Chapter 3063 3075 [Plan]
After briefly analyzing the reasons for Calvados's misfortune, Toru Amuro soon came to his senses and realized something.
"But that doesn't explain why Calvados suddenly returned to Tokyo and insisted on staying there after so many strange experiences.
“The only thing that could have allowed him to stay was the organization’s order or Vermouth’s request—if it was the former, he wouldn’t have been able to not even have a gun on him.
"So there is only one truth. The reason for this incident lies with Vermouth... What is that cunning woman planning?"
An undercover agent wears headphones and thinks hard.
In the distance, the interview with reporters continued.
"The night before last, I had an argument with the deceased Mr. Nakai?" Yanase Ryuichi looked at his colleague who asked the question and sighed:
"Yes, there was a little misunderstanding between us, but we are all colleagues, so we can just talk it out. How could I possibly harm him? This was just a sad accident."
"As for why I happened to be near the fire scene... Mr. Nakai has more experience than me and can be considered my senior. After the misunderstanding, I planned to go to his house to explain and apologize.
"But unfortunately, fate did not give me this opportunity. I just arrived here and saw him jump out of the window and fall headfirst to the ground... As his friend, I could only hold up the camera with tears in my eyes and help him leave the last image of his life in this world."
Conan stood at the corner of the building outside the crowd, listening to these words, his eyebrows twitching non-stop - although there was no evidence yet, he always felt that this person's words were full of the aura of an outlaw, provoking every nerve of the famous detective.
Huiyuan Ai also felt something was wrong. She whispered to Jiang Xia, "Could what happened last night actually be a murder?"
"I can't say that yet."
A voice answered her, but it was not Jiang Xia who spoke, but a police officer who was holding a cigarette and looked a little sloppy.
Officer Gong Chang, who was in charge of the arson case, stopped beside them and said to Jiang Xia, "We performed an autopsy last night. The deceased had a wound on the back of his head, but because the body had been burned and had experienced the impact of falling from a building, it is difficult to determine the specific cause of the wound.
"That is to say, he could have been beaten, but it is more likely that he fell down after getting drunk. If it is the latter, then it is just a simple accident."
When Conan heard the word "accident", he quickly retorted: "But yesterday, the deceased called us before the accident, and Brother Jiang Xia has a recording - in the recording, you can clearly hear that the deceased was hit hard on the head!"
Officer Gong Chang rubbed the kid's head and said, "You are the little detective that General Jiang Xia brought with him. You must remember not to draw too absolute conclusions. From the recording, the deceased was obviously drunk. Maybe after he got drunk, the bottles of wine were rolling all over the floor. When he was excited to make a call, he slipped and stepped on a bottle. When he fell back, his head hit another bottle. This would make sense."
Conan's eyes twitched slightly: "But..." It can't be said that this kind of thing will never happen, but don't you think the probability is too small?
Seeing that the mini detective was about to start a debate with the police officer, Jiang Xia interrupted and asked, "Where is the fire?"
Officer Gong Chang turned around and said, "It's in the sink on the kitchen counter. It might be a cigarette butt that was left there, and there happened to be some dried flammable materials piled there, such as shopping bags... Alas, drunkards are really dangerous creatures."
After sighing alone for a while, Officer Gong Chang heard that Jiang Xia had not spoken, so he had to ask, "What do you think?"
Although they felt that this incident was very much like an accident, human life was at stake after all, so it would be best to get confirmation from the detective so that they could feel at ease.
Unfortunately, in his expectant gaze, the detective did not nod, but simply said: "The clues are not enough, I will go to the scene again."
Officer Gong Chang: “…”
He looked at the detective's back as he left, and his heart skipped a beat: It seems that the conclusion of "accident" should be overturned.
…
"I looked at my watch yesterday. It only took us 20 minutes from the time we received the call to the time we arrived at the scene."
Conan briefly sighed at Jiang Xia's speed, not paying attention to this tiny detail, and continued: "From this point of view, the fire should have occurred shortly after the call was hung up."
Jiang Xia stopped at the bottom of the charred building and turned to look at the viaduct opposite the building: "Yanagase Ryuichi should have stood at that position to take the photo last night. Let's go up and take a look."
The three men walked up the steps to the bridge, along the paved sidewalk along the edge, and came to the opposite side of the fire.
Ai Huihara held onto the railing, tiptoed to take a look at the fire scene, and nodded slightly: "If you want to take pictures of the deceased falling from the building, this is indeed the best angle. And the round trip is not too far, it only takes a few minutes - with such a coincidence, the color of murder is very strong."
Jiang Xia suddenly pointed at her arm and said, "There's something on your sleeve."
"!" Huibara Ai lowered her head following the sound, thinking that her cuffs were stained by her morning coffee, but when she looked closely, she found that there were no coffee stains on her cuffs, but some... fine white powder.
"What is this?" She twisted it in confusion and sniffed it. "Quicklime?"
Another mini detective also took advantage of his height. Conan looked straight at the railing and said, "It got stuck from here!... But why is there quicklime in a place like this?"
Jiang Xia seemed to remember something: "Didn't the reporter who was burned to death have a conflict with Yanase Takashi at the journalist award ceremony the day before yesterday? At that time, he took out some white powder from his pocket and blew it towards Yanase Takashi. After that, Yanase Takashi's face changed drastically and he left in a hurry."
He looked down at the powder on the railing: "This must be the secret that Yanase Ryuichi is willing to kill to cover up."
He took a few photos, then took out his phone and called Mori Atsushi: "Among the photos Mr. Yanase provided to the newspaper, there is one that shows the moment the deceased broke through the window and jumped down - can you get the original photo of that photo? The clearer the better."
Mori Atsushi perked up and stood up from his workstation: "Did you find something?"
Jiang Xia was like a capitalist who would not release his eagle until he saw the rabbit: "I have found something, but I have to look at the map first."
Mori Atsushi immediately entered the most focused working state: "I'll go find it right away!"
…
Not long after, as the reporters were working at full capacity, a photo was sent to Jiang Xia's email.
Jiang Xia had already brought the two children back to Dr. Agasa's house. Seeing the photo arrived, Haibara Ai opened the picture, locked on the place Jiang Xia pointed, and kept zooming in.
(End of this chapter)
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