Chapter 2898 2910 [Hattori Heiji: Pain! ]
Hattori Heiji was stunned for a moment, and then he covered his ears. For the first time, he hated his superior ability to understand: He was just changing the subject, how did Jiang Xia really solve the case! ! And how did he really understand it? !
An interesting puzzle was just formed when it was revealed by someone.
Hattori Heiji pressed his chest in pain for a while, and couldn't help but grab Jiang Xia: "You know it yourself, why are you telling me!"
Jiang Xia had a look on his face that said, "Why are you being unreasonable?" He said, "Didn't you ask that?"
“…”
There was silence.
There was a dead silence.
After a moment, Hattori Heiji weakly let go of the hand that was holding him, turned around and slapped himself.
——You're so talkative! Why do you have to talk to him about this when there are so many other things to talk about!
He took a deep breath and gritted his teeth, "Anyway, it's good that the case can be solved. I'll go find Kudo to share this good news."
…
The two high school detectives ran to meet up with the others in different moods.
Just as they arrived at the place, before Hattori Heiji could find Conan, a police officer suddenly trotted over and said to Inspector Otaki: "Inspector! I just got news that the gun on the tree is actually the deceased's thing - he just reported it to the police last week, and there is a record at the police station."
Inspector Otaki was stunned: "Really?"
The young police officer nodded and said, "Also, Mr. Detective asked us to investigate the building decoration outside the wall of the second floor. The result is out - the thing on the steel pipe is some cooking oil."
"Sure enough." Hattori Heiji pressed his forehead, and was completely sure of the truth behind this case. He looked around, smiled sinisterly, and walked towards Conan.
When Detective Kansai dragged innocent classmates into the water.
On the other side, Jiang Xia looked at Inspector Otaki and said to him, "Let's first confirm everyone's respective action times, so that we can find the murderer soon."
"!" Inspector Otaki understood the meaning of his words and his eyes lit up. "Do you know the murderer's method of committing the crime?"
Jiang Xia nodded.
"Great." Inspector Otaki looked at his watch and was relieved that it was time to get off work. "I'll go ask now!"
…
Soon, everyone gathered in the living room.
Inspector Otaki looked around and said carefully, "Please recall your itinerary for today in detail. This is crucial to solving this case."
As he spoke, he flipped through the notes he had just written down: "At 6:40 tonight, Jiang Xia and his team came here and went to the deceased's office to discuss - at that time, Mr. Lin Tian and Mr. Yu Sen were chatting in the backyard, is that right?"
The two apprentices nodded.
Inspector Otaki made a note: "At this point in time, Mr. Yamada and Mr. Yamaguchi are lost in the woods, so the only thing left is..."
He looked at the woman beside him: "Mrs. Jinze, what were you doing at that time?"
Mrs. Jinze crossed her arms and said lazily, "I was drinking brandy in the kitchen. When I finished drinking and went out, it was already past 7 o'clock."
Suddenly she remembered something and pointed at Calvados: "At that time, I saw this gentleman go to the parking lot, look furtively into my husband's car for a while, and then leave again."
Vodka: “?!”
Calvados: “…”
Facing everyone's puzzled gazes, he could only put aside his pride and found a seemingly reasonable excuse: "I was going to the bathroom, and when I saw the luxury car, I leaned over to take a few more glances."
Hearing his movement, Conan, who was shaking Hattori Heiji's collar, stopped and immediately looked towards the parking lot.
The two high school detectives looked at each other and instantly understood something: the two guys from the Black Organization were indeed coming for the deceased! However, compared to the deceased himself, it seemed that what they wanted more was something in the deceased's hand.
Inspector Otaki didn't think too much about it: it was understandable to take a second look at a car you liked, and Mr. Yamada and Mr. Yamaguchi arrived here very late, so they didn't have much time to install guns on the tree.
He didn't dwell on this detail and continued along the timeline: "Then at 7:10 p.m., you started an open-air barbecue. Ten minutes later, Mr. Hayashida left alone and went to the kitchen to get a box of beer."
The eldest disciple nodded and said quickly: "But I was only away for about 5 minutes, so I didn't have time to do anything."
Inspector Otaki looked at him suspiciously, then looked at the young apprentice: "I heard that you were leaving the dinner party when Mr. Hayashida returned to his seat with beer?"
The young apprentice responded, "There wasn't enough charcoal in the oven, so I went to the warehouse to get some. It only took about four minutes in total."
Inspector Otaki wrote down these details and couldn't help muttering, "You all remember the time very clearly. You can even give such detailed intervals as 5 minutes and 4 minutes."
Just now, when the eldest disciple explained in detail that he was only away for 5 minutes, he smiled secretly in his heart, thinking that he had found the murderer: because few people would clearly remember how many minutes they were away during a leisurely moment like a dinner party - according to his experience, those who can remember this are often some murderers who accurately time their absence in order to prove their alibi.
But who knew that soon after, the young apprentice said that he was gone for 4 minutes...
Could it be that two people were working together to commit the crime this time?
Just as he was wondering, Mrs. Jinze laughed and answered his question: "My late husband liked to exploit people. Every time he saw them resting, he would say something like 'time is life'. He would find things to do to make people run around. So when they were with my husband, they would pay special attention to time."
"...I see." Inspector Otaki scratched his head awkwardly, cleared his throat, and continued, "What happened next? Did the deceased go straight back to the office?"
The young apprentice nodded and said, "I came back from fetching the charcoal and found that it was already 7:57 - the teacher would watch a program at 8 o'clock every night, and when the time came, he hurried upstairs alone."
"Not long after that, you heard gunshots." Inspector Otaki looked at everyone present and confirmed, "When the gunshots rang out, you were all at the dining table. No one left?"
Everyone looked at each other, recalled, and nodded firmly.
Otaki Police Department: "..."
He quietly looked at Jiang Xia beside him.
——From what Jiang Xia said just now, he seemed to have known the murderer's modus operandi. As long as he could clarify the time of everyone's action, he would be able to accurately catch the real murderer.
Inspector Otaki had wanted to follow along to solve the mystery. But now, after listening to the entire timeline, he found himself frustrated and had no clue - since everyone was at the scene, who pulled the trigger?
(End of this chapter)
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