Chapter 2680 2692 [Attack] Ask for monthly ticket ヽ(〃〃)~
All these scenes replayed in Conan's mind and soon he froze them in his mind. He suddenly remembered that when Hashimoto Maya left the magic hall last night, she was holding a bouquet of beautiful white roses.
"White rose, magic..." Conan tried to follow the clues and grasp something, "This is too coincidental, is there some connection hidden in this that I don't know about?"
He stared at the beautiful female magician with long hair in the photo and wanted to hold on to this point and ask her in detail.
But he glanced at Toru Amuro next to him... Conan could only clench his fists, holding a grudge, and swallowing the question silently.
Mrs. Jiujiu's expression softened when she mentioned these three apprentices: "They are all very good kids. They are currently staying at my house to learn magic."
Next to him, although Toru Amuro didn't know White Rose, he was slightly moved by the situation described by Mrs. Jiuju: three magician apprentices living in their master's house, and there were also two men and one woman... This background was exactly the same as the case yesterday.
He cleared his throat: "Where were those three people when the crime happened that day?"
Mrs. Jiujiu recalled, "That evening, the Rice Flower Hotel was going to hold a dinner party, and a magic show was scheduled for the party. Because the reward was high and there were many celebrities present, the three children accepted the invitation and went to perform."
"In fact, the person the hotel wanted to invite the most was my husband, but he felt that this kind of place was not worthy of his status, so he didn't go... Oh, if I had known this, I would have made him agree to anything I said."
Jiang Xia pushed the biscuit box to the other side, trying to comfort the sad lady. Then he asked, "When will the three disciples of the deceased be free? I want to talk to them. I'm afraid I need their help to solve this case."
Mrs. Jiujiu was stunned for a moment, then understood what he meant. "You mean to say that the three of them are also suspects in this case? The police actually thought so, but there were many people at the dinner party, and the three of them were really all there at the time. They had no time or opportunity to go home and murder my husband."
Amuro Toru also wanted to meet the three disciples. Hearing this, he chimed in, "That's hard to say. Although they all have alibis during the dinner, who can guarantee that they didn't do anything to your husband before leaving home? - Maybe your husband had already died quietly in the basement when you and the three disciples left the house."
"This..." This description made Mrs. Jiujiu feel a chill on her back and she got goosebumps.
But soon she felt something was wrong and shook her head: "No. No, I remember the police autopsy report, which stated the estimated time of my husband's death - he did die during the dinner party, it couldn't be false."
Recalling the collection of Jiangxia case clippings she had read from a friend, Mrs. Jiujiu added: "No sleeping pills were detected in my husband's body, and he was not tied up and was completely free to move.
"Let's take a step back and assume that the murderer is one of our three disciples, and one of them gave my husband a capsule containing poison before leaving home. Then once he left, my husband could have taken the opportunity to ask for help.
"But in fact, there were no traces of dialing on either the mobile phone or the landline in the basement, and the door to the basement was tightly closed - it was as if my husband had calmly accepted his death.
"Plus, the doors and windows of my house were all locked, and there was no sign of external intrusion... It wasn't an outsider, nor was it one of ours. Alas, it's no wonder that the police finally came to the conclusion of 'suicide'."
Amuro Toru couldn't help but frown when he heard this: "..." Now that you put it that way, it really does look like suicide... But in the final analysis, it's just "like" - as long as this case is related to Uzo, then even without any evidence, he can make the conclusion that this is definitely not an ordinary suicide.
Jiang Xia felt the rich coffee wafting towards him and poked the ghosts with his fingertips, asking them to hurry up and grab the ghosts.
He put on a detective look, thought for a moment and said, "It does sound like suicide, but since you came to me today, it means you still have doubts in your heart. Sometimes, people have to trust their intuition - can you tell me what exactly you think is wrong?"
Mrs. Jiujiu rubbed her fingers anxiously. "I can't tell what's wrong, but I just can't understand why my husband committed suicide. Tomorrow is my daughter Fumino's birthday. As early as a month ago, my husband had prepared a birthday present for her and was looking forward to this day. Even if he committed suicide the day after tomorrow, I wouldn't be so confused. But he committed suicide before my daughter's birthday..."
"Oh, there's one more thing." Mrs. Jiujiu remembered something and lowered her head to rummage through her handbag.
Soon she took out two ordinary-looking playing cards and placed them on the table.
Jiang Xia picked it up and took a look. He saw that they were two red-bottomed poker cards stuck together back to back. One card was the Ace of Spades and the other was the J of Spades. They were slightly offset at an angle and stuck together into a solid whole.
Mrs. Ninety-Nine said, “These were found in the basement where my husband died. At the time, the police thought they were some kind of death message, so they carefully opened them and checked them, but there was nothing stuck inside the playing cards, and there was no writing left.
"My husband is a magician, and there were many magic props in the basement, so the police thought that these were things he used for practice and did not investigate further.
"But I still felt it was a little strange - my husband has been focusing on stage magic in recent years and rarely uses small props like playing cards. So I glued it back together and brought it here."
Toru Amuro glanced at Jiang Xia's bare hands, took the cards from him, and checked them himself.
"Go wash your hands. What if there's poison on them?" he said to the employee, who had a poor sense of vigilance. "Then let's go to this lady's house together."
As he spoke, he played with the poker in his hand and turned to Mrs. Jiujiu: "Since you have doubts in your heart, then things will be easy - take us to your house and find those three apprentices. We will help you investigate carefully."
Mrs. Jiujiu breathed a sigh of relief and stood up happily: "Thank you for believing that he did not commit suicide - I will contact the three children now, but they may be busy during the day, and I don't know if they are at home."
Amuro Toru nodded and emphasized: "Don't just say it's for a murder investigation. You just need to find an excuse like a dinner party to call them back."
——Let him take a good look at those three people to see if there is anything left by Uzo.
(End of this chapter)
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