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20. Independent case handling

Then Officer Meguru brought Suzuki Kei and Takagi to the scene of the murder case that Conan mentioned.

Keisen Suzuki chatted with Conan for a while and learned about their purpose of coming here this time. It turned out that Kogoro Mouri received a commission from the deceased to come and investigate the case of his wife's cheating. But unexpectedly, the man died shortly after he came.

Just at this time, Takagi was reporting to Officer Meguro about his inquiry.

"The deceased was named Maruhiro Maru, who was fifty-one years old. The owner of this family is an antique collector. The third section of Kendo."

Suzuki Kai looked at the knife marks that were chopping randomly on the walls in the room and did not speak. From these knife marks, Suzuki Kai could see that all of these knife marks were chopped out by one person, not by two people when they were fighting. After squatting down and checking the Japanese sword on the corpse, Suzuki Kai also determined that the murderer was a kendo master (although we all called the Japanese sword a knife, but Japan itself called it the sword). The wound on the deceased was very neat, as if one knife had penetrated the dead's chest and nailed it to the cabinet. In addition, there was only a wound behind it.

At this time, Officer Meguru looked at the knife on the body and said seriously: "In that case, the murderer is also a very expert. Well, what is on the ground? Is the notepad that was killed?"

When talking about it, Officer Meguchi seemed to have found something on the floor. After picking up the notepad from the floor, Officer Meguchi said: "The itinerary is densely arranged. Conan, are you sure you saw a guest visiting just now?"

Conan nodded and said, "Yes! Although he only saw their feet."

After so long, although he didn't say anything, Suzuki Kei's ability also relieved Officer Meguro. Officer Meguro planned to take a look at the cases that Suzuki Kei handled again. If Suzuki Kei could reassure him, Officer Meguro would let go and let him handle the case alone. Seeing Suzuki Kei looking at it in the room, Officer Meguro also asked Suzuki Kei: "Brother Suzuki, have you found anything?"

Kei Suzuki nodded first, confirmed Officer Megumi's opinion, and then shook his head and said, "Official Megumi, I also think this murderer is a master of kendo. However, I don't think the murderer had fought with the dead. The knife marks on the walls in the room looked messy, but if you look closely, you will find that these are just the work of a person. I only found two scars on the deceased's body, one of which was behind the deceased, and the other was the fatal wound that nailed him to the cabinet."

When Kei Suzuki said this, Officer Memu was stunned. He randomly found a few knife marks on the four walls of the room to check. However, with Officer Memu's eyesight, how could he find anything? After looking at it a few times, Officer Memu had to give up his futile actions.

However, although Officer Meguchi didn't see anything from these knife marks, he still believed Suzuki Kei's conclusion and continued from this point of view: "In this way, the murderer should be familiar with the two deceased, otherwise the deceased would not face a person holding a sharp knife with his back. Then, in this way, the people in the room seemed a little good. Since all the knife marks in the room were left by the murderer, why did he leave so many knife marks?"

When he said this, Officer Meguri also opened the notepad in his hand. When Conan heard Suzuki Kei say that the knife wounds in the room were all left alone, he felt a light of inspiration in his heart, but he didn't find any clues, so he looked around in the room. However, the room was indeed quite messy, and Conan didn't find anything for a while.

Kei Suzuki looked at the notepad and flipped through today's itinerary and said, "Well, the people whom you are scheduled to meet today include Kogoro Mouri, Yuji Suwa, Kiya Hatano, and Makoto Akutsu. In this way, these four people and the people in this family will be very suspicious. By the way, you can invite them back when the deceased dies!"

At this moment, Conan suddenly screamed and said, "Ah! Look, the scars on that cabinet are so strange! Look here, why did this trace suddenly break?"

"What?" Suzuki Kai heard Conan say this and found something wrong on the cabinet. After a careful look, he said, "Yes, the knife marks on this cabinet were carved by two people. Some of them were the same as other knife marks in the room, but there were some other scars on the cabinet."

When Officer Memu heard this, he quickly pointed at several police officers and ordered: "You go and find the other three people that the deceased had seen before his death. You guys re-arrange the drawers on this cabinet to see if there are any hidden clues on the cabinet."

Before the three people who had left arrived, Suzuki Kei and the others discovered the secret hidden in the cabinet. It turned out that the words "Two Suwa" were engraved on the cabinet.

When contacting the name of the visitor today, Suzuki Kei and others arrested Suwa Yuji when he came. At the beginning, Suwa had to argue, but when he saw the photo on the cabinet, he could no longer say anything about quibbling.

After being taken back to the Metropolitan Police Department, Suwa gave his motive for killing Maru Hirojiro. It turned out that in order to borrow funds from Maruhara, Suwa mortgaged his ancestral sword "Kiki Chiyo" to Maruhiro. However, when Suwa brought enough funds to redeem the Kiku Chiyo that his ancestors passed down from generation to generation, Maruhiro casually counted the ransom he paid, but said, "You said that knife? I have sold it and it can't be sold much at all. So the money sold is just taken as the interest for my borrowing. Thank you!"

Speaking of this, Suwa also said, "So I was so angry that I killed him."

Kei Suzuki participated in the interrogation of Suwa this time, but because the deceased left clues, Suwa had no idea of ​​denying it. The whole case went very smoothly and came to an end.

When Suzuki Kei came out of the interrogation room, Officer Memu waved to Suzuki Kei, walked into a corner with Suzuki Kei, and then said, "Brother Suzuki, you have been a police officer for a while, right?"

Suzuki Kai nodded and said, "That's right, Officer Meguri, I have been a police officer for half a year."

Officer Meguchi smiled and patted Suzuki Kei's shoulder and said, "Brother Suzuki, I have known all your abilities in the past six months. Now it seems that you have the ability to handle cases independently! In the future, you can lead the team by yourself, and you don't have to follow me!"

Suzuki Kai laughed, and said loudly to Officer Meguru for an experience, "Thank you, Officer Meguru."

Officer Meguri also laughed and said, "Brother Suzuki, this is all your efforts and has nothing to do with me. Okay, I will tell you before the next mission."

Kei Suzuki didn't say anything else, but said, "Police Meguri, thank you!"
Chapter completed!
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