Chapter 565: Actor's Performance

On the afternoon of Monday, March 23, Kozaburo Hijikata's balcony.

Looking at the covered object on the balcony next door, Conan was taken aback by his own thoughts, and asked Yamazaki in a low voice: "Hey, do you think that is..."

"I think so too," said Yamazaki.

"What are you looking at?" Lan asked.

"Sister Lan, look at that covered thing on the balcony next door," Conan asked, "What does it look like?"

"Like what?" Lan took a closer look, then her expression changed drastically, and she said in horror, "Like, like a person!"

"What?" Mao Li looked in surprise, and found that it looked like a person, "No, I'm going to take a look."

"I'll stay here and watch." Yamazaki said.

A moment later, Kozaburo Hijikata's house was next door, and Okita's was outside.

While knocking on the door vigorously, Maori shouted, "Mr. Okita, are you there?"

"Could you go to the convenience store and haven't come back yet?" Lan said.

At this moment, the door opened, and Okitaichi asked, "What's so noisy?"

"I'd like to see your balcony, may I?" Maori asked.

"The balcony?" Okitaichi said, "Then please come in."

Conan rushed in first, followed by Kosaburo Hijikata, Mori, and Ran, and Kazuki Okita followed in doubt.

After Conan entered, he found that the architectural pattern of this room was symmetrical with that of the next door. He immediately ran into the living room, then opened the balcony door and entered the balcony. He glanced at Yamazaki next door, saw him nodding, and knew that he was saying that no one had been there. So he pulled the cloth away.

Fuxia was indeed alone, Nagakura Yumi, she sat unnaturally in the corner with her head sideways.

"Yu, Yumi!" Hijikata Kosaburo yelled out loud, and then jumped on him, shouting continuously.

"This, this is..." Okitaichi exclaimed in surprise.

Mori stepped forward and grabbed Nagakura Yumi's wrist, checked for a heartbeat, and said solemnly: "No, she's already passed away." Then he asked Yamazaki to call the police, and asked the time by the way, it was 2:03 in the afternoon.

"Yumi!" Hijikata Kozaburo hugged Yongkura Yumi's body and cried bitterly.

"W-how could it be!" Okita Kazu shouted in horror, "How could Yumi die on the balcony of my house?"

Mao Li grabbed Okita by the collar, "Don't put on a show for me, this is your house, who do you think is responsible for this?"

"I didn't kill anyone at all." Okita Kazu shouted, "I just came back from the convenience store."

Maori said: "I've seen a lot of things like you making alibi, you should explain to the police." Saying that, he let go of Okita.

Mori asked Hijikata Kozaburo to put Yongcura Yumi's body on the ground.

According to preliminary examination results, Yongcang Yumi was strangled to death with multiple thin strands such as fishing line. No foreign objects were found in her fingernails, which means she died without any resistance. The time must not exceed thirty minutes, and even shorter, the skin on her neck is still warm.

It seems that he was strangled to death in a coma, Conan rubbed his chin and thought, now just wait for the police to investigate when Okita went to the convenience store, and then crack the alibi.

On the other side, Yamazaki went down to the first floor, took the elevator to the top sixth floor, and then sat on the first floor,

Looking at the time, it takes about 65 seconds for a one-way trip and about 140 seconds for a round trip.

About 30 steps from the elevator to the gate, a pace of two seconds and three steps counts as twenty seconds, and three hundred and seventy-nine steps to the convenience store counts as two hundred seconds. One red light on the road, 40 seconds, add yellow light and other factors, count as 45 seconds.

Yamazaki asked the clerk at the convenience store. Okita bought a battery for the Walkman and left almost as soon as he came in. He left at about 1:53 p.m. The clerk saw Okita go through the glass There was a red light at the crosswalk.

Yamazaki calculated as he walked back. If calculated based on the pace of two seconds and three steps, it would take about 330 seconds for Okita to go home. Arriving home before nine minutes, four minutes of crime time is short, but enough. And if you walk faster, you can squeeze out a minute, and that time is enough.

When Yamazaki walked back to Hijikata Kozaburo's apartment building, Police Department Megure and Officer Takagi led the team.

Yamazaki checked the time, it was 2:21 in the afternoon, after greeting them, Yamazaki took them upstairs.

Okita's house.

After ordering his subordinates to start work, the Megure police department asked Maori angrily: "Hey, why are you here again?"

"By chance," Maori laughed dryly, "It's totally by chance." Then he explained the situation.

On the other side, Conan noticed that Yamazaki was coming, so he stepped forward and asked, "Where have you been?"

"Go to the convenience store." Yamazaki said.

"It's really rare, you are so active." Conan smiled, and then asked, "What did you find?"

"He can come back before two o'clock." Yamazaki said.

"So it's time to commit crimes." Conan laughed.

"What about you, did you find anything?" Yamazaki asked.

"No." Conan said, "I guess he threw the gloves, drug, and murder weapon into the river outside."

"You missed one thing." Yamazaki said.

"What?" Conan asked.

"Shoes." Yamazaki said, "I didn't find women's shoes at the door when I entered the door just now."

"Oh, I really didn't say much." Conan said, and then asked, "I don't know if I read it wrong. Do you have different questions about this incident?"

"A little bit." Yamazaki said.

"What is it?" Conan asked.

Yamazaki said: "Mr. Hijikata was alone in the kitchen when he was boiling water to make tea, and there was no alibi."

"Mr. Hijikata?" Conan thought for a while and said, "But what reason did he have to kill his wife?"

"I don't know." Yamazaki said.

At this time, the forensic personnel reported the results of the preliminary inspection of the remains to the Megure Police Department, which was the same as that found by Maori.

Megure Police Department asked: "So, Mr. Okita, do you have anything to explain?"

"I didn't kill Yumi," Okitaichi said, "I don't have any motive to kill Yumi-san at all." Then he pointed to Hijikata Kozaburo who was sitting on the side crying, "If you want to say that there is someone here who really wants to kill If Miss Yongmei, it must be him, they are going to divorce soon, and he killed Miss Yongmei for the divorce property."

"Nonsense." Hijikata Kozaburo said angrily, "Yumi and I had an agreement at the beginning, and if we divorce, we will only take away the money we earned."

"We will investigate this point." Megure Police Department said, and then asked, "Mori said that the last time they saw Ms. Yumi was around 1:50 in the afternoon, Mr. Okita, where were you at that time?" ?”

"Well, I don't remember the specifics clearly," Okitaichi said, "I went to a convenience store and bought a battery, but the receipt was thrown away."

"I asked at the convenience store," Yamazaki said, "Mr. Okita bought a battery, and he left the convenience store at around 1:53 in the afternoon. He also ate a red light on the road." Then he said , "Based on my estimation just now, if he walks back at a pace of two seconds and three steps, the time to arrive home will be before one fifty-nine."

"Well, I see." Megure Police Department said, "Just to be on the safe side, Takagi, take someone to walk again."

"Yes, go right away." Officer Takagi led them away.

Megure police department asked: "Mr. Okita, where were you when Maori and the others came in?"

"I was listening to music in the living room at the time, but I didn't see Ms. Yongmei at all." Okitaichi said, "The murderer must have intentionally put Ms. Yongmei in a blind spot of sight."

"Blind corners?" Mumu Police Department took a look, looking from the living room to the balcony, there were indeed dead corners on both sides.

"Police Department, he should have put this on purpose." Maori said, "This way, if any guests come, they won't see it."

Okita Kazu shouted: "Nonsense, I let you in even if you said you wanted to see the balcony."

"Hmph, you're just gambling," Mao Li said angrily, "If you don't let me in, you're guilty of a guilty conscience, and you don't need to investigate now." Then he said, "By the way, the police department, I remember Mr. Hijikata Said that their husband and wife are going to meet Mr. Okita for a meeting."

"Yes, there is such a thing." Hijikata Kozaburo stopped his tears and said, "But the exact time is set by Yumi, I don't know."

The Megure police department asked: "Oh, Mr. Okita, is there such a thing? What time is it?"

"There is such a thing, we are going to discuss how to deal with the rumors during this period." Okitaichi said, "The time is, the time..."

Having said this, Okitaichi's face turned completely pale.

"What time is it?" Maori asked, "it won't be two o'clock in the afternoon?"

"No, no," Okita shouted excitedly to Kozaburo Hijikata, "It must be you, you are the one who framed me."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Kosaburo Hijikata said angrily.

The Mumu Police Department quickly stepped forward and stood between the two, waving and saying: "Okay, okay, please calm down."

After a while, seeing that Okita had calmed down, Megure Police Department asked: "Mr. Okita, what time did you make an appointment with Ms. Yumi? Is it two o'clock in the afternoon?"

"Yes." Okita said with difficulty.

"Police, I think this must be the case," Mori said. "After Ms. Yumi knocked on the door and came in, Mr. Okita took advantage of her turning around and went out to call Mr. Hijikata, and used something like a drugged handkerchief from behind. Attacked Ms. Yongmei, after fascinating her, closed the door and dragged her into the room, put on gloves, strangled her with a rope, and then put Ms. Yongmei's body in a dead corner of the balcony and covered it with a cloth. Wait until after dark. Then Mr. Okita packed up the murder weapon, gloves, and drugs and threw them out into the Tsutsugawa River outside, so the forensic personnel have not found these things in the room until now.”

"Well, it makes sense." Mumu Police Department said.

"No, no, I didn't do it." Okitaichi murmured, "I didn't do it."

At this time, the mobile phone of the Megure Police Department rang, and after looking at the number, it was Officer Takagi's call, "Where are you? Why does it sound so noisy?"

"I'm just downstairs, the police department," Officer Takagi said with a wry smile, "The outside of the building is already surrounded by reporters, and we can't squeeze in at all."

The Mumu Police Department asked: "Then what are you investigating?"

"The convenience store clerk said that Mr. Okita left at 1:53 p.m. and went through a red light." Officer Takagi said, "According to the investigation just now, it took us 240 seconds to walk from the convenience store. That is four minutes, and there was a timer when I took the elevator down earlier, it was about 90 seconds, and the total journey was less than six minutes."

"That is to say, Mr. Okita arrived home at around 1:59 p.m.," Megure Police Department said, "Okay, I see."

"Well, police department, what should we do now?" Officer Takagi asked.

"Uh," Mumu Police Department thought for a while and smiled, "That's good, you take someone to the river to see, the murder weapon may have been packed and thrown in the river."

"Huh?" Officer Takagi was taken aback.

"Idiot," Mumu Police Department said with a smile, "I'm not telling you to go down to fish, you won't call for help."

"Ah, yes, I understand." Officer Takagi laughed immediately. ...