"What?!"
In the hotel corridor, Hakone police officers including Ishimoto Kyokichi were shocked and said in astonishment:
"Weren't you the one who broke into Miss Yoko's room with the intention of stealing?"
"Sir, why am I secretly hitting on Yoko Nono?"
Aohara Daisuke's cheek twitched slightly, and he explained:
"This matter has nothing to do with me from beginning to end, okay? I'm also a victim!"
"Are you a victim of a hammer?"
"Nonsense! Just because she sneaked into Okino Yoko's room in the middle of the night, the police were on martial law. I was afraid that I would be implicated!"
"So you're innocent?"
"Of course..."
"You're talking nonsense! You're the one who killed Naoki Seiichi!"
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Conan holding his head high and saying seriously:
"Don't try to frame Ikeda Xuanmei. You are involved in this case from beginning to end!"
"Who let this child in here?"
Ishimoto Kyoukichi looked left and right:
"Let him stay aside and don't hinder the police from solving the case!"
When a policeman came forward and tried to take Conan away by force...
Sakaki Makoto raised his hand slightly, stopped the policeman's action, and said:
"Conan is right. The criminal who killed Naoki Seiichi was indeed Aohara Daisuke."
Perhaps Kyokichi Ishimoto could treat Conan's words as a child's joke, but he could not help but take Sakaki Makoto's reasoning seriously. Even the knowledgeable and talented Detective Haibara was willing to be his assistant, which shows that this man is extraordinary.
"If I tell you the conclusion directly, I'm afraid you won't believe it. In fact, until just now, I haven't been able to deduce the whole situation of the case, but..."
Sakaki opened the window. Thunder and lightning flashed in the sky, and heavy rain poured down. A damp and cold wind blew across everyone's faces, and everyone was refreshed:
"The last piece of debris was filled in for me by Aohara Daisuke himself."
Lighting up a cigarette, Sakaki Makoto said with a smile:
"At first, I couldn't understand why the criminals invaded Miss Yoko's room and searched for diamonds. Later, I found out that... they were not a group of people at all. They just happened to meet each other and some unexpected misunderstandings occurred."
"Misunderstand?"
Ishimoto Kyokichi frowned:
"You mean, these cases weren't internal conflicts among the theft gang?"
"Of course not."
Slowly shaking his head, Sakaki Makoto smiled and raised three fingers:
"The culprit behind these cases is indeed Ikeda Xuanmei. Of course, she herself is unaware of this. I will sort out the process for you according to the timeline."
"The night before yesterday, Ikeda Kenmi entered Miss Yoko's house to steal. After being discovered, she fled the scene in a panic. This is why Okino Yoko said that the other person was short and did not look like a man."
"Wait a mininute..."
Ishimoto Kyokichi raised his hand to interrupt and asked in confusion:
"The footprints we found in Miss Yoko's room were covered in wet mud, and the size of the shoes didn't match the shoes Ikeda Kanmei was wearing!"
"Have you ever heard the story of Cinderella?"
After flicking off the ash from his cigarette, Sakaki Makoto said calmly:
"The essence of the Cinderella story lies in the size of the crystal slippers. For Cinderella, the crystal slippers are unique and no one can wear them except her. Ikeda Kanmi took advantage of people's perception that shoes should fit well and created a visual error, including her actions of going downstairs and walking around in the yard to get wet in the mud in order to confuse the police."
"Ikeda Kanami's room was right next to Miss Yoko's room. The police did not find any traces of the criminal climbing the wall because Ikeda Kanami did not sneak into Miss Yoko's room through the wall, but from the next door to Miss Yoko's room, using the protruding window sill to climb over little by little. Similarly, after being discovered, Ikeda Kanami also fled the scene in the same way. The footprints found by the police in the yard were all left by her in advance."
"ah!"
After slapping his head, Ishimoto Kyokichi suddenly realized:
"If Ikeda Xuanmei uses this method, she can also quickly return to the scene after escaping and reunite with others who have heard the noise!"
"Yes, she could have hidden her hiking shoes in advance so that the police wouldn't be able to find any evidence."
After solving the puzzle of the first night, Sakaki Makoto put down his ring finger and continued:
"It was yesterday afternoon. In order to look for clues, I went to the Takeda convenience store. With the help of their surveillance video of that day, I saw Takenaka Momoe, Naoki Seiichi, and Aohara Daisuke coming in one after another. All three of them bought rice balls. At the top of the shelf where rice balls were sold, Ai found fresh traces of tape."
Although Takenaka Momoe bought tuna rice balls, while Naoki Seiichi and Aohara Daisuke bought plum rice balls, they were in different locations, but...
According to Uncle Takeda, the merchandise in the store is placed in fixed positions. If the clerk hadn't made a mistake in the placement of the rice balls, what Naoki Seiichi and Aohara Daisuke purchased would most likely have been tuna rice balls.
Thinking about it this way, the actions of the three of them seemed to be in line with each other.
"Tape... something that can be hidden on the top shelf can't be big... could it be... diamonds?!"
His body trembled, and Ishimoto Kyokichi looked up in shock and asked:
"Are you saying that Takenaka Momoe glued the diamond to the top of the shelf in order to use this method to pass it to her companions?"
"Yes, it's a pity that she was intercepted by someone."
The person who intercepted the deal was naturally Naoki Kiyoshi. As for why he did so...
We have to ask the Black Organization, if he is the undercover agent who is targeting Baihui Takenaka...
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