Chapter 2226 2237 [Never give up]
There were so many suspicious people that Judy was a little confused.
Apparently, Judy wasn't the only one confused. After wavering several times, Inspector Yamamura sighed tiredly, "How about this, let's finish collecting the evidence at the scene first - everyone go downstairs and wait."
Everyone in the group had no objection, turned around, went downstairs and returned to the living room.
"I didn't expect it to be suicide." Suzuki Sonoko sat on the tatami, stretched, and murmured, "This is the first time I've encountered such a scene in my life."
The tennis coach thought it was her first time seeing a dead body. He apologized, "I'm so sorry. I had a rare day off, but I let you guys run into this. You must be terrified."
"Well...not really." When Suzuki Sonoko first went upstairs, she was indeed frightened by the corpse's death, but she quickly calmed down - after all, she had seen many hanged corpses, but this was the first time she saw someone hang himself.
Realizing that there was some misunderstanding between the two parties, but it was a bit difficult to explain. Suzuki Sonoko simply changed the subject. She quickly saw something with her quick eyes: "Eh? Do you like fishing too?"
As she spoke, she reached out and pulled out a book from the bookshelf.
The book had a picture of a fishing rod and a fish on it, and the title was "Introduction to Fishing."
The tennis coach shook his head. “I don’t know how to fish. My wife bought this book, but before I could learn it, she… Alas.”
The two of them were chatting idly, while Conan poked Jiang Xia and signaled with his eyes: There is something wrong with this person.
The two times Judy was asked to go upstairs to collect the dishes could barely be explained by his lack of time. The short section of the chandelier cord at the death scene seemed to have a reasonable explanation, but the strangest thing was their dinner - a plate of spicy curry.
The father had just gone to the dentist to have a tooth extracted, and right after that his son made spicy curry for him?
This is not something a filial son would do.
At this moment, there were sudden knocks on the door, and then someone opened the door from outside.
Inspector Yamamura poked his head in: "Um, there's something I want to ask you."
He looked at the tennis coach: "We found some very fine marks on your father's wrists. They were left when he was alive. It was as if he had been tied up. Do you have any idea about this?"
"Marks on the wrist?!"
The first person to react was Judy.
Inspector Yamamura was startled: "What are you doing? It's so scary."
Judy was too lazy to pay attention to him. There was only one thing in her mind: the clue was the marks on the wrists... It seemed that today's death was not a suicide.
So that person really took action again?
She had been waiting for the foursome to get together tonight, but while she was waiting, two of them just started the show!
——The previous multiple-choice questions disappeared, and this time Uzo gave them a proof question.
...What is this, a provocation?
Did he notice the FBI's move to reduce suspicious targets by controlling the flow of people, so he took the initiative to cut back in order to mock the ridiculousness of their move?
Judy: “…” This is intolerable. I… Akai Shuichi, teach him a lesson!
Judy looked outside the house expectantly, calling silently in her heart.
However, it was now late at night and the visibility was probably less than ten meters. She was unable to see her reliable teammate and had to silently look away.
No one noticed her actions, only Vermouth silently glanced out the window: "..." It seemed that this FBI was not the first time to look outside... What's outside?
The tennis coach next to him said with cold sweat on his forehead: "My father is quite frugal. When he was unpacking the package, if there was a thin rubber band on it, he would wrap the rubber band around his hand - those marks might have been left in that way."
Inspector Yamamura sighed. He had originally wanted to use this to trick the tennis coach, but unfortunately he hadn't gotten anything out of it. "You're right - there were indeed a few thin rubber bands stuffed under the deceased's pillow."
But he was still a little unwilling to give up, and asked these witnesses: "Did you really not see anything strange? For example, suspicious figures, or strange movements?"
Inspector Yamamura is now also one of Judy's suspects, and every word he says is captured and amplified.
When Judy heard the words "strange noises", she actually remembered something: "When Dr. Newcomer and I went upstairs for the first time, we heard the deceased crying in the bedroom."
"Crying bitterly?" Inspector Yamamura was dissatisfied. "Then it really became suicide!"
Judy: "..." What, are you trying to improve your performance? Did someone ask you to turn this into a murder?
She really wanted to ask it, but she had to pay attention to her current identity, and finally swallowed the words back with great difficulty.
Conan seemed to have suddenly thought of something while "crying" and sat up straight with excitement: "Then on the ground, ahem...is there anything special dropped on the ground?"
Yamamura Cao didn't know why he asked that, but he answered anyway: "No. If you have to say what was dropped, there was indeed a handkerchief. But it should be the one the deceased used to wipe his mouth - there was some curry and saliva on it."
Conan: “!!”
He jumped up and ran to the crime scene upstairs.
Ran Mao Li hurriedly followed, and Vermouth hesitated for a moment, then stood up and followed - after all, she was still a teacher, so it was not too strange for her to follow students around.
Then Conan ran straight to the deceased and looked down at the old man's teeth carefully.
Mao Lilan was still a little afraid of corpses, so she didn't dare to get so close. She had to stand at the door and said, "Conan, don't make trouble, come back soon!"
Vermouth pretended to catch the naughty child running around and walked over to take a look.
Then his eyes paused.
Vermouth: "..." Today's case was indeed a homicide. Her previous thought that "Uzo would take sick leave" was too naive.
The missing tooth in the victim's mouth was definitely not extracted by the dentist two or three days ago. The gums underneath showed no signs of healing. Judging from the shape of the gums, the tooth was clearly extracted tonight. The teeth in the adjacent area were also loose, which was probably part of the modus operandi.
Just as I was thinking about it, I saw Conan suddenly turned to the small table next to him, picked up the spoon and started stirring the curry rice.
The police were checking the window for signs of intrusion, but when they turned around they suddenly discovered someone making trouble at the crime scene. That person was not Jiang Xia, who had been praised by Police Captain Shancun all the way, but a strange little kid.
The young police officers in Gunma Prefecture were immediately alert: "What are you doing! Don't disturb the scene!"
(End of this chapter)
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