Chapter 1991 1999 [The way to summon subordinates] Ask for monthly votes ()
The police seemed to feel the same way.
"Go check the audiences who have been to the theater immediately and find the man in black as soon as possible. Oh, and check all the surveillance footage that can be checked."
Inspector Megure assigned the tasks in a swift and decisive manner, but he sighed in his heart and was not optimistic about the outcome: the theater did not require real-name purchase of tickets, and the cinema was too old. There were only a few surveillance cameras, some of which were broken, or even smashed by the deceased himself... If the suspicious man was not captured by the surveillance camera and no portrait was left, then finding him would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Jiang Xia seemed to see through his doubts and took the initiative to speak: "It's okay to run away. Murder usually has a motive. If the murderer is really the man in black, then we should be able to find relevant clues by investigating the deceased's interpersonal relationships."
"Yes, yes, yes." Inspector Megure quickly added to the young police officer, "Check his phone, and find people from his company, especially those who had disputes with the deceased."
The young police officer nodded. Actually, these were originally part of the investigation plan, but they were temporarily put on the back burner because he had too many things to do at the moment.
Now that Jiang Xia has proposed it and the police chief has agreed, of course he should be put in line and given priority.
Several policemen received their tasks and left with fulfilled tasks.
With nothing to do, while waiting for Hashimoto Maya to be caught, Jiang Xia looked at the other person identified by Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko and pushed the progress forward: "I remember you said before that you were in this lounge for the first five minutes before the body was found?"
But if Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya really saw her in the bathroom, this alibi would not be valid.
The saleswoman was stared at by him and said stutteringly, "Actually, my contact lens accidentally slipped open at that time, so I went to the bathroom to adjust it while the water was boiling. It took less than a minute to go there and back, so I didn't think it was necessary to tell you... I didn't mean to hide it!"
"Um……"
Inspector Megure is more suspicious of people who have told lies and tries to find an angle to break through.
At this time, Officer Takagi came back with the information he found: "Inspector! We have roughly investigated the deceased's situation. We heard that he was in debt from gambling recently, and the deal with the cinema was not going well. In order to pay off the debt, the company was on the verge of bankruptcy. His subordinates said that he was very anxious recently. He also had a big fight with the bank today, and then came here to vent his anger."
Inspector Megure was stunned: "Is he living such a miserable life? It sounds like he has a strong motive for suicide."
When the employees of the cinema heard this, they immediately agreed: "That's right! There happened to be a ladder next to the guy's body. He must have moved it there specifically to commit suicide. He really hurt his own enemies and made us a haunted house even before he died."
Jiang Xia heard this and remembered something: "There don't seem to be many movie theaters where murders have occurred. Anyway, you haven't successfully sold this one yet. Why don't you change the style in the future and decorate the theater to be spooky and scary, and then broadcast ghost movies or mystery suspense movies? The empty screening room can be used to open a haunted house, and the style can change with the movies. There are too many ordinary theaters, and you can't compete. But people really died here, but not elsewhere. There will always be some enthusiasts willing to come."
Even if there are no ghosts in horror movies, he still likes to watch this kind of thing, just like some people like to watch food broadcasts across the screen.
Everyone in the theater: "This..." Are you comforting us?
It’s better not to comfort you.
...But if you put aside your prejudice against murder cases and think about it carefully, it seems to make sense?
The old curator's eyes lit up.
Inspector Megure: "..." Although this idea sounds a bit scary, Jiang Xia has good intentions...
It took him two seconds to remember that he was still solving a case.
Just as he was about to speak, Officer Takagi, who had a low presence beside him, spoke silently: "Well, it shouldn't be suicide - it's like this, we found a draft in the deceased's mailbox. Judging from the time it was kept, it should have been written before he was killed."
“?!”
The last message before death, it sounds like extremely important news.
Inspector Megure's face turned serious and he immediately took the printed content to look at it. Then he saw a familiar name in the recipient's column.
"Hashimoto Maya?" He was startled. "Have I seen this person before? Hmm? Wait, isn't this the half-blood who was with you guys in the last nighttime road smashing incident? Why did he buy that piece of land on the seabed?"
Conan blurted out: "Why is it him again?!"
Jiang Xia also leaned over to read the email, thinking: "After the last case was over, I invited Mr. Hashimoto to come to my detective agency to help. I thought he was more interested in the detective industry, but I didn't expect that he also had a hobby of buying land in private."
He paused, as if he suddenly remembered something: "Come to think of it, Mr. Hashimoto is quite tall, and he likes to wear black clothes. He fits in with what Mitsuhiko described as a 'tall man in black', but I've never seen him wear a knitted hat."
Conan was always wary of suspicious people like this. He remembered something and looked at Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya: "The audience member you saw coming and going at the entrance of the screening room, was he dressed very strangely? For example, he wore a cross and a Buddha statue around his neck, a consecrated Buddhist bead on his wrist, and occasionally played with a shrine amulet in his hand?"
Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya: “Uh, this…”
The man's movements of sticking his head out and then withdrawing it were so fast that for quite a while, Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya suspected that he was seeing things. To be honest, Mitsuhiko didn't see the details of the man clearly.
But after Conan said that, he seemed to have some impression - the man's neck was indeed littered with a lot of messy pendants... maybe there were crosses and Buddha statues among them?
"But, maybe." Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya realized that he seemed to have found an important clue. He quietly raised his head and chest, thinking of what Inspector Megure just said about "mixed blood", and became more and more certain, "That suspicious audience member does look different from us. His hair is light-colored and his face doesn't look like an ordinary Asian - he may be the person in the email!"
Jiang Xia glanced at the content of the draft email, then looked at the previous emails, and added in a low voice: "Mr. Hashimoto seemed to want to buy a piece of land through the deceased, but the deceased was a little indifferent to him. In the last email, he seemed to want to take the opportunity to make a fortune from Mr. Hashimoto."
“…”
The police's expression suddenly changed: a panic-stricken audience member was not a high suspicion, because there were gangsters causing trouble in the cinema, so it was normal for them to want to run away.
A customer who had some conflicts with the deceased was not a high suspect because the deceased had offended many people.
But when you add the two together...
Inspector Megure looked serious and waved his hand: "Get him here immediately and ask him to assist in the investigation!"
(End of this chapter)
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