Chapter 13 Chapter Six

However, the investigation by the police that night was fruitless. The director of the search was supplemented by the Shimada Police Department.He is short and fat.Band-legged, with a face as round as a fifteen-year-old moon, he and Kindaichi Kosuke are old acquaintances.In the past, Kosuke Kindaichi had solved two crimes in Midorigaoka. At that time, the Shimada Police Department always acted with him. ①Translator's Note: The police department is supplemented by the rank of Japanese police officers. Police Department Shimada was particularly happy to be present when Kosuke Kindaichi committed the crime.

After listening to Kosuke's general situation, Shimada began to ask the people present about the situation. To do this kind of thing, Shimada couldn't be more suitable.His eyes are as gentle as sheep, his way of asking questions is very steady, and his every move makes people feel that he is not like a policeman, but as thoughtful as the owner or manager of a big store.Of course, Shimada Police Department is also extra careful in dealing with things tonight, because all the celebrities gathered here are from Midori Hills. "Ah, so soft serve is..." Yasuko replied in a low, but unusually calm manner to the question asked by Shimada Police Department:

"Ms. Tamiko asked her husband, Mr. Fujimoto, to get soft ice cream, so Mr. Fujimoto went there... to the receptionist and brought it. Mr. Fujimoto was very thoughtful. He brought me one too. Then Mrs. Tamiko and I Jing Pai sat on the sofa..." "please wait for a moment." Police Department Shimada interjected: "Is the soft ice cream Mrs....that is, the victim took it directly from Mr. Fujimoto?" Taizi looked at the police department in surprise, his pale face turned red suddenly: "No! This, I took it from Mr. Fujimoto and handed it to Mrs. Tamiko."

"Ah, that's right. What's next?" "The two of us were eating. Suddenly, the soft ice cream in Mrs. Tamiko's hand fell to the floor. I turned my head in surprise. I saw Mrs. Tamiko's face twitching horribly. Just as I was about to speak, I saw her I suddenly stood up from the sofa, and then fell down like a rotten log that was chopped down....Everyone knows what happened after that, and I seemed to yell involuntarily." "So, the process is like this. Mrs. Fujimoto asked my husband to bring two servings of soft ice cream. After you take it, pass it to Mrs. Fujimoto...but why didn't Mr. Fujimoto pass it to the wife directly?"

"The location at that time happened to be like this. Mr. Fujimoto passed the ice cream across the table, because I was close... and it happened that Mrs. Nakai invited Mr. Fujimoto to dance at this time, so I..." Taizi stood up, pointed to the three people's positions at that time and spoke. "Then, at the time next to the three were..." "This……" Taizi tilted his head and thought for a while and said: "On this sofa, Mrs. Tomiko and I are the only ones. Grandma Kido is not far from here. Mrs. Nakai is standing behind Mr. Fujimoto. Besides, Mrs. Yamamoto is talking with others..."

Because Yasuko studied English with Saburo Yamamoto, he is called a teacher. "So, what did Dad do after Fujimoto-san handed over the soft serve?" "Nothing. After he handed over two servings of soft ice cream, he was invited by Mrs. Nakai to dance." "When Fujimoto-san handed you the sorbet, was Iide-san there?" "Press." "I beg your pardon, but I would like to ask again: I heard that you were still living with Mr. Fujimoto a year ago?" "Press." Wrinkles gathered on the bridge of Taizi's nose, and an erratic smile floated on his face:

"I was abandoned by him..." After finishing speaking, Yasuko gently but quickly asked Mrs. Macarit who was paying attention to her to take a look.This made Kindaichi Kosuke wonder: Is there any meaning in that gaze? However, the Shimada police department was not aware of it... "It's really impolite to ask such a question. The reason why I ask this question is not to understand why you left, but to feel from your tone that you don't seem to be familiar with Mr. Fujimoto's friend, Mr. Ide..." "Hey. He is Mrs. Tamiko's friend. It is said that it is like this..."

"Ah, so that's the case. Then you also ate the soft serve?" "Press." "Nothing unusual, right?" "Press, I feel pretty good now..." As he spoke, a erratic smile appeared on Taizi's face again. Qin Zi noticed that the police department had deliberately not raised some questions clearly. She thought that this might be because the police department felt sorry for her. However, the police supplement finally touched on substantive issues: "So, it's just Mrs. Fujimoto's soft ice cream mixed with fanmu? Alkaline, who do you think did it?"

Yasuko tilted her long fairy-like neck again and thought: "I don't know about such a thing!" A trace of anger flashed across Taizi's eyebrows. "Sorry, I asked the question in the wrong way. I mean, who has the opportunity to put strychnine in a sorbet?" "This……" "There will be no problem with the ushers. Get rid of them, and it will be me and Mr. Fujimoto....Ah, yes, and Mrs. Tamiko." "However, Mr. Fujimoto said that Mrs. Fujimoto couldn't have committed suicide..." "Since she said so, let it be so." "Thus……"

"Three minus one and two left, that means it's either Mr. Fujimoto or me." "Does Mr. Fujimoto have a motive to kill his wife?" There was a look of hesitation on Yasuko's face, and after a while she denied it and said: "It's very unlikely..." Kindaichi Kosuke was suspicious of Yasuko's momentary indecision. "Thus……" "Two minus one and one left, that is to say, the result is me." "No! Please wait." At this time, Kindaichi Kosuke jumped in and interrupted: "Is there such a possibility? Mr. Fujimoto wanted to poison you, but his wife ate it by mistake..."

Kindaichi Kosuke's words were like a thunderbolt to Yasuko.Before that, she restrained herself with a tenacious will and controlled her emotions, but after hearing this, she couldn't bear it anymore.As if she had encountered a devil, she stared straight at the face of Kosuke Kindaichi, a look of pain flashed on her pale face: "Such a thing... such a thing..." She murmured to herself intermittently, seemingly out of breath: "Why? Why did you say it so terrible? I was abandoned by him? Yes, I felt very painful at the time, but now I have completely given up. Why would he kill a person who has no interference with him and has given up? What about women? Such a thing is absolutely impossible? Absolutely impossible!" Yasuko yelled "absolutely impossible", but it seemed that he was not speaking for Kazuko Kaneda's hearing aid, but for himself. "If that's the case, should you explain yourself...?" Police Department Shimada frowned as if he couldn't figure out what the other party meant. "Well, yes. In the eyes of ordinary people, I seem to have the possibility of committing the crime. As I said just now, I have given up on Fujimoto, and my emotions have calmed down. I don't have any jealousy towards Mrs. Tamiko, but in This may not be the case in the eyes of others. I already felt this when Mr. Kindaichi rescued Mrs. Tamiko. Therefore, I have not moved here, and tried my best to avoid others from approaching me. You are welcome, please search my body ...In order to clear up this ambiguous suspicion, I have no worries even if I am naked in front of everyone. It is with this determination that I have stood upright until now." "Well, I'm afraid of doing this... I'm afraid of doing this..." In the end, he felt sorry for himself, and tears welled up in Taizi's black and white sleepy eyes.Seeing this, Grandma Kido could no longer remain silent. She spoke in a serious and serious manner: "Mr. Shimada, I would like to ask you..." Grandma Kido is an influential veteran in Green Hills, and she doesn't care about a mere police department. "Hey." Police Department Shimada thought to himself: Good guy, it's finally here.He just kept shrinking his neck. "Although it is said that Mrs. Fujimoto ate Panmu? Alkali. But it is not certain that the poison is in the soft ice cream. ... It seems that she can drink foreign wine very well. It seems that she drank cocktails and other things tonight." "But, ma'am! According to Dr. Kinoshita, after eating Panmu? There will be an immediate reaction..." "Grandma, thank you! I am happy for your concern, but I still want to ask them to search the body." "Oh, is it? Then it's unfair to search only yourself. Think about it, what should we do? Let's ask them to search and search too!" "Yes! Of course I have to do this." - Mrs. Nakai twists her round knees forward: "Check us, and please also search Mr. Fujimoto and his wife. In order to prevent negligence, let me remind you." In this way, everyone present that night, including the Fujimoto couple, was strictly searched by the police, but nothing was found.At the same time as the body search, the police also searched every corner of the living room without omission, but did not find any fan wood?base. As a result of the search, people feel that there are two possibilities: one is that the prisoner only carried the minimum amount of fanmu?Second, he left the living room to destroy the criminal evidence after the poisoning and before the body search. If the second possibility is true, then who falls into this range?First of all, it should be Ernst & Young, because he ran out to make a phone call; secondly, the owner of the living room and Robinson, who had left the living room with Fujimoto Kiyoya and Iide Kiyichi who carried Tomiko; and finally, it should be Robinson's wife Margaret, who had led Dr. Kinoshita out of the living room.Among these people, the owner of the living room and Mrs. Robinson seem to be omitted, so there are only three Japanese left, namely Jack Ernst & Young, Fujimoto Tetsuya, and Ide Seiichi.However, no matter who these three people are, there is no confirmed motive or criminal evidence. As a result, the search fell into a state of being stranded.