"I see. As expected of a potter?"
After temporarily putting the clay pot back to its original place, Tang Ze got down the ladder and clapped his hands.
Based on the clues found so far, the criminal has been identified as one of the two.
But there is no clue as to who it is, which means that both people could be the possibility.
But the only thing that is certain is that he was the one who set up the trick to make the young lady pretend to commit suicide now!
"Well, it seems we have to find some clues to identify the culprit."
While Tang Ze was thinking, Conan hurried over.
Seeing the situation in front of him, Tang Ze's eyes lit up and he looked at Conan with a smile.
The two of them exchanged glances in mid-air, their expressions of satisfaction evident beyond words.
"Looks like it's time to ask the amazing Conan-kun."
Tang Ze gave a wink, then took the lead in walking out of the warehouse and walked towards an empty corner with Conan.
"From the looks of you, have you discovered something?" Tang Ze spoke first. "What a coincidence! I've already solved the criminal's scheme. Now all I need is some clues that point to the problem."
"Oh? That's quite a coincidence." Conan smiled, "I just happened to find a clue that points to this!"
"Huh? Then let's start exchanging the clues we've found." Tang Ze smiled. "If our reasoning is correct, then the clues will naturally fit together perfectly."
"Just what I want."
Conan smiled confidently and became more and more excited. This kind of contest was exactly what he wanted!
——Information exchange——
"I see, you found the lipstick on the cushion in the living room." Tang Ze nodded in realization. "It really seems like a clue that only you could find in your current identity."
Conan got this clue because when he was playing with the marbles he picked up yesterday, he was frightened by Uncle Mouri, causing the marbles to roll to Xiaolan.
Later, when he climbed over the table to pick up the marbles, he saw Xiaolan's big white legs... Oh, he got this clue because he saw a lipstick mark on the back of the cushion chair (Note 1).
By the way, Xiaolan is wearing a short skirt, and when she kneels down, the skirt... ahem, gentleman's perspective, don't look at it...
Just as Tang Ze and Conan finished discussing the situation, several people who were told by Inspector Megure not to run around came over in a group.
"Um...Excuse me, do we have to stay in the hall all day?" Yoshihiko Arita asked while standing at the door of the warehouse.
"Sorry, it may take a little longer here." Megure replied embarrassedly: "I'm sorry to trouble you, please cooperate."
"Can I have breakfast then? I've been busy all morning and haven't had breakfast yet." Seto Ryuichi asked.
Otani Fumio: "I want to change my clothes too."
"These delicacies, I say hello to my subordinates..."
"No need, Officer Megure." Tang Ze came over and heard the conversation between the two sides, interrupting them at the right time, "Let's solve this case as soon as possible."
"Solved? Wasn't it solved long ago?" Maori Kogoro said impatiently, "This case is suicide! Did you find any evidence?"
"Uncle, shut up now, or you'll be embarrassed." Conan screamed madly in his heart with his eyes drooping.
"Well... Detective Maori, there's no need to act anymore. I know you've already found the clue."
Tang Ze patted Maori Kogoro's shoulder with an expression that said, "I understand. You deliberately advocated suicide in order to lull the criminal into carelessness and prevent him from destroying the evidence. Buy me some time to find clues."
The reason for saying this is naturally to maintain Kogoro Mouri's image as a "famous detective", otherwise how can he be used as a tool for Conan in the future.
"This case is not suicide, but homicide!"
After giving Maori Kogoro a way out, Tang Ze ignored the other party's confused face and said directly: "This case is a homicide, and I have found evidence that the murderer did not hide well!!"
"What!!" Inspector Megure was shocked. "Karaze-kun... could it be that you... what exactly is the evidence?"
"It's blood, Officer Megure." Tang Ze pointed at the bloodstains on the floor and said, "You can tell by the bloodstains here."
“What…what is this!!?”
Inspector Megure looked in the direction that Karasawa pointed, his pupils immediately contracted, and his expression immediately became serious.
Immediately, Megure turned to look at Arita Yoshihiko and Seto Ryuichi and asked, "When I asked before, it was you two who moved the body here, right?"
"Well... because the young lady might still be alive at that time..." Arita Yoshihiko thought for a moment and said, "Ryuichi, it seems that I moved the upper body and you moved the feet to that corner, right?"
"That's a problem..." Inspector Megure said, looking at the floor: "It's indeed strange enough..."
Arita Yoshihiko wondered, "What's wrong with this blood?"
"I think a few drops is normal," Seto Ryuichi explained. "It must have dripped from the body when we moved it."
"No, there were other drops." Megure stared at the bloodstains on the ground with solemn eyes. "These drops of blood are mixed with other drops of blood at higher altitudes. It's just that they are not conspicuous because they are mixed in with them."
"Other altitudes?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere suddenly became solemn.
"When human blood drips onto the ground, it forms different shapes depending on the height of the drop. This is a scientifically standardized method for determining this in bloodstain identification."
Tang Ze looked at everyone and explained, "Although it's hard to explain the precise judgment in a few words, all you need to know is that the higher the drop, the longer the diameter of the blood. Although the area is larger, the surrounding splashes will become more irregular."
Tang Ze pointed to the bloodstain that was larger than the surrounding area and said, "If you were to lift the deceased's hands and feet, the distance from the ground to the toes would be about 50 centimeters, and the diameter of the dripping blood would basically remain the same size.
But the diameter of this bloodstain is larger than the surrounding bloodstains, and it is even obvious that it dripped from a height of more than one meter! ! "
Tang Ze pointed to the bookcase beside him and said, "That means the young lady may have injured her leg when she slipped from the bookshelf, and the blood was dripping from that place!"
"But why is this happening?" Arita Yoshihiko turned his head and looked at the bookcase, puzzled. "Why would the young lady go to a place like that..."
"Don't you understand yet?"
Tang Ze pointed at the top of the bookcase and said, "The criminal carried the young lady to the bookshelf in the middle of the night and made her sleep on this shelf which is only one person wide!
There was also a rope around his neck, the other side of which was fixed to the beam of the house.
This way, when the young lady gets up in the morning and turns over, she will lose her balance and fall from the top of the bookshelf, and end up hanging herself! ! ”
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Note 1: I don’t know how to describe that thing. It’s like the lazy sofas sold online. Just imagine it as a neon cushion with a backrest.
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