Under the instructions of Sosuke Takagi, Kudo Shinichi took the elevator to the 15th floor. As soon as he walked out of the elevator, he found that the decoration here was much better than that of the 8th floor. It was worthy of being the floor dedicated to the president's office. The material used for the carpet alone was much higher-end than that of the floor downstairs.

Kudo Shinji turned his head to look at the elevator buttons. Just as Sosuke Takashi had guessed, the buttons had traces of tape, and judging from the cross-shaped tape pattern, something must have been fixed there before, causing the buttons to be constantly pressed.

Because only in this way would the body of the victim Mika Taniguchi fall on the eighth floor and half of her body remain outside. Therefore, the murderer Eiko Ashiya wanted to turn the body in a different direction in order to create an alibi for herself.

Such a painstaking design, but why not be a little more cautious?

Not only was his acting when guiding everyone to discover the body, but he was also eager to describe the case as a home robbery. All of this was too deliberate and would only attract other people's attention.

As a fashion designer, she should know that adding fuel to the fire in the design draft will only have the opposite effect, but she is like this now... In order to get away with it, she always makes some eye-catching moves, isn't that also having the opposite effect?

Shinichi Kudo took out his cell phone to take a picture and was about to leave, but he noticed a strange yellow stain in front of the elevator door that went directly to the 15th floor. Not only that, there was also a rose petal. This was the rose that Xiaolan had specially bought at the flower shop before coming.

He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. It seemed that in order to stab Taniguchi Mika to death with all her strength, Ashiya Eiko placed the bouquet of roses sent by Xiaolan on the carpet in advance, so such marks were left.

After taking another photo, he did not stay here because there were no valuable clues here. Continuing to search would only be a waste of time. It would be better to let Sosuke Takagi solve the case as soon as possible so that he could take Xiaolan to celebrate the New Year as soon as possible.

On her way here, she was looking forward to becoming a fashion model, but after something like this happened, her modeling plans were naturally ruined, and even the Ashiya brand would disappear.

I have to think of a way to make her happy.

Shinichi Kudo stood in the elevator with his arms folded across his chest. He frowned and thought carefully, and came to the conclusion that he should take her to a recently opened dessert shop that had animal-shaped cakes that she should like.

After all, Xiaolan has always been obsessed with the sea cucumber boy in the Rice Flower Aquarium. She doesn't know what's so cute about that thing. Generally speaking, girls like dolphins and penguins more.

The elevator door opened, and Kudo Shinichi couldn't wait to hand the phone to Takashi Sosuke. He placed his index finger across his nose and smiled brightly, showing his big white teeth.

"Officer Ying Si, I've found another suspicious point. Look at the second photo."

Fujiwara Yu took the phone and saw that the first photo was exactly what he thought. The elevator button had traces of tape. After hearing what Kudo said, he quickly pressed the button and looked at the second photo.

After seeing the rose petals and pollen on the carpet, he was a little confused. After all, he was not there at the time and had no idea that Ashiya Eiko had brought the bouquet upstairs:

"What does this mean?"

Kudo Shinichi was stunned when he heard this. Then he realized that only a few people present at the time knew about this. He rubbed his neck embarrassedly and said with a wry smile:

"Hahaha, I forgot that you weren't there, Officer Takashi. Actually, Xiaolan gave Ms. Ashiya a bouquet of roses. She took the bouquet into the elevator. We were waiting in the lounge area in the lobby on the first floor."

"Oh, I see what you mean. You think she placed the bouquet directly on the carpet to facilitate the murder, leaving petals and pollen on it, which constitutes evidence of her method of committing the crime."

"That's right." Kudo Shin nodded, but soon revealed a distressed expression. He asked, "But Officer Takashi, these clues can indeed help us construct the murderer's methods, but they cannot be used as evidence at all."

It is indeed impossible to arrest a criminal without evidence. As a police officer, Fujiwara Yuu naturally knows this, but he also understands that the crime scene is missing a piece of physical evidence that can point to the murderer.

The murder weapon was inserted into the victim's chest, so the murderer wanted to avoid leaving fingerprints during the crime, and the gloves she used have not been found yet.

You must know that the murderer has now been identified as Eiko Ashiya. In order to create an alibi to eliminate her suspicion, she had no time to destroy the gloves. Therefore, the gloves are most likely on the 15th floor or on her body. As long as the gloves are found, the case can be closed.

Fujiwara Yu did not say it directly, but chose to ask, wanting to see what Kudo Shinichi thought. He had a good impression of the smart young detective, and it would be good to give him some opportunities to grow. Who knows, they might become partners in the future.

He handed the phone back to Kudo Shinichi, with a hint of joy in his voice:

"Then what do you think could serve as indicative evidence? Or rather...how do we find it?"

Shinichi Kudo didn't expect that Sosuke Toji would ask him this question. He vaguely felt that Toji already knew the answer to this question, but he still thought about it according to what the other party meant.

A case consists of nothing more than a victim, a murderer, and a murder weapon. Once all three have been found, the only remaining issue is covering up the crime.

The murder weapon... a cover-up... huh? Yeah, we haven't found that thing yet!

"It's the gloves!" Kudo Shinichi's voice was inevitably tinged with excitement. He enjoyed the process of reasoning and the sense of accomplishment that came from successfully solving a case. He said confidently, "The murderer didn't have time to deal with the gloves. I think they're still in this apartment building. Or maybe... she was confident enough that the police wouldn't focus on her, so she hid them in the place she thought was safest."

Fujiwara Yuu raised an eyebrow, but didn't answer. Instead, he walked straight over to Ashiya Eiko, who was leaning against the wall, clutching a messenger bag. He suppressed his faint smile and spoke a single word that hit the nail on the head:

"Ms. Ashiya, could you please let me check your messenger bag?"

There is no such thing as the safest place in the world. If there were a truly safe place, what would the police be for? Accidents and murders happen every day in this world.

After all, where there are people, there will be crime.

On the contrary, wherever there are criminals, there will be police and detectives rushing to the scene following the smell of blood. They will bare their fangs and bite the criminals' necks hard, making them lose the ability to escape and eventually bring them to justice.