Conan: I'm Not a Model Worker in the Winery

Chapter 465: Disappearing Evidence

"So, you were here to help Mr. Okura complete his commission, but you heard gunshots on the way, so you hurried over, but the criminal had already disappeared... Is that right?"

"That's right, Officer Megure! Moreover, the footprints of the suspected criminal disappeared about ten meters after turning right from the Okura family..."

The living room on the first floor of the Okura family home.

Inspector Megure held the notebook and looked at Kogoro Mouri with a serious face.

In addition to Inspector Megure, there is also Jinpei Matsuda who starts flirting with Conan as soon as he arrives.

In addition, sitting in the hall were the two newly hired maids of the Okura family: Shimokasa Honami and Shimokasa Minaho.

The two of them had just been working here as maids for less than a week. When the gunshots rang out, they were still in the kitchen preparing dinner. They both said that they did not hear any other sounds except the gunshots, nor did they hear any other movements.

Moreover, after hearing the gunshots, the two of them did not immediately go upstairs to check, but instead discussed what the sound was...

"Because, Mr. Okura and Mrs. Okura have quarreled more than once or twice..." said Minaho Shimokasa, who looks very similar to them and it is unclear whether she is the elder sister or the younger sister.

"On the first day we arrived, Mr. Okura and his wife had a quarrel and there was a lot of noise..." Shimokasa Honami also said the same thing on the other side.

The two sisters hugged each other tightly while talking, obviously frightened.

According to them, Okura Kazukatsu's rules are very strict, and there are strict requirements on what to do and when. If they do anything beyond the regulations, they will be scolded, so they did not go upstairs to check the situation at the first time.

"Mr. Okura, didn't you hear any other noises?"

At this time, Inspector Megure turned his head and looked at Okura Kazukatsu opposite him.

Kazukatsu Okura was wearing a bathrobe and there was still moisture on his body, looking like he had just taken a shower.

"Officer, didn't I just tell you? I was taking a shower and the water was so loud, how could I hear any other sounds?"

The victim of this incident was his wife, but the congressman Okura did not look sad at all. Instead, he was furious: "Officer, my wife is dead! Why don't you catch the murderer and ask questions here..."

Officer Megure wiped the sweat off his forehead and said, "Well... Mr. Okura, please calm down. Our forensic personnel are already conducting a search..."

"Don't tell me that! I want results. Results! I want you to find the murderer who broke into my house!"

Officer Memu: "..."

He is too difficult.

At this time, Matsuda Jinpei suddenly brought Conan to himself and Inspector Megure, and then looked at Okura Kazukatsu coldly: "Mr. Okura, I understand your feelings, but solving a case is not a joke. There are many doubts in this case. Please cooperate with the investigation, Mr. Okura."

Jinpei Matsuda spoke bluntly.

This caused dissatisfaction among the usually highly respected Okura Kazukatsu.

However, when he was about to scold Matsuda Jinpei, he met the other party's eyes, which said "I will kill you if you don't shut up". He immediately swallowed his words and just snorted for the sake of face and turned his head away.

Seeing this scene, Inspector Megure gave a thumbs up to Jinpei Matsuda in his heart.

When Inspector Megure and Kogoro Maori took the three people from the family to further investigate the scene, Jinpei Matsuda pulled Conan from behind and asked, "What do you think of this case?"

Conan, who was thinking, looked up speechlessly: "Hey, you can't think of getting something for nothing, Officer Matsuda."

Ever since he lost his mask in front of Jinpei Matsuda last time, the opponent seemed to have become a little presumptuous.

"This is not called getting something for nothing, it's called brainstorming." Matsuda Jinpei raised his eyebrows, "And I heard that you were here too, so I came here."

Conan was slightly startled, then he laughed in his heart.

He almost forgot that Officer Matsuda had only been involved in bombing cases before...

"By the way, how is Officer Sato now?" "He has been discharged from the hospital a long time ago and is working normally now... Aren't you asking a little late?"

"Um, didn't I forget before..."

Conan scratched his head a little embarrassedly, then looked at Matsuda Jinpei and said, "Officer Matsuda, did you find any problems just now?"

"A lot." Matsuda Jinpei pulled Conan to squat at the door, avoiding the sight of others, "Whether it's the footprints in the mud in the room or outside..."

It doesn't look like an outside intruder is out to kill people.

The windows in the room were difficult to open from the outside, unless the deceased Mrs. Okura took the initiative to open them for others.

And there were no signs of anyone climbing outside the wall...

From this point of view, it is unlikely that the criminal broke into Mrs. Okura's room.

In addition, Conan also explained the time before:
Because he was looking at his phone the whole time, he knew exactly how long it took from the time the gunshots rang out to the time they arrived at the Okura family:
Less than two minutes.

In other words, it took only a little over a minute from the time the criminal shot and killed Mrs. Okura to the time he escaped from the Okura household, or even less - because when they arrived, they only saw footprints.

However, they found no trace of footprints indoors, nor any dirt from the yard outside.

It's more like someone killed Mrs. Okura and disguised the scene.

"The footprints outside were arranged in advance, so he only had to mess up the room and break the windows after shooting Mrs. Okura."

Matsuda Jinpei agreed with Conan, "The murderer is probably Mr. Okura."

"Ah... because the two sisters did not have the time to commit the crime, there were traces of cooking on their hands, and there was no reaction to gunpowder smoke." Conan also came to a conclusion.

Neither of them played dumb.

But there was a problem—they had no evidence.

"Where's the evidence?"

Jinpei Matsuda became worried and subconsciously took out a lollipop and gave one to Conan.

Conan was also worried, and subconsciously took it and put it in his mouth.

"I've looked at that window. From the window, you can see the road to the house at number 30. That means Mr. Okura may have calculated the time and waited after receiving the call from Uncle Maori."

Conan's conspiracy theory finally came in handy.

He now speculated about Okura Kazakhstan with the most malicious attitude, and he was right at once.

"Moreover, the deceased's face was very calm and his muscles were completely relaxed. I'm afraid he had taken sleeping pills before." Jinpei Matsuda also joined the camp of malicious speculation.

But their groundless speculation is inexplicably accurate.

"This way, it's easy... Mr. Okura just needs to keep the water running and pretend to be taking a shower, then put on gloves and mess up the room after firing the gun."

"Yes."

Jinpei Matsuda nodded and looked at Conan.

Can……

Where is the evidence?

(End of this chapter)