The cross-dressing master in the world of Detective Conan

Officer Chiba arrived earlier and had already investigated the basic situation.

He reported it clearly and immediately.

"Really? Does that mean it was killed by its own flowerpot?"

Kaoru Kazama was somewhat taken aback.

Placing flower pots in such an unsafe way will ultimately lead to accidents for yourself.

There is a certain sense of cause and effect, and that retribution is inevitable.

Is this a coincidence, or is it deliberate?

In the world of Detective Conan, especially cases involving Conan, she would never hastily draw conclusions, no matter how much they resembled accidents.

Chapter 452 Experimental Reasoning in a Certain Science

Directly in front of where the body fell, there was a white cabinet.

It was over two meters tall and covered with a lot of yellow tape.

Judging from the appearance, these are probably discarded items left downstairs by the upstairs family, waiting to be recycled.

"So, your initial conclusion is that it was done by crows?"

In this remote apartment, there were crows with black plumage and unpleasant cries everywhere.

"Yes, based on our speculation, it is very likely that the crow was perched on the balcony and accidentally knocked over the flowerpot hanging on the balcony when it took flight, which led to this tragedy."

Officer Chiba said earnestly.

Kaoru Kazama listened quietly without offering any opinion.

Conan, who was standing to the side, couldn't hold back any longer and jumped out to say to Officer Chiba:

"Do you really think it was the crows who did it? Maybe ask the other side if they..."

Conan stopped mid-sentence.

Because the building across the street is under renovation, there could be no witnesses.

"Actually, there are some suspicious points here. Look at where the deceased's body fell; it was right next to this cabinet, and one of the hands was even reaching under the cabinet."

"If I were taking the normal route home, I shouldn't be passing through here."

"Perhaps there's some secret hidden down there."

After saying that, Conan immediately bent down, reached under the cabinet with one hand, and tried to reach inside.

It's quite strenuous for an adult to stretch out, but Conan's small stature gives him considerable advantage.

Almost half of his body was tucked under the cabinet, while Kaoru Kazama carefully observed the situation above.

Is it really possible that by visually simulating the trajectory of a falling flowerpot, it will just happen to hit a person on the head?

She and Kona actually shared the same idea, both believing that this was very likely not a coincidence, but a deliberate murder.

"I found it."

Conan's voice came from under the cabinet, sounding somewhat muffled.

Then he crawled out from underneath, his suit jacket covered in dust.

However, he was holding a 500-coin in his hand.

"So, the old woman on the river fell under this cabinet when she was taking out her keys, which is why she came here, lay down, and reached for the coin, ultimately causing the flowerpot to hit her on the head in this tragic incident?"

Kazama Kaoru made a summary based on common sense, which sounded reasonable, but something still felt off.

It all happened so naturally, so perfectly. As Jiang Shangchenzhi walked to the front door, the copper coin fell out and landed right under the cabinet. Just as she reached out to grab it, a crow knocked down a flowerpot on the balcony and hit her on the head.

Are there any other witnesses in this case?

"There probably aren't any more, because this incident happened very early in the morning, so there were very few witnesses."

Have the upstairs residents been asked yet?

"Yes, we've already asked them all. According to everyone's testimonies, this Jiang Shang Granny seems to be a rather unpleasant person."

"Annoying? What does that mean?"

Kaoru Kazama was drawn to Officer Chiba's statement.

"It seems that this old lady on the river has a habit of rummaging through the trash to spy on other people's secrets and privacy. I heard that some residents moved away because they couldn't stand it anymore."

Is this considered having a strong sense of curiosity?

"It is said that once, Granny Jiang found a lottery ticket in the garbage that crows had dug up. She then used the ticket to win a third prize and made a small fortune. That's why she has been searching through garbage dumps every day ever since, hoping to have good luck again."

"Is that so? That's not surprising."

This is probably Conan's version of the "waiting for a rabbit to run into a tree stump" story.

Anyone who mistakes a chance event for a certainty is a delusional fool.

"Have you investigated which household moved out?"

"Because the incident happened so long ago, the apartment owner didn't keep any records, and the residents of the apartment didn't know where that family moved to, so we have no way of finding out."

Kaoru Kazama stood at the spot where Granny Egami was crushed to death, lost in thought, seemingly pondering something.

Then he suddenly gave an order to the police officer standing next to him:

"Use the master key to open the victim's door. I'm going to do an experiment."

The police are quite skilled at picking locks, since often, doors can actually be an obstacle to solving cases.

About ten minutes later, Kaoru Kazama entered the house of Granny Egami.

With no time to appreciate the furnishings and decor inside the house, Kaoru Kazama headed straight for the balcony of the deceased's home.

That is the place where the tragedy occurred.

She also picked up a flowerpot and carefully examined its structure.

The flowerpots are all secured to the outside with a wire shaped like a cup, and then the handle of the cup is used to hold them to the balcony railing.

This kind of fixing method is indeed very easy to remove.

It can only guarantee that it won't fall when force is applied from bottom to top.

There is indeed a possibility that a crow knocked the flowerpot off.

Given Grandma Jiang's habits, she must have had many experiences of clashing with crows scavenging for food in the garbage dump.

Crows are also known to be quite vengeful birds, and they are also quite intelligent.

It's not unreasonable to say that they were deliberately retaliating.

What Kazama Kaoru is about to verify is the possibility of this crow committing crimes.

If a crow had used its claws to pull the flowerpot down, it would have definitely fallen at an angle.

After waiting on the balcony for a while, a police officer, panting heavily, handed five or six potted plants to Kaoru Kazama.

She was simulating the situation before the deceased's death, but she didn't intend to use the other person's flowerpot, which would raise suspicions of damaging a citizen's property.

That's why she asked the police officer to go to the nearby flower and bird market to buy her a few potted plants.

After receiving the test samples, Kaoru Kazama first picked the least attractive one.

After rubbing it in my hand for a moment, I gently lifted it outside onto the balcony, slightly rotating my wrist to create a tilted angle.

This is to simulate the scene of a crow's claws lifting a flowerpot.

Then he let go.

The flowerpot accelerated its descent towards the ground due to gravity.

As a result, the flowerpot shattered into pieces, starting from the side.

Just to be on the safe side, she chose different tilting angles to drop the remaining three potted plants.

Then, the main event began.

The last potted plant.

It's also the most beautiful potted plant.

It is a small red flower swaying in the wind.

Kaoru Kazama didn't create any tilting angle; she simply held the flowerpot with both hands flat, then let go, allowing the flowerpot to fall straight down.

After examining the shape and angle of the flowerpot fragments, the forensic team concluded that:

The closest fragments to the flowerpot pieces at the crime scene were from Experiment No. 5.

That is, the flowerpot that Kaoru Kazama held in her hands when it fell down.

In this way, the result becomes quite clear.

After numerous experiments and eliminating random interference, the experimental results are undoubtedly highly convincing.

This incident was caused by human intervention, not by an accident caused by crows.

Or perhaps, there was a crow.

It possesses immense strength and sharp eyesight.

It can use its claws to lift flowerpots into the air and then throw them down at Egami Tatsue's head.

Chapter 453 The Walking Housewife Killer

Clearly, there are no such crows in the Tokyo area.

This flowerpot must weigh at least five or six kilograms. It's not plastic, and with the soil inside, it's quite heavy. It would be tiring to hold for a long time.

It's impossible for a crow to carry it and hover in mid-air.

And there's another thing to consider.

Crows are not helicopters. Birds fly by undulating up and down, unlike helicopters which can hover steadily in mid-air.

Therefore, from any perspective, it is impossible for the crow to have committed this crime.