Chapter 431 Isn’t this easier than solving a case?
Chapter 431 Isn’t this easier than solving a case?
"Eh? Isn't this Eri? And, Yukiko?"

Soon, the police arrived. Officer Megure, who was in charge of criminal cases, also came in person. Officer Megure, who had known my mother and her friends for many years, was also a little surprised to see the two of them here. "Why are you two here?"

"In fact, I was commissioned to come here to find the person who threatened the life of Mr. Fujieda Kan'ao, the owner of this house."

"I see. Then how do you know it was done by someone in this house?"

"The note and bullets threatening Mr. Fujieda Kan'ao were on the study table not far away. Those things were found under Fujieda Kan'ao's pillow the next morning, so I infer that only people living in this house knew about it."

"Is that so?" Officer Megure pulled his chin in thought. "Did any of you notice the time and circumstances?"

"At that time, Eri, my two children and I were analyzing the case in a separate room. I remember it was around eight o'clock in the evening." Yukiko stood up and answered.

"Then we were notified that Mr. Fujieda was in trouble, so we hurried back to the monitoring room next door." Mom answered. "On the monitoring, Mr. Fujieda first raised his hands, and then fell to the ground."

"We then hurried over and heard two gunshots shortly after we arrived at the door. When the housekeeper brought the key and opened the door, this was the scene."

"Inspector!" Just as my mother and sister Yukiko were describing the scene of the crime, outside the window of the room, Officer Chiba and Officer Takagi had returned from patrol.

"We found the gun and shell casings used in the crime in the bushes outside the villa."

"There was also a burnt towel, I don't know what it was used for."

"I think it's probably to eliminate the gun smoke reaction on the pistol." Mom looked at the evidence in front of her and began her own analysis.

"Or maybe it was a prop that I wanted to use to reduce the sound of gunfire, but unfortunately it failed." Yukiko gave the same answer.

"Anyway, Officer Chiba, please check the trajectory of the shooting, and Officer Takagi, please check if there are any suspicious people wandering around in this area."

"Wow, mom looks so cool when she's at work. She's like a queen." I was sitting on the sofa nearby and started to eat melon, sipping a glass of juice.

"Oh, yes. Officer, please compare the bullets left on the victim's body and the bullets under the pillow." Yukiko was not to be outdone and handled the case in an orderly manner.

"Yeah, with these two here, Inspector Megure might not have much to do." Conan said with a twitch in his mouth. "But speaking of which, Kaoru, I always feel like I've overlooked something in this case. But I can't figure out what the problem is for the time being. Do you have any clues?"

"Yes." I didn't look at Conan, but just stared at the two mothers in front of me.

"Yes? Tell me about it."

"Did not say."

"Huh?" Conan was stunned when he heard the voice. "What the hell is it?"

"Watch the mothers perform. This is a rare opportunity. The last time I saw my mother working so hard was more than ten years ago. Moreover, it was for my father. I don't want to steal the limelight of this case at all."

"I..." Conan was speechless. "So how many steps did you see through?"

"Who else is like you who uses the technique step by step?" I looked at him with disdain.

"Have you identified the prisoner?"

"Yes."

"What the hell? So fast?!" Conan retreated tactically.

"I'm a professional when it comes to shooting." I raised the corner of my mouth.

"No, my game hasn't even started yet, how come yours has already ended?" Conan was annoyed.

"If you're talking about investigating a legacy case, I might not be sure." I raised my eyebrows at Conan. "The problem is that this case happened right under my nose, how could I not know about it?"

"Tell me?"

"Did not say."

"Hello..."

"Wait a moment, let's talk after the moms are done with their work." After saying that, I turned my gaze back to my mother.

"I... Oh, okay, okay." Seeing my eyes almost shining, Conan finally gave up asking me. He could see from my eyes that being in the limelight was not as cool as watching his mother working hard.

Soon, the two mothers asked Inspector Megure to lead the team to conduct smoke reaction tests, while they went to the living room to prepare people to take the test.

Although they said they were going to find someone to do the test, the two mothers ended up calling our two kids over.

"Shin-chan, have you made any progress on this case?" Yukiko began to whisper in Conan's ear.

"Not at the moment." Conan shook his head. "But your Kaoru-chan does."

"Huh?" Yukiko looked at me in astonishment as my mother pulled me to the other side. "Is Kaoru-chan faster than you in solving the case this time? Haha, my Kaoru-chan actually admitted defeat."

"I can't help it. I don't want to mention it, but when it comes to shooting, I'm really far behind Kaoru." Conan put his hands behind his head, and at the same time as Yukiko, he looked at us mother and son not far away.

"Xiaoxun, this case is just a routine matter, and Mom can't find any clues for the time being." Mom squatted beside me and rubbed my hair, with a hint of embarrassment in her eyes. The aura of the queen just now disappeared in front of me. After all, I am facing my own child now.

"Although mom doesn't want to talk about this kind of thing, but..." "Okay, mom." I laughed. "I'm not a child, and what happened in the past is in the past. I don't care about it, so don't worry about it either."

"This..." Mom's brows tightened even more.

"Okay, okay, let's talk about the case." I chuckled. "I've basically dealt with the case here."

"Huh?!" Mom's eyes were also full of surprise. It had only been a short time, and this kid had already solved the case? She hadn't even started questioning the people present.

"Actually... I was still in the monitoring room when you guys were on the scene." I scratched my head. "Mom, you can go watch the video in the monitoring room and you'll understand."

"Really?" As she said that, my mother pulled me towards the monitoring room, and Conan and Yukiko followed.

"Eri, did you find anything?" Yukiko came over and asked when she saw us coming to the monitoring room.

"To be precise, this is what the child discovered." My mother didn't interrupt me, but let me start narrating.

"It's nothing, actually." I shrugged and pressed the button for the surveillance video. "It's just a little trick. You'll understand once you see it."

As I said this, I adjusted the surveillance video to the moment before Fujieda Kan'ao died.

"First of all, I want to talk about the structure of this room before we see Fujieda Kan'ao raise his hands." After saying that, I turned the knob of the monitor and adjusted the angle a little to the left.

"When Fujieda Mikio was reading in the study, he was facing the wall. When he stood up and raised his hand, he was also facing the wall. So the question is, who would come through the wall and point a gun at him?"

"This..." The three of them were confused by my question.

"Of course it's impossible to penetrate the wall. So he could have entered through the window or the door, but why did he raise his hands towards the wall?"

"Maybe the criminal threatened him not to turn around?" Conan asked.

“That’s a good answer, but it’s useless.”

"Hello..."

"Look at the state he falls down." I continued to record the video. In the video, Fujieda Kan'ao raised his hands and fell to the right within ten seconds.

"There's a wall in front of him and a window on his left. It doesn't make sense for him to fall to the right. No matter how hard he shoots, he can't fall down with this advantage."

"this..."

"Indeed."

"What's more, if he was really shot and fell to the ground, why is there no blood? No matter from which angle he was shot, the wound should be on the chest. After all, there is no wound on the back. But more than ten seconds have passed, and he has not even left any blood."

"You mean, he wasn't shot at all?" Conan also found the problem.

"Yes. As for how he fell, I don't know. Maybe he was drugged? But it doesn't matter."

"Let's skip this question. Why did he fall down?" Yukiko asked me.

"I think he was... ah, he was shot now." As we talked, we saw a bullet hole appear on Fujieda Kan's back. Ten seconds later, a second one appeared, and a third one. Less than five minutes later, my mother and the others rushed into the room.

"This is..."

"In general, they trick you into going down first, and then shoot and kill you."

"In other words, the person who was not present at the time is very likely the murderer!" At this point, my mother also understood the scam.

"That's right. From the surveillance inside and outside the house, no one escaped from the front door. So far, there has been no sign of anyone climbing over the fence, so the murderer should still be in the house."

"But, there were three gunshots, so why were there only two?" Yukiko asked.

"Silencer," I said calmly. "If we check the bullets and shells in the body, we should be able to find traces of friction. And judging from the interval between the first and second shots, the murderer is an ordinary person, and he was a little slow in tightening the silencer. In this regard, we only need to investigate the direction of the bullet entering the body to determine the trajectory, and thus investigate the shooting position. Combined with this video, it is not difficult for us to see who did it."

"No wonder, this way, we can basically lock down the method."

“And there’s only one person who can accomplish this.”

"Butler, go back to your room and get the key!"

"And what about the evidence?"

"The fact that the police didn't find the silencer in the bushes proves that the silencer should still be on him. Just search it." I paused the video.

"Honestly, I really can't understand why the butler would do it today." My words once again attracted everyone's attention. "Today is the day when all the detectives or clients come to solve the case. No matter what, he shouldn't do it today. Even if he delays it for two days, the chances of success will be greater than today."

"Maybe he was worried that the detective would find out that he was the one who was coerced and thus wouldn't be able to kill anyone?" Mom guessed along the lines of what I said.

"Maybe, but the crime of threatening is far less serious than murder. Even if he is caught, he still has a chance... Well, well, at his age, maybe you are right. But I still think he has some special reasons." I shrugged.

"Okay, that's all I can say. I'll leave the rest to you two mothers!"

(End of this chapter)