Chapter 2652 2664 [James: I am a good citizen]
Inspector Megure sighed: "How could he die at such a young age...By the way, brother Jiang Xia, why are you here?"
Jiang Xia briefly explained the reasons for coming here for dinner: "After the power outage, we just turned on the switch and heard screams coming from the second floor. We ran upstairs and found a body lying at the end of the corridor."
Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko nodded like little chickens pecking at rice, both of them still in shock: "Before the power outage, there was no one under the window sill. Who knew that when the power came back on and the light came on, there was suddenly a body there - in just a dozen seconds, someone killed someone in front of us in the dark, and we knew nothing about it at the time!"
Now that she thought about it, if the murderer had killed Himemiya Nobuko and then turned around and killed each of the three of them...Suzuki Sonoko thought of Himemiya Nobuko with a bloody head, shuddered, and couldn't help but secretly hug her head.
"But..." Unlike Inspector Megure who was chatting with Jiang Xia, Officer Takagi had already immersed himself in his busy work.
He touched the cold body in front of him and said to the two high school girls in confusion, "But this body is already a little cold. It looks like it has been dead for at least half an hour, but the police car took less than 10 minutes to get here. If you called the police right after you found the body... this, this time doesn't seem to match. Were you too scared at the time and mixed up the situation?"
"We may be scared, but we have encountered so many cases. How could we be so scared that our memories are messed up?" Suzuki Sonoko retorted angrily, feeling that her professionalism was questioned. Suddenly she remembered something, and an idea flashed in her mind, "It wasn't just the two of us at the time. Mr. Xinghe was there too - if you don't believe me, go ask him!"
Xinghe Tongwu nodded: "What these two ladies said is correct."
police:"……"
Inspector Megure felt a headache when he heard this inexplicable doubt.
Fortunately, there was a detective brother in this case, so he decisively handed the problem over to Jiang Xia, and began to work skillfully according to the procedure.
He directed his subordinates: "Go and look for any signs of illegal intrusion. In addition, the corridor here is so narrow, Xiaolan Yuanzi and the other three are blocking the way here, the murderer can't escape past them, and the windows at the end of the corridor are also sealed... From this point of view, the murderer can only leave from this room in the middle of the two ends.
As he spoke, Inspector Megure walked into the house. After a quick glance, his eyes lit up: "Why is the window of this house open in the middle of the night? The murderer must have jumped out of the window in a hurry and forgot to close it!"
Upon hearing this, Officer Chiba walked to the window and looked down. He suddenly realized, "There is a flower bed below. The soft soil can serve as a buffer for jumping. Besides, this place is very close to the back door... I will take people down there to collect footprints!"
As he spoke, the chubby police officer pointed out a few people and trotted downstairs.
After he left, Inspector Megure returned to the corridor. He looked around and was slightly startled: "Where is Brother Jiang Xia?"
Officer Takagi pointed to another room in the corridor and said, "Here. This room..."
Before he could finish, Inspector Megure poked his head in and immediately understood: the room was in a mess, with books on the bookshelf toppled over and scattered on the floor.
"This scene looks very familiar." Inspector Megure is knowledgeable and quickly pieced together a series of situations in his mind. "Could it be that someone broke into the house and was caught by the deceased while rummaging through things, so he panicked and killed him to silence him?"
Jiang Xia shook his head: "But this looks like a library that has been sealed for many years. It doesn't seem like a place that thieves would like."
As he said that, he turned around and asked Iida Riki next to him: "What is this room used for?"
Iida Riki stretched out his pinky finger to push up the sunglasses on his nose and said proudly, "This is the magic information that our master, Mr. Zhengying, collected from all over the world. Don't be fooled by the small room. In fact, this is an incredible magic treasure."
"Treasure?" Inspector Megure's ears twitched, and he caught the key words, "In other words, there are some very valuable items or information in here?"
"Uh, that's not the case." Iida scratched his head. "Actually, what I said just now was a bit exaggerated. Strictly speaking, the information here is a collection of clippings from books or magazines. It's valuable, but it's not top secret."
Next to her, Mrs. Zhengying suddenly remembered something: "Speaking of valuable things... I remember my husband has a notebook. Whenever he has a magic idea, he will immediately write it down. It is his treasure. Even I can't read it normally. But even if I don't read it, I can guess that it must be a wonderful notebook full of novel magic tricks."
"Hmm..." Inspector Megure didn't know much about the magic circle, but after hearing this, he had an idea. He touched his chin and turned to his subordinates and said, "Then let's treat this notebook as the murderer's motive for murder and investigate it one by one."
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In the Metropolitan Police Department.
James looked at the duty room which was now mostly empty: "This is..."
Opposite him, Officer Sato took a sip of his coffee and said as if it was nothing special: "It's just another murder case."
James: “……?” Wait, don’t you think there’s something wrong with your crime rate?
Obviously, the answer is no. Officer Sato was not surprised by the sudden murder.
She put down her cup and said earnestly, "Okay, please stop changing the subject. Tell me, how many times has this happened? Our society does not allow the random possession of guns. Your behavior is considered a crime."
"..." James didn't have time to worry about whether it was a murder or not. He smiled kindly and misleadingly, "I'm very sorry. I won't do it again next time."
"Come to think of it..." Officer Sato looked at him suspiciously, "What exactly are you doing in Tokyo?"
——If I remember correctly, the murder that just happened was related to the magic show that James watched...Why are there always murders happening around this group of people?
"Travel." Facing the police officer's suspicion, James said confidently, "We are all on tourist visas, so we are here for travel. Ma'am, I swear on my salary for the next year that our presence will not disrupt social security. You can completely regard us as friends."
Miwako Sato: "..." She always felt that the old man was lying, but she had no evidence...
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Zhengying’s family villa.
Conan first investigated the crime scene as usual, and then stroked his chin to think seriously about who the murderer was. Suddenly, he realized something belatedly.
Conan looked up at Inspector Megure: "..." Wait, why are you here? Where is the suspicious person you arrested for investigation?
(End of this chapter)
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