Chapter 73: The Criminal Reveals his Foot

"External work?"

After hearing Kikuemon's words, Police Officer Megure couldn't help asking again: "What exactly do you do?"

Hearing Police Officer Megure's question, Arita Yoshihiko explained: "work such as the release date of the exhibition of the work, or the transaction of the teacher's work, these external matters will be left to the lady."

"Because Master seldom goes out, Master will meet with the buyer only after the lady has contacted the buyer." Kaoru Otani added aloud.

"But there is no mobile phone next to the corpse."

Facing Police Officer Megure's doubts, a forensic officer on the side said: "As for the mobile phone, we have already found it in the deceased's room, and it was placed under the quilt."

"Under the quilt?"

"She probably uses her mobile phone as an alarm clock." Ryuichi Seto explained, " Madam has always had the habit of pressing the mobile phone under the pillow."

"The phone is out of power." The forensic officer took a look at the information recorded after sorting out the evidence and added.

"Is it out of battery? Then even if the mobile phone is placed next to you, you won't be able to hear the sound." Police Officer Megure nodded clearly, and immediately asked: "After that, who has left the living room?"

"other people…"

"It seems...probably..."

"No one, right..."

The three disciples were like, looked at me and I looked at you, recalling the situation at that time and said.

"Looking at it now, we still don't know that the lady was sent to the warehouse and killed." Senichi shook his head after listening to everyone's confession.

"Well...it's really hard." Police officer Megure touched his chin, "The lady's body was still warm when it was pulled down, which proves that it was discovered not too long after hanging herself, and was even alive shortly before the crowd rushed to the warehouse..

And at that time, everyone was in the living room, and everyone's alibi was established..."

"That's why I said, it's suicide." Kogoro Mouri spread his hands helplessly and said with a helpless smile, "It's suicide!"

Immediately afterwards, Mouri Kogoro began to reason with confidence that the deceased was a "suicide".

"Being barefoot is because she was going to commit suicide. She doesn't care about wearing shoes in this situation. I guess she ignored it when she was feeling ups and downs...

The soles of the feet are not dirty, and it's very simple. Isn't there a stone road from the corridor to the warehouse? I guess it's the way to get to the warehouse.

And the lady was still in the warehouse yesterday, smashing old man Kikuemon's new work "Feng shui circle" that was to be published...

Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that the more you think about it in the morning, the more you regret it, and you want to commit suicide. "

"Indeed...and there just happened to be a rope for packing inside..." Kaoru Otani said with a downcast expression: "The tool appeared when the lady was looking for death, did you think it was God's will..."

"And everyone still heard the sound of the clay pot breaking." Seto Ryuichi also echoed, "I really can't think of any other possibility..."

Well, this kind of reason for committing suicide by breaking a clay pot is nonsense no matter how you look at it?

Even if Kikuemon is a national treasure and "Feng shui circle" is a masterpiece, the deceased is also Kikuemon's daughter-in-law, and Kikuemon is not an unreasonable person. Forgiving her when it was broken..

Under such circumstances, it's incredible that such a nonsense reason is still accepted by most people, isn't it?

No, actually it's quite normal in Japan.

In Japan, the three-piece apology usually consists of bowing, kneeling, and committing suicide. You can play this set if you have any problems.

From our point of view, although the mistake is huge, we would not think of dying if the crime is not so serious, but it is common sense to commit suicide on their side.

No way, this is the person who developed a set of special rituals for suicide.

So what you think is nonsense, but to others, you need to wash away your mistakes with your life.

No way, the brain circuits are different, so don't expect to be able to understand each other.

"Anyway, we still need to check the warehouse again before drawing conclusions!"

Although Mouri Kogoro kept yelling about committing suicide, Police Officer Megure remained unmoved. "During this period, please wait patiently in the living room. If it is not necessary, do not move around without authorization."

When everyone gathered in the hall, Senichi also propped his chin and frowned, thinking.

suicide?

First of all, Senichi ruled out suicide. If Kogoro Mori and Conan were not present, there would still be a possibility of suicide.

But both of them may be present. According to "Detective Conan's Law", the deceased is definitely did not commit a suicide! !

Then the suspicious points on the corpse are worth noting.

The appearance of the cut wound on the right foot was really too strange.

Not wearing shoes is not in line with common sense at all, the actions like what Mouri Kogoro said are even more torn, and there are clean soles of the feet.

There must be some kind of trick. There are too many puzzling things at the crime scene...

Thinking of this, Senichi carefully observed the scene of the crime again, and the knowledge reserve in his mind began to flash. Suddenly, Senichi looked at the blood on the floor with his eyes fixed.

Based on the knowledge about bloodstain identification in trace identification, Senichi immediately realized the difference in the drop of blood in front of him.

Finally found it, there is no trace of being wiped out by prisoners! !

On the floor next to the bookcase, there was a drop of blood with a larger diameter than other blood spatters!

If the rest of the blood is about the size of a fingernail, then the trace of this drop of blood is already bigger than the bottle cap!

"If this drop of blood is here..." Senichi followed the traces of blood on the floor and looked up at the bookcase above.

And there, on the long dividing line of the rectangular bookcase, a nail was striking out impressively.

Seeing this, a gleam of understanding flashed in Senichi's eyes, and those broken clues quickly combined into one thought in his mind.

"Everything is clear now." Senichi looked at the bookcase and smiled.

With this trick, even if the person is not in the warehouse, he can still kill her with his own hands!

"Then, the next thing is to ensure the success of the trick, the mechanism that must be placed." Senichi was thinking, while beckoning the police to move the ladder from the side.

"Senichi-kun, what are you doing?"

Officer Megure saw the ladder being moved over, and Senichi was rummaging through the bottles and cans on the ladder, so he couldn't help but ask strangely: "Did you find anything?"

"Well... I have a little idea..." Senichi shook the clay pots one by one, and replied, "But it still needs to be verified..."

While talking, Senichi suddenly noticed that something was wrong with the crock pot in his hand. He shook it upside down again and found some noises inside.

Looking through the interlayer like briquettes to the deepest part, Senichi's pupils shrank instantly, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.