Detectives of Detective World

"Oh... I thought the criminal gentlemen had left."

After seeing Karasawa and his party coming to the living room, Funamoto Tatsuhito saw everyone and said immediately: "Do you know if you have found any clues about the prisoner?"

"No... not yet..." Officer Megure said with some embarrassment.

"Hey...Dad...I'm a little hungry..." While the two were talking, Touji Funamoto looked at his father and said.

"Ah...is it already this time?" Looking at his watch, Funamoto Tatsuhito realized that it was already dinner time.

"Then let's order takeout to deliver some food." After hearing the conversation between father and son, Shigeno Takami walked towards the landline phone.

"Hey, you should probably cook and make something for us to eat, right?" Funamoto Tatsuhito complained a little when he heard that Shigeno Takami was still planning to order takeout.

"Okay, I understand, let's get ready now." Shigeno Takami apologized and immediately walked towards the kitchen.

Hearing this, Tangze looked towards the kitchen meaningfully, and his sense of smell also quietly unfolded.

Then his eyes were fixed on the wheels of Funamoto Tatsuhito's wheelchair.

On the surface of the wheel, he saw a white foreign object stained on it, and according to the feedback from his super-olfactory sense, it was chopped green onion.

At this moment, a flash of inspiration flashed through his mind like lightning. Combined with Funamoto Tatsuhito's previous words, he seemed to have understood what the other party's move meant.

Calmly, Karasawa backed away from the crowd, and while Kogoro Mori was talking to Tatsuhito Funamoto, he walked towards the kitchen.

At this moment, Shigeno Takami was counting the ingredients in the refrigerator, and the sink was piled with a lot of dishes.

"This is really a lot of accumulation." Tang Ze saw the dishes and chopsticks stuffed in the sink at a glance and said.

"Ever since what happened to my wife, I haven't been able to do things well. It really makes you laugh."

Shigeno Takami smiled sheepishly and said: "I'm going to organize it. My husband is also a little dissatisfied that I order takeout for them every day..."

"This is human nature." Tang Ze nodded in understanding, and then asked in a different tone: "Um, what did you cook the night before yesterday?"

"Eh, the day before yesterday?"

Shigeno Takami was stunned by Karasawa's question, then touched her chin and muttered: "I think it was teriyaki amberjack with vegetables, green onions mixed with tofu and miso soup..."

"Oh...sounds like a good idea!"

At this moment, Conan, who was following Xiaolan, sighed, but his meaningful expression let Tang Ze know that the other party had probably seen through the most critical point in this case.

"If Conan wants to eat, I'll cook it for you when I go back." Xiao Lan, who was on the side, didn't think there was any other meaning in Conan's words. After hearing his emotion, she said to him with a smile.

"Ah, thank you Lanny-chan." Conan's "Cool Kid" smile disappeared in the next moment, replaced by a sweet and innocent smile.

Xiaolan smiled slightly, then looked at Shigeno Takami and said: "Well, if you don't mind, I'll help you too. I see that there seem to be a lot of bowls and chopsticks piled up here..."

"Wait, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat this meal today."

Before Takami Shigeno could speak, Tang Ze on the side spoke directly to stop Xiaolan's movements.

And his words also shocked the two people present.

"Tang Ze Criminal, what do you mean..." Xiao Lan said in surprise.

"I need to take this away as physical evidence."

Karasawa put on his white gloves and took away an item placed in the kitchen, then walked out the door, followed closely by Conan.

Xiaolan and Shigeno Takami looked at each other in confusion, then they stopped caring about cooking and hurriedly chased after Karasawa.

Returning to the living room again, Funamoto Tatsuhito in the wheelchair looked at Shigeno Takami who came back and asked: "Is the meal ready?"

"No..." Shigeno Takami rubbed her hands, not knowing how to answer.

"She said there was no food in the house, so she had to go out and buy some food." Conan on the side smiled and explained to her.

"Then go back quickly, I'm almost fainting from hunger." Funamoto Tatsuhito urged.

"Ms. Shigeno, we'll talk about grocery shopping later. I have something to say."

Tangze looked at Xiaolan aside and said, "Xiaolan, could you please take brother Touji upstairs for now?"

"Yes, yes..." Xiaolan had doubts on her face, as if she was hesitant to speak, but in the end she didn't say anything.

Because she knew that Tang Ze had his reasons, and coupled with his previous behavior in the kitchen, she actually guessed something.

In the end, Xiaolan didn't say anything more, and just followed Tang Ze's words and took Touji upstairs.

"How is this going?"

Although Funamoto Tatsuhito didn't speak when his son was around, after Xiaolan took his son away, he couldn't help but look at Karasawa and ask.

"Because he is still so young, it is not convenient for him to know some cruel facts."

Karasawa looked at Funamoto Tatsuhito and said, "I'm afraid this child didn't expect that the criminal who killed his mother was actually his father."

"What!?"

When Tang Ze finished speaking, everyone present was shocked.

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Funamoto Tatsuhito said angrily: "How could I hurt my wife?"

"Ah..."

Tang Ze smiled disdainfully after hearing this: "What is impossible from now on? In the cases I encountered, most of the people who killed the deceased were close people."

"This... Brother Karasawa, Mr. Funamoto was indeed in the room next to his wife during the time when the prisoner committed the crime.

But he was only about 160 centimeters tall, and he also had a leg injury. He couldn't commit the crime in a wheelchair, right? "

When Officer Megure saw the two confronting each other, he quickly raised questions, seemingly excusing him and changing the subject at the same time.

"Police Department, I think you should still remember the location of the pair of pearl earrings."

Tangze reminded: "One of them was placed on the dressing table, and the other was placed on the ear of the deceased."

"Yeah, I remember Brother Karasawa, you said at the time that it was probably when Mrs. Funamoto was taking off her earrings that she was suddenly called to the balcony." Officer Megure nodded.

"Memu Police Department, aren't you curious?"

Karasawa smiled and said: "How did Mr. Funamoto make his wife rush to the balcony before she had time to take off another earring?"

"Well? The reason?" Officer Mumu heard this and asked in confusion: "What reason?"

"Ms. Shigeno, I remember you said that Mrs. Funamoto likes to look at the stars, right?"

Karasawa did not directly answer Officer Megure's doubts, but looked at Shigeno Takami for confirmation.

"Well... that's right." Shigeno Takami nodded when he heard this, but his face was full of confusion and he didn't know why Tang Ze suddenly asked this question.

"This is the key point." Karasawa looked at the confused people and smiled and said: "I'm afraid that's what Mr. Funamoto shouted at the time - "There is a shooting star!" On top! "

And this sentence became the death knell for Mrs. Kansai! "

"Yes, because meteors flash by at night, that's why Mrs. Kansai didn't even bother to take off her earrings and ran straight to the balcony."

After hearing Karasawa's reminder, Police Officer Takagi suddenly said, "What's more, Mrs. Kansai likes stars very much."

"That's right, and the phrase "up above" is also an inducement, just to make Mrs. Kaneshi raise her head upward."

Karasawa explained: “This way, he could shoot upward from a lower position in the wheelchair.

And because Mrs. Kanesai's head was raised to the sky at this moment, and his position was relatively low, the bullet would penetrate from the back of the head to the forehead above.

This will create the illusion that a person over 180 centimeters tall is shooting from above. "

"And if you do this, the muzzle of the gun will be pointed upward, so there will naturally be no bullet marks around the mansion." Tang Ze smiled and said: "After all, if there were no obstructions, the bullet would probably fly directly to the river after piercing the head of the deceased. .”

"But what about the balcony glass?" Officer Megure couldn't help but nodded after hearing Tangze's words.

"It's very simple, because Mr. Funamoto is in a wheelchair, and with his injured leg, he can't reach the glass above, so naturally there is no way to break it." Takagi explained with a smile.

"What about the pearl part?"

Hearing this, Officer Memu asked again about the doubts, "Even if he really killed his wife on the second floor, he wouldn't be able to throw the pearl jewelry outside because his legs and feet were broken. After all, he had broken legs and feet. "

"On this point, I can only say that the previous search was not thorough enough."

Tangze's words stunned the two of them, and then Officer Memu quickly asked: "You mean the pearl jewelry is still in the room?

This is impossible. The possible hiding places have been checked outside. "

"Then, Officer Megure, have you ever looked inside the vacuum cleaner?"

The answer given by Karasawa stunned the two of them. Tatsuhito Funamoto, who was on the side, changed his expression drastically after hearing Karasawa's words, and could no longer maintain his previous evaluation.

"Vacuum cleaner…"

Officer Megure was stunned, while Takagi next to him looked panicked: "No, no, we didn't check there.

But isn’t Mr. Funamoto a robot idiot?

And since he was still in a wheelchair, it would be difficult to pick up the vacuum cleaner and put it back in place after using it without him noticing. "

"That's right. If Mr. Funamoto uses the vacuum cleaner by himself, it will be difficult not to be noticed, but if it is Ms. Shigeno, then it will be different, right?"

"I...I'm not..." Shigeno Takami was shocked when she heard Karasawa's words and quickly wanted to defend herself, but Karasawa raised her hand to stop her.

"I know, Ms. Shigeno, you don't know anything."

Tangze dispelled his worries about dealing with one sentence. He looked at the confused people and smiled: "I don't know if you still remember. Ms. Shigeno told us on the second floor about the actions of the three of them on the day of the crime. ?

Funamoto Touji has been running around and playing downstairs since the evening, while Ms. Shigeno has tidied up the mess Touji made. "

"What does this mean?" Officer Megure asked in confusion: "Aren't all children like this?

Is it any wonder that it makes a mess at home? "

"If it was normal, that would be no problem, but it happened to be that day." Tang Ze smiled and said, "Everyone, please think carefully about what holiday that day is."

"I know! I know!" As Karasawa finished speaking, Conan on the side responded positively: "February 3rd is a solar term, so you have to spread the beans!"

"Throwing beans...could it be that..." Officer Megure obviously realized something.

"That's right. I'm afraid brother Touji was pestering his father that day, asking him to wear a devil's mask and spread beans with him."

Karasawa looked at Funamoto Tatsuhito and said: "Because the size and shape of pearls are very similar, and more importantly, there are many of them, so they can easily get mixed up with beans.

In addition, Ms. Shigeno's cleaning time was around 11 o'clock, which was already very late. Ms. Shigeno must have wanted to finish cleaning and rest.

She probably didn't even look at it carefully, so she used a vacuum cleaner to suck up all the beans and pearls.

So the order of committing the crime should be like this.

First, he played a bean-throwing game with Touji in the evening, and then he told his wife who had returned home that he had something to discuss, so he went to Mrs. Funamoto's room.

There, he used the words "there is a shooting star" to induce Ms. Kanese to raise her head and shot her.

After that, he began to hang the hook on the handrail of the balcony, breaking the glass to make it look like an outside intrusion.

After that, she took apart the pearl necklace and bracelet that Ms. Kanese was wearing, and scattered them on the second floor where her son scattered the beans downstairs. After that, she just had to wait for Ms. Shigeno to vacuum them up. "

"Go check the vacuum cleaner for pearls!"

After listening to Karasawa's reasoning, Officer Megure quickly asked Takagi to check the situation. After a while, Takagi returned and received the news that the pearl was found in the vacuum cleaner.

"This way the method will be determined."

Officer Megure touched his chin, looked at Funamoto Tatsuhito in a serious tone and said: "When the dust bag of the vacuum cleaner is thrown away as combustible garbage, you can dispose of this evidence without leaving home."

"No, he has a more clever method, and this is related to the incident that the Maori detectives were originally investigating. "

Karasawa explained: "I only found out about this after Conan-kun told me about it. I have to say that Mr. Funamoto Tatsuhito, your plan is really thorough."

"Incident?" Officer Megure couldn't help being stunned after hearing what the two said: "What incident?"

"Ah, that's right."

On the side, Hondo Eiyu heard Officer Megure's doubts and informed everyone of the details of the incident he had entrusted to Mouri Kogoro to investigate this morning.

"I didn't expect that there would be such a thing. No wonder I met you, Brother Maori, around here." Officer Megure suddenly said.

"Ah...I didn't expect such a coincidence." Mouri Kogoro scratched his head and said with a smile: "Maybe the case is calling me..."

Tang Ze couldn't help but roll his eyes at this.

What's the power of your combination with Conan? Don't you have some AC numbers in mind?