"Mrs. Funamoto was indeed wearing these earrings when she attended the party," Shigeno Takami agreed.
"But didn't you notice there's only one earring?" Tang Ze nodded at the dresser and said, "If you take off earrings, you usually take them off as a pair, right?"
"Regarding this, we found another earring on Mrs. Funamoto's right ear." After hearing Karasawa's question, Officer Takagi immediately answered the information he had collected.
"We previously thought that the earrings were hidden because Mrs. Funamoto was leaning against the balcony wall, so they weren't taken by the criminal..."
Inspector Megure's eyes were serious: "Looking at it now, it doesn't seem to be the case."
Two days ago, because the case had just happened, the body of band star Rock was found by the river, so the body was only brought back to the Metropolitan Police Department at that time, and not even an on-site investigation was conducted.
Originally thought it was just an ordinary robber killing people, but now with the reminder of Karasawa, Inspector Megure discovered that there seemed to be another hidden story.
"From the scene, it felt more like Mrs. Funamoto was unloading her earrings and was suddenly called to the balcony rather than a robbery."
Karasawa's words startled everyone present. After realizing that this was indeed the greater possibility, Maori Kogoro turned to look at Shigeno Takami:
"Excuse me, where were you between nine and ten last night?"
"Are you talking about me?"
Seeing Maori Kogoro's serious question, Shigeno Takami tensed for a moment before saying, "My two friends and I were discussing a cooking magazine in the living room downstairs."
"Have your two friends seen Mrs. Funamoto?"
"I saw that after Mrs. Funamoto came back, she came to the living room to say hello before going upstairs to rest." After hearing what Kogoro Mori said, Shigeno Takami nodded and explained.
"What was Toushi doing at that time?" Kogoro Mouri asked.
"I remember he fell asleep in the room, because he had been running around and playing happily at home since the evening. After I cleaned up all the messes made by the little master, I went to bed at about 12 o'clock." said Shigeno Takami.
"So what was Mr. Funmoto doing between nine and ten o'clock?" Kogoro Mouri continued to ask.
"Mr. and young master are the same. They both went to their rooms to rest after dinner just before the mistress came back."
Hearing Shigeno Takami's words, Maori Kogoro stroked his chin and said thoughtfully: "I remember you said that Mr. Funamoto's room is next to his wife, right?"
"Well...that day, the young master had been pestering him to play since the evening, so he said he was a little tired..." said Shigeno Takami.
Maori Kogoro turned and walked towards Inspector Megure, covering his mouth with his hand and whispering, "Inspector Megure, I think Funamoto Tatsujin is very likely the murderer."
"That's impossible." After hearing what Maori Kogoro said, Inspector Megure shook his head and denied it: "Didn't I say that before?
The bullet went through Mrs. Kensei's forehead from the back of her head. From this angle, the criminal must be over 180 cm tall.
Mr. Funamoto is about 160 cm tall. Since he has a broken leg and is in a wheelchair, his height is only about 120 cm at most.
How could such a person possibly create such a trajectory of injuries?"
"Is it possible that Tatsuhito Funamoto's fracture had healed long ago, and he was standing in a wheelchair when he committed the crime and fired the gun?" Kogoro Mouri speculated.
"I've thought of that as well." Megure shook his head and said, "But Funamoto Tatsujin just went to the hospital for a follow-up X-ray the day before the incident.
The doctor determined that his bones hadn't yet joined, which meant he couldn't stand up on his own, let alone in a wheelchair, which is unstable with wheels."
"Then there is another possibility."
Maori Kogoro immediately proposed another method of committing the crime. "He could trick Mrs. Kaneyo into lying on the ground to pick up something, and then shoot her from above..."
"That's impossible too."
Tang Ze came over and said, "I just checked the balcony and didn't see any bullet marks. If it's what you described, Detective Maori, there should be bullet marks on the ground."
"That's right, let alone the balcony, there's not even a trace of it in this room."
Inspector Megure said in a deep voice: "Even though we have expanded the scope, we still haven't found any trace of bullet holes or bullets.
We also looked for the pearl bracelet and pearl necklace in many places but couldn't find them.
If he wasn't a robber, it would be difficult for Tatsuto Funamoto to carry these two things together, after all, his legs are not very convenient."
"Hmm..." Maori Kogoro heard his own speculation being denied by various clues, and couldn't help but sighed depressedly: "This button is really confusing..."
Although Kogoro Mouri finally guessed the identity of the criminal correctly, he had no way to break through the criminal's trap because it was just a guess and he had no evidence.
Tang Ze expressed his deep sympathy for this. After so many cases, he finally got it right once, but it was regarded as false.
I guess Kogoro Maori and the word "reasoning" are not compatible. Either he guesses wrong or his correct answer is considered wrong...
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