"By the way, why isn't there an LD projector here?" Tang Ze glanced around the living room and asked curiously, "There are so many LD tapes, why isn't there a machine?"
"There's one speaker missing too." Conan said, pointing at the only speaker next to the TV.
"It's probably been taken for repair." Kogoro Mouri said disdainfully.
"No, it's my husband who will..."
"Hey...those little things have nothing to do with the case!"
Yoshikawa Takezo was a little nervous for some reason and immediately interrupted Shibata Kyoko, "I want to go home quickly, can you please hurry up?"
"Then tell me your friend's phone number. I want to confirm your testimony." Hearing Yoshikawa's urging, Yokomizo Sango asked the two for their friends' contact information.
After asking for the contact information of Mrs. Shibata's golf friends and Yoshikawa's card-playing friends, Yokomizo Sango immediately sent someone to contact them to verify.
First of all, there is Kyoko Shibata's alibi. According to Mrs. Shibata's friend, because the program channel in the car was telling the time at that time, he clearly remembered that he received the call from Mrs. Shibata at five o'clock.
After playing golf, I brought Mrs. Shibata back around seven o'clock.
This was almost the time when Tang Ze and his group arrived, which basically matched the time.
On the other hand, we contacted the publishing house that delivered the newspaper and confirmed that the newspaper would be delivered here at around six o'clock.
Also, from the videotape that Mr. Shibata recorded today's TV drama "The Legend of Sword Heroes",
"kindness…"
After listening to his subordinates' report, Yokomizo Sango stroked his chin and pondered, "Judging from the videotape that Mr. Shibata recorded for today's TV series 'The Legend of the Sword Hero,' the time of the attack should have been after this, that is, between 8:00 and 8:45..."
"In other words, Mrs. Shibata's alibi has been established and the suspicion has been eliminated?" Kogoro Mouri turned his head and looked at Kyoko Shibata behind him.
"That's for sure, of course it's not me!" Kyoko Shibata said quickly after hearing the conversation between the two.
"Mr. Yoshikawa, you were acting suspiciously when you met Detective Mori and his group."
Because many criminals have the habit of dragging others into the role of the original perpetrator, Yokomizo Sango looked at Yoshikawa with suspicion: "What were you doing at eight in the morning? Can anyone prove it?"
"I was sleeping at home at that time..." The bald Yoshikawa Takezo heard Yokomizo Chango's question and stuttered while touching his pitifully sparse hair.
"Then can anyone prove that you were sleeping at home?"
"No, I live alone..."
Yoshikawa Takezo felt that if he continued like this, he would be investigated as a suspect, so he quickly made amends, "Although no one has proven it, I left a message on his phone! It basically said that it was time to play mahjong soon, so I went to find him right away and told him to wake up.
If I were a criminal, there would be no need to waste time doing this, right? "
Unexpectedly, Yokomizo Chango's defense only heightened his suspicions. He looked down at the small, middle-aged Yoshikawa and said intimidatingly, "But you could be deliberately misleading us by being mysterious."
"Wait!!...Then why do you only suspect me?!"
After being tricked by Yokomizo Sango, Yoshikawa Takezo became anxious and quickly pointed at Maori Kogoro and the others: "Then... what about this group of people? Although there is a criminal among them... but... you can't exclude everyone just because you know them!"
"Hahahaha... Impossible, impossible... This gentleman would never kill anyone!"
Yokomizo Sango smiled and waved his hands, saying, "Because he is the 'Famous Detective Sleeping Kogoro', and he is also the detective I respect the most!
That is Conan who is staying at Mr. Mori's house and Detective Mori's daughter Ran-san.
As for the last beautiful lady, she is naturally Mrs. Maori."
"ha?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone had a stunned expression. They didn't expect Henggou Chanwu to misunderstand like this.
"Am I right, Mr. Mori?" Yokomizo Chanwu asked specifically after finishing his introduction.
"Don't we look like a good couple?" Mouri Kogoro looked very happy after hearing what Yokomizo Chango said.
"You misunderstood!"
Ikenami Shizuka, standing nearby, immediately dispelled this misunderstanding, saying, "My name is Ikenami. I'm with Mr. Mori because I've asked him to help me find my old classmate, Mr. Shibata, and retrieve the photo I left with him."
"Photo?" Yokogami Chanwu asked in confusion after hearing the other party's words.
"This should be the one the deceased was holding. I checked it before you came and found that it looks very similar to the young woman and Ms. Ikenami above."
After taking down the photo, Yokomizo Sango looked at it and found that it was just as Tangze said. The only difference between the young girl in the photo and Ikenami in front of him was age and temperament.
"Yes, this is the photo I asked Detective Maori to find." Ikenami Shizuka seemed unaware of the seriousness of the situation and admitted it openly.
As expected, this photo held in the deceased's hand aroused Yokomizo Sango's suspicion.
"How is this possible! Such a beautiful lady like Ikenami cannot possibly be the murderer..."
Maori Kogoro seemed afraid that she would misunderstand him as doubting her and lose her favor. He turned his head and glanced at her guiltily before making an excuse: "Besides, the photo should have been tucked into the book. It probably fell to the ground accidentally when you were putting it away."
But at this moment, Tang Ze could no longer bear to see Kogoro Mouri acting like a bootlicker.
Even if you know that Ikenami Shizuka is not the murderer, you can't be so biased. Besides, there is a book under Mr. Shibata's body.
Sure enough, the forensic personnel nearby quickly discovered the book called "Thor's Gate".
Even Maori Kogoro couldn't excuse her now. He looked at Ikenami Shizuka with a serious expression and said, "Ms. Ikenami, the book you borrowed back then...wasn't it this one?"
"Yes...it's this book, 'Thor's Gate'."
Ikenami Shizuka nodded and said calmly, "Twenty years ago, I wanted to borrow this book from Mr. Shibata, but I used the photo as a bookmark and forgot to take it out.
This time I came here just to retrieve this photo.”
"Could it be that the murderer is..." After hearing the other party's words, Yokomizo Sango looked at the wrinkled photo in his hand that was already held by the deceased. When he looked at Ikenami Shizuka, the suspicion on his face became more and more obvious.
It is no wonder that Yokogawa Chanwu had such a reaction. After all, it was something that the deceased tried his best to grab before he died. It is easy to make people think that this might be the death message of the deceased correcting the criminal before he died.
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