"In addition to the master's works, there are also our hand-practicing works on the shelf, which are worthless." Arita Yoshihiko explained after hearing this.
"But this warehouse is really clean." Police Officer Megure touched the cabinet and found that there was no trace of dust on his fingers.
"Ah, this is because we came to clean it not long ago." Otani Kaoru said.
"Then, this is the key issue..." Senichi pointed to the slender wound on the corpse's calf.
Police Officer Megure nodded, looked at the blood stains on the surrounding debris and said, "And there is a lot of blood spilled nearby, which is unnatural no matter how you look at it."
"It's because you're thinking too much. It's probably because she didn't succeed the first time she hanged herself. She accidentally fell on the floor and cut her feet with the broken pottery pots on the ground. Then she tried again. "
Kogoro Mouri looked at the mess on the ground and began to reason wrongly, "Haven't we often seen the scene where a person who committed suicide fell off the rope ring because the rope ring was too big?
The blood of the surrounding incidents is probably caused by the pain of the lady's injured foot when she hanged herself. "
"But Dad, it seems like we only heard the sound of the clay pot breaking once?" Ran asked suspiciously.
"I guess we were all still asleep at the time she failed! After all, we drank a lot yesterday." Mouri Kogoro argued.
Otani Kaoru: "But why did Madam commit suicide... There is no reason..."
Ryuichi Seto: "There is no sign at all..."
Hearing what the two said, Police Officer Megure said in surprise: "Nani? You don't know the reason why the lady committed suicide?"
"Well, at the banquet yesterday, the madam still looked very happy." Arita Yoshihiko nodded and said, "She drank a lot of wine."
"I'm afraid it's because of "Feng Shui Circle"..."
Kikuemon walked over slowly, "Maybe it's because Masuko accidentally broke the "Feng Shui Circle" yesterday, so she did such a stupid thing, it's really stupid..."
""Feng Shui Circle"? "
"It's a new pottery pot work that my master will publish soon."
Arita Yoshihiko looked at Police Officer Megure and explained: "Yesterday, the master wanted to ask Mouri-san to appreciate it, and when he asked the young madam to come to the warehouse to take it out, she accidentally broke it.
If it is because of this matter I can not think..."
"It's not an unexplainable thing that she committed suicide?" Police officer Megure nodded, and after pondering, he turned to the forensics officer and said, "Please compare the shape of the clay pot fragment with the wound on the deceased's leg."
"That's not a problem..." The forensics staff nodded, showing embarrassment, "However, the fragments of clay pots on the ground have been trampled into a mess, so we're not sure whether we can be compared with the wounds."
"Well... If they match, there will be no doubts..."
"It's suicide! It must be suicide, don't even think about it!" Mouri Kogoro heard the conversation between Police Officer Megure and the staff of the Forensic Section, repeatedly saying that it was suicide, and he wanted to settle the case.
"No, it's not suicide." Senichi on the side took the initiative to interrupt the conversation between the two and denied it.
"Hey, do you have any proof that she didn't commit suicide?" Mouri Kogoro asked with a displeased face when he heard Senichi refute his argument.
"Mouri-san, hangovers seem to really affect the brain's thinking. Don't drink so much next time."
Senichi laughed lightly, gave Mouri Kogoro a step, pointed to the corpse's feet and said, "I don't know if you have noticed, but this lady is barefoot."
"Eh?" Mouri Kogoro immediately came to his senses, and walked around and said, "That's true, I didn't see the lady's shoes..."
"It's more than that." Senichi pointed at the dead man's footsteps with white gloves on, "Look at the lady's footsteps, although she walked over barefoot, the soles of her feet are very clean without any dust. "
"That is to say, you see, I also came here barefoot, but the soles of my feet are all dirty." Conan also chimed in.
Ever since knowing Conan's identity, the two have cooperated more and more tacitly in the case. When Senichi was reasoning in the open, Conan would assist in the dark to help Senichi's reasoning proceed smoothly.
Sometimes they will use the identity of a child to make clichés, or the method of "innocent backstabbing", which makes it difficult for criminals to guard against.
In fact, this kind of "innocent backstab" is very lethal, and many words spoken by children are very credible.
Moreover, Conan also has a unique skill "Ahhh~", which uses an innocent tone to let you taste the feeling of chilling your heart.
And at this moment, this unique skill appeared.
"Ah, it's strange if that's the case." Conan pretended to be innocent, "I walked over, but my feet are dirty, so does it mean that Auntie didn't actually walk over!"
"It's very possible to be carried over by someone." Senichi echoed, "And it's strange to sleep here, right?"
"!?"
The cooperation of the two reversed the direction of the search in an instant. Officer Megure stroked his chin and said, "The suspicion of homicide has also increased now."
As he said that, Police Officer Megure looked at Kikuemon and his disciples and said, "Based on the current situation, before the body was found, you who were sleeping in the living room next to the warehouse are highly suspicious."
While talking, Police Officer Megure looked at the four of them and said, "Let me ask again, were everyone really in the living room?"
"That's right!" Arita Yoshihiko nodded and said, "The only one who left the room was Otani who went to wake Madam Masuko to wake up."
"Could it be that you pretended to wake up the lady, but actually took the opportunity to hang the lady?" Police officer Megure looked at Otani Kaoru's suspicious face.
"No, no!!" Otani Kaoru waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Although I went to call for the lady, I only left for a while, because the room where the lady is located is next to the living room."
"Is that true?"
"That's right!" Arita Yoshihiko replied, "It's just two steps. It probably won't take ten seconds..."
"Well... Is that so..." Police Officer Megure touched his chin and pondered, "If that's the case, there's really nothing that can be done in such a short period of time."
"Then did anyone else leave?" Senichi asked.
"I went out for a while." Ryuichi Seto raised his hand and said, "But I just called in the corridor outside the living room, because I couldn't find the lady, I thought that she went out, but no one answered the phone. "
"Madam will carry a mobile phone at all times?" Police Officer Megure asked.
"Yes."
Kikuemon nodded and said, "I asked Masuko to carry it with her, because we often go to the clay kiln to focus on firing pottery, so I entrusted Masuko to handle the external work."