Chapter 208 A Superb Lineup: Six Dead
Six dead...
This is the case with the most deaths that Conan has ever encountered!
It's...very luxurious.
Not only were there many dead, but there were also many suspects.
All six victims died in the exact same way.
They were all kneeling on the ground with their backs slightly bent, their hands clasped together in front of their chests. The five female victims held a flower in their hands, but the blood dripping from their necks almost stained the flower red.
But the flowers in their hands were different.
Five kinds of flowers: rose, Chinese rose, pear blossom, cherry blossom, and plum blossom.
The male victim was holding a sharp pair of scissors, and during the examination, it was discovered that the blade of the scissors was stuck in his throat, making it appear as if he had stabbed himself.
Due to the inexplicable low temperature in the greenhouse, their time of death could not be accurately estimated. For the time being, we can only follow the time point of half an hour ago, as stated by Ishiwata Ishu.
Conan walked around the greenhouse, examining the bodies of the deceased one by one.
Because the murderer seemed to have a strong sense of ritual, except for the head of the group, each of the victims was moved next to a plant that looked like the flowers they were holding.
Imamura, the leader, was placed under the large tree in the center of the greenhouse.
Conan frowned.
Because the six victims died in almost identical states.
It's really hard to find differences.
After looking at the corpses, he started looking at the living people.
Conan looked up at Keisuke Ibuki, whose brows had been furrowed ever since the murder was discovered, and sized him up.
His clothing was unchanged from when he first met them, although it's possible he could have put on different clothes to cover the splattered blood during the attack, but...
According to what he had learned from the garden earlier, while the three of them were touring the manor, he was always greeting other guests in the hall, and even when he left the hall, it was never for more than five minutes.
Five minutes was not enough time for him to reach the glass greenhouse, commit the crime, and return.
On the contrary, Hojo, who was the butler, frequently left the hall, and for a considerable amount of time...
Immediately, Keisuke Ibuki's suspicion level in Conan's mind dropped slightly, while Hojo's rose rapidly.
As for Ibuki Chirika, Conan doesn't have much suspicion about her for the time being, since she was with the murderers during the crime.
And Shidu relies on embroidery...
It cannot be ruled out that she staged the scene after committing the crime to make herself appear as a victim.
But what Conan couldn't understand even more was...
What kind of deep-seated hatred could drive a murderer to brutally kill six people at once?!
Conan took a deep breath and stepped out of the greenhouse, just in time to overhear the conversation between Ishiwata Iori and the other two.
"Huh? So that means there were eight people in your club before?" Sonoko asked curiously.
Ishiwata Izumi was silent for a moment, then nodded and her voice fell. "Yeah, she used to be the best flower arranger in our group, and the flower in her name is rose. But I lost contact with her after she left the club a few years ago... Makiko and the others all say that she abandoned us..."
"Rose?" Xiaolan was a little surprised, then subconsciously looked up at Zhiliwei.
"Hmm?" The latter blinked in confusion.
"Oh, it's nothing!" Xiaolan smiled a little embarrassedly.
Ishiwata Izumi sighed and looked at Chiri with equal apology, "I'm sorry, Ms. Ibuki..."
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"Wuhu, it's been 'Tonghua'ed by Detective Mingchao (just kidding)."
"I'm almost embarrassed to call this a theatrical version (hands on hips)"
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