"Brother Maori!! What on earth did you see!!"
Seeing Maori Kogoro stunned after hearing what Karasawa said, he turned his head to look at the lamppost next to him, and Inspector Megure couldn't help but shout urgently: "Stop being in a daze, what on earth is that thing up there!?"
"There's a pistol fixed to the body of this focusing lamp!!" Maori Kogoro came to his senses and quickly replied, "Not only that, but there's also a motor fixed to the back of the pistol's handle with tape.
There's a thin wire tied to the motor's wheel, and one end of the wire is wrapped around the trigger of the pistol! !"
Maori Kogoro clung to the low wall and shouted, "If the motor starts, the rotation will shrink the thin wire, and then the trigger will be pulled. There will be no need for a person to pull the trigger!!"
Hearing this, Inspector Megure quickly turned his head to look at Tang Ze and said, "Tang Ze-kun, could it be that..."
"Yes, Inspector." Tang Ze nodded and said, "The bullet that killed Councillor Takada was not fired by Hiraoka, but by the gun fixed on the spotlight.
And the target has never been President Ishimoto!
The bullet grazed President Ishimoto's shoulder just to make it look like Hiraoka was seeking revenge after failing to extort money, and ended up accidentally killing Councillor Takada, thus obscuring the real purpose!"
When these words were spoken, everyone in the audience was shocked and some could not believe Tang Ze's reasoning.
"Are you saying that the target was Councillor Takada from the beginning!?"
President Ishimoto said in disbelief, "But... if it was this fixed gun that was shooting... then how could it have been so accurate in targeting Councillor Takada among so many people?
What's more, you said that the criminal wanted to create the illusion that Hiraoka was trying to assassinate me. In that case, I would have to be attacked too, right?
How could that bullet have so accurately grazed my shoulder and killed Councillor Takada?! Wouldn’t I have been killed if I wasn’t careful?
President Ishimoto couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he said this. He was angry at being used, but at the same time, he couldn't help but feel scared.
"No, that's not the case. Although it seems like everything is a coincidence, or that the risk is very high, it actually has a 100% success rate."
Conan looked at the puzzled crowd and explained in a cute way: "Perhaps you don't know, but the lighting facilities in this banquet hall are the latest technology."
"The latest technology?" Everyone looked up at the focusing light with confusion.
Tang Ze pointed at the spotlight upstairs and said, "I believe everyone saw it at the banquet. Among so many people, even after the lights were turned off, the spotlight still accurately hit Councillor Takada.
Maybe you think it is the lighting technician's credit, but it is actually the role of the focus light!
It can accurately lock onto the microphone on Inspector Megure's chest and respond accordingly. No matter how you move, it can use the microphone to lock onto you."
"Huh?"
Upon hearing this, Inspector Megure swayed his body from side to side in some disbelief, and the focus light next to Kogoro Mouri also kept adjusting the position of the lamp body as Inspector Megure swayed.
Looking at the spotlight that kept moving along with Inspector Megure's body, everyone believed Tang Ze's reasoning and nodded in understanding.
"So with the automatic aiming system, combined with the starter motor, the device can be automatically designed. This means the murderer can freely control the gun and shoot at any time and anywhere."
Tang Ze said in a serious tone and with a sharp gaze, "As for his target, it was naturally Councillor Takada, the one with the microphone, from the very beginning."
"Then, who is this criminal who shot and killed Councillor Takada and pinned the blame on Hiraoka?"
Inspector Megure's words drew everyone's attention to Karasawa, but the next moment, Kenichi Shibata, who had been sitting in the corner and not participating in recreating the scene, spoke directly.
"It's President Ishimoto!" Shibata Kenichi sneered at everyone who turned their heads to look at him, "The one who killed Councillor Takata is Ishimoto Joji!"
"What nonsense are you talking about! Asshole!" President Ishimoto roared, "Don't make such nonsense if you don't have any evidence!"
"Nonsense? Sorry, I have real evidence. It's no use pretending!" Shibata Kenichi sneered and took a small box in his hand. "This is absolute evidence!!"
"Huh? What is that?" President Ishimoto looked at the thing in Kenichi Shibata's hand with a confused look on his face.
"What else could it be?" Shibata Kenichi sneered, "It's the motor remote control that controls the pistol trigger. I found it in your company!!"
“Nani!!”
When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked.
"Hey!! You are kidding!" Secretary Shinkura looked at Shibata Ken in surprise and asked, "Is this confirmed?!"
"What a great acting, Ishimoto." Shibata Kenichi waved the remote control, "You staged a scene where your life was threatened, just to frame Hiraoka and get rid of the suspicion of murder.
He even resorted to a self-torture tactic, using a pre-designed mechanism to shoot Councillor Takada with a pistol the moment he passed by him!
Shibata Ken played with the remote control while looking at Tang Ze and said, "Am I right, Mr. Detective?"
"No, Shibata-san, although your reasoning seems perfect on the surface, you actually overlooked a key fact."
Tang Ze chuckled and shook his index finger. "Don't forget, Mr. Shinkura is leading the way for Councillor Takada. This means that President Ishimoto has no way of predicting that Councillor Takada will definitely pass by him."
"Then why do you think Mr. Shibata found the remote control for the motor in the president's office?" After hearing what Karasawa said, Secretary Shinkura asked in a slightly anxious tone.
"Ah, that's weird. Did you all hear it?"
Just after Secretary Shinkura asked the question, Conan's cute tone suddenly sounded.
"Just now, Shibata-nii, you only said that you found the remote control at President Ishimoto's company, right?"
Conan had a childlike puzzled expression on his face, "But why did Secretary Shinkura directly confirm that Brother Shibata found the remote control in the office?"
"Ah, I see!"
Before anyone could react, Conan knocked his left palm with his right fist and said excitedly as if he had guessed the answer: "Councilor Shinkura must have special abilities!
That's why he was able to determine that Shibata-san found the remote control in the president's office without Shibata-san revealing the exact location! "
Along with Conan's innocent words comes a ruthless backstab hidden beneath the innocent words!!
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PS: I don't know why the first sentence keeps repeating. Yesterday, I was in a bad mood and didn't write much, so I took the time to check for typos and found that several of the beginnings were repeated. I wrote in Word and then pasted the whole article in, but when I posted it, the beginning was repeated. I was confused...
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