Koji Kogoro pointed at Akitzu Sei with certainty, “That’s because you’re the murderer! As for the motive… it’s because Maru Denjiro wanted to sell your collateral.”
“At the same time, to get rid of your own suspicions, you deliberately faked the scene to look like a kendo master fought against Maru Denjiro.”
“Unfortunately, you overlooked one problem, which is that a normal duel could never have left sword marks on the ceiling!”
“Moreover, your desire to not have your artwork destroyed… also became the biggest flaw!”
It must be said that, although Koji Kogoro’s analyses always missed the correct answer, they did have some logic to them.
However… Conan always felt something was off.
“My artwork, I’m indeed happy it was saved,” Akitzu Sei couldn’t help but roll his eyes, “But I’m not a murderer!”
“Perhaps… this is just a ploy by the murderer to frame me.”
“Haha, the murderer, disguising themselves as a kendo master, and then faking your artwork… how could it be such a coincidence?” Koji Kogoro couldn’t help but roll his eyes.
Conan, however, couldn’t help but frown, feeling like something wasn’t right.
His peripheral vision caught Yu Quan seemingly looking at something. Conan instinctively asked, “Yu Quan-san, what are you looking at?”
“Ah? These cabinets.” Yu Quan subtly curled the corner of his lips.
“Cabinets?” Conan was a bit confused and instinctively turned his head to glance at the direction of the cabinets.
The cabinets placed in the waiting room looked a bit like storage lockers in a supermarket, presumably used by Maru Denjiro to store some of his collections.
However—
The surfaces of these cabinets were now covered in chaotic sword marks…
“Don’t you think something’s wrong?” Yu Quan looked at Conan with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile.
“What?” Conan asked blankly.
“Whether it’s a real fight scene or a fake one, how come the sword marks on each cabinet are not connected?” Yu Quan shrugged slightly, his gaze subtly sweeping over Suwa Yuji.
A bit smart, but not much…
Probably to prevent others from noticing, Suwa Yuji really did destroy these cabinets completely.
Therefore, the sword marks on these relatively small cabinets, none of them were connected.
This means that the person who created these sword marks never once swung at two cabinets at the same time.
But how is that possible?
These cabinets aren’t that big, even if it was done deliberately, it would be a time-consuming and laborious process!
Evidently, Conan also thought of this and couldn’t help but clap his hands, suddenly realizing.
“If that’s the case, then the murderer…” Conan’s gaze fell on Suwa Yuji without hesitation.
But what’s the evidence?
Conan’s gaze swept across the surroundings, finally settling on the cabinet in front of him.
Since the murderer painstakingly destroyed the order of these cabinets, then… perhaps it wasn’t just to fake the scene.
Thinking this, Conan directly stepped forward to adjust the order of the cabinets.
These cabinets were the type that were very lightweight, the kind you could pull out and rearrange.
Therefore, Conan moved quickly. Before anyone else could react, Conan had already adjusted the cabinets on the bottom two levels.
“You little brat, what are you messing with?!” Koji Kogoro strode over and unceremoniously gave Conan a punch on the head.
“Ah—“ Conan instinctively cried out, but still insisted on explaining, “Uncle Kogoro, I’m playing a puzzle!”
Conan’s tone was like a child pouting, making Yu Quan feel a bit disgusted.
Suwa Yuji, however, was startled and quickly walked over, “Little kids shouldn’t mess with the crime scene!”
Saying so, Suwa Yuji tried to lift Conan out of the way.
Unfortunately, Conan dodged it.
“No, no!” Conan jumped up and down, pointing at the cabinet.
“The order of this cabinet is obviously wrong, it must be used to play a puzzle, I want to play!”
“Play what play!” Koji Kogoro, without hesitation, gave Conan another whack on the head.
However, he was reminded by Conan. Looking at the pattern on the cabinet, Koji Kogoro subconsciously began to rearrange the positions of several cabinets…
“Bang—Bang—” The soft sounds of collision were quite obvious.
Out of “trust” in Koji Kogoro, Officer Megure didn’t stop Koji Kogoro’s actions.
Suwa Yuji couldn’t help but frown, “Officer, are you just letting this person destroy the scene?”
“Ah? Koji-san is a very capable detective, he must have discovered some clues.” Officer Megure chuckled.
“Detective…” Suwa Yuji gritted his teeth, a sense of powerlessness surging within him.
Yu Quan, however, walked directly beside Akitzu Sei, whispering, “Akitzu-san, I wonder if you’d be willing to sell that ornament?”
“Ah?” Akitzu Sei was a bit confused, why would someone discuss business at a crime scene?