Chapter 186 The first victim
Several people came to Yuan Jiaming's residence.
Mitsuhiko volunteered to go up and press the doorbell, but no one responded for a long time.
Mitsuhiko murmured in confusion: "That's weird, he said he would invite us, why aren't we here?"
Conan looked inside and was surprised to find the door was open.
"Really? How could you be so careless?" Mitsuhiko said, then opened the door and called inside, "Mr. Yuan, we are here. Are you home?"
Still no one responded.
Everyone was wondering, so they looked inside and were shocked to find Yuan Jiaming lying on his back on the floor of the living room.
A few people standing at the door were able to see half of Yuan Jiaming's body and found that his chest was covered in blood.
"Don't go in!" Youya stepped forward and blocked the little brats to prevent them from seeing the bloody scene. "Conan, call the police!"
"I understand!" Conan swiftly took out the mini mobile phone made by Dr. Agasa and just as he dialed Inspector Megure's number, he suddenly reacted.
What's going on? Why is he the one calling the police? Isn't it usually Xiaolan who does it?
Oh, Xiaolan is not here today, that’s okay.
He reported the situation to Inspector Megure neatly.
When he looked up, Youya had already put on shoe covers and gloves and walked into the house.
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Inspector Megure arrived quickly with his men.
"Brother Kamiya, what's the situation at the scene?" Inspector Megure saw Yuya standing there calmly and guessed that he had already conducted a brief inspection of the scene.
Yuya said calmly, "The deceased was shot in the heart and died instantly. There was no sign of struggle."
Inspector Megure nodded and ordered the forensic officer to inspect the scene.
After a while, Inspector Megure looked at the forensic officer and asked, "What's the situation?"
The forensic officer replied, "Without an autopsy, we cannot confirm the details, but based on the state of the body, we can infer that the time of death was between yesterday afternoon and evening. Just like what Kamiya-kun said, there were no signs of struggle, so he must have died on the spot after being shot in the heart."
Shiratori Renzaburo looked at the cake on the table and thought, "It seems that the murderer entered the room when Mr. Yuan was about to eat the cake. When he was pointed at by a gun, he wanted to fight back with the small silver knife in his hand, but unfortunately..."
How could a human body fight against a gun? The result was self-evident.
Takagi Wataru held up the evidence bag in his hand and said, "And this small wine glass..." In the bag was the same small wine glass as the one in Ooki Iwamatsu's hand, which was split in half.
Inspector Megure pressed his hat and said seriously: "Needless to say, the murderer in this case is the same person who killed Oki Iwamatsu. In this case, it is more likely that the small wine glass was left by the murderer to identify his identity. Takagi, hurry up and investigate the killer related to the small wine glass!"
Takagi Wataru: “Yes!”
Inspector Megure glanced at Yuya who had been silent all the time and asked, "Brother Kamiya, do you have any opinion?"
You also shook his head: "There are no effective clues at the moment, let's just follow the inspector's instructions."
Inspector Megure nodded and looked at Takagi Wataru.
Takagi Shigeru saluted and quickly left to investigate the killer's information.
Conan tugged at Yuya's trouser leg and whispered, "Do you think it's possible that Hara Jiaming is a member of the organization?"
Yuya stroked his chin and thought for a moment, then replied: "According to Mio, the organization has infiltrated various fields. Young and promising talents like Hara Yoshiaki may indeed be the ones they are trying to win over."
"But I just checked Yuan Jiaming's computer and found that all the information in it had been cleared, so I personally tend to believe that Yuan Jiaming may have obtained some important information from the organization, and they came here to kill him to silence him."
"Information?" Conan's expression froze, and he asked anxiously, "Nothing is left?"
Yuya nodded, "We didn't find any mobile storage devices in the room, and it looks like they were taken away as well."
Since they are here to kill and silence the witnesses, of course they will search the room, and anything that may contain the organization's intelligence will not be left behind.
And with Gin's business capabilities, it is not difficult to restore the scene to its original state.
Conan frowned and suddenly asked, "Where is Councillor Oki?"
Yuya hissed, "I haven't been to the scene of Oki's death, so I don't know the details. But with his power greater than that of the mayor, even if he's just a councillor, he's worth the organization's efforts to win him over."
Conan thought about it and guessed: "If that's the case, the murderer is most likely not the killer, but one of the remaining four people. Then that person is likely a member of the organization?"
Yuya was silent for a moment. Conan had obviously guessed the wrong direction, but there was no need to correct him. He nodded and said, "That's a possibility."
Conan was anxious: "Then we..."
Yuya looked at Conan coldly: "Have you forgotten what I said again?"
Conan was stunned, then calmed down: "Sorry..."
Yuya said calmly: "For this kind of thing, we can only rely on the police. No matter how big the organization is, it is impossible to confront the official forces openly. Therefore, as long as we can let the police catch a member, it is not impossible to dig out part of the organization through that member."
"Of course, we have to be careful not to be like Pisco, where people were sniped before they even got into the car."
Conan nodded solemnly, thinking about how to find that member.
Yuya almost couldn't help laughing out loud as he looked at Conan who was successfully misled by him. It was comfortable to have a script in hand to a certain extent.
But he didn't lie completely, after all, Hara Jiaming was indeed killed by Gin.
Gin may also be present at the opening ceremony in a few days. If he is accompanied by Shuichi Akai at that time, I wonder if he can catch him?
If Gin could be caught, it would be like cutting into the organization's aorta.
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In the evening, Inspector Megure came to the Mori Detective Agency with the latest investigation results, and Yu was also called over.
According to the autopsy results, Yuan Jiaming's time of death was determined to be between five and six o'clock yesterday.
Among the suspects, Rutsuki Minemizu was meeting with Conan and others at that time and had no time to commit the crime.
Although Hidehiko Kazama met Conan and the others on that day, if he drove there immediately after they separated, he would have had time to commit the crime, and he happened to have no alibi at that time.
As for Tokiwa Mio and secretary Sawaguchi, they also have no alibis, so they are also suspects.
Inspector Megure said seriously, "In addition, we still haven't found any information about the killer related to the shot glass.
Therefore, excluding the already dead Hara Yoshiaki and Kisaragi Minemizu who had an alibi at the time of Hara Yoshiaki's murder, it is highly likely that one of the three people, Kazama Hidehiko, Tokiwa Mio, and Sawaguchi China, is the culprit in this serial murder case."
This is a very classic three-choice case. Unfortunately, what Inspector Megure didn't know was that because of Gin's intrusion, the multiple-choice question was wrong from the very beginning.
"So we think it is very likely that the criminal will continue to commit crimes next time."
"Also," Inspector Megure pulled out an envelope from his pocket, "This is what Ms. Tokiwa asked me to give to you."
Kogoro Maori took it and opened it, and found that it was an invitation to the opening ceremony.
Yuya took a look and saw it was full of names.
From the Maori father and daughter to the doctor and his wife, his and Miyano Shiho, Conan and a few little kids' names are all on it.
Tokiwa Mio has invited all of their small circle over!
Megure was in a headache: "I told her that the murderer might continue to commit crimes, and suggested that she postpone the opening party until the case is over, but she just wouldn't agree."
Several people looked at each other. Although they felt a little helpless, the invitation had already been sent, and it would be very rude not to go.
The other party is Kogoro Mori's junior.
Yuya didn't care. He was thinking about how to get in. Unexpectedly, Tokiwa Mio invited him in directly, which saved him some effort.