"Correct."

A nervous expression appeared on Hiromi Yuuchi's beautiful face as she explained everything in detail:

"At eight and nine last night, the calls I received were all filled with my aunt's voice and the noise of the party."

"now it's right!"

Yoshiyuki Yuuchi looked at Detective Yamamura indignantly and asked sharply:

"The evidence is before your eyes, and you still doubt us!?"

"Yes, your alibi seems to be tenable, provided that..."

Kudo Shinichi pondered for a moment, then chuckled nonchalantly:

"The phone call at 9 o'clock last night was indeed made by Ms. Machiko to Ms. Hiromi at the banquet."

"What's the meaning?!"

Yanai Yixing's face suddenly changed and his expression became very solemn.

"Please think carefully about this."

Kudo Shinichi gestured calmly:

"Think back to the strange actions Machiko took before she was murdered."

"Strange action...?"

Everyone in the Yannei family looked confused.

"During the phone call at 9 o'clock last night, Ms. Machiko said she would not be home until 11 o'clock, but for some reason, she returned home after 10 o'clock."

Kudo Shinichi narrated calmly:

“There are many suspicious points, such as...

In the forest, a car was abandoned with the key still in place, and inside it were empty tape cassettes.

The handle of the murder weapon showed signs of Machiko's fingerprints as she held the knife, and the murder weapon was wrapped in a women's raincoat.

Of course, the decisive evidence is…”

Kudo Shinichi kept the secret for a moment, then calmly revealed:

“The tape the police found next to the stove contained the noise of the party Machiko had attended the previous night.

In this case, why don’t you change your mindset? "

Kudo Shinichi asked back with a raised tone, and reasoned calmly:

"At 8 o'clock last night, Machiko Yarouchi did call home from the party, but she left the party immediately after the call and drove home.

At nine o'clock last night, she parked her car in a nearby forest, played the pre-recorded party noise on the car's built-in speakers, and took the opportunity to make a second call home.

As a result, Ms. Hiromi, who answered the phone, naturally thought that Machiko was still attending the party. "

"Hahaha, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Yoshiyuki Yuuchi put his right hand in his pocket and spread his left hand across his chest. He laughed three times to ease the embarrassment and questioned righteously:

"According to what you said, Machiko deliberately created an alibi?"

"That is to say, it was clearly my aunt who was brutally murdered."

Hiromi Yuuchi asked incomprehensibly:

"Why did she create an alibi?"

"Because the truth is exactly the opposite!"

Kudo Shinichi is extremely sharp.

Yoshiyuki Ichiuchi froze.

He stared blankly at the mountain village detective and repeated dumbly:

"on the contrary?"

"That's right!"

Kudo Shinichi revealed sharply:

"In fact, Machiko used her alibi to return home and tried to kill someone secretly, but was killed in return!"

"How, how is it possible?!"

Except for Kudo Yukiko, Yabuuchi Yoshifusa and Carlos, everyone else's pupils suddenly shrank in horror.

"The irony is...Ms. Machiko's ruse became the alibi for the man who killed her."

Kudo Shinichi analyzed calmly:

"The woman's raincoat that was wrapped around the murder weapon and sunk to the bottom of the well was something Machiko wore to avoid the blood of the murderer staining her clothes.

The camellia hidden in the corpse's pocket was there so that she could make you believe that person's death was related to what happened fifteen years ago after she killed him.

As for the tapes next to the stove...”

Kudo Shinichi pondered for a moment and made a rational guess:

"When Machiko Yuuchi went to the bathroom to kill someone, she accidentally lost the tape. Or... Machiko was killed in return, and the other party was carrying the body to the ancient well, and the tape naturally slipped out."

Kudo Shinichi paused for a second and said with strict certainty:

"No matter what, Machiko will destroy the tapes that could serve as evidence after committing the crime."

"You just said..."

After a brief thought, Yoshiyuki confirmed with some doubt:

"Machiko went to the bathroom to kill someone?"

"Yes, the real crime scene might be the bathroom."

Kudo Shinichi calmly explained:

"If the murder took place in the bathroom, even if there was blood splatter, it could be easily washed away.

As for the evidence..."

Kudo Shinichi recalled what Dongfang Haoyue had said before about the two phone calls between Yuuchi Hiromi and Yuuchi Machiko, and confirmed it rigorously:

"At 8 o'clock last night, Machiko called for the first time and informed us of the location of the firewood. Am I right, Ms. Hiromi?"

"Yes."

Hiromi Yuuchi regained her senses a little, nodded without hesitation, and confessed in a serious tone:

"Later, I went to the stove to boil water."

"Ah."

Kudo Shinichi nodded slightly and calmly judged:

"That's why, in the second call, Machiko Yarouchi specifically confirmed that the bathroom was ready."

"and then?"

Yoshiyuki Tsuchiuchi leaned forward slightly, clenched his fists, and asked impatiently:

"Who is the criminal?!"

Without waiting for Kudo Shinichi's response, Yoshiyuki Yanouchi stared at Detective Yamamura and shouted anxiously:

“Tell me quickly!!!

Who is the guy who killed Machiko in the bathroom!?"

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