Chapter 17661773 [Gin: Stop Fishing]
Conan was pacing around unwillingly, trying to take a chance that the murderer had not run away, but was still among the crowd.
The lighting platform on the second floor was quite narrow. After the shooting, Conan looked over there first and successfully saw the person standing there.
The face of the man who put away the gun was blocked, and Conan only saw half of the murderer's body - judging from his clothes and figure, it was the man in sunglasses who had made him suspicious before, and he planned to do his best to find him.
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In the banquet hall.
Jiang Xia successfully retained a colleague to work overtime with him.
After comforting the "innocent waiter who was frightened by the shooting", although he felt that it was not yet time to solve the case, as a detective, he could not just stand by and do nothing.
So Jiang Xia planned to go with Conan to scout the area and look for clues.
But at this moment, his cell phone suddenly vibrated and he received a message - Gin seemed to have something to talk to him about.
“…”
Jiang Xia glanced around and found that Conan had run outside again, and no one else was paying much attention to him.
So he dialed the number and asked, "What's the matter?"
In the black Porsche, Gin remained silent for a moment because of this guiltless tone.
After a second, he spoke again, his voice cold: "I thought you at least had the patience to wait until the commendation ceremony was over - in order not to interrupt the commendation, the congressman's death was postponed for one day."
"He was actually the organization's target? That's a coincidence." On the other side of the phone, Uzo seemed a little surprised, but still had no reflection on doing anything wrong. "But you found the wrong person. He was just unlucky and didn't live a few more minutes. To be honest, I am also a victim of this incident."
“…”
Although he had guessed this result, it did not prevent Gin's murderous aura from suddenly expanding.
After a while, the bastard on the other end of the phone who killed people without restraint spoke again: "The congressman is dead, but the commendation is not over yet. Maybe someone above will clean up his mess - for example, someone else will come to present the award to me, so that there is a beginning and an end. This way I will have the opportunity to meet another group of people and expand my social circle. From this perspective, isn't this a good thing that benefits both others and myself?"
Eavesdropping Vodka: “…” One congressman is not enough, and you want to use this congressman to lure another one?
At this rate, if someone else really comes to present the award to Uzo, will he have to kill another one and lure another one over?
...sinister, cunning and greedy!
Gin obviously thought of the same thing. He sneered, "One person will die if he is awarded. Are you afraid that no one will suspect you?"
"If you want to doubt me, then doubt me. I didn't do anything. The smarter and more capable the investigator is, the more likely they are to prove my innocence." Wu Zo's voice did not sound guilty at all on the phone. "And even if someone really has doubts about these deaths, they shouldn't suspect me, a victim whose life was interrupted time and time again. Instead, they should investigate whether I have a jealous enemy - that enemy doesn't want to see anyone give me an award, doesn't want to see me successfully enter the upper class, so he quietly hides in the dark and sabotages me."
Jiang Xia paused. "But normal people wouldn't think in this direction. Even if the next award presenter or the next one really has an accident, no matter how you look at it, these will be independent cases with no connection between them. To merge the cases, you need evidence. The police have their own rules and regulations. They can't just rely on intuition and guesswork."
Vodka: "..." Next one, the next one... How many more people does this kid want to kill? Is he really not afraid of being suspected?
The key is that his tone is not at all guilty. Putting aside the facts, just looking at Uzo's tone and attitude, after hearing words like "accident", "coincidence", and "it has nothing to do with me" so many times, you will actually feel that what he said is true.
Vodka: “…” Could it be that this guy has even deceived himself, so he dares to firmly believe that he is innocent?
Just as this guess came out, Jiang Xia suddenly looked a bit like an outlaw. He lowered his voice and said, "Oh, the police are here. We can't talk anymore."
Although he looked so cautious, it was probably because he didn't want to continue chatting with them: "I'm hanging up first."
Then the call was disconnected with a click.
“…”
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In the banquet hall, Inspector Megure took over the scene in a panic.
He thought that with the end of the live broadcast, he could finally take a break, but before he could even sit down in the office, he suddenly received such bad news.
——A shooting occurred in a banquet hall where many celebrities gathered, and a high-ranking congressman was killed on the spot... Just hearing this piece of news, he couldn't help but feel his eyes go dark.
Not long after, Jiang Xia met the haggard police captain in the banquet hall.
Inspector Megure also saw him and hurried over: "Brother Jiang Xia, what is going on?"
Jiang Xia was, after all, still an innocent high school student. He didn't seem to be too affected by the assassination of a congressman. He looked even calmer than him at this moment.
After comforting a tall waitress next to him, Jiang Xia turned back and spoke to Inspector Megure: "The other police officers should have told you roughly what happened. It was just as they said. When Councillor Takada was about to go on stage to give a speech, he was unfortunately shot and died on the spot."
Another victim happened to be nearby at the time - President Ishimoto's injuries were not too serious, so as a person present, especially one who was involved in the shooting, he was forced to return to the scene after a simple bandage.
Seeing Inspector Megure, the president was extremely angry: "You bunch of losers, you couldn't even find the threatening letter! If you had caught the bastard who threatened me earlier, he wouldn't have shot me at the party, and the bullet wouldn't have accidentally hit Councillor Takada!"
Inspector Megure was shocked: "Did you report the case after receiving the threatening letter?"
"..." President Ishimoto's arrogance faltered, "...That's not the case."
Inspector Megure: "…" Then what are you scolding! It's so scary.
If the case is really reported but the police fail to take any measures, leading to the accident, then things will be really troublesome.
President Ishimoto got angry when he saw him like this: "I've reported it before, but it didn't help at all!"
Inspector Megure had no choice but to apologize: "This kind of thing is really difficult to track technically, and the police force is limited... Sigh, but please rest assured, we will find the murderer who wants to assassinate you as soon as possible."
But in this way, the cause and effect of the matter seemed to have finally been sorted out.
Inspector Megure took the threatening letter from Jiang Xia and said, "In other words, after the murderer sent the threatening letter to President Ishimoto, he originally wanted to assassinate President Ishimoto, but in the dim hall, he couldn't aim well, and unfortunately killed the congressman by mistake?"
(End of this chapter)
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