My neighbor's name is Conan

Maruta Ayumi asked again, "So you have been staying in that store until just now?"

The capable lady nodded and replied, "Yes, you should be able to find out if you ask the people in the store for confirmation."

"Let's go to that coffee shop first, while everyone in the coffee shop still remembers what happened." Aoki Matsu said.

Although there was no evidence, Aoki Matsu was somewhat suspicious of the capable lady.

Don’t ask why, the answer is science.

Of course, although it is science, Aoki Matsu also has reasons and evidence.

This case is also an everyday case in the world of science, so science can be very popular. In this way, the probability of the crime being committed by someone around the victim is very high.

In addition, in daily cases, there are many murderers who like to play with time and make up alibis. The alibi of the capable lady seems to be sufficient, but Aoki Matsu keenly noticed that there was actually an overlapping period of time between her and the victim and she did not appear in front of everyone.

That is, from the time Kusase Mihiro went out of the coffee shop to use the restroom until the time when the capable lady entered the coffee shop, neither of them appeared in front of others for more than ten minutes, and these ten minutes were exactly within the estimated time of Kusase Mihiro's death.

How long would it take to strangle a person with a rope?

The fastest time is 2 minutes.

Of course, if the victim struggles, it is possible that the strangulation fails to kill him or her and the victim breaks free and escapes.

But if you do it deliberately, 5 minutes is enough.

Therefore, it is entirely possible that the capable lady happened to meet Hisase Mihiro outside the coffee shop when she left the coffee shop at 12:56, killed her, and then pretended nothing happened and returned to the coffee shop.

"That's right." Kogoro Mori agreed.

Aoki Matsu said to everyone, "Then let's go to that coffee shop together. Maruta, you stay here and wait. If you find anything, report to me immediately."

"Yes!" Maruda Ayumi responded.

Qing Musong led his men out of the toilet.

At this time, Suzuki Sonoko, who was walking at the back, suddenly stopped in front of the toilet cubicle where Hisase Mihiro died.

Mao Lilan saw this and asked quickly: "Sonoko, what's wrong with you?"

Suzuki Sonoko looked at the body of Kusase Mihiro, who had not yet been collected. She held her chin and looked at the dead Kusase Mihiro with some confusion, and said to Mao Lilan: "Don't you think there is something wrong with this person?"

Mao Lilan subconsciously looked at Kusase Mihiro after hearing this. "What?"

"Generally speaking, if you want to dress up as a Gothic Lolita, your nails will be painted black or white, but this person's nails have no color at all," Suzuki Sonoko explained.

"Come to think of it, it seemed like her nails were bare when she came to the coffee shop," agreed Mao Lilan.

The sharp-eared Qing Mu Song naturally heard what Suzuki Sonoko said, and quickly turned around and walked over to Suzuki Sonoko and asked: "Sonoko, are you telling the truth?"

Suzuki Sonoko nodded and said, "Of course it's true. If you don't believe me, go and see it on the street."

"You didn't find any fallen nails in the toilet, did you?" Aoki Matsu turned and looked at Maruta Ayumi.

Maruta Ayumi shook his head and said affirmatively: "No! There is nothing on the ground except the mobile phone and the handbag."

Upon hearing this, Aoki Matsu looked at Kusase Mihiro's fingernails carefully again to make sure that they were not painted, and not painted and then removed.

"Maybe they just wear it occasionally and aren't the type who wears Gothic Lolita all the time." Mao Lilan guessed, maybe they are one of them.

"That's possible." Qing Musong nodded, not ruling out this possibility.

Then everyone went to the coffee shop together.

Looking at his watch, Aoki Matsu frowned slightly.

Because it took them 30 minutes to come here in a police car.

It seems that there is something wrong with Aoki Matsu's previous speculation that the capable lady was the murderer who killed Kusase Mihiro within ten minutes.

It was impossible to get back to the coffee shop from the park in more than ten minutes.

But here arises a new problem – the toilet is so far away, why does Kusase Mihiro come here to use the toilet?

Please note that it is a 30-minute drive, it is a car journey, not a walk.

This distance is about 20-30 kilometers, which can be said to be several stops away.

This is a business district with a huge flow of people, so many public places have been built in small corners of the business district.

Even if the toilet closest to the coffee shop is full, there is no need to go so far!

To put it bluntly, if you run such a long distance, you will most likely poop or pee in your pants.

No normal person would do this.

If someone asked her out, why did they go to a coffee shop first instead of going directly to the area near Yoyogi Park?

Going to a coffee shop is not a waste of time!

If you can't figure out a problem for the time being, don't get stuck on it. After writing it down, Aoki Matsu asked the waitress in the store.

The waitress nodded and replied, "This lady has indeed been here. She was sitting in this seat around 1 o'clock." As she spoke, the waitress pointed to the seat.

"Are you sure it's this woman in the photo?" asked Yoji Aihara, holding the photo of Kusase Mihiro's death.

"Yes. I think it was her," the waitress replied. "I remember she was a very quiet guest."

"Speak softly?" Qing Musong was stunned when he heard this.

It’s true that women who dress in a Gothic style have a cold personality, but speaking in a low voice… is a bit inconsistent, unless the other person has a naturally low voice.

The waitress quickly said, "Because she asked me the time right after she sat down. I remember I told her it was 12:56, but she was sitting next to the clock, so she should have been able to see it!"

After hearing this, Qing Musong was even more surprised.

Why... why do I feel that Hisase Mihiro deliberately asked the waitress to confirm the time she came to the store. Her purpose was not to know what time it was, but to let the waitress remember this time.

Why did the other party do this?

If the other party was not dead now, Qing Musong would definitely wonder if the other party was the murderer, trying to play with time and provide an alibi for himself.

This was Aoki Matsu's first reaction, and it also made him wary of the case.

The case of playing with time seems easy to solve. As long as you find the flaw in the other party's playing with time, you can solve the case.

But in reality, it is not so easy to find the opponent's flaws.

After all, murderers who dare to play with time and commit murders are all very confident that they are extremely smart.

"It was 10 minutes after that lady went to the restroom that this lady came to this store, is that right?" Aoki Matsu confirmed.

The waitress glanced at the capable lady and then replied, "Yes, she said she had an appointment with the guest in the Gothic Lolita outfit to meet here. At that time, she looked at the clock and said, '10 minutes late.' I also looked at the clock at that time and remember that the time was 1:12."

"After that, has she been sitting in this seat all the time?" Aoki Matsu continued to ask.

"Yes, it seemed like she made several calls to the customer who went to the bathroom." The waitress replied.

So, the timeline of this case is as follows:

The estimated time of death of Kusase Mihiro is: 12:30-13:30.

At 12:56, Kusase Mihiro, wearing a Gothic Lolita style outfit, came to the coffee shop.

13:00 is the meeting time agreed upon by Kusase Mihiro and the capable lady.

At 13:12, the capable lady came to the café and broke the glass.

At 14:00, Suzuki Sonoko screamed.

Qing Musong wrote down several times in a small notebook and immediately found something wrong.

What's wrong?

The capable lady waited too long for Kusase Mihiro, a full hour. Even if they were good friends, this amount of time was a bit ridiculous.

In addition to that, there is the time. Kusase Mihiro left the cafe at around 12:58, and even if she took the car, it would have been 13:28 when she arrived at Yoyogi Park.

Then Suzuki Sonoko screamed at 14:00.

Prior to this, the toilet cubicle where Kuse Mihiro was killed had been closed for half an hour, which means that Kuse Mihiro had died in it at 13:30.

Qing Musong asked the young lady who broke the door, and she said that she had been waiting outside, and she did not see anyone going in or out, or climbing from one cubicle to another.

A 2-minute time difference is enough to commit murder.

But the problem is, that’s the toilet in Yoyogi Park!

That time is the peak time for women to change clothes after meals and go to the toilet.

The young lady who broke the door also said that there were several other young ladies waiting in line to use the toilet at that time.

Did the murderer time it so precisely?

Just before the peak period when women go to the restroom, within a minute or even a few dozen seconds, the body of Kusase Mihiro was dumped there.

Aren’t you afraid of being caught?

As for the possibility that the murderer committed the crime in a toilet cubicle, that was impossible as there were already many women entering and leaving the toilet at that time.

Looking at the Yoshikawa lines on Kusase Mihiro's neck, she struggled so hard when her neck was strangled that it is impossible for her not to make any sound.

Therefore, either the body of Kusase Mihiro was moved from somewhere else to the toilet cubicle, or she was indeed strangled there, but not at 13:28, but before the peak time for women to use the toilet, when there was no one in the toilet...

But if Kusase Mihiro was strangled to death somewhere else, why was her body placed in the toilet?

Throwing a body into the toilet is actually very easy to be discovered.

It wasn’t because of the aggressive sister who broke the door, nor was it because of someone as nosy as Suzuki Sonoko, but rather - the cleaner!

Public toilets near shopping districts in cities like Yoyogi Park have cleaners!

Especially during the day, cleaners will clean the toilets when there are fewer people, and inspect the toilets at the same time. If there is anything broken, they will notify someone to come and repair it.

So the murderer threw the body into the toilet because he thought the body wasn't discovered early enough?

Considering the situation of "playing with time", it is possible that the murderer felt that the body was not found early enough. Because then the murderer's alibi may be problematic!

Just as Aoki Matsu began to sort out the details carefully, Maori Kogoro held his chin and looked at the capable lady and said, "If this lady is the murderer, she must have called the victim to the park immediately after she went to the toilet, killed her, and then returned to this store!"

"But it takes at least 30 minutes to get from this store to the toilet in the park, whether by driving or taking the train," said Yoji Aihara.

Maori Kogoro followed Aihara Yoji's words and said, "So she can't be the murderer."

Aoki Matsu frowned when he heard this.

Judging from the timing, it is indeed impossible that the capable lady was the murderer.

But the problem is that the victim in this case, Kusase Mihiro, has many of the same abnormalities as the murderer in the previous case.

Time... time...

Hisase Mihiro's deliberate asking of the waitress about the time looked very much like she was playing with time, but she was the victim!

There is something strange about this case!

Before a second very suspicious suspect appeared, Aoki Matsu still felt that the capable lady was more suspicious.

Is there a possibility that Kusase Mihiro wanted to kill Ms. Lian and played a time trick, but unexpectedly, she was killed by Ms. Lian when she was executing the plan! Then Ms. Lian used the time trick played by Kusase Mihiro to exonerate herself.

Aoki Matsu had handled this kind of "popular" case before.

"She must have been cursed and killed by an evil wizard." At this time Conan suddenly shouted anxiously.

"Ah!?" Everyone was stunned.

Aoki Matsu was also stunned, but then he immediately reacted. Usually, when Conan pretends to be crazy and stupid like a child, it is when he finds out that the criminal is about to be released by the police.

Recalling the previous situation, Aoki Matsu's eyes lit up - Conan also thought that there was something wrong with the capable lady!

He must have been worried that he had let the capable lady go, so he acted crazy and said that.

Mao Lilan looked at Conan awkwardly and asked, "What magician?"

"Because of that Gothic lolita sister." Conan said to Mao Lilan with a very frightened expression: "Her photo on the driver's license is obviously normal, but when we see her, it's like she's been cursed. It's very scary, isn't it?"

Suzuki Sonoko looked at Conan speechlessly and said, "You idiot! If you want to dress up as a Gothic Lolita, you must use foundation to make your skin look white, and use mascara to make your eyes look bright. This is the most basic."

"Yes, yes." Mao Lilan said with a smile: "If Sonoko and I want to dress up, we will also put on makeup like that."

This is what Conan wanted to hear Ran Maoli say, and he immediately said, "If the clothes are the same, will it be impossible to tell who is who?"

"Ah!" Kogoro Mori and Yoji Aihara were shocked when they heard this.

Aoki Matsuya raised his eyebrows.

He was just thinking that the time of Hisase Mihiro's death was very tight and a bit strange, but he didn't expect Conan to give him the answer.

What if the Kusase Mihiro who came to the coffee shop at 12:56 was not the real Kusase Mihiro, but the murderer in disguise?

Then all the strange behavior of "Kuse Mihiro" in the coffee shop makes sense.

The killer wanted the waitress to remember the time, not her voice.

So I deliberately asked the time, but my voice was very low.