Chapter 3227 3239 [Flash]
"In short!" After some unreasonable reasoning, Secretary Sakuraba said firmly, "When it comes to the motive for murdering Mr. Tachibana, I am definitely the weakest one among this group of people!"
Several suspects pointed at each other and the scene was in chaos.
Haibara Ai was standing in the crowd, feeling a little messy. At this moment, her cell phone vibrated and she received an email from Dr. Agasa.
After clicking and taking a look at the content, Haibara Ai came back to her senses and temporarily stopped thinking about the shocking conversation just now.
She raised her hand and tugged at Jiang Xia's clothes, showing him the content of the email, and whispered, "Dr. Agasa found relevant information in the database. He said he also sent you a copy, so remember to check your mailbox."
Jiang Xia nodded, took out his mobile phone and opened the email. He saw an email with an address on it. It was not too far from here.
——This was the residence of Tsuruta, the unlucky subordinate who became a scapegoat five years ago.
Jiang Xia no longer cared about the suspects who were in a mess. He found Curacao, who didn't know whether to join the argument or not: "I remember you drove here - take me somewhere."
Curacao: "..." Why me? Can't you go find your police puppets?
Jiang Xia seemed not to notice her expression, and muttered to himself, "If we go there, this case will almost be over."
Curacao: “!”
……real?
You must keep your word!
…
After a while, a car of people followed the address Jiang Xia had just received, drove through the suburbs, and came to a sparsely populated rural area.
That’s right, a whole car full of people - in addition to Jiang Xia, Curacao also invited other minions of this fake detective.
Although she could usually avoid this group of people, it seemed that the current situation was easier to accept than being "alone" with Uzo.
The others in the car did not notice Miss Shirai's complicated thoughts. Suzuki Sonoko looked at the farmland scenery on both sides and asked curiously, "Where is this?"
Jiang Xia sat in the passenger seat, playing with the fresh murderous aura in his hand, and said casually:
"Mr. Tsuruta, who took the blame for Kumada, was from a single-parent family. After he 'hanged himself' five years ago, he still had two family members - his mother Tsuruta Tamiko and his younger brother Tsuruta Katsuhiko."
The two high school girls understood: "So... this is Mr. Tsuruta's hometown?"
Jiang Xia nodded: "If only Lawyer Tachibana was killed, then the scope of the murderer is too wide. But now, in addition to Lawyer Tachibana, these two murders are obviously related to the hanged Kumada and his scapegoat subordinate - ask Tsuruta's acquaintances about the situation, and we will definitely find more useful clues."
Although there was a relatively accurate address, house numbers in rural areas are often not so regular. After searching for a while, everyone finally asked someone.
There happened to be an old lady wearing a headscarf working in a nearby field. Conan saw her and waved to her, taking advantage of his childishness: "Grandma! Do you know where the Tsuruta family lives?"
"Tsuruta?" This surname is not too common, and there has only been one family with it in this village. The old man pointed to an abandoned house not far away and said, "They live there, but why are you looking for them?"
Suzuki Sonoko looked at the place she pointed at and said in surprise: "This house..."
“It’s very run-down, isn’t it?” The old lady shook her head. “You won’t be able to find the Tsuruta family if you go there—Katsuhiko hanged himself five years ago, and his mother and brother moved away soon after… Later I heard that Katsuhiko’s brother, Masahiko, seemed to have gone to study in Germany.”
Speaking of Tsuruta's younger brother, she said with regret: "This child has been good at studying since he was young, but it's a pity that his brother had such an incident. Even if he gets a degree, it will be difficult for him to develop in the future."
"Ya Yan used to come back here from time to time to clean up their old house, but since a year ago, no one in the village has seen him anymore."
…
Although the house was deserted after the guests left, since they were already here, the group did not return immediately, but instead came to the door of Tsuruta's old home.
The house was in ruins, vines were growing on the walls, and the fence had long since collapsed.
Jiang Xia walked a few steps into the yard and looked at a doghouse in the corner. Next to the doghouse was an old wooden sign with the word "Johann" printed on it.
He took a few photos and sent them to the police: "Okay, we have all the clues. We can go back now."
Suzuki Sonoko: “!” What clue? Why didn’t she see it?
…
After a while, when we returned to Lawyer Ju's villa, it was almost dark.
Jiang Xia praised today's exclusive driver, then got out of the car as the other party's face turned pale and blue, and walked towards the villa.
When I arrived at the door, I saw two policemen knocking on the door.
Seeing Jiang Xia, Officer Inoki asked in surprise: "Mr. Jiang Xia, you're out?"
Jiang Xia nodded and looked at the documents in their hands: "You seem to have made some new discoveries? - Come in and tell me."
Curacao looked at him, then at the two policemen who followed him in, and then at the high-end houseplate "Tachibana Kensuke" next to the gate: "......?"
Whose house is this?
…
Soon, in addition to the detectives and police, the suspects in the villa also gathered in the restaurant and sat down.
The male secretary looked at the policeman anxiously, then looked at Jiang Xia: "What do you want? - Let me make it clear first, you won't protect your own people, right?"
Suzuki Sonoko slapped the table and said, "What are you talking about! Jiang Xia is not that kind of detective." - Besides, Miss Shirai is not one of us, she is just an ordinary passerby!
The horse-faced police officer cleared his throat and did not let the topic go off track. He simply said, "We found sleeping pills in the body of Mr. Kumada who was hanged. And its composition is almost the same as that found in Mr. Tachibana."
"In addition, at the scene where Mr. Kumada was hanged, there was an opened bottle of bourbon whiskey, which also contained sleeping pills with the same ingredients."
Curacao: “…” Uzo really likes to poke Bourbon whenever he has the chance… I should really take a picture of this scene and send it to that stupid black guy who is surrounded by Uzo but knows nothing about it and clamors every day to catch Uzo and teach him a lesson.
The police were at a loss as to the cause of a leader's distraction, so Officer Inoki continued, "In other words, it is very likely that after Kumada killed Lawyer Tachibana, he felt regretful, so he took sleeping pills and hanged himself."
"But!" As soon as he finished speaking, the horse-faced police officer continued, "This situation may just be an appearance. I always feel that things are not that simple. Brother Jiang Xia, what do you think?"
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