Ghost Detectives in the Detective World

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"Tsk tsk, people with lawyers backing them up are really different." Matsuda shook his head with amusement.

“I’m just stating the facts,” Eri Kisaki said with a smile. “If Officer Matsuda wants to convince the public, please answer my questions first. Otherwise, even if you arrest this gentleman now, I will still defend him in court later.”

"That's right, go ahead and arrest me if you dare!" Tonoyama Juzo shouted. "Then I'll go to the newspapers and the TV stations! I'll let everyone see how these so-called famous detectives of the Metropolitan Police Department actually solve cases!"

“Mr. Tonoyama, you don’t need to drag this out. If you want to report me to a TV station, there’s someone right here,” Matsuda pointed to Rena Mizunashi. “This Ms. Mizunashi is a TV anchor and reporter. You can tell her what you want to report right now.”

Rena Mizunashi, who had been dragged into this mess by Matsuda, reluctantly took off her sun hat and sunglasses and nodded to everyone.

"It's Miss Mizunashi!"

"Miss Rena Mizunashi, I'm a huge fan of yours!"

"Ms. Mizunashi, could you please give me your autograph?"

……

In terms of fame, Rena Mizunashi is undoubtedly much more famous than Matsuda.

Many people in the coffee shop now are her fans.

As soon as Rena Mizunashi appeared, these people stopped caring about the case and surrounded her, asking for autographs and photos.

Rena Mizunashi first quieted down her fans before making a promise to Juzo Tonoyama.

“Mr. Tonoyama, let Officer Matsuda finish speaking first. If he has indeed wronged you, our Nichiri TV station will definitely expose the matter.”

"Officer Matsuda, please answer my question. If you believe Mr. Tonoyama is the murderer, how exactly did he kill the victim, and what evidence proves that he committed the murder?"

Eri Kisaki also seemed to have returned to the courtroom, standing directly in front of Juzo Tonoyama and speaking up to question him.

"First of all, the method he used to kill the victim was actually very simple,"

Matsuda picked up the dagger, the murder weapon, with his gloved hand and spoke slowly.

"Look here, everyone. This knife is covered in blood, but why is it that only the hilt is free of blood?"

"Even if the murderer was holding the knife handle when he killed the person, the initial blood wouldn't have splattered where he was holding the knife. But why didn't the blood splatter onto that spot after the body was moved?"

After posing two questions in a row, and waiting for everyone to think about them for a while, Matsuda continued.

"Actually, based on my guess, the murderer probably first strangled the victim unconscious with a rope, and then directly stabbed her in the chest, killing her!"

"But you still haven't answered my question?"

Eri Kisaki, as if she had seized upon a weakness in her opponent's defense in court, relentlessly pressed on to the previous issues.

“The reason there was no blood outside the cubicle is actually quite simple,” Matsuda said. “The killer simply didn’t pull the knife out of the victim’s chest after stabbing him!”

"If you don't pull the knife out, and it's stuck in the wound, there really won't be much blood splattering out,"

After nodding, Eri Kisaki found a new problem.

“But Officer Matsuda, don’t forget, when we found the deceased, the knife was lying next to her! If the knife wasn’t pulled out when she was thrown into the cubicle, then how did it end up lying there…”

Eri Kisaki stopped mid-sentence, her gaze fixed on the murder weapon in Matsuda's hand, her expression thoughtful.

"Did he use a rope?"

“That’s right,” Matsuda confirmed her guess. “The murderer actually tied a rope to the handle of this knife, stabbed it into the victim’s heart, threw the victim into the toilet stall through the gap above, and then pulled out the rope after she fell in!”

"That way, there won't be any bloodstains left outside or in the cubicle!"

"At first glance, everyone would instinctively assume that the deceased must have died in the cubicle!"

"In this way, even if the murderer is suspected, he will be unable to squeeze through the gap due to his physical condition and will be cleared of suspicion."

"To put it bluntly, this is actually a method that the murderer deliberately used to conceal his identity."

“I see,” Eri nodded. “The deceased may indeed have been thrown in from above, but Officer Matsuda, you still haven’t given a reason why the murderer is Mr. Tonoyama.”

"After all, Mr. Tonoyama isn't the only person who's been in the bathroom and then thrown the dead body in from above!"

"That's right, you insist that I'm the murderer, so where's your evidence?" Tonoyama stood behind Eri, his face full of smugness.

"If I can identify you as the murderer, do you think I wouldn't have evidence?"

Matsuda gave Tonoyama a cold look, then directly revealed the answer.

"That bandage in your hand, is that the one you used to strangle the person unconscious and then used as a rope to tie to the murder weapon?"

"Don't try to deny it! After using that bandage, it must have been stained with the victim's blood. We'll know once we take it back to the Metropolitan Police Department and do a little analysis."

Chapter 101 Conan Offends His Mother-in-Law

"No, it wasn't me, I didn't..."

Denzan hurriedly turned to Eri for help, hoping this woman who had appeared out of nowhere would defend him again.

"Actually, Officer Matsuda's judgment was not wrong,"

Conan listened for a while, and now he stepped forward as well.

“I remember it very clearly. When this uncle came into the store just now, the bandage was still on his ring finger. He even told others that he had bumped his finger while practicing rugby.”

"But now, everyone look, his bandage has moved to his middle finger!"

Conan deliberately asked, "Uncle, did you also bump your middle finger while playing rugby, just like your ring finger?"

"yes,"

The coffee shop owner also realized what was happening.

"When Mr. Tonoyama came in, he told me that when he injured his finger, the bandage was definitely not on his middle finger!"

Now things are really going to get interesting, with evidence and witnesses coming out one after another.

Dian Shan clearly hadn't expected to have so many weaknesses.

For a moment, they were stunned and stood there.

“I’m sorry, Mr. Criminal,” Eri Kisaki shrugged and said with a smile, “After committing the crime, you dared to leave such important evidence on your person. Even I couldn’t defend you in this case.”

"you……"

Dian Shan's face turned ashen from her mockery. Suddenly, he grabbed Eri's arm and pulled her to his side.

"Listen up, detective from the Metropolitan Police Department, let me go right now, or I'll snap this woman's neck!"

As he spoke, Tonoyama reached out to grab Eri's slender neck.

But as soon as he stretched out his hand, he suddenly felt a dizzying sensation as the world spun around him.

When he came to his senses, Dianshan realized that he was already lying on the floor.

"Not bad, Attorney Kiyoshi!" Matsuda quickly stepped forward and pinned Tonoyama down, handcuffing him to the table leg as he praised him.

Eri Kisaki just executed a stylish over-the-shoulder throw, slamming Juzo Tonoyama to the floor.

Matsuda couldn't help but think of Sato with those swift movements.

She also liked to deal with criminals this way.

"It's nothing, after all, my husband... cough,"

Eri blushed slightly at this point and quickly corrected herself.

"That idiot is a judo master. I've followed him for so long, and I've finally learned something from him."

Lawyer Fei? Fei...

Could it be Eri Kisaki?

Xiaolan's mother!

Conan finally remembered who the familiar woman in front of him was!

At that moment, Inspector Megure arrived with a group of people.

Sato and Koshimizu were both among them.

As soon as he entered the coffee shop and saw Matsuda, Megure immediately asked, "Matsuda, how's the case going?"

"The murderer has been caught, Inspector,"

Matsuda pointed to Tonoyama Juzo, who was lying on the ground handcuffed to the table.

"By the way, the gauze on his middle finger is important evidence of the crime, so be sure not to lose it."

"Good, good! Brother Matsuda, you certainly haven't disappointed me."

Megure laughed heartily and, with a delighted expression, ordered his officers to take Tonoyama away.

Sato and Koshimizu, who were standing to the side, stopped dwelling on the details of the case after learning that Matsuda had solved it. Instead, they looked at Matsuda with concern.

"Didn't you say you weren't feeling well this morning? Are you feeling better now?" Sato asked.

“That’s right, after Miwako told me that you weren’t feeling well, I was so worried!” Koshimizu chimed in.

Miwako-neechan?

Matsuda stared at Koshimizu in shock, then glanced at Sato beside him.

It's only been one night? Last night you two were at loggerheads, fighting like enemies!

Why are you calling each other "sister" and "brother" all of a sudden today?

Conan, who was standing nearby, was complaining that Matsuda had framed him and led him to speak ill of Ran's mother. He didn't expect the opportunity to come so quickly, so he immediately spoke up to retaliate.

"Officer Matsuda, weren't you here on a date with this beautiful lady? Why are you feeling unwell again?"

As Conan spoke, he pointed to Rena Mizunashi and introduced her.

"This beautiful lady's name is Rena Mizunashi. She's a very famous news anchor and reporter for Nichiri TV!"

Sato and Koshimizu initially heard that Matsuda was on a date with a beautiful woman here.

The two of them immediately turned pale, but their expressions relaxed after hearing that Rena Mizunashi was from Nichiri TV.

what happened?

Conan's eyes widened. This bastard is flirting with other women behind your backs, why aren't you angry?

"Officer Sato, Officer Matsuda is out on a date with this beautiful lady..."

Conan seemed worried that Sato hadn't heard him clearly, so he specifically emphasized the word "date".