Chapter 1213 1221 [Vermouth: Don’t release it, there are too many]
Then Dr. Tanaka said leisurely, "The cause of death was indeed drowning, not someone killing him and then dumping his body into the sea. The time of death was around 10 o'clock last night. The tissue fluid extracted from the digestive tract is still being tested - but I have to remind you in advance that even if the ingredients of sleeping pills are detected, it is not uncommon for people who want to commit suicide to take drugs to boost their courage or to ensure the mortality rate."
"At ten o'clock last night..."
Gao Mawei glanced at Jiang Xia and whispered, "Was it when I went to the izakaya to see Dr. Tanaka? I remember you and your companions were there."
Jiang Xia didn't expect that she still remembered him, so he nodded.
Conan touched his chin and felt that the timing was just perfect.
He looked at Dr. Tanaka and asked innocently, "You deliberately picked a fight last night to attract Brother Jiang Xia's attention so that he could confirm that you were in the pub at that time and didn't have time to commit the crime?"
Dr. Tanaka's heart skipped a beat, and soon, the look he gave Conan became scary: "I just can't stand him, a brat who relies on solving a few cases to boss the police and doctors around."
However, when the police and other doctors looked at Dr. Tanaka again, they couldn't help but have a little more thought in their eyes. Some of the doctor's behavior was indeed not right.
Katsuyoshi Tanaka noticed this, snorted coldly, and simply pushed his glasses up and ignored him.
He said to himself: "Anyway, that night, I was drinking with my colleagues in the izakaya - I had a clear alibi and didn't have time to rush to the beach to kill someone."
Seeing him grinning sinisterly and acting self-righteous, Conan couldn't help but continue in a childish tone, "Wow, what a coincidence for an alibi! I remember there were many suspects like this before, and many of them were sent away by Brother Jiang Xia." Of course, before that, they were also beaten up by Jiang Xia, but there was no need to mention this in front of the police...
"..." Dr. Tanaka stared at him grimly. He wanted to threaten him but he didn't know where to start.
The policeman beside him interrupted awkwardly, "Well, let's wait for the test results of the digestive fluid. They should be out soon. We'll see the specific situation then.
…
After the inconclusive discussion ended, several people left the office one after another.
"Both Dr. Tanaka's motives and attitude are extremely suspicious."
After leaving the police station, Conan whispered to Jiang Xia while organizing his thoughts: "But his alibi does exist. Based on experience, this should be a way to confuse the time of death, or set up some kind of timed death device..."
Jiang Xia: “…” Why couldn’t it be another possibility—he has an accomplice?
But unfortunately, this simplest method actually has the lowest probability of occurring.
Jiang Xia actually doesn't mind encountering this kind of case, because after a murder case, there will usually be another "accomplices silencing each other" case, which usually yields three times or even more murderous intent...
As they were thinking about it, they suddenly saw a familiar-looking person in front of them.
——Kasuga Teruhiko, the dark-skinned man who was driving the speedboat, was standing alone at the door of a small shop selling seafood, and was selecting items on the shelf with great interest.
When Jiang Xia and Conan passed by, Kasuga Teruhiko heard the footsteps, raised his head and looked over here, and the two sides happened to look at each other.
Jiang Xia then casually greeted him: "Just you?"
"Yeah." Kasuga Teruhiko laughed again, and he seemed to like laughing like that. "She said she was very angry, and then she left by herself. That guy is really petty, and he always quarrels with me for no reason."
Conan: “…” Can what just happened be considered inexplicable?
It would be strange if I wasn't angry...
…
After all, the two sides were not familiar with each other, so there was not much to say.
There happened to be a beach nearby, and thinking that the female corpse was fished out of the sea, the two detectives decided to go there to scout and collect clues.
As soon as I walked in, I saw Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko squatting on the beach, picking up something on the ground and whispering something.
Jiang Xia and Conan walked over with a little curiosity.
As I got closer, I heard Suzuki Sonoko's happy voice:
"There really is such a romantic thing as a message in a bottle! Hehehe, it's fate to find it. Let me see which destined person sent it... But why only use an empty mineral water bottle to hold the letter? I thought it would be a more beautiful glass bottle. Are you worried that it will be accidentally broken when floating in the sea?"
She was about to open the bottle to see what was written on the note inside.
Before he could do anything, two heads suddenly came closer and stared at the note inside the bottle through the thin plastic wall.
"!" Suzuki Sonoko was startled. After a closer look, she realized it was someone she knew. She breathed a sigh of relief. "Is your meeting over? Is the murderer that doctor?"
"I feel so, but we still need to find evidence." Jiang Xia pointed at the bottle in her hand, "The words on the note don't look like they were written with a pen, but more like they were scratched with colored stones. Most people wouldn't write a message in a bottle like this."
"...Hmm?" After he said this, Suzuki Sonoko suddenly felt that the bottle in her hand had become strange.
She thought of the "female ghost" with long flowing hair at the bottom of the sea and shuddered: "Is there going to be another case?"
When Jiang Xia heard the word "case", his face was serious: "Open it and you will know."
The paper stuffed into the bottle was not tied with anything. At this time, it had unfolded and was difficult to pour out of the bottle.
Jiang Xia felt in his pocket and found the magical pen from the organization. He turned it and a blade popped out from the tip of the pen, like a sharp scalpel.
He took the pen knife and started cutting the bottle.
Although this is a product of the organization, Jiang Xia later secretly confirmed: this is not something that is mass-produced, but more like something that the researchers made for fun, so there is no need to worry about others recognizing that it comes from the organization.
Of course, if it is exposed, it is not a big problem: there is no need to explain to the black side, and to the red side, just say that it was sent by Boss Amuro, and to Toru Amuro... well, say that it was sent by "Toru Amuro". In this way, if Toru Amuro has any objections, he will only go to Vermouth.
Although Vermouth has a slender waist and doesn't look very strong, she is really able to carry the pot...
Jiang Xia gave a thumbs up to this bottle of wine which was very useful at critical moments.
…
With a cut from the knife, the "drift bottle" quickly broke into two parts, and the wet note inside fell out.
When I unfolded it, I saw only a few large, crooked characters carved out of stone:
[SOS
Sachiko]
(End of this chapter)
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