Detective Conan: The Ultimate Growth Space

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Officer Yokomizo nodded and said, "I see."

Zhiyong added, "The methods I've described are currently just deductions. We can conduct further experiments to determine if they are feasible."

Officer Yokomizo smiled and said, "That's good, I'll arrange it right away."

After some preparation.

Just as Zhiyong had predicted, the bag that replaced the corpse was easily hoisted up the five-story tower, and it was all done by a single person.

After watching the experiment.

Inspector Yokomizo said in surprise, "Just as you described, this method only requires one person to easily carry out the murder, hanging of the body, and other related tasks. So who is the murderer?"

Zhiyong replied, "As I just said, I know the method, and it's already solved. I also know who the murderer is, but I don't have any evidence. So, I'll need you to come up with a way to find evidence."

Inspector Yokomizo asked, "Understood. Who is the murderer?"

Zhiyong smiled and said, "The murderer is Yosuke Kajimura."

Inspector Yokomizo asked in confusion, "Didn't he go to Tokyo last night? Could it be that he didn't go, but instead hid and then made an appointment with Mr. Oda?"

Zhiyong nodded and said, "That should be the case."

Mori asked, "Why do you think it's Yosuke Kajimura?"

Zhiyong explained, "Just now, I realized that this should not be a suicide. While I was thinking about it, Mr. Kajimura arrived. However, from his words, he kept implying that Mr. Oda was in a bad mood and that he was almost at his wit's end because of the company's problems. This made me a little strange."

Inspector Yokomizo asked, "What's strange?"

Zhiyong replied, "Mr. Kajimura also said that if they don't raise the funds by the end of this month, the company will go bankrupt. Even if Mr. Oda is desperate, today is only the 13th, and there are still more than ten days until the end of the month. Even if a miracle doesn't happen, he should at least try his best in these ten days."

Mori also said, "That's true. Although we didn't spend much time with Mr. Oda last night, he's not the kind of person who gives up easily."

Zhiyong continued, "Because I don't know much about Mr. Oda, I asked Xiaolan about your dinner last night. Something did happen during dinner: Chunhai argued with Mr. Oda about the temple and even said he wanted to take him to court."

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Chapter 581 Finding Evidence

Officer Yokomizo was a little puzzled.

He then asked, "Since Harumi and Mr. Oda had an argument, why do you believe that the murderer is Mr. Kajimura, not Harumi?"

Zhiyong nodded and said, "I was a little suspicious of Chunhai at first, but after hearing something else, I found it a bit strange. Xiaolan said that when they were having dinner, Mr. Oda asked Mr. Kajimura to go to Tokyo. Mr. Kajimura should not have known when Chunhai came, but when he came, he brought it up directly, saying that he was going to be taken to court because of an argument with someone, so he was feeling down."

Officer Yokomizo nodded and said, "Mr. Kajimura did say something like that when he came, but maybe he heard it from someone else."

Zhiyong added, "Just now, Mr. Kajimura also said that Mr. Oda has a strong sense of self-respect, so he will not tell Mr. Kajimura about this matter. Even if he were to tell him, he would not call him immediately. After all, Mr. Oda is the boss, and Mr. Kajimura is just an employee."

Mori also said, "Maybe someone from the hotel told him that, after all, he's the hotel manager."

Zhiyong nodded and said, "That is indeed possible. However, I think that now that Mr. Kajimura has returned, someone might mention it to him. But to call him immediately last night is a bit unlikely. Of course, we still need to investigate this."

Officer Yokomizo nodded and said, "Okay."

Zhiyong added, "Okabe, Tankai, and Harumi do indeed have a motive to kill, but it would be very difficult for them to arrange for Mr. Oda to come out at midnight. Furthermore, Mr. Oda would be on guard, making it very difficult for them to kill him."

Mori suddenly thought of something.

He said, "Just now, I discovered something, and perhaps the evidence is in there. Now we need to take a gamble."

Yokomizo asked suspiciously, "Mr. Mori, what do you mean by gambling on luck? What evidence do you have?"

Mori explained, "Just now, I found that Mr. Kajimura's wallet contained a lot of money, but I didn't see Mr. Oda's wallet. Last night, I saw that Mr. Oda's wallet contained a lot of cash."

Officer Yokomizo said, puzzled, "But even if Mr. Oda's fingerprints were detected on the money in Mr. Kajimura's wallet, it doesn't prove anything."

Mori smiled and said, "Indeed, if it were money, even if fingerprints were found, it could be explained as a fee paid by Mr. Oda to do something for him. However, I'm not talking about money, but something else that was hidden inside the money."

Officer Yokomizo was even more confused.

He asked, "What is it?"

Mori replied, "After Mr. Kajimura left yesterday, Mr. Oda ran out of cigars, so he bought a box of cigars at the hotel. When the waiter brought them over, he asked for the receipt. He casually put the receipt into his wallet, and it was at that moment that I saw a lot of cash in his wallet."

Inspector Yokomizo asked, "The evidence you mentioned is that cigar receipt, but Mr. Kajimura can just take the money, what use is the receipt to him?"

Mori explained, "Mr. Oda put the receipt inside the money, so if the murderer took the money and didn't count it at the time, he wouldn't have found the cigar receipt."

Officer Yokomizo nodded and said, "I understand."

He called over Yosuke Kajimura, but didn't say anything, only that he wanted to check his wallet.

Just like Inspector Yokomizo said, Yosuke Kajimura also believes that even if the police found Hideaki Oda's fingerprints on the money, it would not prove anything.

It's a real shame that he didn't know about the cigar receipt.

Therefore, he readily handed the wallet to Officer Yokomizo.

Officer Yokomizo took out the money.

However, they didn't ask him about money, which puzzled him.

However, a receipt was taken out from the stack of money.

Officer Yokomizo smiled and said, "This is a receipt from the Oda Hotel, dated September 12th, at 7:40 PM, for the purchase of cigars."

Mori saw the receipt.

He then said, "Mr. Kajimura, I remember that at that time you had already left for Tokyo. Why would there be a receipt for cigars in your wallet? If you say you bought them yourself, then I think we can find Mr. Oda's fingerprints on this receipt. How do you explain that?"

Just now.

The police conducted that experiment and then announced that Hideaki Oda had been murdered, which made Yosuke Kajimura feel a little uneasy.

But then he thought of something else.

Even if the police knew the method of the murder.

However, he left no clues at the scene, and even if the police suspected him, they would not find any evidence that he had committed murder.

Therefore, although he was very nervous, he was still somewhat confident.

When Officer Yokomizo checked his wallet, he didn't think the police would find anything on the money.

After all, as Oda Hideaki's subordinate, and having been dispatched to Tokyo to handle the problem, even if Oda Hideaki's fingerprints were found on the money, it wouldn't prove anything.

But to his surprise...

Among the money he took was a receipt for a cigar.

Yosuke Kajimura collapsed to the ground.

Zhiyong also spoke up: "This is the real retribution. Because of greed, you took the money, but you didn't expect that there was a receipt hidden in the money, which became the key evidence in the case. This is the punishment from the gods for you for taking someone else's life without authorization."

Mori also said, "Yes, this is the punishment from the gods."

Conan simply looked helpless.

Just now.

He has also discovered that Hideaki Oda did not commit suicide, but was murdered.

But while he was looking for clues...

He saw it.

Zhiyong called Mori and Officer Yokomizo aside, and then the two of them found Oda Hideaki's tie clip on the grass and headed towards the well.

This greatly surprised Conan.

But he did not give up.

As long as the murderer has not been found and it has not been proven that the murderer committed the crime, he still has a chance.

In order to find the murderer in advance and to obtain evidence of the murder.

He worked very hard.