Chapter 990 Scarlet Prologue
Judy asked anxiously, "How is Xia Zi doing?"
Takagi replied: "The diagnosis is a skull depression injury. The surgery has been successfully completed, but he has not yet regained consciousness."
Kamal interrupted and said, "According to the traces at the scene, Miss Xia Zi was probably robbed on her way home, and the gangster pushed her down the stairs and ran away."
Takagi Wataru nodded: "Yes, that's what we judged too."
At this time, Yuya, who had been silent, said, "Officer Takagi, may I ask how you determined that Miss Natsuko was a teacher?"
Hearing this familiar voice, Takagi Wataru and Inspector Megure turned around and showed surprised expressions: "Yuya-kun/Kamiya-brother?"
Youya was a little surprised. Was it necessary to be so surprised to see me?
Looking again at Youya's legs, there was a familiar figure.
"And Conan, why are you here?"
Yuya said casually, "We met Teacher Judy on the way home, so we took her car for a ride, and then we received a call from you, Officer Takagi."
"I see." Takagi Wataru didn't think much about it and answered Yuya's question, "We found a lot of elementary school math test papers in the bag that fell next to her, so we guessed that she was an elementary school math teacher."
Conan suddenly asked, "Are those test papers blank papers without names or answers written on them?"
Takagi denied it: "We checked, they were all papers that had been graded, and there were a few that had scored 100 points, with little red flowers drawn on them to represent praise."
Conan hummed and said, "In that case, the teacher might not have been pushed down here!"
Hearing this, everyone else was a little surprised and exclaimed.
Conan explained: "Because Mr. Kobayashi said that papers with answers already written cannot be taken home because of concerns that personal information may be leaked."
"Of course, there are some conscientious teachers who will take the papers home to mark them, but since they have already been marked, there is absolutely no need to do so, right?"
Judy pinched her chin and said thoughtfully, "So, she was attacked at school? The criminal stuffed the things on her desk into her bag in order to mislead the police into thinking she was attacked on her way home from get off work."
"But the prisoner didn't know the rule that teachers can't take papers home, so he put the test paper in without thinking too much."
Inspector Megure pondered and said, "In that case, judging from the victim's wounds, he must have been beaten with a blunt object."
Takagi Shigeru nodded in agreement. "Also, the criminal probably chose this place because he thought that by pushing him down from this place, he could cover up the scars on his head from the beating."
At this time, Judy suddenly said, "By the way, I remember she said last night that she had an appointment to meet with the students' parents."
After hearing this, Inspector Megure immediately ordered Takagi Wataru to investigate the call records and find the student's parents, who might be important clues.
Next, the forensic officer was notified to go to Haido Elementary School, where Natsuko Shibuya studied, to investigate, as that might be the first crime scene.
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When they arrived at the school, the forensic officer tested Shibuya Natsuko's workstation and found luminol reaction on the table.
It seems that Natsuko Shibuya was knocked unconscious by a blunt object here, but the murder weapon was not found, so it is estimated that the murderer has disposed of it.
Inspector Megure asked several teachers waiting at the door whether there were other people who stayed in school last night, and got a positive answer.
In addition, physical education teacher Yoshiharu Sugamoto felt that it was a bit dangerous for a female teacher to walk alone at night, and originally planned to send Natsuko Shibuya home.
He was sorting his sports equipment in the equipment room, and after 8:30, he felt it was almost time to go home, so he came to the office to find Shibuya Natsuko, but there was no one in the office at that time.
Yoshiharu Sugamoto thought she had left early, so she reminded the guards to lock the doors and windows and went home.
At this time, Conan suddenly asked: "Teacher Sugamoto, do you have a car?"
"Yes," Sugamoto Yoshiharu replied subconsciously, "but the car was a little strange today, so I took the train... By the way, which class are you in? I don't think I've seen you before."
Yuya quickly said, "This is my brother, a student from another school. I brought him out for a social studies class visit."
"Right?" Yuya pinched Conan's back hard. You started again because I wasn't paying attention.
Conan grimaced in pain, but still managed to keep his expression on his face: "Yes, yes!"
Seeing this, Yoshiharu Sugamoto didn't ask any more questions.
After waiting for a while, Takagi Wataru arrived with the parents of the student that Shibuya Natsuko was scheduled to meet.
There were two people in total, a man and a woman.
The two started complaining as soon as they arrived, but after hearing that Shibuya Natsuko was attacked, they showed surprised expressions. After asking about her situation, they thought the police were suspecting them.
Inspector Megure explained that it was just a routine inquiry and then asked about the reason for their meeting.
The lady's name is Akiya Chiya. The reason she made an appointment with Natsuko Shibuya was to warn her that her clothes were too revealing and her skirt was too short, and she was seducing her son.
Her son once shouted that he wanted to marry Teacher Xia Zi in the future.
Akiya Chiya felt that her son had been seduced and she couldn't just ignore it, so she arranged this meeting to warn Natsuko Shibuya.
Judy couldn't help but speak up for her friend: "But Xia Zi should be dressed very simply."
Zhiye Jingdai adjusted his glasses, looked at Judy with dissatisfaction, and said, "I say, how many centimeters above the knee is your skirt?"
Judy quickly waved her hands and explained: "Well, I'm not a teacher..."
Youya glanced at him - but you used to be a teacher. During that time, many boys in the school were completely obsessed with Judy.
At this time, Kamal asked, "So, what time did you meet with Mr. Shibuya?"
Zhiye Jingdai replied: "I remember it was after 8 o'clock in the evening. She smiled and said she would pay attention next time. I stayed for about ten minutes and then left. After all, I couldn't let my son wait too long."
Next came the male patriarch, Shen Li Wenxing.
He wanted to complain to Shibuya Natsuko that he shouldn't mark her answer wrong just because her handwriting was sloppy.
I arrived at school before 9 o'clock, but there was no one in the school at that time, and in the end I didn't see Shibuya Natsuko.
Takagi Shigeru couldn't help but feel a little suspicious. As a teacher, he shouldn't make a wrong mark just because the handwriting is sloppy, right?
Judy also felt that Shibuya Natsuko was not someone who would do such a thing.
But Shen Liwenxing insisted on this statement and said that he could look at his daughter's test paper and that the answers that were marked wrong were actually correct. The test paper should have scored 100 points but ended up with only 60 points, which was almost failing.
"Not only that, that guy also hired a strange detective. I wanted to rush to her house and curse her directly, but halfway through, that guy suddenly rushed out and grabbed me..."
"It can't be helped. After all, I'm the detective she hired to investigate the stalker."
Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded at the door, followed by a blond, wheat-skinned man who walked in.
"Mr. Amuro..." Yuya widened his eyes in surprise.
Amuro Toru seemed a little surprised to see Yuya: "Yuya-kun, I didn't expect to meet you here, what a coincidence."
Yuya couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
Shibuya Natsuko...Judy's friend...is it really a coincidence?