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"Last night, you had an argument with Mrs. Komatsu," Hattori Heiji took a deep breath, controlling himself from being provoked by Komatsu Taiyo, "You pushed her down the stairs and returned to the room alone. Your sister and her friends sent the body back to the deceased's room until your Mr. Komatsu came home and called the police. That afternoon, you murdered your sister Xun..."
"Wait a minute, Hattori-kun," Officer Megure couldn't help but interrupt, "Komatsu Taiyo has an alibi. At the time of the presumed death, Taiyo and Sayaka were both in the shopping street. Both surveillance and witness testimony can confirm this!"
"No, Inspector," Edogawa Conan's childish voice sounded again. Komatsu Taiyo looked bored, and he had no intention of defending himself. Sayaka still seemed a little anxious and worried, but the eldest son of the Komatsu family seemed to have made up his mind. "We inferred that Kaoru died between 15:05 and 16:00, and Taiyo did not have time to commit the crime during that period, so he was ruled out as a suspect," the young detective sorted out the case in an orderly manner. "But what if Kaoru died before that?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?!" Komatsu Masao widened his eyes, "The neighbors saw Xun go out! Xun must have been killed by that man," his vicious eyes stayed on Noda, "Xun must have come back after we went out, and was seen by this man when she was alone..."
"No," Hattori Heiji looked at the male owner of the Komatsu family, his tone was faintly sympathetic. The recent events had made this man's spirit shaky. "Kaoru died before 15:05. The 'Kaoru' witnessed by the neighbors was actually Sayaka."
"I think the situation was like this. When Noda and Sayaka were together last night, they must have been witnessed by Taiyang in his room. He used this secret to blackmail Sayaka and asked her to prove his alibi." Sayaka and Hattori Heiji's eyes met for a moment. "Sayaka, who didn't want to be separated from her friend, chose to obey her brother. Komatsu Taiyang knew that the neighbor would water the flowers at that time every day, so he let Sayaka run out wearing Kaoru's coat. The neighbor's eyesight was not good, and Taiyang's questioning later deepened her impression that it was Kaoru who saw her. After that, Taiyang lied that he was going back to call Sayaka. After sending us away, he met Sayaka on the way to the shopping street, and deliberately searched everywhere in the shopping street together, leaving eyewitness information..."
"But that red coat was placed at the head of Xun's bed," Toyama and Ye were confused. "It's such a bright color. If Sayaka had been wearing it all the time, someone would definitely tell others about it. Did she take it off and hide it as soon as she ran out? But in such a short time...ah, could it be!"
"That's right," Hattori Heiji nodded to his younger brother, "Sayaka was wearing that red coat when she was in the shopping district."
"It's a reversible style, one side is bright red and the other side has gray stripes."
"Sayaka and Kaoru returned to the Komatsu residence only after Conan called the police," said Edogawa. When Conan came back, neither Sayaka's leather shoes nor Taiyang's canvas shoes were at the entrance. "In theory, they had no chance to put the coat back in Kaoru's room, but they deliberately made a noise on the first floor to attract Conan to see the fallen police officer. While his attention was distracted, Sayaka gave the coat to Noda and asked him to put it back in Kaoru's room."
"That's what happened after Komatsu Taiyo strangled Kaoru."
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