Conan: Tennis Boys' Scripted Murder

As soon as Hattori Heiji and Conan saw these four photos, they became interested and gathered in front of the table to study how to decipher the information left by the deceased before his death.

"Officer Megure, are these the only four blocks that have the deceased's fingerprints?"

"No, there are fingerprints of the deceased on those blocks too, but only these four have fingerprints on all six sides, and there are also ink stains."

"Are these blocks placed separately?"

"Not really. They were originally placed together with the pile of bricks. We police officers noticed something unusual and took them out separately."

Because Hattori Heiji was also there today, Conan knew that he was as capable as he was and both wanted to solve the case, so this time he did not rush to the front to ask questions, but took a step back and left the stage to Hattori Heiji.

Hattori Heiji took a look at the photo, then at the traces on the ground, and said with certainty: "This is indeed the message left by the deceased before his death."

"Eh? Why? Maybe the murderer was holding the victim's hand and squeezing it."

Yuanshan Heye's question was also the question in the minds of other people present.

Hattori Heiji did not despise other people's IQ and analyzed them one by one.

"First, look at the two sides of the human figure drawn on the ground. Are there a lot of ink marks?"

"Yes."

"The deceased touched the corresponding building blocks, turned over to let the blocks get stained with ink, and then put them back. As for why it couldn't have been done after the deceased died, fingerprints are a mixture of sweat and grease from people's fingers. Once a person dies, they can no longer leave fingerprints on objects."

After listening to Hattori Heiji's analysis, Miyano Osamu felt it was even more weird.

"Strange, the deceased was hit on the head by a golf club many times and then died. Taking the building blocks and leaving information about the murderer, it seems to require a lot of strength and clear thinking. Can the deceased do this after being injured?"

Mao Lilan followed Miyano Osamu's words and said, "What if the deceased did it before being attacked?"

"Impossible. The ink stains on the building blocks are easy to find. If the murderer is so careless, it is impossible that he would not leave other traces."

This time, it was Conan who refuted Mouri Ran. He also realized that there was something strange here. He had always felt strange about the layout here. Now, after hearing what Miyano Osamu said and seeing a strange mark on the ground, he suddenly understood.

It turned out to be the case.

Conan and Hattori Heiji looked at each other. They both thought of it. No wonder the person pointed to by the four blocks had an alibi.

Toyama Kazuha noticed the confident expression on Hattori Heiji's face and knew that she had lost again in this reasoning.

"Heiji, what's going on?"

"Ah, we were actually all misled by the murderer."

Inspector Megure couldn't help but ask, "Misleading?"

"That's right. According to our previous line of thought, the four blocks with ink stains are the information left by the deceased. We can get the name of Vice President Iwatomi Hajime, but this does not match the information provided by Officer Miyano. Iwatomi Hajime has an alibi."

"Yan Fu Chuang? How did you get it?"

Kogoro Mori hasn't figured it out yet. He doesn't know how Hattori Heiji came to this conclusion.

"Uncle Maori, come on, you haven't figured out such a simple question yet?"

"Ahem, of course I know what's going on. I just want you to explain it to Xiaolan and the others."

Miyano Osamu and Conan both showed their half-moon eyes, and the same thought came to their minds at the same time: "Do you really know?"

Hattori Heiji did not expose Maori Kogoro, and continued to explain: "If you combine the words on the side with ink stains, you can't think of any words related to the case.

But what about the other side? The deceased could have held the word he had found and then dipped the back of it in ink."

Officer Megure was a little embarrassed, scratched his head and asked: "How are we going to know the words on the other side? Should we ask the second person in the forensic department to bring the building blocks over?"

"No, I just observed the structure of other building blocks and found that each building block is composed of a row of letters from the 50-character kana and a small animal. We unfold the six sides of the building block and the corresponding ones can form a name."

Inspector Megure and the others unfolded the building blocks in their minds, but their spatial imagination was not that strong.

However, Toyama Kazuha, who had been solving the puzzle with a pen and paper, quickly drew it out and soon got the answer, "Yes, it is really the vice president's name. Why did you say that the murderer misled you?"

"Don't you think this desk is too neat?"

Conan sat on a stool with wheels and bumped into the table from a distance, knocking the pen holder on the table.

"Oh, that's strange. We just thought that the ink was accidentally knocked over by the deceased during the fight with the murderer. Then why didn't the pen holder on the table fall over?"

Such an obvious hint finally brought Kogoro Mori online.

"I understand. The murderer deliberately left ink on the ground and placed building blocks next to the deceased in order to frame the vice president. But how did he know that the president would write the vice president's name?"

"Uncle Maori, what would you see if you were the president lying on the ground?"

"Lying on the ground? Let me try. Oh, I see it's the shoes. Does the vice president have any special shoes that the president can identify?"

At this time, Takagi Wataru, who had gone out to collect information, just came back. When he heard what Mori Kogoro said, he suddenly remembered the quirks of everyone in the company that he had just investigated.

"Detective Maori, there are indeed. Vice President Iwatomi Sou has collected thirty pairs of white shoes, and they are specially used for playing golf. The president also likes to play golf, so he will definitely be able to recognize them."

With the addition of others, Hattori Heiji brought up another detail.

"You can see that the bloodstains here seem to be blocked by something. I think the murderer used the camera to check the president's every move."

Officer Megure confirmed, "Yes, we found a blood-stained camera at the scene. So this is its function."

"Who is blaming the vice president?"

Kogoro Mouri's question made Conan and Heiji Hattori fall silent. They had not figured it out yet.

"Inspector Megure, are there any other clues?"

"Yes, there is also blood on the dead man's fur coat, but a little blood was rubbed off on the left shoulder."

If the blood on this part of the clothes were to be rubbed into this space, it would definitely leave a mark somewhere.

"Inspector Megure, was the calendar on the wall already in July when you came?"

Miyano Osamu looked at the calendar on the wall and today was July 1st.

But it is impossible for the police to tear off the calendar casually, and it is even more impossible for the staff to do so. There has been a cordon here for the past two days.