"That's right, Inspector, the girl I saw in the photo email is her."
After Asanari Minoru stood up, he looked at the face of the deceased and said in a firm tone.
"Huh? Brother Mori, have you seen the deceased?" Inspector Megure looked at him in surprise when he heard what Kogoro Mori said.
"It can be considered a coincidence." Kogoro Mouri scratched his head and then slowly told what happened during the day.
This morning, Kogoro Mouri received an invitation from the large theme park "Cartoon Kingdom" to become the one-day director there.
Because Kogoro Mouri felt that it was meaningless to go there directly, he went to a clothing store that rented clothes and rented clothes.
The result was that Kogoro Mouri's comedic ability was highly praised, and he was invited to continue to be the "one-day principal" next year and the year after.
Of course, these are not the main points. The main point is that after he and Conan went to return the clothes, they happened to meet Ishikawa Jiro and the other two who reported the case and went to borrow clothes.
There was a brief exchange between the few people.
Kogoro Mouri also clearly remembered that Yoko Nakamura received a text message from Ms. Umeda, which included a photo of her dressed as a clown.
Because Minoru Kimura had looked at the time and estimated the distance before setting off, everyone clearly remembered that the time was 4:30.
"Hmm... So, at 4:30, Ms. Umeda was still alive..."
After listening to what Kogoro Mouri said, Inspector Megure initially estimated the time of Ms. Umeda's murder.
"Has the identity of this Ms. Umeda been investigated?"
Tang Ze didn't believe this time point too much. After all, if a criminal wants to prove his innocence, he will usually arrange an alibi for himself.
"He's said to be a very talented editor of a popular magazine."
Miwako Sato, who was standing by, took the manual and told Karasawa and the others the information she had just obtained from asking the three people: "As for Mr. Kijima, who first discovered the deceased, he was the makeup artist she discovered and trained.
As for Mr. Ishikawa, he is the company's photographer, and his fiancée, Ms. Yoko, only needs to work as a model within the company."
"Inspector, valuable items such as rings and necklaces in the jewelry box in the victim's room are missing." At this moment, Chiba Ichicong walked out of the bedroom and reported the news of his investigation to everyone.
"Are you saying it's possible that the murder was committed by a robber?" After hearing Chiba's words, Mikijima seemed to think of something and said hesitantly, "Could it be the panicked young man we met when we came here?"
"What! Don't you know the criminal's face?"
Hearing what Mikijima said, Kogoro Mori asked hurriedly.
"Yes, it was around 5 o'clock..." Kimura nodded and said, "After we parked the car in the parking lot and were walking towards the gate of the community, a panicked man suddenly rushed out.
I remember he seemed to be wearing a black coat...right, Ishikawa?"
"Yeah..." Ishikawa nodded, and then after listening to the three people's description, everyone also understood the situation before the body was discovered.
Although they encountered a panicked guy at the door, the three of them didn't take it seriously at first.
After all, this is a high-rise apartment with many people living there. What if the other party just has an urgent matter?
So the three of them didn't take it too seriously at first, and even joked a few times, asking if it was a robber or something.
Ishikawa even scared his girlfriend that he might be a murderer or something, which made her very angry.
As they chatted, the three of them took the elevator to Miss Umeda's house.
Because Miss Umeda had left the door open for them in her text message at noon, Minoru Kimura and the other two pushed the door open and entered the room.
But when the three of them entered the room, they found that the lights in the room were not turned on at all and it looked very dim.
At this time, Kimura pointed at the ground with some doubt. Ishikawa and the others looked carefully and found that there were several footprints on the wooden floor of the entrance.
Thinking back to the banter between the three people earlier, everyone panicked for a moment.
Seeing this, the three of them took off their shoes and entered the room, and asked about the footprints at the entrance, but they did not expect to find Editor Umeda lying dead in the living room.
"I also wanted to go up and help, but fortunately, Kimura was calm enough. He was afraid of destroying the traces left by the criminal in the room, so he stopped me," explained Jiro Ishikawa.
"I wanted to find the phone in the room to call the police, but the criminal had disconnected the line," Kijima explained. "The editor-in-chief's cell phone was also missing."
"At the time, since we didn't have cell phones with us, Kijima-kun suggested that he and Ishikawa go find a public phone."
Nakamura Yoko chimed in, adding, "But because Ishikawa was afraid that I would be scared if I stayed here alone, the two of us went outside to find a public phone, leaving Kijima-kun alone in the room."
"We searched for a public telephone nearby for a long time but couldn't find one. Finally, we went to a nearby station and found one..." Jiro Ishikawa glanced at Miss Umeda who was being carried away next to him, and didn't finish his words.
Yoko Nakamura, who was standing by, looked at Umeda's body and even turned her head away, unable to bear to look at it anymore, with a look of sadness on her face.
"Hey, why don't you guys have your cell phones?"
After hearing what the three of them said, Conan had already heard something was wrong. Before Tang Ze could speak, he couldn't help but ask: "When we met before, wasn't the elder sister still using it?"
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