"What's going on?"
After avoiding the police encirclement, Sakaki Makoto picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip, then asked:
"Isn't this a bit of an exaggeration?"
"snort!"
Maori Kogoro looked very unhappy and glared at the policemen who did not allow him to approach Okino Yoko, and said indignantly:
"These people are police officers from the Hakone Police Station. They believe that the thief's target must be Miss Yoko. In order to prevent the thief from harming her, they launched a 24-hour protection. Even the agent had to be under their supervision to approach Miss Yoko."
"You are the sleeping Kogoro, don't they recognize you?"
"I know them, but it's useless! You're still Sakaki Makoto, they don't have that attitude yet."
Maori Kogoro took a sip of sake, feeling upset that he couldn't get close to Okino Yoko:
"We have to catch the thief as soon as possible, otherwise these policemen won't leave."
“That’s right.”
Mizuno Reina nodded:
"With them around, the production crew can't even carry out normal filming. Our show is scheduled to be broadcast during prime time next Saturday, and we can't delay it!"
Programs that can be broadcast during prime time are definitely the face of the TV station and a recognition of the program producers.
If the show is well received, the producer's status will rise, and this is their path to promotion and salary increase. Anything that hinders the filming of the show will be...
No different from the enemy.
Fortunately, Rena Mizunashi had a good temper and did not bother with these policemen. If it were any other producer, they would have probably called to complain by now.
It was not yet dinner time, but everyone had gathered in the living room, all because of the police's request. Two young policemen who did not look very old were taking statements from the members of the program crew, and it was unknown when they would finish.
Conan sat cross-legged next to Mouri Ran with a box of steaming takoyaki in front of him. His eyes kept wandering over Rena Mizunashi's body, like a little pervert.
"Did the prisoner leave any evidence, such as fingerprints?"
Sakaki naturally took the takoyaki, picked up a piece and put it into his mouth. Then he remembered something and said:
"Sorry, sorry, just pretend I didn't ask. If there were any clues, we wouldn't be sitting here doing nothing."
Big Brother...
Are you still a human being if you snatch children’s things?
I think you're distracting everyone just because you want to eat takoyaki!
On the opposite side, Conan puffed up his cheeks, looking as angry as a pufferfish.
“It’s not like we have no clues at all.”
Maori Kogoro said while holding a cigarette:
"Although the criminal did not leave any fingerprints, a little mud was left on the edge of the windowsill when he escaped."
sludge...
Thinking back on the weather in recent days, the sky has been clear and it has never rained. When I came here yesterday, the ground was also dry.
Since there was mud on the soles of the criminal's feet, it means that he passed through a wet, exposed area. There are many such places in the Hakone area, such as...
“The lake, the hills in the morning, and the hotel courtyard.”
Mizunashi Reina said:
“There was sludge at all three sites.”
“And shoe prints.”
Blowing out a puff of cigarette smoke toward the ceiling, Maori Kogoro pried open a bottle of beer and poured the bubbly, clear yellow liquid into a glass, apparently intending to start drinking:
"According to the length measured by the police, the shoe print left by the criminal on the tatami is 25cm long, about size 39. Judging from the pattern on the bottom, it should be a pair of wide-soled hiking shoes. There are many people in the program team who meet this condition, but we have not found the corresponding shoes yet."
"Miss Yoko's room faces Lake Ashi, and there is a corridor in between. Outside the corridor is the courtyard. The criminal climbed up directly from the window of her room, so it is unlikely that he passed through the courtyard."
very good...
Conan's eyes turned and he silently wrote down the important information that the criminal came from the courtyard.
"Also, Ms. Yoko said the criminal is of average height, has a mask on, is thin, and has no idea of his gender."
After two glasses of beer, Maori Kogoro's unhappiness was diluted, and he continued to reason:
"I personally think that this thief was a random thief, his technique was not sophisticated enough, and he just rushed into Miss Yoko's room. He is just a stupid thief!"
Yosi...
Conan nodded and thought:
The criminal must have an ulterior motive, come on, uncle!
"I heard that there is a habitual burglar in Tokyo who fled to Hakone. I saw his car on the road. It was a white Toyota sedan with the license plate number Shinjuku 99-11."
Picking up the teapot, Sakaki Makoto poured tea for Miss Miyano and said:
"Has the Hakone Police Department found the car?"
"The car was found, but it's not in Hakone."
Maori Kogoro shook his head:
"At 5pm today, a white Toyota sedan was found in Gotemba City, so this case is temporarily under the investigation of the Gotemba City Police Department and has nothing to do with the Hakone Police Station."
No wonder the Hakone Police Station no longer suspected that this case was committed by a criminal who escaped from Tokyo...
Makoto Sakaki touched the Hakone map in his arms, on which was the route to Gotemba City. Because Gotemba City is in the eastern part of Shizuoka Prefecture, not far from Hakone, only a few dozen kilometers away, many tourists will stop by Gotemba City when taking the Odakyu Line train.
Just then...
Kidd, who was sitting next to Sakaki Makoto, suddenly spoke up:
"I suspect that the criminal who broke into Miss Yoko's room this time is the same person who caused the theft in our program last time."
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