Chapter 1008: Commission Not Completed?

The fat butler wiped his sweat and left the room, leaving Megure and his party to continue pondering.

"A big guy, a fat guy, very agile movements, and then a woman in a dress. Are there such people among the guests?"

"Doesn't seem like it."

Conan did not participate in the subsequent questioning. He took the notebook recording the 4 people and returned to the banquet hall, which was the crime scene.

Judging from the situation at the scene, no matter who the culprit was, they must have arrived at the scene in advance to set it up.

That is to say, only Karube and the others who arrived early, as well as the Hoshina family, could do it. And at that time, only these 4 people were at the party scene; other maids, chefs, and watchmakers were not there.

Regardless of the missing murder weapon, there was one point that made him very concerned.

It is said that the big clock, which had never had any problems, failed to ring on time at 6 o'clock, and it was in such a short time that Mrs. Hoshina was stabbed.

Akaso Kaze and Conan walked to the balcony together.

The position where the bloodstains were stained was in the middle of the French window frame and the middle of the balcony railing. It looked as if the culprit had closed the doors and windows again and then crossed the balcony railing.

Conan looked at the bloodstains carefully.

Very strange. The height of the bloodstains on the door frame was about the same as the railing.

If a person covered in blood escaped, it shouldn't be such a simple bloodstain smear; it should be much messier.

This scene looked like it had been wiped by some tool.

That is to say, after the culprit killed Mrs. Hoshina, they triggered a pre-set mechanism, letting the murder weapon leave the scene, while creating the illusion that the culprit escaped from the balcony.

This inference is more reasonable, at least more reasonable than Inspector Megure's guess.

Inspector Megure thought that the culprit had obtained Mrs. Hoshina's blood in advance and then painted the bloodstains here in advance.

If it was prepared in advance, there should be more bloodstains.

Conan stood by the railing, looked at the wellhead blocked by an iron frame directly below, and then looked up at the big clock like a clock tower directly above.

If it was setting up a mechanism, the water well downstairs and this big clock were very likely to be used.

Conan's gaze gradually solidified, and his whole person entered the thinking space along with the movement of the big clock.

The actions and words of Karube and the others all flashed by his side.

The villa's time seemed to flow backward, returning to the time of the crime.

"So that's how it is!"

Conan closed his eyes for a while, and when he opened them, his eyes were much clearer.

"The murderer is indeed him."

Conan looked at the guests waiting for questioning in the room and said to Akaso Kaze with some excitement: "The culprit has already confessed without being asked from the very beginning."