"The deceased, President Kojima Ikuko, was a 50-year-old female entrepreneur who ran an electrical product sales business."
Inspector Megure briefly introduced the deceased to Uncle Mouri and Tsuneo.
"Another President…"
Although Tsuneo had some impression of the case after seeing the corpse, he had indeed forgotten what the deceased did.
It must be said, for a President to choose to live in Mihua Town, they must be incredibly brave!
This President Kojima, who died with her eyes open and a face mask on, was one of many people's childhood nightmares.
…
Before long, the three witnesses who had visited Kojima Ikuko's home that night all arrived at the villa.
First was Izumi Takeo, who was brought in by Uncle Mouri.
He visited between 8:00 PM and 8:40 PM.
The second person to arrive at the villa was the deceased's daughter, Kojima Chihiro, 28 years old, unemployed.
She arrived between 8:50 PM and 9:10 PM.
It should be noted that at exactly 9:00 PM, a stray cat that had snuck into the yard triggered the villa's alarm system.
At that time, two security personnel came to the door and spoke with President Kojima Ikuko.
The last visitor was named Yoshioka Juro, 48 years old, who served as Vice President in President Kojima's company.
Mr. Yoshioka entered the villa at 9:20 PM and left at 9:31 PM, reporting the case to the police.
He was the first to discover the deceased.
"When Mr. Yoshioka arrived, all doors and windows were properly locked from the inside, except for the main entrance at the genkan," Inspector Megure said, describing the scene.
"So, the culprit can only be one of these three people?" Uncle Mouri could still understand such simple logic.
The anti-theft camera at the genkan had been operating normally.
Only these three had entered and exited the villa during that time.
It was impossible for anyone other than these three to have committed the crime.
"Well, judging from the time the murder occurred, Izumi's suspicion should be ruled out," Inspector Megure nodded, looking at Izumi Takeo, who was wearing glasses.
Next was the classic suspect mutual accusation round.
To be honest, Tsuneo felt he should have brought a bag of melon seeds to munch on while watching.
After all, this was much more exciting than any debate competition!
The first to launch an attack was Miss Kojima Chihiro, dressed in a yellow jacket.
Upon hearing Inspector Megure say that Izumi was not a suspect, she immediately said, "Wait, I know this man. He has a motive to kill my mother."
"My mother was planning to sue this man for manipulating company stock transactions without authorization, causing my mother a loss of nearly 300 million yuan!"
Three hundred million yuan!
This was no small sum. Uncle Mouri and Inspector Megure looked at Izumi Takeo with scrutinizing eyes again.
"It's really you! You first pretended to leave here at 8:40 PM, and then after President Kojima's daughter left, you used some means to get into the villa and commit the murder, didn't you?!"
The muddled Detective was online, pointing at Izumi Takeo and questioning him, while taking everyone on a leap of logic.
"That's not quite right. We ran into him at the restaurant near Beika Bridge at 9:40 PM. That's at least a forty to fifty-minute drive from President Kojima's residence."
Conan shook his head, deep in thought, and inadvertently uttered these words.
President Kojima's daughter left the villa at 9:10 PM.
It would be impossible for Izumi Takeo, after committing the murder, to drive and then be encountered by him at Beika Bridge at 9:40 PM.
His well-reasoned words and calm tone immediately attracted everyone's attention.
"Co-Conan-kun?" Inspector Megure tilted his head and blinked, a bit puzzled about what was going on with him.
The Mouri father and daughter also stared at Conan in confusion.
Conan immediately reacted, scanning everyone present with a slight panic, then looked at a certain person in gray clothes and said, "Tsuneo Ge quietly told me all of this!"
Tsuneo: …
"I see." Inspector Megure nodded. If Tsuneo said it, then it was very reliable.
It seemed Izumi's suspicion could indeed be ruled out for now.
"But, he might have used some other method!" Kojima Chihiro's emotions were slightly agitated, seeming very dissatisfied with the police letting the other party go so easily.
"Miss Kojima is absolutely right." Yoshioka Juro first agreed, then a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth as he continued,
"However, Miss Kojima, don't you also have a motive for murder? You really wanted the President to die, didn't you?"
"What did you say?!" Kojima Chihiro immediately frowned upon hearing this.
"You had already severed ties with President Kojima because of your marriage. Is your husband still in jail now?" Yoshioka Juro revealed the true mother-daughter relationship.
"Even if my mother and I don't get along, I don't have to kill her!"
"The last time you two tried to borrow money from President Kojima, you were strictly refused. Because of this, didn't you two have a big fight?"
"What about you then? You always opposed my mother in company matters and even said that one day you would definitely kill her, didn't you?"
…
Tsuneo clapped lightly.
Brilliant, absolutely damn brilliant!
Now, when he encountered a murder case, he preferred to watch this debate rather than solving the mystery.
"You already know who the murderer is?" Conan asked curiously when he saw the Repairman's relaxed expression.
"Isn't it that Izumi?" Tsuneo said casually.
Killing someone for 300 million yuan, that reason was acceptable, much better than some bizarre ones.
"Evidence? Method?" Conan scratched his dog head, still unable to figure it out.
Izumi Takeo's emotional changes were too strange.
"Since everyone is here, for caution's sake, let's watch the anti-theft camera footage again now." Inspector Megure picked up the remote control and turned on the television.
"If anyone has any questions, please raise them immediately."
Inspector Megure said, specifically looking at Tsuneo before starting to play the video.
Anyway, Tsuneo was much more reliable than a sober Brother Mori.
The videotape fast-forwarded to 8:00 PM.
Izumi Takeo appeared at the genkan door, rang the doorbell, and then President Kojima opened the door and let him into the villa.
Continue fast-forwarding to 8:40 PM.
He left the villa.
The camera only captured his side profile; neither Tsuneo nor Conan noticed anything unusual about him.
Immediately after, at 8:50 PM, Kojima Chihiro rang the doorbell, and when no one answered, she directly opened the door with her key and walked in.
At 9:00 PM, two security personnel came to the door. President Kojima, wearing a bathrobe and a face mask, opened the door and conversed with them.
"Stop."
Tsuneo called for a pause.
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