Stay away from Conan.

After leaving Yokohama Marine University, according to the address provided by Hakuba Tan, Kudo Shinichi and others came to the downstairs of the Far East Investment Consulting Company, which was considered to be closed.

I don’t know if it’s because of the previous case that happened here, but a handwritten sign saying “No entry for unauthorized persons” was posted in front of the main entrance of the building, and no one knows who wrote it.

Therefore, seeing this scene, Kudo Shinichi couldn't help but say:

"Seeing that no entry is allowed..."

“I’ll be more eager to go in and take a look!”

Hattori Heiji also echoed this, and it was obvious that the detectives present were eager to investigate the crime scene.

"That's the nature of detectives!"

Similarly, Bai Ma Tan also said something.

Afterwards, the three of them walked into the building together, and on the way to the floor where the Far East Investment Consulting Company was located, Bai Ma Tan continued to explain the relevant case information -

"The man who was killed was a man named Masaharu Nishio, the sales manager of Far East Investment Consulting Company. He was shot dead by a rifle. Although I have received the specific follow-up information related to the case, in order not to affect our subsequent judgment, I will not read it out for now. I will only talk about the situation at the scene.

"As for Masaharu Nishio, he and the president, Suehiko Ito, were classmates in college."

After Hakuba explained the basic situation, Kudo Shinichi and Hattori Heiji both had no objection to Hakuba not explaining the police investigation report first. However, they were concerned about Nishio Masaharu's identity.

"In that case, maybe this Nishio was also a member of the Crime Research Club!"

Speaking of this, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but analyze it this way.

In response, Bai Ma Tan nodded and explained:

"That's exactly right. You'll know once you get the photo of Shoji Nishio... So you took the group photos on the wall of the club back then, right? The guy called Shoji Nishio is in the photo too."

After listening to what Hakuba Tan said, Hattori Heiji took out his mobile phone from his pocket, found the photos on the wall taken in the club at that time, and handed them to Hakuba Tan.

Then Hakuba Tan also took out his mobile phone and showed the information he received on his mobile phone, which contained a photo of Nishio Masaharu. By comparing it with the group photo on Hattori Heiji's mobile phone, he pointed out that in a certain group photo, next to the president Ito Suehiko, was the murdered Nishio Masaharu.

"So it seems that Suehiko Ito and Masaharu Nishio had a good relationship when they were in college. Even after graduation, Masaharu Nishio joined Suehiko Ito's company. So, since Suehiko Ito is the suspect in the armored car robbery last month, could it be possible that..."

Seeing this, Kudo Shinichi couldn't help but connect Nishio Masaharu to the armored car robbery case that he investigated at the beginning.

In response, Hattori Heiji also echoed:

"Perhaps even the murder of Nishio Shoji is related to this incident!"

Thus, the speculation based on associations was not further confirmed. After all, the current clues were not enough to support more speculations. However, in view of this photo, Kudo Shinichi could not help but ask after seeing it:

"So, who is the woman on the other side of Ito Suehiko?"

Judging from the current situation, among the members of the Crime Research Society of Ito Suehiko, looking at the standing positions in the group photo, Nishio Masaharu, who was closest to Ito Suehiko, joined Ito Suehiko's company and was eventually killed. Then, as for the woman on the other side, who was close to Ito Suehiko, Kudo Shinichi subconsciously became a little curious as to whether the other party also had any connection with Ito Suehiko.

In response to Kudo Shinichi's question, Hakuba Tan couldn't help but smile and said:

"Really sharp..."

In this way, Hakuba Tan couldn't help but admire Kudo Shinichi's judgment, and then replied:

"Her name is Shimizu Reiko. She used to work in this company, but she is suspected to have committed suicide at the end of last month."

"Committed suicide late last month?"

"Suspected?" After hearing Hakuba Tan's answer, Kudo Shinichi and Hattori Heiji became interested and asked curiously.

In response to this, Bai Ma Tan continued to walk upstairs, and then explained as he walked down:

"Yes, during the time when the police were questioning her, some fishermen at the beach seemed to have witnessed her committing suicide by jumping into the sea, but her body has not been found yet."

"Are you going to ask her about this? Is it because of the murder of Nishio Masaharu?"

Hattori Heiji asked.

"It is said that the tone of the police questioning her was very impolite, and they probably treated her as a suspect."

Baima asked back.

"So, was it because of the police's attitude that forced him to jump into the sea, or was it..."

Hearing this, Kudo Shinichi couldn't help but think about it, and then asked:

"Why do you say that he was suspected of witnessing a suicide?"

"Because the fishermen who saw her at the beach were not looking at her all the time. They just looked at Shimizu Reiko a few times because they were surprised that she was standing on the edge of the cliff. Then, after a while, when the fishermen turned around to look at her, they found that Shimizu Reiko was gone, and only her shoes were left on the edge of the cliff. Therefore, the police who received the call could only conclude that she was suspected of suicide, but they never found her body."

Bai Ma Tan explained in detail, and then said:

"In short, this matter is ultimately the result of Nishio's murder. The key to the problem still has to go back to the shooting case..."

As such, the White Horse Detective who was saying this had already reached the floor he was supposed to go to, and then walked down the corridor and came to an office.

"This is the scene where Nishio was murdered."

After saying this, the three of them naturally walked into the scene, and then Kudo Shinichi couldn't help but judge the situation at the scene:

"There's a lot of dust here. It looks like everything has been left as it was after the crime."

"On the day of the incident, the window here was open, and the sniper's location was in the toilet of the building over there."

Bai Ma Tan said this, walked to the window, put on gloves, pulled up the curtains here, and pointed to a tall building in the distance:

"During the investigation of the restroom in that building, the police found eight shell casings, which, based on the gun's analysis, was the total number of bullets that the gun's magazine could hold at one time."

"So the murderer used up all the bullets in the gun at once? It looks like there are indeed quite a few bullet holes here..."

After listening to Hakuba Tan's explanation, Hattori Heiji made this judgment.

"But, in that case, wouldn't this be a bit weird?"

Looking at the location of the deceased and the bloodstains at the scene, Kudo Shinichi couldn't help but feel strange -

"So, what is your assessment of the scene?"

In this regard, after sharing this information, Baiba asked the two for their opinions... (End of this chapter)