensic examination shows that there are no footprints of the deceased in the five-story pagoda."

The middle-aged criminal policeman stood half a meter away from the left foot of the corpse. He retracted his gaze from the notebook in his hand, turned to look at Officer Henggou on the right, and reported seriously:

"After preliminary examination by the forensic doctor, it was found that the body did not suffer external injuries and it was believed to have died from neck compression."

"It seems that the rope strangling the neck was the key factor in the death of the deceased."

Officer Henggou looked at the middle-aged detective steadily and made a rational conclusion.

The detective nodded calmly and calmly narrated:

"Oda Hideaki usually lives in the top suite of the hotel, and the estimated time of death is between three and four in the morning.

In addition, the staff at the hotel's front desk said... around two o'clock in the morning, Yingming walked out of the hotel door without incident. "

"Based on time considerations."

Officer Henggou analyzed calmly:

"After Hideaki Oda left the hotel, he went straight to the crime scene."

Officer Henggou looked down at the body and carefully confirmed:

"Did he leave a suicide note?"

"It has not been found yet."

The middle-aged detective looked at Officer Henggou seriously.

suddenly!

"Director!!!"

Kajimura Yosuke rushed from the stone brick road not far behind Police Officer Henggou.

He rushed to the right side of Henggou, knelt down quickly, put his hands on the ground, looked at the corpse in sorrow, and cried desperately and helplessly:

"Chairman, why are you like this!!!

Wuwuwu...if you wait a little...wait a little for me...wuwuwu..."

Kajimura Yosuke cried sincerely, which moved Xiaolan, who was half a meter to the right of the body.

"Sorry to disturb you."

Officer Henggou looked at Kajimura Yosuke unmoved and asked in accordance with police practice:

"who are you?"

"Woooo..."

Kajimura Yosuke was crying and was slightly stunned. He turned back to look at Officer Henggou. He stood up hurriedly, turned around and looked at Henggou, and introduced himself with tears in his eyes:

"I am the manager of Oda Hotel, Kajimura Yosuke."

"Where were you last night?"

Officer Henggou looked at Kajimura Yosuke calmly.

Kajimura folded his hands in front of him and tried his best to answer calmly:

"Last night, I was in Tokyo on business."