My neighbor's name is Conan

Of course, this does not mean that all big-mouthed whistleblowers are the murderer, but the probability of them being the murderer is quite high, with only a few not being the murderer.

Therefore, Kensuke Katsuragi's behavior actually deepened Aoki Matsu's suspicion of him.

Katsuragi Kensuke's suspicion +3!

"Ah!" Shiraishi Yuka looked at Mori Kogoro in surprise.

Maori Kogoro said seriously: "And he used the secretly backed-up key."

At this time, Maruta Ayumi opened the door and walked in. "Inspector, the spare key has been confirmed."

"What's going on?" Qing Musong looked at him and asked.

"This is a special concave key, so only the original manufacturer can make a spare key, and you have to provide a credit card number as proof before you can accept the commission to copy it, because it is almost impossible for someone other than the victim to make a spare key. I also asked the manufacturer, and they said there is only this one key." Maruta Ayumi said, holding the evidence bag.

Qing Musong curled his lips when he heard this.

This is really a slap in the face in seconds!

"How, how could this be possible?" Kogoro Mori suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and couldn't believe it.

"This makes the case very difficult!" Aihara Yoji muttered softly when he heard this.

In this way, this case becomes a closed room murder case!

If the only key appears in a sealed room, wouldn't that be a murder in a closed room?

【wrong! 】

Qing Musong immediately remembered his previous judgment.

There are now more suspicions about Kensuke Katsuragi.

He broke the skylight by jumping. If the skylight was broken or had a hole in it before he jumped, he could have just thrown the key out of the skylight after killing the person.

And Conan had discovered bird feathers pressed under the glass before.

In addition, after jumping in, Kensuke Katsuragi took the key to open the door. In this way, even if Kensuke Katsuragi's fingerprints were on the key, he had room for explanation.

If Aoki Matsu and others found Kensuke Katsuragi's fingerprints outside the dome, Kensuke Katsuragi could still argue that he left them when he climbed up.

When you think about it this way, all the circumstances make sense, and Kensuke Katsuragi is a strong suspect in being the murderer.

"Yeah." Upon hearing this, Kogoro Mouri's expression also became serious.

At this time, Maruta Ayumi suddenly proposed a possibility: "Inspector, do you think it is possible that Mr. Katsuragi, who first opened the door lock, secretly replaced it with the real key that was hidden in advance?"

Ah!

It’s true that Maruta Ayumi’s reasoning is somewhat possible.

Katsuragi Kensuke was shocked when he heard this, and immediately retorted angrily: "You, what are you talking about!"

"No!" Maori Kogoro shook his head and said, "I saw it all from beginning to end, and he didn't act like that."

Upon hearing this, Aoki Matsu glanced at Conan out of the corner of his eye. Conan also looked serious, but he did not refute what Mouri Kogoro said, which meant that Katsuragi Kensuke did not do anything under their noses.

Then it is more reasonable that Qingmu Song threw the key in in advance as he guessed in his heart.

Now the question is - evidence!

The dome, the glass, the key, were all planned by Kensuke Katsuragi. Even if his fingerprints were found on them, he might make excuses and it would not be considered irrefutable evidence.

Then what evidence is there to prove that he is the murderer?

"Ms. Shiraishi, may I ask you, when was the last time you saw Teacher Lihua?" Aoki Matsu asked, looking at Shiraishi Yuka standing beside her.

"It was when the teacher left the living room and walked into the studio." Shiraishi Yuka replied.

"Where were you after that?" Aoki Matsu asked again.

Shiraishi Yuka bowed her head slightly and replied, "I chatted with Mr. Katsuragi for 2 or 3 minutes, and spent the rest of the time in the kitchen."

"Well, I was also staying in the kitchen helping Miss Shiraishi make dinner." Mao Lilan interrupted, providing proof of Shiraishi Yuka's alibi.

Upon hearing this, Shiraishi Yuka smiled at Mao Li Ran.

Aoki Matsu looked at the other person and asked, "Mr. Tamura, what about you?"

"I was the same as Miss Yuka. After that, I stayed in the living room with Mr. Mori." Masao Tamura replied.

Aoki Matsu then turned his attention to the person he was most suspicious of, who was sitting opposite Tamura Masao. "Mr. Katsuragi, what about you?"

"Me too. I made a phone call in the reception room and talked about things at the studio. After 5 o'clock, I'll be here chatting with Mr. Mori and Mr. Tamura," Kensuke Katsuragi replied.

At this time, Masao Tamura also nodded, indicating that Kensuke Katsuragi was right.

But Aoki Matsu was keenly aware that Kensuke Katsuragi said that he came here after 5 o'clock, so before 5 o'clock?

The estimated time of death for Zi Tiao Lihua was around 5 o'clock, which means that if she was killed at 4:59, it would also be the estimated time of death.

Don't underestimate the time difference of one or two minutes. Human life is very fragile. One or two minutes is enough to kill someone.

However, there was another person at the scene, that was the actress Midorikawa Kurara who came to seek divination from Reika Murasaki. It would seem deliberate not to ask her.

Therefore, Aoki Matsu looked at Midorikawa Kurara and asked, "Ms. Midorikawa?"

Midorikawa Kulala was stunned for a moment, then she was a little nervous and didn't dare to look directly at Aoki Matsu, so she looked away and replied, "I, I'm the same as everyone else."

At this time, Maori Kogoro suddenly remembered something, looked at Midorikawa Kurara and said, "Come to think of it, when I went to the bathroom around 5 o'clock, I seemed to see you coming down from the second floor, right?"

Midorikawa Kurara was startled when she heard this, then looked at Maori Kogoro and quickly explained: "That's because I made an appointment with Teacher Lihua to help me with divination at that time."

But Masao Tamura interrupted at this time: "Could it be that Miss Kulala was so mean to the teacher at that time..."

"Stop talking nonsense here." Midorikawa Kulala turned around and said to Tamura Masao angrily, "Why would I do that?"

"Ms. Kulala..." Masao Tamura broke the news at this time, "I saw something when I came here to work last month. Miss Kulala came out of the teacher's room and said, 'This woman, I will kill her sooner or later'!"

As soon as these words came out.

Upon hearing this, Katsuragi Kensuke stretched his body immediately, looked at Midorikawa Kurara with an angry face and asked, "Kill her! Why?"

Shiraishi Yuka's face was filled with shock and she couldn't quite believe it.

Being heard saying that, Midorikawa Kurara did not deny it and said directly: "Lihua is a very hateful woman. At the beginning, she put on a friendly face to approach me and got a lot of things out of me in the name of divination.

After she caught me, she became a different person and extorted a large sum of money from me in the name of fortune-telling. When I wanted to distance myself from her, she threatened to sell my privacy to the media.

Mao Lilan was a little surprised when she heard this.

"So that's it, extortion for money!" Aoki Matsu suddenly realized and had a new idea about the cause of Shijo Reika's death.

Once things like this start, many of them end up hurting both sides.

Aoki Matsu has handled many cases like this.

But Aoki Matsu still felt that Kensuke Katsuragi was more suspicious.

It's not that Aoki Matsu has his eyes on Midorikawa Kurara, but who hasn't been crushed by the pressure of real life and has become dark and twisted in heart? He either doesn't want to do it anymore and wants to quit and lie in bed every day, or he wants to kill the person he hates the most.

But thinking in your mind is one thing, and taking action is another.

At least from the current situation, Kensuke Katsuragi's actions are much more frequent and more suspicious than those of Midorikawa Kurara.

Maori Kogoro also suddenly realized, looked at Midorikawa Kulala and said: "So when you were at a loss, you did it to Miss Lihua..."

"No!" Midorikawa Kurara interrupted Maori Kogoro's words quickly, "I did go to her room, but when I knocked on the door, she immediately said, 'I'm working now, let's talk later', so I had no choice but to come back like this!"

Aoki Matsu's eyes lit up when he heard this. This was most likely another old actor from the world of science who had appeared on the scene - the tape recorder.

Qingmu Song was very familiar with this move.

"Can you prove this?" asked Aoki Matsu.

"How do I prove this?" Midorikawa Kulala said unhappily.

Hearing this, Aoki Matsu looked at the others and said, "Please go to the living room and wait for a moment. We need to search the scene carefully. Also, Detective Maori, Xiaolan, and Conan, please stay for a moment."

"Okay." The Maori trio agreed.

Kensuke Katsuragi, Masao Tamura, Yuka Shiraishi, and Kurara Midorikawa went to the living room on the first floor accompanied by police officers and waited.

After everyone left, Qing Musong immediately asked people to search the scene for tape recorders or players, as well as landline phones. Of course, if there were any other strange things seen, they should be reported in time.

Although Aoki Matsu's main suspicion is Kensuke Katsuragi, in terms of motive, both Shiraishi Yuka and Midorikawa Kurara are suspects.

Apart from that, if we don't consider climbing the dome, the method that Aoki Matsu had in mind could actually be used by anyone, not just Kensuke Katsuragi. Fingerprints and the like, wouldn't it be a problem if we put on gloves?

So Aoki Matsu needed more clues.

So Aoki Matsu looked at Maori, Kogoro and the other two and said, "Detective Maori, I need you to tell me in detail what happened today, starting from when you came here, and Xiaolan and Conan can supplement it."

"Okay!" Maori Kogoro thought for a moment, organized his words and said, "I am participating in the planning and design of the magazine and recording an interview program with the fortune teller Lihua. When I arrived, her disciple Ms. Shiraishi Yuka, editor Mr. Tamura Masao, and Mr. Katsuragi Kensuke, president of Star Sky Publishing House, had already arrived.

During the recording of the interview program, the three of them were also there. Mr. Tamura took photos for us and recorded the conversation. Mr. Katsuragi sat next to us with Xiaolan and Conan and watched us.

In the middle of the interview, Ms. Shiraishi received a call from someone at Dongdu TV Station, who said that they had something important to discuss with Ms. Lihua, and asked Ms. Lihua if she wanted to answer the call. Ms. Lihua said that she was working and would talk to her later.

Ms. Shiraishi then left and the interview continued. After the interview, we went to the garden outside and Mr. Tamura took a group photo for us. Ms. Shiraishi brought us coffee, but it was unexpectedly too strong and Ms. Lihua scolded her.

Then the doorbell rang, and Mr. Katsuragi went to open the door. It was Miss Kulala who came to see Teacher Lihua, and then the two went to the reception room to talk alone for a while. "

Aoki Matsu was surprised to hear this and asked, "Detective Maori, are you saying that after Ms. Midorikawa came here, she immediately had a private conversation with Ms. Lihua."

"That's right!" Maori Kogoro nodded and replied, "At that time, the two of them were in the reception room, and several of us were waiting in the living room. After a while, the two of them came in together, and then Teacher Lihua said she wanted to help me with divination, but I needed to wait in the living room for an hour, and also said she would prepare some wine for me to taste.

In addition, Teacher Lihua also asked Miss Kulala to come to her room at 5 o'clock. After Miss Kulala agreed, Teacher Lihua left the living room. After that, I stayed in the living room and didn't know where she went.

"Ah!" Mao Lilan said at this time: "I know."

"Ah!?" Maori Kogoro and Conan were shocked and looked at Maori Ran. "How did you know?"

"I, I originally had something I wanted to ask Teacher Lihua to help me with divination, so after she left the living room, I immediately followed her and talked to her about it." Mao Lilan replied.

Upon hearing this, Qing Musong immediately asked: "What was the situation at that time?"

"I followed Teacher Lihua all the way to the door of her studio. When Teacher Lihua was about to open the door to go in, I went up to her and asked her. But she said she couldn't spare the time, so she gave me this and said it was a talisman. It turned out that it had been hanging on the key of the teacher's room." As Mao Lilan spoke, she took out a keychain from her pocket that looked like it was inlaid with a large gem.

"Hey!" Conan was surprised. He suddenly realized something.

"What happened after that?" Aoki Matsu asked.

Mao Lilan replied: "After Teacher Lihua gave it to me, she turned around, opened the door with the key, and walked in. Then I left there."

"Is that so?" Qing Musong nodded. "So, Teacher Lihua was not killed on the way to the studio."

Then Aoki Matsu looked at Maori Kogoro and asked, "Detective Maori, what happened in the living room after Teacher Lihua left?"

"At that time, Miss Shiraishi followed Teacher Lihua's instructions and brought me some wine. Then, Mr. Katsuragi called her to the reception room next door to discuss something. Then, Miss Shiraishi walked out of the reception room in a very depressed mood. She left the living room without even saying hello to us.

At that time, I remember Mr. Tamura was still telling me about Miss Shiraishi's past, saying that she was the niece of Mr. Reika, nominally a disciple, but actually a maid here. Then Miss Shiraishi went to the kitchen, saying that she was going to cook dinner. As for Mr. Katsuragi, I remember that he stayed in the living room for a while before coming out. "