"I'm Suzuki Sonoko, a sophomore at Teitan High School."
When asked who it was, Sonoko put her hands on her hips and said proudly, "The fishing competition that's being held now is sponsored by my father. I'm the acting chairman!"
“Eh…”
After hearing what Sonoko said, Yokomizo Shigego didn't show the admiration she had imagined. Instead, he revealed a subtle expression and said, "You are the daughter of the organizer who loves the spotlight!"
This made Conan and the others laugh out loud, while Sonoko, who was standing by, looked at Yokomizo Shigego with a dark face and displeasure.
"Okay, Sonoko, stop messing around. Business is important." Ayako smiled and looked at Yokomizo Shigego and said, "I'm sorry, my sister made you laugh."
"No..." Yokomizo Shigego was a little embarrassed when he heard this: "I am, my words were a bit rude..."
"Okay, let's get down to business." Tang Ze stopped the topic and looked at Yuanzi and the other person and said, "Tell me again about how you met each other."
"We came here originally to see how Conan and the others were doing with their fishing."
Xiaolan said, "Who knew that just as we walked over here, we saw a pair of human feet behind a rock. At first we thought someone was sleeping here, but when we walked in, we found out..."
"Then where were you at that time?" Yokomizo Shigego looked down at Conan and asked.
"We are a little further upstream." Conan pointed ahead: "About thirty meters ahead, Ayumi and I are fishing over there."
"I wonder if you two heard Mr. Funaki's screams nearby?" asked Shigeo Yokomizo.
"No..." Ayumi shook her head: "We didn't hear anything..."
"Are you sure you don't have any?" Yokomizo Shigego looked at the two of them and said, "Please think about it carefully!"
"Really not." Conan shook his head: "We ran here because we heard Xiaolan and the others shouting, which proves that we were far enough away to hear the noise here.
If Funaki-san really yelled, we two would definitely have heard it."
"Is that so?" Shigeo Yokomizo nodded and had to accept Conan's words.
After a while, a criminal came over and reported the search results. As expected, just as Tang Ze had judged, no blood-stained stones were found around.
Apart from this, there are no other suspicious dropped items.
"How is it possible... there aren't any?" Yokomizo Shigego was surprised after hearing the report. "How suspicious..."
Instead of finding any unexpected evidence, there were many doubts, and Yokomizo Shigego had to suspect that this was a murder case.
So he found the staff of the Ogu Lake tourist attraction and asked them to notify everyone to gather in front of the square at the exit, and then confirm one by one where each person was between 10 o'clock and 10:30, and whether anyone could prove it.
Fortunately, there was a fishing competition during these two days, and everyone was basically fishing at a fixed spot the whole time, so even if we didn’t know each other, we could help each other identify each other.
While Shigego Yokomizo was checking the alibi, Karasawa, Ayako and the others were sitting at the table behind them, listening to the confession while analyzing various possibilities with a map of Lake Oko in combination with the deceased's situation.
"Mr. Funaki's body was found no more than thirty minutes after his death, and the distance from the tournament headquarters to the crime scene takes about twenty minutes to walk."
Tang Ze slid down from the point marked "Headquarters" in the upper right corner of the map to a bridge across the lake in the lower left corner. "If we didn't take a boat, we would have to walk across the dam bridge to reach the location of the deceased further downstream."
"If we walk across the dam bridge, it will take about five minutes longer."
Conan, who was sitting nearby, pointed to the lower left corner of the map and said, "So, the people going to the right should not be suspects. They are too far away to have committed any crime."
"That's right." Tang Ze nodded and said, "It seems that the focus of our attention will be on the people near the dam."
He listened patiently to the statements of every tourist, and because many of them had someone who could testify, it was soon the turn of the target that Tang Ze cared about.
"You are Ms. Saori Ayukawa, right?" Yokomizo Shigego confirmed after looking at the list.
"Yes, I am."
"Then I won't waste time. Where were you between 10 o'clock and 10:30?" Yokomizo Shigeo asked.
"At that time, I was heading up the mountain on the side road to Kuyasuji."
After listening to Saori Ayukawa's answer, Karasawa drew a line near the dam bridge and made a mark.
"Then can anyone prove it for you?" Yokomizo Shigego continued to ask.
"We can prove it." As soon as the words fell, Mitsuhiko spoke immediately.
Genta, who was standing by, couldn't wait to walk to the table and testify, "We happened to see Miss Saori walking towards Hisayasuji on the boat."
"That's right, we were on the boat with Detective Tang Ze and saw it all." Mitsuhiko said as if taking credit.
"Is that so? Detective Karasawa." Yokomizo Shigego turned his head and looked at Karasawa behind him and asked.
"Yes, that's right." Tang Ze nodded.
"If that's the case, then you can go back and compete first." Yokomizo Shigeo nodded when he heard that.
"Then I'll excuse myself first." Saori Ayukawa nodded, stood up and left.
When the two children returned to their seats, Ayumi beside them said with some sadness: "I didn't expect that the uncle who helped us take pictures before would pass away like this..."
"Yeah, I really didn't expect that..." Genta and Mitsuhiko also sighed when they heard that.
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