After some reasoning, everyone finally understood the whole picture of this trick.
I have to say, although this trick is just a simple adjustment of the time and then swapping the recording, the effect is indeed huge.
Kato Akira is like a "time magician" who directly distorts Chiba's perception of time.
This made Chiba himself believe in his heart that he and Kato Akira had been together all day. Coupled with his identity as a criminal, it indeed provided strong support for his alibi.
But unfortunately, lies are lies after all, just like the "air walk" performed by Kaito Kid. As long as you find the key support point, everything is actually nothing.
"I already know the situation, but what about the alarm clocks in the bedroom and the entrance?"
After listening to Tang Ze's reasoning, Sato Miwako raised some puzzlement: "If the clocks in these two places want to adjust the time, wouldn't it be a bit noisy?"
"No, there's actually no need to adjust the clocks in these two places."
Tang Ze shook his head and pointed to the wardrobe beside him and said, "Didn't Qianye sleep in the living room last night? Even if he wanted to take a shower, his change of clothes is here, so Qianye doesn't have to go into the bedroom specifically, so there's no need to adjust the bedroom clock.
As for the clock in the entrance hall, he couldn't adjust it. He had to be on guard against Chiba delivering a courier at the designated time. It would be strange to see the wrong time.
"It's very simple to guard against this." Conan looked at Kato Akira and said calmly, "When someone comes to your door, you just need to take the initiative to answer the door..."
"By the way, I remember you were the one who opened the door when we came here..." Sato Miwako couldn't help but say as she recalled the previous scene.
"Do you have any evidence to support your claims?" Kato Akira growled, "After all, these are just speculations. Do you think you, the criminal justice system, can arrest people based solely on speculation?"
"You still don't understand." Tang Ze looked at Kato Akira and said calmly, "Why do you think I said you didn't adjust the clocks in the entrance and bedroom?
If you think that is my reasoning, you are totally wrong. If you don’t believe it, you can ask Qianye.”
"What…"
After hearing what Tang Ze said, Kato Akira suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart. Sure enough, the next moment he heard Chiba's somewhat low voice from behind.
"Kato... maybe you didn't notice, but in order to avoid oversleeping and being late for work, I set all the clocks in the apartment forward by 5 minutes..."
Qianye looked at Kato Akira with gloomy eyes: "But when I went to check just now, I found that the living room, kitchen and bedroom had been adjusted back to the correct time.
I didn't adjust the clock, so... Kato... you're the only one who tampered with it..."
“Are you kidding me?! I was just a little slow, why do you have to assume I’m the culprit?!”
Kato Akira yelled at Chiba, "If you doubt me, you need to produce solid evidence! Prove that I really did kill someone!!"
"On that note, I think you'll choose to deal with your clothes and backpack on the way back."
Tang Ze's calm analysis carried unspoken force: "All we need to do now is search for these physical evidence and compare them with your fingerprints. We can easily determine whether you are the criminal or not."
"Regarding the search for physical evidence, I have already sent people to look for it along the way."
The uncle looked at Kato Akira's narrowed eyes and opened them slightly: "Since you didn't find them at home and you urgently need to get rid of those things, you probably threw them in the river, right?
If you think that everything is fine, you are wrong. These places will be the places where we focus our attention..."
"Ding-ling~"
Before he could finish his words, his uncle's phone suddenly rang with a text message. He clicked on the phone and immediately gave Kato Akira a stiff smile: "It seems that your luck is very bad. I received news that the physical evidence has been found."
Kato Akira was stunned when he heard this, his expression instantly becoming grim, but he still said stubbornly, "Ha, you're trying to bluff me without any evidence? I won't fall for that!"
"There's a river called the Dimujin River on the road from the crime scene to Chiba's house. Our people fished out a black backpack that had sunk to the bottom of the river. Inside, they found a blood-stained sweatshirt and pants..."
The uncle looked at Kato Akira, whose face was pale with cold sweat, and said coldly: "There are also bloodstains on the inside of that gray hooded sweatshirt.
Not only that, but even the backpack was covered in bloody fingerprints that had already begun to turn black and solidify."
“I think the prisoner must have gotten the blood on his hands when he was trying to take off his coat in a hurry, without washing them off.
"Tang Ze smiled and said, "There is no need to argue anymore. Since you say you are not a criminal, how about you cooperate with us and go back to the Metropolitan Police Department?
By comparing the fingerprints on the backpack with yours, we can determine whether you are the criminal or not!"
"Besides that, the car you rented last night was also found in a nearby parking lot. We'll be able to check it out once we get over there."
After hearing what his uncle said, Kato Akira leaned heavily against the wall, but it seemed as if all the bones in his body had been pulled out. He leaned against the wall and slid down weakly, finally falling to the ground.
"Haha... I can't escape this time..." Kato Akira said with a bitter laugh, "I had originally planned to deal with those fingerprints after I got through this stage...
And now the car is full of them... I admit defeat..."
"So... you really... you really used me!?" Chiba grabbed Kato Akira and said angrily, "You deceived me and used me to create an alibi for yourself!?"
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