The famous criminal in the world of Conan

Chapter 351 Sonoko: I saw the murderer!

"Um,"

Inspector Megure nodded slightly in agreement, and was about to turn around and ask someone to take the gun away.

At this time, a voice came from behind everyone.

"Officers, there's no need to check. This gun is mine."

Inspector Megure looked back and saw a woman wearing a beige windbreaker and long brown hair standing behind him.

"Excuse me, who are you?"

Inspector Megure asked the man.

"My name is Izumi Sano,"

The woman who spoke introduced herself to Inspector Megure and explained,

"This shotgun is mine. This is the shotgun I use for clay shooting."

"Oh, that's it."

When Inspector Megure heard this, his expression suddenly became serious.

"So, do you have any explanation for your gun being here?"

"Officer, this is what happened,"

Sano Izumi seemed to be neither hurried nor slow, speaking calmly,

"I actually don't know why my gun is here and why it became the weapon that killed Chihiro."

"All of our guns are stored together in a nearby electronically locked safe."

Izumi Sano's words made Hakubamatsu and Inspector Megure keenly aware of several key points.

"Wait, the Chihiro you mentioned, is that the name of the deceased? What is your relationship with the deceased?"

Inspector Megure quickly asked Izumi Sano.

"Ah, Chihiro is her name. Her full name is Itami Chihiro."

Izumi Sano said,

“She was also our partner in clay shooting.”

As she spoke, she pointed at the people next to her.

"Besides us, there are three of them..."

Inspector Megure also questioned these people.

Bai Masong listened on the side and also figured out their names.

There were five people in total who were doing the clay shooting. Apart from the deceased Chihiro Itami, there were Izumi Sano, Oda Kunihiro, Komatsu Yoshiko, and Misawa Yasuharu.

The Oda clan had dark skin, looked masculine, had a small beard on his chin, and had a serious expression.

Yasuji Misawa is the opposite of him, with fair skin and a sunny and warm type of guy.

Komatsu Yoriko is a woman with a purple knitted hat and long black hair.

After Officer Megure asked for information from several people, he continued to ask Izumi Sano,

"So, who locked the safe today?"

"Yes, I locked it,"

Komatsu Raiko wiped the tears from her eyes and said with a sob,

"But, but we all know the combination of the safe."

"At that time, because this was our first reunion in half a year, we all decided to design the password to be 9017, which is the same pronunciation as our fellow clay shooting friends."

"Yeah, that's how it is."

Inspector Megure stroked his chin, thoughtfully.

Maori Kogoro leaned close to Inspector Megure's ear and whispered,

"Officer Megure, if this is the case, as long as we investigate the four of them carefully, we will soon get results."

"Yes, that's right."

Officer Megure nodded, his tone full of confidence.

"Among the four of them, the one who reacts to the smoke is the murderer."

Although Inspector Megure and Kogoro Mori were having a discussion alone, their voices were actually quite loud.

At least, Yasuharu Misawa who was standing by heard it clearly.

He raised his hand and said weakly,

"Well, officer, what would happen if all four of us had a reaction to gun smoke?"

"That's right,"

Sano Izumi also echoed,

"The four of us have all done clay shooting before, so we should still have gun smoke reactions on our bodies."

"what?"

Inspector Megure was dumbfounded. What, what should he do?

"And, officer,"

Komatsu Yoshiko also said,

"Maybe I didn't lock the electronic lock properly, so Chihiro..."

Komatsu Yoshiko's meaning is very clear, she chooses to shift the blame to outsiders.

After all, the person who died was her good friend, and if the murderer was also one of her three good friends, it would be too cruel for her.

"Well, that's possible."

Inspector Megure hesitated for a moment and said hesitantly.

"impossible,"

Oda Kuni, who had been silent all this time, spoke coldly, breaking the beautiful thoughts in Komatsu Yoriko's heart.

"The gun cabinets we use to store shotguns are made of boxes that outsiders can't tell what's inside."

"The box that Sano Izumi kept his shotgun in was an ordinary leather suitcase, and the gun and parts were kept separately."

“Most people don’t know how to put it together.”

"That's it!"

Officer Megure listened to Oda Kuni's words and his expression became serious again.

"In that case, even if people knew there was a shotgun in the box, they wouldn't know how to assemble it."

"From this perspective, the most likely murderer is still among the four of you."

As soon as Inspector Megure said this, the faces of the four people changed slightly.

They may be surprised, but they are not surprised by this.

"Inspector Megure,"

Bai Masong spoke up at this time and said lightly,

"There are many people coming and going here. Maybe someone has seen the murderer when the crime happened."

"Hey! That's right!"

Officer Megure was stunned for a moment, then delighted, and then gave orders to Takagi Shigeru,

"Okay! Gao Mu, take your people to investigate the people around here and see if anyone has witnessed the crime, or if there are any suspicious people."

"Yes!"

Takagi Wataru replied quickly.

Just when Takagi Shigeru was about to take his people away, someone stopped him.

"that......"

Inspector Megure turned around and saw that it was Suzuki Sonoko.

He felt a little embarrassed because he was so focused on seeing Maori Kogoro that he didn't notice that Suzuki Sonoko had also come along.

"actually..."

Suzuki Sonoko hesitated for a few seconds, and finally mustered up the courage and said with a determined look,

"Actually, I saw the murderer!"

"what?!"

Inspector Megure, Takagi Wataru, and even Mori Kogoro were all shocked.

They never expected that the witness they were looking for was right next to them!

"I saw the murderer when he came out of the bathroom!"

Suzuki Sonoko said loudly.

"Are you telling the truth, Sonoko?"

Xiaolan, who was standing next to Suzuki Sonoko, also asked subconsciously.

"Ah."

Suzuki Sonoko nodded.

"At that time here..."