"How is it? Did you find anything?"
After seeing Tang Ze open his eyes, although Maori Kogoro was a little unhappy before, he was the most active in asking for clues at this moment.
"Well, there are some, but since we still need some evidence to verify it, I won't tell you for now to avoid misleading you."
After confirming that Tatsujin Funamoto was basically the culprit, Karasawa did not make it public, but chose to hide the information he had received.
Of course, the reason was not what Tang Ze said, but he was afraid that after everyone learned his information, they would go directly to Funamoto Daren and alert the enemy.
After all, no evidence has been found yet. Tang Ze, who is always steady, will naturally not reveal himself in a panic after getting some useful information.
He was used to taking some unfounded intelligence as a guide and then finding evidence that could settle everything.
"Huh? Then what's the point of all this pretense?"
Mouri Kogoro was naturally very unhappy when he heard what Karasawa said. Karasawa just smiled and said nothing without responding to him.
Seeing this, Kogoro Mouri snorted in dissatisfaction and then stepped into the room.
"The crime scene is this balcony, right?"
Pushing Karasawa away who was standing in front of the balcony door, Maori Kogoro opened the balcony door: "Hmm...Did the criminal use this grappling hook to sneak into the room on the second floor?"
"Ah, yes, this handrail on the balcony wall is a good place for the hook to gain leverage."
After hearing what Maori Kogoro said, Inspector Megure nodded and pointed to the bottom of the balcony glass door. "Look down there. The criminal probably broke the glass of the balcony door and opened the latch lock inside the house."
Hearing this, Tang Ze looked down and found glass fragments scattered all over the ground.
This glass double door is a rectangle in shape, divided into squares by a white wooden frame. A large hole has been knocked open in the square closest to the door and near the latch.
"Also, because the balcony faces the riverbank, there is no one nearby, so naturally there are no witnesses." Inspector Megure walked to the balcony and looked at the empty riverbank and couldn't help but sigh.
"But this seems a little strange, doesn't it?"
Tang Ze raised his head and pointed at the latch above the door: "You see, the glass at the bottom near the latch is broken, but the lock at the top is intact.
If we just open the one below, the door shouldn't be able to be opened, right?"
"This is something I've never thought of." Inspector Megure heard the same doubt in his tone.
"Regarding this... I think it might be because my wife has always loved stargazing and would go to the balcony every night to watch the stars. Maybe she forgot to lock the upper door when she returned to her room later."
After hearing what the two said, Shigeno Takami, who was standing by, gave a fairly reasonable reason based on her daily knowledge of Mrs. Kaneyo's habits.
“Well…Mrs. Funamoto was shot and killed around 9 or 10 o’clock the night before yesterday.
That's right, it happened shortly after I came back from a friend's house party, right?" Maori Kogoro looked at Shigeno Takami for confirmation.
"That's right. Mrs. Funamoto said she wanted to rest as soon as she came back, and went straight back to her room." Shigeno Takami nodded.
"So the criminal had already broken into the room before Mrs. Funamoto returned..."
Maori Kogoro stroked his chin and pondered, "When Mrs. Funamoto returned to her room and went to the balcony to look at the stars as usual, she shot him dead and stole the pearl necklace and bracelet...
This prisoner seems like a habitual criminal..."
"But this prisoner isn't actually very skilled."
Gao Mu, who was standing by, heard this and said, "Although his plan seems to have been carefully planned, there is still a sense of panic in the overall action.
Not only did the hook with the rope fail to retract, but his silenced pistol also fell onto the grass below the balcony, and he escaped without even having time to pick it up.
"I think this is human nature."
Maori Kogoro was convinced that his recent judgment was correct: "After all, it was a murder. After killing someone, he must have been very panicked and wanted to leave the crime scene."
"But if that's the case, then he's probably a little too scared."
Tang Ze pointed at the earrings placed on the dressing table next to a pile of cosmetics: "Look here, the precious pearl earrings are placed here and have not been taken away."
The earrings are inlaid with pearls on both sides and connected by a fist of diamonds in the middle. Above the main body are silver wings, and the feathers on them are made of precious emeralds.
Just by looking at the number of diamonds and emeralds, you can tell that these earrings are not cheap.
Moreover, the position of this earring is very obvious. It can be seen at a glance. There is no reason for the criminal to miss this earring.
"Hmm, didn't you notice that these earrings are made of pearls? So they're the earrings Mrs. Funamoto wore that day."
Maori Kogoro said with a smug look on his face as if he had surpassed Karasawa, "This means that Mrs. Funamoto took it down and placed it on the dressing table after entering the room.
So the criminal who broke into the room either didn't notice, or was startled by Mrs. Funamoto's sudden entry into the room, and in order to ensure that he would not be discovered, he took the initiative to attack and then escaped! "
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