Conan: I'm Not a Model Worker in the Winery

Chapter 523: Footprints of a Third Party
"……what?"

Inspector Megure was a little dazed.

What do you mean, it has been ruled out?

"Because neither Mr. Kitaoka nor Mr. Kusuwa had any motive to kill."

Lie said with reason, "Mr. Nanhe was a good friend of the deceased, and he had the other party's room card. We have confirmed this... Because the room card on the deceased is still there, it is impossible that Mr. Nanhe took it from the deceased."

He didn't know when an evidence bag appeared in his hand, with a fresh room card in it.

Seeing this card, Nan Hexiong's expression changed again, "Isn't this..."

"Oh yes~ I asked the police to search your room for some suspicious items."

Lie said with a smile.

Today's police are still very efficient.

"And I think that the deceased was well dressed and seemed ready to go out. He must be planning to meet Mr. Nanhe, right?"

Lie looked at Nan and Xiong with friendly eyes.

The latter nodded tremblingly.

Emma, ​​he almost thought he was going to be arrested as a murderer.

Inspector Megure came to his senses now. "In that case, there is nothing wrong with what Kitaoka Hideto said. The reason why he couldn't contact the deceased was because the deceased died yesterday afternoon after he made an appointment with him. Kitaoka Hideto didn't know this, so he thought that the other party stood him up..."

After saying that, he and the others turned their eyes to Takeshi Sakata, whom Rei had not mentioned at all just now.

"So, Mr. Sakata." Officer Megure narrowed his eyes, "May I ask what you were doing from noon to afternoon yesterday?"

Sakata Takeshi looked at Officer Megure with an indifferent expression, "I have been staying in my room."

His eyes were full of arrogance and disdain for other people.

"Ah~ You think you did a good job and didn't leave any evidence, right?"

Lie spoke out what the other person was thinking, with a smile on his face.

Takeshi Sakata looked at Lie coldly without saying anything.

"Ah, how weird!"

Conan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly started to act up.

His voice attracted everyone's attention - he was seen lying on the floor next to the dead man, pointing at the dead man's hand, and said, "Uncle Lin, Officer Megure, look, there are a lot of furry things on the dead man's hand~"

Although it was not the first time that Lie heard Conan's clip sound, he still couldn't help but shudder - so cute, I really want to rub it!

then.

Lie Congxin pinched Conan's head twice, smiling, "Ah~ Really, Officer Megure, there seems to be some kind of fabric fluff on the dead man's hands~"

"Oh, yes. Maybe when he was stabbed, the deceased subconsciously grabbed the murderer's sleeve, which left these marks?"

When Takeshi Sakata heard this, his pupils shrank sharply.

Then, Inspector Megure fixed his sharp eyes on him again, "So, as long as we compare the marks on the clothes, anyone with the deceased's scratches is the murderer, right?"

Sakata Takeshi narrowed his eyes, but suddenly sneered, "Of course, Mr. Policeman, if you want to investigate me, it's up to you. I want to see what you can find out from my clothes!"

His words were full of disdain.

This made Inspector Megure feel something was wrong.

At this time, Lie waved his hand and said, "Oh~ Officer Megure, don't worry about him~ He either changed his clothes or threw them into the trash can."

"As long as you check all the clothes in the hotel, you will always find clothes with Mr. Sakata's dandruff and the dead man's scratches. Besides, the collection time is from morning to noon. Even if Mr. Sakata put it in yesterday, it should not have been taken away yet."

Officer Megure's eyes lit up, and he wanted to ask the police to investigate. "Oh, by the way, the police officer who went to investigate just now seemed to have found something in Mr. Sakata's room." Retsu pointed behind Officer Megure.

A policeman stood behind with a suitcase in his hand.

"What is this?" Inspector Megure widened his eyes.

"The deceased's luggage." Rei and Conan said in unison, "There should be something very important to Mr. Sakata in it, right?"

"..."

In the face of the inescapable evidence, Takeshi Sakata sneered, "Ah, yes, that was what he took from my house. It was a relic belonging to my wife."

"Your wife?" Inspector Megure looked confused.

"He's a beast!"

Sakata Takeshi did not reflect on the murder at all. Instead, he stared at the body on the ground with hatred. "My wife committed suicide after being violated by him... and this guy actually had the nerve to come to my house and took away her most precious collection as if nothing had happened!"

"Even if I become a ghost, I won't let him go!"

Takeshi Sakata snorted coldly three times, then stretched out his hands and let the police handcuff him.

Inspector Megure, who had never expected that the motive for murder was actually an ethical drama, looked at the corpse on the ground and suddenly felt that the man's death was not unjust.

Kogoro Mouri, who had been doing nothing the whole time, squatted on the ground and drew circles after Inspector Megure took the man away.

Why……

Why can't he guess the murderer correctly every time...

"By the way, Mr. Maori."

After the incident was perfectly resolved, Rei, who was urged to go to the Metropolitan Police Department to take a statement, suddenly smiled and said, "Ran and the others must be getting impatient, right? How about you go find Ran and Hiroki first, Mr. Maori?"

"...Ah! By the way, Xiaolan is still waiting at the beach!" Maori Kogoro slapped his forehead, "And my wine!"

Reminded by Reiichi, Kogoro Mouri hurried downstairs.

Lie smiled and watched the people running down the stairs, and his expression became more restrained.

Then, he revealed a slightly solemn...smile.

Beside him, Conan's expression was a hundred times more solemn than his, truly solemn.

The two were silent for a long time.

"Mr. Lin." Conan raised his head, his face very unnatural, "That footprint, could it be..."

"Maybe someone came in and wanted to take something."

Lie took out his cell phone and pressed a few buttons on it. "But he didn't expect that the deceased who was supposed to go out was killed and his things disappeared."

After putting his phone back into his pocket, Lie took out a small black gadget the size of a button.

——This is the bug he removed from the landline in the room.

"But what does the person who came in want to find?" Conan frowned, and a 'vertical pupil' appeared between his eyebrows.

Although he had no evidence, he had every reason to suspect that the person who broke in was related to the organization.

He had also taken a closer look when the police were searching the suitcase, but he did not find anything suspicious that would attract their attention.

"It is also possible that it was mixed in those inconspicuous little gadgets, such as USB flash drives or something like that." Lie analyzed reasonably.

Conan nodded heavily, "Yes, but there were so many people just now. It is impossible to take the USB drive and check it in front of everyone."

(End of this chapter)