Chapter 1387: Flaws in the Dining Table and Chairs

Tuesday, January 27, evening.

Both the front page and the last page of the Evening News published the whole process of the Okuda Lunmei incident. So far, the oil truck explosion incident is considered to be over for most people.

International editions carried news about corruption in the UN oil-for-food programme. ...

February 1, Sunday, afternoon, Mihua Shopping Street.

Conan accompanied Lan to go shopping, and met her acquaintance Sachiko Nishimura in front of the beef shop. She was buying two servings of high-end beef with a bottle of high-end red wine.

Lan was a little curious, "Miss Sachiko, who is this?"

"Because today is a very special day." Sachiko Nishimura smiled, "My lover will come."

"Huh?" Lan was surprised, "Miss Sachiko, do you have a lover?" Then she reacted and said embarrassedly, "I'm really rude."

"It's okay." Sachiko Nishimura smiled, and took the beef, "Lan, I'll go now."

"Miss Sachiko, goodbye." Lan smiled.

Conan suggested: "Hey, Sister Lan, why don't we eat beef at night?"

"Sorry, Conan, let's talk about this at the end of the month." Lan said a little angrily, "It would be great if Dad could quit buying horses and drinking."

Conan straightened his triangular eyes, the uncle may not be able to count on him in this life. ...

The next day, Monday, February 2, afternoon.

Yamazaki, Mei Daizi, Sonoko, and Lan found a police car and a group of onlookers parked in front of an apartment building on the way home from school. The leading police officers seemed to be officers Takagi and Chiba.

Yuanzi looked over curiously, and found that the dead person people were talking about was actually Lan's acquaintance Sachiko Nishimura. Surprised, he quickly called Lan and the others over.

"Miss Sachiko is dead!" Lan asked in shock, "What's going on?"

Police officer Takagi said: "According to Miss Nishimura's colleagues, Miss Nishimura did not go to work today, and no one answered her cell phone or the stipulated number of her apartment because she lived alone, so colleagues were worried that she had a sudden death. What disease, so come to her."

Police officer Chiba said: "My colleagues called the door and no one answered, so I called the administrator to open the door. It turned out that she died at home, so I called the police."

Officer Takagi said: "The cause of death was being hit on the head with a blunt instrument. The murder weapon was a Buddha statue in the room."

Police officer Chiba said: "There are traces of rummaging in the room, and it is suspected that there is property loss."

Mei Daizi asked: "That is to say, for money?"

"Yes, and an acquaintance." Officer Takagi said, "Because the door is not damaged, it should be Miss Nishimura who took the initiative to let the person in, and then that person killed people and robbed money."

Officer Chiba said: "In addition, there are two steaks on the table, or maybe..."

Lan's complexion turned sour, "No, no, it's impossible."

Officer Takagi asked, "Miss Lan, do you know anything?"

"There are too many people here, it's not a place for detailed discussions, can you let us go to the scene to see." Yamazaki suggested.

Officer Takagi and Officer Chiba discussed it and agreed. ...

Scene, Sachiko Nishimura's room.

The forensic personnel were working, and the room was a bit messy. It could be seen that it had been rummaged, but the dining table was neat. There were two steaks, one was only half-eaten, and the other was untouched, not even the knife and fork.

Beside the dining table, on the side where the steak has been moved, the chairs are pulled out at a large angle, while on the other side where the steak has not been moved, the chairs are still neatly beside the table.

Lan told police officers Takagi and Chiba that she met Sachiko Nishimura yesterday afternoon and learned that Sachiko Nishimura was going to treat her boyfriend with steak.

Officer Takagi asked, "Then do you know who her boyfriend is?"

"I don't know," Lan said.

"It was also the first time I learned yesterday. I always thought Miss Sachiko didn't have a boyfriend."

Mei Daizi asked: "Hey, for a boyfriend, there should be a group photo, right?"

Officer Takagi said: "No, none of the photos we found showed a man."

"Maybe they were all taken away," Police Officer Chiba said.

"I see," Sonoko said, "The murderer was her boyfriend. He killed Ms. Sachiko for money, and then took the photo away."

"No," Lan said sadly, "Miss Sachiko was so happy yesterday."

"That's for love." Mei Daizi said, "The steak didn't move at all, which means he doesn't even want to eat what Miss Sachiko cooked."

"It makes sense," Yuanzi said, "The robbing of property is a cover-up to attract the attention of the police."

"Let's take a closer look." Yamazaki said, "Look at those two chairs."

Sonoko asked, "What's the problem?"

"Ah, that chair is wrong," Mei Daizi pointed to the chair by the table and said, "It shouldn't be like that."

Sonoko asked, "What is that like?"

Mei Daizi said: "That chair looks like a person sitting at a table."

Sonoko said, "What's the matter? You must have put the chair back after you left."

"Ah, I see." Lan said, "If you put the chair back after leaving, you should put the chair under the table instead of putting the chair next to the table like this. If you don't put it back, it should be like that chair." Same, at a wide angle to the table."

"The chair is placed here in a sitting position. The dishes have not been touched, and the wine does not seem to have been touched," Yamazaki said, "Maybe Miss Sachiko is just drinking alone."

"No," said Officer Takagi, "a neighbor heard Miss Nishimura talking to someone."

"No," Police Officer Chiba said, "That person only heard Miss Nishimura's words, and she toasted her with a smile."

Mei Daizi said: "But this wine doesn't seem to have been touched at all. If someone is sitting here, it's polite to take a sip anyway."

"That is to say, there was no one in the house at that time?" Sonoko asked, "Then who killed Miss Sachiko and took away the property?"

"No, no, you are just guessing, without evidence to support it." Officer Takagi asked back, "And the photos are gone. If it is not the murderer, why take the photos?"

"To set the blame on." Mei Daizi said.

"The steak was only eaten a little, that is to say, the incident happened during dinner." Yamazaki said, "It was not the dead of night at that time, the administrator would not sleep, and he would not leave the management room to patrol. He must know who came in and out. After passing this building, you can ask the neighbor who provided the clue for the specific time."

"Okay, let's ask the administrator." Sonoko said.

"No matter who it is, he must not be spared." Lan said angrily.

"Let's talk about it when we catch someone." Mei Daizi smiled. ...

The administrator provided a clue that Suenaga Kenji from the apartment building opposite came here at about that time last night.

The administrator said: "I once saw him chatting with Miss Nishimura. He seemed to be pursuing Sachiko Nishimura, and speaking of it, he seemed a little flustered when he left."

Officer Takagi asked, "Panic?"

"I'm not sure," said the administrator. "Anyway, I jokingly asked him if he had chased Miss Nishimura. He didn't say anything, and just left in a hurry, which was different from usual."

Officer Chiba asked, "How is he usually?"

The administrator said: "He works as a salesperson in a liquor store, and he is usually very good at talking."

Yuanzi smiled and said, "Okay, the murderer is him, he must be a guilty conscience."

"Come on, let's go find him." Lan said angrily.

Mei Daizi smiled and said, "Maybe she ran away long ago."...