"You are Edogawa Conan?"
In the room on the third floor of the hotel, Kyokichi Ishimoto, the head of the Criminal Division of the Hakone Police Station, pushed his glasses, leaned over, and examined the big-headed doll in front of him.
An ordinary-looking elementary school student was the first person to discover the body?
Subconsciously, Kyokichi Ishimoto developed a negative attitude towards the following transcript. He didn't think Conan would say anything useful.
“Guaranteed authenticity!”
“Okay, okay, okay…”
Picking up the transcript, Ishimoto Kyokichi decided to just deal with it casually and then switch to the next witness, not wanting to get too entangled with Conan:
"The body of the deceased was found at 6:13 in the morning..."
"No, it's 6:09!"
Ishimoto Kyokichi paused, glanced at Conan, crossed out the previous record, and wrote again:
"The body was found at 6:09 a.m.... Did anyone move the body before the police arrived at the scene?"
"No."
"Where was the deceased last seen?"
"The living room, at dinner yesterday."
"Very good, so where were you between 3am and 4am today?"
"I'm in the yard."
"Um?"
Ishimoto Kyokichi raised his head and asked in confusion:
"Why are you running around the yard instead of sleeping?"
"They said they wanted to play hide-and-seek with me last night. They pretended to be ghosts and wanted to catch me, so I hid in the yard and didn't come out until 6 o'clock in the morning!"
Conan turned around and pointed at Makoto Sakaki and Kidd who were standing at the door in shock, his big dark eyes full of excitement:
"Uncle, do you think I won?"
“.......”
Everyone's attention shifted to focus on Sakaki Makoto and Kidd, all with a look of contempt.
Pooh!
Who is it?
Trick a primary school student into staying in the yard for a night?
Is this what humans do?
Two scumbags!
Sakaki Makoto and Kid's cheeks twitched. They never expected that Conan would shift the blame to someone else just to find an excuse and drag them into this!
Now, no one would doubt that a primary school student could kill an adult and then hang him under the eaves alone, but these two are different...
From Ishimoto Kyokichi's suspicious look, Sakaki Makoto and Kid clearly felt that their suspicion of committing the crime seemed to have increased a lot.
Damn....
Sakaki Makoto pressed Kid's shoulders, which were trembling slightly due to anger, and moved his lips, saying silently:
"This guy is going to solve the case alone and is trying to trip us up."
"I can't forgive him!"
Looking at the policemen approaching slowly, Kidd gritted his teeth and said:
"He must be taking revenge on us for what happened last night!"
"Nonsense, if you were outside in the rain all night and came back the next morning to see two of your companions sleeping soundly in their warm beds, would you be angry?"
"But he chose it himself!"
As a sunny boy, Conan would not be so petty, well...probably not.
"Mr. Sakaki Makoto, Mr. Nakamori Aoto, please come to the next room. The police want to question you individually."
A policeman politely led them to the next room, and soon...
Ishimoto Kyokichi pushed the door open and walked in. With a bang, he threw the transcript heavily onto the table and asked harshly:
"Tell me! Why did you attack the police with stun guns?!"
Sakaki Makoto and Kidd looked at each other and thought something was wrong.
The illegal room inspection last night must have been exposed, otherwise the Hakone Police Station wouldn't be so angry.
"This police officer..."
Kidd, disguised as Nakamori Aoto, said calmly:
"We had no choice but to shock the police. If you were willing to disclose case information and be honest, I'm afraid the murder last night would not have happened."
"What nonsense!"
Slamming the table, Ishimoto Kyokichi said angrily:
"Does the police need your consent to handle the case?!"
"You don't need my consent, but you have to consider his opinion."
Kidd had a faint smile on his face, looking confident, and pointed at Sakaki Makoto next to him and said:
"There are no outsiders here. I can tell you irresponsibly that the person sitting in front of you is not just an ordinary private detective, he is also a special criminal consultant of the Metropolitan Police Department! His police rank is comparable to that of a superintendent!"
"???"
I am not, I didn’t, don’t talk nonsense!!!
Sakaki Makoto looked at Kidd in confusion, his mind a mess.
He did help the Metropolitan Police Department solve many cases, but that doesn't mean he can become a 'special criminal consultant'...
Also watching...
There has to be a limit to bragging!
If you give Kidd another two ounces of white liquor, he'd dare to brag that he's the Jade Emperor!
Outrageous.
"So what if it's a police inspector?"
Ishimoto Kyoukichi sneered:
"This is Hakone! It's not under Tokyo's jurisdiction!"
Just when Kidd was thinking about how to trick Ishimoto Kyokichi next...
Ishimoto Kyokichi suddenly opened the notebook on the table and read:
"The deceased, Seiichi Naoki, was a 32-year-old single male who worked for Nichimi TV. He died between 3 and 4 a.m. this morning. He was stabbed in the heart from behind with a sharp weapon. The preliminary cause of death was determined to be hemorrhagic shock caused by a ruptured heart, which led to acute ischemic necrosis of various systems..."
"After killing the victim, the criminal tied a rope around the waist and throat of the body and hung it outside Ms. Yoko's room. Judging from the time and motive of the crime, the criminal is likely to be a member of the program team. This is our preliminary conclusion based on the scene."
"What do you two think of this case?"
Kidd raised his eyebrows proudly at Sakaki Makoto, showing off his intelligence. His eyes seemed to say:
"Look, if it weren't for me, this policeman would definitely make things difficult for us!"
Sakaki Makoto's mind was not on this. He took the notebook, flipped through it, and his expression became increasingly solemn.
After midnight yesterday, they split into three groups and guarded the four main roads leading to the third floor until 6 a.m. It was impossible for the criminal to bypass their sight and go upstairs during this period, so the question is...
The time of death of Kiyoshi Naoki was between 3 and 4 a.m. How did the criminal manage to kill Kiyoshi Naoki silently and then hang the body to the roof?
Could it be that the other party can become invisible or fly?
This is a complete behavioral paradox!
"I need to examine the body."
Putting down the notebook, Sakaki Makoto said in a deep voice:
“I have to see the scene before I can make an accurate judgment.”
"no problem."
Ishimoto Kyokichi winked at his men at the door and said:
"Take them over there, and have the others gather in the living room. No one is allowed to leave without my permission!"
"yes!"
A murder case happened right under the police's nose. This was not good news for the Hakone police. In order to reduce the impact of public opinion, they had to solve the case as soon as possible. This was why Kyokichi Ishimoto asked for help from Makoto Sakaki and others.
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