The famous criminal in the world of Conan

Chapter 321 Standard 3-choice 1

"The murderer must have been acquainted with Mr. Kusaka Shohei from the beginning. He used some excuses to get Mr. Kusaka Shohei to invite him into the underground wine cellar."

"Then, the murderer took out a rope and other weapons that he had prepared in advance and brutally killed Mr. Kusaka Shohei."

"At the same time, Mr. Kusaka Shohei noticed his actions and started a fight with him. The red wine bottles that were knocked over here are the best evidence."

"Afterwards, Mr. Kusaka Shohei was killed due to exhaustion. The murderer took advantage of the electronic automatic lock and left the room directly. Since it is an automatic lock, it can be locked even without a key, thus forming a secret room."

"Ah."

After listening to Inspector Megure's explanation, Bai Masong nodded slightly and then asked,

"and then?"

Since Inspector Megure and others have an idea, they will definitely investigate it.

However, in the end, Bai Masong was called over here, which meant that something went wrong in their investigation.

However, this idea does seem quite reasonable at first glance.

Of course, since the investigation has revealed problems, it means that the murderer must have used some other methods to enter the wine cellar, or transported the body in.

As expected, when Inspector Megure heard Hakuba Song ask him then, his face suddenly darkened.

"We found nothing in our follow-up investigation."

This was already within Bai Masong's expectations. Without changing his expression, he looked at the wine cellar in front of him and continued to ask,

"What's the problem?"

Inspector Megure had a gloomy face and spoke slowly,

"It's like this. We found that every door in this house is equipped with an electronic lock, which is the kind of lock that I mentioned before that is not easy to configure."

"So, based on this, my brother Maori and I have concluded that the murderer this time must be someone in this house. After all, outsiders, whether they are acquaintances or not, cannot enter this villa without a key."

"So, we have questioned all the guests that Mr. Kusaka Shohei invited today."

"First of all, Maori, Xiaolan, and Kazuha were all in the restaurant. Mrs. Kusaka was entertaining them. They have an alibi."

"Then, Mr. Nonaka Takeo said that after Mr. Kusaka Shohei left the restaurant and went to the wine cellar, he went to the courtyard outside to take a walk to digest his food. Since then, he has never entered the villa again. He only came back when Mr. Kusaka was discovered."

"We investigated and found that Mr. Nonaka went out through the front door. The villa only has two doors, the front door and the back door. Mr. Nonaka did not have the key, so he could not enter through the back door."

"And if he entered from the front, when he wanted to enter the underground wine cellar, he would have to pass by the restaurant where Brother Maori and the others were. Brother Maori, Xiaolan has already told Ye that she has never seen Mr. Nonaka Takeo, so Mr. Nonaka has been ruled out as a suspect by us."

"Then it was Mr. Sotomura Jyoukichi. He initially claimed that he was just walking around the villa to relax, but later we found his fingerprints on the door handle of the underground wine cellar, which made him look very suspicious."

"We also questioned him, and he admitted that he had been to the underground wine cellar, but Mr. Kusaka Shohei did not let him in, so he left. He flatly denied that he had killed anyone."

"The last person was Ms. Sayuri Takano. Similar to Mr. Jokichi Sotomura, she also claimed at first that she had gone somewhere else. Later, we also collected her fingerprints on the door handle of the wine cellar and questioned her."

"She said she went there to ask Mr. Kusaka Shohei to forgive her repayment date, but she also denied that she had entered the wine cellar."

When Inspector Megure said this, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Then, we continued to investigate the two of them, but we never found any relevant evidence, so the case came to a standstill."

After hearing this, Bai Masong also understood.

Of course, he did not understand why Inspector Megure and his team were in a stalemate, but he directly understood who the murderer was this time.

Isn’t this case a standard scientific three-choice case?

If that's the case, then the one who looks the least like the murderer and was quickly eliminated by Inspector Megure, Mr. Takeo Nonaka, must be the murderer!

As for the method...

Bai Masong looked at the two scratches under the wine cellar that seemed to be caused by squeezing and dragging by a tubular heavy object, and he already had some ideas in his mind.

Combined with the feasibility of opening the window that he had thought of before, this case can basically be said to be solved.

Yes, this case is indeed quite simple.

However, the more this happened, the more upset he felt.

Such a case cannot be described as difficult at all.

Even, simply doubting and eliminating it will be enough.

Sotomura Jōkichi and Kono Yuriko could not find any evidence, and they did not even think of suspecting Nonaka Takeo.

Moreover, the space between the two wine racks in this wine cellar is so narrow. If a fight breaks out, how could only the rack and the wine on one side be damaged while the other side remains intact?

Isn't it obvious that this is the direction where the red wine was hit? There's something wrong!

This side happened to be close to the window, which was connected to the yard. Takeo Nonaka claimed that he was taking a walk in the yard. Even if he didn't know the method, at least he could use this to check.

But the current situation is that Inspector Megure and the others are waiting for him here, and the case has come to a stalemate. Even so, he is still fighting with those two people who he doesn't know whether they have killed anyone or not, but he can't find any evidence.

This is really, alas!

Just as Bai Masong was sighing inwardly, Hattori Heiji ran in from the door with Conan.

"Brother Song."

Hattori Heiji shouted to Hakuba Song,

Bai Masong asked doubtfully,

"When did you two run away?"

"This is not important."

Hattori Heiji waved his hand, then moved closer to him and said,

"I and Gong... Conan saw two clothes drying poles outside. If we use them, it seems that we can..."

"Well, I already know this."

Bai Masong interrupted them calmly.

"Well, if that's the case, then we should identify the murderer."

Hattori Heiji said thoughtfully that he and Conan had looked at the clues here before, listened to what Inspector Megure said, and then went out, without hearing the subsequent analysis of the suspect.