The famous criminal in the world of Conan

Chapter 628: 2 Murders in a Closed Room

All I could hear was Officer Zhenxianshi continuing in a deep voice,

"According to the information obtained at the scene, the two murderers died from the same murder weapon, and the murder weapon was finally found in the bathhouse."

"From this, we can infer the order of the murderer's murder. He should have killed Miss Anzai Ema first, and then went to the hot spring bathhouse below the cliff to kill Miss Shibasaki Asuka."

"Is that so, Officer White Horse?"

Zhen Xianshi turned his attention to Baimasong. After all, Baimasong was stronger than him in terms of ability and performance. Although this was his jurisdiction, he could accept Baimasong's suggestions appropriately.

Bai Masong did not directly answer Zhen Xianshi's question, but gave an ambiguous answer.

"We can make this judgment temporarily, but we cannot rule out some special circumstances."

"Um,"

Zhen Xianshi didn't think too much, but continued to speak with a serious expression,

"Now, the most critical issue should be the murder case of Anzai Ema. We have learned that there are only footprints of Anzai Ema on the snow leading to the ancestral hall where the crime was committed."

"In this case, this incident is a murder in a closed room!"

Murder in a secret room!

When this word appeared in everyone's ears, it made the people present even more panicked.

Especially the producer, Tokyo Ichi Hanakawa, but he was not panicked but worried. After all, the closed room murder case is recognized as a difficult case to solve. Even if Bai Masong is here, he has heard of Bai Masong's name before and is not sure whether he can really solve the case.

If he fails to solve the case, he will have to bear the wrath of Councillor Shibasaki and the Anzai Group alone.

"It's not just Anzai Ema's case,"

Bai Masong stepped forward at this time and lightly corrected Zhen Xianshi's words.

"The same is true of the murder case of Asuka Shibasaki."

"Officer Bai Ma, what you mean is..."

Zhen Xianshi frowned and said in a deep voice.

"Officer Zhen Xianshi, perhaps we didn't explain it to you clearly today,"

Miwako Sato also helped explain at this time,

"Because you speculated that Miss Anzai Ema died before Shibasaki Asuka, and the time of death of Miss Anzai Ema was after 10:30. In other words, taking into account the time she spent walking, Miss Shibasaki Asuka should have been killed at 10:40 or even later."

"Yes."

Zhenxianshi nodded.

At this time, Harumi Fukatsu suddenly realized the problem.

She trembled all over, and a fear of the unknown appeared in her eyes.

"It's the Kimono-sode Prajna, it must be the Kimono-sode Prajna!"

"Harumi, what are you talking about!"

As Harumi Fukatsu's person, Yasuta Raiko was worried that she would be accused of disrupting the investigation after hearing what she said, so she quickly stopped her.

Who knew that Fukatsu Harumi would react so strongly, she spread her hands and shouted to Yasuda Raiko,

"Sister Lai Zi! Mr. Bai Ma and his family and I have been at the leisure center since 10:40 last night and have not left! There is no one there at all!"

what? !

Fukatsu Harumi's words surprised Yasuko Yasuda, Tokyo Ichi Han, and Eri Akechi.

Since Shinkenji was not fully familiar with the structure of Kotoya Hotel, he did not react at first, but he immediately thought of the key point.

He turned around, pointed at the map, and then suddenly said,

"The leisure center is right above the hot spring bath. To get to the open-air hot spring bath below the cliff, you must pass through the leisure center."

"You have been in the leisure center and have not left. Doesn't this mean that..."

"Yes,"

Bai Masong narrowed his eyes unconsciously.

"This case is also a closed-room murder."

"hiss--"

Zhen Xianshi pulled his hair subconsciously and frowned.

“That’s a bit nerve-wracking.”

"Both cases were murders in closed rooms. How did the murderer do it?"

"It's the Kimono-sode Prajna. I told you it must be the Kimono-sode Prajna!"

At this time, Fukatsu Harumi began to talk to Shinsenmi again,

"It must be that Kimono-sode Hannya wanted to avenge Sakurako-senpai because those two women did something bad and killed her, and because of the paper figurines we saw yesterday..."

"etc! "

Shinzenmi heard Fukatsu Harumi's mumbling, which seemed to mention another murder case, and hurriedly stopped her.

"What did you say?! The two deceased people, Anzai Ema and Shibasaki Asuka, had killed someone before?"

"Yes, officer,"

Fukatsu Harumi nodded, confirming this, and said through gritted teeth,

"I also talked to Officer Baima about this matter yesterday."

"Back in college, two women, Shibasaki Asuka and Anzai Ema, sold illegal drugs and framed Sakurako, who ended up jumping off a building to prove her innocence."

"Officer Bai Ma, is this true?"

Zhen Xianshi's expression became more serious and he looked at Bai Ma Song.

The thing he was talking about was not only what Fukatsu Harumi had said to Hakuba Matsu, but also the incident about Shibasaki Asuka and Anzai Ema forcing someone to death.

"Ms. Harumi did come to our room to see me yesterday. Miwako and my sister can both testify to this."

Bai Masong said lightly,

"As for Anzai Ema and Shibasaki Asuka selling illegal drugs, I'm not sure yet. I need to wait until I return to Tokyo to verify it."

"Officer Shin-shin, I think we should first ask about the alibi."

"Even if Anzai Ema's room is a secret room, it's obvious that she died around 10:30 or even later. Let's focus on finding her alibi for that time period."

"Well, that's the only way."

Zhen Xianshi nodded, agreeing with Bai Masong's statement.

This is also the normal method used by the police to handle closed-room murders - first check the alibi, find a way to identify the murderer, and then slowly figure out the murderer's methods.

"Everyone, tell us what you did last night."

"Well, let's focus on what happens after nine o'clock."

Before nine o'clock, it is said that everyone present was still dining and drinking together in the Japanese-style living room, so this period of time can be ignored for now, and the focus will be on the time afterwards.

"Let's start with Ms. Akechi Eri and Ms. Yasuda Yoshiko. You briefly mentioned it before, so let's confirm it again."

"Okay, officer."

Eri Akechi and Yasuda Yoriko cooperated very well.

Akechi Eri spoke first.

"Last night, we finished dinner at nine o'clock. I went back to my room first, and then stayed there until half past nine. Then I went to the hot spring bathhouse and took a bath until ten o'clock. Asuka happened to go in when I came out."