Chapter 528: Locking in the Murderer
Just when Yuya and Conan were looking down on Hattori Heiji, his cell phone suddenly rang.
Officer Otaki called and informed that blood of the same blood type as Sakura Masazo was detected on the dagger, and that the shape of the knife also matched the wound.
The three of them continued to discuss the case as they walked back.
Hattori Heiji spoke first: "In this way, it can be confirmed that the short knife discarded by the masked man who attacked me is the murder weapon used to kill Mr. Sakura."
Conan put his hands in his pockets and added: "In that case, the four people who were unable to deal with the murder weapon should not be the murderer."
Hattori Heiji nodded in agreement.
But Yuya had a different opinion. He pinched his chin and pondered, "Is there really no way they can deal with the murder weapon?"
Conan pondered, "I know what you're doubting. I have no doubt that Sonoko heard the sound of something falling into the river. But the problem is that the police went to search at the time and did not find the murder weapon in the river near the wine house. That means that the sound was not necessarily the sound of the murder weapon being thrown away. Could it be something else?"
Yuya frowned slightly: "Is there such a coincidence? And you just noticed it, right? That person is lying, he is very suspicious."
Conan couldn't help but clench his chin.
Hattori Heiji pondered and said, "You mean Mr. Saijo concealed the fact that he could shoot arrows? Indeed, when he sat down, his right leg dragged back half a step. That's called half-foot support. Generally, only people who practice archery will habitually do this action."
"Wait," Conan suddenly remembered something, "Do you remember that he suddenly mentioned Miss Yamakura?"
Yuya suddenly understood something and immediately said, "You mean, the Yamakura he mentioned is not actually Yamakura, but Yamakura? (The two have the same pronunciation)"
Hattori Heiji suddenly realized: "I see, Ms. Chiga's second thumb joint was injured and she put a Band-Aid on it, so what he actually wanted to say was 'Ms. Chiga's occipital was injured'?"
Yuya nodded in agreement: "I think so too. In this case, Mr. Nishijo is very suspicious."
Hattori Heiji raised a question: "But the question is, if he was the murderer, how did he deal with the murder weapon after killing Mr. Sakura?"
Yuya and Conan fell silent - one was really thinking, and the other was trying to figure out how to reveal that method.
The three of them returned to Shanneng Temple while thinking.
There is a huge cherry tree in the yard. The wind happened to blow at this time, and pink cherry blossoms fell like drizzle, and the scene was very beautiful.
Hattori Heiji looked at this scene and thought of the little girl under the cherry tree again, but there was no need to worry anymore because he had already found the girl.
Thinking of this, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but chuckle.
Yuya glanced at him and said contemptuously: "Hattori, do you know that your smile is very obscene?"
Conan also looked at him sideways, with the same contempt on his face.
Hattori Heiji was stunned for a moment and pointed at his face: "Is there?"
Yuya and Conan nodded vigorously in unusually synchronized movements.
"Uh..." Hattori Heiji touched his head awkwardly.
Yuya and Conan looked at each other, both with speechless expressions.
Conan asked: "So, this is where you saw the girl?"
Hattori Heiji was stunned: "How do you know?"
Conan said with empty eyes: "Look at your lewd smile, anyone can guess it, right?"
Hattori Heiji hooked Conan's neck in annoyance: "You are still so arrogant..."
Yuya looked at the two people playing together, and his eyes suddenly fell on Conan's face.
Conan felt a little flustered when being stared at. He subconsciously pushed Hattori Heiji away and took a step back: "Why are you staring at me?"
"Don't move!" Yuya squinted his eyes and squatted down. He raised his hand to take off Conan's glasses, looked around and said, "I remember that your glasses have the function of tracking the transmitter, right?"
Conan nodded, pointed at the legs of his glasses and said, "Yeah, you know, the transmitter is..." At this point, his eyes suddenly widened, "Wait, what do you mean?"
Yuya smiled slightly, then looked up at Hattori Heiji, who also showed an expression of realization.
The three of them laughed at the same time: "I see."
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On the other side, the guest rooms of Shanneng Temple.
Shiratori Jinzaburo brought some of his own findings.
"Ms. Chiga's mother was an unmarried mother who died of illness when she was five years old. She was later adopted by Ms. Yamakura from the liquor store. Every month someone anonymously sent her a sum of support money, but three months ago, she suddenly stopped sending money."
Maori Kogoro pinched his beard and murmured, "It is indeed a bit strange to say that."
Just when everyone was wondering about this, Inspector Megure called and informed them of the latest investigation results from Shiratori Jinsaburo.
The three people killed at the Tokyo Shrine were wearing gloves, scarves and hats woven with the same material. They inferred that the leader of the Minamoto clan, Yoshitsune or Benkei, had died, and the remaining men took away his belongings.
When Maori Kogoro heard the news, he slammed the table and said, "I know!"
"What? You know who the murderer is?" Everyone looked at him in astonishment.
Maori Kogoro pretended to cough and pointed at someone: "That's right, the murderer who killed Mr. Sakura is you, Ms. Chiga!"
Qian Heling was shocked and confused. How did she suddenly become a murderer?
Hattori Heiji was the first to retort: "How is that possible? Your reasoning is just a wild guess!"
Seeing this, Youya whispered, "Okay, first eliminate Ms. Chiga, the murderer is among the remaining three."
Although he, Hattori Heiji and Conan have identified the murderer, they are still lacking key evidence.
Suzuki Sonoko also looked up and whispered to Mao Lilan: "Is he okay?"
She also summed up her experience that most of the reasonings made by Kogoro Mouri when he was awake were wrong and would be overturned by Kogoro when he was asleep.
Mao Lilan smiled awkwardly: "Anyway, let's listen to what he says first..." As a daughter, she felt that she should still believe her father.
Only the unlucky kid Hondou Eisuke looked at Mouri Kogoro seriously, looking forward to his next reasoning.
Poor child, because of Yuya, he has not yet realized that the cases solved by the sleeping Kogoro were actually solved by Conan behind the scenes, and he thought that was the true strength of Mouri Kogoro.
Maori Kogoro coughed hard and said, "The motive for the murder was to avenge his father, and his father was the leader of the Minamoto clan, Yoshitsune! Yoshitsune was betrayed and killed by his subordinates three months ago, so the money sent to the wine shop was cut off."
Yuya and the other two were stunned. If they hadn't already identified the murderer, this reasoning would have sounded quite reasonable.