The cross-dressing master in the world of Detective Conan

There is only one truth.

Behind what appears to be an accidental incident lies a premeditated murderer.

Conan has been following Kaoru Kazama ever since he went upstairs; he's practically a tagalong.

Before Kazama Kaoru smashed the flowerpot, he wandered around Egami Tatsue's house, looking for clues.

However, once the experimental reasoning began, this guy quickly ran to the balcony and stared intently at the progress of the experiment.

He also suspected it was a homicide, but there was no evidence to prove it.

That's why he was running around in circles like a headless fly.

However, after seeing Kazama Kaoru's experimental results, even a fool could understand that this was a homicide, not an accident as it appeared.

While admiring Kazama Kaoru's ingenious ideas, he also had mixed feelings.

It seems like my reasoning is slowly becoming less useful.

Whether it was a paranormal event in the past or a homicide now.

Whether it's electronic monitoring or experimental verification, it seems to be more convincing than just making empty promises.

Is it time for me to make a career change?

The great detective has begun to have rare moments of self-doubt.

"Let's go, what are you still standing there for?"

This time, it was Kaoru Kazama's turn to wake up Conan, who was spacing out.

Can you see the marks on the cabinet?

When Kaoru Kazama stood on the balcony, she noticed a scratch on the upper right corner of the white cabinet downstairs, which looked like it had been hit by something.

However, the distance was simply too far.

Furthermore, it wasn't suitable to activate the Sharingan while surrounded by police officers, so he could only ask the great detective standing nearby for help.

His tracking glasses had built-in magnifying glass and telescope functions, which she was extremely envious of.

Unfortunately, she wasn't that close to the doctor yet, and she was too embarrassed to ask him for things.

"Oh, let me see."

"There do seem to be a few scratches, and they're quite new; they must have been made recently."

Conan activated his tracking glasses, and even Kaoru Kazama, standing behind him, could clearly see the emerald green tracking frame.

Okay, now I'm even more envious.

However, she still had some integrity.

They wouldn't go so far as to steal a child's things.

I suppressed my envy, jealousy, and hatred.

Kaoru Kazama quickly walked down the stairs, and without asking for help, she simply tipped over the large cabinet, which was over two meters tall and probably weighed several hundred kilograms.

This left all the officers standing to the side, including the great detective and all the males, completely stunned.

Good heavens, is this even human? She's practically a humanoid female tyrannosaurus!

"What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and come up to check!"

After Kaoru Kazama knocked the cabinet over, she clapped her hands and dusted herself off.

Just as I was about to catch my breath, I saw a group of people around me staring blankly at me, not moving an inch.

"Okay, we'll collect the evidence right away."

The forensic team dared not say that Kaoru Kazama's actions were maliciously increasing her workload; the act of knocking over the cabinet had already been deeply etched into their minds.

However, Kazama Kaoru's feeling was right; the poor forensic personnel soon made quite a few discoveries.

"Report: A torn lottery ticket was found at the foot of the cabinet."

"Report: We found marks from being strangled by steel wire at the bottom back of the cabinet, and there were many of them."

"kindness?"

Upon hearing this, Kaoru Kazama stepped forward, followed by Conan.

The two of them peeked out together and saw the marks left by the steel wire, clearly visible at the bottom of the cabinet.

"So, it really was man-made after all."

"Hook the lottery ticket with a wire to attract Egami Tatsue's attention, then lure her under the cabinet. When she's about to reach the ticket, drop the flowerpot and crush her to death."

Upon seeing this mark, Kaoru Kazama's mind naturally deduced the perpetrator's method of committing the crime.

This wasn't difficult, especially since she already suspected it was man-made.

I've even mentally simulated this method of committing the crime.

"Take this lottery ticket back and test the fingerprints on it. If there are any, then it's 100% the culprit. Just bring him to the Metropolitan Police Department."

Unfortunately, not all of the surveillance cameras are present in the vicinity of this old apartment building.

Christia is completely useless here.

Even if there were any, Kaoru Kazama didn't think he had captured anything useful.

Students in schools are ultimately too naive; adults rarely expose their criminal activities to electronic surveillance.

After all, having experienced the trials of society, one is more mature than someone living in an ivory tower.

"In addition, conduct a detailed investigation into the interpersonal relationships of the residents in this building to see who has had conflicts with Jiang Shangchenzhi."

"Yes."

If this old woman on the river is not well-liked, then this case is most likely a revenge killing.

Starting with the prisoner's social network can actually speed things up considerably.

Although interpersonal relationships are not such obvious clues.

But who can blame us when gossiping is human nature?

When Kaoru Kazama investigates interpersonal networks, he almost never calls on those burly men.

Send out those approachable police officers to chat with middle-aged women. As long as it's not something too secretive, they can usually get all the information out of them in one morning.

If all else fails, there's still one last trump card.

That is the friend of women—Takagi Wataru.

This kid can now be said to have made great progress in his studies. He has honed his skills in the sea of ​​middle-aged and elderly women, and his communication skills have improved significantly.

You could say this guy is a walking heartbreaker for housewives.

Dark skin, honest and kind appearance, and a憨态可掬 smile—each of these qualities is a deadly weapon against middle-aged women.

This person walking down the street is like a bright, eye-catching sign.

He's practically a sucker, or rather, a representative of honest people.

According to him, countless aunties and grandmas have been crying and begging to marry their daughters to him.

It seems that he himself is also deeply troubled by it.

However, in Kazama Kaoru's opinion, for the Metropolitan Police Department, which is still mostly single, it would be better for someone as sought-after as Takagi Wataru, who has successfully marketed himself, to keep a low profile.

Otherwise, they risk retaliation from the largest group of single young men within the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, led by Officer Shiratori.

Speaking of Officer Shiratori, it seems that the matchmaking plan for Miwako that I took on so much responsibility for was related to this guy.

As a grown man, can't you be a little more responsible?

Why not take the initiative to win over Kobayashi Orange Light?

They met when they were young and fell in love at first sight.

Such a melodramatic plot, and you still manage to mistake someone when you're all grown up? Just how unreliable are you, Shiratori?

Kaoru Kazama mentally ranted about her colleague.

Chapter 454 Double the Care

The rest was much simpler, based on the experiments Kazama Kaoru had done before.

Only when a flowerpot is dropped vertically will it shatter into the way it looks on the ground.

Therefore, it couldn't have been caused by crows.

Moreover, the flowerpots were less shattered in the experiment than those on site.

This basically proves that, based on the location and height, the possibility of anyone else committing the crime, apart from the family upstairs, is extremely low.

Moreover, there's also fingerprint comparison.

Officer Chiba went directly to the apartment above Grandma Egami's, where a young woman living alone asked to have her fingerprints compared.

Before the comparison results were even available, this guy had already confessed almost everything.

There is no doubt that she killed the person.

As for the motive, it was because this old woman on the river liked to rummage through other people's secrets in the trash can.

Last week, she pieced back together the breakup letter her boyfriend had written to her, which she had completely torn up.

They even took over the bakery where she worked and mocked her without restraint in front of everyone.

It cruelly ripped open the scars she was desperately trying to forget.

To be honest, this old woman on the river was indeed quite repulsive.

But this is not enough to justify the murder committed by Noriko Imai, the young woman who lived in the apartment above Tatsue Egami.

Perhaps such scars seem insignificant to outsiders, but to the person in question, they are an unbearable burden.

However, because of a moment of impulse, one might sacrifice the happiness that could have been gained in the rest of their life.

Doing this is not actually about getting revenge on others, but about punishing yourself.

Kaoru Kazama did not have any contact with Noriko Imai, nor did she like to lecture others.