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The sun slowly set in the sky, dyeing the sky a heavy orange-red.
"Next, the results of the competition will be announced. The champion this time is Mr. Takuya Trobuchi, who weighed a total of grams over two days!!
Let us congratulate Mr. Takuya Mamobuchi for winning this competition and becoming this year's champion! !"
After a round of cheers and applause, the host spoke again: "Next, let's invite Mr. Shiro Suzuki to present the trophy to the champion!"
Holding the trophy, Shiro Suzuki waved to the audience around him, and then handed the trophy to Takuya Masubuchi.
After the champion Takuya Masubuchi spoke, the second place winner Saori Ayukawa came on stage again.
The opponent won the second place in the competition with a score of grams.
After the awards were presented again, Saori Ayukawa made a speech about winning the championship next time, and the award ceremony officially ended.
"The 17th Suzuki Cup Oko Lake Competition has concluded successfully. Thank you all for participating. Also, please ask the two winners to stay for a moment. I have something else to discuss with you."
After the announcement of the end of the competition, all the participants left in groups, while Takuya Masubuchi and Saori Ayukawa went to find the host together and asked why the organizer wanted them to stay.
But when the two of them saw Tang Ze and Yokomizo Shigego and his group, they suddenly understood something and their faces turned ugly.
"Are you still doubting me?" Takuya Masufuchi looked at everyone angrily, "But I've said everything I need to say. I certainly didn't kill Mr. Funaki."
"No, I'm not doubting you. We're looking for Ms. Ayukawa Saori this time."
Tang Ze looked at Takuya Mabuchi and explained, "It's just that I thought it would be better if you stayed, so I took the initiative to let you stay."
"What!?"
After hearing what the two said, Takuya Mabuchi's face changed. He subconsciously glanced at Saori Ayukawa beside him and immediately questioned, "If you doubt me, there's nothing to say. After all, I was very close to the crime scene and no one can testify for me.
But Saori was on the other side of Lake Ogu when the crime happened. Detective Karasawa and those children can also testify for her!"
"You're right. If the crime scene is there, then Ayukawa Saori is indeed not a suspect." Tang Ze changed his tone and said meaningfully, "But the prerequisite is that the crime scene is really there."
"What!"
Yokomizo Shigego, who was called by Tang Ze and still didn't know what was going on, was shocked when he heard Tang Ze's words: "How is this possible!"
"Conan and I found this further up." After Tang Ze finished speaking, Conan, who was standing beside him, ran up with a camera in a bag, very tactful.
"Mr. Funaki is a journalist. Last night at the hotel, he said he was going to film something related to the railway today, so naturally he wouldn't be without his camera."
Tang Ze explained the whole story: "So when I saw that there was no camera on the body at the crime scene and no blood-stained stone, I began to suspect that it was not the first crime scene."
Yokomizo Shigego quickly stepped forward, took the camera, and asked, "Where did you drop it?"
"We found it on the roadside in Kuyasuji, right under the bridge." Conan said as he handed the photo to Tang Ze
"But how did the deceased's camera fall there?" Yokomizo Shigego held the camera with a puzzled look on his face.
However, Karasawa did not answer Yokomizo Shigego's question. Instead, he pulled out a photo and showed it to everyone: "This is a photo of an old train taken by the deceased.
You can also see that the angle of this photo is very good, and the front of the old train is perfectly captured.
From the perspective of shooting, this photo was taken at the junction of the piers of Jiuya Bridge and the cliff, which is also a flat place where photos can be taken.
It’s also the best place to photograph vintage trains, as any railway enthusiast will know.”
At this point, Tang Ze looked at Saori Ayukawa and said, "Last night, Mr. Funaki asked you to recommend a place for him to take pictures of old trains, and then you went to a bar, right?
After a few drinks, you told him about the perfect spot, and early this morning, Funaki-san set out with his camera to take these photos."
"But Mr. Funaki clearly collapsed three kilometers away!" Takuya Masubuchi questioned, holding the trophy. "Even the place you said you found the camera is still far away!"
"Didn't Detective Karasawa say that? That place is not important at all." Conan smiled, but his words sounded extremely harsh to Takuya Tsutomubuchi's ears.
"What on earth is going on?" Takuya Mabuchi said irritably, "Please explain clearly!"
"Oil, diesel to be exact, is the key to answering your question."
Tang Ze smiled and said, "There was a stain of diesel fuel on the deceased's vest. It was the exhaust from the old locomotive that was pulling the mine car."
Looking at the puzzled faces of the crowd, Conan smiled and explained: "Detective Karasawa meant that the body was placed on the roof of the train to investigate the crime scene."
"The general sequence is this," Karasawa explained, "Shortly after Mr. Funaki pressed the shutter, Ms. Ayukawa dropped the stone and hit Mr. Funaki on the head.
Mr. Funaki, who was hit hard, fell on the roof of the old mining train. The train then moved with his body to the iron bridge. Finally, when it turned around a bend, Mr. Funaki's body was thrown off and rolled all the way to the crime scene.
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