My neighbor's name is Conan

Chapter 633 No Smoke Reaction Detected

"No matter how powerful a person is, he will be in a hurry to escape when it comes to escaping." Kogoro Mori said disapprovingly.

Qing Mu Song frowned when he heard this, looked at Shigeno Takami and asked, "Excuse me, is there any other property missing in this room?"

Shigeno Takami shook her head, "It seems that no other property was lost."

"This is strange. Why was there a pair of pearl earrings inlaid with gems on the dressing table? It was placed in such a conspicuous position, but the murderer didn't take it away." Aoki Matsu said as he looked at the things on the dressing table.

Maori Kogoro walked over to take a look and said, "These should be the earrings that Mrs. Funamoto wore to the party. After entering the room, she took them off and put them there immediately. So the murderer hiding in the room didn't notice them."

"Yes, Madam did wear these earrings the day before yesterday," replied Shigeno Takami.

Hearing this, Aoki Matsu looked at Maruta Ayumi and asked, "Does Mrs. Funamoto have another earring?"

Maruta Ayumi nodded, "Yes, I remember it was worn on the right ear. I thought the criminal didn't take it away because she was leaning against the wall and it was covered."

"But this is still very strange?" Aoki Matsu frowned and said, "If the murderer wanted money, he would not have let go of the earrings. When the necklace was taken off Mrs. Funamoto, the earrings could also be seen. Unless..."

The murderer's purpose was not to make money at all.

This is also very possible. It was just a burglar, no need to kill anyone.

If it was not for the sake of money, then it was most likely a murder of passion.

According to scientific research, the suspects in routine cases are: Tatsuhito Funamoto and Takami Shigeno.

Although Shigeno Takami is a few years older than Funamoto Tatsuhito and not as pretty as Mrs. Funamoto, some men cheat with people who are not as pretty as their wives. They pursue the emotional value provided by the other party.

Maruta Ayumi looked at what she said, thought for a moment and said, "Mrs. Funamoto only took off one earring after entering the house and went to the balcony. It's a bit strange. What did Mrs. Funamoto find out?"

"It's possible that someone called him to the balcony." Aoki Matsu said with a sullen face, then looked at Shigeno Takami and asked, "Excuse me, where were you around nine to ten the night before yesterday?"

Shigeno Takami asked in surprise, "You, are you talking about me? I'm in the living room downstairs with my two friends."

"Did your friend also see Mrs. Funmoto at that time?" asked Aoki Matsu.

Shigeno Takami nodded, "Yes, after she came back, she came to the living room to take a look before going upstairs to rest."

"So what about little brother Funamoto?" Aoki Matsu asked again.

"I remember he was sleeping in his room." Shigeno Takami answered, "Because he had been running around the house happily since the evening. After I cleaned up the mess made by the young master, I went to bed at around twelve o'clock."

Aoki Matsu nodded and continued to ask, "Then Mr. Funamoto, where was he around nine or ten o'clock?"

"Sir, like the young master, went to his room to rest after finishing dinner before his mistress was about to return," replied Shigeno Takami.

"Mr. Funamoto's room is next to his wife's, right?" asked Aoki Matsu.

Shigeno Takami nodded, "Yes. That day, the young master had been pestering him to play since the evening, so he said he was very tired."

Maori Kogoro heard that he had left, and walked over to Aoki Matsu's ear and whispered, "Aoki, I think the criminal might be Mr. Funamoto."

Maruta Ayumi at the side shook his head when he heard this: "That's impossible. Didn't I tell you that the bullet went through Mrs. Funamoto's forehead from the back of her head, so the criminal must be over 180cm tall. Mr. Funamoto is about 160cm tall, and he's in a wheelchair, so how could he have been helped?"

Maori Kogoro continued somewhat unwillingly: "Perhaps his broken leg has long been healed. He was standing in a wheelchair when he fired the gun."

Maruta Ayumi continued to refute: "We thought of this, so we asked the doctor. But he had just taken an X-ray the day before the incident, and it was confirmed that the bones had not yet been connected, so there was no way he could stand up on his own."

Maori Kogoro thought for a moment and said, "There is another possibility. He shot his wife from above when she bent down to pick up something."

Maruta Ayumi shook his head. "Impossible. If that were the case, there would definitely be bullet marks somewhere in the room. And there's no trace of it in this room, let alone anywhere else."

After all, he had followed Aoki Matsu for so long, and although he didn't learn anything else, he did learn how to be careful and meticulous. He had already thought of all the doubts that Mori Kogoro thought of, but there were no problems with them.

"In addition, I also tested Mr. Funmoto and Ms. Shigeno for gunpowder reaction, and no gunpowder reaction was found on their hands or bodies." Maruta Ayumi dropped a bombshell directly.

In fact, this case happened the day before yesterday, and Inspector Megure initially handed it directly to him to train him.

But after a day of investigation, Maruta Ayumi not only did not find any clues, but even the original two suspects were cleared of suspicion.

That's why Aoki Matsu was sent here again today.

"Is that so!" Kogoro Mouri was finally defeated.

Qing Musong raised his eyebrows when he heard this. [There is no reaction to the smoke... But it is not difficult to have no reaction to the smoke. ]

In the movie, Kyosuke Fudo, the psychiatrist of the shot Miwako Sato, successfully used plastic gloves and an umbrella to prevent himself from having any reaction to the gunpowder.

So these two people are still the key suspects.

"And that pearl necklace and bracelet, I looked in many places but couldn't find them." Maruta Ayumi said helplessly.

Hondou Eisuke interrupted at this time: "Will it be thrown away as garbage?"

"Huh!?" Everyone looked at Hondou Eisuke after hearing this.

Maruta Ayumi was even more puzzled and said: "Garbage?"

Mao Lilan also thought of something at this time, and quickly said: "Yes, maybe it has something to do with the incident discovered by Yingyou."

"What incident?" Aoki Matsu looked at Hondou Eisuke and asked.

Maori Kogoro explained, "It's like this. There's a guy who said he was commissioned by a unit that wants to do research on harmless waste disposal. He started working here to collect the recycling garbage nearby. It seems he started two weeks ago, but there's no sign that the unit has touched the garbage he collected."

"Is that so? So, after Mr. Funamoto killed his wife, he deliberately threw away the pearl necklace and bracelet as garbage in order to disguise it as a robbery and murder case, intending to let others recycle them. Is that what you mean?" Maruta Ayumi reasoned based on this incident.

Shigeno Takami was shocked when she heard this: "How is this possible!"

"No, unfortunately that's not the case. Not to mention the trash cans, we even checked the garbage bags, but found nothing," replied Maruta Ayumi.

"Is that so?" Maori Kogoro heard this, turned to look at Shigeno Takami and asked, "How much are the necklace and bracelet worth?"

Shigeno Takami thought for a moment and replied, "I heard that the two items together are worth about 100 million yen. It was a gift from my wife on her birthday. Her name is engraved on the buckle."

As soon as Shigeno Takami finished speaking, Funamoto Tatsuhito called her from downstairs and asked her to help turn up the air conditioner temperature.

"Okay!" Shigeno Takami responded quickly.

"Doesn't the air conditioner have a remote control?" asked Aoki Matsu.

Upon hearing this, Shigeno Takami immediately responded, "Sir, he is not very good with machines."

"Let's go down too." Aoki Matsu gave Maruta Ayumi a look, and Maruta Ayumi recalled.

Everyone went downstairs.

Funamoto Tatsujin asked Shigeno Takami to adjust the air conditioning temperature, then looked at Aoki Matsu and asked, "Excuse me, have you found any clues about the criminal?"

"Not yet." Aoki Matsu shook his head and replied.

"Dad, Dad." Touji Funamoto stood by and said, "I'm hungry."

Hearing this, Tatsuto Funamoto looked at his watch and said, "It's already this time!"

"Then let's order something else to eat." Shigeno Takami said immediately after hearing this, and was about to call for takeout.

Unexpectedly, Shigeno Takami's behavior aroused the dissatisfaction of Funamoto Tatsuhito: "Hey, it's about time for you to go to the kitchen and cook something for us."

Upon hearing this, Shigeno Takami immediately said, "Okay, I got it." Then she was about to give up the call for takeout and walked towards the kitchen.

Seeing this, Aoki Matsu immediately said, "Mr. Funamoto, I'm afraid you'll have to order takeout today. We need to search the kitchen."

No matter if there is evidence or not, in short, if you oppose what the suspect is going to do, that's it.

"This..." Upon hearing this, Shigeno Takami looked at Funamoto Tatsuhito.

Funamoto Tatsujin looked a little unhappy, but he still said, "Okay then! But Mr. Policeman, why are you searching the kitchen?"

"Just in case." Aoki Matsu laughed.

Seeing that Tatsuhito Funamoto had no objection, Shigeno Takami hurriedly made a call for takeout.

As for Aoki Matsu, he asked the police officer to continue watching the father and son, and then took people to the kitchen.

When you walk into the kitchen, the first thing that catches your eye is the sink full of unwashed pots and pans.

"Why is the kitchen so messy?" Aoki Matsu asked curiously.

I'm really curious.

Even in their own restaurant, the backstage has never been so exaggerated, and it is obvious that it is not cleaned up.

Upon hearing this, Shigeno Takami quickly said, "Ever since what happened to my wife, I haven't been able to do my job properly, so I just piled them in the sink. I'll clean them up right away..."

"Not for now, let us search first and then you can clean up." Upon hearing this, Aoki Matsu immediately stopped Shigeno Takami's behavior.

What was in the kitchen that could be used as evidence, or what could be used in a shooting?

After searching for a while, Qing Musong found it - plastic gloves!

When you wear this thing on your hand and shoot, your hands will not be exposed to gunpowder smoke, because the gunpowder smoke will stick to the plastic gloves.

Aoki Matsu immediately asked someone to test the smoke reaction on several pairs of plastic gloves in the kitchen.

I didn't expect that gunpowder smoke reaction could be detected on a used glove.

[The murderer committed the crime while wearing this glove! ] Aoki Matsu thought silently.

"Send it back to the Metropolitan Police Department immediately, extract the fingerprints inside and do a comparison." Aoki Matsu ordered.

"Yes!" Maruda Ayumi responded.

The murderer was wearing the gloves he used to commit the crime and they were still safely placed in the kitchen. There was only one possibility - the murderer was the disabled Tatsujin Funamoto.

If the murderer was an outsider, he would have simply run away wearing gloves and there would have been no need to go through so much trouble.

If the murderer is Shigeno Takami, then two days are enough for her to deal with the gloves.

Only Tatsujin Funamoto was unable to handle the matter because of his broken leg and difficulty in moving.

Of course, perhaps Tatsuhito Funamoto wanted to put the blame on Shigeno Takami. After all, as long as Shigeno Takami puts on gloves, his fingerprints will be covered, and only Shigeno Takami's fingerprints will be left.

However, Tatsuhito Funamoto did not expect that because of the death of Mrs. Funamoto, Takami Shigeno had no intention of doing housework, so she never wore the gloves.

But there is a question here - how did Tatsuhito Funamoto kill Mrs. Funamoto.

After all, he really had a broken bone, so even if he managed to stand up, the shooting angle wouldn't be that high. As for standing on a wheelchair, that was absolutely impossible.

First of all, one thing must be made clear: there is definitely no problem with the corpse.

Secondly, there must be no problem with the autopsy report. The criminal forensic scientists and forensic doctors cannot make mistakes on such a simple matter.

Finally, judging from the bloodstains left by Mrs. Funamoto, the balcony was indeed the first murder scene, and her body had not been moved. So the murderer did shoot Mrs. Funamoto in the room, not anywhere else.

Play with heights!

It feels like some prisoners are playing with time to provide themselves with an alibi.

After locking in the above three points, all that remains is permutations and combinations.

Aoki Song simulated in his mind the range of angles that Funamoto Tatsujin could shoot with a pistol, from when he was sitting in a wheelchair to when he stood up.

No matter how you adjust it, you can't get to that angle.

If Tatsuto Funamoto can’t adjust here, what about Mrs. Funamoto?

No bullet marks were found on the balcony, which means that Mrs. Funamoto's head was above the balcony at the time, so the bullet flew out after shooting through and could not be found in the house.

In addition, considering the posture of Mrs. Funmoto when she died, she should have been shot while standing, not squatting or bending over.

The body cannot be changed, but the head can move!

When Aoki Matsu thought of this, he suddenly remembered something - the autopsy report made by forensic doctor Tsujimura, the estimated time of death of the corpse would be based on the temperature environment where the corpse was.

This is a blind spot where the light is dark and it will not be written in the autopsy report.

Similarly, when judging the height of the shooter based on the angle at which the bullet entered, there is also a blind spot, which is that it is assumed that the victim was looking straight ahead at the time and did not raise or lower his head.

There is at least a 90-degree angle of maneuver here.

If this 90 degrees is added, Tatsuhito Funamoto could shoot Mrs. Funamoto even if he was sitting in a wheelchair.


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