Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 16 It must have been him!

If it were decades later, these fragments of blood and flesh could be used for DNA identification to identify the murderer.

Unfortunately, at this time, DNA identification technology has not yet been invented, so it is obviously impossible to rely on technology.

At this time, Vice Principal Inoue also came back with the teachers.

"We checked, and there was only one student absent from class between 2:16 and 3:16," Vice Principal Inoue said, "and that was Doi Hayato himself."

"Except for two people who have taken leave, the other teaching staff are also busy with their work."

"Didn't Hayato Doi have classes in the morning?" asked Inspector Samezaki.

"He didn't miss class this morning," a third-grade teacher said. "He disappeared after lunch break."

"Doi didn't have any classes this afternoon. Doesn't that mean there's no teacher who cares?" Officer Megure frowned.

"The class had already started," the teacher said helplessly, "I couldn't just abandon the whole class and go look for him alone."

Although these words were spoken coldly, they made sense. After all, no one could have imagined that Doi Hayato, who skipped classes, would die.

"Isn't there a break during this time?" Maori Kogoro asked, "Could the murderer have taken advantage of the break to kill people?"

"Do you think we haven't thought of this problem?" Vice Principal Inoue glanced at Mao Li impatiently. "There were students in the gymnasium this afternoon."

"I've asked the physical education teachers and students who were in class, and the door to the judo club's activity room has always been locked, and no one has been seen entering or leaving."

The door of the judo club's activity room faces the indoor basketball court in the gymnasium. Even during breaks, there are students playing basketball on the court.

"Did anyone see the well during lunch break?" Lin Xiuyi asked after thinking for a while.

"Lunch break? I didn't ask about that," Vice Principal Inoue snorted, "At that time, Doi was fine."

"...I remember a student just said," the third-grade teacher thought for a moment, "that during lunch break, they saw Doi Hayato being called away by Hoshino Teru."

"Hoshino, is this true?" Vice Principal Inoue looked at the head of the judo club.

"Well," Hoshino Teru nodded and said with a gloomy expression, "I saw that he was in a bad mood recently, so I wanted to comfort him and tell him not to care too much about the national league..."

At this point, Hoshino Teru suddenly seemed to remember something, raised his head and looked at Inspector Samezaki and said,

"Officer, I know who the murderer is! It's him who wants to kill Hayato."

"who is it?"

"Makino Shinji," Hoshino Teru said through gritted teeth, "It must be him!"

"What's the reason?"

"This year's National Judo League only had two registration slots per school, and Makino always thought he'd definitely get one given his skills," Hoshino Teru recalled. "But two days before the club's tryouts in early July, he injured his leg in an accident and couldn't participate, so he had to give up."

"What does this have to do with Doi?" Inspector Samezaki pressed. "Before the internal selection, we made a banner to hang on the wall to motivate the members," Hoshino Teru explained. "But when Makino was hanging the banner, the ladder suddenly fell over, and he broke his leg."

"Makino thought he would be injured because Hayato had tampered with the ladder. He also said he wanted to take revenge on Hayato. The old members of the judo club all knew about this."

"Megure, go check with the students in the judo club," Inspector Samezaki instructed, then looked at the vice-principal and teachers beside him, "Where's Makino Shinji? Is he in school?"

"Makino took a three-month leave from school because of a leg injury," said the third-grade teacher. "He hasn't come to school yet."

"His leg must have healed long ago. He was the only one who didn't come to school, so he had time to commit the crime!" Hoshino Teru said excitedly, "He must have killed Hayato!"

Inspector Megure came back and said, "Inspector, I've confirmed with the second and third year judo club students that Makino Shinji did indeed say he wanted to take revenge on Doi Hayato."

"Send someone to find Makino Shinji immediately!" Inspector Samezaki said in a deep voice, "Ask him to cooperate with the investigation."

"Yes!"

Inspector Megure turned around to arrange for the police officers, while Maori Kogoro asked in confusion: "Even if the murderer is Makino Shinji, how did he kill Doi-senpai?"

"Didn't the people who were in the gymnasium say that the door to the activity room was locked between 2:16 and 3:16, and no one went in or out?"

"Maybe they remembered it wrongly," Hoshino Teru said quickly, "During recess, everyone was in a mess, so it's normal for someone to remember it wrongly."

"Why didn't you tell us about Makino Shinji before?" Vice Principal Inoue said unhappily, "If you had told us about him earlier, we wouldn't have thought Doi committed suicide!"

It also caused him to lose so much face!
"I didn't expect it at first," Hoshino Teru defended himself. "I thought Makino said that just because he was unwilling to lose the opportunity to participate in the national league. I didn't expect him to actually dare to attack Hayato."

"No, that's not right. This shouldn't be what you didn't expect." Lin Xiuyi suddenly interrupted.

"What do you mean it's not this?" Hoshino Teru shook his head in confusion. "Sorry, I don't understand."

"Don't understand?" Lin Xiuyi sneered. "You killed Doi Hayato and then tried to slow down the rigor mortis. Didn't you just want the school and the police to think he committed suicide?"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Hoshino Teru took two steps back in shock, shouting in shock and anger, "How could I be the murderer who killed Hayato! We are good friends! And I didn't have the time to commit the crime!"

"From 2:16 to 3:16, I was in the classroom. Even during breaks, I never left. My classmates can testify to this!"

"I just said that you affected the rigor mortis of the corpse," Lin Xiuyi sneered. "The time of death calculated by the forensic officers is completely wrong!"

"Doi Hayato didn't die between 2:16 and 3:16 at all. He was killed earlier!"

"Affecting the rigor mortis of a corpse?" Inspector Megure looked surprised. "How is this done?"

"Under normal circumstances, rigor mortis begins within 1 to 3 hours after death, with symptoms such as stiffness of the masseter, neck and facial muscles, and fixation of the jaw joint. After 4 to 6 hours, rigor mortis spreads throughout the body. Rigor mortis reaches its peak after 12 to 24 hours, and begins to ease between 24 and 48 hours."

At this point, Lin Xiuyi looked at the young police officer from the forensic department.

"Am I right, Officer Tomi?"

(End of this chapter)