Chapter 15371545 [Why not go to Uzo]
Turning around, the Yasa police were surprised to find that it was the suspicious Asian man again: "...Are you a member of the group here?!"
“…”
Okiya Subaru nodded reluctantly.
Inspector Yasa's eyes suddenly became more suspicious than ever before: "But I remember that you seemed to be a prop master for a Tokyo film crew."
Okiya Subaru: "...I'm a part-time worker. We were short-staffed before, so I came here to help."
Inspector Yasa stared at him. "Oh, you came here to help, and then someone died here? Is it really such a coincidence? And why did you appear in the toilet near the crime scene on the clothing street before? You really have nothing to do with these things?"
Okiya Subaru: "..."
...Being interrogated by the police as a suspect is terrifying no matter how many times I've experienced it.
However, thinking of what Usa had just said, Okiya Subaru realized that as long as he did not reject his superior's proposal, he would not really be taken away as a criminal for investigation. After all, no matter how suspicious the police were, they still needed evidence in the end.
And with the presence of Jiang Xia, a powerful detective, he would be safe as long as Wu Zuo didn't secretly plant some physical evidence to prove his guilt.
Subaru Okiya: “…” When he was no longer on the opposite side of Usa, but just a subordinate who was very useful to him, the originally dangerous atmosphere around him actually became normal again.
Although there is a saying that "might cannot bend", the balance in Okiya Subaru's heart has inevitably tilted to one side at this moment.
Inspector Yasa was asking questions aggressively when he realized that the guy was distracted again. He was startled: "When the accident happened just now, I remember you were not in the audience. Where were you and what were you doing?"
Okiya Subaru defended himself dryly: "I didn't kill anyone."
Conan stared at him, obviously wanting to ask something, but with the police and relatives and friends around, it didn't seem like the right occasion. In the end, he didn't ask directly, but was thinking quickly about the relationship between Okiya Subaru and the so-called "stage", and the woman in black and the "adult" behind her.
At this time, Jiang Xia seemed to be unable to bear it any longer and defended his acquaintance, "Chong... Ahem, Mr. Tanaka is just unlucky and always encounters cases - although this is not very scientific, but based on my observation, it seems that some people have this kind of event physique, such as a high school student friend of mine."
"?" Conan was suddenly called out in a tactful way, and immediately turned to look at Jiang Xia: You are the one who has the physique to deal with events, right?
Jiang Xia also looked at him: Don't be modest.
Conan: “…”
Due to the identification by the two ice cream robbers, Inspector Asa had a bad first impression of Subaru Okiya, and always felt that there was something suspicious about this guy.
But now after hearing what Jiang Xia said, he thought about it carefully and found that it seemed to be true - just in terms of "relevance to the case", Jiang Xia seemed more suspicious than Okiya Subaru.
But Jiang Xia's previous performance made Inspector Yasa feel that although this detective was a bit annoying, he was indeed a good friend of justice.
Inspector Yasa: "..." Forget it, no matter what, let's find evidence first. Otherwise, no matter how suspicious he is, I can't really treat him the same way I treat a murderer.
He snorted and ignored the group of Tokyo people. Instead, he turned to the magician's two beautiful assistants and said, "By the way, since this is considered a performance accident, then according to your plan, what was the original process of the 'escape from water' magic that caused his death?"
"In fact, the first part is almost the same." The female assistants looked at each other, "It's just the last step. When we pulled up the curtain, Dong Cheng should have stood above the water tank and waved to the audience. But in fact, he couldn't escape from the water tank at all."
"Isn't this nonsense? I'm asking, how was he supposed to sneak out of the sink?" Inspector Yasa scratched his head, suddenly remembered something, and looked at Jiang Xia and the others:
"I remember watching carefully. Before the curtain around the water tank was lowered, the deceased pretended to struggle in the water, but he did not make the 'help gesture' he said. But he died afterwards. What went wrong?"
Before Jiang Xia could say anything, the two female assistants got the point first. They asked in surprise, "Help gesture? What does it mean?"
"Don't worry about what this means." Inspector Yasa decided not to reveal too much to the suspects for now. "So how did the guy escape from the water tank just now? When should he have escaped? Only by figuring this out can we know how the murderer killed him and then find the murderer!"
The female assistants looked at each other for a moment, feeling very embarrassed: "This...it's really inconvenient for us to talk about it."
The three members of the group beside him also nodded. The scriptwriter sighed and said, "Although this is to cooperate with the investigation, magic tricks are the foundation of our survival. If we reveal it to you, we will not be able to hold our heads up in the industry."
"For such a common magic trick, there's no need to keep it secret to this extent." Conan suddenly said, "I know the secret of this magic trick - the key is on the lid of the water tank! Uh..."
He was happily revealing the secret when he suddenly noticed that Mao Lilan was also looking at him.
The "first-grade student" froze with guilt, and tugged at Jiang Xia's clothes: "Right, Brother Jiang Xia, that's what you said when you inspected the scene just now!"
Jiang Xia: “…” I never said that.
However, after taking a look at the murderous aura that was emanating from the team members, he hesitated for a moment and nodded silently.
The water tank cover happened to be not far away. Jiang Xia looked down and pointed at the latch at the connection:
"The lid of the water tank looks like a pair of shackles, locking the magician's feet and hanging a lock on it. It cannot be opened without unlocking the lock. But in fact, the shaft on the latch is designed to be easily pulled out. So as long as the assistant locks the lid of the water tank and pulls out the latch shaft next to it, it can be easily opened even if the lock is still on the lid.
"When the performance begins, the magician is put into the water tank and his assistants pull up the curtain. When the curtain blocks the audience's view, the magician, hanging upside down in the water, immediately uses the power of his abdomen to flip his upper body up, grabs the handle hidden inside the lid, and sticks his head out to breathe. Then he has enough time to open the handcuffs and get out from the top lid."
Inspector Yasa leaned over to the lid and looked at it for a while. He vaguely understood. He turned to look at the people in the circus and asked, "Is this process correct?"
The method had been revealed by an outsider, so there was no need to keep it secret any longer. Several members of the group nodded helplessly: "Yes, that's right."
(End of this chapter)
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