Chapter 93 8-clawed fish

Chapter 93 8-clawed fish

Chapter 93 Octopus

"It sounds like he is really tall. Takagi, did you find anything in the phone call log?"

"Well, I screened the four most suspicious people and found that they were all women. One of them was Miss Mai, and the call time was around 10 o'clock."

In the notebook, the names of the other three are: Komiya Tokiko, Fumi Ayano, and Murasaki Sayuri.

Seeing herself among the suspects, Kirishima Mai seemed a little panicked.

She quickly waved her hands and explained, "I'm a reporter. I called Mr. Yueben to discuss tomorrow's interview. Isn't this normal? And didn't I explain it before?"

Therefore, she had no reason or motive to kill the other person.

"Indeed, Miss Mai's suspicion can be temporarily ruled out."

Megure Jusan nodded, thinking about the clues he had heard before, and found something strange.

"However, since the call records are all from women, there should be no suspicion of murdering Mr. Yue Ben."

"After all, we learned from the waiter that the person who left was a tall man."

Having said that, the necessary process still needs to be followed.

The first one is Tokiko Komiya, the female anchor of Beika TV.

"Ms. Tokiko, you spoke to Mr. Koshimoto last night, right?"

"Yes."

"Then may I ask, what is the relationship between you two?"

"We were lovers."

Komiya Tokiko smiled and continued, "I met him several times during interviews. He is a very interesting person, so I was gradually attracted to him. We had dinner together and traveled together."

After saying that, Komiya Tokiko took out her cell phone from her bag and clicked on a photo in the album.

It is a photo of her and Yasuhide Koshimoto, with the background in Hawaii.

"He changes women like he changes clothes. I catch him cheating every time, and he kneels down and begs me to forgive him."

"I think this relationship should come to an end. So I can't say I'm too sad now."

Although he was smiling, he always looked a little lonely.

After all, they were once in love.

Even after a long time, my heart will still tremble when I hear the unfortunate news about the other person.

"Then may I ask."

"An alibi?"

After all, this is the police's case handling process, and as a TV news anchor, she naturally knows about it.

Komiya Tokiko smiled and said, "What a coincidence, I was alone at home at that time."

The second is Fumi Ayano, whose father is the president of Beika Publishing House.

"Excuse me, what is your relationship with Mr. Yueben?"

"We are dating with the intention of getting married."

Megure Jusan and Takagi looked at each other. Could this be the legendary octopus?
After coughing lightly, Megure Jusan asked, "Ms. Ayano, did you talk to Mr. Koshimoto on the phone yesterday? What did you say during the call? Can you tell us?"

"He was busy preparing and releasing his new book recently, so we didn't talk much. I just told him to take care of himself, and then I didn't say much."

"What about last night?"

"My parents went out traveling, so I was home alone last night. I didn't expect something like this to happen."

Having said that, Wen Lingno quickly stood up, then turned her back to them and quietly wiped the tears from her face.

"Sorry, I lost my temper a little."

The third is Sayuri Murasakita, a college student and the president of the Yasunari Koshimoto fan club.

"Has anything wrong happened recently?"

Sayuri Shida pondered for a while and nodded: "If that's the case, there is indeed one thing."

"A few days later, after Mr. Yue Ben finished his book signing event, he invited several of us, the core members of the fan club, to dinner."

"I suggested that we go bowling after dinner. But I didn't expect him to refuse directly."

While Megure Juzo and Takagi were conducting their investigation, several people were quietly following them, like stalkers.

"Ms. Tokiko is estimated to be around 170cm tall, Ms. Ayano is around 164cm tall, and Ms. Murasaki is around 162cm tall."

"So, Ms. Ayano and Ms. Murasaki are the most suspicious?"

"But if we eliminate some of the rules, then that person is definitely the murderer."

Yuan Zi, who was drinking a drink nearby, saw the two men acting sneaky and couldn't help but ask, "Why are we here to play with them?"

As he said that, Sonoko looked at Xiaolan and said, "You are pampering that little brat too much, aren't you?"

Xiaolan smiled a little embarrassedly.

"I'm sorry, Sonoko. I just feel that if it was Shinichi, there would be no way to just let it go. And for some reason, I always feel that Conan and Shinichi are becoming more and more alike recently."

"Could it be my illusion?"

Xiaolan spoke softly, as if she was talking to herself.

"Okay, Xiaolan."

Yuanzi smiled and consoled her: "Your husband must be busy solving some shocking case. When he finishes solving it, he will come back to find you."

When Xiaolan heard this, two blushes suddenly appeared on her face.

"Sonoko, what are you talking about? Shinichi and I are just, just boyfriend and girlfriend."

As Xiaolan spoke further, her voice became lower and lower.

Sonoko smiled and joked, "Well, it's only a matter of time. Sooner or later, Mao Lilan will become Kudo Lan. Right, Mrs. Kudo?"

After the investigation, the group returned to the hotel again.

After getting off the car, they found a man in a black suit standing not far away.

He is over 180cm tall, has sharp eyes and looks quite imposing.

When Sonoko saw this scene, she couldn't help but retreat behind Xiaolan.

"Could it be that he is really a professional killer?"

Conan was shocked. According to previous reasoning, the murderer was among those three people.

But now a man suddenly appeared, and he met the conditions mentioned by the waiter before.

Could it be that he is the real murderer?
Conan didn't think about it anymore, protected Xiaolan behind him, and prepared to press the football belt around his waist.

The man walked towards them and put his right hand inside his clothes.

Do you want to pull out a gun?

Masumi Sera took a stance to fight.

The other party had no intention of stopping, but instead quickened his pace.

Just when he was about to take out the thing, Sera Masumi decisively chose to take action and decided to strike first.

Just as the opponent was knocked to the ground, a card fell to the ground.

"Dong Yuansheng, professional bodyguard?"

After seeing the contents of the card, Sera Masumi was greatly surprised.

Fortunately, the other party did not faint, but instead supported his body with difficulty and stood up.

"I'm sorry Mr. Yuan Sheng, are you okay?"

Xiaolan looked at the other party with a worried look on her face. "We just took action because we mistook your identity. I didn't expect that. I'm so sorry!"

After saying this, Xiaolan bowed sincerely to express her apology.

"No, it's okay."

Dong Yuansheng's body swayed for a while before he finally stabilized himself.

He rubbed the back of his head and introduced himself: "I am Mr. Yueben's bodyguard, my name is 'Dong Yuansheng'."

If a person cheats frequently, there is no guarantee that someone will not have murderous intentions towards him or her.

Therefore, the fact that Yasunari Koshimoto hired a bodyguard did not seem strange to anyone.

"It's like this. Last night, I saw the man who entered Mr. Koshimoto's room."

"At about 10 o'clock last night, Mr. Yue Ben asked me to go home today. When I was about to go back, I received a call from a friend and we started talking on the phone in front of the elevator."

Then I saw someone entering Yasunari Koshimoto's room.

The other person was a woman wearing a hat, so I couldn't see her face clearly.

The time was 10:30, exactly half an hour before the presumed time of death.

"Then do you remember how tall the other person is?"

“It should be above 160.”

Yuanzi nodded, stroked his chin and thought for a while, then smiled confidently.

"I finally know who the murderer is!"

Conan showed a surprised expression.

Sonoko hummed and began her own reasoning show.

"First of all, you are over 180cm tall and have a good physique, which is consistent with the waiter's eyewitness testimony. In other words, you deliberately gave false testimony in order to confuse us."

"So that we can think that the murderer is actually a woman and eliminate ourselves as a suspect."

After saying that, Yuanzi extended her index finger and pointed at Dong Yuansheng.

"There is only one truth! The murderer is you—"

Everyone was silent for a few seconds.

"But," Sera Masumi began to change the subject, "Why did you wait until now to tell us this clue?"

"this."

Dong Yuansheng hesitated for a moment, "After all, there was a woman in Mr. Yue Ben's room, I thought they were just having some inconvenience, so..."

At 10:160, a woman over cm tall entered the room.

At around 11 o'clock, Yasunari Koshimoto was killed.

At 11:30, a tall man over 180 cm tall walked out of the room.

"Since there are two people, could they be accomplices?" Sonoko guessed.

Sera Masumi smiled and said, "Well, that's actually possible. But I think that man and woman are actually the same person."

Xiaolan felt a little confused, "But, if they are 160cm and 180cm, the height difference is too big."

"You can wear high heels!"

Mai Kirishima began to popularize relevant knowledge: "Performance shoes and shoes with a platform at the front can be more than 20 centimeters, just like walking on stilts."

But not everyone can wear 20cm shoes.

This may also explain why the waiter felt that the man was walking slowly when he saw him.

"But if they were high heels, you would be able to tell at a glance, right?"

"You are talking about women's high heels. But in the world, there are also men's height-increasing shoes and men's height-increasing shoes with insoles."

Kirishima Mai smiled and continued, "The latter looks similar to ordinary shoes. Unless you take off your shoes, it is usually not easy to find."

Generally speaking, height-increasing shoes can increase the height by about ten centimeters, which is the most common.

Shoes that are longer than ten centimeters are difficult to buy or need to be customized.

"Also, Mai-sister also said before that Mr. Koshimoto's height is about 180cm. But when I went in, I found that Mr. Koshimoto was not even as tall as me."

Conan smiled innocently, seemingly unaware of what he had said.

"what?"

Sonoko looked down at him and said with some dissatisfaction, "Little boy, how could Mr. Yueben not be as tall as you?"

What Conan said unintentionally just now seemed to make Xiaolan think of something.

She seemed to be thinking about something, then looked at him, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

Now is not the time to ask "Are you Shinichi?"

(End of this chapter)