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"Master Kenta, has anyone in this world ever stipulated that if you want to kill someone you must be by that person's side?
Everyone, think carefully about the body of President Yamatoda that you saw during the second wave of fireworks. Don’t you think there is something strange about it?”
"strangeness?"
"Rope." Wu Wanying cooperated with him in time.
"That's right, it's a rope." Kuroba Kaito continued.
"If President Yamato really wanted to commit suicide, he could have just jumped off the balcony instead of going through the unnecessary steps of hanging himself outside the balcony.
What’s more, he used a rope that was much longer than the height of the balcony railing…”
"Is it because doing so will be more beneficial to the murderer?" Kenta seemed to have come to his senses, and he kept saying:
“The reason we used such a long rope was so that we could find Dad’s body in time during the second wave of fireworks and strengthen our impression of the murderer’s alibi.
And if you just ask Dad to jump off the balcony, it will be difficult to do that..."
"That's right!" Kuroba Kaito snapped his fingers.
"Master Kenta..."
Shan Qizhe looked at Kenta in surprise, but Kenta did not respond to his gaze at all.
"What nonsense!"
He turned his head and glared at Kuroba Kaito, and shouted:
"Officer Sato, I think you are just making random inferences! What do you mean I murdered the master? The master clearly committed suicide!
When the first fireworks went off, the master was still in the observation room on the 48th floor..."
"Mr. Shan Qi, do you really think that the person who appeared in the observatory at that time must be President Yamatoda?"
Kuroba Kaito interrupted him and asked meaningfully.
"What do you mean? There was only the master in the East Tower at that time!" When asked this by Kuroba Kaito, there seemed to be a trace of panic on Shan Qizhe's face.
"You're not entirely right. There was actually no one on the 48th floor of the East Tower at that time!"
"Officer Sato, what we saw before..."
"It's a dummy. A dummy that looks very similar to President Yamatoda in outline."
As Kuroba Kaito spoke, he took out his cell phone and flipped through the photos they had collected and taken in the East Tower in front of everyone.
The first photo shows a composite doll sculpture that was hidden in a trash can on the 48th floor of the East Tower and had not yet been disposed of, and a wig that resembled President Yamatoda's hairstyle.
The second photo is of a spare kimono on the hanger in the president's room that has obvious signs of being worn. There is also a trace of undried paint on the inside of the sleeve of the kimono.
It is worth mentioning that the color of the paint traces on the kimono is exactly the same as the paint color of the composite doll sculpture in the trash can.
Even in the photo, there are obvious signs of paint being rubbed off somewhere on the doll.
Kenta looked at the two photos in a daze.
"So, the dad we saw in the observatory during the first fireworks display was this thing? Could it be that at that time, dad had already..."
"No, President Yamatoda had not been killed at that time. He was actually killed when Mr. Shan Qizhe called him later."
Giving Kenta a sympathetic look, Kuroba Kaito took a brochure from the table beside him and said slowly:
"President Yamato has a weakness: he is afraid of insects. He is so afraid of them that he even changed the design theme of Aide Company this year from butterfly to heart.
What do you think would happen if such a person woke up and found a big ugly spider on his chest?
What if he woke up on the balcony railing which was less than 40 centimeters wide?
Mr. Shanqi, what do you think will happen next? "
As Kuroba Kaito finished his words, everyone's eyes fell on Shan Qizhe.
The expression on his face was no longer calm.
Chapter 78 Two Miyano Shiho? !
"From a design perspective, Mr. Shan Qi, your method of killing is indeed very sophisticated.
You first forged Kidd's notice letter, created an empty East Tower tonight, and set the most suitable scene for your murder plan.
Then, at around 16: this afternoon in the president's office, you used sleeping pills to put President Yamatoda into a deep sleep.
Then you moved his body to the railing outside the balcony and tied the two ends of the incredibly long rope to his neck and the balcony railing respectively.
Afterwards, you placed President Yamatoda's cell phone in the pocket of his kimono on his left chest, and placed the body of the giant crab spider you killed on top of it.
Finally, you returned to the president's office and faxed out the suicide note on the laptop in the president's office.
After doing all this, you left the president's office and returned to the West Tower temporarily.
And as night fell and the party was about to begin, you took away one of the composite puppet sculptures in the banquet hall on the pretext that it was blocking the corridor of the banquet hall.
He deceived the police officers downstairs of the East Tower by saying that he was going to put it back in the storage room of the East Tower, and successfully brought the puppet sculpture to the observation room on the 48th floor of the East Tower.
Here, you used this doll and the spare kimono in the president's office to make a mannequin with a silhouette that was extremely similar to President Yamatoda.
Of course, during this process, you didn't notice at the beginning that there was a piece of paint on the doll that had not dried yet, and the paint not only stained the kimono, but also stained your gloves.
After completing all these preparations, you take off your gloves and return to the West Tower venue to wait for the first fireworks to rise with everyone.
I think you all have a more or less clear idea of what happens next.
When the first fireworks rose, Master Kenta and others saw the dummy that had been placed in the observation room in advance and mistakenly thought it was President Yamatoda.
At this time, Mr. Shan Qi also took the opportunity to propose to call President Yamatoda, and it was this phone call that became the real death warrant for the murder of President Yamatoda.
On the balcony railing outside the president's room, the sleeping President Yamatoda gradually woke up because of the vibration of the mobile phone on his chest.
He was already afraid of insects, and the first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was a giant crab spider lying on his chest.
Under such great stimulation, President Yamatoda's body struggled violently subconsciously, and then fell off the balcony. In the cover of night, he was hanged outside the balcony bit by bit.
The potted plant on the balcony, which had no chance of falling to that place, was knocked there by President Yamatoda's violent struggle.
Afterwards, Mr. Shanqi, you and Master Kenta went to the East Tower together. At this time, as the second wave of fireworks had not yet risen and under the cover of night, no one had noticed President Yamatoda hanging outside the balcony.
When the elevator reached the 40th floor, the second wave of fireworks rose on time. You knew very well that someone in the venue must have noticed the body of President Yamatoda.
So, you asked Master Kenta to go to the president's office on the 53rd floor first, saying that you were worried about the Tears of Cleopatra placed in the president's office, and you went to the observation room on the 48th floor to retrieve the dummy.
Since there were police guarding downstairs, you first temporarily abandoned the doll in the trash can on the 48th floor, and then quietly sent the spare kimono back to the president's office.
You did not take the elevator this time because you were worried that Officer Takagi, who was guarding the elevator, would notice something unusual.
In the president's office, Master Kenta also found President Yamatoda hanged on the balcony. He was so frightened that he was eager to pull back his father's body and did not notice your little movements in the president's office.
After completing all this, Mr. Shan Qi, you noticed that the elevator was rising. In order to make your plan perfect, you once again returned to the 48th floor from the stairs and waited at the elevator door, pretending that you had been looking for President Yamatoda here all along. "
"Nonsense! What a load of nonsense!"
In response to Kuroba Kaito's reasoning, Shan Qizhe shouted out in a somewhat inappropriate tone:
"What disguise? What fake person? As the master's secretary, it's normal for me to call the master at that time, right?!
And the master's suicide note! What do you mean I forged it?
Master Kenta also knows this, right? The password to that laptop is the birthday of the person the master loves the most. I don't even know what the password is, so how could I use it to forge a suicide note? ! "
"That's not right, Mr. Shanqi."
Looking at the somewhat hysterical Shan Qizhe, Kuroba Kaito said calmly: "Don't you often help President Yamatoda buy birthday gifts for his favorite lady? How come you don't know the password?
Am I right, Miss Chris? "
On the wine table nearby, Chris held her chin with her right hand and held the wine glass with her left hand. Facing the question suddenly thrown at her by Kuroba Kaito, she smiled and said:
"That's right. By the way, President Yamato's favorite lady is not his current wife, Mrs. Mifuyu, but the housekeeper beside him, Ms. Shimizu Chie."
"what?!"
Kenta was stunned when he heard this. He suddenly realized that there seemed to be things about this family that he didn't know.
"Master Kenta, you can ask your father's old friends about this matter. They all know about it~"
As soon as Chris finished speaking, several elderly guests in the venue smiled awkwardly and embarrassedly.
After all, the man's little thoughts of "marrying the young and not letting the old go" were said in public, and as old friends of Ichiro Yamato, they felt a little embarrassed for him...
"Yes, yes! Chie Shimizu! And Chie Shimizu!"
After hearing what Chris said, Shan Qizhe seemed to have grasped the last straw.
"Chie Shimizu also knows the password to that computer! She also has the door card to the president's office! What makes you say that I forged the suicide note? She clearly, she clearly..."
"No, that suicide note could not have been forged by Ms. Shimizu, and she could not possibly be the murderer."
Suddenly, the door of the venue was opened again, and a figure walked in with an elderly woman.
"Aunt Shimizu?"
Kenta first recognized Chie Shimizu who was walking behind.
Chie Shimizu has an average appearance, wears glasses, and wears simple clothes. She looks like a real housekeeper.
At this moment, she was a little timid, and there was some resistance on her face, as if she was brought in by force.
So, everyone turned their attention to the figure who brought her into the venue and dispelled the suspicion of Chie Shimizu.
Brown curly short hair, red turtleneck sweater, white windbreaker, delicate facial features, and cool temperament.
【How can this be……】
Conan looked at this young woman who was very familiar to him, and he didn't know what expression to put on his face.
Miyano Shiho?!
Conan subconsciously turned his head to look at Haibara Ai beside Dr. Agasa, but found that the expression on Haibara Ai's face was also shocked.
Are there two Miyano Shiho?
In the venue, not only Conan and Haibara Ai, but also Chris at the table was shocked at this moment.
At the same time, in an unknown small bar, Shirakawa Qing, who also saw the scene through the photos taken by Chris, stood up subconsciously with his eyes slightly narrowed.
"what happened?"