Chapter 1503: Clues in the Mystery

March 20, Sunday, afternoon, overcast, residential area behind Mihua Shopping Street.

Knowing that the president of Maotian Food Club is Maotian Rongxin, all suspicious eyes turned to Maotian Rongxin who directed the moving company to move. After all, the deceased Masaharu Gomura was an employee of Maotian Food Club, and the place where he died was Maotian Rongxin. It was too much of a coincidence that the letter called to move the van.

The White Bird Police Department said: "Excuse me, Mr. Maotian, we have some questions about this incident and would like to ask you."

"What does this have to do with me?" Maotian Rongxin refused straight away.

Police officer Sato said: "Mr. Nekota, we just learned that the deceased's name was Gomura Masaharu, and he was an employee of your club."

Maotian Rongxin was surprised, "Is it Houcun?"

"That's right, that's him." Maori asked, "He jumped from here after he robbed the jewelry store, did you do something wrong?"

"Nonsense," Maotian Rongxin was very angry, "Mr. Mori, as a detective, don't you know that there must be evidence for what you say?"

"Cough," Police Officer Takagi changed the topic, "Excuse me, Mr. Nekota, where are you at around 1:30 in the afternoon?"

"What are you doing, do you think I'm a suspect?" Nekoda Rongxin asked.

"It's just to assist in the investigation, because Mr. Gomura Masaharu is your employee, so we have the right to ask you to cooperate with us." Shiratori Police Department said, "If you feel inappropriate, you can call your lawyer first, and then we will talk."

Mao Tian Rongxin hesitated, "Okay, okay, you can ask whatever you want."

Officer Sato said. "Thank you for your cooperation."

"Then," said the White Bird Police Department, "please tell me about your afternoon itinerary."

Mao Tian Rongxin said: "I waited for the scheduled moving agency to come after lunch, and then I have been busy with moving. People from these moving agencies can testify for me."

"Yeah, you made us look like dogs." Porter A said dissatisfied.

"Let us go here in a while, let us go there in a while, and we have to wait when we reach the door." Porter B said dissatisfied, "It's too difficult to serve."

Officer Sato asked: "Oh, can you tell me about your experience here in detail?"

Yamazaki interjected, "Accurate to the minute."

The truck driver said: "Mr. Maotian agreed with us to move at one o'clock in the afternoon. We arrived here at 12:45 noon 15 minutes earlier, and then we went upstairs to find Mr. Maotian gone."

Officer Sato asked, "What floor?"

Employee A and B said: "The ninth floor of the building opposite."

Employee A said dissatisfiedly: "Then he made us wait outside the door for a full twenty minutes."

The Shiratori police department asked: "Mr. Maotian, why is this?"

Mao Tian Rongxin said: "When they came, I happened to be going to the bathroom."

Maori asked, "Twenty minutes?"

Maotian Rongxin said angrily: "Do I have to ask this too? I sometimes feel constipated, no!"

"Sorry, sorry." Maori smiled awkwardly.

Officer Sato changed the subject, "It means that you saw Mr. Nekota after five past one."

Porter A said, "You forgot the time to go upstairs."

Porter B said: "The time we saw this person was about ten past one."

Maotian Rongxin snorted coldly: "Hmph, you really think I'm a prisoner."

Everyone pretended not to hear, and continued.

Officer Takagi asked: "So, you have been together for the rest of the time?"

"No," said the truck driver, "Next, Mr. Mao Tian instructed us to move things."

Porter A said: "He talked for five minutes, and then we started moving things.

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Officer Takagi said, "It's fifteen minutes past one."

Porter B said: "I didn't pay attention to him after that."

The truck driver said, "I didn't notice either, but he certainly hasn't been out of this building."

Officer Sato asked, "Why do you say that?"

The truck driver said: "When we came, our car was parked at the back of the building. When moving, in order to facilitate the moving of things, I drove the car to the front, so we kept going in and out."

Mao Li asked: "You carry things up and down the elevator, there is always free time, right?"

The truck driver said, "I don't think it's such a coincidence."

Porter A said: "I also don't think he has been out of this building. I saw him take some things to the fifth floor. He should be sorting things."

Maori asked, "Fifth floor?"

Mao Tian Rongxin said: "My house is on the fifth floor, and the ninth floor is my club, which occupies one floor."

Officer Sato asked, "Is your club here?"

Mao Tian Rongxin said: "Yes, I was just a food agent before, but now I am going to build my own food processing plant, so I moved out, and the ninth floor will be rented out as an apartment in the future."

The Shiratori Police Department said: "It turns out that this is the place where Gomura Masaharu works. He must be very familiar with the environment in this area." Then he said to Eishin Nekota, "Mr. Nekota, please take us to your club."

"My club?" Mao Tian Rongxin was reluctant, "Are you all finished?"

"Mr. Maotian, I think you made a mistake. I am not asking for your instructions. I am just informing you, because your club is in the building opposite the place where Mr. Masaharu Gomura jumped from the building." Shiratori Police Department said, "Houcun Mr. Shoji ran straight here to jump off the building after robbing the jewelry store, so I have reason to suspect that Mr. Gomura Shoji made some kind of escape tool in the building opposite, which is his club, so that he can jump off the building Run away, so we are going to search, this is an active criminal search, no formalities are required."

"Nonsense, how can there be such a thing, these movers are watching there." Maotian Rongxin laughed anxiously, "And if there is a note in the jewelry bag, saying that the jewelry is going to be given away Prime Minister, are you going to find the Prime Minister too?"

"You're right," Shiratori Police Department said, "If there is such a note, I will go." He made a gesture of invitation and asked Ei Shinobu to lead the way.

"Hmph." Maotian Rongxin was reluctant, but he could only lead the way and take everyone to his Maotian Food Club. ...

On the ninth floor, Maotian Food Club.

There are a lot of packed boxes inside, as well as some scattered things, as well as tables, chairs and cabinets. It really looks like moving.

Maori asked, "How long will it take to move?"

The truck driver said: "These things need to be loaded into three containers in total, that is, three round trips."

Porter A said: "It was supposed to be on Friday, but it ended up being delayed until today."

Maotian Rongxin said angrily: "I have set a time limit of three days to say such things, be careful I will complain to you."

"Sorry, it's our fault," the truck driver said.

Porter B smiled and said, "Okay, there is overtime pay today, so there is nothing to complain about."

"I'm sorry." Porter A saluted.

"Forget it, be more careful when you speak next time," said Mao Tian Rongxin.

Everyone followed Maotian Rongxin around and found nothing unusual.

"Is it all right?" Nekoda Rongxin asked.

"Sorry to bother you," Shiratori Police Department said.

And just as Maotian Rongxin sent everyone to the door, the cell phone of Shiratori Police Department rang.

Seeing that it was a call from the forensic doctor, the Shiratori Police Department went to the side to answer the call.

Regarding the results of the autopsy on Masaharu Gomura's body, it can be preliminarily determined that he was unconscious when he fell from the building.

"Okay, I see." Shiratori Police Department said, and then his heart moved, "Can you help me see, from what height did he fall?"

"Well, according to the previous cases of falling from buildings, judging from the degree of damage to the deceased's body and the degree of depression of the truck, the deceased should have fallen from a height of more than 20 meters, and certainly not 30 meters."

"More than twenty meters? Does twenty meters count?"

"It's hard to say. After all, it's a truck below, not the ground. But if you want accurate data, I can ask someone to help you experiment. It's a high-altitude parabolic method."

"Wait, did the 20 meters you just said mean counting from the roof of the truck?"

"Of course, do you still count from the ground where the truck is?"

"Okay, I see, thank you, I'll treat you to a drink when I'm free."

"Then do you want to do a high-altitude parabolic experiment?"

"To do this, first do four groups. The first group is the ninth-floor roof with a horizontal height of about 27 meters; the second group is the ninth-floor roof with a height of about 29 meters; The balcony on the first floor, with a horizontal height of about 24 meters; one group is the balcony on the fifth floor, with a horizontal height of about 12 meters; call me as soon as it is completed."

"Okay, I'll call you as soon as I'm done."...

downstairs.

"It can now be preliminarily determined that Mr. Gomura Masaharu was unconscious when he fell from the building."

The Shiratori Police Department told Mori, Sato, and Takagi the news they heard from the forensic doctor. Yamazaki and the Boys Detective Team were also listening, and the three people from the moving company were already busy.

Officer Takagi had a headache, "Since he is unconscious, how did he rob the jewelry store?"

The White Bird Police Department laughed and said, "Could it be that someone took his place? Then it created the illusion that the robber failed to escape."

"For him? Who?" Maori asked, "Could it be Mr. Cat Field?"

"Mr. Maori also has this suspicion." Shiratori Police Department said, "I got a clue."

"Hey, don't be a fool at this time." Officer Sato said angrily.

The White Bird Police Department said with a smile: "Mr. Houcun fell from the height of the building should be between 20 and 30 meters."

Yamazaki's heart skipped a beat, and he looked towards the ninth floor of the opposite building where the Maotian Food Club was located, and Conan turned and ran away, followed by Haibara and the others.

Yamazaki knew that this guy must have gone to the balcony at the back of the building to investigate.

"The roof on the ninth floor is about 27 meters, and the height of the top of the truck compartment is at least 3 meters from the ground. In this way, the height of the fall is 24 meters." Officer Takagi said, "And here..."

"The balcony on the ninth floor where Maotian Food Club is located is about 24 meters above the ground, and the height of the top of the truck compartment is 3 meters from the ground. This drop is 21 meters," Police Officer Sato calculated, "It also meets the requirements."

The White Bird Police Department continued: "Didn't those movers say that? Their truck was parked at the back of that building before."

Molly pondered. "And for a while, none of them were in the van, and all of them were waiting outside Maotian Food Club."

Officer Takagi said: "If, at that time, Mr. Maotian beat Mr. Koji unconscious in the Maotian Food Club, and then pushed him downstairs, then..."

"It makes sense." Shiratori Police Department interjected, "Mr. Houmura happened to hit the roof of the truck, so Mr. Maotian was afraid that it would be revealed that he killed Mr. Houmura, so he robbed the jewelry store while the movers were busy, and then jumped into the car. Come down, let people think that Mr. Gomura died at that time."

"It doesn't make sense here, Takagi watched him jump off the roof of this building," Police Officer Sato asked, "How did he disappear from under Takagi's nose?"

The Shiratori Police Department said: "It must have been rappelling with a rope. Takagi was only looking at the remains on the roof of the truck at the time, and was completely attracted by that, so he let him run away."

"This..." Officer Takagi began to doubt himself.

Officer Sato said: "It may also have jumped into a room downstairs."

Officer Sato and Officer Takagi are very grateful.

Yamazaki said, "There is another question. If Mr. Nemota wanted to kill Mr. Houmura, why did he choose this place? You must know that this is where his club is, and he can't get away with it."

"Indeed." Officer Sato pondered, "He must have planned a very perfect criminal method."

Officer Takagi said: "If you say that, then everything is planned."

The Shiratori Police Department said: "The moving agency is booked, and it's booked for three days, but I chose this time today."

"The truck of the moving company was behind the building before, and then in front of the building." Officer Sato said.

Officer Takagi said: "The jewelry robbers escaped all the way, and finally jumped on top of the van, and then I saw a body on the roof of the van."

"Everything is planned," Molly said.

"The problem is evidence," said Yamazaki, "evidence that can identify Mr. Nekota as the murderer."...