Chapter 1495 1503 [Okiya Subaru: I can still survive]
Thinking of this, Conan couldn't help but clench his fists tightly: This feeling of having his life controlled by someone else's thoughts was really too frustrating.
But no matter what, at this point, we can only take one step at a time.
As for the case at hand...
Conan's eyes swept across the store and finally landed on the corridor leading to the rear warehouse and bedrooms.
Conan: "..." He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that besides the manager, there was another person in this store.
As this thought flashed through his mind, his breathing became heavy and his heartbeat became more intense: ... Could it be that the black-clad woman's accomplice, the "sir" she mentioned, was hiding behind the store? !
…
After all, children's presence is not strong, and the strange behavior of Conan and Haibara Ai did not attract much attention.
After Inspector Yasa entered the store, he was stunned for a moment by the strange-looking clothes around him, then he remembered his business and looked at the store manager.
His eyes lit up when he saw the woman in the black dress. It was the same Gothic Lolita outfit, but it didn't look as scary on the lady in front of him as the one the dead woman wore. Of course, it could also be the dead woman's ferocious expression that gave him a bad impression of this kind of clothing.
"It seems that these trends are not so useless." He nodded secretly and walked over.
Upon hearing this, the young police officer glanced at the store manager: "..." What the store manager is wearing doesn't seem to be a Gothic Lolita outfit, it's just that the color is somewhat similar... But no matter what, it does look good on her. No wonder the police inspector, who is so stubborn, has changed his mind a little.
While muttering to himself, the young police officer followed the procedure and went to ask the store manager.
"Excuse me, have you seen this person?" He stopped in front of the store manager, took out the photo of the deceased from a folder, and was about to hand it over.
But the moment he stretched out his hand, the police officer caught a glimpse of the scene in the photo and paused.
...Wouldn’t it be bad if such a bloody and gruesome photo scared innocent citizens?
Just when I was feeling a bit confused, Inspector Yasa took the photo away:
"Humph, young people are just unreliable."
He held the photo and turned to look at the store manager: "It's like this, there was a murder nearby. According to our investigation, the deceased may have bought clothes from you before his death. Are you willing to help us identify him? - The photo may make people feel uncomfortable. If you really can't accept it, you can also look at the ID photo first."
Conan's eyes twitched when he heard this: "..." Discomforting? Oh, the naive policeman who judges people by appearance has no idea how many corpses the woman in black has seen. Maybe even the person in this photo was strangled to death by her!
Sure enough, the store manager lowered his eyes and glanced at the photo, without showing much resistance.
She said sensibly, "It doesn't matter. Solving the case is more important."
Then he took the photo from the police officer.
Inspector Asa immediately found her very pleasing to the eye - she was truly a virtuous and good citizen, very different from that annoying little detective.
…
The woman in black looked down at the photo in her hand, pondered for a moment, and seemed to remember something: "She looks familiar, as if she is a frequent visitor here - her last name is 'Kuse', right?"
Seeing Inspector Yasa nodded, the woman in black continued, "Yesterday evening, this lady came to my shop."
Conan suddenly turned his head to look at her, then quickly looked away as if nothing had happened.
But I was certain in my heart that this member of the organization was lying!
Conan: “…” She was clearly at the Tokyo airport yesterday afternoon, how could she come to this store to sell clothes!
In a murder case, the lying witness often holds important truth.
Conan instinctively wanted to remind him of this loudly as he had done before.
However, after opening his mouth, he just swallowed the words back silently.
...No, don't be impulsive.
Xiaolan and the others were still in the store, and there were many innocent policemen. According to the organization's madness in "secrecy", if they revealed the situation, they would destroy the plan of the men in black. In order to eliminate witnesses, they sent everyone in the house to the sky with a bomb, and things would be troublesome, just like Gin wanted to blow up the Shinkansen.
Conan: “…” By the way, why don’t we look for the bomb first?
If there really is that kind of thing in this clothing store, then no matter what, we must get a few of our companions out of this room first.
Thinking of this, Conan tried hard to use others to cover himself, and then quietly moved to the corridor behind while the woman in black was not paying attention to him.
…
At the same time.
A "brutal Asian man" who was being sought by numerous police officers was hiding furtively in a bedroom behind a store.
Subaru Okiya paced back and forth in the bedroom, occasionally looking at the window, and occasionally looking at the door.
At this moment, his ears moved and he suddenly felt some movement coming from the store door along the corridor.
——It seemed like a group of people came outside and were talking to the owner.
After all, there was a certain distance between the two sides. Subaru Okiya pressed himself against the door to eavesdrop, but he couldn't hear anything clearly. After a while, he had to hide carefully in the depths of the room, feeling a little anxious.
Subaru Okiya: “…” Those policemen wouldn’t have arrested Miss Misa who helped him in the name of shielding someone.
But it's not a big problem - there is a window in this room. If the police really find him, he can first break the window and escape, and then say that he sneaked in without permission, so the enthusiastic passerby should not be implicated.
The only thing to worry about is that Uzo was involved in this matter.
Okiya Subaru: “…” But on the other hand, if Usa really got involved, then by now, he should have died miserably with endless despair. In short, it would be impossible for him to live so comfortably.
As he was thinking, he picked up the hot tea on the table, took a sip, and then carefully wiped off the marks on it.
…Well, there’s no poison in the tea.
Uzo’s possibility is even more muted.
Subaru Okiya put down his teacup and sat down while paying attention to the movements outside.
After he relaxed a little, his mind started to work again. He stroked his chin, and was extremely concerned about the situation outside - if Wuzo hadn't intervened, he might have been able to resist a little and survive to the other side of success.
If one wants to escape from the police pursuit, the first step is to find out why those police are chasing him, so that he can come up with appropriate countermeasures and know what to do next.
Subaru Okiya: "..." Speaking of which, there are usually surveillance cameras in stores. Even if they are not turned on, at least they will be installed to scare people.
Thinking of this, he turned his head and his eyes fell on the computer in the room.
…
Outside the bedroom, in the Gothic and Lolita clothing store.
Inspector Yasa knew nothing about the two alert men, and he was quite surprised at this moment - there were indeed new clues about the case in this clothing store.
(End of this chapter)
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