On Tuesday, February 26, in the evening, I went to Yin Wufang on the way to the apartment building.

After listening to Yamazaki's words, Mei Daiko thought for a while and said: "If the police know the identity and background of the murderer, then the police will be able to know if there are any relatives of the murderer among the residents in the apartment building, so that they will always investigate that relative, and that relative will not be able to commit the crime like now." Then he nodded and said, "Oh, I see, so the information that the police know about the fugitive murderer may be fake." ”

"That's right. Yamazaki said: "The incident that Mr. Otonai said, robbery, assault, murder and burning of remains, this should not be fake. Robbery is not a felony in relative terms, and it is only after the assault that it is necessary to burn the body to destroy the evidence. ”

Mei Daizi said: "That's right, it's all played like this on TV." Then he asked, "But so what?"

Yamazaki said, "There is basically only one end to this kind of vicious crime. ”

Mei Daizi said, "Death penalty." ”

"That's right. Yamazaki asked rhetorically, "Imagine how many prisoners can lie to the police in such a situation instead of cooperating with the police to get a reduced sentence?"

"Very little. Mei Daizi said, "The prisoner who was arrested must not be the prisoner, otherwise there would be no wanted warrant." Then he added, "No, he can give the police a false message." Then he added, "Only then will there be no more haunting." And then he said, "No, I'm dizzy." ”

Yamazaki smiled: "So let you put it aside first, what the police know through the murderer's companions is false, and you continue to talk as you just speculated." ”

"Okay. "I just said that among the residents of the apartment building, the person who committed the crime is not a relative of the murderer, but a good friend. Then he said, "By the way, maybe there is some kind of coercion, such as having a handle in the hands of a murderer. ”

Yamazaki said, "Very good, go on. ”

Mei Daizi said: "Mr. Otono is old, there should be no such friends, that college student and that graduate student, and that model master, I'm afraid they will all make ghosts." ”

Yamazaki smiled: "No, friends and ghosts, anyone can do it." ”

Midaiko asked, "What should I do then?"

Yamazaki said: "There are three points that can be ruled out, first of all, this friend should be the first time we have met, otherwise it is impossible for other people in the apartment building not to have met." ”

Mei Daizi said, "That's true, but it's also okay for everyone." ”

"Secondly, this friend who met for the first time brought a companion over, and this companion didn't know who he was going to see next, otherwise the police would be watching that person," Yamazaki said. ”

Mei Daiko asked, "Yes, but so what?"

Yamazaki said, "In the end, the first time we met, we met in my apartment, so I can only say that there is a reason why I have to meet in my own apartment. ”

Mei Daizi said: "Not necessarily, maybe it's a shady deal, then it's just right to find a secluded and uninhabited place, like that unfinished building." Then he said, "It must be like this, that's why they showed up in the unfinished building." ”

Yamazaki said: "The two murderers committed the crime in the unfinished building, and the police must have thought about whether they were doing any shady transactions in the unfinished building, and the residents in the apartment next to the unfinished building must have been investigated, that is, there is no shady deal." ”

"That's right. Midaiko touched her chin and asked, "In that case, why did you go to that shabby apartment building?" and laughed, "It's not going to be looking at a house and preparing to live in it, right?"

Yamazaki smiled: "I won't choose to look at the house late at night, but what you said is already on the side." ”

Midaiko asked, "What could it be?"

Yamazaki smiled, "Hint, the house is real estate. ”

"Real estate?" Mei Daiko blinked, "Is it something that can't be moved? large pieces of furniture, antiques? No, with these valuable things, I'm afraid I won't live there." Ah, I see, it's too big to move. By the way, if you meet the buyer online, and then the buyer calls his companion to see the model together, and he doesn't inform the companion because he wants to surprise the companion, isn't it?"

Yamazaki applauded and laughed, "That's right, great speculation." ”

Mei Daizi smiled: "Okay, the person who shielded the prisoner is the modeler." ”

Yamazaki smiled: "Not yet, just now you missed two possibilities." ”

Midaiko asked, "What is possible?"

Yamazaki said with a smile: "First, the murderer can hide nearby, this haunted incident is the murderer's own hand, and second, the murderer can live in the apartment after the police investigation, so there is a possibility that the murderer continues to make shady transactions." ”

Mei Daizi said: "In this case, how can the murderer hide it? ”

Yamazaki said, "It's simple, but it changes the appearance. ”

Mei Daizi asked, "But in that case, why did the murderer still create a ghost, and was he not afraid of being discovered?"

Yamazaki said, "Didn't we say it before? Oni is made to let people know that there are ghosts here, and that anything strange can happen, so as to cover up certain traces." ”

Midaiko asked, "What kind of mark is that?"

Yamazaki said, "It's not something you can guess. "Also, don't forget, there's a precondition for what we've just speculated. ”

Mei Daiko asked, "Really, what is this incident like? Why is it so complicated?"

Yamazaki smiled: "Because there is no evidence, it is only based on speculation, so it is complicated." ”

Midaiko asked, "What is the evidence?"

Yamazaki said: "This will not be concluded until the investigation finds out what is hidden under the haunting, and whether the murderer has changed his appearance." ”

Midaiko asked, "What conclusion?"

"First, if the haunting is covered up by shady deals, and the murderer's appearance has not changed, then the haunted incident was done by the person who shielded the murderer, and the information that the police know about the murderer is true or incomplete," Yamazaki said. Then he asked, "Understandable, right?"

Mei Daizi said: "Well, the police issued a wanted warrant with real information, and the murderer has no way to show up, so he can only be taken care of by the people who sheltered him." Then he asked, "But if the haunted is hiding shady deals, will it have nothing to do with the killing?"

Yamazaki smiled: "That's right, if it wasn't done by the murderer, then the haunting incident may indeed have nothing to do with the murder." ”

"The second is that if there is a shady transaction under the cover of the haunting, and the murderer's appearance has changed, then the haunting may have been done by the murderer, and the information about the murderer known by the police is incomplete or false." ”

Yamazaki said, "That's a good point, keep talking." ”

Midaiko asked, "And?"

Yamazaki said: "Third, if the murderer's appearance has not changed, the haunting is covered up under the cover-up, and the haunted incident was done by the person who shielded the murderer, and the information that the police know about the murderer is true." ”

"What's that thing?" asked Midaiko,

Yamazaki said, "You'll find out later." ”

"Wait?" asked Midaiko, "Brother, do you know where to investigate?"

Yamazaki said, "It's the unfinished building." ”

"Oh, that's it. Mei Daizi said, and continued, "By the way, there is a fourth one that has not been said, if the murderer's appearance has changed, and other things are hidden under the haunting, then the haunting incident was done by the murderer, and it is possible that the information about the murderer known by the police is really fake." ”

Yamazaki said: "There is no fourth, if it weren't for the shady deal that had to be made, the murderer would never have had much to do, and would just hide quietly." ”

Mei Daiko said, "Well, that's right. ”

While talking, Yamazaki and Mei Daiko walked outside the apartment building of Yin Wufang, and Yamazaki said, "Okay, let's go and investigate the unfinished building." ”

Midaiko asked, "Investigate what?"

Yamazaki said: "Investigate whether there is water in it, in the city, it is impossible for a person to hide in a place without a toilet for a long time. ”

Mei Daizi asked, "Understood, that means the murderer may be hiding inside?"

Yamazaki laughed, "That's right, use the haunting to explain why the water here is lost." ”

Mei Daiko asked, "If so, does that mean that my guess is correct, and the person who shielded the murderer is the modeler?"

Yamazaki laughed, "It could be big. ”

Mei Daizi smiled a little excitedly: "Then let's go and have a look." "Saying that, he went to the unfinished building first.

Yamazaki and Midaiko stood in the doorway for a moment, waiting for their eyes to adjust to the darkness in the building, and then went to investigate the various rooms, but they found nothing.

Mei Daizi said a little dejectedly: "Don't talk about the water, the faucet is not installed, and the dust on the ground is very thick, no one should have waited for a long time." ”

Yamazaki smiled: "Don't be discouraged, there is another place, which is the apartment building next door." ”

Mei Daiko high-fived and smiled: "By the way, those rooms where no one lives." ”

Yamazaki smiled, "That's right. ”……

Soon after, Yamazaki and Midaiko climbed in through an open window on the second floor of the apartment building where Otono Yoshiichi was located, and then went to the doors of each room to check the dust on the doorknobs, and only four rooms had clean doorknobs, and there was some eerie music coming from Kikuji's room in Fanmachi, Yotsuya Iwanao's room where the sound of a variety show came from inside, Peony Ruhiko's room, quiet, and Otono Yoshiichi's room, where Mori and Conan were talking to Otono Yoshiichi.

On the roof of the building, Mei Daiko asked Yamazaki, "Brother, what do you say is going on? Is it that the arrested prisoner lied to the police?"

Yamazaki said, "Maybe the murderer came back here after changing his appearance, or maybe he was somewhere else." ”

Midaiko asked, "Somewhere else?"

At this time, Yamazaki and Midaiko noticed a person coming out of the apartment building and entering the unfinished building next door, and the two looked at each other for a while.

Mei Daizi asked suspiciously, "Brother, did we miss anything just now?"

Yamazaki said confusedly: "There shouldn't be, I've seen the basement too." ”

Mei Daiko asked, "Then where is he going?"

Yamazaki smiled bitterly, "I don't know either. ”

Mei Daizi smiled: "Then let's go and see where this extradimensional space leads." ”……