Conan: Another Famous Detective

Fashi Saku smiled and said: "Even if the stain on my body is found to be consistent with the cockroach corpse in the toilet, it doesn't mean that I am the murderer, right?"

"Maybe the murderer secretly hid in the toilet, and then waited for me to come in and smeared the stains of dead cockroaches on my clothes without my noticing?"

"After all, I was also attracted by the conversation between Miss Ritsuko and Detective Hanomiya. Isn't it normal that I didn't notice the murderer's little moves?"

"Uh, this..." Officer Yamamura was stunned by Saku Hashi's rhetoric.

Although it feels a little strange, what Sakubo Hashi said is not impossible.

Then, Police Officer Yamamura looked at Hanemiya Akira.

Yu Gongming's expression remained calm and he said with a smile: "As expected of a lawyer, he is very familiar with sophistry skills."

Fashi Saku also smiled back: "This is not sophistry. You must know that whether the police handle the case or the court judges the case, they all follow the principle of exculpating the guilt beyond a reasonable doubt."

"Since there are other possibilities now, Detective Hanomiya just believes that I am the murderer based on the current evidence, but it is not enough."

"Okay, if you want evidence, then I will give you the evidence." Akira Hanomiya looked at Officer Yamamura: "Officer, tell me what I just told you."

"Okay!" Officer Yamamura nodded and said:

"We called up the surveillance of the elevator and safety stairs on this floor and found that Mr. Saku came to this floor through the safety stairs at 10:22 pm and did not see him leave after that."

"In addition, during the surveillance, Mr. Saku's coat was pulled up, and he felt a little bloated."

"Then when do we call the police?" Yu Gongming asked again.

"Ten thirty-one." Officer Yamamura replied.

Saku Hashi's face changed slightly.

Akira Hanomiya said calmly: "Mr. Saku, according to your statement, you walked into the room when you heard me saying to call an ambulance, and the time we called the police was also at that time."

"So, if, as you say, you just entered the room, where did you go during those nine minutes?"

Saku Hashi's lips trembled, but in the end he didn't say even a single word.

Akira Hanomiya continued: "Before this, the waiter and I were outside the door of Miss Ritsuko's room in the corridor. We didn't see anyone, and your room is not on this floor."

Akira Hanomiya looked at Saku Hoshi with sharp eyes: "So, where have you been during this time?"

Saku Hashi's lowered right hand clenched into a fist, and then sighed: "Yes, I was indeed in the toilet at that time."

Officer Yamamura glared: "So, you admit that you are the prisoner?"

"No, I didn't say that." Saku Hoshi said calmly:

"I did come to this room at that time, but I actually came here to have a tryst with Ritsuko."

"What? Tryst, are you..." Lawyer Mikasa was shocked.

Fashi Saku nodded slightly: "Yes, we have actually been dating secretly. I came here tonight to have a tryst with her."

"We had already started making out, but the doorbell suddenly rang."

"When Ritsuko looked out through the peephole, her expression changed immediately."

"She told me that her ex-boyfriend was outside the door and asked me to hide quickly. Her ex-boyfriend was very violent and might do something if she saw other men in her room."

"I was shocked when I heard it and hurriedly hid in the toilet."

"Then Ritsuko opened the door and let him in."

"They came to the living room, and I seemed to hear a rustling sound."

"I looked out through the crack in the door and saw the guy coming to the door with a pair of pliers and starting to fiddle with the anti-theft chain."

"I was still wondering what he was going to do. Then there was a knock on the door, and he seemed to panic. He immediately put away his pliers and ran towards the house."

"Next, Detective Hanomiya and the waiter walked in, and then I heard Detective Hanomiya calling for an ambulance. I knew something was wrong, so I came out to ask about the situation."

After listening to Saku Hashi's narration, Police Officer Yamamura frowned: "Then why did you lie just now?"

Fashi Saku said helplessly: "Because I was afraid of being suspected by the police. After all, I didn't know where the guy went at that time."

"But now it seems that the guy probably climbed out of the window using something like a hook lock, and then discarded his crime tools."

"What you said...are all true?" Officer Yamamura asked suspiciously.

Yu Gongming patted him on the shoulder: "Officer, don't be fooled by him."

He looked at Saku Hoshi: "The story is well written, but there is something in you that can directly point to you as the murderer!"

"What is it?" Sakubo Fashi said trying to calm down.

Yu Gongming smiled slightly: "In your haste, you threw the gloves, rope and pliers out of the window, but there is one thing you seemed to forget to throw away."

He stared at Saku Hoshi and said faintly: "It's... the handkerchief you used to stupefy Ritsuko's lawyer!"

Saku Hashi's pupils suddenly shrank!

When Police Officer Yamamura saw this, he immediately shouted: "Mr. Saku, can you let us search you?"

Hoshi Saku lowered his head slightly and was silent for a while, then smiled bitterly and shook his head: "No need."

Then, he took out a white handkerchief from his arms.

Officer Yamamura stepped forward, took the square handkerchief, and turned it over.

"Eh? This is..." Police Officer Yamamura said, looking at the red mark on the handkerchief.

"Is it lipstick?" Fei Yingli came over and glanced at the handkerchief: "This should be the lip mark left on the handkerchief by Miss Ritsuko when she was unconscious."

"Judging from the somewhat distorted shape of the lip prints, Ritsuko-san must have been struggling fiercely at that time, and Ritsuko-san's saliva should be detectable on it."

When Police Officer Yamamura heard this, he jumped up excitedly: "Great! As long as Miss Ritsuko's saliva is tested, Mr. Saku will be able to say nothing!"

"Yeah..." Sakubo Fashi also sighed: "I also realized this and decided to give up resistance."

He looked at Yumiya Ming with complicated eyes: "Detective Yumiya, how did you make sure I had a handkerchief on me?"

Yu Gongming smiled lightly and said: "First of all, I saw from your gait and behavior that you have not received fighting training."

"In other words, if you want to stun Miss Ritsuko, for the sake of safety and to better disguise it as suicide, you probably won't use hitting."

"Coupled with the fact that you used sleeping pills to fake your suicide, I guess you also used the drug to knock Miss Ritsuko out first."

"I was outside the door listening to what was going on inside, and I didn't hear the sound of flushing inside. That means you didn't flush the handkerchief into the sewer."

"In addition, Conan did not find the handkerchief under the window, and the police at the scene did not find anything, so I am sure that the handkerchief is still on you."

"I see, then when did you suspect that I was the murderer?" Saku Hashi asked.

"I've been suspicious since you met us in the room." Yu Gongming said calmly.

Hearing this, Saku Hoshi's smile became increasingly bitter: "As expected of a famous detective, I am convinced that I lost."