Chapter 1779-1786 [Case Closed]

Jiang Xia came back to his senses: "Well, actually this case is not that difficult." He raised his hand and pointed at the banquet table beside him, "Just now I asked the staff to bring a mini microphone over. When Councillor Takata was shot last night, he had this thing on his chest."

Inspector Megure didn't realize when Jiang Xia found the staff. He walked over and curiously picked up the small microphone the size of a brooch and looked at it: "What's wrong with this microphone?"

While he was studying the thing, Conan raised his head and looked at Jiang Xia. Then, this elementary school student, who had a very low presence among the adults, quietly ran to the black-skinned boy with pigtails and tugged at his trouser leg.

The boy with the pigtail lowered his head and looked at him: "?" When did a kid sneak into the venue? Should we tell the police and have this guy kicked out?

Conan didn't know what was going on in this man's mind.

He gave the pigtailed girl a mysterious smile, then lowered his voice like a mastermind and said, "The remote control is in your hand."

Pigtail: “!”

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Not far away, Jiang Xia was still talking to Inspector Megure about the mini microphone: "This banquet hall uses the latest lighting device, which can automatically locate, which is very convenient."

Inspector Megure stared at the small machine in confusion: "What does this have to do with the case?"

"Of course, and it's very important." Jiang Xia said, "For example, it was one of the weapons used to assassinate Councillor Takada."

"So...wait, Councillor Takada?!" Inspector Megure's heart skipped a beat. "Are you wrong? The murderer is targeting President Ishimoto, and Councillor Takada is just unlucky and got killed!"

Jiang Xia shook his head and began to restore the script skillfully: "On the surface, it does seem to be like this, but in fact, the murderer just wanted to use the murder of President Ishimoto as a cover to assassinate Councillor Takata.

“So before the case happened, the murderer found a hacker who had a grudge against President Ishimoto, and sent a threatening letter to President Ishimoto, disguising President Ishimoto as his target. These were all tricks he used to exonerate himself.

"When the banquet started, the real murderer used the lighting device and shot and killed President Ishimoto when he passed by."

"Wait, wait." Inspector Megure was confused again. "Was it the real murderer who fired the gun? But at that time, many people saw the shooting. After the shooting, only the hacker was standing on the lighting control console where the gunshots were heard. Did the real murderer escape before him?"

Jiang Xia pointed at the mini microphone he was still holding in his hand and said, "The real murderer was actually standing in the banquet hall the whole time. He didn't need to climb up to the second floor to shoot.

"When Congressman Takata was shot and killed, he was about to go on stage to give a speech. In order to highlight him as a speaker, all the lights in the audience were turned off, and only a beam of light followed him."

Jiang Xia raised his head and looked at the lighting control room on the second floor: "That beam of light is emitted from a lamp on the second floor. That lamp will automatically sense the microphone on Councillor Takata's chest and rotate as Councillor Takata moves.

"So the murderer only needed to determine the angle in advance, fix a pistol on the side of the lamp, and then place a remote control device behind the gun and connect it to the trigger of the pistol.

"In this way, the gun will always lock onto the heart of Councillor Takata as the light rotates. The real murderer does not need to hold the gun himself, but can kill Councillor Takata on the spot at any time by quietly holding the remote control, without even having to take additional aim.

"So the murderer finally chose to press the remote control when Councillor Takata passed by President Ishimoto. Once the shooting occurred, it would not take long for the staff to turn the lights back on. At this time, some sharp-eyed guests would look in the direction of the gunshot.

"The murderer only needs to divide the work with the hacker in advance, let the hacker go to the lighting control room after the lights are turned off, remove the gun and motor after shooting, and escape. When the lights are turned on again, everyone will see the hacker standing at the shooting location and think that he shot and killed Congressman Takata. In this way, the murderer can completely clear himself from the case."

Inspector Megure was stunned: "This is too cunning... So who did this?!"

A voice suddenly interrupted: "Of course it's President Ishimoto, the 'victim' himself."

A few people looked in the direction of the sound and saw Little Braid standing by the wall with a confident and arrogant smile. At first glance, he actually looked a bit like Conan.

Xiaobianzi continued Jiang Xia's reasoning and said, "The one who killed the congressman was President Ishimoto. To be honest, I already have evidence that he committed the crime."

As he spoke, he raised a box that was half the size of his palm and shook it towards President Ishimoto.

President Ishimoto was stunned for a moment: "What is this?"

Pigtail laughed and said, "You still want to play dumb at this point? This is the remote control device the detective mentioned. Just press it to start the motor behind the gun and let the bullet penetrate Councillor Takada's chest. Unfortunately, I found it in your company an hour ago."

Next to him, the congressman's secretary was shocked: "Is this really the case? How insidious!"

The braid ignored him and continued to look at President Ishimoto and said, "You are really brave. Aren't you afraid that the gun will be knocked off target and you will be killed by mistake? But now it seems that this courage has indeed brought you enough rewards. If the evidence had not been hidden well, you might have really gotten away with it - is that right, the detective over there."

Jiang Xia looked at him, then looked at Conan who was secretly giving him a thumbs up next to the pigtailed boy, and said, "But there is a problem. The reason why Councillor Takada walked next to President Ishimoto was because his secretary silently guided him when he was distracted.

"In other words, the only people who could have given the murderer the opportunity to disguise himself as an assassin to assassinate President Ishimoto were Councillor Takada himself and his secretary."

The congressman's secretary's heart skipped a beat. He didn't expect that suspicion would suddenly fall on him - his previous premonition was not wrong, this detective was indeed a trouble!

Fortunately, the physical evidence was delivered to the right place in advance. He gritted his teeth and tried to pin the suspicion on President Ishimoto: "President Ishimoto must have informed Mr. Takada in advance, so Mr. Takada would have deliberately gone there to give him a chance to show his face. Otherwise, how do you explain the remote control in President Ishimoto's office? Who else could the murderer be except him?"

The man with pigtails suddenly laughed sinisterly.

The well-informed congressman's secretary got goosebumps from his laughter: "...What are you laughing at!"

Pigtail Man: "I said before that I found the remote control in Mr. Ishimoto's 'company', but I never said that it was in his 'office'. But you seem to be very sure of the location of the remote control."

(End of this chapter)