My neighbor's name is Conan

It’s not like the other party was the new Rentaro who planned to act willfully before his death, and even if it was the new Rentaro, he “disappeared” only after he had written the outline and the detailed outline and checked everything.

It was precisely because Aoki Matsu knew the situation when writers of this era were writing, and with the help of scientific knowledge, that Aoki Matsu immediately locked onto Manada Tokugawa.

After all, according to science, in cases where a writer or a writer's disciple dies, it is either the copyright fighters or the party with something to hide who takes the initiative.

Therefore, the one who survived is the biggest suspect!

Facing Aoki Matsu's question, Mandan nodded without thinking and said, "Yes."

"Are you talking about the Shinhama Hotel? It's very close to here. It only takes 2 to 3 minutes by car, or 10 minutes by bike." Maruta Ayumi looked at Aoki Matsu and said.

"Mr. Shimaki, were you with Mr. Manda at that time?" Aoki Matsu looked at editor Shimaki and asked.

"No, I was in the elevator lobby near the teacher's room at the time. I was waiting there for the teacher to finish writing and call me. Besides, if you want to leave the hotel, you can't leave the hotel without passing by me... So the teacher should not have had the opportunity to sneak out."

But from Aoki Matsu and Conan's perspective, as long as they were not face to face, there was always a way to slip away.

You can change your clothes and sneak out when Editor Shimaki isn't paying attention, or you can use bed sheets to make a hemp rope and go through the window.

"When was the manuscript completed?" Aoki Matsu asked.

"Hey, hey, what do you mean? Are you doubting me?" Man Tian Nianjiu felt that Aoki Matsu's question seemed to be directed at him.

[I am suspicious of you, and I especially suspect you.] Qing Musong thought silently, but since he had no evidence, he could not say so.

"No, no, no, I'm just asking, just in case." Aoki Matsu quickly spoke to comfort him, then looked at Editor Shimaki: "When?"

"Yes, the manuscript was finished around four o'clock, and then we were in the hotel room to confirm the content of the manuscript. After finishing, we took a taxi back to the teacher's home. Because we wanted to discuss the next work."

"I see." Aoki Matsu nodded.

[The victim died at 3 o'clock, and Manda Nenku appeared in front of editor Shimaki at around 4 o'clock. An hour was enough for him to abandon his car and come to kill people.]

Seeing that Aoki Matsu didn't speak, Maruta Ayumi looked at the two and asked, "So, Mr. Manda, have you ever heard about whether Mr. Yuan had a grudge with an acquaintance?"

"Well... Actually, he's not a talkative person. At the beginning, he said he wanted to be a novelist, so I asked him to help me organize the manuscripts. So there are a lot of my manuscripts in his computer, including some creative ideas that have not been adopted." Man Tian Nianjiu replied.

Both Aoki Matsu and Conan noticed that some of Mandan Nenjiu's answers were irrelevant to the questions.

This seems to be a deliberate explanation.

"Teacher Man Tian, ​​you seemed to have mentioned just now that this is for him to live in or something?" Aoki Matsu looked at Man Tian and asked.

“Yes, this house was originally where my family and I lived.” Man Tian Nian Jiu looked at Aoki Song and explained, “But because there was not enough space and it felt too crowded, we built a new house opposite.

But now my son has grown up and is independent, and my wife has left me, leaving me alone in the house opposite. At the time, I felt it was a pity to tear it down, and I was a little reluctant to do so, so I didn’t tear it down. Later, I found some old wood, so I just let him move in. ”

"Even though she lives alone, she keeps the house really clean." Maruta Ayumi said as he glanced around the room.

As a room for a man living alone, it is quite tidy.

"Because we have hired a part-time cleaner who comes to clean once a week." Man Tian Nianjiu replied.

"But... I think Mr. Originally really liked cleaning and tidying up the room! Otherwise, look at his drawer, there's only a mirror in it!" Conan said, pointing at the drawer.

Qing Mu Song looked at Conan and shouted with a sullen face: "Conan, are you being naughty again?"

Seeing Aoki Matsu's face gloomy, Conan's already forgotten memories suddenly surfaced in his mind. Aoki Matsu had reported him to the police time and time again before.

Thinking of this, Conan reflexively denied it three times in a row, "I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense."

Aoki Matsu felt a little better when he saw Conan like this. He still had enough deterrent power over Conan!

"Then how do you know there is only a mirror in the drawer?" Aoki Matsu asked.

"I took a look before, just a glance, and nothing moved." Conan said unusually obediently.

Sayuri testified to Conan, "Brother, seriously, we didn't move anything."

Aoki Matsu glared at Conan again before continuing, "Maruta, go contact that part-time worker to come and cooperate with the investigation."

Then he walked to the drawer and checked it. Since Conan suddenly mentioned this, there must be something wrong here.

It's just that he didn't have the time to ask just now.

However, the general situation has been asked now. It is not convenient to ask Editor Shimaki about some details in front of Man Tian Nianjiu, but you can check here first.

Qing Musong took a look and said, "There are bloodstains and vase fragments on the table and the mirror, but there is nothing in the middle of the drawer! It seems that something was originally placed in it."

Maruta Ayumi also came over to take a look after hearing this. "Really... Inspector, does that mean the criminal's goal is this thing in the drawer?"

"Teacher Man Tian, ​​do you know what it is?" Aoki Matsu turned his head and looked at Man Tian Nianjiu and asked.

"This, this..." Wan Tiannianjiu was panicked and obviously not ready to resign.

"Isn't it about time you noticed it?" Huibara spoke at the right time, diverting the police officers' attention.

"Yes, there are even stranger places in this room!" Mitsuhiko also said. They almost forgot about this.

"A strange place?" Maruta Ayumi was puzzled.

"Look, this is the room!" Ayumi said, pointing to the room outside the room where the deceased fell.

Sayuri reminded: "Brother, look at the shelf!"

"These toys and books." Yuantai said, pointing to the bookshelf.

Following Sayuri's reminder and Genta's guidance, Aoki Matsu and Maruta Ayumi looked around the room and found that most of the items in the room were placed upside down.

"Whether it's cars, dolls or books, they're all placed upside down, aren't they?" Yuanta added.

Aoki Matsu nodded, "Indeed."

"Why?" Maruta Ayumi was puzzled.

At this moment, a figure suddenly jumped out from the bookshelf. It was a white cat, which really scared Maruta Ayumi.

"What? It's a cat!" Maruta Ayumi breathed a sigh of relief.

Wan Tiannianjiu hurried over and picked up the cat to stop it from running around.

"Is this your cat?" Aoki Matsu asked Mandan Nianjiu with a frown.

"Yes, this is my cat. I'm sorry, it happened so suddenly that I was careless and didn't think about it." Wantian Nianjiu said apologetically.

"Then remember to keep an eye on it! You can't let a cat move freely like this at a murder scene." Aoki Matsu frowned, but since he had the cat well under control, he didn't say anything more.

At this time, Aihara Yoji walked in and brought a middle-aged woman with him. "Inspector, this is the part-time worker here, Ms. Ichimura."

"Hey, Mr. Genmu was really..." Ms. Ichimura was very surprised, and then she didn't know what she thought of, and hurriedly said: "It's definitely not me, I'm just a part-time cleaner."

Qing Musong looked at her and said soothingly: "We asked you to come here just to ask you to cooperate with the investigation. Do you know what is going on in the house?"

Ms. Ichimura looked at it, then waved her hand and smiled, saying, "This must be a prank by Mr. Genki."

"Prank?" Aoki Matsu asked doubtfully.

"Yes, that person often does such silly pranks. For example, he stacks his slippers high up, then unscrews all the light bulbs in the house so that none of them lights up. Or he lines up videotapes in the hallway, making them look like dominoes.

Then he hid aside to watch my reaction, laughing in the room. He saw me tidying up or putting things back in place with a sullen face. So today's must be a prank, and he also knows that I always come here to clean up today." Ms. Ichimura complained. Anyone would feel annoyed by such troublesome things.

But Aoki Matsu had another idea - observe the details.

This kind of thing doesn't matter as long as both parties are happy about it.

Yuan Tai was very disappointed when he heard this, "What? It turned out to be just a prank!"

"That's the only way it can be explained," Ayumi said with a sigh of relief.

"Yeah." Sayuri nodded in agreement.

If such a weird room was deliberately arranged like this just as a prank, it would not feel scary at all.

"But basically it's quite childish," commented Ai Haibara.

"Really? I thought this was some kind of criminal trick!" Mitsuhiko said speechlessly. He felt relieved after resolving his inner doubts. However...

[No, it wasn't Mr. Yuan who turned those things upside down, but the criminal! ] Conan thought silently in his heart.

At any other time, Conan would have said it directly.

But the previously forgotten memories came flooding back to his mind, making him subconsciously a little timid in front of Aoki Matsu, and he didn't dare to speak any more.

[On the bookshelf, some books have their covers twisted, but they are still inserted. This is the evidence that the criminal has turned them upside down in a panic! Some car model mirrors are broken, and some dolls have fallen out of the box...

If Ms. Ichimura came at a fixed time every week, then the estimated time of death is now, two hours later. If it was just a prank, then wouldn't it be too busy with so much time? So it can only be done by the murderer. 】Conan added silently in his heart.

"Then why turn it upside down? It shouldn't be that the criminal hates car models, dolls and books. It should be because if only one thing is turned upside down, it will attract attention, so he thought of turning the other things upside down." Conan continued to think.

He has not yet figured out the reason for this. He can only be sure that these items were arranged by the criminals for a certain purpose. What exactly is the list trying to cover up?

Although Aoki Matsu is not as observant as Conan, nor does she think as quickly, but she has - science!

Anything that seems wrong at the scene should be blamed on the murderer first.

Moreover, Aoki Matsu noticed that all the anime character models on the shelves were upside down.

This is not something a 2D otaku would do. That's not what their wives would do. They would never touch them, and some would even wipe them carefully every day.

So this must have been done by the murderer.

Since it was done by the murderer, there must be a deeper meaning behind it.

Assuming that the murderer is Man Tian Nianjiu, he killed Ben Gaoping by making him his ghostwriter. Then Ben Gaoping wanted to resist, so he was killed by him.

Based on this idea, Aoki Matsu felt that the things in the drawer were most likely a floppy disk or something like that, and it was very likely the electronic version of the manuscript that Man Tian Nianjiu gave to editor Shimaki. If it was a paper manuscript, the empty space in the drawer was a bit small and could not hold the manuscript.

From the vase fragments and bloodstains scattered inside the drawer, they should have been stained with Gao Ping's blood.

This thing should be the only solid evidence to determine who the murderer is.

Aoki Matsu thought about it again. If he were Man Tian Nianjiu, after killing Yuan Gaoping, he would have to turn everything in the house upside down, then go back to the hotel, and read the script again to get a clear idea of ​​what was going on. There is a high probability that he would not have time to carefully deal with the bloodstains on something.

and so……

Either the thing was discovered by Man Tian Nian Jiu on the way and was stained with blood, so it was thrown away. Or Man Tian Nian Jiu didn't find it for a long time, or he found it but felt that he didn't have time to bring it out, so he hid it in his house.

After all, if you throw things around, it would be bad if someone finds out.

At this time, it would naturally be better to stay at home across the street.

After all, under normal circumstances, the police would not search Man Tian Nengjiu's home without evidence. Even if Aoki Matsu applied for it, if there was no evidence or many suspicions indicating that Man Tian Nengjiu was the murderer, the higher-ups would not approve a search warrant for Aoki Matsu.

So what Aoki Matsu has to do now is to find evidence, to find evidence that Man Tian Nenjiu is the murderer, and Ke Xue cannot be used as evidence.

Here we need to think carefully about why Man Tian Nianjiu turned things in the house upside down after killing someone.

Why is this?

Qing Musong looked at these things carefully and found cat hair on them.

Could it be that the cat was right next to Man Tian Nianjiu when he was killing people?

But even so, there is no need to turn everything upside down. This is a "big project" and will take a lot of time.