Conan: Naruto

Kudo Shinichi's pupils shrank suddenly and he stared at the bundle of ropes in front of the corpse's feet.

"Ok?"

Dongfang Haoyue let out a light sigh, and watched in surprise as Kudo Shinichi bent down, picked up the end of the rope tied with a looped knot, and curiously guessed in his heart:

"Shinichi picked up the part of the rope tied to the fence. Is that the key clue to this murder~?"

At the same time, Kudo Shinichi held the rope on the left side of the ring knot with his left hand and the right side with his right hand. He raised the rope and placed it in front of him, thinking in confusion:

"Why the movable ring knot?"

When Kudo Shinichi thought of this, he had a flash of inspiration, and he suddenly realized in his heart and said excitedly:

“I see, I understand!!!

Such is the criminal's modus operandi! ! "

"Great."

Dongfang Haoyue looked with satisfaction at Kudo Shinichi, who showed excitement about solving the puzzle, and murmured happily, feeling extremely happy.

suddenly!

"Kids, don't touch those things."

The thinner police officer stood not far behind Dongfang Haoyue and Kudou Shinichi, staring at Haoyue and Shinichi with a slightly stern look.

"Ah good!"

Kudo Shinichi turned to look at the thinner police officer, held the back of his head with his right hand, threw the rope back to its original position with his left hand, and said goodbye sheepishly:

"Goodbye~"

As soon as he finished speaking, Kudo Shinichi dragged Dongfang Haoyue and ran happily towards the woods.

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After 14 seconds.

Lush grove.

"found it!"

Kudo Shinichi dragged Dongfang Haoyue through the bushes and looked at the ancient well and...

One meter to the right of the ancient well, there are many rectangular iron plates neatly arranged.

After three seconds.

"New One."

Dongfang Haoyue stopped in front of the ancient well, looked at the ancient well in surprise, and asked in confusion:

"What is the connection between Gujing and the criminal's modus operandi?"

"As long as Haoyue lowers her head and looks at the dry ancient well, the answer will naturally appear in her heart."

Kudo Shinichi, who was standing on the right side of Dongfang Haoyue, was talking, putting his hands on the edge of the ancient well, looking down into the depths of the ancient well, and the corners of his mouth raised an arc that said everything was under control.

After hearing this, Haoyue put her hands on the edge of the ancient well, looked into the depths of the ancient well with a confused expression, and discovered...

A bundle of ropes, an iron rod tied with a longer rope, and... a pile of steel plates tied with ropes lay silently at the bottom of the well.

"Could it be that......"

Dongfang Haoyue was startled, and suddenly turned her head to look at the moss growing on the edge of the ancient well on the left, and suddenly found that the moss contained relatively new traces of friction.

He immediately dragged Kudo Shinichi, who had a pleased smile on his handsome face, towards the return road. He looked down at the green grass everywhere, and as expected, he discovered...

A long, straight mark remained on the lawn, about the width of a rope.

"as predicted."

Dongfang Haoyue raised his left hand in high spirits and then lowered it. He let go of Kudo Shinichi with his right hand, put his hands in his pockets, and looked up at the towering five-story pagoda far ahead.

Haoyue asserted energetically:

"Where does this divine punishment come from? It was clearly the criminal who created a ruse under the guise of a legend and seemingly killed Oda Hideaki perfectly."

"Yes, but the current problem is..."

Kudo Shinichi put his hands in his pockets, retracted his gaze from the five-story pagoda, looked at Dongfang Haoyue solemnly, and reminded him calmly:

"We lack the evidence to convict someone."

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After 14 seconds.

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

Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi stepped across the lawn and calmly walked towards Kogoro Mori and Officer Yokomori, who were communicating.

At the same time, Kogoro stood half a meter to the right of the body, with his hands in his trouser pockets, looking confidently at the police officer on the left, and said cheerfully:

"Although the method of suicide was unusual, it's good that we closed the case successfully."

"Detective Mori, I think..."

Police officer Henggou looked at Mouri Kogoro and said hesitantly:

"Suspicions remain about Hideaki Oda's death."

"what do you mean......?"

Mouri Kogoro looked at Officer Yokomori speechlessly and complained calmly:

"If you think there is something wrong with his death, you might as well write it clearly in the closing report that Hideaki Oda died unfortunately and suffered divine punishment. It has nothing to do with me anyway."

"Don't...don't be joking, Detective Mori."

Officer Henggou hurriedly opened his hands and placed them in front of his shoulders, palms facing outward, and clarified with great embarrassment:

"If I write words like divine punishment, the superior department will never let me go...!"

During this period, Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi quietly stopped behind and to the left of Officer Yosuke Kajimura on the left side of Henggou.

Haoyue and Shinichi put their hands in their pockets and meticulously observed Kajimura, who was quietly listening to the conversation between Moori Kogoro and Henggou, until the next second.

"Mr. Police Officer."

Kajimura Yosuke, who looked sideways at Officer Yokomori, leaned forward slightly, folded his hands in front of him, and asked politely:

"I'm afraid the hotel employees are already panicking. Can I return to the hotel to appease them?"

"Well... okay."

Officer Henggou turned to look at Kajimura Yosuke, hesitated for a moment, nodded in agreement, and asked cautiously:

"Before you leave, please leave your phone number and address."

"I've been staying at the hotel, and as for the phone number..."

Before he finished speaking, Kajimura Yosuke took out his wallet from the inner pocket of his jacket, accidentally dropped it, and dropped it on the dirt to the right of Kudo Shinichi.

Xinyi quickly bent down to pick up the wallet that opened automatically according to the inertia and placed it on his chest. He lowered his head slightly and looked inside the wallet full of banknotes, and thought in surprise:

"In addition to Oda Hideaki, Kajimura Yosuke also carries a large amount of banknotes with him?

Wait, this is..."

At this time, Dongfang Haoyue stood on the left side of Kudo Shinichi, following Shinichi's line of sight and looking at a large number of banknotes and a white piece of paper sandwiched between the banknotes with one end of the sharp corner exposed.

Haoyue boldly guessed in her heart:

“When Yosuke Kajimura killed Hideaki Oda, he took Hideaki’s wallet?

Well...according to the modus operandi just imagined, the possibility of the wallet slipping from the deceased's pocket is not small.

Speaking of which, why is there a white piece of paper sandwiched between a stack of banknotes? "

Dongfang Haoyue thought about this, and decisively took a peek at Kudou Shinichi, who stared at the sharp corner of the white piece of paper openly, and confidently asserted in his heart:

"Absolutely, the white piece of paper must be the key evidence to convict the criminal!

Hum, I know Shinichi’s expression very well~!

But...where did that white piece of paper come from? I feel it looks very familiar but I can't figure it out...

Wait, I get it! !

Assuming that the banknotes in Kajimura Yosuke's wallet belong to Oda Hideaki, it means that the white piece of paper is the cigar receipt that Hideaki sandwiched with the banknote last night.

In other words, Kajimura, who traveled to Tokyo beforehand, should not have an invoice with Hideaki's fingerprints on it.

Very good. According to the usual plot development route, the probability that the white piece of paper is a cigar invoice is extremely high. We only need to reveal this and we are done! "