Seven years ago, timeline.
Fujiwara Yu was diligently searching for the Child of Destiny named "Edogawa Conan," believing that only by finding him could he gain permanent residency in...
Led by the museum's director, Tamio Ochiai, they all headed to the guardhouse to view the footage captured by the surveillance cameras. Kudo Shinichi, who was supposed to leave, followed closely behind, accompanied by his childhood friend, Ran Mouri. Upon being discovered, he bared his teeth and explained that he had witnessed a conflict between several suspects, earning him the right to remain.
Fujiwara Yu put his hands on his waist and looked at Kudo Shinichi helplessly. It's not that he doesn't allow Kudo to assist the police in solving the case here, but he thinks that he is a bit too straight-man by bringing Miss Mori with him.
You know, the murder scene was very bloody. The surveillance camera installed there undoubtedly recorded the entire process of the murderer killing people. Didn't he consider that his girlfriend would be scared after seeing it?
The surveillance screen showed surveillance footage from the time of the crime. At three times the speed, the victim, Takayuki Manaka, wearing a white suit, soon appeared on the screen.
He stood with his hands behind his back in front of the medieval armor on display. Perhaps he was a little impatient or a little scared because the environment was too dark. He checked his watch to confirm the time while looking around as if he was looking for someone.
It is clear from the content of the picture that Takayuki Manaka was invited to the "Hell Exhibition Hall", and the person who invited him was undoubtedly the murderer.
Just when everyone was wondering how the murderer would appear, the medieval armor in front of Manaka Takayuki suddenly moved.
Gao Mushi raised his hand and rubbed his eyes vigorously. After confirming that he had not seen it wrong, he turned his head in surprise and said:
"Inspector, did the armor move just now?!"
"Hmm, the hand on the knight's sword hilt moved. It seems the murderer was wearing armor."
As soon as Fujiwara Yu finished speaking, when Manaka Takayuki in the surveillance video turned his back to check the time, the man in medieval armor behind him raised his right hand holding the sword high and slashed at Manaka's back.
"What?!"
While most people screamed in surprise, only Fujiwara Yu and Kudo Shinichi had relatively calm expressions. The former guessed that the younger generation's knife was the first to strike when he was examining the victim's body, and the latter was a staunch materialist. He did not agree with the Armored Undead's nonsense that was so boring that it could only fool children.
The armored knight in the picture did not rush to swing the next sword after the first one. He stood under the surveillance camera, which could capture the upper body armor and clearly reveal Manaka Takayuki behind him.
Then, Takayuki Manaka was captured by the surveillance camera suddenly walking to the side, picked up the note on the table, his eyes widened and his mouth opened, which was obviously an expression of surprise.
Kudo Shinichi was stunned when he saw this scene. He held his chin and frowned. He didn't understand why Manaka Takayuki had such an expression. Could there be something written on the note... Was it evidence of his guilt?
In the picture, Takayuki Manaka grabbed the ballpoint pen placed beside him, gritted his teeth and wrote something on the paper, then suddenly threw the ballpoint pen at the armored knight with his back to him.
"Um?"
Miwako Sato suddenly noticed that in the surveillance footage, Takayuki Manaka only threw away the ballpoint pen, but did not discard the note, which means that he may have left a death message before he died.
Realizing this possibility, Sato Miwako quickly reported:
"Inspector Takashi, the victim is very likely to have a note hidden in his hand. I'll just..."
"No need, I've already collected the note." Fujiwara Yu took out the note from the evidence bag, not disguising the handwriting on it at all, and stared directly at Kubota Kurakei: "Mr. Kubota, do you want to explain the contents of the note?"
Kubota Kura Kei was shocked when he heard his own name. When he met those passionate eyes, he felt as if everything about him was seen through. He was so nervous that he was almost incoherent:
"I, I, I, Mr. Officer, you want me to explain...what do you want me to explain?"
The originally short sentence was made three times longer by him.
Fujiwara Yu was afraid that he couldn't see the contents of the note clearly, so he walked directly to Kubota Kurakei and almost put the note directly to his eyes so that he could see it carefully.
Kubota Kura Kei narrowed his eyes and looked at the note. Then his expression turned into fear. He shook his head more exaggeratedly than a rattle and loudly defended himself:
"No, it's not me! Mr. Officer, it really isn't me. Boss Manaka must have misunderstood me!
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"Then can you tell me about your alibi?" Sato Miwako frowned and said seriously.
Kubota Kura Kei was stunned when he heard this. He realized that he had no alibi, but if he didn't explain clearly, the police would definitely think he was the murderer. He had no choice but to bite the bullet and say:
"Just now, the director asked me to do something, and I stayed alone in the office. It wasn't until I heard a commotion outside that I realized something was wrong... Director, can you vouch for me? I was indeed busy with the task you assigned to me!"
Receiving Kubota Kura Kei's pleading gaze, the old director Ochiai Tamio nodded and helped to explain:
"Kuoda didn't lie. I did ask him to help me."
"That means no one can prove that you have been in the office all the time."
Kubota Kura Kei noticed that everyone's eyes were on him, and he waved his hands frantically, trying to prove his innocence:
"No, I really didn't kill the boss. I had no reason to kill him!"
"You did!" Iijima Yuta clenched his fists and glared at Kubota Kura Kei with an unhappy face. "It's no use trying to cover it up. You were secretly selling the artworks here, and it was exposed a few days ago... Boss Manaka is demanding a huge amount of compensation from you, right? Don't you really have any reason to kill him?!"
Sato Miwako looked at Kubota Kurako coldly and asked:
"Is this true?"
"It's true. Kubota was originally going to be fired, but the director was kind enough to let him stay because the museum was closing in ten days."
Fujiwara Yu had already ruled out Kubota Kura Kei as the perpetrator when he saw the note, and he completely dismissed him as a suspect after watching the surveillance video. However, he hadn't expected that Iijima Yuta, who had remained silent, would come forward at this moment and accuse Kubota Kura Kei of murder.
Anyone who jumps out at this time is very suspicious, but Yuta Iijima's body shape doesn't seem to be able to wear that set of medieval armor... He shouldn't be the murderer.
"Brother Yingsi."
Fujiwara Yu turned sideways and saw Kudo Shinichi hooking his finger at him. He walked forward and put his hands in his pockets and asked:
"Do you have any ideas, kid?"