Conan’s Corpse Picker

Toru Amuro felt that judging from the state of the body, Shibata Shiro seemed to have grasped something extremely hard before his death, and this did not match the creases in the photo.

At this time, Jiang Xia, who was watching the process of taking the photo, suddenly came over and whispered: "Mr. Shibata seems to have some strange blood stains on his palm."

Toru Amuro pondered for a moment, and again took advantage of the police officer not paying attention and pulled the corpse's hand away.

This time, instead of looking at the photo, he looked at the palm of the corpse with more purpose.

There was nothing in his hand except the photo, but there was a vague circular blood stain on the palm, as if he had once grasped something bloody, and then the thing was taken away, leaving traces.

The size and shape resemble a wedding ring.

When the keyword "wedding ring" was mentioned, Toru Amuro instantly thought of Hattori Shizuka's ring finger wrapped with a band-aid. His expression changed slightly, and countless speculations about emotional disputes flashed through his mind.

Immediately afterwards, he discovered that the corpse's hands actually had traces of wearing a wedding ring all year round. But now, the corpse's ring finger is also empty, and the ring is missing.

Toru Amuro stared at the finger, lost in thought.

…

In Toru Amuro's mind, when Hattori Shizuka's reputation plummeted, Hattori Shizuka was actually secretly thinking about something.

She did not enter the study, the scene of the first crime, but stood in the corridor politely, only occasionally looking into the door.

I sighed as I looked at it.

Why do detectives love to destroy crime scenes so much?

Well, this "we" can temporarily exclude Jiang Xia. In comparison, although Jiang Xia also entered the scene, he did not move anything during the whole process and only watched from the side.

It seems that what her husband said is not wrong. There is indeed something worth learning from Jiang Xia... When he goes back, he must remind his son not to always cause trouble to the police like other detectives.

Hattori Shizuka's leisurely comments didn't last long.

As the police began to conduct serious inspections, she soon discovered that her suspicions were rising sharply.

Not to mention the photo held in the deceased's hand, neighbor Yoshikawa Takezo also remembered another suspicious thing.

——Not long ago, the deceased Shibata Shiro received a phone call. At that time, while answering the phone, Shibata pulled out a photo from a certain book and said to the person on the other side of the phone, "I found it." Judging from today's events, the person who spoke to him at that time was Hattori Shizuka, who had "broken off contact with Shibata Shiro for nearly thirty years."

The degree of suspicion was so high that after asking the other two people about the situation, the Megure Police Department felt that it was almost time to ask "Ms. Ikebo" to go back to the police station to talk.

However, as soon as he turned his head and looked into Hattori Shizuka's calm eyes, he suddenly felt weak for some reason, and felt like he was being stared at by a superior person.

The Megure Police Department hesitated for a moment, then passed by Shizuka Hattori as if nothing had happened and stopped next to Jiang Xia.

He cleared his throat and asked in a low voice: "What do you think."

Jiang Xia thought for a while and whispered: "I think it would be better to arrest Mrs. Shibata."

Toru Amuro couldn't help but glance over here. Although he knew that Jiang Xia must have said this after reasoning, listening to the conversation between the two people always made him feel like he was picking vegetables at the vegetable market.

"Mrs. Shibata?" Megure Police Department, who had copied the answer, was stunned by the answer. Among the three suspects, only Mrs. Shibata had provided a clear alibi. He subconsciously asked, "Why?"

Because there is a ghost on her leg...

Jiang Xia paused slightly and said seriously: "There may be something wrong with her alibi."

Originally, according to Jiang Xia's current strategy of keeping a low profile, lowering his reputation, and preventing some timid prisoners from coming to him for entrustment, he originally wanted to leave the reasoning to Toru Amuro.

However, Jiang Xia changed his mind again when his peripheral vision glanced at Hattori Shizuka next to him.

He could almost guess the purpose of Hattori Shizuka anonymously coming to him for the commission.

And if this is an inspection, he'd better show the positive image he deserves. Starting from reducing the peripheral power, further reducing Hattori Heiji's strength and practical ability to hide from him. Although this Osaka detective has an awkward temper, he can indeed lead to many serial murder cases...

Thinking about this, Jiang Xia sorted out her words: "I think Mrs. Shibata is trying to use some method to confuse Mr. Shibata's death time..."

Mrs. Shibata invited friends to go shopping in the afternoon. Then before the appointed time, the meal was brought to the husband - for a person who often gambles all night long, the meal is a very erratic existence and can be moved forward or back at will.

When Shibata Shiro was halfway through eating, Mrs. Shibata killed someone and quickly went to the friend's appointment. After returning from the appointment, she only needs to take the evening newspaper into the house, which is usually delivered at 5 p.m., place it on the dining table, and pretend that Shibata brought it in by himself. Then she can calculate the time when Shibata Shiro was killed based on the meal time. Move it to the time when she was shopping with her friends, and give herself an alibi.

Originally, Hattori Shizuka was not included in Mrs. Shibata's plan.

But during the implementation, there was a problem with the planned plan - after she returned home, she found that her husband was not lying at the place where she had attacked him before. Instead, he stubbornly climbed into the study and died completely after that. During this process, Shibata Shiro took off his wedding ring and held it in his hand, wanting to take it as a death message.

Mrs. Shibata discovered this and hurriedly replaced the ring on Shiro Shiro's palm with a photo.

Because at that time, neighbor Yoshikawa Takezo called and left a message on the phone saying that he would come to see Shibata Shiro immediately. Mrs. Shibata then decided to leave secretly, wait for Yoshikawa Takezo to come to the door, and then come back, and let Yoshikawa Takezo be the first discoverer, thus further reducing her suspicion.

But she didn't expect that not only Yoshikawa Takezo would come here, but also several strangers would come to her door.

…

Hattori Jinghua listened quietly, occasionally nodding his head to express his agreement. The reports in the newspapers about Jiang Xia’s speed in solving the case were not exaggerated...

Just as he was thinking about it, there was suddenly a crisp sound next to him.

Hattori Jinghua was startled and looked attentively, and saw Mrs. Shibata sneered, raised her hand and threw out a blood-stained wedding ring. It was the relic that Shiro Shibata had just held in his hand, and that was later replaced with a photo.

Jiang Xia lowered his head and watched the bright color bounce on the floor, and finally hit his shoes. For no reason, he felt as if the boss had thrown the reward at his feet after clearing the level.

He stepped back a little and watched the police officer from the Forensic Division pick up the ring. He decided to go to the game arcade after a long absence in a few days to discuss the new ways of playing games that he had come up with during this period of boredom with the younger brothers who were recently addicted to picking up cats.