Chapter 186 The Suspec (1/2)
”Hmmm....” Megure looked at the photograph of the murder scene. ”According to this photograph...” There was a dead body of a woman, her scattered belongings, and a knife full of blood in the photograph.
”The victim fell down with her back directly facing the door...” Megure said while looking at the murder scene. ”Right, Conan-kun?” He turned his head toward Conan.
”Yup! The door was unlocked, but it wouldn't open so I peeked from above to confirm it,” Conan said.
”The victim is Himeno Yayoi, a 24-years-old freeter...” Megure looked at the dead body. ”She had a knife thrust right into her heart. How horrible...” He shook his head.
”Sir! Inspector!” One of the police suddenly said, ”The victim's neck shows faint signs of strangulation.”
They looked at the faint mark on the victim's neck.
”Could it be that she was strangled and then stabbed postmortem?”
”No, if she was stabbed postmortem, there wouldn't be such a blood spatter pattern...” Megure shook his head. ”I guess the culprit only strangled to knock her out, then stabbed her chest with a knife, pulled it out and caused her to die from the blood loss.” He wrinkled his eyebrow and said, ”It seems reasonable to think so...”
”Ho-how horrid...”
”I guess the witness was nervous from the having been witnessed. It's the work of a thief who was after her money..”
”An open stall's door and window..”
”Her belongings spread around along with the murderer weapon..”
”An empty wallet..”
”And the victim body blocking the door....”
”The victim got in the window, lurked inside and waited for someone to come in. They attacked Himeno-san who happened to come in, killed her from behind, stole her money, and fled through the window in a rush. That must be what happens,” Megure told everyone his conclusion.
”Now, let's search for the culprit!!” Megure told everyone until Conan said something.
”Wait a minute, inspector!!”
”Huh?”
Conan pointed his finger at the window, ”Look at the window! Isn't it too clean?”
”Hmm? Can't it be? Isn't it better for the bathroom to be clean?” Megure said.
”That's not what I mean!!” Conan shook his head.
”It's just like what the boy said, Assistant Inspector Megure, oh, you're an inspector now,” she said.
Megure and Conan turned their heads at the same time.
”Yo-you're lawyer Kisaki!!” Megure was surprised but he was more surprised to see him, ”YUUKI!! What are you doing here?”
Eri and Yuuki came to the murder scene.
”I can't go home, Inspector Megure,” Yuuki said with a helpless smile.
Megure shook his head and also felt helpless. They needed to solve this case before letting everyone to go back.
”I'm going to assist you,” Eri said.
They talked about what they did in this cafe and then continued to talk about the case.