The famous criminal in the world of Conan

"Oh?"

Bai Masong raised his eyebrows slightly, walked to the side of the corpse, squatted down, pinched the dead man's hand, and felt the degree of stiffness.

After some hesitation, he asked the forensic doctor,

"Is it based on the degree of postmortem rigidity?"

"Um,"

The forensic doctor nodded and subconsciously wiped the sweat off his forehead. He felt a little bit stressed being next to Officer Bai Ma.

This is mainly because Bai Masong is really famous in the hearts of everyone in the Forensic Identification Department. He had carried out many rectifications because the Forensic Identification Department was a typical example of not putting in enough effort, which resulted in people in the Forensic Identification Department being afraid of him now.

So the forensic doctor quickly explained,

"Generally speaking, a person will begin to become stiff for some reason two hours after death."

"Ms. Umeda's body hasn't started to stiffen yet, so it should be less than two hours."

"Of course, this time is not fixed."

"Cold ambient air will prolong the time it takes to start freezing, while warm air will shorten it."

"Since we have heating in this room, it will take less than two hours for Ms. Umeda's body to stiffen. It should take about an hour."

The forensic doctor stopped talking after this.

His words have made it very clear. The time of death is at most about an hour from now on, and it cannot be longer.

Shiratori Jinsaburo, Sato Miwako and Mori Kogoro who were around also nodded.

"Well, our time is six o'clock now,"

Miwako Sato took out her watch, looked at the time, and said,

"So the deceased, Ms. Umeda, should have died an hour ago, around five o'clock."

"Considering the time when Mr. Kijima and the other two arrived here, it should be around 5 to 5:30."

"Well, this is exactly right."

Maori Kogoro also analyzed,

"We received an email from Ms. Umeda at 4:30 in the store. She must have been preparing dinner at that time."

"Then between 5 and 5:30, she was brutally murdered, and her body was discovered by Mr. Kijima and his two companions who rushed over at 5:30."

"I guess this is how the case went."

The time of death was between 5 and 5:30 p.m.

This was the final conclusion reached by everyone.

Bai Masong was half in agreement with this conclusion.

He thought to himself that he had just pinched the corpse with his hands to feel the degree of stiffness and found that the corpse had not yet begun to stiffen.

Bai Masong naturally knew about rigor mortis, so according to common sense, the conclusion was indeed correct as the forensic doctor judged.

but......

Bai Masong felt something was wrong.

The situation at the scene was not quite reasonable, or rather, the situation left at the scene had some contradictions.

First of all, Shiratori Jinzaburo told him that the scene was suspected to be invaded by robbers who wanted to kill people for money. In order to cover up the fact that they had robbed the apartment, they simply killed Miss Umeda, the owner of the apartment.

The basis for this speculation is the two shoe prints that extend back and forth from the entrance to the living room.

Thinking of this, Bai Masong glanced at the two shoe prints, and following the shoe prints, his eyes went to the corpse in front of him and the dining table next to them.

The dining table was placed on one side of the living room, next to the floor-to-ceiling window. Four sets of tableware were placed on it. The tableware was arranged very neatly. Seeing this, Bai Masong frowned slightly.

Judging from the shoe prints, it is possible that the robber committed murder.

However, if we think of it as a robber killing someone, the living room at the scene does not match this conclusion at all...

"Mr. Kijima, Mr. Ishikawa, Ms. Nakamura, when you came to Ms. Umeda's house, did you see anyone acting suspiciously?"

Bai Masong asked the three people indifferently.

Although according to scientific methods of solving crimes, the probability that the murderer is one of the three people at the scene is the highest, we cannot let our guard down against those robbers who may or may not have been found guilty.

"this......"

Minoru Kijima and Jiro Ishikawa thought about it for a moment.

Nakamura Yoko next to him didn't think about it at all, she just raised her hand and said to Bai Ma Song,

"Officer Bai Ma, I, I saw a suspicious person!"

"Hey, Yoko, are you talking about the guy we met on the road?"

After hearing his girlfriend say this, Jiro Ishikawa, who knew her very well, immediately guessed what she was thinking.

Nakamura Yoko nodded and gestured to her two companions.

"That's the guy we saw when we stopped the car!"

"Don't you think he's scary?"

"this......"

Minoru Kijima and Jiro Ishikawa looked at each other and nodded silently.

The guy was dressed in black, wrapped tightly, but he moved in a hurry, and it really looked like he had just killed someone.

Seeing that the three people seemed to have a suspicious target, Bai Masong gave a look to Bai Niao Ren Sanlang.

Shiratori Renzaburo gave a look of OK in return, and then said to Nakamura Yoko,

"Ms. Nakamura, please tell me in detail."

"Yes, that's the way it is,"

Nakamura Yoko put her hands on her chest and said to Shiratori Renzaburo with a look of fear,

"We came here tonight in Mudao's car. After he parked the car and we got out, we ran into that man."

"He should be a man because he is quite tall. As soon as we got out of the car and were about to walk towards Ms. Umeda's apartment, he ran towards us head-on and bumped into me."

"After he bumped into me, not only did he not apologize, he glared at me in return."

"When Jiro saw me being bumped by him, he wanted to go up to him and argue with him, but I was frightened by his look, so I quickly pulled Jiro back and told him not to be impulsive."

"After that, we went to Ms. Umeda's apartment, and the man ran outside."

"Is that so, Mr. Ishikawa, Mr. Kijima?"

Shiratori Jinzaburo looked at Ishikawa Jiro and Kijima Minoru beside him.

Both of them nodded, indicating that it was indeed as Yoko Nakamura said.

Kijima couldn't help but say,

"At the time, we felt something was wrong, and Yoko even wondered if he was a burglar."

"But I didn't expect..."

"Ugh--"

Having said that, Kimura sighed, as if he was feeling regret and remorse for having missed the opportunity to meet the murderer who killed Umeda.

After listening to what Kido Shima and the other two had said, Shiratori Jinsaburo and Sato Miwako looked at Hakuba Matsu.