Chapter 1990 1998 [Akai Shuichi and the Pot]
Inspector Megure was convinced.
But in this case, this person has an alibi, and that person also has an alibi: "Could the deceased really have committed suicide?"
Hearing this, a child's laughter suddenly sounded nearby, echoing in the screening room, which was quite creepy.
The group looked at the projector in surprise: "A ghost movie?! Or is it haunted?"
The mermaid was sitting on the projector, playing with her tail out of boredom, when she was suddenly surrounded by countless gazes: "?!"
Jiang Xia: “…”
Haunted? There's no such thing as that.
He silently took a step aside, lifted Conan out from behind him, and put him forward: It was he who was laughing.
After all, Conan was once a detective that everyone paid attention to. Now that he was being stared at by a group of people, he was not at all nervous: "I was thinking, the murderer is so smart! - Aren't there two projectors here? There are also two corresponding projection windows. No matter which window is used for playback, the final image will be projected on the same screen. We, the audience sitting in the projection room, can't tell the difference at all.
"So the murderer could have cut the film's tape into two parts, and then put the upper and lower parts into two projectors. In this way, while the upper part was playing, the murderer could have killed the victim in the theater and hung him in front of the window that had not yet been used.
"During this period, even if the body is hanging there, nothing unusual will happen on the screen. Then, when the first half of the movie is finished and the other machine starts to play the second half seamlessly, a black shadow will suddenly appear on the screen because the window of this machine is blocked by the body."
——In other words, the alibis of all those people just now, each showing their own unique skills, are meaningless.
And since the technique is related to the projector, the projectionist's suspicion is immediately doubled.
Jiang Xia looked at him.
The projectionist waved his hands quickly, "Some theaters do play it that way, but here we play it all the way through. And if you use the method you mentioned, there will be corresponding cut marks on the tape, but the tapes I have are all intact." He looked at the police, "If you don't believe me, you can take them for inspection."
The saleswoman also testified: "When I came in to deliver the lunch box to Mr. Gu Qiao, only the machine near the door was running. It was about five minutes before the crime. If there were really two machines running, there would not have been enough time."
After a pause, she continued, "After delivering the lunch boxes, I stayed in the lounge outside the screening room, helping Mr. Gu Qiao make tea. No matter how far back the time of death is pushed, we are not suspects."
After she said this, everyone looked towards the lounge and realized that it was a mess: the table was littered with debris, the mirror was broken, things were piled up randomly, and the ashtray was full of cigarette butts.
Huihara Ai's hands itched as she watched, she almost wanted to clean it up herself, but she could only hold back: "...Your resting environment is really unique."
Several people in the cinema were very embarrassed and whispered: "It's the last few days anyway, no one is in the mood to clean up."
There seemed to be nothing to gain here, so Inspector Megure had to retreat with his men.
Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya's gaze moved back and forth between Jiang Xia and Conan, and then looked at the salesgirl.
After a moment, he gritted his teeth, mustered up his courage, and suddenly said loudly: "That saleswoman lied!"
“?!”
Several people were startled, and suddenly turned around and looked over.
Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya: "When I went to the restroom, I saw her wiping tears in front of the mirror in the women's restroom. She didn't stay in the lounge all the time. She left here before the incident!"
The elementary school student recalled the scene where Conan made a mistake in his reasoning but was not treated as a bad boy by Jiang Xia. He felt that his strategy was correct: as long as he was serious and could provide some clues, Brother Jiang Xia would not think that he was making trouble!
He then took the opportunity to throw out the information he really wanted to say: "Also, on my way to the restroom, I met a very suspicious man. The man was dressed in black, wearing a knitted hat and sunglasses. He was very tall and looked like a bad guy! - And the strangest thing is, as soon as he entered the theater, he immediately shrank back and left. His movements were so fast that it was almost like he was frightened."
Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya didn't think much about it at the time, but now under the pressure from Jiang Xia, he suddenly had an idea and felt that he understood why the man suddenly ran away: "He must have wanted to come to the theater to do something bad, but when he pushed the door open, he saw a famous detective sitting in the theater, so he was scared away again!"
Inspector Megure: “…” It sounds really suspicious!
Haibara Ai, Conan: "..." A man in black?!
Compared to Conan, another key word flashed through Haibara Ai's mind.
——Knitted hat.
Could it be that...
Her hand holding the Coke cup suddenly tightened, and an iconic guy emerged in her mind - if she remembered correctly, her sister's ex-boyfriend, the "Rye Whiskey" who entered the organization by scamming Miyano Akemi, and always wore a knitted hat.
So much so that Shuichi Akai defected, no, so much so that after Shuichi Akai revealed his identity and left the organization, for quite a long time, many innocent passers-by wearing knitted hats were accidentally injured by members of the organization who had a grudge against Shuichi Akai. Of course, many members were suspected of exposing their identities and were punished, so the number of accidental injuries gradually decreased...
Huiyuan Ai was distracted for a moment, but soon she got her thoughts back on track. Her heartbeat gradually became more intense: Could it be, could it be that guy appeared?
But why did he come and go? Could it be that he recognized me?
Huiyuan Ai's heart skipped a beat, and she felt a strong sense of uneasiness. She couldn't help but began to touch her pocket, looking for the temporary hair dye spray that Dr. Agasa gave her. However, when she reached out her hand, she touched nothing.
It was only then that she remembered that when she went out today, her mind was full of how to plot against the three elementary school students, and she was focused on struggling with her conscience. As for the hair dye spray, Shirley, and the disguised identity... she had forgotten everything.
"..." Huibara Ai's young hands began to tremble: As expected, people should not do bad things, or they will be punished by God.
What to do now?
She wouldn't be recognized by that guy, then kidnapped to the FBI and continued to be experimented on every day.
…
Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya's focus was all on the "tall man with a knitted hat." As he spoke, he looked at Jiang Xia and quietly hinted that he hoped the detective could knock down the scary lunatic who might kill innocent children, beat him up, and then send him to the police.
Jiang Xia seemed to have received the signal. After listening to the story, he began to frown: "It does sound very suspicious."
Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya: "..." That's right! Go catch him!
(End of this chapter)
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