Ke Xuezhuo's son-in-law

Chapter 201 Mask Murder Case

After several people waited for a while and a middle-aged man arrived, Officer Megure said, "Since all the witnesses are here, let's start recording the confessions."

Officer Megure held the police manual and began to describe the entire process from the incident to the arrival of the police.

"Mr. Quan arrived here at eight o'clock sharp and left at eight forty. Miss Qianxun came to her mother at eight fifty and left at nine twenty. Then, Mr. Yoshioka came to the villa at nine-twenty and left the villa at nine-thirty-one."

After finishing speaking, he closed the manual and said to the others, "The information above is correct, right?"

Chihiro Kojima curled her lips and snorted, "Humph, since that's what happened on the video tape, is it still wrong?"

The victim's daughter's words immediately aroused Conan's surprise. Knowing that the victim was her mother, how could she be so cold.

(Is it because of a contradiction?)
  Officer Megure still stated calmly, but when he asked her if she knew who the victim was when she left, Chihiro Kojima had a big reaction and immediately replied, "Do you even need to ask? You said this because you think I am Did you kill your mother?"

"No, no, I didn't mean that."

"so what?"

"So we infer that the murderer is among the three of you."

Seeing the exchanges between Officer Megure and the suspect, Fujiwara left the house with some boredom and wandered around in the yard outside the door. Anyway, the case-solving reasoning would have no effect with or without him. Conan and Kogoro could solve the case together, so there was no need for him to forcefully join in and pretend to be smart.

It is better to take the time to look at the houses of wealthy people in Mihua, so that you can use them as a reference when you change houses in the future, and save a lot of design costs.

This kind of community usually has a separate alarm system and security personnel from the security company patrolling. If there is the slightest movement, the security personnel will come to check the situation. Ordinary people want to come in for a visit but cannot come in without an invitation from the owner.

There is a swimming pool, lawn, apple trees, plum trees, and a detached garage with large marble tiles on the floor, benches made of mahogany, and a separate lawn irrigation management system.

Showing luxury and extravagance.

The lawn in this yard is already close to the level of a golf course.

He once imagined that one day he could live in a place like this, without having to worry about neighbors and without annoying big trucks honking at the door.

Not to mention that no one will come and post advertisements for lock opening, boiler cleaning and water pipe repair.

It's not always possible to deliver takeout in such a remote place, but if you can live in such a place, there should be a few nannies at home...

"Hey, speaking of which, why didn't this family hire a nanny?"

The police car sirens outside flashed alternately, confusing nearby residents. Several people stuck their heads out to observe the situation.

Toya Eiko, who had just returned from working overtime at the company, was very confused when she saw the warning lights here and the cordon at the door.

If I remember correctly, this should be the home of the president of an electrical appliance sales company.

"Was there a home invasion and robbery?"

She was not familiar with the behavior of the police cordon and did not think of the murder at all. After all, as an old resident here, she had not heard anyone say that a murder had occurred here for more than 30 years since she moved here.

So when she was about to drive home directly, she saw an acquaintance in the yard of Kojima's house.

"Fujiwara? Why is he here too?"

She knew that Fujiwara Hoshikai was Sleeping Kogoro's apprentice.

"It seems something more serious has happened."

Seeing Fujiwara Hoshikai, she suddenly remembered that she had promised to choose the girl named Mao Lilan from last time for the May cover of the fashion magazine under her name. After dealing with the mess at the last fashion week, she had been busy with the group's affairs and almost forgot about it.

It seems that the studio and photographer will be arranged to plan the matter in a few days.

"I just happened to ask him what happened here."
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  The east side of the yard is higher than the west side, and the road is just to the west of the yard.

After walking around, Fujiwara felt that this kind of single-family villa was just like that. Although the environment was beautiful, it was sparsely populated in the suburbs, and no one would know if it was killed for a short time.

This is indeed a suitable place to live for Ren, who is in a light situation, but for ordinary people, this tranquility is a kind of torture.

When Fujiwara Hoshikai returned to the villa, he saw Mouri Kogoro guessing the identity of the murderer. Conan looked thoughtfully at the body of President Kojima next to him, always feeling that something was not right.

It seems like something is missing.

Officer Megure ordered his men to prepare to remove the body.

"President Kojima must be old. Why can't you see any wrinkles after applying the mask?"

"Face mask?" Conan seemed to understand something and immediately went over to take a look, which further confirmed his suspicion.

"This corpse is so strange."

"What's weird?"

"She went to pick up the guests in her pajamas, but she knew that someone would come to visit today. Even if she was at home, she couldn't wear pajamas, right?"

Conan's words successfully made Officer Megure reflect, "Yes, why are you dressed like this? It doesn't look like you are waiting for guests."

"But she is waiting for her daughter..."

When Conan heard this, he immediately retorted with a child's voice, "But she had two other guests, and she was strangled to death with a rope from behind. If she was strangled to death, there would be scars on her face. It’s better to have wrinkles.”

As soon as these words came out, Mouri Kogoro and Officer Megure looked at each other, "Yes, take it down and take a look."

After peeling off the mask, the ferocious face and wrinkles inside were indeed revealed, which was enough to show that Conan's question was correct.

The mask was put on after her death.

"So it seems someone lied just now."

Mouri Kogoro's words made several people present change their expressions. At this moment, the doorman came over and under the guidance of Conan, identified the woman who was spitting out the mask and chatting just now as Miss Chihiro.

When the matter was exposed, Chihiro Kojima still said that she had indeed disguised herself as her mother, but the murderer was definitely not her.

Conan also feels that the woman is not the murderer. Now he only needs to push the timeline forward to identify the murderer.

"Mr. Coroner, Kogoro wants me to ask you questions."

As soon as Conan approached, he was tripped by Takeo Izumi who was leaving in a hurry. He happened to see the sparkling lenses of his contact lenses on his trouser legs. Now he understood everything.
  So after using the same anesthesia watch to knock out Kogoro, everyone was summoned to start the real reasoning.

He used a series of coincidences and the clues he discovered to force out the criminal, and then blew himself up in public to explain his crime.

"She deserves it. I obviously followed her instructions, but she forced the losses caused by the economic crisis on me and prepared to sue me. She also threatened me that if the losses were not paid, she would I used the homestead my parents left me to pay off the debt. I really can’t stand this kind of oppression from the president.”

(End of this chapter)