Chapter 5: Unknown Ritual
The group then headed to the back mountain. Although it was called the back mountain, it was not very big, just a small hillside with trees only three or four meters high. It was fenced off as a park, and there were some simple stone steps and walkways.
They climbed over the railing and headed deep into the back mountain. An old car covered with dust and fallen leaves appeared in front of them. Ando Yayoi looked at the car in confusion. He really had no impression of it. It seemed that Endo Shinzo did not do it. Then it was very likely that Ando Yayoi did it. He hoped that it would not be found out that he was related.
Fortunately, the car was bought second-hand on the black web, and there was no registration information, and there was no biometric information that could be extracted from it, so it was clean. The police were also unable to tell whose car it was and why it was parked there.
Conan circled the vehicle several times and found that it was an electric car and could be charged via an external cable. Of course, large electrical appliances could not be charged, but if it was just a freezer... for example, the freezer that Anton Yayoi brought, it could be said that it was more than enough to provide power.
Conan secretly observes Anton Yayoi and has already made up his mind that he is the murderer, but there is no evidence. What should he do?
Conan plans to solve this problem from another angle, "Dear brothers and sisters, how did you get to Teacher Endo's house?" It takes manpower to drive this car over. If someone has a car, it is naturally impossible to drive two cars over at the same time.
Yamada Masakazu said without hesitation: "I drove here."
Xiao Qingshui Lizi also said: "I drove here too."
Yayoi Andong:......
In Endo Shinzo's memory, Ando Yayoi has never driven a car, and rarely rides in a car. She prefers to go to the destination alone in advance. And once Endo Shinzo and Ando Yayoi were alone together, and Endo Shinzo drove himself. In other words, in their eyes, Ando Yayoi should not know how to drive, or cannot drive.
It takes two and a half hours to drive from Makuto Farm to here, and 10 minutes to drive from here to Yayoi Andong's house. It is definitely not suitable to take the bus with a freezer, so it is a taxi or walking. Considering that the walking time is not suitable for a weak otaku like Yayoi Andong to drag such a large freezer, so the only way is to take a taxi.
Of course, I hope that Yayoi Andong didn't just drive the car in front of me like an idiot.
Yayoi Ando made some inferences, but in the eyes of others, it was only two or three seconds of thinking time. Just after Xiao Qingshui Kasako finished speaking, Yayoi Ando continued to answer, "Rent."
Conan's eyes lit up. Only Yayoi Anto didn't drive here, but just in case he still asked, "Well, did Mrs. Endo actually see your car?"
Mrs. Endo shook her head and explained, "Because my husband requested it at the beginning, when we bought it, it was designed with no ground driveway, so the car has to be parked on the small road at the door."
"Well, that means that Miss Shimizu and Mr. Yamada can't prove that they really drove here." Conan sighed helplessly. This direction couldn't prove the problem of Anton Yayoi. He could only pinch his chin and think, "Officer Takagi, can you find the record of Anton brother's ride?"
Officer Gao Mu nodded, "You can try."
Yamada Masakazu heard Conan and the police singing the same tune and adding himself to the suspect list. He waved his arms angrily and pointed at the abandoned car: "If it was really us who did it, why is the car still parked here? Are we stupid enough not to drive it away? This must be the car that Endo bought himself, and now he's missing, so he parked it here! Do you policemen have pig brains? After listening to what this little brat said, you even suspect us!"
Seeing how excited Yamada Masakazu was, Officer Sato quickly raised his hand to stop him and said, "Don't be angry, Mr. Yamada. We are not questioning you. This is just the normal process of investigating a case. But what you said makes sense. If the car belonged to you, you should have driven away long ago. There is no need for us to continue investigating in this direction. Takagi, let's check something else."
As a boyfriend with a weaker personality, Officer Takagi has no say and can only listen to his girlfriend, Officer Sato. Moreover, he does not think there is anything wrong with Yamada Masakazu's objection.
Conan's face sank. Although what Yamada Masakazu said was unpleasant to hear, it made sense. If it was the murderer's car, it should have been driven away long ago. Only if it was the victim's car could it explain why it was parked here. But why did Mr. Endo buy this car anonymously? This pushed the case back to the first possibility, that is, Endo Shinzo left by himself, designed all this, and then pretended to be missing.
Or maybe he was trying to drive out to do something, but was killed on the road. But in any case, it is more likely that Endo Shinzo bought the car himself.
This approach didn't work, so Conan tried another angle. He turned on his phone and started searching for news about Endo Shinzo. Endo was a famous professor of religion who had won numerous awards and attended countless conferences. There were countless news about him. Conan quickly flipped through the news for about ten minutes, and then a piece of news from a year ago caught his attention.
The time of the news was 5:22 on April 3rd... and the sound of the recorder was also 5:22 on April 3rd. There is no such a coincidence in the world.
Conan put down his phone, put his hands behind his back, and asked innocently: "Brother Anton, do you know what 5:22 means? This time is very strange. If Professor Endo needs an alibi, isn't it too long? From 11 am to 5 pm, there will be many accidents in such a long time. Maybe someone will look for him in the middle."
Of course, Anton Yayoi knew the reason, but he chose to hide it without any hesitation. "No, the teacher doesn't like others to disturb him when he is doing the ceremony, so when he says he wants to do the ceremony, no one will go."
Seeing An Dong Yayoi take the bait, Conan smiled slyly, and immediately narrowed his eyes and said loudly: "Brother An Dong, why are you lying!"
Anton Yayoi was stunned, his tone was cold, he knew what Conan wanted to say, "What do you mean?"
Seeing that Anton Yayoi looked very angry, Mao Lilan immediately rushed up to hug Conan and apologized quickly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Conan is not usually like this."
Seeing everyone's eyes looking at him, Conan ignored Mao Lilan's dissuasion and continued: "A year ago, there was a girl in the team led by Endo teacher, named Senben Tomomi. That was your sister, right? The mudslide happened at exactly 5:22, including Miss Senben Tomomi, a total of 6 people died that time."
Thanatos hesitated. The photo of Anto Yayoi was in all the photos he had taken with her since childhood. He assumed that the other party also had the surname Anto and was a sibling. But now looking back at Endo's memory, it did seem to be Chimoto Tomomi. He just couldn't confirm what happened in between. Just in case, he could only choose to remain silent.
Maori Kogoro interrupted Conan with a fist, "What did you say, little brat? One is called Senbon and the other is called Anton, how can they be siblings?"
Conan took out his cell phone from behind, called up the news, and read aloud: "On April 3, at 5:22 pm, a regional mudslide disaster occurred in Kumamoto Prefecture. The accident caused the death of five students and one teaching assistant from Toudou University. The only survivor was the team leader Shinzo Endo. It is reported that the cause of the accident was that one of the female monks accidentally fell in the forest. The research team that was originally scheduled to go down the mountain at four o'clock organized a rescue and was stranded in the forest. The team leader went down the mountain to find help and escaped."
"The monk who fell accidentally was your sister, Anton, right? Senben Tomomi?" Conan pointed to the photo of Tomomi on the news. "You both have necklaces with your initials. Senben Tomomi's sister's is AT, and yours is AY. Senben Tomomi's should be ST, and AT should be her previous name. I guess it was your parents' name before they divorced, right?"
“……” I don’t know if what you said is right or not, after all, I have no memory, but what you said makes sense.
"It doesn't matter if you don't admit it, Anton, we can find out by checking the household registration information." Conan said to Takagi, "Officer Takagi, please check if Anton has a sister named Anton Tomomi, who later changed her name to Senbon Tomomi."
Officer Takagi quickly said yes and took out his phone to contact his colleagues in the household registration department.
Seeing this, Anton Yayoi could only sigh. Although he didn't know if it was right or not, there was no doubt that Tomomi was his sister. "Tomomi is indeed my sister. But what does this have to do with Endo-sensei's disappearance?"
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