Chapter 1265 1273 [Terrible Weapon]
Toyama Kazuha: “…” Heiji is indeed a little darker, but does he really look that suspicious?
Well, it seems that he has scared children to tears, especially when he smiled at them in the middle of the night...
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After identifying the "suspicious person" Hattori Heiji, the two high school students thought for a moment and remembered something:
"By the way, we also saw a strange man walking out of the annex. He was wearing a full set of kendo protective gear, but he also had a bag on his back that contained the gear. The bag was bulging, as if he had stolen someone else's protective gear."
"!" Inspector Otaki thought of the huge protective gear bag, calculated the size in his mind, and his eyes lit up.
"I see! It seems the murderer used a protective gear bag to carry the body. There happened to be a kendo competition here today. Even if the murderer passed by wearing protective gear, even if he looked a little strange, he would at most be considered a thief, and no one would associate it with a murder case!"
After understanding the method of transporting the corpse, and considering that the college students who had just quarreled with the deceased were very suspicious, Inspector Otaki speculated:
"In that case, the captain is actually the most suspicious. After killing the victim, he put the body in the warehouse and sent the others to look for the victim. After the others left, he was able to rush to the warehouse first. The other three saw the body and ran away in a hurry. The captain took the opportunity to move the body to the swimming pool. Although Doguchi went to the kendo arena to look for him immediately after seeing the body, there were many people wearing protective gear and covering their faces today, so it must have taken Doguchi a long time to find him."
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As he was speaking, there was a commotion nearby.
The young police officer guarding the door was startled, as if he had discovered something, and shouted, "Hey! Little boy, this is not a place for you to run around!... Wait, where did you sneak in from?"
He walked behind the high school students - behind their loose robes, a first-grade student wearing glasses appeared without him noticing.
The elementary school student who sneaked into the scene was originally stroking his chin in deep thought.
At this moment he was suddenly grabbed by the back of the collar and he came to his senses.
Conan struggled not to leave. At the same time, facing Inspector Otaki's previous speculation, he said loudly: "But uncle police, it's so strange! If that's the case, how could the captain completely predict the reactions of the three witnesses - not only to ensure that they go to the warehouse to look for people, but also to ensure that after seeing the body, all three of them leave the scene. Compared to the captain, the other three people are more likely to control this matter, especially the brother who suggested looking for the warehouse."
As he was speaking, Conan was carried by the young police officer, and the voice gradually faded away as he moved towards the door.
"Wait!" At the critical moment, Jiang Xia waved his hand and hurriedly stopped them. "This is a child who lives with us. He got lost just now. Luckily you found him. If you chase him away, he will definitely run around again. Leave him to me first."
"Ah?" The young policeman looked at him, stunned for a moment.
After a short pause, Conan, who had received support, twisted his body flexibly and broke free from the police. After landing, he ran straight to Jiang Xia and Yuan Shanheye's legs.
Inspector Otaki looked down at him and recognized the child who had made many useful suggestions at the crime scene, so he nodded to his subordinate who ran over to catch the child, signaling him not to interfere.
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Conan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He looked at the young policeman walking away, feeling a lingering fear: Tokyo is still better, the police in Osaka are too unfriendly.
Fortunately, I met a police captain I knew, and Jiang Xia lent a hand, so I don’t have to worry about being thrown out for the time being.
Thinking of this, Conan regained the feeling of being at the crime scene. He turned to Jiang Xia and asked, "What do you think?"
After asking, he suddenly froze - he had been accustomed to exchanging opinions and competing with Hattori Heiji in solving cases in the past few days, and he did not react for a moment to the change of person on the other side.
Jiang Xia glanced down at him, remembering the murderer's sudden increase in murderous intent after Conan said "How strange" just now, and pointed to Yuanshan Heye in a friendly manner: "Heye wrote down the clues just now. You just arrived, so there are still many things you don't understand - you can go out with her to take a look."
Conan thought Jiang Xia's wording was a bit strange: "Go out and see?"
Didn't Jiang Xia always want him to stay at the crime scene? Why this time...
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Jiang Xia stand up again and turn to the group of people from the university's Kendo Club: "The murderer should be..."
Conan: “……!!!”
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"The murderer should be..."
Following Jiang Xia's words, the police, suspects, and witnesses all focused their attention on him.
But just before that crucial name came out, a strange, twisted, and indescribable singing voice suddenly sounded:
"Use your singing smile~~ to engrave the dazzling sun~~ in your heart~~~ and take control of the future~! Teitan, Teitan, Teitan Elementary School~!"
“…”
Everyone present froze in their tracks, and there was a brief moment of dead silence.
Conan was humming a song innocently to prevent himself from hearing the answer to the puzzle that he didn't want to hear immediately, while he was pulling the dazed Toyama and Ye, intending to go outside to ask for known clues and play with the reasoning on his own as Jiang Xia had just said.
Two figures left from the door.
After a long while, the other people in the swimming pool gradually came back to their senses.
Jiang Xia shuddered silently, shaking off the horrible singing that had lingered in his mind like a parasitic weed, then he cleared his throat and continued the previous topic.
He looked at Otegawa Jun: "The murderer should be you."
The shower room they were in was prone to amplifying sound. Jiang Xia had heard a little bit about Conan's singing before, but the others were completely unprepared.
Kotegawa Jun's head was buzzing. When he heard Jiang Xia talking to him in a calm tone, he subconsciously replied, "Yes."
Inspector Otaki came to his senses a little late and looked at him: "...Huh?!"
Kotegawa was glared at and then woke up in shock: "No, no, it's not me! I didn't hear what he asked just now... He took advantage of the situation, this is a sting operation! And didn't I just say that I don't have the time to transport corpses!"
Jiang Xia also suffered a little mental attack. He didn't want to argue with him at this time, so he went straight to the point and planned to solve the case as soon as possible and let Osaka share some of his mental pain.
He looked at Inspector Otaki and said quickly, "Actually, there's no need to transport the body. We just need to let the body walk from the sports warehouse to the locker room of the swimming pool by itself."
At the door, Ran Mouri, who had been following Conan all the way to the vicinity and wanted to come in to see what was going on, heard these words as soon as she stepped into the house.
She imagined her own walking corpse and shuddered silently. Her face turned pale and she silently retracted her feet. She felt that she came at the wrong time - the topic being discussed here did not seem suitable for her.
(End of this chapter)
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