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After receiving the hint, Hattori thought about it carefully and immediately realized the mistake he had made.
Back then, the key ring faced outwards, while the keys were folded up with the keychain and put into a pocket.
In that case, Hattori's reasoning using fishing line is simply impossible.
Because if you use fishing line, the key will never fold up with the charm.
The sudden failure flustered Hattori. He pulled out the fishing line he had found and began to argue illogically.
"But the fishing line I found in the living room is also evidence."
"That was just a trap set by the murderer, with the aim of framing this old man for the crime he committed."
Kudo glanced at Tsujimura Toshimitsu, and then surprisingly pulled a fishing line out of his pocket as well...
Chapter 203 Shinichi Kudo: Ah, this long-lost feeling of exhilaration!
Under Hattori's surprised gaze, Kudo continued, "In order to do this, the murderer threw these fishing lines everywhere, and I found five or six of them."
"The murderer did this so that the old man could be perfectly framed no matter where he was."
"It turned out to be like this..."
Hattori felt a tightness in his chest. Although he knew in his heart that he had failed, he still refused to admit defeat.
"Then how do you explain that he just admitted he was the murderer?"
"Furthermore, if what I'm saying is wrong, then this is a perfectly sealed room mystery. Are you going to say it was a suicide?"
"I think the reason the old man confessed to being the murderer was because he deliberately walked into a trap set by the murderer,"
Hattori looked at everyone and spoke slowly.
"As for the reason, I don't know yet, but I have indeed solved the method of this locked-room murder and found the strongest evidence to prove it."
"Impossible! There's no other way to get into this secret room!" Hattori immediately retorted. "I've checked all the windows and the study door; they were absolutely sealed before we entered."
“Hattori, you’ve fallen into the criminal’s trap too,” Kudo shook his head. “When you entered the room, an opera was playing.”
"There was a stack of books on the deceased's desk at the time, and the opera was actually to cover up any possible screams from the deceased."
"The stacked books were meant to conceal the dead, providing a visual cover."
"So what?" Hattori countered, "With all this trouble, whose eyes and ears is the murderer trying to hide?"
"Of course it's... Hattori, you,"
Kudo looked around the room and said confidently,
"Of course, it's not just you, but also Officer Matsuda, Ran, and Mr. Mori who came into this room with you."
"If anyone present at the time had witnessed her committing the murder, her perfectly constructed secret room would have been destroyed."
"To shield us from our sight and hearing?"
Hattori paused for a moment, then suddenly understood.
"Could it be..."
“That’s right, just as you thought,” Kudo nodded. “The murderer entered this room with you and then approached the victim while your attention was focused on the opera!”
"You are the murderer! Mrs. Tsujimura!"
"Madam killed Master? This...this can't be!" Butler Xiaochi looked incredulous.
“According to your reasoning,” Mori turned to Kudo, “was Mr. Tsujimura still alive when we entered this room just now?”
"That's right. At the beginning, it should have been Mrs. Tsujimura who used an anesthetic drug to put the deceased to sleep, and then pretended to go to wake him up while taking the opportunity to poison him."
Shinichi Kudo stared at Mrs. Tsujimura, who had been keeping her head down and silent since earlier.
"If the anesthetic drug is strong and the needle is coated with a deadly poison, the victim will die instantly."
"But if we find sleeping pills in the deceased's body, wouldn't that expose the method?"
Megure was still somewhat skeptical. After all, if Shinichi Kudo's deduction was true, then Mrs. Tsujimura would truly be incredibly audacious.
She actually dared to poison her husband in front of several people.
“No, that’s not true.” Hattori gradually regained his composure. “We’ve always been certain that the victim was murdered before we entered this room.”
"So even if it is later found that the deceased had taken sleeping pills or something similar, we won't think about it that way."
"Furthermore, the murderer deliberately brought Mr. Mori here to exploit Mr. Mori's blind spot that he believed the murderer could not have killed him under his nose, thus creating a psychological locked-room liar."
“Is that right, Kudo?” Hattori reminded him, “If that’s your reasoning, then show me the evidence. Mrs. Tsujimura didn’t make any suspicious moves, like taking out a poison needle.”
“That’s right.” Shinichi Kudo picked up the key from the ground. “Mrs. Tsujimura did not make any suspicious moves, because the poisoned needle was in her hand at the time, right on this key.”
"On the key?" Hattori asked in surprise.
"Correct."
Seeing that everyone in the room was listening attentively to his reasoning,
This was a feeling that Shinichi Kudo hadn't experienced in a long time.
"Mrs. Tsujimura's key ring and this key ring have the same design, so Mrs. Tsujimura's key ring can also be opened."
Shinichi Kudo looked at Mrs. Tsujimura.
"Madam, may we open the key ring and show everyone the design inside?"
Mrs. Tsujimura sighed, then took out her key and unlocked the key ring.
Inside, you can see a distinct trench.
"I think this is where the lady hid the poisoned needle before?"
Shinichi Kudo took the key from Mrs. Tsujimura's hand.
"I think that if we test it, we should be able to find something exactly like the toxin that caused the death of diplomat Tsujimura."
"No need for that trouble,"
Mrs. Tsujimura did not offer any explanation, perhaps because she had no way to explain herself.
"I did kill the person."
"But why?" Takayoshi Tsujimura roared angrily. "Why did you kill my father? I may not like you, but didn't you and my father always have a good relationship?"
"I think the reason behind this is related to you, or rather, to your fiancée, Sachiko Katsuragi,"
Matsuda picked up a photograph from the bookshelf; it showed Mrs. Tsujimura in her youth.
He demonstrated it to everyone.
“Everyone, take a close look. Who does Mrs. Tsujimura look like when she was young?”
"This... Mrs. Tsujimura really looks like Ms. Katsuragi Sachiko when she was young!" Mori exclaimed in surprise.
The others in the room nodded in agreement.
"But, what happened?" Takayoshi Tsujimura's face turned pale. "It can't be that Sachiko and her..."
“Yes, that’s exactly what you think,” Mrs. Tsujimura sighed. “Sachiko, she is my daughter!”
The people in the room fell silent instantly.
After a moment, Matsuda gently patted Tsujimura Takayoshi on the shoulder.
Congratulations on unlocking the achievement "Lovers eventually become siblings"!
"Matsuda, stop joking around," Megure said with a wry smile. "We still have a lot of questions that we haven't figured out yet."
“Actually, they’re not really blood-related siblings,” Shinichi Kudo said with a laugh. “Their parents are different, so I think it’s still possible for them to get married.”
"That's impossible, my mother should have died a long time ago,"
Katsuragi Sachiko ignored Matsuda and Kudo, and just stared blankly at Mrs. Tsujimura.
"You can't be my mother!"
Chapter 204 Blackie Begins to Be Suspicious
“I’m sorry, but it’s true,”
Mrs. Tsujimura looked at Sachiko Katsuragi with a face full of guilt.
"I didn't mean to abandon you."
"This..." Sachiko Katsuragi stared blankly, "What exactly happened?"
"I'm sorry, Sachiko."
Mrs. Tsujimura looked at her daughter with remorse and slowly recounted the whole story.
It turns out that all of this originated twenty years ago.
The deceased, diplomat Tsujimura, had taken a liking to the wife of his colleague, Kenji Yamashiro.
For his own future, and also to win the heart of the woman he loved,
Diplomat Tsujimura used charges of dereliction of duty to send Kenji Yamashiro to prison.
He then pretended to be a good person in front of Lady Yamashiro, successfully winning her favor and marrying her.
This Lady Yamashiro is now Lady Tsujimura.
She gradually discovered and eventually uncovered the truth of the matter after Tsujimura, a diplomat, unexpectedly opposed her son's relationship with Katsuragi Sachiko.
"Tsk tsk, the lives of high-ranking officials are indeed filthy..."
Before Matsuda could finish his thought, he was met with a fierce glare from Inspector Megure.
“You don’t need to worry about the rest of the work,” Inspector Megure said irritably.
"Inspector, is it really necessary to be so ungrateful?" Matsuda complained.
"Damn it, I'm trying to help you..."
Megure pulled Matsuda aside and explained in a low voice,
"This case involves a scandal from over a decade ago, and the diplomat Tsujimura who caused all this is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party!"