Chapter 1032 Chapter 1040 [Case Closed]
but……
Conan also pushed his glasses up like Subaru Okiya, his movements vaguely revealing a bit of the pride of a senior:
Compared to these real detectives, Mr. Okiya is still too immature - in addition to the stride, Inspector Megure's reasoning just now that "someone broke in from the emergency passage and killed people" actually has many other doubts.
For example, if Mika Taniguchi was stabbed and fell down when she was just exiting the elevator, she should have fallen headfirst into the elevator. But now, her head was facing outwards, with her lower body in the elevator.
In addition, after killing someone, the murderer should be somewhat panicked, and his pace should have changed. But now the footprints in the house are almost uniform throughout, more like someone walking slowly.
…
Inspector Megure was slow to realize that something was wrong.
However, no suspicious footprints were found.
Instead, he saw Jiang Xia and Okiya Subaru talking in low voices.
"Brother Jiang Xia." Inspector Megure's ears moved and he walked towards Jiang Xia, "Do you know the murderer?"
Jiang Xia: "..." The inspector has a good eye...
Inspector Megure's loud voice made everyone else look over.
Jiang Xia cleared his throat: "Let's check the alibi first."
"Oh! Okay." Inspector Megure understood and his eyes lit up - Jiang Xia must have found the murderer, but just needed some more conclusive evidence.
…
The police quickly gathered everyone in the hall.
While the subordinates were busy collecting evidence.
Inspector Megure turned to the security guard, his expression serious, and asked: "Where were you when the incident happened?"
"We were all in the lobby," said the elderly security guard, who seemed much calmer than his younger colleague. "Only the deceased and President Toya took different direct elevators to the upper floors. Less than two minutes later, the president came down again."
As he spoke, the old security guard himself became a little confused.
——Although there was no evidence, he always felt that President Toya was very suspicious.
However, of the three elevators currently in use, one was stuck by a corpse, one did not stop at the 8th floor, and one did not stop at the 15th floor. In other words, if President Toya went up to the 15th floor and then went to the 8th floor to kill Mika Taniguchi, she would have to walk down the stairs, then walk back up the stairs to the 15th floor and take the direct elevator down... less than two minutes was not enough.
Inspector Megure also thought of the same thing: "... Could it be an outsider?"
He stroked his chin and turned to his subordinates: "Go check if there are any pry marks on the door on the first floor of the security passage, and check the surveillance on the road outside."
"OK!"
…
While the police were busy searching.
Jiang Xia walked around and finally stopped in front of the elevator that went directly to floors 1-15.
The incident happened in the elevator next door.
There wasn't much evidence to collect in the elevator in front of them. The forensic officers quickly finished their work here and moved to the next door.
As soon as they left, Jiang Xia walked in quietly.
As soon as he stood firm, he saw two people following him in naturally - Conan and Subaru Okiya, one in front and one behind, also entered the elevator.
"..." Jiang Xia looked at them silently without saying anything. While no one was paying attention, he pressed the button leading to the 15th floor.
Conan and Okiya Subaru looked at each other with a hint of confusion.
Then, they all quickly came to the simultaneous conclusion that "this person is probably here to learn how to be a detective" and looked away.
…
The elevator went up quickly.
After a few seconds, the metal door slid open, revealing a corridor covered in soft carpet.
“It’s really upscale.”
Conan muttered as he walked out of the elevator door and took two steps when he suddenly realized something was wrong.
He frowned, squatted down, and touched his feet.
When I raised my hand again, there was some light yellow powder on my palm - like pollen.
Conan was puzzled for a moment, looked around, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
He was about to say something, but before he could speak, Jiang Xia walked up to him and accidentally hit his back with his knee.
Conan fell headfirst onto the carpet, swallowing back the words "I understand everything!"
Conan: “…”
He got up quietly, turned around to look at Jiang Xia, but happened to meet Okiya Subaru's eyes.
After a moment of shock, Conan understood instantly: I almost forgot that there were other people around, so I had to pretend to be a primary school student... But why did Jiang Xia deliberately guard against this squinty-eyed person? Did he sense that there was something wrong with this person?
Conan: "..." Speaking of this, Okiya Subaru is indeed a bit suspicious. He was staring at Xiaolan before...
…
Subaru Okiya looked around and suddenly felt a sharp gaze.
He turned around suddenly and saw Conan pushing up his glasses and staring at him in thought.
"..." Okiya Subaru couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
"Haha, nothing." Conan gave him an innocent smile, "It's just that I feel like it's such a coincidence that I often meet Okiya brother."
Okiya Subaru: "..." Very often? Including this time, it has only happened twice in total.
And every time, there was a vague presence of Wu Zo nearby... No, it should be said that Jiang Xia was nearby, and Jiang Xia seemed to easily attract Wu Zo.
When Usa was mentioned, Subaru Okiya's mood couldn't help but drop a bit.
He chatted with the child for a few words and turned to look around.
Jiang Xia had walked to the "dangerous elevator" in the middle at some point and was looking down at the button to call the elevator.
After taking a few glances, the young detective turned around, looking as if he had seen through the truth: "Let's go, it's time to go back."
Conan also nodded, revealing a look of regret.
Okiya Subaru looked at Jiang Xia, then at the child who was not even as tall as his legs: "..." What do you understand?
…
The three of them returned to the hall.
Although he was a little confused, there was one thing that Subaru Okiya understood for sure.
——After walking up and down the stairs, the case is almost over.
"I just heard from the security guard that President Toya came to the company more than an hour ago, and then she left very quickly. The shoe prints on the 8th floor should have been left at that time - as long as you wear large-sized shoes and walk back and forth, shoe prints are not difficult to forge."
Under Okiya Subaru's gaze, Jiang Xia spoke quickly, as if dragging a progress bar: "Afterwards, President Toya left the company, temporarily disposed of the pair of shoes, and came back at the right time to reunite with us 'eyewitnesses'."
At this point, he turned to President Toya and said, “You and the deceased lady took different elevators in front of us.
"After that, as soon as you got out of the elevator on the 15th floor, you immediately called the deceased and asked her to come to the 15th floor to find you. After she took the elevator up, as soon as the door slid open, she was stabbed to death. You supported her fallen body and sat it against the elevator door."
(End of this chapter)
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