Conan's other self

"You often conflict with her at work." Officer Takagi then said to Higashida, "You told your friends in the pub that you wanted to talk to Miss Muranishi, and then you went back."

"Besides, you don't remember what happened after you went back. No matter how you think about it, it's only possible that you went to her room after being drunk and committed the murder after a disagreement."

"The door was locked to prevent her from escaping," Officer Sato took over Officer Takagi's words and said, "After the murder, you fell drunk on her bed and fell asleep."

"But I have no impression at all..."

"That's why I said you were drunk!"

"I hate her so much because she always finds fault with her work. But I don't hate her so much that I want to kill her!"

"Then why did you run away?"

"I have to go somewhere..."

"where?"

"My daughter lives in Chicago," Higashikata said with a sincere look. "My daughter who was taken away by my ex-wife sent me a wedding invitation. For the past seventeen years, I have thought that she hates me... How could I not go?"

"Really!" Higashikata raised his head, "If you go to my room, you should find my daughter's letter and the ticket in the envelope!"

Hearing this, Officer Sato looked a little silent.

After Officer Takagi recounted the case again, he became even more convinced that Higashikata was the murderer, "Even though you said so, we still..."

"Did the uncle have a good relationship with the deceased?"

"Conan?"

Hearing the voice, Officer Takagi turned back to look at the child who had left a deep impression on him last time, only to find that the child was thinking seriously and didn't look like he had just spoken.

"Huh?" Officer Takagi was a little confused.

"Maplehara," Mitsuhiko, who has long mastered the judgment skills, solved Officer Takagi's doubts, "I just said that their relationship is not good!"

Only then did Officer Takagi realize that the person who had just spoken was the kid named Maplehara whom he had just met.

The voice sounds almost exactly the same as that of Conan's child, except for some differences in intonation...

"Really?" Fengyuan looked confused, "But I just said that the murder scene was in the bathroom, so I thought they would have a good relationship."

"What's going on?" Yuantai asked.

Officer Takagi also gave him a confused expression.

"Because when I opened the door and saw a drunken man standing outside the door, I didn't want him to come in, let alone here." It’s time to go to the bathroom.”

"Well," Officer Takagi said, "Maybe the murderer strangled the deceased and then took the body to the bathroom and hid it..."

"Ah, this uncle slept on the bed of the deceased without any fear of being discovered! Would he still do such unnecessary things?"

"Yes, that's right!"

Although they didn't understand it very well, the young detective team still helped, hoping to have the opportunity to participate and add some achievements to the young detective team.

Officer Sato thought for a moment.

What Higashida said about father and daughter just now reminded her of herself. She lost her father when she was very young. So she didn't want Higashikata's daughter to feel as lonely as she did because of losing her father.

What's more, what the children said is indeed barely doubtful.

"It's indeed a bit strange to put it this way..."

"Yes!" Seeing that the police lady seemed to be persuaded, Higashida quickly struck while the iron was hot, "I just remember that I went to bed immediately after I went back. I never saw Muranishi at all, and I didn't kill her!"

"When will the plane take off?" Sato Miwako suddenly turned her head and asked Higashida.

Takagi was stunned for a moment.

"Tomorrow at 12:30!" Mr. Higashida said before Officer Takagi, "Narita Airport!"

"Sato, are you trying to..."

"Yes. Before the suspect is sent to the prosecutor's office, the police can release the innocent suspect at their own discretion. Now that there are doubts about the matter, let's go back and investigate."

…

Sato and Takagi were originally responsible for the case, and the suspect's previous escape had not yet been reported.

So after receiving the contact call from the Metropolitan Police Department, Officer Sato just said that there were still some things that needed to be investigated back, and he successfully delayed the time and got the opportunity to re-investigate the case.

Naturally, the Young Detective Team will follow.

The two police officers were embarrassed to cross the river and burn the bridge, but there was no room in the police car. Officer Sato simply called a car for the elementary school students and let them go there by themselves, while she and Takagi escorted Higashida back to the scene.

Of course, Conan sneaked into the police car.

Soon, the young detective team who bought gloves at the convenience store met with the two police officers and Mr. Higashida downstairs at the crime scene.

The case ends faster than they expected.

Because Higashida reacted as soon as he walked in.

"The furnishings here are similar to my home!"

He was drunk before and was woken up by the police in the morning while he was sleeping. He didn't even have time to take a closer look.

"Ah?" Sato and Takagi were stunned for a moment.

"But everything in my house is basically gray, and here it's all beige," Higashida said as he walked around under the supervision of Officer Sato. "Ah, the bed and curtains are the same gray as my house..."

"It's strange," Higashikata said in confusion, "I remember her home was not decorated like this when I came here before..."

"Really?" Officer Sato asked.

"Really!" Dongtian said, "If you don't believe it, you can go to my house and have a look, it's upstairs! It's almost exactly the same as my house!"

"Oh...so," Haibara Ai whispered to Feng Yuan beside him, "the real criminal deliberately arranged it like this so that the drunk Mr. Higashida thought it was his own home so that he could put the blame on him?"

"Well," Fengyuan replied, "That should be the case."

And so it is.

With Higashida himself present, the similarities and differences between the two rooms were quickly pointed out.

After running back and forth a few times and taking a few photos, the two police officers and the Junior Detective Team soon discovered more clues.

"The furniture has obviously been secretly moved and the furnishings changed," Conan said. "The Souls team's calendar in the cupboard is also consistent with the marks left by the sun on the wall..."

"Ah, Muranishi is a fan of Team Soul," Higashida explained. Sato and Takagi also relaxed their control over him because of more and more doubts. "But I don't like Team Soul, so I often go to the nearby ones." I had a quarrel with her in a pub..."

"Moreover," Haiyuan Ai glanced at the balcony, "Don't you think it's unreasonable to bring a cactus that is not resistant to cold weather to the balcony during the cold season?"

The young detective team pointed out the doubts one by one like they were playing a game of spotting. Sato and Takagi soon realized the tricks used by the real criminals.

Feng Principle found blood stains on the cactus on the balcony. The prisoner was probably accidentally stabbed while moving the cactus, which would also be ironclad evidence.

As for who the culprit is...

It can only be the person who sent Mr. Higashida into the wrong room in the first place. Mr. Higashida remembers this.

The case was solved quickly, and Mr. Higashida successfully caught the plane to see his daughter, and even had enough time to take care of himself.

only…

After their own meddling, I don’t know if Takagi and Sato can still get together smoothly.

Feng Yuan thought to himself.

As things progressed, he gradually matched reality with memory. In this incident, the key part in the relationship between Sato and Takagi had been changed by him a long time ago.

The nearby art gallery has long since been demolished and is now a hotel construction site. Sato will naturally not face a life-or-death crisis because he cannot get out of the building that is about to be demolished.

Of course, he was living in Ke Xue's world, not the world of the fox demon and the matchmaker. He didn't have to watch the two of them get together smoothly.

Besides, they both have plenty of opportunities.

So Fengyuan just thought about it and put the matter behind him, and continued to devote himself to rehearsing his performance.

…

"I fell in love with you from the first moment I saw you," the female spy who betrayed the evil organization looked at Masked Superman, "Didn't you notice?"

"I've seen it a long time ago." Masked Superman said without changing his expression, "But you, didn't you see that I had already seen it?"

"Eh?"

"Okay! That's it!" Director Mitsuhiko's voice interrupted the conversation between the two, "Haihara, you did a great job! This is the expression! Next scene!"