My neighbor's name is Conan

Chapter 899: Long-lost Proof Question

After this case, it was cloudy and rainy for several days in a row, just like the mood of some people.

Because he was worried about his grandparents' rheumatism, Aoki Matsu went back to his parents' home on weekends.

Japan is an island nation, so it is very easy for Japanese to get rheumatism. Aoki Matsu's grandparents are no exception and they also suffer from rheumatism, which causes pain when it rains.

After Qing Musong started working and became rich, he once consulted some doctors about this matter.

I learned that rheumatism cannot be completely cured, unless you move to a place with very low air humidity and live there for a long time. But Neon obviously does not have such conditions, so the medication for this disease can only control the symptoms and delay the progression of the disease, but cannot cure it.

The most effective way to relieve the pain is to apply ointment, but his grandparents always forget about it, so Qing Musong goes back to supervise them when he has nothing to do.

Unexpectedly, when the oden shop was about to close, Chiba Kazunobu suddenly ran over in a hurry and said in a panic: "Inspector Aoki, it's bad, a lady is missing! We need to find her quickly, otherwise her life may be in danger!"

"What!?" Qing Musong was stunned when he heard this.

Then he pulled Qianye and Shen to sit on the bar chair and said, "What's going on? Please tell me clearly."

Chiba Kazunobu sat on a chair and said, "It's like this, I often go to a coffee shop, and I often meet a woman recently. Not long ago, she said she wanted to discuss something with me. She said she felt she was in danger.

According to her, she often received a letter in the past year saying, "I will definitely visit you after I get out of prison." So she felt very scared, so she changed her job and even moved. But recently she always felt as if someone was watching her.

Anyway, I told her later that if she saw the other person's appearance or if anything specific happened, she should contact me immediately. Unexpectedly, in the short time I went to the bathroom, she suddenly disappeared.

I asked the coffee shop staff, and they said, "The customer you are looking for just came over to pay the bill and has gone back." The waiter also said that she seemed to be afraid of something. But I found that her umbrella was still in the coffee shop, and she took my umbrella by mistake.

So I walked out of the coffee shop holding her umbrella, but I didn't expect that after I took a few steps, a red car hit me. Fortunately, I dodged it in time. Then the car drove away quickly.

Rather than saying that the other party is malicious, it would be more appropriate to describe it as murderous. I wonder if the loser has mistaken me for that lady."

At this point, Chiba Kazunobu lowered his head and confessed, "I was too careless. I didn't even ask her address at that time. There is no evidence in this matter, and we can't open a case for investigation, so I can only come to you, Inspector Aoki, for help."

After hearing this, Qing Musong thought about it. Why did he feel that the lady did it on purpose?

If she really felt scared in the coffee shop, would it be safer to go out alone in the dark? Or would it be safer to stay in the brightly lit coffee shop? Would it be safer to go home alone? Or would it be safer to let the detective Chiba Kazunobu take her home?

No matter how you think about it, it would be safer for her to stay in the coffee shop and then let the detective Chiba Kazunobu take her back!

So from Chiba Kazunobu's description, Aoki Matsu had a sense of déjà vu - the murderer had previously used Maori Kogoro as a witness to prove his alibi, but now it was Chiba Kazunobu who replaced him.

Don’t ask why Qing Musong has such a feeling, the answer is science!

Chiba and Shin came over late at night and told him something. It was not a case. Aoki Matsu took off his head and let everyone kick it for fun.

After thinking for a while, Qing Musong said, "Although you don't know the other party's address, since you often meet that lady recently, her new home should be near that store."

Chiba Kazunobu was instantly delighted when he heard this. "I see. Then we just need to start with the coffee shop as the center, start from a small area, and then gradually expand the area and try to find it."

"That's right!" Qing Musong nodded in response.

Then Aoki Matsu and Chiba Kazutsu went to look for someone.

Although science and intuition told Aoki Matsu that there was something wrong with the lady, it could not be ruled out that she was really driven insane by the intimidation and did something that went against common sense, so it was still necessary to look for her.

After arriving at the coffee shop, Aoki Matsu and Chiba Kazunobu first went to the 24-hour convenience store next door, but the waiter did not know the information about the lady. Then Aoki Matsu and Chiba Kazunobu went to all the shops nearby that were still open and asked about them one by one.

Unfortunately nothing was found.

Just when Chiba and Shin were feeling dejected, they suddenly heard sirens.

Qing Musong's heart skipped a beat and he suddenly had an idea.

Before Aoki Matsu and Chiba Kazunobu could rush over, Aoki Matsu's cell phone rang.

It turned out that someone reported that a young woman in a nearby apartment was involved in a murder case and asked Aoki Matsu to go to the police station.

Aoki Matsu hurried over with Chiba and Shin.

Just as they reached the cordon set up by the regional police officers who had arrived here earlier, Chiba Heshin didn't know what he was thinking, and was suddenly shocked, "Ah, that car is the same one as before."

"What!?" Aoki Matsu looked at Chiba Kazunobu with some confusion.

"It's the car that tried to hit me just now. Damn it, I'm a step too late." After cursing, Chiba Heshin quickly crossed the cordon and walked inside.

Seeing this, Qing Musong raised his eyebrows and called a police officer who was guarding nearby and ordered: "Copy the license plate number of this red car and go to the Ministry of Transportation to check who the car belongs to. If it is a black car, find out when it was stolen."

"Yes! Inspector Aoki." The police officer responded excitedly when Aoki Matsu assigned him the task.

After giving his instructions, Aoki Matsu took big steps forward to chase after Chiba Kazunobu.

"Inspector! Chiba-san." When Nanatsuki Koshimizu saw the two of them, she hurried forward to greet them.

Seeing this, Chiba Kazunobu immediately asked, "The one who was killed was that lady, right?"

"Ah!" Nanatsuki Koshimizu was stunned when she heard this and subconsciously looked towards the dead person.

The deceased was not a woman, but... a young man.

"Who is this man?" Chiba and Shin were instantly confused upon seeing this.

"The deceased was a man, not a lady," said Nanatsuki Koshimizu.

Chiba Heshin was still a little dazed, but soon his eyes fell on a brown bag beside him.

The bag was opened and some things inside fell out, including a hat and a pair of sunglasses.

"That hat and sunglasses! It was at that time..." Chiba Kazunobu was shocked when he saw this. It was the person who was driving the car and was about to hit him!

Thinking of this, Qianye and Shen turned around and looked around, and saw a lady sitting on the sofa, with her head down and silent.

"Ah, Miss Mio!" Chiba Kazunobu recognized the other person. She was the lady who said she felt malicious and suddenly left the coffee shop.

Chiba Kazunobu subconsciously looked at Koshimizu Nanatsuki and asked, "Isn't this lady a victim?"

"No, she is the perpetrator." said Nanatsuki Koshimizu.

It was because the murderer was a woman, but it seemed to be a self-defense killing rather than premeditated murder. This controversial case involved a woman, so she was sent here in the middle of the night.

"Ah!" Chiba Kazunobu was shocked and subconsciously looked at Miss Ashida Mio, somewhat unbelievable.

Aoki Matsu raised his eyebrows.

Well, this case is just as expected!

The murderer is Miss Mio Ashida.

Chiba is also an old witness.

This case is a proof question that we haven’t seen for a long time.

"Chiba-san, do you know her?" asked Nanatsuki Koshimizu curiously.

Chiba and Shin explained what happened.

"So that's it!" Nanatsuki Koshimizu suddenly realized, and she was wondering why Chiba Kazunobu suddenly came here. He was on vacation today, and Chiba Kazunobu usually followed Inspector Megure and Inspector Shiratori, and didn't spend much time with Aoki Matsu.

"Inspector Aoki." At this time, a police officer came over and reported: "After investigation, the red car in the open space outside was a stolen car."

Aoki Matsu looked around the scene and said, "Tell me what happened here."

Upon hearing this, Nanatsuki Koshimizu picked up the small notebook and said, "This case happened 40 minutes ago, at 9:30 p.m. Mr. Takuya Murakami, a repeater in the room below, suddenly heard a loud noise and screams. He came here to check the situation and found the body, as well as Ms. Mio Ashida who was standing next to him.

So I called the police on my cell phone, and when I found out, the door didn't seem to be locked. The victim was Mr. Yoshizumi Karashima, 28 years old, who had just been released from the traffic prison three days ago. I just confirmed this."

"Traffic prison?" Qing Musong blinked. "Is the victim serving his sentence because of a traffic accident?"

Nanatsuki Koshimizu nodded, and then said: "Yes, a year ago, someone was driving under the influence of alcohol, the car lost control and crashed through the guardrail, causing the entire car to fall into the lake. Two people were thrown out of the car, one died and the other was slightly injured, resulting in a serious accident.

The driver was charged with driving a car causing death, but because the driver was already dead, he was not prosecuted. The passenger in the car was also sentenced to one year in prison for not dissuading the driver from drinking and violating road traffic regulations. That was the victim in this case, Mr. Xindao. "

Before Aoki Matsu could ask, Ashida Mio, who had been keeping her head down, suddenly said, "This is not true!"

Everyone subconsciously looked towards Mio Ashida.

Mio Ashida closed her eyes and said angrily, "My brother swore that he would never drive a steering wheel again after a traffic accident caused by drunk driving. The person driving at that time must have been Xin Dao!"

"Ms. Mio?" Chiba Kazunobu looked at Ashida Mio with a somewhat reluctant expression upon hearing that.

Qing Musong understood the whole story instantly.

Mio Ashida was seeking revenge for her brother. She believed that not only did Yoshizumi Karajima kill her brother by driving under the influence, but she also wanted to pin the blame on her brother, so she killed Yoshizumi Karajima.

The key is evidence!

Evidence proving that Mio Ashida is the murderer.

"The driver who died in that accident was her elder brother, Mr. Toshiaki Ashida. He was 28 years old at the time." Nanatsuki Koshimizu said to Mio Ashida.

Mio Ashida opened her eyes and said, "At that time, I couldn't believe Xindao's testimony. He said that my eldest brother was driving the car, so I raised an objection, but it was rejected unexpectedly. But still... When Xindao heard that he would be imprisoned for a year, he was furious in court and said, "What a joke!" He pointed at me and my parents and said, "It's all your fault for filing such a ridiculous complaint. Remember, I will never let you go."

"Is it totally unreasonable for him to blame you?" Chiba Heshin couldn't help but said angrily, "It's just because he originally thought he would be sentenced to probation."

At this point, Chiba Kazunobu looked at Ashida Mio and said, "Ms. Mio, take out those letters quickly."

"Yes!" Mio Ashida replied, and then took out all the letters.

Qing Musong took a look and asked, "Is this the letter he sent while he was serving his sentence?"

"The letter contained content saying that he would come to say hello after he was released from prison. Although the meaning was a bit vague, it was clearly a threat," said Chiba Kazunobu.

"It seems to be true." said Nanatsuki Koshimizu.

Aoki Matsuya read the contents of the letter and theoretically, combined with Ashida Mio's account, this explanation is correct.

But even Yoshizumi Karashima did send a letter to Mio Ashida.

But who knows whether Mio Ashida took out all of them, or replaced some of them.

Moreover, Aoki Matsu discovered a flaw in these letters and looked at Ashida Mio and asked, "Why is there a gap of nearly half a year in the dates on them?"

"I don't know." Mio Ashida shook her head.

Qing Musong looked at the two parts of the letter carefully. He could indeed feel the hostility in the first part of the letter, but the tone of the second part seemed to have changed.

Apart from words like "I'll come to say hello after I get out of prison" and "I want to tell you the truth, so I want to meet you", there is no sense of hostility at all.

Chiba Kazunobu reasoned, "The anger that had calmed down may have started to erupt again as the day of his release approaches."

Aoki Matsu thought about it, walked out of the room and assigned a task to a police officer, asking him to go to the prison to investigate the matter of Yoshizumi Karajima, no matter how big or small the matter was.

Although Aoki Matsu determined that the murderer was most likely Mio Ashida, the problem was that Aoki Matsu had previously thought that there were no other suicide cases except the case of Okino Yoko, but he was slapped in the face by an old man. Therefore, he still had to be cautious and investigate everything thoroughly.

"Ms. Mio was afraid that Karashima would be released from prison soon, so she changed her job and moved to this park, right?" Chiba Kazunobu said.

Mio Ashida nodded. "Yes. Anyway, I am very scared."

"I think so too. I can understand." Chiba Kazunobu said quickly after hearing this.