Detective Conan: The Ultimate Growth Space

Shiratori hurriedly asked, "What evidence?"

Conan replied, "Brother Zhiyong is talking about the knife and the blood, right?"

Mori asked in confusion, "What knife, and blood?"

Conan pointed to the bathroom and said, "Look at where the knife fell. That spot... it's only because you grabbed it carelessly, isn't it?"

Takagi shook his head and said, "How could suicide be done by simply grabbing a knife? Besides, I remember he was holding the knife with his hand behind his back."

Mori nodded and said, "That is indeed strange. When committing suicide, one holds the knife with the back of the hand, but when drawing the knife, one just casually draws it. That's very strange."

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Chapter 547 The murderer did not spit blood.

Zhiyong glanced at Conan.

These days, Zhi Yong always steals his thunder in every case he solves, and I wonder if that will leave him with psychological problems.

Zhiyong only thought about it that way; he would still do things the way they should.

Zhiyong said, "Yes, besides the knife, there is this blood. Look at the blood on the ground. After this period of time, it has congealed a little, but the blood on his hands is still like water."

Mori looked at it and said, "That's right, it really is like that. Could this not be blood? But the color and smell are just like blood."

Zhi Yong replied, "That must be because heparin, an anticoagulant, has been added to the blood. Fresh blood will coagulate after a while, making it very troublesome to transport. If heparin is added to the fresh blood and it is put into a sealed bag, the fresh blood can be kept in its original state and it can be taken to the train."

Takagi asked in surprise, "Bring it onto the train?"

Zhiyong nodded and said, "This should be an accomplice of Ogura Chizo, who put the knife and blood in this toilet and wrote a plan for Ogura Chizo to fake suicide. After Officer Takagi left, the murderer came here, killed Ogura Chizo, and then left. In that case, it is not suicide, but murder."

Officer Shiratori nodded and said, "Indeed, this is a perfect murder case."

Zhiyong also said, "Yes, he first placed a fake bomb in the toilet of carriage number one to lure away one of the police officers who were escorting the prisoner. Then he secretly sent Ogura Chizo to the toilet. In the toilet, Ogura Chizo found a knife, blood, and a plan. After reading the plan, Ogura Chizo did as the murderer had arranged. When he saw the prisoner commit suicide, Officer Takagi rushed to find Officer Shiratori. At this moment, the murderer appeared and killed Ogura Chizo."

Officer Takagi said, "The knife in Ogura Chizo's body was deeply embedded. Moreover, I checked the restroom before Ogura Chizo went in, but I didn't find any knife or blood at that time."

Shiratori said, "That should be a switchblade, isn't it often seen in movies and TV shows?"

Zhi Yong also said, "The knife and blood should have been placed in this diaper changing stand. If the murderer had simply put the knife and blood in there and put the stand back in place, you wouldn't have noticed the problem here."

Mori asked, "Takagi, even if you wanted to call someone, couldn't you just make a phone call?"

Takagi explained, "No, at that time, we had just entered the Chen Tunnel."

Mori also said, "It seems that Chiyuki was right just now. If that's the case, then this was also part of the murderer's plan. He must have written it in the plan, so that Ogura Chizo would enter the tunnel and then commit suicide, so that Takagi would not be able to make the phone call."

Shiratori sighed and said, "We were all fooled by the murderer beforehand. Whether it was the fake bomb or the plan to have Ogura Chizo fake his suicide, it was all part of his scheme."

Looking at the corpse, Mori said, "However, since so much blood was sprayed from Ogura Chizo's body, the murderer must have also been sprayed with blood. Such a person would definitely be very conspicuous on the train and should be easier to find."

Xiaolan said, "However, there was no such person in our carriage. After Officer Takagi took the prisoner into the toilet, I kept looking at the exit door, and I only saw Officer Takagi come back."

Mori said, "In that case, the murderer must have been in any of the carriages from number four to number thirteen. That would make the investigation much more difficult. However, the blood on his body should be noticed."

Zhi Yong shook his head and said, "I'm afraid no one will notice!"

The white bird asked in surprise, "Why?"

Zhiyong pointed to Ogura Chizo's right hand and said, "I just looked at his right hand, and there were some lead characters stuck to it. If I'm not mistaken, those should be words from a newspaper. This means that the murderer had Ogura Chizo hold the newspaper, and then stabbed him through it."

Mori exclaimed in surprise, "In that case, the spurting blood will be blocked by the newspaper and won't spray onto the murderer."

Officer Shiratori rushed to the murderer's side and carefully examined his right hand before saying, "That's right, there are indeed lead characters on the top of his right hand. This makes finding the murderer even more difficult."

Zhiyong shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be too difficult. Since he wanted to notify Ogura Chizo, it must have been after Officer Shiratori left that he passed by your location and told Ogura Chizo to go to the restroom. Officer Takagi, do you remember anything that passed by you during that time?"

After thinking for a moment, Takagi said, "After Officer Shiratori left, only two or three passengers passed by us."

Zhiyong then asked, "Do you still remember what they looked like?"

Takagi scratched his head and said, "Well... I only glanced at them briefly at the time, so I didn't remember what they looked like."

Conan said, "I still remember what they looked like. There were only three people passing by. I remember what they looked like. Two of the uncles were holding newspapers, and the other uncle was holding a coffee can."

Shiratori asked excitedly, "Conan, if you see them again, will you still be able to recognize them?"

Conan smiled and nodded, saying, "Of course."

Zhiyong also greatly admires Conan's memories.

His improved memory is due to the enhancement of his body by the space, which has given him exceptional memory.

But Conan was born that way.

They truly have the protagonist's aura, making them incredibly enviable.

Under Conan's guidance.

Shiratori and Takagi found all three suspects.

After introductions, the three passengers were identified as Tatsuro Iwakuni, Norio Tokuyama, and Akira Akashi.

But when the three people heard the explanation from the two people...

Iwakuni Tatsuro said angrily, "If the person committed suicide, then why are you police coming to us to question us about this?"

Norio Tokuyama also said, "Yes, since it was suicide, what does it have to do with us?"

Akira Akira also said, "That's right, you didn't look for so many people, so what's the point of coming to us?"

Takagi explained awkwardly, "Because only the three of you passed by our seats before he went to the restroom, we guessed that one of you might have instructed him to go to the restroom."

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Chapter 548 He accidentally revealed it

Officer Shiratori didn't seem embarrassed at all.

He said calmly, "If it's convenient, please tell us why you happened to be passing by. That shouldn't be too difficult, should it?"

The three of them remained silent for a moment.

Iwakuni Tatsuro spoke first: "My seat was four rows behind you, but at that time, something happened in the back and it was very noisy, so I couldn't hear the horse racing announcements at all. That's why I went to the front carriage."

Norio Tokuyama also said, "I went to buy a cup of coffee and was on my way back to my seat when I passed by your seats."

Akira Akira saw that both of them had spoken.

He explained, "I heard that someone had planted a bomb on the train. I was scared, so I moved to sit in the front carriage."

Takagi asked, "I remember Mr. Iwakuni and Mr. Akashi, you two had newspapers with you, right?"

Akira Akira nodded and said, "I did have a newspaper with me."

“Yes, that’s right.” Iwakuni Tatsuro pointed at Tokuyama Norio and said, “I remember he was also reading the newspaper in his seat, am I right?”

Norio Tokuyama nodded and said, "Yes, that's right."

Shiratori smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble the three of you. Please bring your newspapers over, and Mr. Tokuyama, since you were holding a coffee, please bring your coffee cup over as well."

Although this wasn't an unreasonable request, the three of them didn't really want it.

However, if they didn't do so, they might be considered suspects, so all three of them complied and took the newspapers.

Besides holding a newspaper, Norio Tokuyama was also holding a coffee cup.

He took the newspapers from the three men.

Shiratori asked, "Where did you buy the newspaper?"

Tatsuro Iwakuni said, "I bought the horse racing report at a small shop on the platform before I boarded the train."

Norio Tokuyama nodded and said, "I also bought the Mainichi Shimbun while waiting for the train at the platform."

Akira Akashi also said, "Me too, I bought the Nichiuri Sports newspaper at the platform."

They simply placed the three newspapers and coffee cup together, but no matter how they looked at them, they couldn't find any signs indicating where to use the restroom.

While they were investigating, Takagi briefly explained the case to the three people.

After listening to Takagi's story.

Iwakuni Tatsuro spoke first once again: "If that's what you say, then he committed suicide, right? If it's suicide, why are you still investigating us? Isn't that very strange? What are your intentions?"

Norio Tokuyama also said, "Yes, since he stabbed himself on the toilet, it looks like suicide no matter how you look at it."

Takagi hurriedly explained, "No, that's just appearance, not the truth. Besides, when I got back, the knife had already been pulled out, and the position where the knife fell on the ground was very strange, which doesn't match the situation at the time."

Akira Akira said, "Could it be that he couldn't pull the knife out, so he stood up and used both hands to pull it out? That's why it fell in such a strange position, but that's perfectly normal."

Iwakuni Tatsuro said loudly, "That's right, what this brother said is absolutely correct. If he had stood up, the direction in which the knife fell would have been impossible to determine."

Tokuyama Norio also said, "You suspect us over such a trivial matter? I understand now. It's not because you neglected your duties and are looking for a scapegoat that you've come to us to frame us, is it?"

Takagi hurriedly waved his hands and said, "No, no, how could we do that?"

Iwakuni Tatsuro sneered, "So that's how it is. You were negligent in your duties, and now you want to frame us? After you get off the bus, just wait for my complaint."

Norio Tokuyama also said, "That's right. From now until we get off the bus, I will not answer any more of your questions."

Tatsuro Iwakuni coldly replied, "Me too."

Akira Akira also said, "Me too."

Zhi Yong smiled and said, "Now the three of you are suspects, and the real murderer is among the three of you. Just now, the murderer said something wrong, which made me realize who the real murderer is."

Shiratori and Takagi both asked at the same time, "Really?"

This news was extremely important to them. If they caught the murderer, the two of them could atone for their crimes.

The impact on them will be minimized.

The two of them were filled with passion, and since childhood they had hoped that when they grew up, they would be able to hold a cherry blossom badge.

If they are affected by this, it would be a huge blow to them.

Of course, they did not doubt what Zhiyong said.

After all, back then...

They had already heard a lot about Chi-Yu from Miwako, and Inspector Megure had also confirmed it.

Zhiyong nodded and said, "Of course. Just now, Mr. Akashi said that the deceased stood up and drew the knife with both hands because he wanted to draw it. So, please tell me, why did the deceased stand up and draw the knife with both hands?"