Chapter 2148-2159 [Infighting in the Red Team]
In addition to the machines, the people who operate the machines are of course also important.
Inspector Megure asked, "Who was the person who competed with the deceased? Find him and ask him."
The curly-haired staff member looked perplexed, and at this moment, another player, 'Lucas of the Cup Household', came over on his own initiative.
"It's me." The tall and thin man chewed gum and explained impatiently, "But in this game, although players will receive impact feedback, the degree is very mild, about the same as the vibration of a mobile phone next to the body. You don't want to treat me as the murderer just because of this, do you?"
After a pause, he said self-deprecatingly, "Besides, even if this game console can really kill people, the injured person should be me - I took a whole set of combos, which is much worse than the opponent."
Inspector Megure looked disappointed: I thought I could easily find the cause of death, but now it seems there is no hope.
Officer Gao Mu flipped through the documents in his hand and reminded quietly: "There are no obvious external injuries on the deceased's body. It really looks like sudden death. In this case, if the family members do not agree, I am afraid we cannot directly perform a forensic autopsy."
Jiang Xia: "The body showed signs of suffocation. Maybe he was poisoned."
Officer Gao Mu was stunned: "But he was playing games at the time and couldn't eat or drink."
Jiang Xia glanced at Conan's watch and said, "Maybe it was stabbed in. Although compared to eating or drinking, the poisoning method of needle stabbing is more likely to cause resistance and anger from the deceased, but the game hall is noisy and no one can hear you unless you speak loudly. Even if you speak loudly, it may be regarded as a quarrel and ignored."
Conan: "..." Great minds think alike! ...But why are you looking at me? There's no poison needle in my anesthesia watch!
The owner of the nearby game hall nodded immediately after hearing this: "That's right! The game footage was transferred to the big screen, and the lights in the game hall were dimmed for everyone to watch. In that case, even if someone walked up to the deceased and stabbed him, no one would notice what happened."
——I hope this is a murder case. In any case, it must not be a sudden death from playing games, otherwise his game hall will be in trouble.
Inspector Megure and Officer Takagi looked at each other and understood: "That's right... In that case, let's send the body for an autopsy to confirm the real cause of his death."
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While technicians are busy performing autopsies.
Of course, the detectives in the game hall cannot sit idle.
Inspector Megure flipped through the list handed over by Officer Takagi and felt his head swell up ten times: "More than 30 people?"
Officer Takagi nodded, and to comfort him, he whispered: "If Jiang Xia and the others are included, there will be 35 people." Looking at it this way, 30 people is not a small number!
Mumu Police Department: "..."
He threw the information back to this incompetent subordinate and launched a powerful move: "Brother Jiang Xia——!"
Jiang Xia came to his senses and patted Conan.
According to experience, when looking for the same suspect, the chances of extracting murderous intent from the suspect if you expose the suspect yourself or if a weak and pitiful elementary school student exposes the suspect are completely different.
Conan had been eager to try for a long time, and he immediately counted the people: "I remember that among those who had contact with the deceased, they were mainly..."
He turned his head and pointed out a group of people with his hand: "This curly-haired staff member, this big brother nicknamed 'Lucas of Beido Town', and a few of us - right, Teacher Judy."
...It's a good opportunity to check on this suspicious foreign woman.
Judy looked at this strange elementary school student and smiled. "That's right, but to be on the safe side, why don't we check the surveillance camera? I remember there is a camera that can cover this area."
Conan looked at her and touched his chin: "..." They deliberately didn't mention the camera just now, but Teacher Judy noticed it immediately - this woman had obviously just arrived in Tokyo not long ago, but her reaction to the murder case seemed very normal, and her observation skills were also good.
Suspicious, becoming more and more suspicious!
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In any case, things will be much easier with surveillance.
Inspector Megure took a few key suspects and took the detective with him: "Let's go and check the staff room in the back."
Some of the group were very reluctant, while others just wanted to join in the fun, so they followed in a sparsely populated area.
Just as everyone started moving, a "click" and "click" sound of metal friction was heard, which was quickly drowned out by the buzzing discussions of the onlookers.
The curly-haired staff member in the game hall seemed to be somewhat resistant to checking the surveillance footage for some reason.
However, the owner of the game hall was very proactive, and no one wanted to solve the case as soon as possible more than him.
He quickly checked the surveillance video and adjusted it to the corresponding time: "This is it!"
The fast-forwarded images were restored to normal speed and adjusted to the maximum.
In the dim picture, the deceased was sitting impatiently in front of the fighting machine, while the curly-haired staff was squatting at his feet, taking coins from the machine, and the two seemed to have quarreled for a few words.
There was no sound in the video. Inspector Megure looked at the curly-haired staff member suspiciously: "What were you talking about?"
The curly-haired staff member said, "Nothing. He just complained that I was too slow in collecting coins and said that it affected his game, so he scolded me a few words."
“I see.”
Inspector Megure took note of this and let the scene continue.
In the surveillance video, the staff collected the coins and left, while Kengo Oto sat on the chair with his arms folded, shaking his legs impatiently, as if he was a little anxious. But soon, he thought of something, and his expression changed again, becoming sinister and expectant.
After that, the deceased's depressed mood disappeared, and he was eager to open the game and get started.
No one came to see him during this period, so Inspector Megure moved in a little faster.
When the next figure approached, he restored the surveillance and saw that the person who came to talk to him was the tall and thin man nicknamed "Lucas of Beido Town". The two of them chatted for a while, one sitting and the other standing.
Inspector Megure: "What are you doing here again?"
The tall and thin man: "Of course I came to fight him. We have agreed to fight it out a long time ago. Now that I am here, of course I have to say hello to him first."
Sure enough, the two people in the picture just exchanged a few words, and the tall and thin man left the dead man and went to another machine. For the upcoming battle, his heart was obviously not as calm as his appearance, and he even dropped his lighter when he took out the game coins.
Suzuki Sonoko couldn't help but whisper to Jiang Xia: "No wonder the fight was so one-sided, this guy's psychological quality is not good."
However, the tall and thin man did not escape the fight. Soon, the large screen in the monitoring system lit up. The crowd gathered in front of the screen and began to watch the live broadcast of the actual battle excitedly.
Officer Takagi leaned in to take a closer look, and immediately saw a familiar head of curly hair in the crowd of onlookers—the curly-haired staff enthusiastically crowded in the first row and even took out a camera to start recording.
Officer Gao Mu asked the staff in surprise: "Is this you? Why are you taking this photo?"
(End of this chapter)
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