Chapter 0373: Footprints on the Roof

Wednesday, March 26, just before six o'clock in the evening.

It took nearly ten minutes for Mori, Ran, Conan, the Twilight Police Department, Mrs. Inomoto, Mr. Terasawa and Mr. Tsuchihashi to reach the roof of the building opposite Izamoto's house.

When Maori reached the top of the building, he immediately turned on the flashlight and squatted on the ground to look around.

The Twilight Police Department, who climbed ten floors in one breath, panted and said, "Hey, hey, Maori brother, what are you looking for, what do you want everyone to do here?" ”

"Wait a minute, police department. Mori said, standing up after a moment and asking with a smile, "Mrs. Inomoto, Mr. Tsuchihashi, and Mr. Terazawa, have you three been to this place before?"

Takako Imoto said, "How could I come to such a place?" ”

Tetsuo Tsuchihashi said, "I've never been here either. ”

"I've been here. Norio Terasawa asked, "What's wrong with that?"

"Very well," Mori smiled confidently, and then asked in surprise, "Well, Mr. Terazawa, you said you were here?"

"Yes, I've been here today. Norio Terasawa said.

The Twilight Police Department asked, "Excuse me, Mr. Terasawa, what are you doing here?"

"Practice your swing. "You need a spacious place to swing, and you can't do it in the apartment. ”

"So, Mr. Norio Terasawa, the murderer of Mr. Ryusuke Imoto is indeed you. Maori said.

"What!" the Dusk Police Department asked in surprise, "Brother Maori, how can you kill Mr. Imoto here?"

"Yes. Maori said, "Guys, you should be able to see the victim's apartment from here, right?"

At this time, the crooked moon had come out, and under the moonlight, you could clearly see the 701 room with the lights on the opposite side.

"Yes, you can see it," the Dusk Police Department asked, "but what about it?"

Maori asked, "Police, are you familiar with fishing?"

"How to fish?" said the Dusk Police Department, "uh, barely." ”

"When anglers are fishing, they use a special tool called casting rod to cast the bait on the rod dozens of meters away. "Mr. Terazawa replaced the bait with something a little heavier, and then swung his rod from here to send the weight to the balcony on the opposite side and hit the victim on the head." Then he used a flashlight to shine a footprint in front of the railing and said, "The shoe prints here are the best proof of this." Then he added, "Mrs. Imoto said that Mr. Imoto was playing Tai Chi on the balcony before he was killed, and one of the essentials of Tai Chi is that you can't move fast, so Mr. Terazawa took advantage of Mr. Inomoto's back to this place and threw a rod forward, hitting Mr. Imoto in the back of the head, killing the victim, Mr. Imoto. Then, of course, the rod was drawn to retrieve the weight, but when the rod was drawn, the weight hit the railing of the balcony and made a 'bell' sound, which is the sound that Mr. Tsuchihashi heard. ”

"Yes, definitely. Tetsuo Tsuchihashi said happily.

Another point that Mr. Terasawa didn't calculate at all was that when he was pulling back the heavy object, he inadvertently knocked down a bird flying in the air. Maori laughed, "The little bird I picked up just now probably had a slight concussion." ”

The Twilight Police Department asked, "But, Brother Maori, the balcony from here to there is almost thirty meters, is it possible for Mr. Terasawa to hit the victim with such accuracy?"

"You can do it with practice, especially for those who are good at fishing," Mori asked, "Am I right, Mr. Terazawa?"

"No, my lord, even if you practice every day, no one can guarantee that you will be able to accurately throw the bait to the designated position every time, even if you draw a large circle. Norio Terasawa smiled, "Mr. Mori, if it is like you said, all basketball players must be three-point marksmen, and football players must be goalkeeper killers." In the Olympics, there will be no difference between the scores of those shooting athletes, and I think the shooting guns used by those Olympians will not be bad in terms of accuracy. ”

The Twilight Police Department said, "Yes, Brother Maori, what Mr. Terasawa said makes a lot of sense. ”

"Well," said Maori, "by the way, Mr. Terazawa, the shoe print of the shoe you are wearing on your foot now, if I guess correctly, should match the shoe print on the ground." ”

"I guess so. Norio Terazawa said, "As I said earlier, I came here today to practice swinging. ”

"When?" asked Maori.

Norio Terasawa said, "I came back after the line was broken, and I was here until I entered the apartment. ”

"So when the victim was killed, you practiced swinging your rod here," the Dusk Police Department asked, "and where did your fishing line break?"

"I'm a regular visitor to the fishing grounds on the Tama River, and many people see it. Norio Terasawa said.

The Dusk Police Department asked, "What about the fish you caught?"

"Because of that guy in Imoto, I'm a fisherman now. Norio Terazawa said, "Thanks to the heavy rain last night, I also made a small gain, and I can improve my food for a few days after selling it." ”

"I'll send someone to investigate. The Twilight Police Department said, then asked, "Brother Maori?"

Scratching his head, Maori said, "By the way, check his body to see if there is any of the weight." ”

The Twilight Police Department checked and found nothing.

Mori said, "Since it is not on him, the heavy object stained with the blood of the victim, Mr. Imoto, must be near this building." ”

"I don't know. Norio Terasawa said.

Maori said, "Also, fishing gear, see if there is any blood." ”

"Well, that's a good point. The Twilight Police Department said, "Mr. Terasawa, please let us check the fishing gear." ”

Norio Terasawa said, "That's fine. As he spoke, he handed over his fishing gear, and then asked the Twilight Police Department, "Lord Police, it's past six o'clock, can I go home and have something to eat?"

Tetsuo Tsuchihashi said, "Yes, Lord Police, if there is no evidence, can you let us go back?" ”

Norio Terazawa said: "And maybe this is done by an outsider, the administrator is only one person, usually sitting in the porter reading the newspaper, watching TV, and occasionally patrolling the apartment, to be honest, that entry and exit record, and that glass door can only work for us gentlemen." ”

"This ......" the Twilight Police Department was embarrassed.

What kind of external crime, he did it, Conan held his chin and thought, something is wrong, why is he not afraid at all, that heavy object must be around here, if you find it...... Wait a minute, his line is broken, and if he burns the part of the line that is wrapped around the weight, then even if he finds the weight, there is no way to prove that the weight is hanging from his rod. Ahh ”

"Conan, what are you talking about?Yamazaki?" said Ran, "do you want to add honorifics?" ”

"Yes, Sister Lan. Conan said, "I mean, they left without ending the incident." ”

"They're going back to help. Lan smiled, and then said, "Then again, Yamazaki seems to have asked Midaiko to call back and say that it would be late, what...... It's weird. ”

Conan's face changed, so it was, seeing that the fishing line on the fishing rod taken out by Norio Terazawa was broken, knowing that Norio Terasawa would definitely dispose of the fishing line before returning to the apartment, he deduced that this incident might not be fruitful, and he didn't want to waste time and slipped away. Damn, don't say a word, that bastard guy from Yamazaki.

At this time, a dog barked downstairs, and Conan saw that it was a police dog. Now I can only find out the murder weapon first, maybe there will be new clues, the question is such a large area, where will he get the murder weapon?......

On the other side, pushing the time forward a little, Yamazaki and Midaiko came out of the residential building of the Imoto family, "It's 5:26, let's run, we should be able to get home." ”

"Hmm. Mei Daiko asked, "Brother, do you know who the murderer is?"

"I know, but this has developed into a relatively perfect crime, and there is no evidence at all, so there is no need to stay. Yamazaki smiled, "There is no blood stain on the flower pots yet, basically the murder weapon is not those flower pots, which means that the murder weapon is not at the scene." When I saw the broken fishing line, I suddenly thought that if you tie a stone to the fishing line and throw it with a fishing rod, then you can do it, and after recycling, you can break the fishing line, burn the fishing line on the stone, and throw away the stone, then there will be no flaws at all. ”

"I see. "But I don't think he's so accurate that he can hit the man in the head in one fell swoop." ”

"There's Uncle Maori here, maybe. Yamazaki laughed.

"Well, that's right. Mei Daiko smiled, and then asked, "By the way, brother, in fact, you can also use a stone tied with a thread from the top of the building, and then burn the thread and throw away the stone, why not that Mr. Tsuchihashi?"

"On the roof of the building, you can use no rope, as long as there is a blunt weapon, isn't he at the scene later? However, no strange fragments were found at the scene, which means that the blunt object was still a whole after the person was smashed. Mr. Tsuchihashi apparently went there with hope, and it was impossible for him to carry that kind of thing with him. Yamazaki smiled, "The earliest time Mr. Tsuchihashi left Room 701 can be estimated to be at 4:48, which means that he has nine minutes to find the murder weapon, and then go up to the roof to throw the murder weapon." The problem was that in that empty apartment building, it was hard to find a suitable blunt object that would not shatter and could kill someone. ”

"Yes, taps. "There must be an empty room next door." ”

Yamazaki laughs, "Without tools, the tap is not so good." ”

"That's just as well. Midaiko asked, "And what about Mrs. Imoto?"

"Think about what you see on TV," Yamazaki asked, "what do those women do in general?"

"Well," Mei Daiko thought for a moment and smiled, "Ah, if it was for the sake of the family property, I wouldn't have to get a divorce." ”

"That's it in general. Yamazaki laughed, "So the motivation is insufficient." ”

"Brother, then this incident can't be solved?" asked Midaiko.

"Since he came to the apartment by himself, it means that he has taken care of the fishing line. And this apartment is full of empty rooms, and outsiders must be able to climb into it without being detected if they want to, and there is no one around, so it's normal not to be seen, so there is a past that outsiders also say. "So in the absence of evidence, it will become a legacy event, and if you wait for the day to kill a wanted murderer and find out that he has been here today, then this incident will be placed on his head and the incident will be closed." ”

"I see. Mei Daiko smiled, "It seems that the police can cheat too." Then he asked, "If the tape hadn't been found in that morning's incident, would it have become a legend of the Kiritengu?"

"In the matter of adhesive tape, Master Xiunian was actually pitted by the abbot of Tianyong. Abbot Tianyong tore off this tape to make the incident look very mysterious, Master Xiunian actually only needs to wipe off the traces on the tape, even if he knows the method, so many people are in the temple, and it can't rule out external criminals, those tapes don't need to be torn off at all. Yamazaki said, "But unlike this incident, even if there is no tape, when Master Xiunian strangled the abbot of Tianyong, he would definitely not be able to escape, and it can be seen from the strangulation marks that the murderer is him." ”

"Why?" asked Midaiko, confused.

Yamazaki smiled: "If you think about the posture of strangulation on TV, or the way of saying it, how to do it so that there are no strangulation marks on the back of the neck." ”

"Well," said Mei Daiko after a moment's thought, "to press people to the ground, across chairs or something, and to carry people back to back." ”

"With a few conditions, there are no chairs or anything like that in Abbot Tenna's bedroom, and nothing is broken, and there is nothing unusual in the nails. Yamazaki asked, "What way do you say?"

"If you don't have a chair, you won't be able to use the partition type, and if you press the floor, there will definitely be something left between the fingernails. Mei Daiko smiled, "That's the piggyback." ”

"Piggyback?" Yamazaki laughed, "Okay, now, think about what the average person would do if he was carried up." ”

"Of course, it's enough for the people behind you," Mei Daizi said, "By the way, if it's Master Kuan Nian and Master Mu Nian, you will definitely be able to touch their heads, and if you are from below, you will definitely be able to touch the fat Master Tun Nian." Ah, that's Master Xiunian, only he can't be touched. Then he smiled, "By the way, there's another person, Conan, who can too." ”

"Conan, he can't carry the abbot at all, he'll be crushed down. Yamazaki smiled and continued, "Also, by analyzing the angle of the strangulation marks on the neck of Abbot Tenaga, you can also determine who the murderer is. ”

Midaiko asked, "Then this incident, can't it be concluded that Mr. Terazawa is the one who is in possession of fishing gear?"

"Unless the murder weapon with the fishing line tied is found, and it is proved that the fishing line on the murder weapon is the fishing line on the fishing gear in Mr. Terasawa's hand, or the moment someone sees Mr. Terasawa's move," Yamazaki said, "Otherwise, he cannot be convicted, because you must know that the railing of the building next to you is about 30 meters away from the place where Mr. Imoto fell to the ground, and you can use a fishing rod to throw the murder weapon on the fishing line on the head of a person 30 meters away. Maybe Mr. Terazawa just wanted to scare Mr. Doi, but accidentally killed him. ”

"Looks like Mr. Imoto is unlucky. Mei Daiko smiled, "By the way, that little bird was also unlucky and was beaten down." Then he added, "No, the little bird didn't get hit, at most it had a concussion when it fell." ”

"It shouldn't have hit, and if it did, the bird wouldn't have survived. Yamazaki smiled, "I guess that little bird may have been frightened by the murder weapon flying by it." ”

"Scared?" Mei Daiko smiled, "By the way, this is called the Bird of the Frightened Bow." Then he shouted to Ichiro Miyamoto, who was directing the truck delivering food and drinks at the back door of Mei Dai's restaurant, "Dad!" and sped up.

The two greeted Ichiro Miyamoto and entered Meidai's restaurant through the back door, and Meidaiko shouted as soon as she entered the door, "Mom, I'm back." With that, he ran to the front.

Seeing Midaiko coming, Miyamoto Miko smiled and asked, "You're back, how is it, did the foggy Tengu catch it?"

Mei Daizi smiled: "Don't mention it, it was the old monk who used it to deceive people." ”

"That's a shame. Miyamoto Miko laughed.

"By the way, his nose is so long," Mei Daiko tugged at the tip of her nose, "it must be because of a lot of lies." ”

"Okay, we'll talk about these things later," Miyamoto Miko smiled, "let's go change your clothes." ”……