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Chapter 437: Odagiri Toshiya: I'm a Suspect Again
"Uncle Odagiri," Chi Feichei greeted.
"Uncle Odagiri," Saguru Hakuba also greeted.
Inspector Odagiri looked up, "Hassashi? Hakuba? Why are you two together?"
Inspector Megure looked up, "..."
If he wasn't mistaken, this was the eldest son of their Metropolitan Police Department's biggest boss...
(ー_ー)!!
Don't tell me he's here to meddle in this case too?
Does that mean Police Superintendent General Hakuba might also be paying attention to this case?
In an instant, the pressure increased...
"I ran into Brother Hichiji downstairs and heard there was a Murder Case. I wanted to come and see the Situation," Saguru Hakuba explained to Inspector Odagiri, then said to Inspector Megure, "Sorry for the intrusion."
"Ah, no..." Inspector Megure scratched his head.
"Hmm?" Odagiri Toshiya followed them out, sizing up Saguru Hakuba, "You are... from Police Superintendent General Hakuba's family...?"
Wataru Takagi's calm expression gradually stiffened.
This...
He suddenly didn't want any Sense of Presence.
Three minutes later, the group was seated in the Lounge.
"So, what's the specific Situation?" Saguru Hakuba asked directly.
Inspector Megure looked at Wataru Takagi.
Wataru Takagi took out three photos and placed them on the Table, "Around 4 PM, we received an Emergency Call. The caller was the landlady of the Victim, Machishima Rin. According to her, Miss Machishima had been in arrears with her Rent for more than a month. Last night, she suddenly called and said, 'I will pay the Rent tomorrow, and also pay this year's Rent in full. Could you please come to my Home tomorrow?'..."
"The exact Words the deceased said on the Phone Call?" Chi Feichei confirmed the Situation.
"Yes," Wataru Takagi nodded, "That's what the landlady said. So today, she went to the Door at 4 PM as agreed, but found Miss Machishima's Door Lock was locked and no one answered when she knocked. She thought Miss Machishima was playing games with her, so she called, intending to give Miss Machishima a good talking-to. However, the Phone Ring rang Inside the Room. Also, because the upstairs resident said they heard Miss Machishima seemingly arguing with someone half an Hour ago, they felt something was wrong and opened the Door to Check the Situation. They found Miss Machishima collapsed not far from the Entrance Hall, her Head covered in Blood, and called the Police..."
Chi Feichei and Saguru Hakuba looked at the photos on the Table.
Conan also squeezed between the two, craning his neck to look at the photos.
Three Crime Scene photos, different angles of the Corpse.
The Victim was wrapped in a Bath Towel on her body and Head, lying face down near the Entrance. It looked like she had come out of the shower, discovered someone Inside the Room, and tried to run Outside the Door. She ran to the Entrance before being caught up by the person behind her, and her Head was fatally struck.
There was a Guitar next to the Corpse.
"The Weapon is this Guitar?" Chi Feichei asked.
"That's right," Wataru Takagi looked at the photo, "At the time, this Guitar was dropped beside the Victim. After Crime Scene investigation, no Blood Reaction was detected on it. However, after identification, the lower corner of the Guitar matched the Wound on Miss Machishima's Head."
"The Window Lock has Traces of being pried open from the Outside. The Time of Death for the Victim is between 3 PM and 4 PM," Inspector Megure said, "We speculate that when Miss Machishima was taking a shower, the Culprit Infiltration her Home through the Window. After she came out of the shower, she discovered the Culprit, questioned him, and had an argument with the Culprit. Afterwards, she realized the Culprit wanted to Damage her, so she prepared to run Outside the Door to ask others for help. However, when she was running away, the Culprit grabbed the Guitar, chased after her from behind, and beat her to Death..."
Wataru Takagi looked at the Notebook and said, "That Guitar should have been wrapped in something like Plastic Sheet before. It's unclear whether it was Miss Machishima's original Bag for the Guitar, or brought there by the Culprit. However, the Culprit took that Bag away afterwards. The Reason should be that he accidentally left his Fingerprint or other Traces on the Bag..."
"Wasn't the thing used to wrap the Guitar Package found near the Crime Scene?" Conan asked.
"No, we Investigated Miss Machishima's Room, the Trash Can around the Apartment Building, the Park Restroom and other Places, but we didn't find anything with Luminol Reaction that could wrap the Guitar." Wataru Takagi said.
Inspector Megure looked at the Group of Child, "We want to know, what Time did you go to Miss Machishima's Home? At that Time, did you See any Suspicious people, or Weird Things?"
"We went there after Lunch, probably around 1:30 PM," Mitsuhiko recalled, "At that Time, Miss Machishima, who opened the Door, probably hadn't been awake for long. She was still wearing Pajamas. She was a bit impatient, so we didn't stay in her Home for long..."
"After we entered the Door, we Saw Brother Minya's posters and Photos that were randomly thrown under the Table and torn to pieces..." Ayumi added.
The three Child talked about the questions they asked at the Time, which were roughly some Social Survey questions. They also asked if Machishima Rin liked Rock and Roll, leading Machishima Rin to talk about Odagiri Toshiya, subtly probing Machishima Rin's Attitude towards Odagiri Toshiya.
"So I'm a Suspect again," Odagiri Toshiya spread his hands helplessly. In the previous Case of Shooting Police Officer, he was also treated as a Suspect, and now it's happening again, "Between 3 PM and 4 PM, I drove Home from Shibuya alone, without an Alibi. So it's possible that I didn't go to Shibuya at all, but met her at Home, and killed her after an argument..."
"Didn't the upstairs resident hear the Sound of the person arguing with Miss Machishima?" Saguru Hakuba asked.
"He said he couldn't hear clearly, he only heard Miss Machishima's Voice, because Miss Machishima usually speaks very loudly," Odagiri Toshiya said, "He also heard Miss Machishima loudly shout Words like 'traitor', so I'm waiting for the Police to Investigate the Alibi in the Place I passed by. As long as someone testifies that they Saw me in Shibuya, I can clear my Suspicion..."
"Brother Minya's Suspicion is really high!" Genta glanced at Odagiri Toshiya.
Mitsuhiko chuckled dryly, "I think the upstairs resident is also quite Suspicious."
"Oh?" Inspector Megure looked at Mitsuhiko.
"Because we happened to have Homework to complete for the Social Survey," Ayumi explained, "So after leaving Miss Machishima's Home, we Intention to ask other residents in the Building by the way."
"But there are no other residents on the Second Floor where she lives," Genta said, "We went to the Third Floor and knocked on the Door of the Household directly above her Room. That Uncle Said that Miss Machishima had been liking to play the Guitar and sing loudly at Home for more than a month. When he mentioned it to her, she even lost her temper. Afterwards, the other two Households on the Second Floor moved away. Only he lives on the Third Floor. On the First Floor, besides a Warehouse, there is also an old couple, but the old woman was Hospitalization a week ago due to Illness, and recently both of them are in the Hospital. That Uncle thinks Miss Machishima is very annoying, but because the Financial Situation has been bad recently, and he can't find such a cheap House to Rent, he has been enduring living there."
"Starting from more than a month ago..." Saguru Hakuba looked at Odagiri Toshiya, "Is it because you heard that Brother Minya went to open a Company?"
"Maybe..." Odagiri Toshiya was uncertain, "I also can't remember what Business Activity I participated in, but since the Variety Show was broadcast, the Name of THK Company has spread quite widely, especially in the first episode, Hassashi asked the host to keep reporting the Company's Name. Afterwards, Reporters found out that I was the President and there were interview Reports. It was probably around that Time."
Saguru Hakuba nodded.
"In addition, that landlady also has a Murder Motive," Haibara Ai added.
"According to the upstairs resident Uncle, Miss Machishima is the landlady Uncle's Daughter," Conan said with a serious Expression, "She Rents there and often defaults on Rent. Because Miss Machishima drove away other residents, they had many quarrels. Uncle heard Miss Machishima complain that the Building was originally her deceased Parents', and the landlady aunt robbed her family's House."
Inspector Megure immediately turned his Head to look at Wataru Takagi, "Takagi..."
"We haven't learned about this Situation," Wataru Takagi said busily, "I'll go verify it now!"
"In addition, we have another Suspect..." Inspector Megure withdrew his Line of Sight and took out a Photo, placing it on the Table.
"Miss Shimizu?" Mitsuhiko was a little surprised.
The three Child chattered and said the Investigation Result from before, which was nothing more than Shimizu Reiko being the one who sent the Threatening Letter to Odagiri Toshiya.
The three Child went to Shimizu Reiko's Home at 10 AM, and throughout the afternoon, Shimizu Reiko claimed to be staying at Home alone, without Go Out, and without an Alibi.
Odagiri Toshiya leaned forward to take a Look, and asked in Doubt, "But I don't know her."
"She's helping Miss Machishima send Threatening Letter?" Chi Feichei looked at Inspector Megure.
Shimizu Reiko is a Member of the Crime Research Club. It can be said that she is a girl whose Mentality has been distorted. In the Movie later, she and the other two Club Member robbed the Bank together in order to satisfy the desire to plan crimes.
Sending Threatening Letter to Odagiri Toshiya, but not liking Rock and Roll herself, and not knowing much about Odagiri Toshiya, he guessed that Shimizu Reiko might have Seen some Criminal Opportunity and Intention to plan a Crime.
In addition, Machishima Rin clearly harbored Resentment towards Odagiri Toshiya, but did nothing, which was also not right.
He had two guesses at the Time:
One was that Shimizu Reiko learned from some channel that someone harbored Resentment towards Odagiri Toshiya and Intention to kill Odagiri Toshiya, and then push the Crime to the person who harbored Resentment towards Odagiri Toshiya.
The other was that Shimizu Reiko and Machishima Rin colluded together, wanting to plan something through the matter of Shimizu Reiko sending Threatening Letter, so that one of the two could safely escape punishment after Murder Odagiri Toshiya.
"Uh, yes," Inspector Megure was a little curious how Chi Feichei knew, but he still explained the Situation first, "We initially found Miss Shimizu Reiko through the Call Log. At around 3 PM, Miss Machishima had a Phone Call to her Home Landline Phone. We asked her to understand the Situation. After hearing that Miss Machishima was killed, she took the initiative to confess the Matter between her and Miss Machishima. She was harassed by hooligans when she was drinking in a Bar before, and Miss Machishima helped her drive away those hooligans, and they became good Friend. Afterwards, after listening to Miss Machishima talk about Minya's Matter, Miss Machishima Request her to send Threatening Letter, and she agreed. Her Phone has automatic Recording. According to her Phone Recording, Miss Machishima called her, and it was indeed about sending Threatening Letter, and she Seemingly didn't Intention to continue sending it. The two quarreled for a few Sentences and hung up the Phone..."
"Because of this, she helped others send Threatening Letter?" Odagiri Toshiya was speechless.
Inspector Megure chuckled dryly, "We have already Said to her that Threat is an Illegal Act."
"However, in this way, Miss Shimizu Seemingly has no Murder Motive," Mitsuhiko stroked his chin and pondered, "Even if she didn't want to continue sending Threatening Letter, and Miss Machishima disagreed and forced her to continue sending, it shouldn't lead to Murder, right?"
"If she was unwilling to continue sending Threatening Letter, and Miss Machishima threatened her on the grounds that she had already violated the Law, it is possible that she couldn't stand it and committed Murder," Inspector Megure said, "And she has no Alibi, so we also asked her to go to the Metropolitan Police Department to Cooperate with Investigation."
(End of Chapter)
"Uncle Odagiri," Chi Feichei greeted.
"Uncle Odagiri," Saguru Hakuba also greeted.
Inspector Odagiri looked up, "Hassashi? Hakuba? Why are you two together?"
Inspector Megure looked up, "..."
If he wasn't mistaken, this was the eldest son of their Metropolitan Police Department's biggest boss...
(ー_ー)!!
Don't tell me he's here to meddle in this case too?
Does that mean Police Superintendent General Hakuba might also be paying attention to this case?
In an instant, the pressure increased...
"I ran into Brother Hichiji downstairs and heard there was a Murder Case. I wanted to come and see the Situation," Saguru Hakuba explained to Inspector Odagiri, then said to Inspector Megure, "Sorry for the intrusion."
"Ah, no..." Inspector Megure scratched his head.
"Hmm?" Odagiri Toshiya followed them out, sizing up Saguru Hakuba, "You are... from Police Superintendent General Hakuba's family...?"
Wataru Takagi's calm expression gradually stiffened.
This...
He suddenly didn't want any Sense of Presence.
Three minutes later, the group was seated in the Lounge.
"So, what's the specific Situation?" Saguru Hakuba asked directly.
Inspector Megure looked at Wataru Takagi.
Wataru Takagi took out three photos and placed them on the Table, "Around 4 PM, we received an Emergency Call. The caller was the landlady of the Victim, Machishima Rin. According to her, Miss Machishima had been in arrears with her Rent for more than a month. Last night, she suddenly called and said, 'I will pay the Rent tomorrow, and also pay this year's Rent in full. Could you please come to my Home tomorrow?'..."
"The exact Words the deceased said on the Phone Call?" Chi Feichei confirmed the Situation.
"Yes," Wataru Takagi nodded, "That's what the landlady said. So today, she went to the Door at 4 PM as agreed, but found Miss Machishima's Door Lock was locked and no one answered when she knocked. She thought Miss Machishima was playing games with her, so she called, intending to give Miss Machishima a good talking-to. However, the Phone Ring rang Inside the Room. Also, because the upstairs resident said they heard Miss Machishima seemingly arguing with someone half an Hour ago, they felt something was wrong and opened the Door to Check the Situation. They found Miss Machishima collapsed not far from the Entrance Hall, her Head covered in Blood, and called the Police..."
Chi Feichei and Saguru Hakuba looked at the photos on the Table.
Conan also squeezed between the two, craning his neck to look at the photos.
Three Crime Scene photos, different angles of the Corpse.
The Victim was wrapped in a Bath Towel on her body and Head, lying face down near the Entrance. It looked like she had come out of the shower, discovered someone Inside the Room, and tried to run Outside the Door. She ran to the Entrance before being caught up by the person behind her, and her Head was fatally struck.
There was a Guitar next to the Corpse.
"The Weapon is this Guitar?" Chi Feichei asked.
"That's right," Wataru Takagi looked at the photo, "At the time, this Guitar was dropped beside the Victim. After Crime Scene investigation, no Blood Reaction was detected on it. However, after identification, the lower corner of the Guitar matched the Wound on Miss Machishima's Head."
"The Window Lock has Traces of being pried open from the Outside. The Time of Death for the Victim is between 3 PM and 4 PM," Inspector Megure said, "We speculate that when Miss Machishima was taking a shower, the Culprit Infiltration her Home through the Window. After she came out of the shower, she discovered the Culprit, questioned him, and had an argument with the Culprit. Afterwards, she realized the Culprit wanted to Damage her, so she prepared to run Outside the Door to ask others for help. However, when she was running away, the Culprit grabbed the Guitar, chased after her from behind, and beat her to Death..."
Wataru Takagi looked at the Notebook and said, "That Guitar should have been wrapped in something like Plastic Sheet before. It's unclear whether it was Miss Machishima's original Bag for the Guitar, or brought there by the Culprit. However, the Culprit took that Bag away afterwards. The Reason should be that he accidentally left his Fingerprint or other Traces on the Bag..."
"Wasn't the thing used to wrap the Guitar Package found near the Crime Scene?" Conan asked.
"No, we Investigated Miss Machishima's Room, the Trash Can around the Apartment Building, the Park Restroom and other Places, but we didn't find anything with Luminol Reaction that could wrap the Guitar." Wataru Takagi said.
Inspector Megure looked at the Group of Child, "We want to know, what Time did you go to Miss Machishima's Home? At that Time, did you See any Suspicious people, or Weird Things?"
"We went there after Lunch, probably around 1:30 PM," Mitsuhiko recalled, "At that Time, Miss Machishima, who opened the Door, probably hadn't been awake for long. She was still wearing Pajamas. She was a bit impatient, so we didn't stay in her Home for long..."
"After we entered the Door, we Saw Brother Minya's posters and Photos that were randomly thrown under the Table and torn to pieces..." Ayumi added.
The three Child talked about the questions they asked at the Time, which were roughly some Social Survey questions. They also asked if Machishima Rin liked Rock and Roll, leading Machishima Rin to talk about Odagiri Toshiya, subtly probing Machishima Rin's Attitude towards Odagiri Toshiya.
"So I'm a Suspect again," Odagiri Toshiya spread his hands helplessly. In the previous Case of Shooting Police Officer, he was also treated as a Suspect, and now it's happening again, "Between 3 PM and 4 PM, I drove Home from Shibuya alone, without an Alibi. So it's possible that I didn't go to Shibuya at all, but met her at Home, and killed her after an argument..."
"Didn't the upstairs resident hear the Sound of the person arguing with Miss Machishima?" Saguru Hakuba asked.
"He said he couldn't hear clearly, he only heard Miss Machishima's Voice, because Miss Machishima usually speaks very loudly," Odagiri Toshiya said, "He also heard Miss Machishima loudly shout Words like 'traitor', so I'm waiting for the Police to Investigate the Alibi in the Place I passed by. As long as someone testifies that they Saw me in Shibuya, I can clear my Suspicion..."
"Brother Minya's Suspicion is really high!" Genta glanced at Odagiri Toshiya.
Mitsuhiko chuckled dryly, "I think the upstairs resident is also quite Suspicious."
"Oh?" Inspector Megure looked at Mitsuhiko.
"Because we happened to have Homework to complete for the Social Survey," Ayumi explained, "So after leaving Miss Machishima's Home, we Intention to ask other residents in the Building by the way."
"But there are no other residents on the Second Floor where she lives," Genta said, "We went to the Third Floor and knocked on the Door of the Household directly above her Room. That Uncle Said that Miss Machishima had been liking to play the Guitar and sing loudly at Home for more than a month. When he mentioned it to her, she even lost her temper. Afterwards, the other two Households on the Second Floor moved away. Only he lives on the Third Floor. On the First Floor, besides a Warehouse, there is also an old couple, but the old woman was Hospitalization a week ago due to Illness, and recently both of them are in the Hospital. That Uncle thinks Miss Machishima is very annoying, but because the Financial Situation has been bad recently, and he can't find such a cheap House to Rent, he has been enduring living there."
"Starting from more than a month ago..." Saguru Hakuba looked at Odagiri Toshiya, "Is it because you heard that Brother Minya went to open a Company?"
"Maybe..." Odagiri Toshiya was uncertain, "I also can't remember what Business Activity I participated in, but since the Variety Show was broadcast, the Name of THK Company has spread quite widely, especially in the first episode, Hassashi asked the host to keep reporting the Company's Name. Afterwards, Reporters found out that I was the President and there were interview Reports. It was probably around that Time."
Saguru Hakuba nodded.
"In addition, that landlady also has a Murder Motive," Haibara Ai added.
"According to the upstairs resident Uncle, Miss Machishima is the landlady Uncle's Daughter," Conan said with a serious Expression, "She Rents there and often defaults on Rent. Because Miss Machishima drove away other residents, they had many quarrels. Uncle heard Miss Machishima complain that the Building was originally her deceased Parents', and the landlady aunt robbed her family's House."
Inspector Megure immediately turned his Head to look at Wataru Takagi, "Takagi..."
"We haven't learned about this Situation," Wataru Takagi said busily, "I'll go verify it now!"
"In addition, we have another Suspect..." Inspector Megure withdrew his Line of Sight and took out a Photo, placing it on the Table.
"Miss Shimizu?" Mitsuhiko was a little surprised.
The three Child chattered and said the Investigation Result from before, which was nothing more than Shimizu Reiko being the one who sent the Threatening Letter to Odagiri Toshiya.
The three Child went to Shimizu Reiko's Home at 10 AM, and throughout the afternoon, Shimizu Reiko claimed to be staying at Home alone, without Go Out, and without an Alibi.
Odagiri Toshiya leaned forward to take a Look, and asked in Doubt, "But I don't know her."
"She's helping Miss Machishima send Threatening Letter?" Chi Feichei looked at Inspector Megure.
Shimizu Reiko is a Member of the Crime Research Club. It can be said that she is a girl whose Mentality has been distorted. In the Movie later, she and the other two Club Member robbed the Bank together in order to satisfy the desire to plan crimes.
Sending Threatening Letter to Odagiri Toshiya, but not liking Rock and Roll herself, and not knowing much about Odagiri Toshiya, he guessed that Shimizu Reiko might have Seen some Criminal Opportunity and Intention to plan a Crime.
In addition, Machishima Rin clearly harbored Resentment towards Odagiri Toshiya, but did nothing, which was also not right.
He had two guesses at the Time:
One was that Shimizu Reiko learned from some channel that someone harbored Resentment towards Odagiri Toshiya and Intention to kill Odagiri Toshiya, and then push the Crime to the person who harbored Resentment towards Odagiri Toshiya.
The other was that Shimizu Reiko and Machishima Rin colluded together, wanting to plan something through the matter of Shimizu Reiko sending Threatening Letter, so that one of the two could safely escape punishment after Murder Odagiri Toshiya.
"Uh, yes," Inspector Megure was a little curious how Chi Feichei knew, but he still explained the Situation first, "We initially found Miss Shimizu Reiko through the Call Log. At around 3 PM, Miss Machishima had a Phone Call to her Home Landline Phone. We asked her to understand the Situation. After hearing that Miss Machishima was killed, she took the initiative to confess the Matter between her and Miss Machishima. She was harassed by hooligans when she was drinking in a Bar before, and Miss Machishima helped her drive away those hooligans, and they became good Friend. Afterwards, after listening to Miss Machishima talk about Minya's Matter, Miss Machishima Request her to send Threatening Letter, and she agreed. Her Phone has automatic Recording. According to her Phone Recording, Miss Machishima called her, and it was indeed about sending Threatening Letter, and she Seemingly didn't Intention to continue sending it. The two quarreled for a few Sentences and hung up the Phone..."
"Because of this, she helped others send Threatening Letter?" Odagiri Toshiya was speechless.
Inspector Megure chuckled dryly, "We have already Said to her that Threat is an Illegal Act."
"However, in this way, Miss Shimizu Seemingly has no Murder Motive," Mitsuhiko stroked his chin and pondered, "Even if she didn't want to continue sending Threatening Letter, and Miss Machishima disagreed and forced her to continue sending, it shouldn't lead to Murder, right?"
"If she was unwilling to continue sending Threatening Letter, and Miss Machishima threatened her on the grounds that she had already violated the Law, it is possible that she couldn't stand it and committed Murder," Inspector Megure said, "And she has no Alibi, so we also asked her to go to the Metropolitan Police Department to Cooperate with Investigation."
(End of Chapter)
