My neighbor's name is Conan

Chapter 829: Evidence Against the Defendant Found

The presiding judge then continued with the trial.

It's just that Kujo Reiko has prepared a lot of evidence, but because the old thief Aoyama helped Eri Kisaki, all of them point to the defendant but cannot completely convict the defendant.

Therefore, the case cannot be concluded directly.

The presiding judge decided to adjourn the court temporarily, allowing both parties to prepare more sufficient evidence before resuming the trial.

Aoki Matsu, Maori Kogoro and others also left the room after the recess.

However, Aoki Matsu immediately went to find Kujo Reiko, as he had just discovered something wrong.

"Prosecutor Kujo." Aoki Matsu called out to Reiko Kujo who was about to leave with her colleagues.

Kujo Reiko turned her head and asked, "Inspector Aoki, what can I do for you?"

"I just watched the study room scene of the murder scene and found a problem." Aoki Matsu said.

Upon hearing this, Kujo Reiko immediately asked, "What's the problem?"

"The things in the study are not just the paintings that Mr. Kobayashi just pointed out were placed upside down. There are also traces on a cabinet next to it that would have left traces of a vase that had been placed there for a long time, but that vase is gone," said Aoki Matsu.

"If the vase was there before but is not now, and the painting is hung upside down, then it means they have been moved. Who moved the painting and the vase, and why?"

Kujo Reiko frowned when she heard this, secretly cursing the police officers for not being careful. The painting was understandable, after all, many people couldn't understand it, so they couldn't tell the difference between the top and the bottom. But there was a vase mark on the cabinet, but no vase was seen. How could anyone have noticed it? This was too careless.

"It seems that we need to go to the scene again and check it again carefully." said Reiko Kujo.

Hearing this, Qing Musong looked at her and asked, "Would it be convenient for me to go with you?"

Hearing this, Kujo Reiko looked up and said with a smile, "Inspector Aoki, we would love to have you go with us."

After all, as a prosecutor, she certainly knew about Aoki Matsu's record in the Metropolitan Police Department.

I heard that Aoki Matsu could go to the scene.

Conan, who is a little confused about the case, and Kogoro Mouri, who is worried about Eri Kisaki, also want to go along.

Kujo Reiko did not object to this.

Although she really wanted to break the 100% winning rate of Kisaki Eri, the prerequisite was that there was indeed no problem with the case, rather than knowing that there was a problem with the case and pretending not to know in order to suppress Kisaki Eri.

The car quickly arrived at the crime scene.

Kujo Reiko immediately checked the painting on her phone. "Sure enough, just as Mr. Kobayashi said, the painting is hung in the wrong direction."

"Even if it is, what does it have to do with this case!" Kogoro Mouri said somewhat puzzled. He did not hear the conversation between Aoki Matsu and Kujo Reiko just now.

"Logically, the owner of the painting would not have made a mistake in the direction of the painting." Aoki Matsu looked at Maori Kogoro and asked, "Uncle Maori, who do you think would have hung this painting upside down?"

"Ah!" Maori Kogoro suddenly reacted. "Murderer?"

On the other side, Kujo Reiko also had the painting taken down.

Her colleague took down the picture that was hung upside down on the wall.

"The painting is fixed to the wall with magnets!" Conan muttered in surprise.

It was indeed a bit unexpected.

Because this kind of picture frame is hung on the wall, most of them are hung with nails and hooks.

Reiko Kujo turned the painting over and examined it carefully, and found that there was blood on a corner of the back of the frame.

"Is this blood?" Reiko Kujo said uncertainly.

"How could it be blood?" Maori Kogoro took a look and said subconsciously: "If it was on the front, it would make sense, but how could there be blood on the back?"

"What if someone touches this painting with bloody hands?" said Aoki Matsu.

Upon hearing this, Kujo Reiko took down the frame behind the painting and found a pile of IOUs inside.

"Borrowing certificate, IOU and bill." Kujo Reiko said after picking it up and taking a look.

Maori Kogoro immediately understood when he saw this, "So that's it, the picture frame is used as a hidden safe!"

Kujo Reiko flipped through it and found a promissory note with Iwamatsu Toshio's name on it. "This is..."

"The IOU is worth 300 million yen." After Maori Kogoro saw it clearly, he subconsciously opened his eyes and said, "The borrower turned out to be Iwamatsu!"

It turns out that the defendant had borrowed high-interest loans from the deceased!

This is very unfavorable evidence to the defendant - because the defendant has a motive to kill the deceased.

"Isn't that the defendant's surname?" Mao Lilan was shocked when she heard it!

Kujo Reiko held the IOU with a smile on her face. "If the defendant's purpose of sneaking in and stealing was to steal this IOU from the beginning..."

Conan's expression became serious when he heard this. He felt that something was wrong. He thought that what Mr. Kobayashi proposed would be evidence in favor of the defendant, but the result was such a big reversal.

[This is really incredible evidence.]

Qing Musong felt something was wrong!

First, he firmly believed in science and believed that Iwamatsu Toshio could not be the first murderer.

Secondly, even if Iwamatsu Toshio had debt dealings with the deceased, could he easily find such a hidden place to hide things?

Don't talk about window peeping.

Since the item was hidden behind the picture frame, the deceased would have been extremely careful when taking it. He would have drawn the curtains and locked the door.

If this hidden location were to be discovered, Aoki Matsu believes that Tsukano Hiroshi and Hara Yukie are more likely to find it.

"Legend has it that the murdered president, in addition to owning his own company, also did a lot of very profitable business in the underground financial industry." Kogoro Mori sighed.

Kujo Reiko looked at Tsukano Hiro and asked, "Excuse me, do you know about this?"

Tsukano Hiroshi shook his head. "The president has always been mysterious about those things, not to mention that there are things related to the IOU hidden behind the painting. I only found out about it now."

"Please take him over and ask him about the details." Reiko Kujo instructed her colleagues.

"Yes!" the colleague replied, and then said to Tsukano Hiro, "Please come over here."

At this time, seeing that something was wrong, Mao Lilan became anxious and quickly picked up the phone to call Kisaki Eri, "I have to tell my mother about this quickly."

Kujo Reiko did not stop him, but looked at Hara Yukie and asked, "Do you know about this?"

Hara Yukie shook her head and said, "I know nothing about this painting."

Maori Kogoro thought for a moment and said, "Could it be Iwamatsu?"

"If it was Yansong who hung the painting upside down, why didn't he just take the key evidence away?" Aoki Matsu retorted.

"Could it be that when he took the painting down and wanted to see what was inside, he heard Ms. Hara's footsteps coming down from the second floor, so he hurriedly hung the painting upside down and ran away." Kogoro Mouri insisted on his idea.

"If the painting can be hung back, wouldn't it be better to just take the whole thing away?" Aoki Matsu said.

"He just killed someone, and his head was full of blood, so he couldn't think of so many things." Kogoro Mouri continued to insist on his idea.

Qing Musong was speechless after hearing this: "Uncle Maori, this picture frame is magnetic, not nailed or hooked. If you want to hang it up again so that no one can see the problem at a glance, it's not just hanging it up and that's it. You need to adjust the position. If you have the time, you might as well just take the painting away."

"Ah this..." Kogoro Mouri suddenly hesitated.

Aoki Matsu looked at Kujo Reiko and said, "Kujo-san, where are you looking?"

After hearing this, Kujo Reiko looked over and said, "There should indeed be a vase here. There are obvious marks on the mat."

After saying that, Kujo Reiko looked at Hara Yukie and asked, "Do you know why?"

Hara Yukie, who had always answered Kujo Reiko's questions with confidence and energy, was somewhat evasive when faced with this question. She didn't dare look at other people and said with her head slightly lowered, "I remember that was the vase used by my wife before. It had been placed there, but after my wife passed away, my master disposed of the vase a while ago."

"Perjury is against the law!" Qing Musong looked at her and said, "Once it is discovered, you will be sentenced as an accomplice."

Hara Yukie shuddered when she heard that, and anyone could tell that there was something wrong with her.

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Seeing this, Kujo Reiko stepped forward and said, "Ms. Yuan, please tell me the truth."

"I really don't know. If you don't have any other questions, I'll leave first." Although Hara Yukie was a little flustered, she didn't say anything, but hurriedly left the room.

Kujo Reiko was not a fool. Seeing this, she immediately asked someone to keep an eye on Hara Yukie.

"There's something wrong with this guy." said Kogoro Mori.

Qing Musong was speechless when he heard this: "Do you need to say that?"

"Could she be an accomplice?" Kujo Reiko frowned.

Qing Musong shook his head. "I'm not sure, but judging from her previous behavior, the chances of her having an accomplice are slim. I think it's more likely that after the death of the deceased, because the deceased lived alone, she became selfish and secretly stole some valuable things in the villa that outsiders didn't know about."

This kind of theft is possible in real life, such as stealing a priceless watch or jewelry without being discovered.

"But stealing the vase is still a bit exaggerated." Kogoro Mouri scratched his head and said.

Aoki Matsuya felt that this was a bit exaggerated, but other than this reason, there was no other way to explain Hara Yukie's behavior.

She was so confident before, the murder should have nothing to do with her.

At most it's a cover-up.

At this time, Kujo Reiko's colleague came in with a large box and wanted to re-investigate the picture frame.

Kisaki Eri and Mao Li Ran also followed in.

"I heard that Mr. Iwamatsu's IOU was found?" Kisaki Eri asked as soon as she walked in.

Hearing this, Kujo Reiko looked at Kisaki Eri with a smile and said, "It seems that the defendant did have enough motive to kill the victim."

"That is to say." Kisaki Eri said, her hands on her hips, "He didn't choose this family to steal by chance."

"I will present it as favorable evidence when the court is in session next time." Kujo Reiko said to Kisaki Eri, then walked out of the room.

Maori Kogoro also said kindly: "I think it would be better for you to withdraw your claim of innocence as soon as possible and instead ask for a reduced sentence."

Hearing this, Hibiki Eri said unhappily: "If you want any suggestions on how I can defend this case, I don't need them!"

"Tsk, then I won't care if you embarrass yourself in front of the jury." Kogoro Mouri said unhappily and walked out of the room.

Mao Lilan heard this and asked worriedly, "Mom, is everything okay?"

"It's okay, Xiaolan. Mom is the kind of person who becomes more motivated when the situation becomes more unfavorable to her, right?" Kisaki Eri replied with a smile.

"Yeah." Although Mao Lilan responded with a smile, her heart was beating fast.

Aoki Matsu looked at Eri Kisaki and asked, "Lawyer Kisaki, why do you think Iwamatsu Toshio is innocent? Judging from the current situation, he is highly suspected."

Hearing this, Hibiki Eri said with a serious face: "I met him and asked him, and he said he didn't kill anyone. He confessed before, but he only admitted that he stole at the crime scene. I didn't expect the prosecutor to say that he killed someone. He is a big suspect now, but there is no hard evidence to prove that he killed anyone, right?"

Upon hearing this, Aoki Matsu said, "There is indeed no evidence to prove that he has definitely killed someone. By the way, Lawyer Fei, please go meet with Iwamatsu Toshio again and ask him if he saw the vase in the study? Is there no vase, or was it stolen by him?"

The only people present at the time were Ishigaki Tadashi, Iwamatsu Toshio and the real murderer.

Hara Yukie entered the room later.

Ishigaki Tadashi is dead, and the real murderer is still unknown, so now we can only ask Iwamatsu Toshio.

But now it is completely imaginable that Iwamatsu Toshio is resistant to the police, so it is better to let lawyer Eri Kisaki help to ask them.

"Okay, I'll remember that and I'll ask him about it." Feiying responded.

Upon hearing this, Aoki Matsu also walked out of the room and went to find Kujo Reiko.

"Kujo-san, can I take a look at those IOUs?" asked Aoki Matsu.

"Of course." Reiko Kujo replied, and then handed the evidence bag to Aoki Matsu.

After Qing Musong put on gloves, he took out the IOU from the evidence bag.

After looking through the pictures one by one, Qing Musong frowned slightly.

Judging from the current situation, Iwamatsu Toshio is not the murderer, and Hara Yukie is at most shielding the murderer, so who is the murderer?

Of course it’s——Tsukano Hiroshi!

Don’t ask why, the answer is science.

However, Tsukano Hiroshi's name was not on the promissory note, which meant that he had no problem at least in this regard.

"Mr. Aoki, what are you thinking about?" asked Reiko Kujo.

Hearing this, Aoki Matsu looked at Kujo Reiko and said, "I'm thinking about the picture frame. If the blood on the back of the picture frame is from the victim, then the person who took down the picture frame must be the murderer."

"That's right." Kujo Reiko agreed.

"Then who are the people who can take down the picture frame?" Aoki Matsu continued, "Mr. Yansong must be one of them. If he is not lying, then the real murderer before him also had a chance to take it down. In addition, there are two other people..."