Conan: Tennis Boys' Scripted Murder

When Conan Edogawa and his group arrived at the crime scene, Inspector Megure was also there.

"Brother Maori, I'm sorry to bother you again this time."

When he saw the group of people behind him, he felt a little overwhelmed.

"Hattori, why are you in Tokyo too?"

"Officer Megure, please move aside. Let us solve the case on your hands first."

Hattori Heiji did not answer this question. He only had the case in his eyes now, and other irrelevant matters could be answered later.

Not long after they walked into the crime scene, Miyano Osamu also arrived here driving his beloved car.

"Inspector Megure, I'm here! Eh? Conan. Why are you here? Hattori Heiji, why are you here too?"

When he saw Death No. 1, Miyano Osamu was a little surprised. When he saw Death No. 2, he couldn't help but be surprised. Could it be that a second case would happen here?

Before Conan and Hattori Heiji could answer Miyano Osamu's question, Toyama Kintaro rushed over.

"Miyano-senpai, you're here too! What about Yukimura-senpai? Is he here with you?"

"Xiao Jin, I'm at work now. How can Jingshi be with me? If you want to find Jingshi, you can go directly to his house."

"No, no, I came to Tokyo this time with Sister Heye and the others. I listened to Shiraishi and needed to protect Sister Heye. I can't run around."

"Okay, Xiao Jin, I need to investigate the case now, and I'll chat with you later."

"I also want to help Hattori-san investigate the case, I'll be with Miyano-senpai."

Conan was a little surprised to hear Toyama Kintaro address Miyano Osamu. He walked to Hattori Heiji and asked quietly, "Hattori, why does Kintaro call Officer Miyano senior?"

"Oh, that's because Officer Miyano and Mr. Yukimura beat Xiao Jin with tennis balls, so Xiao Jin thought it was more appropriate to call them seniors."

After Hattori Heiji's reminder, Conan realized that more and more people around him knew how to play tennis recently.

Originally, there was only Kirihara Akaya who knew how to do it, but later he discovered that the manager of Poirot Café, Marui Bunta, could also do it, and that Officer Miyano and Mr. Yukimura were also good at it.

But if you think about it carefully, they are acquainted with Kirihara Akaya, so there doesn't seem to be any doubt.

After patrolling the crime scene, Miyano Osamu, Conan and Hattori Heiji always felt that there was a strange feeling, but they couldn't tell what it was for the time being.

Miyano Osamu was also called over by Inspector Megure to help. He happened to be free recently, so Inspector Megure drafted him in.

Together they walked towards Inspector Megure to inquire about the details of the case.

"The deceased was the president of this toy company. This was both his office and production room. He died around 5pm the day before yesterday, and his body was found at 10am yesterday.

There were four people who first discovered the deceased and called the police, and they were all employees of this toy store.

"Officer Megure, did the four employees come to work together?"

"Well, they usually arrive at the company early, have breakfast together at the store downstairs, and then go to work together."

According to previous experience, the first person to discover a murder case is always a strong suspect, but this case was discovered by four employees together, so the suspicion is slightly reduced, but it is not without suspicion.

Miyano Osamu took out the police manual and asked while recording: "Officer Megure, do these four staff members have an alibi?"

Officer Megure also took out his notebook and read out, "There are four employees in total. They are Manager No. 1, Aiko Nao. According to her, she went out fishing that day. Salesman No. 2, Hasami Jun, said he was at home watching videos all day. Planning manager No. 3, Nakagami Konan, went out to bet on horses the day before yesterday. Vice President No. 4, Iwatomi Sou, was watching a golf tournament the day before yesterday."

"Golf tournament?"

"That's right. Miyano, have you thought of anything?"

"It's not me, Officer Megure, can you give me a photo of Vice President Iwatomi Sou?"

Among the people Miyano Osamu knows, the only one who likes golf is Yagyu Hiroshi. The day before yesterday was his holiday, and I heard that he went somewhere to watch a golf tournament, so I went to ask him.

"Miyano has already sent you the photos."

"Okay, Officer Megure, I'll ask anyone I know if they saw him that day."

Miyano Osamu quickly edited the question and sent it to Yagyu Hiroshi along with the picture.

This just happened yesterday. Most people still have an impression of it, but they may forget the stranger's appearance. However, Yagyu Hiroshi is not an ordinary person.

Not only does he have amazing dynamic vision, but he also has an outstanding memory. Otherwise, how could he have been the top student in Rikkai University for so many years in a row?

As expected, Yagyu Hiroshi would not disappoint people. He confirmed that he had seen Vice President Iwatomi Sou, one of the suspects in this case, at the event the day before yesterday. He also posted a group photo of everyone after the event.

The time above was just after five o'clock, and that place was a long distance from here. If he wanted to commit the crime and then rush there, the time would be too tight, which greatly reduced the possibility of his crime.

The other three employees were alone on the day of the incident and no one could testify on their behalf.

After learning the alibis of the four employees, everyone present focused their attention on the traces on the ground.

Hattori Heiji has experience in solving many cases, and he can tell the victim's condition and cause of death just by looking at the scene.

"Inspector Megure, the deceased was tied behind his back with a rope and then beaten to death with a golf club, right?"

"Brother Hattori, how did you know that?"

"Of course, it was the situation on the ground that told me that. The image on the ground looked like a person curled up there. The bloodstains on the ground also showed signs of dragging. I could guess that the murder weapon was hidden in this office."

Yuanshan Heye was a little confused, "Why did you tie him up and then beat the president to death?"

In her opinion, it was completely unnecessary and she could just do it directly.

Conan noticed the open safe in the house and explained, "The murderer probably wanted to force the person to reveal the combination to the safe."

Officer Megure also looked at the open safe and agreed, "That's what we guessed. When we police arrived, the safe was also open, and everything inside was gone."

Because of this, Inspector Megure and Takagi Shigeru suspected that it was the work of robbers, and forced the company to reveal the password of the safe set up by the president. However, they were worried that the president had seen his appearance, so they decided to kill the president.

But the four building blocks with ink stains made Inspector Megure give up this idea.

"You guys look at the four blocks. I called Maori and Miyano over here because we suspect these blocks are reminders left by the deceased before his death."

Inspector Megure took out a stack of photos from his breast pocket, each with a word printed in ink.