Conan’s Corpse Picker

Chapter 2868 2872 [Low-key and Hidden] Asking for monthly ticketsヽ(〃〃)~

"That is to say..." Inspector Otaki understood, "The bride did not die after the groom, but died in the wooden house immediately after leaving the wedding banquet!"

Grasping this point, the clue was immediately there.

Inspector Otaki was in a good mood. He turned his head and looked at the bride's brother: "When you sent her back, did you see any suspicious people?"

"...Uncle Otaki." Hattori Heiji rubbed his face speechlessly, "You might as well change your question to, 'Did you kill her directly when you sent her back?'"

Everyone in the room: "!"

The bride's brother: "?!"

Jiang Xia looked at him: "I remember you had a large loan, and your motive for murder was this money. As long as the groom dies first, your sister will inherit most of his property-and your sister only has you as a relative. As long as your sister dies soon after, those properties will naturally be yours."

The bride's brother was sweating He gritted his teeth and said, "I just borrowed some money from outside. How long do you want to nag about this little thing?! - Use your brains to think about it! My sister has married into a wealthy family. How can I be short of money? After the marriage, my sister can just give me some money from her fingers, and I can pay off the loans. How can I kill them for this!" Jiang Xia: "What you said just now should be your original plan. But unfortunately, your sister knows your character very well and does not intend to use the man's money to pay off your debts. "Your plan failed, and you were angry and embarrassed, so you had to think of another way to pay back the money - as long as the groom died first, and your sister followed closely, then their huge property would fall into your hands. "Tonight, you first tampered with your sister's drink, and when she felt unwell and had to leave early, you could naturally send her back to the cabin. "After helping her to the bed, you shot her with a pillow under your head, which would make the gunshot smaller and prevent blood from splashing on your body. "After killing her, you took her cell phone, left the villa with a gun, and hurried back to the wedding scene.

"Then you returned to the dinner as if nothing had happened, and found an opportunity to use the bride's cell phone to send a message to the groom about an appointment.

"The groom came to the parking lot as scheduled, but he didn't see the bride, only you waiting there with a gun. You killed him in the same way as you killed your sister."

At this point, he suddenly turned around and looked at Calvados who was brought by Inspector Otaki:

"When you killed the groom, the bullet penetrated his body and flew to the path behind the parking lot. And this... Mr. Yamaguchi? That's his name, right?"

"Mr. Yamaguchi happened to pass by with a tool cart, and your bullet hit the wooden box he was pushing, leaving a few fragments."

Jiang Xia smiled at the gloomy man in front of him: "It's really lucky - if you walked a step faster, the bullet would probably hit your body."

... So that's it?

Hattori Heiji and Conan could not see the murderous aura of the molar stick floating up from the air. They looked at each other in surprise and asked the "Mr. Yamaguchi" in unison: "You were almost hit by a bullet, why didn't you call the police?!"

Calvados: "..."

As an organization cadre walking in the dark, it is his instinct to avoid contact with the police.

And tonight, as a "third person" who brushed shoulders with the murderer and was almost killed, if he made this matter public, he would inevitably become an important witness, and he would probably be surrounded by the police for a period of time.

So relying on the darkness of the sky and the blind spot of the surveillance there, after noticing the shooting nearby, Calvados did not hesitate, let go of the tool cart and ran to the nearby bushes-as a professional sniper, he knew very well how to avoid the sight from the parking lot.

Just as he hid, the murderer rushed over with a pistol in his hand, murderous. The gunman seemed to want to kill the people passing by, but he didn't see anyone, so he ran away in a hurry.

After he left, Calvados pushed the cart as if nothing had happened and continued to walk to the warehouse.

He thought he could get away with it, but who knew that as the police investigated, they shifted their focus from the relatives to the staff. And the cause of all this...

Thinking of Officer Otaki's words just now, "Thanks to the idea you just provided!", he looked at Jiang Xia with murderous intent in his eyes: Sure enough, this detective is incompatible with their organization and should be eliminated as soon as possible.

...Unfortunately, it's not the time yet. Now, instead of eliminating the detective, he should get out of this mess of troubles first.

Thinking of this, Calvados silently wrote down the account.

Then he began his simple and powerful defense: "I didn't see who the murderer was, and I was afraid that he would kill me if I told him, so I didn't say anything."

Conan: "..."

Hattori Heiji: "..."

After walking around the manor just now, they also thought of the murderer's method of killing.

The reason why they didn't speak up first to solve the case was because there was one thing they hadn't figured out yet - what role did the debris that fell near the scene of the groom's death and the passerby play in the whole case?

If he was the murderer's helper, his presence seemed too weak, and the murderer had already planned everything and didn't need help.

And if he was just an unlucky passerby, then even if he didn't call the police, why didn't he mention a word about his experience, as if nothing happened? ——This makes no sense at all.

And now, the answer is revealed before their eyes.

——It’s just because of timidity.

"You..." Hattori Heiji stared at this stern-mouthed guy, with veins twitching on his forehead: You have the look of a tough guy who would rather die than surrender, so you are so timid? It’s true that people cannot be judged by their appearance!

The Otaki Police Department has seen many different kinds of people and has some understanding of this behavior. His attention quickly returned to the case itself: "Since there are witnesses, that's even better - although I can't see the murderer's face clearly, it can at least prove the time when the murderer was killed. Jiang Xia's reasoning is indeed correct!"

"Wait a minute, what do you mean it's right!" The bride's brother looked at the group of police detectives and witnesses talking to themselves, and severely interrupted their pleasant conversation:

"Did you forget something? - If I remember correctly, the murder weapon that killed the two of them was found on the other side of the river. After I sent my sister back, I never went to the other side. If the murderer It’s really me, why should I kill the groom? This doesn’t make sense at all!”