Chapter 287: The Thoughtful Detective
The director knew the camera positions in his mind, and based on what Conan said, he immediately determined that the traitor was Hiruda, who was in charge of Unit 13.
While asking the TV station to send a photo of Hiruda to help the police find him, he also recalled the previous video and tried to find out the situation near machine No. 13 from other cameras to find out the reason for Hiruda's mysterious disappearance.
Several machines were running at high speed simultaneously, with two police officers in charge of each machine.
The first person to find useful information was Conan, who was always on the lookout: "This camera has captured it, in the corner!"
Inspector Megure was delighted and immediately asked someone to enlarge the scene that Conan pointed out and rewind it a little.
The expensive camera is well worth its price, and the picture is not too distorted even when the magnification is maximized.
This video of Hiruda was taken fifteen minutes ago.
Hiruda was still next to Unit 13 at the time. He was holding onto his headphones and staring at the image in the camera in front of him with a gloomy expression, as if he was planning to pick a lucky spectator to shoot at the end of the game.
Several police officers then speculated that Hiruda must have chosen a target he wanted to kill, then lurked next to the target with a gun to hide himself and make it easier to aim and kill.
However, as the electronic time in the lower right corner of the video ticked, the scene they imagined did not appear - Hiruda always stayed in front of the camera, sneering at the audience around him with an arrogant expression, and did not leave.
Instead, someone took the initiative to walk towards him.
As soon as the person who left the audience without permission entered the screen, there was a small and low commotion in the director's room, and many people recognized him: "Jiang Xia??"
Soon after, some police officers looked relaxed.
The other part suddenly becomes complicated.
Suzuki Sonoko decisively let out a cry of applause.
After being happy for a while, she belatedly began to wonder, "Why did Jiang Xia go to find that gangster? Did he know that he was a bad guy? Did you contact him just now? Wait, he came to watch the game too!? If I had known..."
If I had known this, I would have gone to find Jiang Xia to watch it together! It must be more interesting than watching elementary school students hammering the railings... Thinking of this, Suzuki Sonoko looked at Conan with a resentful look.
But soon, she realized that now was not the time to think about these things. What she should pay more attention to now is the criminals who have not yet been caught... Suzuki Sonoko sighed and looked at the screen again.
As Jiang Xia got closer and closer to Hiruda in the video, the air in the director's room became solemn again.
——According to the police's previous analysis, the traitor Hiruda wanted to kill people randomly. There were no spectators around the camera, and considering the range and accuracy of the pistol, the closer you were to Hiruda, the more likely he would choose you as a target.
Although Jiang Xia was… well, he was not inferior to others in terms of hands-on ability, but he had not contacted the police today. Perhaps he had keenly discovered something was wrong and felt that Hiruda was suspicious, but he did not know that the other party had a gun. If that was the case…
A group of people stared at the video with their hearts tensed and relieved, feeling like they were watching a real-life police and gangster movie.
The only thing to be thankful for is that according to the information Conan just brought back, there was no one near the No. 13 camera, and there was no blood. This means that Jiang Xia was definitely not shot on the spot, and perhaps was just brought to a blind spot by Hiruda who suddenly pulled out a gun. In that case, there should still be a chance...
…
Whether in terms of time or space, the heart-wrenching atmosphere in the director's room could not be conveyed to Jiang Xia in the video.
In the video, Jiang Xia walked steadily to the side of the dangerous gunman, stopped two meters away, and said a few words to the man.
It was difficult to hear what the two people were saying, but their body movements were faithfully recorded by the camera: Hiruda's brows became more and more furrowed, and finally, with a sinister look on his face, he reached into his arms - this was an action of pulling out a gun.
There was a sound of a small inhale coming from the director's room.
In the video, Jiang Xia also seemed to be startled by this action. A few tenths of a second later, he suddenly approached at a speed that was difficult for the camera to capture, instantly erasing the distance between the two of them, and punched Hiruda in the stomach.
This scene was also silent, but everyone imagined a dull thud in their minds, and a phantom pain in their stomachs... The effect of this attack was immediate. Hiruda lost his ability to move instantly, and his hand that was about to pull out the gun fell from his chest. He retched and tried to fall to the ground, but was held up by Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia held the person who was struggling slightly and paused for a moment, as if he was thinking.
A second later, he looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to this corner, so he used a little force to drag the person away and quickly left the scene.
“…”
In the director's room, silence spread for a moment. Some policemen who had only heard of Jiang Xia's reputation but had never seen him in person spoke first, breaking the silence with admiration: "You are so thoughtful."
"Yes, if the public knew there were armed gangsters in the stadium, they would panic, and if a large number of spectators left in a panic, there might be a stampede."
"No wonder you always say that this famous detective is very considerate. He takes the person to a secluded place first and then calls the police. Even if we rush over to arrest him, the audience will not notice anything unusual..."
At this point, several people slowly sensed that something was wrong.
...Why haven’t I received Jiang Xia’s call to the police yet?
Didn’t the police station pass on the information?
Or was the cunning criminal just pretending to be dead, and actually took advantage of the chaos to do something else? !
Beside him, Inspector Megure clicked his hat and pretended not to have heard his subordinates' recent sighs.
He whispered to the director: "You are familiar with this place. If we leave from that direction in the picture, where are they most likely to be now?"
…
In the spacious and empty side hall.
Jiang Xia was concentrating on knocking on someone's door when suddenly his ears moved slightly and he heard a series of noisy footsteps coming from the corridor, getting closer and closer.
He was stunned for a moment, then immediately increased his speed, knocking off the last few strands of murderous aura with bangs.
Then he picked up the murderous aura with one hand and folded the baton with the other, skillfully putting them all away.
On the ground, the ghost photographer was still somewhat conscious. Jiang Xia squatted down and slashed at his neck with a knife.
After confirming that the person had fainted, he took the gun from Hiruda's arms and stuffed it into the gangster's hands.
Just as he finished this action, the side door was pushed open with a bang.
A large group of people rushed in.
Under the gaze of everyone, Jiang Xia took back the gun that he had just stuffed into Hiruda, acting as if he had just subdued a criminal and seized a weapon.
He handed the gun to Officer Sato who rushed over first, and said calmly: "This guy actually had a gun. Fortunately, he was not mentally strong enough to fire it."
Sato: "..."
She took the gun from Jiang Xia and looked at the dead prisoner suspiciously. She had a lot to say, such as "What about the next time you said?"
But considering the large crowd of people following behind, in addition to the police, there were also a bunch of TV station employees... Officer Sato glanced at Jiang Xia and finally swallowed his words.
(End of this chapter)
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