Very soon, the police arrived at the crime scene and began following the procedure.
From the police's side, all they had to do was let Kogoro Mouri handle it, and Lin Yi went straight to the seventh floor to see how things were going.
Without an inspection at the scene, Lin Yi really didn't feel at ease telling Kogoro Mouri what he had discovered. It was like solving a math problem and then having to check everything from the beginning again, in case he had made a mistake or forgotten a number.
After doing a new inspection, Lin Yi made sure everything was fine and then called Kogoro Mouri to tell him to come up to the seventh floor to discuss the case.
After hanging up the phone, Lin Yi couldn't help but look around, a little confused.
Hadn't he used a sympathy event card with Okino Yoko?
How had more than ten minutes passed and the event still hadn't occurred?
Considering the nature of the system, Lin Yi couldn't help but wonder: had the event already happened but he missed it?
While thinking about this, Kogoro Mouri arrived at the elevator, walked over to Lin Yi, and asked, "Lin, why do you want to discuss the case here?"
"Because I suspect this is also where the crime scene was."
Lin Yi put aside his confused thoughts for a moment, greeted Kogoro Mouri, and entered the warehouse first.
Here?
Kogoro Mouri, filled with curiosity, entered, knowing Lin Yi wouldn't speak without reason.
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"Miss Yoko, it's not good, something's happened. There's been a murder on the fourth floor."
In the ninth-floor dressing room, the assistant Misa entered and told Okino Yoko this.
"Really?"
Okino Yoko was surprised. She never thought a murder would happen so close to her. She asked, "This isn't some prank from the human observation team, is it?"
"It's not a prank. It's true, the police are already here..."
Misa approached, grabbed her cup of water, took a sip, then said, "The director has already spoken to the police, some of the program's recordings have been suspended..."
"The crime scene is on the fourth floor, so all recordings on the fourth floor have been temporarily suspended, and full cooperation with the police investigation is required... Miss Yoko, you can rest a bit."
"I see..."
When Okino Yoko heard this news, she couldn't help but think about Lin Yi and Kogoro Mouri.
"Since we have some time, I'm going out to buy food. What would you like to eat?"
Misa asked Okino Yoko.
"Anything is fine... I'm not picky about food."
"Okino Yoko sounded like that to her."
"Mm, I'll be back soon," Misa said before leaving with her wallet.
"..."
After waiting for a while, Okino Yoko couldn't stay calm anymore. She left the dressing room and decided to go to the crime scene to see how things were going.
There were too many people in the elevator on the ninth floor, so she decided to take the stairs down to the seventh floor and then take the elevator to the fourth floor.
However, just as Okino Yoko was going down to the seventh floor, she saw Lin Yi and Kogoro Mouri entering the warehouse.
This made Okino Yoko stop, very curious. Hadn't it been said that the murder happened on the fourth floor? Why had they gone to the seventh floor?
With this intense curiosity, Okino Yoko decided to go to the warehouse to greet them.
Just as she was about to knock on the door, she accidentally overheard their conversation.
This made her hand, already about to knock on the door, stop.
"Uncle Mouri, do you see this window? The windows on the seventh floor are perfectly aligned with the windows of the fourth floor below."
"Wow, I didn't expect it to be so casual! Wait, do you mean the murderer shot Editor Suwaki from here?"
"Yes, with a gun, shooting from the window down... it would be very easy to eliminate the target, and with the gun, you could just drop the shells, naturally falling next to the body."
"That makes sense... so, were the other bullet holes in the wall made beforehand?"
"Yes... and I just went down to the first floor to take a look, and found a bullet on the ground right below the window."
"A bullet? That makes things easier... we already have enough to support your reasoning. Who do you suspect is the murderer?"
"Matsuo Takashi! Uncle, do you remember that he suddenly left and then came back sweaty? I suspect he came here to commit the murder. From the ninth floor to the fourth floor, running down the stairs takes about six or seven minutes, and if he takes the elevator, it would also be more than four minutes..."
"But there are cameras in the elevator, so he wouldn't use the elevator... instead, he would use the cameras to prove he was elsewhere."
"However, the trip between the ninth floor and the seventh-floor warehouse, a round trip of just over four minutes, is more than enough."
"I see... Matsuo Takashi really has guts. He killed someone right in front of my eyes! He has no respect for me at all! But now we just need the evidence."
"The evidence is easy... this and this will be enough."
"Perfect! I'll prepare it right away!"
Upon hearing this, Okino Yoko heard footsteps inside the room, so she quickly turned and walked away, pretending to be a worker passing by.
"Click!"
The warehouse door opened, Kogoro Mouri came out, and didn't notice Okino Yoko's figure. He walked straight toward the elevator.
Seeing that Kogoro Mouri hadn't noticed her, Okino Yoko let out a huge sigh of relief.
If he had realized she was eavesdropping and already knew the truth about the "great detective," Okino Yoko didn't know what she would have said. It would have definitely been very uncomfortable.
After Kogoro Mouri left, Lin Yi came out of the warehouse. Just as he was about to close the door, he saw Okino Yoko.
She was staring at him, with her hands behind her back and a somewhat mischievous smile: "I... heard everything."
Hearing this, Lin Yi raised an eyebrow, looked around to make sure no one was watching them, and then took a couple of steps toward her, grabbed her wrist, and dragged her into the warehouse.
With a slam, he closed the door.
Okino Yoko, excited, said: "Lin-kun, are you planning to kill me so I can't say anything?"
Lin Yi didn't respond. Taking a couple of steps, he pushed her into the corner, raised his hand, and pressed her against the wall.
Okino Yoko could no longer smile.
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