Chapter 2859 2871 [New Killing Aura]
After saying goodbye to the maintenance worker, Conan couldn't help but mutter to Jiang Xia: "I thought the maintenance worker saw the murderer, but judging from the time, it was 9:45, when the bride had just left the banquet hall - this was more than 30 minutes earlier than the groom's body was found!"
Jiang Xia nodded: "So the situation is already very clear, but to be on the safe side, let's go back and see what clues Mr. Otaki and the others have collected."
…
The three people returned to the banquet hall, and before they entered the door, they heard a fierce quarrel coming from inside from afar.
I don’t know what my cousin said, but the groom’s sister was angrily saying, “We are all Xiaoyou’s relatives, how could we kill him!”
The cousin sneered: "Everyone knows that you have always been upset about the division of shares? - And your relationship with your brother is not very good. You must want to kill him and let your husband become the president of Hatakeyama Group!"
"Nonsense! I don't need that money." The groom's sister stared at her and said sharply:
"But you, you always wanted to be his bride, but you didn't get it. Let me guess, you were furious when you saw him getting married, so you killed the bride. And Xiaoyou knew about this, so in order to erase your crime, you simply killed Xiaoyou as well? - If it wasn't an emotional dispute, I really can't think of anyone who would kill both of them at the same time!"
"Humph, you can say such things. I think you are crazy about the property!" The cousin slammed the table, "Xiaoyou was the one who died first. Even if you say it a thousand times, it can't change this fact - all the property belongs to Ito. You, a poor guy, can only squat beside and pick up some soup!"
"you……!!"
"Alright, alright." Hattori Heiji walked in and couldn't stand it anymore, "Calm down! If you keep arguing, there might be another murder case in your family."
"!" The two women who were arguing and about to fight were startled at the same time, and then they remembered that the brutal murderer had not been caught yet.
They looked at each other warily, straightened their clothes, and sat back in silence.
At this time, Inspector Otaki also came to the banquet hall. Behind him, in addition to several subordinates, there was a man wearing a work hat, with ordinary looks and a slightly gloomy face.
The cat that was eating nearby suddenly sneezed.
Jiang Xia took a look at it: Are you catching a cold?
But soon, as a gust of wind brought a smell to the door, Jiang Xia's face changed slightly, and he understood the reason why the cat ghost was abnormal.
——He smelled a whiff of...the smell of a teething stick.
If this place wasn't far away in Osaka, he would have suspected that it was some clever lost dog that had come here with a chew stick in its mouth, following his scent.
Inspector Otaki did not notice the famous detective's brief distraction.
Walking into the hall, he saw Jiang Xia there, and he smiled with relief: "Thanks to the idea you just provided! - We checked the broken wood pieces scattered on the path in the parking lot, and then found that its material is exactly the same as the wooden box used to store tools in this manor.
“After that, I asked the housekeeper to take us to the warehouse and indeed, we found a broken wooden box inside.
"After asking the warehouse manager, he showed us the duty roster. At the time of the groom's death, Mr. Yamaguchi happened to be passing by there with a tool cart. In other words, the wood chips that fell near the crime scene must be related to him!"
Jiang Xia looked at the guy with a strange smell in front of him: "...Is that so? Then I have to ask him carefully."
As soon as he finished speaking, the gloomy man looked at him, and the murderous aura around him became stronger.
Jiang Xia turned around and looked at him, not knowing whether to be happy or sad.
However, after taking a look at the curious cat eating, and then at Noah jumping around beside him, he thought of this AI ghost who was not picky about taste and could even digest disinfectant as a delicacy. He suddenly felt certain in his heart, and felt that the moonlight became bright again.
Under his leisurely gaze, Inspector Otaki flipped through his notebook and began to question the newly brought back suspicious man.
Seeing this, several family members nearby tentatively said, "Captain, it's already very late. Since we already have a suspect, why don't we go back and rest first?"
Inspector Otaki came to his senses and opened his mouth to say something, but before he could agree, a voice came first.
Jiang Xia: "Instead of going back in fear, it's better to find the real culprit now."
Several people were startled and looked at him suddenly: "Do you know who the murderer is?!"
Jiang Xia nodded and looked at the groom's sister: "This lady was right just now - of the two victims, the first one to be killed was actually the bride."
"...Ah? Yes, is that so?" The groom's sister couldn't believe it: she just didn't want all the family assets to be taken away by an outsider, so she kept forcing herself to believe this, but in fact, her reason agreed with what her cousin had just said.
But now... Jiang Xia actually said that she was right?
"The bride?" Inspector Otaki was also stunned. "But I remember you said that the groom's body was found first, and then the gunshots were heard from the other side of the river!"
"That's right." Jiang Xia said frankly, "At that time, we all heard the 'gunshot'."
Inspector Otaki was initially puzzled as to why this great detective was saying such nonsense, but soon, listening to the emphasis in Jiang Xia's words, he gradually realized something.
This rather perceptive policeman had a flash of inspiration: "Could it be..."
Jiang Xia agreed with his “maybe”: “At that time we only heard the sound of gunfire, but no one saw the shooting scene - in fact, that gunshot was just a trick used by the murderer to create an alibi.
"There was a body in front of us that had died from a gunshot, so when we heard the second shot, we all subconsciously thought that there had been another shooting on the other side of the river.
"But in fact, another shooting had already occurred long before the groom's death. Speaking of which-"
He suddenly asked Inspector Otaki: "If you have to choose a word to describe the bride's death, what would you choose?"
Inspector Otaki scratched his bald head, and a few words flashed through his mind subconsciously: "Sad? Gorgeous?"
Jiang Xia nodded to the teachable police officer and said, "I have this impression because when she died in that simple wooden house, the bride was still wearing the gorgeous dress she wore at the banquet.
"During the dinner, the bride looked very unhappy and felt very unwell - so unwell that she had to leave the venue to rest despite being the star of the wedding banquet.
"When such a person returns to her bedroom, she will definitely take off the tight clothes and have a good rest. But more than half an hour after she left, the body we found was still wearing the dress."
(End of this chapter)
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