Chapter 119 Two Suspects
On her left, a silver-white pistol was scattered.
On her right wrist, she wore an expensive-looking watch.
This should be where Takagi said something weird.
Just as Takagi wondered.
If it's a house robbery, then the robber shouldn't let this watch go.
'left handed? '
Looking at the watch on Mako Araki's right wrist, Fujino suddenly remembered something.
The watch is worn on the right hand, and the pen holder of the writing desk is also placed on the left.
These are characteristics of a left-hander.
If Araki was left-handed, the bullet hole in her left temple would explain it.
But why is the pistol scattered beside the right hand?
Thinking about it, Fujino was about to stand up, but his body couldn't help but stagnate.
Because the moment he stood up, he saw a small gray button in the gap between the coffee table and the sofa.
Fujino looked at the small button and frowned.
He quickly picked it up and handed it to Miwako Sato: "Officer Sato, I have made a new discovery."
"Buttons?"
Sato Miwako looked at the buttons she took from Fujino and guessed: "They should be scattered on Miss Araki's clothes, right?"
"I don't think so."
Regarding Miwako Sato's speculation, Fujino interrupted: "Officer Sato, could you please check if there are the same buttons in Miss Araki's wardrobe?"
Miwako Sato agreed to Fujino's order.
Immediately he walked to the closet, opened the door, and began to look through the clothes inside.
While she was checking the wardrobe, Fujino began to look at the ashtray on the coffee table.
From the moment he entered the room, he felt a little surprised. Yes, the cigarette butts in the ashtray were obviously not right.
There are two types of these cigarette butts, one is a thin-stem Seven Star women's cigarette, and the other is a thick-stem Marlboro.
Obviously, the Seven Star cigarette was left by Mako Araki, but the other one was obviously not smoked by her.
Combine it with that button again......
After a while, Sato Miwako checked the wardrobe and replied to Fujino: "Fujino-kun, there is no clothing that can match the size of this button in Miss Araki's wardrobe."
"If that's the case, then this case is not a simple home invasion case."
Fujino said in a deep voice: "If my guess is correct, Miss Xinmu should have received guests in this room before she was killed last night."
"guest?"
Takagi Wataru wondered: "Detective Fujino, how did you figure it out?"
"Officer Takagi, didn't you notice the ashtray?"
"ashtray?"
Takagi seemed a little puzzled, "What's so strange about the ashtray?"
"Fujino-kun is probably talking about the cigarette butts in the ashtray, right?"
Miwako Sato cast her eyes on the ashtray on the coffee table: "There are two kinds of cigarette butts in the ashtray, which is really strange."
"I know these cigarette butts, they are women's Seven Star cigarettes, and Marlboro with a thick stick. The Seven Star brand cigarettes should be smoked by Ms. Xinmu, and the other Marlboro, it is impossible for Ms. Xinmu who smokes women's cigarettes to smoke. "
Fujino continued to reason in a deep voice: "Based on the buttons scattered at the crime scene that did not belong to Miss Araki, I think Miss Araki should have received guests in this room before she was killed last night."
"I see!"
Hearing this, Takagi suddenly realized, "In other words, this case may not be a burglary and murder case, but a deliberate murder!
And the murderer was the guest that Miss Xinmu entertained last night. "
"It's just a suspicion. It's still unclear who the murderer is."
After a pause, Fujino continued: "And I think Ms. Hirotani may also be a suspect."
"Miss Honggu, is she also a suspect?"
The two were full of doubts when they heard the words.
"Yes, even though she claimed that she had been participating in a photography camp two days ago, as the discoverer of the body..."
Looking at the two people with puzzled faces, Fujino asked: "Don't you think her behavior is too abnormal?"
Miwako Sato understood the meaning of Fujino's words: "That is to say, Ms. Honggu probably already knew that Ms. Araki had died in the bedroom, so she chose to call the police."
"correct."
"In that case, Takagi, please take people to investigate nearby to see if there are any witnesses who witnessed anyone coming to this villa last night. Fujino-kun and I will go ask Yayoi Hirotani."
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The living room of the villa.
"Miss Honggu, what time did you return to this villa this morning?"
In the living room of the villa, Miwako Sato asked Yayoi Hiroya who was sitting opposite.
"I don't remember this clearly."
Hirotani Yayoi, who was wearing pajamas, thought about it for a moment before replying: "Before nine o'clock, probably after eight fifty."
Miwako Sato continued to ask: "Can you tell me specifically what you did before calling the police?"
"After returning to this villa from the photography camp, I first returned to my room with my suitcase. After packing up my belongings, taking a rest and changing into pajamas, I knocked on the door of Mako's bedroom and planned to talk to her. Tell me about my stay together these past few days..."
After a pause, Yayoi Hiroya continued: "But no matter how much I knock on the door and shout, I can't get a response. I'm worried that something will happen to Mako, so I plan to open the door and go in to check her situation... But the door was locked... In desperation, I called the police."
"Miss Honggu, how can you be sure that Miss Xinmu was in that room at that time, and something happened."
At this time, Fujino suddenly interjected: "After all, it is possible that she just went out."
"Are you doubting me?"
Hearing this, Yayoi Honggu frowned tightly, with a little displeasure in her words.
"of course not."
Fujino chuckled, "It's just a reasonable suspicion."
"She and I are old friends who have known each other for many years..."
Yayoi Honggu took a deep breath and calmed down, "Before going out, she usually leaves me a note or something, is there a problem?"
"No problem at all."
As he said that, Fujino recalled the page that was torn from the notebook before, and asked again: "Didn't she leave any information for you?"
"Of course not. If there had been, she would have stayed on the coffee table between the two sofas where we were sitting as usual. If there had been a note, I wouldn't have worried about her safety and called the police for help."
"Ms. Hirotani, you said that you and Miss Araki met many years ago. Can you tell us how you met her?"
At this moment, Miwako Sato, who was taking notes at the side, raised her head and asked Yayoi Hiroya.
"Xinmu and I met while traveling in the United States five years ago. Maybe because of similar interests, the two of us quickly became friends. After returning to China, the two of us rented this house together."
"So it is."
Miwako Sato nodded when she heard the words, and continued to ask: "Miss Xinmu, is she under any financial pressure at present?"
"Economic pressure... Although her income is not high, it is definitely not too low."
Yayoi Honggu thought for a moment, then suddenly said: "However, she borrowed some money from me a while ago, but she returned it soon..."
Recommend a book, Conan colleagues, I feel very interesting
(End of this chapter)