The famous criminal in the world of Conan

Chapter 630 The murderer must be a woman!

Bai Masong thought so and said to everyone on behalf of Zhen Xianshi,

"Since there is no apparent problem for now, let's end the investigation here today."

Hearing Bai Masong's words, the three daughters of Baotian Raiko responded one after another and then left one after another.

Only Han Dongyi wanted to know the results of the investigation as soon as possible, so he begged Bai Masong to continue the investigation. Bai Masong didn't say anything, but patted him on the shoulder and told him to go back and wait.

When Bando Tokyo saw this, he had no choice but to leave silently.

"Officer Bai Ma, what shall we do now..."

Zhen Xianshi frowned and looked at Bai Masong. Should this case be put aside for the time being?

"of course not,"

Before Bai Basong could answer, Sato Miwako smiled and said,

"I think Officer White Horse should have an idea."

"What?! Is this true? Officer White Horse?"

Zhen Xianshi looked at Bai Masong in surprise. He had always heard that Officer Bai Masong from the Metropolitan Police Department was very fast in solving cases. He did not believe it in the past, but now it seems that his reputation is well-deserved.

Zhen Xianshi never thought that Bai Masong would ignore quality for the sake of speed, because in his mind, if the police are incompetent, they can choose not to solve the case, but they cannot make up a false case.

If the case is not solved, only one person will be affected, but if a false case is solved, two people will be affected.

"Let's talk as we walk."

Bai Masong pointed to the door leading to the yard next to the living room and said to Zhen Xianshi.

Shinichi nodded.

"Ah."

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Bai Masong and the other two, together with Zhen Xianshi, walked into the yard in two or three steps and stood at the door, looking at the snowy ground covered with towels and the ancestral hall not far away that was cordoned off.

Zhen Xianshi's limited patience had been worn out by these few steps. He could not resist the temptation to solve the case and asked Bai Masong hurriedly,

"Officer Bai Ma, please stop keeping us in suspense. Tell us what you have discovered so that we can help you collect clues!"

"Not urgent,"

Bai Ma Song said calmly, then looked at Sato Miwako,

"Officer Sato, do you have some ideas as well?"

"Um,"

Sato Miwako nodded, and she said directly without any reservation,

"I think the murderer of these two cases set up the case very cleverly. He misled our pace of handling the case."

"Misleading?"

Zhen Xianshi frowned again and immediately asked,

"What does Officer Sato mean by that? Is there anything wrong with our current approach to the case?"

"The order in which the incident occurred."

Sato Miwako pointed it out to Shinkenshi directly and forcefully.

"I think the order in which the incidents occurred that you, Officer Shin-shin, set out today is wrong."

"Is there a problem with the order in which things happened?"

Zhen Xianshi was slightly stunned, then calmly stated the order he had previously speculated.

"The two victims were killed by the same murder weapon, which was the sacred sword enshrined in the shrine. The sacred sword and the towel stained with Anzai Ema's blood were found by us at the hot spring bathhouse, which was the scene of Shibasaki Asuka's death."

"So, the order of the murder is very clear. The murderer first killed Anzai Ema, and then took the murder weapon to another crime scene and killed Shibasaki Asuka..."

"wrong!"

Sato Miwako listened to Shinken's reasoning and immediately corrected him,

"Officer Zhenxianshi, do you see a problem here?"

"The murder weapon can be said to be taken away by the murderer because he was too lazy to find another weapon, but what is the use of the towel?"

"this......"

Zhen Xianshi scratched his head and said hesitantly,

"Could it be that the murderer wanted to wrap the murder weapon for easier carrying? Or maybe he wanted to wipe the blood off the murder weapon..."

“None of them make sense!”

Sato Miwako interrupted Shinsenji again. She usually played the supporting role, but now it was her turn to correct other police officers. She suddenly felt like she had a lot to say.

"If you want to cover the murder weapon, you can just wipe the knife clean and hide it on your body."

"Everyone staying at the Kotoya Inn is provided with a special bathrobe, so everyone wears this loose bathrobe when taking a bath. Even if you hide a knife inside, no one will find it. If you wrap it in a towel, it would be unnecessary."

"As for the reason of wiping the blood, it is even more unreasonable. There are a lot of kimono silks at the two crime scenes. You can use any one of them to wipe the blood. Why bother looking for a towel?"

"So, Officer Sato, what you mean is..."

Shinkenshi was not too stupid, he just didn't think about it at first. Now after Sato Miwako's rebuttal, he suddenly felt that the placement of the towel was very meaningful.

"That's right,"

Sato Miwako nodded.

"The purpose should be to make us reverse the order in which the two murders occurred!"

"So, I think the order in which the murderer committed the crimes should be Shibasaki Asuka first, and then Anzai Ema."

"only....."

Sato Miwako looked at Bai Masong and shook her head slightly.

"I still don't understand the murderer's method."

"Let's not talk about the technique for now,"

Bai Masong waved his palm, as if indicating something.

"We are now fully capable of thinking about the murderer."

"Eh?!"

The three people present were all stunned. Before, Bai Masong always mentioned the method first and then the murderer, but now it was suddenly the other way around, which made them hard to adapt.

After hearing what Bai Masong said, Zhen Xianshi obviously knew the murderer and asked with a look of surprise,

"Officer Baima, who is the murderer?"

Bai Masong did not directly answer Zhen Xianshi's question, but raised a finger and said lightly,

"First of all, if we follow the inference from the scene, the murderer must be a woman."

"Eh?!"

Bai Masong's words and thoughts jumped so much that Sato Miwako and Masaki couldn't keep up.

"why is that?"

"Based on the fact that the murderer needs to control the time of Shibasaki Asuka's death, she needs to make Shibasaki Asuka go to the hot spring bathhouse at least before 10:20."

Bai Ma Song said.

However, Sato Miwako and Masanori still didn't understand the meaning of this sentence.

However, Haibara Ai, who had been listening quietly and without a sense of presence, understood.

"I see."

She opened her mouth slowly, speaking faintly,

"The murderer needs to control the time, so she must have made an appointment with Shibasaki Asuka to meet at the bathhouse around ten o'clock."

"But what does this mean?"

At this time, Shinkenji no longer cared about the fact that Haibara Ai was a child. He just felt that the IQ of everyone present crushed his, so he hurriedly asked.