Ke Xue: I picked up a bottle of sherry at the beginning.

Everyone who heard this naturally wondered who might have deliberately placed the lottery ticket under the refrigerator. It was naturally the murderer Shiraizumi Masushi had mentioned—Noriko Imai.

In an instant, everyone's eyes were on Noriko Imai.

Being stared at by everyone, Noriko Imai turned pale and took a half step back, a trace of panic appeared on her face, and her body trembled imperceptibly.

At this point, Shiraizumi continued, "The truth of the whole case is that Miss Imai took advantage of Mrs. Egami's hobby and placed lottery tickets under the refrigerator. When the old lady lay down and reached under the refrigerator to pick up the lottery tickets, she knocked the flower pots off the old lady's balcony and killed her."

"Wait, Brother Bai Quanyi, I have two questions here."

Conan quickly said: "First, how did Sister Imai get the flower pot off Granny Jiang's balcony? You know, she lives on the fifth floor, which is the room above Granny Jiang's head."

"No matter how you look at it, it would be difficult for her, who lives on the fifth floor, to get the flower pots down from the fourth-floor balcony."

"Secondly, since you said that Imai-san put this lottery ticket under the refrigerator, then why is there only a small part of it? Where did the other half go?"

After hearing this, everyone thought about it and felt that it made sense.

If it was really Imai Noriko who did it, then how did she, who lived on the fifth floor, get the flower pot off the old lady's balcony? Could she have done some Qinggong?

Otherwise it would be impossible to succeed.

Also, why was there only a small piece of the lottery ticket under the refrigerator? Where did the rest go?

Could it be eaten by a crow?

Just think about it and you know it's impossible.

You know, after the old lady Jiang Shang died, the police quickly rushed to the scene, and the scene was immediately blocked off, and no people or animals could get close to it.

So, if there really was a lottery ticket placed under the refrigerator before the old lady died, it must be complete now, not just a piece.

Chiba also said: "Baiquan Yi, Conan is right, how do you explain these two questions?"

"It's very simple."

Bai Quanyi smiled faintly and raised a finger: "For the first question, all you need is an object with a hook, and Miss Imai can easily get the flower pot down."

After he finished speaking, he raised his second finger and said, "Second question, after killing someone, Ms. Imai immediately took the lottery ticket from under the refrigerator, so naturally no one else could see it."

"However, the law is vast and unstoppable. When she collected the lottery ticket, she accidentally left this small piece of lottery ticket under the refrigerator. It became a crucial piece of evidence in solving this murder case."

After hearing Bai Quanyi's words, instead of understanding, everyone became even more confused than before.

An object with a hook?

How do you get the flower pot down from the fourth-floor balcony?

Also, after Ms. Imai killed someone, how did she manage to take the lottery ticket back without anyone noticing?

No one had a complete idea in their minds and couldn't figure it out no matter how hard they tried.

Qianye urged Baiquanyi repeatedly: "Baiquanyi, my great detective, please tell me quickly, how did Miss Imai get the flower pot down and how did she get the lottery ticket back?"

Everyone also looked at Bai Quanyi hurriedly.

"Haha, actually these two questions are really simple."

Upon hearing this, everyone was speechless. Is it really that simple? Why don’t I think so?

However, they said nothing and listened to Bai Quanyi continue.

Shiraizumi smiled and said, "Everyone knows that Miss Imai lives in the room above the deceased, right?"

"Look, the balcony of her room is symmetrical to the balcony of the deceased downstairs. All you need is a hook, a rope tied to the hook, and then you stand on the balcony and slowly lower the rope down to the fourth-floor balcony. It would be easy to hook a flower pot, wouldn't it?"

"That's right! Miss Imai did just that. She stood on her balcony and hooked a flower pot with a hook. When Mrs. Egami was lying on the ground, reaching under the refrigerator to pick up the lottery ticket, she let go of the hook and the flower pot fell down naturally."

"It's obvious that this is how the old lady was killed."

"After killing the old lady, she retracted the hook without leaving any trace. It was done without anyone noticing. It can be said to be flawless."

"Even when the police arrived and saw the scene, they just thought it was an accident and never thought it was a murder."

"I have to say here that Miss Imai is really a very smart woman."

Having said that, Shiraizumi Mashi looked at Noriko Imai.

To be honest, Noriko Imai is a pretty woman, slender, delicate and charming.

Moreover, she was really smart, coming up with such a nearly perfect murder plan.

This is not something ordinary people can do.

If she wasn't a murderer, Shiraizumi Yi might be interested in her.

Facing Shiraizumi's gaze, Noriko Imai felt a little uneasy. She felt that Shiraizumi could see through everything she did, as if there was no secret in her body that could be hidden from this man's eyes.

This was the first time she had encountered such a thing.

I was shocked at the moment. This man was extraordinary!

"That's it."

After hearing what Shiraizumi Mashi said, the others all showed expressions of sudden enlightenment. They finally understood how Noriko Imai got the flower pot down from the fourth floor.

Then, they turned their attention to Noriko Imai. Shiraizumi Mashi was right, this woman was indeed very smart and had carefully designed a nearly perfect murder plan.

If it weren't for Bai Quanyi, everyone would have thought this murder was just an accident.

Rather than a murder.

There was a moment of silence before Qianye spoke up. "Baiquan Yi, how did she manage to retrieve the lottery ticket from under the refrigerator without anyone noticing? And how did she accidentally leave behind such a small piece of the lottery ticket?"

"I wonder if you've noticed these scratches under the refrigerator?"

Hearing Chiba's words, Shiraizumi smiled and shifted his gaze to the abandoned refrigerator beside him.

"Scratches?"

Everyone, including Qianye, was stunned, and obviously did not notice any scratches.

Bai Quanyi smiled and said, "Put the refrigerator down."

Two colleagues immediately walked over and turned the refrigerator over on the ground. Bai Quanyi squatted beside the refrigerator and pointed to a corner at the bottom of the refrigerator and said, "Look, these are the scratches."

Everyone hurriedly came closer, stretching their necks to look, and Chiba was no exception. When he squatted down to look, he found that there were scratches on the place where Baiquanyi pointed.

Rectangular, very small, and there are about a row of them.

"What do you think left these traces?"

Bai Quanyi smiled and looked at the people around him.

After taking a closer look, Conan immediately said, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be the traces left by something like silk thread or fish thread."

"Yes, this is the trace left by the thread."

Everyone didn't understand. Even if this was a trace left by the thread, what did it have to do with Miss Imai taking back the lottery ticket?

Qianye couldn't help but look at Baiquanyi and asked in confusion: "Baiquanyi, what is going on?"

Shiraizumi Mashi didn't say anything. He clapped his hands and stood up. Then he looked up at Noriko Imai's room and said, "Actually, Miss Imai had done a little trick in advance that was almost the same as the one that got rid of the flowerpot."

"It was also a long, thin rope. She taped one end of the rope to the lottery ticket with transparent tape, then passed the other end under the refrigerator and extended it all the way to the fifth floor. Then she just had to hold on to this end of the rope and squat on the balcony and wait for the old lady to appear."

"When the old lady appeared, she just had to pull the lottery ticket, which would naturally make the old lady find it. After seeing the lottery ticket, the old lady would chase it. She deliberately pulled the lottery ticket under the refrigerator, luring the old lady to bend down and take the lottery ticket from under the refrigerator."

"After she's done this, she can hit the old lady to death with the flower pot."

"After the old lady dies, she can pull the lottery ticket back like a hook without anyone noticing."

"But she never expected that when she pulled the lottery ticket back, a small part of it was crushed by the legs of the refrigerator and tore off and remained here."

"It is true that the net of heaven is vast and wide, and nothing can escape it."

"This small piece of paper has become the most important evidence of your murder."

After saying this, Baiquan Yi looked directly at Imai Noriko with a gleam in his eyes. Imai Noriko trembled all over and lowered her head.

"That's it, that's it."

Qianye clapped his hands and shouted. Now, all his doubts were finally solved. It felt like the clouds had parted and the sky was revealed.

The others were the same, looking as if they had suddenly understood something.

It turns out that this is how Noriko Imai collected the lottery ticket without anyone noticing, and this is also how she accidentally left a small piece under the refrigerator.

Everything works.

Everyone looked at Noriko Imai, at the murderer.

At this time, Shiraizumi Mashi also looked at Imai Noriko, who lowered her head, and said word by word: "Do you - admit - your - guilt -?"

Imai Noriko trembled all over, and after a long silence, she raised her head. Everyone saw that her face was pale, and she bit her lower lip, trembling like a willow branch in the wind, but she still looked at Shiraizumi Masaru and shook her head:

"I don't plead guilty. You have no evidence to directly prove that I am the murderer."

"It seems you're still a little bit unwilling to give up."

Seeing Imai Noriko's expression, Shiraizumi understood what was going on. He shook his head and said to Chiba, "Send someone to the nearby lottery shop to ask if Miss Imai has bought any lottery tickets in the past two days."

"One more thing, have the forensic experts take this small piece of lottery ticket and test it to see if there's Ms. Imai's fingerprint on it."

"If both of these conditions are met, Miss Imai is undoubtedly the murderer."

Before Qianye could say anything, a colleague from the forensic team ran over and took the small half of the lottery ticket from his hand for testing.

Several colleagues also rushed to a nearby lottery shop.

Not long after, a colleague who had returned from the lottery shop said, "Hakuizumi Masaru, you're truly worthy of me. Miss Imai did buy a lottery ticket from the lottery shop today."

Soon after, the forensic team members also came back with the test results, and it turned out that the small piece of lottery ticket did have Ms. Imai's fingerprints on it.

Bathing with Judy

As soon as these words were spoken, Noriko Imai collapsed to the ground instantly.

There was an uproar all around.

"I didn't expect she was actually the murderer."

"I never realized before that a weak woman like her could kill people."

"The key is that she's very smart. She knew how to kill Old Lady Jiang Shang by creating an accident. If it weren't for that young and handsome policeman, I'm afraid no one would know she was the murderer."

"Wow! That young policeman is amazing, handsome and capable. I wish he was my husband."

"Yeah, he's such a great detective, he must be a great detective."

Not only were the people around him amazed at Shiraizumi's ability to solve cases, but even the police and Ayumi and the others looked at Shiraizumi with admiration.

"Officer Bai, you are indeed amazing!"

"If it weren't for you, we would have really thought this was an accident. You are indeed worthy of being the police god of our Metropolitan Police Department. -"

"Brother Bai Quanyi, you are so amazing. I admire you so much-oh."

"Brother Bai Quanyi, there's me and there's me. Can you teach me how to solve cases? When I grow up, I want to be a great detective like you."

Seeing everyone surrounding Bai Quanyi and praising him, Judy raised the corners of her mouth and a sense of pride appeared in her eyes.

This is her boyfriend.

Superb at solving cases!

Admired by thousands of people!

As expected of the man she chose.

After Noriko Imai's regretful crying and self-narration, everyone finally understood why she wanted to kill Tatsue Egami.

It turned out that this old lady often mocked Noriko Imai. Once, she even took a love letter she wrote to the person she liked and went to her store to humiliate her in public. This made her unbearable and she developed a strong hatred for the old lady.

That's why she came up with this plan to kill Jiang Shangchenzhi.

Everyone shook their heads. Although the old lady was wrong, murder would definitely not be forgiven by the law, and she was soon taken away by the police in a police car.

At this moment, he was brought back to his senses by Conan's voice, and only heard Conan say:

"Brother Baiquanyi, where are you going next?"

Bai Quanyi didn't answer. Instead, he smiled and patted his head: "By the way, how did you little brats get here?"

"Isn't school over? We were passing by here on our way home, and this murder happened."

Although Conan had a smile on his face, he still slapped Bai Quanyi's hand away with a look of disgust. Why did this guy keep touching his head for no reason?

"Brother Bai Quanyi, you are so good at solving cases, can you teach me?"