Chapter 326: The Truth Under the Mask

On January 12, after midnight, Kojima’s house.

In the living room, besides the police, there was also a young woman and a middle-aged man.

After hearing Maori's words, the young woman asked, "Who are you and why do you say such things?"

"You should be Mr. Mori Kogoro, a detective, right?" the middle-aged man said, "It's great to have you here."

"You know me too?" Molly asked.

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Of course, in Tokyo, no one knows you, Mr. Mori."

"Really?" Molly laughed.

After carefully looking at the body, Conan asked in a low voice, "Do you feel anything wrong?"

"Yes," Yamazaki said, "but I haven't figured out what's wrong yet."

Conan asked, "Then what about Mr. Quan?"

"I don't know." Yamazaki said, "It's normal to come to Uncle Maori when something like this happens, whether it's to ask Uncle for help, or to ask Uncle to provide an alibi for him."

"Cough!" Interrupting Maori, the Megure Police Department said, "Okay, everyone is here, let's start. There are three suspects this time, and they are all acquaintances of the president Ikuko Kojima, who runs the home appliance business. First of all, Mr. Takeo Izumi, who is in the securities business, arrived here at eight o'clock sharp and left here at eight forty."

"Wait a minute," Maori asked, "Megure Police Department, how do you know the exact time?"

"This is a high-end apartment with cameras installed." Meguro Police Department said, "The time they entered and exited here has been completely recorded."

"That's right," Molly said.

Yamazaki asked: "Megure Police Department, can you let it out and have a look?"

"Yes." Megure Police Department immediately ordered his subordinates to play, then pointed to the young woman, looked at the screen and said, "This is the victim's daughter, Miss Chihiro, she came here at 8:50, and then 9 At one o'clock, the security of the community came here once, and Ms. Kojima opened the door at that time, you see, she had already put on a mask like this and was wearing loose clothes at that time."

Maori asked, "Why did the security come here?"

"The security guard said that a cat tripped the alarm by mistake," Megure police department said.

"That's right," Molly said.

Looking at the screen, Miss Chihiro opened the door with a key after ringing the doorbell, Yamazaki asked, "Miss Chihiro, why is that?"

"Here," Miss Chihiro said, "I suddenly remembered that I had the key with me."

"Miss Chihiro left at 9:10." Megure Police Department said, "Mr. Yoshioka arrived here at 9:20."

"Wait a minute," Yamazaki asked, pointing to the picture of Mr. Yoshioka pushing the door into the room on the screen, "Mr. Yoshioka, is this door open?"

"Yes." Mr. Yoshioka said, "It's not locked, and it opens with one turn."

"Miss Chihiro," Maori asked, "Can you explain?"

"This," Miss Chihiro said, "maybe my mother may not have heard me close the door in the room."

"Mr. Yoshioka left here at 9:31." Megure Police Department asked, "Huh? Mr. Yoshioka, what were you holding in your hand when you went out?"

"This..." Mr. Yoshioka was speechless.

Mori asked: "Did you harm President Kojima because of that thing?"

"No, no, it's not." Mr. Yoshioka shook his hand quickly and said.

"Where's the thing?" Megure Police Department asked.

"In, in my car." Mr. Yoshioka said.

The Mumu Police Department immediately ordered the department to go down and get it, and then said: "The police received the call at 9:31."

Maori asked: "So, Mr. Yoshioka, did you call from outside? There seems to be a phone here. If you are not a criminal, why don't you call the police here?"

"Well, it's always unpleasant to be in the face of a dead body," Mr. Yoshioka said, "that's why I ran back to my car to make a mobile phone call."

"It's not unreasonable," Molly said.

"From 9:20 to 9:31," Conan said, "brother Yamazaki, did he stay inside for eleven minutes?"

"Huh?" Megure Police Department asked, "Mr. Yoshioka, can you explain?"

At this time, a police officer came over with a file bag and handed it to the Mumu Police Department.

The Mumu Police Department looked at it and said: "So that's the case, so you embezzled public funds."

Mao Li said: "And this one is the report made by the company after investigation."

"If the relevant department finds out about this matter, then my life will be over." Mr. Yoshioka said, "That's why I came here to beg her."

"But you strangled her because you didn't have a good time talking about it," Maori said.

"No, when I came here, the president was already dead." Mr. Yoshioka said, "I was afraid that if this document was discovered, I would be the first to be suspected, so it took a while After finding this document, I went out and called the police."

Mao Li smiled and said, "Who would believe what you say?"

Megure police department said: "Mr. Yoshioka, what else do you want to say..."

"Wait a minute, Megure Police Department." Yamazaki asked, "Mr. Yoshioka, do you have an appointment with Ms. Kojima?"

"This is not considered an appointment, but the president should know that I will come to her." Mr. Yoshioka said.

"I see." Yamazaki said, "Uncle, since Ms. Kojima has an appointment with her subordinates, then..."

"Then you won't wear this kind of home clothes and put on a mask." Mori said, and then asked, "Master Kojima, what time did Ms. Kojima die?"

Megure Police Department said: "Temporarily, it is considered to be between 9:10 and 9:20."

"Ah, I see," Maori smiled, "The culprit is you—Miss Chihiro."

"What nonsense are you talking about? How could I harm my mother?" Miss Qianxun pointed at Mr. Quan and said, "Then this person is also suspected, he can enter the room from other places after going out. And I know him There is also a motive. He made a mistake in investing in stocks, which caused my mother to lose nearly 300 million yen, and my mother is going to ask him to settle the score." Then he pointed to Mr. Yoshioka and said, "He can also come early and use the camera to Make an alibi."

"We have already checked. Except for the main entrance, all other doors and windows are locked from the inside." Mumu Police Department said, "That is to say, unless you are an accomplice and locked the doors and windows for the prisoner, otherwise , there is only one way for the prisoner to enter and exit the room, and it must appear on the camera."

"It takes at least an hour and a half from here to my office. If Mr. Quan leaves for the office after nine twenty, then it is impossible to wait there before I return to the office, because I have about I returned to the office at 10:40." Mori said, "So, Ms. Chihiro, the culprit is you. After you harmed Ms. Kojima, the alarm outside suddenly sounded, and then the community security came Come to knock on the door. In order to deal with the security guards, you changed into your mother's clothes and put on a mask, pretending to be your mother, Ms. Kojima, and went out to dismiss the security guards. Then you came back and put on the clothes and mask for the mother who was harmed by you, and then I went out in a hurry, so the door was not locked, because there was no way to lock it."

It turned out that something was wrong with the mask, Yamazaki and Conan looked at each other and laughed together.

"That's right, Maori." Megure Police Department smiled, and then said to Miss Chihiro, "If you still have a motive for the murder..."

"She has." Mr. Yoshioka said, "The president has already severed relations with her because of her marriage partner, and her husband is still in prison."

"You don't need to talk too much," Miss Qianxun said, "Even if Mom and I are at odds, there is no need to kill her."

Mr. Yoshioka asked back: "I heard that when you borrowed money from the president last time, she was severely rejected by her. Didn't your mother and daughter have a big fight over this matter?"

"If that's the case," Megure Police Department said, "Miss Chihiro..."

"No, my mother was already like this when I came here," Miss Chihiro said, "I quarrel with my mother every time we meet. Everyone knows this. Based on this, everyone may think that I hurt my mother." , so...please believe me, I didn't do it."

"Megure Police Department," Yamazaki asked, "Since the victim has been put on makeup, can you take a look at it?"

"Yes." The Megure police department said, and then ordered his men to go down and uncover Ms. Kojima's mask. Below it was a very distorted face.

Looking at the scars under the mask that extended to the base of the ear, Yamazaki asked, "Mugre Police Department, can you ask me what the murder weapon is?"

Mumu Police Department said: "The strangle marks are relatively wide, and the initial judgment is a wide rope such as a small scarf."

"Uncle Maori, what do you think?" Yamazaki said, holding Conan in front of him with his arms, and said to him, "Don't run around."

"It's the arm." Mori said, "Megure Police Department, the prisoner strangled Ms. Kojima to death with his arm. There must have been physical contact between them."

Police Department Megure asked: "Miss Chihiro, where is Ms. Kojima's original clothes?"

Miss Chihiro said, "It's in the closet." As she spoke, she took out a set of clothes on the hanger from the closet.

The Mumu Police Department immediately called the forensic officer to check.

Yamazaki asked: "Miss Chihiro, when you opened the door, was the door really locked?"

Miss Qianxun said: "If you put it that way, when I opened the door, it didn't seem to be locked."

"The door is unlocked?" Maori asked, "Mr. Quan, did you do this?"

Takeo Izumi asked back: "How is this possible?"

"To be honest now is surrender." Yamazaki said with a smile, "If you find the fibers on Ms. Kojima's clothes later..."

Izumi Takeo forced a smile and said, "How is this possible?"

Conan said, "Hey, what's going on under Ms. Kojima's nails..."

"This is impossible," Takeo Izumi's face changed drastically, "I clearly..."

"Oh, obviously!" Megure Police Department asked, "Mr. Izumi Takeo, what did you do?"

"Obviously I cleaned up the things under the nails." Maori asked with a smile, "Is that so?"

"Speak." Mumu Police Department shouted.

"I always invested according to the president's words, but I didn't expect that when the investment made a mistake, she would put all the responsibility on me." Mr. Quan said.

Mori asked: "So you were afraid of the defendant, so you got rid of Ms. Kojima first?"

"The real reason is that she did it on purpose," Mr. Quan said.

"Deliberately?" Mumu Police Department asked.

"She took a fancy to my parents' land, and threatened my parents to use the land as compensation." Mr. Quan said angrily, "I really can't forgive her for involving my parents."

"What about now?" Yamazaki said, "The land is lost, and the people are gone."

"I, I don't want to either." Mr. Quan burst into tears, "She forced me."

"If you have anything to say, let's talk about it at the police station." Mumu Police Department said. ...

In front of Kojima's house.

When Mu Mu led the team away, Mao Li said with a smile: "Good job, in order to reward you, I invite you to eat."

"Really?" Conan asked.

"Uncle Mori, have you charged commission fees?" Yamazaki asked with a smile.

"Ah!" cried Molly, "I forgot."

"I think we should go home." Yamazaki said, "Lan should still be waiting for you."

Maori said, "You're right, it's too late."...

It was past two o'clock in the morning, at the entrance of Mei Dai Restaurant.

Yamazaki said: "You guys go back first, I'll call Lan to come down." Then he went upstairs, opened the unlocked door, and returned home.

In the living room, Miyamoto Ichiro was watching TV news with Miyamoto Miko, and when Yamazaki came in, Miyamoto Miko said: "Let's go to rest, let Mei Daiko go to bed quickly." After speaking, she got up and turned off the TV.

"I see." Yamazaki said with a smile, "Good night Dad, good night Mom." Then he went to the door of the entertainment room and knocked.

A moment later, the door opened, and it was Lan.

Lan's complexion was a little bad, "Yamazaki, my father and Conan are back."

Yamazaki said, "Yes."

Mei Daizi, who was playing a game, turned her head and said, "You're back, brother."

"Mei Daizi, turn off the phone and go to sleep." Yamazaki said.

Mei Daizi said without turning her head: "Go to archive immediately."

Lan said, "Mei Daizi, then I'm leaving."

Mei Daizi said: "Come to play next time."

Seeing Lang pause, Yamazaki smiled and said, "I'll see you off."

"Thank you," Lan said.

Sending Lan to the entrance of the corridor of Mori's house, Yamazaki said with a smile: "If you can't sleep, Conan can be used as a doll."

Lan smiled and said, "Thank you."

When Yamazaki returned home, Mei Daizi had already packed up, and after saying good night to each other, they went back to their respective rooms.

After returning home and washing up, Lan lay on the bed and thought of the scary-looking zombies in the game and couldn't fall asleep. Thinking of Yamazaki's words, she got off the bed and went to Maoli's room with her blankets in her arms. After a deep sleep, he put the bedding next to Conan's bed, and then said to Conan who was awakened by her: "Good night, Conan." After speaking, he closed his eyes.

"Huh?" Conan, who was confused for a while, also fell asleep amidst wild thoughts. ...