"Oh?" Inspector gure looked closely and said nostalgically, "Lemon Soda Candy, Long String Gummy Candy, Square Candy, Miso Senbei, these are all snacks I ate when I was a kid!"
"According to our understanding, these are tea snacks that the Hotel prepared for the guests," Wataru Takagi explained.
Conan lowered his head and pondered, Long String Gummy Candy? In other words, the gummy candy originally had a string. In that case, it can't be considered proof that the culprit tampered with it.
"I think it's probably when the Victim and the culprit were arguing that they ssed up these snacks," Mori Kogoro guessed.
Conan: "..."
Chi Feichei: "..."
It's obvious that there are no signs of argunt or fighting in the Room, okay?
Moreover, although this pile of snacks is scattered, there are no signs of being bumped or stepped on around them, as if they were originally arranged in such a ss.
If you look closely, you can still tell...
After being speechless, Conan looked at the snacks on the Ground, suddenly his Eyes lit up, and he pointed to the Ice Cream on the Ground, "Look, there's still an Ice Cream here! It just seems to have lted."
"Inspector gure," Mori Kogoro said seriously, "I think the Victim must have been preparing to watch Television while eating Ice Cream when they were murdered!"
Conan: "..."
Hey hey, that's not the point...
"Hmm..." Inspector gure's Attention inexplicably shifted, and he said to the other Police Officer, "Who will go check now to see if there is Ice Cream in the Refrigerator?"
"Yes."
A Police Officer went to check the Refrigerator, took out a few Ice Creams, and said, "Inspector gure, there are several Ice Creams inside, these Ice Creams are also quite nostalgic..."
Inspector gure nodded, "It seems Brother Mori is probably right."
"That's right," Mori Kogoro imdiately laughed, and then said to Conan with disgust, "I said kid, what ti is it, and you're still thinking about eating? If you want to eat Ice Cream, let Hassashi take you to buy it!" Saying that, he turned his Head to Chi Feichei and said, "Hassashi, this kid wants to eat Snacks, take him to buy so!"
"Huh? Conan wants to eat Snacks?" Mouri Ran imdiately poked her Head into the Door, "Are you hungry because you didn't eat enough in the morning? I'll take him to buy them, no need to trouble Brother Chi..."
"No!" Conan imdiately ran to Chi Feichei's side, pulling on the corner of Chi Feichei's clothes, "I want Brother Chi to take !"
Chi Feichei: "..."
Acting cute is shaful...
"Alright, just let Hassashi take him," Mori Kogoro said with a look of disgust.
"Conan..." Mouri Ran said helplessly, but felt it was good that the two had a good Relationship, and smiled again, "Brother Chi, then please take him, Conan, be good and listen, don't run around!"
"I know~"
The two went out, leaving the Line of Sight of the group of people. Conan's well-behaved baby Expression suddenly beca mocking, "Hey, when you see Uncle Mori like this, do you regret taking him as a disciple? I heard Inspector gure say that he used to often mislead other Police Officers."
"No," Chi Feichei said calmly.
Conan choked, no sense of humor, and then beca serious, "That Ice Cream that has already lted on the Ground is not an old brand from previous years, but a new brand of Ice Cream that can be bought now."
The reason he ntioned Ice Cream before was to make Mori Kogoro and Inspector gure notice this point— This Ice Cream was bought from Outside, was it bought by the Victim herself? Or the culprit?
As a result, who would have thought that Uncle Mori could twist it to 'the Victim wanted to watch Television and eat Ice Cream before her death'? And Inspector gure was actually misled.
He was trying hard to give Hints and make the mystery clearer, while Uncle Mori was trying hard to make the mystery more complicated, it's simply hopeless... Chi Feichei actually didn't regret taking him as a teacher, what a good ntality...
"Also, there are Water Drops on the Cabinet next to the Television," Conan withdrew his thoughts of complaining and continued to analyze, "I probably know the culprit's Cri thod, after the culprit killed Miss Fujimura, they first placed the String of the Long String Gummy Candy horizontally on the coin slot of the Television, with the end with Candy hanging down, and then placed the Ice Cream horizontally on the TV Channel Changer and the Cabinet, placing it in the air like building a bridge, then they pressed the String of the Long String Gummy Candy that was pulled over under the Ice Cream, and finally put a 100-yen Coin in the coin slot, because the String blocked the coin slot, the Coin would not fall in for a while, then the culprit left the Scene, and after so Ti passed, the Ice Cream lted and softened, losing support, and fell to the Ground, in this way, the String of the Long String Gummy Candy had nothing pressing on it, and was carried by the weight of the end with Candy and fell to the Ground, and the Coin was not blocked by the String, and automatically rolled into the coin slot, and the Television was turned on."
"Yes," Chi Feichei agreed, "So many Snacks fell on the Ground to cover up this thod, otherwise if only Ice Cream and Long String Gummy Candy fell, it would be obvious at a glance."
Good! Conan's heart was full of motivation, everyone's Deduction answers were consistent, which was very satisfying, "The Water Droplet on the Cabinet and TV Channel Changer is Evidence that Ice Cream was placed there!"
Chi Feichei: "Yes."
Conan paused, his little Face instantly fell, "Using this thod, it can be confird that Miss Kimiko is indeed the culprit, but Evidence, I haven't found it yet..."
If the String of the gummy candy was glued on by the culprit, that would be fine, at least it could prove that this thod exists, but the String is originally on the Snacks, and the fact that the Ice Cream was bought from Outside cannot be used as Evidence, not even to prove the existence of the thod.
The culprit can say that Miss Fujimura suddenly wanted to eat that brand of Ice Cream and bought it back from Outside. That does make sense.
"In any case, Ice Cream needs to be bought," Chi Feichei took Conan into the Elevator.
"That's right, Things in the Room can't be moved around," Conan nodded, "We do need to buy Ice Cream from Outside to demonstrate the thod."
Chi Feichei pressed the Button for the First Floor.
That's right, no matter what, they have to Go Out to buy Ice Cream.
Then, was Mori Kogoro intentionally asking him to take Conan to buy Ice Cream? Looking at his confused look, it doesn't seem like it. Mori Kogoro doesn't seem to have noticed any key points at all.
But if Mori Kogoro is doing it intentionally, then it ans Uncle Mori is not that confused, tsk, it's terrifying to think about.
"Actually, the Evidence still lies in judging who the culprit is."
"Huh?" Conan was a little surprised, his Eyes lit up, "I understand! Miss Fujimura was already murdered around 1 PM, it's impossible for her to Call Miss Kimiko again, and it's impossible for Miss Kimiko to have a conversation with Miss Fujimura, this is the basis for judging her as the culprit, at the sa Ti, that Phone Call at that Ti would be made to Miss Kimiko's Mobile Phone, whether she carried the Victim's Mobile Phone, or set up so automatic dialing tricks, there must be Clues left behind... Will there be her Fingerprint on the Victim's Mobile Phone? The Victim has been Overseas, returned yesterday, and they were only planning to et today, if her Fingerprint is left on the Victim's Mobile Phone Button, then this is Evidence that she t the Victim in advance and pretended to have a Phone Call..."
"If there are Fingerprints, the forensic personnel should have already discovered them," Chi Feichei poured cold Water.
"Uh, that's right..." Conan was stunned for a mont, then lowered his Head and continued to ponder. Then where else can we find Evidence? Since she did it, she must have left so decisive Trace... definitely!
...
The two bought Ice Cream and returned to the Scene, the Police had already found the Victim Miss Fujimura's Mobile Phone. The last Phone Call was made to Kimiko Yamamoto, Inspector gure and Mori Kogoro were again in the Lounge next to the Room, confirming the Situation with Kimiko Yamamoto. Both of them basically determined that the Victim Naomi Fujimura was murdered at 1 PM, so the three won who were far away in Ichiban Town all had Alibis.
Chi Feichei listened quietly on the side, feeling a little regretful. That girl who looks like 'Sherry' is the culprit...
"It seems necessary to ask Brother Chi's Classmate, at least, to understand if Miss Fujimura has told him about being Tracked recently or sothing like that," Inspector gure said to the three won again, "Also, I will have to trouble the three of you to go to the Next Door Scene and give a detailed description of the Situation before and after the Corpse was discovered."
"Okay," the three won agreed. Conan was a little anxious in his heart, is this the Pace of planning to file a case first and then investigate slowly? If the culprit is allowed to leave here, maybe the originally existing Evidence will also be destroyed!
When Kimiko Yamamoto put on her shoes and got up, a rustling Sound suddenly ca from her Outerwear Pocket. Chi Feichei imdiately turned his Head and looked over.
Conan was stunned for a mont, then turned his Head to look and saw that Chi Feichei had also noticed it, a hint of a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he whispered to Chi Feichei, "If she doesn't have your hobby of putting Snakes on her body, the Evidence should be there."
Hissashi poked its Head out from Chi Feichei's Sleeve, spitting out its Snake Tongue in dissatisfaction, making a 'hissing' Sound. It was having a good nap, why suddenly bring it up?
Conan froze, he knew this Sound, it was a Signal that a Snake was about to Attack. Hissashi had never made this Sound before, it had always been mild-mannered, this Ti it is... angry? "Um... Brother Chi..."
"Alright, Hissashi, go to sleep," Chi Feichei Reach Out and pressed Hissashi back into his Sleeve.
Conan breathed a sigh of relief.
Huh? Wait, why is Hissashi angry? Did it understand what he just Said? No way! It must be because he did sothing or ntioned so Words that stimulated Hissashi. If it could understand that his Words were also carrying a joke, then Hissashi would have beco a spirit... Well, we must believe in science, Animals will not beco spirits!
"He still needs to do Deduction later," Chi Feichei comforted Hissashi, "If you want to bite, wait until he finishes his Deduction before biting."
Conan looked up at Chi Feichei: "..."
Preventing Hissashi from biting him is because he still needs him to do Deduction? How can soone be so wicked!
...
Half an Hour later, Conan used Mori Kogoro's voice to complete the Reasoning.
"Kimiko..."
"Kimiko, why did you do this?"
Facing the questioning of her two Classmates, Kimiko Yamamoto was silent for a mont, "When we just Graduated from University, the students with the best Scores could be recomnded to Overseas to Work for famous Clothing Brands, Naomi got this Honor and successfully beca a well-known Children's Wear Designer Overseas, but this Honor should have originally belonged to , who knew that Naomi would go and curry favor with the Professor! If it wasn't for the Professor getting drunk and telling the Truth at the second Classmate reunion, I would never have known..."
"But, weren't you also going to set up your own business and create your own Design Studio?" Kaori Obayashi asked in confusion.
"That was lying to you," Kimiko Yamamoto endured the embarrassnt and said dejectedly, "Actually, I was just Layoff by the Company... just because I made the only Mistake in my life."
Kaori Obayashi was surprised, "You were Layoff?"
(End of Chapter)
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