The famous criminal in the world of Conan

Seeing that Nakamura Yoko seemed annoyed, Sato Miwako immediately came up to smooth things over.

"Ms. Yoko, don't worry, this is just a routine inquiry."

"Besides, if we conduct a serious investigation, we will also be responsible to Ms. Umeda, right?"

"Ah."

When Yoko Nakamura heard what Miwako Sato said, she didn't know what to say and could only nod.

Bai Masong continued to speak calmly,

"Ms. Nakamura said that you left your cell phone in the clothing store. That means if you came here and found the body, your only option would be to find a pay phone outside, right?"

"Officer White Horse, what do you mean by this?"

Kijima's face was gloomy and he asked in a deep voice.

"It's nothing."

Bai Ma Song didn't care about Kijima's questioning at all, and asked calmly,

"I just want to ask you one more question—"

"Where were you, Mr. Kijima, before 3 o'clock this afternoon?"

"Three, three o'clock..."

Kijima's pupils shrank subconsciously, his expression began to become extremely unnatural, and he began to stutter.

"Officer Baima, why are you asking this?"

"At three o'clock I naturally do my own work..."

Bai Ma Song didn't believe what Kijima Minoru said.

Not to mention Hakuba Song, even Nakamura Yoko and Ishikawa Jiro who were next to Kijima Minoru didn't believe him when they saw his expression.

"Pfft-"

Miwako Sato was standing aside, looking at the frightened look on Kijima's face, and couldn't help laughing.

Seeing everyone looking at her, she waved her hands quickly.

"It was a mistake. I'm really sorry. I couldn't control myself because of Mr. Kijima's appearance."

"you......."

Kimura was actually annoyed, but his reason told him that he should not lose his temper with a policeman at this time. It was extremely stupid.

Seeing that he was angry but couldn't say anything, Sato Miwako wanted to laugh again.

She patted the stove and said to Kijima Minoru with a smile,

"Mr. Kijima, maybe you don't know yet?"

"Ms. Umeda's stove has a gas pipe earthquake sensor installed."

"When an earthquake occurs, this sensor will come into effect, automatically cutting off the gas and stopping the stove."

"The beef stewing on the stove is still some distance away from being cooked."

"Guess when it ceased fire?"

"And Ms. Umeda, why didn't you continue to light it after the ceasefire?"

After hearing what Sato Miwako said, Kido Minoru's face sank.

His eyes were wide open, staring at the stove that Sato Miwako was patting not far away, and the big pot of beef on it.

Yoko Nakamura and Jiro Ishikawa next to them also seemed to understand.

They looked at Kijima Minoru beside them in disbelief. Nakamura Yoko was still mumbling,

"No, that's impossible, Kijima..."

"You, what are you talking about?!"

Kijima felt the gazes from all around him, and his defenses collapsed further, and he began to shout,

"You tell me about earthquake sensors, stoves, and beef. I don't understand anything!"

"Who knows what's going on?! What does this have to do with me?"

"You police officers determined the time of death to be between 5 and 5:30. The three of us were together at that time. I didn't even..."

"Mr. Kijima."

Bai Ma Song spoke lightly, and his heavy voice interrupted Kijima's long speech.

"Our medical examiner did give the time of death as between 5 and 5:30, but that's the best case scenario."

"Or, that is, the body has been placed indoors all the time."

"The reality may not be what it seems..."

"You, what do you mean..."

Kijima pointed at the white horse pine and stammered,

"What do you mean by indoors or reality? I don't understand."

Kimura was so frightened that he was too lazy to even say the word "police officer".

Listening to Kijima's confused words, Bai Masong couldn't help but smile coldly.

"I mean--"

"Mr. Kijima, you moved the body to the balcony and kept it in a space of three to five degrees. In this way, the degree of rigor mortis will naturally be different."

"Do you think you can hide your behavior from the police?"

"you you you you......"

Kimura pointed at Hakuba Matsu and called him "you" several times, but no words came out.

Looking at his appearance, Bai Masong and the other two who had experienced many cases knew that Kimura's psychological defenses had completely collapsed. Now they only needed to add fuel to the fire and the case could be closed.

Then, Shiratori Renzaburo came up and gave Kijima Minoru a faint smile.

"Mr. Kijima, let me show you the scenery over there."

As he said this, he pulled up the somewhat limp Kimura Minoru and walked towards the balcony.

In two or three steps, Shiratori Renzaburo pulled Kijima Minoru to the balcony and forced him to hold his head down and look down.

"Mr. Kijima, take a look, what are those in your car?"

What is...?

Minoru Kimura wanted to explain himself, but when he looked down at his car in the parking lot from the balcony, his eyes went dark.

At this time, the trunk of his car had been opened by two policemen, and inside was a dummy dressed in a clown costume.

"Mr. Kijima, have you seen anything in your car?"

Bai Masong said lightly,

"Let me tell you again how you committed the crime."

"First, you went to Miss Umeda's house between two and three o'clock, and while she was chatting with you, you brutally killed her."

"In order to disrupt our police investigation, you deliberately moved Miss Umeda's body to the balcony. After being blown by the cold wind, the stiffness of Miss Umeda's body was greatly prolonged."

"After that, you made a mannequin dressed like Miss Umeda and placed it where Miss Umeda's body is now, to confuse Miss Nakamura and Mr. Ishikawa."

"At the same time, you also posted a commission on the Internet, asking Mr. Shimizu Masataka to come to this apartment and take away Ms. Umeda's jewelry that you had placed on the table in advance."

"After doing all this, you went to the clothing store to meet Miss Nakamura Yoko and Mr. Ishikawa Jiro, and then went to Miss Umeda's apartment with them step by step. During this time, you used Miss Umeda's mobile phone to send an email to Miss Nakamura, pretending that she was still alive."

"After arriving here, because of the dim lighting, Ms. Nakamura Yoko and Mr. Ishikawa Jiro did not realize that there was actually a dummy on the ground. You knew that the two were a couple and would never separate. There were no mobile phones at the scene, so they would definitely leave here and look for a public phone."

"During this time, you succeeded in replacing the fake with Ms. Umeda's body, and then hid the fake. All your tricks were completed, and you also achieved the effect of misleading the police."

"Mr. Kijima, do you have anything else to say?"

thump--

Kijima knelt on the ground, tears streaming down his face, and he kept saying,

"It's all that woman's fault. Although I was indeed promoted by her, she wanted to hold me tightly in her hands. I don't love her at all, and I don't want to be tied to her for the rest of my life..."