236. Punishment From God?
236. Punishment From God?
Conan on the side said: "It shouldn't be like this, his feet must reach the railing.
The police officer scolded: "I said, kid, why did you come to this place? Get off quickly."
Wu Fan walked over and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll take him down right away."
Below the five-story pagoda.
"According to the report of the forensic personnel, there is no dust at all in the five-story pagoda, so it is almost impossible to find any traces of footprints. In addition, when we conducted the forensic examination just now, we did not find any obvious trauma. According to the analysis, it should be Compression of the neck resulted in instant death.
Henggou asked: "So the fact that his neck was strangled by a rope was the direct cause of his death."
"The estimated time of death should be between 3 and 4 in the morning. In addition, we also went to the suite and office of Oda Hotel to investigate. The hotel also said that he was indeed there at 2:30 in the morning. Pass by the counter."
"From a time perspective, after the deceased left the hotel, he should have gone directly to the crime scene. So where is the suicide note?"
"So far, nothing has been found.
At this moment, a male voice sounded.
"President!"
I saw a man running over and kneeling on the ground: "President, how could something happen so soon? If you can wait for me for a while, everything will be fine."
Henggou looked at the man with a sad face: "Excuse me, who are you?"
"It's like this, my job is the manager of Oda Hotel, and my name is Yosuke Tsumura.
"You didn't come to this area last night, right?"
"Yes, I went to Tokyo on a business trip."
"Do you know if Mr. Oda had any possible motive for committing suicide?"
Wu Fan was speechless: "Hey, did you ask that? If it was a homicide, wouldn't it just give the murderer a step up."
Xuncun explained: "To be honest, the purpose of my business trip this time is to raise funds. If we can't raise money, our company will have its reputation damaged by issuing bad checks by the end of this month. I think, our president He was very troubled by this.”
"No, he brought a lot of cash with him last night." Mouri Kogoro questioned.
"That's because our president always cares about face, and will definitely let others know even if he has troubles. So sometimes, he can be a bit bluffing. Last night, because of the temple's problems, he went to the point of resorting to law. I think he must also be confused."
Wu Fan asked: "It's really strange. When Chunhai came to make trouble yesterday, weren't you already on a business trip? How did you know about this when you were not at the scene?"
Xuncun's face changed drastically, and he immediately explained: "Ah...that's because I had a phone call with the president later, and the president told me about it."
Conan said: "Oh, this uncle doesn't have a wallet with him."
Henggou was a little confused: "What wallet?"
The police report: "No wallet was found among the things on his person."
Conan continued: "Isn't this too strange? Uncle Oda didn't even change his clothes, and the wallet that was there last night was missing.
Mouri Kogoro picked up Conan next to the body with disdain: "Idiot! How can a person who wants to commit suicide carry such a large amount of money with him? Didn't I tell you every time? You are not allowed to be there. Wandering around.”
"But the pin on Uncle Oda's tie is also missing."
"Stop talking!"
After speaking, Mouri Kogoro directly threw Conan away.
Ran Mouri comforted: "Are you okay? Don't hinder the investigation in the future."
Henggou asked: "Mr. Mouri, what happened to the tie pin?"
"The tie pin that Mr. Oda was still wearing last night was made of a five-carat diamond ring. It is indeed missing now.
Henggou said thoughtfully: "In this case, the deceased was probably robbed by gangsters. After all, the brooch and wallet made of diamond rings have disappeared.
Mouri Kogoro expressed his speculation: "Instead of saying that he was robbed, it is better to say that he gave it away with both hands? He probably took the initiative to give the money to the gangster."
After hearing this, Wu Fan had a dark line: "Proactively giving money and diamond rings to gangsters? Isn't this too ridiculous? It's not even far-fetched."
Mouri Kogoro continued: "Besides, this cannot be used as a basis to overturn the hypothesis of suicide. If he was really strangled to death by someone with a rope, he would definitely pull the rope hard with his fingernails while in pain. Yes, but there are no such scars at all. If this murder case is a homicide, what method did the murderer use to transport the deceased to the top of the five-story pagoda?"
"If this is not a suicide case, ordinary people can't do it at all. It can't be caused by ghosts and gods, right? If we really want to say who is the murderer, maybe it can only be said to be the punishment of gods and Buddhas."
Danhai suddenly said: "This is God's will. Sooner or later, the gods will give the most severe punishment to the unfaithful."
"Hello, I am Officer Yokomori from the Shizuoka Prefecture Police Department. Who are you?"
"Huh, don't you understand by looking at me? I am Danhai, the abbot of this temple.'
Chunhai said: "I am his son Chunhai."
Okabe said: "I work as a busboy in the temple, under Shimookabe."
Henggou asked: "What were the three of you doing between 3 and 4 in the morning? Please explain clearly to each other.
Harumi was a little dissatisfied: "Why are you asking this? Didn't Oda Hideaki commit suicide?"
"No, we haven't made a conclusion yet, we can't rule out the possibility of homicide, and we found that there was a large amount of money on the deceased who was unaccounted for.
Danhai said angrily: "What are you talking about? Are you saying that a monk like me will steal other people's property?"
"Of course I didn't mean that. I just wanted to hear your alibi for reference."
"Hmph, maybe your purpose is to let me say that I have met that scumbag. Unfortunately, at that time, I was reciting sutras in the main hall.'
"Reciting sutras? You mean you started reciting sutras so early, right?"
"Because I have a hunch that the gods will appear to punish the wicked."
"The gods are obviously spiritual. What about you, Mr. Harumi?"
"I was still sleeping. I didn't get up until five o'clock. Not long after, Okabe told me that something happened and that Oda was dead."
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