After retrieving some documents from the warehouse of the Citizen Hall, Gao Yuanzhao walked out of the door.
"Hey! Mao Li, Xiao Lan, I'm back!"
At this moment, Kogoro, Conan, and Xiaolan were sitting on the ground, as idle as salted fish. When they saw Gao Yuanzhao appear, Xiaolan immediately went forward to complain.
"Zhaojun, you're so slow, I was so worried!”
"Brother Zhao, what are you going to do?”
Gao Yuanzhao took out a file and waved it.
"Dealing with official business, plus doing something…it can be considered a private matter.”
"Take a guess!"
"Tsk!" Kogoro knew the police rules, so he didn't ask much.
" Wait..." Conan was the first to realize that something was wrong. He pointed at Gao Yuanzhao and then at the door.
"Brother Zhao, why are you…"
At this moment, Xiaolan and Kogoro also noticed it. They looked at the door that was illuminated by Gao Yuan and were dumbfounded.
"Isn't there a backdoor near the sea in the piano room? I went in from there."
Gao Yuanzhao said indifferently after he arrived at the back door. However, the three people who heard this looked uncomfortable.
"Alright! Let's go in through the back door and ask the village chief. Then, we'll go back directly. This place is really boring.”
Kogoro said as he rolled up his sleeves and prepared to go around the building.
"Are you stupid? The door wasn't open, so he could just go in!”Gao Yuanzhao pulled him back and said in a disdainful tone.
"Hey…hey…that's not good!"
Seeing that Kogoro seemed to be a little hesitant, Gao Yuanzhao directly raised his head and looked down at him!
"You're already planning to leave after asking. Why are you still so polite? Anyway, the gatekeeper from before was not at the door!”
" Ah!" Gao Yuanzhao had just finished speaking when he heard a scream coming from the Citizen Hall.
" This voice is…" Conan listened to the voice and tried to recall.
"It's that gatekeeper!" Gao Yuanzhao was the first to react.
"Let's go over and take a look!" Xiaowulang didn't care so much. He was already very idle here. He just happened to have something to do, and he was more than happy to do so.
…
He walked through the corridor to the piano room and saw Secretary Hirata sitting at the back door of the Citizen Hall, pointing at the beach with a terrified expression.
Although Conan was small, he ran quickly. In a short while, he arrived at the door, and his expression changed.
At this moment, Gao Yuanzhao arrived late. After taking a look at the situation, he immediately turned around and stopped Xiao Lan.
"There's a person lying on the beach. Don't look anymore. Call the police and get first aid!”
"Oh, I know!" Xiao Lan looked at the figure in front of her and was stunned for a moment. Then, she nodded and turned to run away.
"Don't call for emergency treatment. He's already dead!”At this moment, Conan had already checked his pulse.
"Is that so?" Gao Yuanzhao also walked out of the door and slammed it shut.
"Let's look at the footprints on the ground first!"
Kogoro and Conan also reacted and began to carefully examine the footprints on the sand.
The back door of the Citizen Hall was very close to the sea. After going down a few steps, there was a narrow sand field.
There were bushes on both sides of the Citizen Hall. Gao Yuanzhao squatted down and poked his finger into the sand.
"The sand is a little hard and shallow, and it's also relatively moist inside. When the tide rises, it should be covered. In this case, it's difficult to leave footprints on the sand.”
Gao Yuanzhao wiped his fingers with a towel as he analyzed.
" Then, this series of footprints…" Conan and Kogoro looked at the shallow footprints along the coastline and looked at Gao Yuanzhao strangely.
"Don't worry about these details. What we need to determine now is whether the victim fell down accidentally or…"
"He was drowned in the sea!" Conan adjusted his glasses with a heavy expression.
…
Soon, the guests who were attending the ritual also heard the news of the dead people behind the Citizen Hall. They all crowded into the piano room.
If it weren't for Gao Yuanzhao's imposing manner, these guests would have destroyed the scene long ago.
"The deceased, Kawajima Hideo, died about an hour to an hour and a half ago. The cause of death was suffocation, but further autopsy is needed to determine if it was drowning!”
In the piano room, Dr. Cheng Shi was doing a simple autopsy report.
"Thirty minutes?" Gao Yuanzhao held his chin and frowned as he recalled.
"It took me an hour and twenty minutes from the time I left the Citizen Hall to the time I retrieved the key and returned from the back door.”
"When I went up to the second floor to get the information, I bumped into Dr. Chengshi who came out of the bathroom by the stairs. We chatted for about five minutes.”
"In the end, it took about twenty minutes to find the information. In the end, I went downstairs and met you through the corridor. After that, I spent half an hour investigating here.”
" If that's the case, the timing isn't right, unless…" Gao Yuanzhao muttered.
Suddenly, Conan ran out of the door with a handkerchief in his hand. There was a small button wrapped on it as he said innocently.
"Brother Zhao, I found this in a small bush next to the Citizen Hall. It seems to be a button on the sleeve of the deceased.”
"Is that so?" Gao Yuanzhao took the button and punched Conan in the head.
" Wuwuwu..." Conan squatted on the ground and covered his smoking bag.
"Didn't I tell you? It was best to take photos before taking samples of evidence.”
After teaching Conan a lesson, Gao Yuanzhao carefully threw the button into the evidence bag and couldn't help but sigh.。
Conan was used to picking up scraps. He was really amazing. He could really pick up such a small thing. Moreover, he did not have any doubts after picking it up.
"In short…since the time of death has been confirmed!”Gao Yuan looked at his watch. Compared to the chaotic time in the original work, it was still early.
"How about this? I won't make it difficult for everyone. Please write down what you did an hour ago on a piece of paper and mark your names, okay?”
Although he used a questioning tone, Gao Yuanzhao's eyes were extremely cold as he scanned the crowd like he was interrogating a criminal.
"By the way, please cooperate with your work and don't whisper to each other. Please, my ears are very sharp.”
Just as Gao Yuanzhao finished speaking, Xiao Lan appeared with the unreliable old criminal police officer.
"Sir!" When he saw Gao Yuanzhao, the old criminal police officer tried to stand still. It was obvious that Gao Yuanzhao had scared him quite a bit.
However, this was also good. Seeing that the police officers in the village were so respectful to Gao Yuanzhao, the people present did not say anything.
"By the way, Secretary Hirata, as the first discoverer, I need to ask you some questions in private.”
After saying that, Gao Yuanzhao gave Kogoro a look. Kogoro also cooperated and stood behind Hirata.
Gao Yuanzhao took out a note and handed it to Kogoro.
"Take this and ask her the questions on it. Remember to write them down!”
"Me?" Kogoro was very surprised. It was her first time doing this.
"Yes! I have to be responsible for the situation here. After all, there are so many people here. You can't hold them back!”
Hearing Gao Yuanzhao's words, Kogoro was a little embarrassed. He laughed and went up.
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