My neighbor's name is Conan

Hearing Ayumi say this, Qing Musong quickly looked at her and asked: "Ayumi, where did you see it?"

"In front of this store. I remember it was exactly when that person stepped out of this store." Ayumi answered obediently.

"Then do you remember approximately what time it happened?" Aoki Matsu asked again.

Ayumi looked at Aomatsu and replied, "Because it's evening, let me think... I can see the clock in the store from the window, it's 5:50."

Upon hearing this, everyone subconsciously looked at the clock on the wall.

"That clock..." Maruta Ayumi suddenly opened his eyes wide "4:15!!!"

He subconsciously raised his hand and looked at his watch. The time on the watch showed 7:45.

"Inspector, it's 7:45 now!" Maruta Ayumi looked at Aoki Matsu and said, "Is that clock broken?"

At this time, Conan suddenly said: "The clock may be deliberately made to be reversed left and right, so that guests can see the time in the mirror."

"Oh, I see." Maruta Ayumi thought about it and it seemed to be true.

At this time, Shimazaki Nozomi suddenly looked at Noda Masao and said a riddle, "He finally got it. It was just an ordinary clock before."

Koike Tatsutaro also looked at Noda Masao and asked, "Noda, when did you give it to him?"

"Oh, eh." Noda Masao was asked suddenly, and he was a beat slower before answering, "Last night."

Conan interrupted at this time and said, "In this case, the time when Ayumi saw Mr. Shimazaki should not be 5:50, but 6:10."

Upon hearing this, Maruta Ayumi immediately turned his face to Shimazaki Nozomi and asked, "If you left here at 6:10, it would be impossible for you to arrive at the gas station at 24 minutes."

“No!” Shimazaki Nozomi had a bad expression on his face, but he still insisted on his statement: “Although, I did come here to collect towels from him. In the end, we had an argument because of what happened last night, but because I hadn’t finished delivering the goods, I went back immediately.”

At this point, Shimazaki Nozomi suddenly pointed at Ayumi and said loudly: "Just like she said, it happened before 6 o'clock."

"Baga, didn't you hear it just now? The clock on the wall is deliberately made reverse left to right, so it's 6:10!" Maruta Ayumi retorted.

"No!" Shimazaki Nozomi was very excited at this time and said firmly: "It should be before 6 o'clock."

Seeing Shimazaki's refusal to change his words, Maori Kogoro couldn't help but say, "Mr. Shimazaki, you killed him because the deceased knew that you had embezzled public funds!"

"How, how is this possible?" Shimazaki Nozomi became panicked when he heard this.

Maori Kogoro continued: "You left the store and hid in the alley, waiting for Mr. Ebihara to open the window and killed him."

But Shimazaki Nozomi still denied it. "No, it's impossible! With my skills, even in the club, I am the worst one. Ah!" Shimazaki Nozomi suddenly remembered something and looked at Koike Tatsutaro beside him and said, "Oh, Mr. Koike, you can do it, right?"

"You, what are you talking about!?" Tatsutaro Koike was shocked.

Shimazaki Nozomi was sure it was him, "You are the strongest among all the people!"

"And that dart was smeared with poison." Maori Kogoro suddenly thought of something and changed his tone to support Shimazaki Nozomi. "As a pharmacist, Mr. Koike should be able to mix the poison in no time."

"Bah, baka, what nonsense are you talking about!" Tatsutaro Koike was shocked when he heard this.

Instead, it was Shimazaki Nozomi who became excited after hearing what Mori Kogoro said.

Maori Kogoro, who had already entered the "state" at this time, looked at Koike Tatsutaro with a serious face and said: "Mr. Koike, I think the murderer is you!"

"No, it's not me!" Tatsutaro Koike immediately retorted when he heard it.

However, Kogoro Mouri's reasoning was not enough to convince detectives like Aoki Matsu, and even the young members of the Junior Detective Team were not convinced.

Yuan Tai stared at him with a pair of dead fish eyes and said speechlessly: "Where is the murderer?"

Mitsuhiko also complained: "As a famous detective, I really hope that he can explain the whole case clearly."

"Oh!" Ayumi and Sayuri looked at Kogoro Mori and sighed at the same time.

Ayumi even said innocently: "I feel like it's really unreliable!"

Hearing what the children said, Maori Kogoro was embarrassed and turned to the kids and shouted fiercely, "You guys get out of here."

Sayuri stood up and said, "Uncle Maori, we are all witnesses to the case. We can prove that no one entered or left the back door of the store at that time. We provided important testimony to the police. And Ayumi, she also saw Mr. Shimazaki. As parties involved, we have the right to stay here and assist the police in investigating the case."

Perhaps because her idolized brother is a criminal, her future sister-in-law is a mystery writer, and her good friends are little detectives, Sayuri has become very interested in criminal cases. She has also read a lot of reference books on her own and is showing signs of becoming a new generation of policewoman. Kogoro Mouri's words cannot scare her.

"Okay, Detective Mori, if you don't have evidence, then don't talk nonsense." Aoki Matsu gave Kogoro Mori a look and let him figure it out for himself.

Although Kogoro Mouri's random reasoning can achieve the goal of making several suspects expose each other, it sometimes still causes disgust.

However, what Kogoro Mori said does make some sense.

Shimazaki Nozomi knows that there is something wrong with the time here, but the problem is that there are too many murderers in the scientific world who play with time. Aoki Matsu has captured more than a dozen of them.

Although Koike Tatsutaro looked a bit timid, he threw the darts very accurately. The results of the poison test on the darts by the forensic department came out, and both darts were smeared with deadly poison. It just so happened that Koike Tatsutaro was a pharmacist and was considered an "insider". If he wanted to make poison, it would be much easier than others.

As for Noda Masao, if he just owed money, it was indeed a reason for murder, but it was not strong. But the problem was that the victim wore a wig and a mask when he received Maori Kogoro, which was really suspicious.

All in all, these three people do have reasons for killing, and they all have certain problems.

check it!

Check every piece of information carefully.

Aoki Song started with the simplest one.

"Mr. Shimazaki, I'll give you another chance. Do you still insist that you left here before six o'clock and went to the gas station to refuel at 6:24? If we find out later that you are lying, you will be guilty of an even more serious crime." Aoki Matsu looked at Shimazaki Mochi with a serious face and said.

Shimazaki Nozomi nodded quickly and replied, "I am sure I left before six o'clock, and then went to the gas station to refuel. Officer, I am not lying, it really wasn't me."

"I understand." Qing Musong nodded and took a pen to write this down in his small notebook.

Then there is Ayumi.

Aoki Matsu looked at Ayumi and said, "Ayumi, where were you standing when you saw Mr. Shimazaki leave here?"

Ayumi heard this and pointed outside, "It's right there!"

Upon hearing this, Aoki Matsu asked Bu Mei to take them to see the place in person.

Ayumi brought Aoki Matsu and others to the outside of the store, and then stood on the road directly opposite the first floor of the store.

"Let me think, this is it." After Ayumi stood still, she looked towards the barber shop on the second floor opposite, then suddenly opened her eyes wide and said in disbelief: "Ah, it's so strange, why can't I see the clock?" Ayumi looked at Aoki Matsu in a panic and said, "Aoki brother, I clearly saw it just now."

Upon hearing this, Aoki Matsu stood next to Ayumi and looked towards the second-floor window. He even deliberately changed his position a few times, but he could not see the clock hanging on the wall of the barber shop on the second floor from here.

There was only one possibility left. Qing Musong looked at the wall on the second floor and said, "The clock might have been moved by someone!"

After Qing Musong finished speaking, he immediately ran back to the barber shop on the second floor. After carefully observing the wall, he found that the clock had indeed been moved.

The clock was originally hung on the right side of the wall behind the cash register, but it has now been moved to the left. There is a mark on the right wall that can only be seen if you look very carefully.

Aoki Matsu asked Maruta Ayumi to hold the baton in his hand and raise it to the right, then ran down to take a look, and now he could see that place.

"When Ayumi saw Mr. Shimazaki come out, the clock was still hanging on the right, so she saw the clock. But after Mr. Shimazaki left, the clock was moved to the left, so the clock could not be seen at that position." Aoki Matsu concluded.

"Does this prove my innocence?" Shimazaki Nozomi asked immediately after hearing this.

Upon hearing this, Qing Musong said, "Not yet, but your suspicion has indeed been reduced."

"Why move the clock?" Kogoro Mouri was a little confused when he heard this.

The only thing Qing Musong could think of was playing with time, but the time on the wall was correct, and the time given by the parties involved was all spoken verbally and would not be used as evidence at all. So how could the criminal play with time?

Generally, murderers who play with time will produce solid evidence. Shimazaki Nozomi's gas station receipt cannot be considered solid evidence and does not fit the modus operandi of this type of murderer. That is why Aoki Matsu said that his suspicion has been reduced.

But Kogoro Mori’s question was indeed very insightful. Why?

After thinking about it, Qing Musong asked someone to carefully take down the clock on the wall, then took out a flashlight and fingerprint detector to shine it, and there were obviously two people's fingerprints on it.

Upon seeing this, Qing Musong immediately ordered: "Let the forensic department extract the fingerprints for comparison."

"Ah, I think the fingerprints on it should be mine and Ebihara's." Noda Masao said at this time: "I brought it to him yesterday, so there may be my fingerprints on it. When Ebihara put it on, it must have been stained with fingerprints as well."

"I understand, but let's do a fingerprint comparison just to be cautious." Aoki Matsu responded calmly.

Noda Masao's words suddenly made Aoki Matsu react.

Once the new clock is brought in, it naturally needs to be replaced. It is best to replace and debug it in front of the store, so that if there are any problems you can directly report them to the store.

If Noda Masao was lying, he did not bring the clock yesterday, but brought it after Shimazaki Nozomi left. When the victim saw him bring the clock, he immediately replaced it with a new one.

This perfectly explains the question "Why move the clock?"

Especially, the purpose of installing a new clock is to make it easier for customers to see the time in the mirror, so it is deliberately made to be reversed. This clock, which is different from the clocks we see every day, must be installed and debugged before the store owner can leave.

Otherwise, if something goes wrong later, how can we determine the responsibility? Was it broken when it was delivered, or was it damaged by someone using it?

Not to mention this new clock, even when you go to buy a normal clock or watch, you will usually ask the clerk to adjust the time in the store before you pay and leave.

Since you need to adjust the new clock, you must sit in the barber's chair and see whether the new clock is useful from the customer's perspective.

Aoki Matsu compared the angles and found that the best chair position was exactly where Noda Masao had sat before.

When people encounter unexpected events, their reaction speed and force are not only related to their own talents and qualities, but also to their attitude at the time.

If you lie down, you certainly can't exert your strength well. If you sit, you can only exert half of your strength. Only if you stand firmly can you exert your full strength.

Therefore, it is very likely that the murderer suddenly killed the victim when he was sitting on a chair checking the new clock.

The darts were coated with poison, so the murderer must have made a plan to kill before committing the crime.

If Aoki Matsu was the murderer, he would not make a plan to kill someone based on probability, but a plan that would successfully kill the person even if an accident happened.

So going to someone's home and committing a crime is actually not outrageous.

Because the other party will definitely live in your home for a period of time, and you can even agree with the other party on the time to visit in advance.

At this point, both Shimazaki Nozomi and Noda Masao are suspects, one was there to collect towels, and the other was there to deliver clocks.

However, considering that the clock in the room was moved after Shimazaki Nozomi left, Noda Masao is more likely to be the suspect.

After thinking for a while, Aoki Matsu instructed Aihara Yoji: "Send someone to the telecommunications company to check the communication records between the victim and the three of them."

If you agree to visit someone's home, you should call them in advance to confirm their location.

"Yes!" replied Aihara Yoji.

Aoki Matsu thought about it, and asked Maruta Ayumi to take the police officers to thoroughly search the entire store. They were looking for two things - an old clock that might have been replaced, and the mask that the victim was wearing on his face when he met Mouri Kogoro.

Yes, the victim’s body was not wearing a mask, and no mask was found next to the body or in the trash can.

So where did this mask go?

If the murderer really is someone, Aoki Matsu has a guess, but it is also possible that he was really thrown into a dead end, so a thorough search is needed before a conclusion can be drawn.