Chapter 839 She Has a Problem
"..." Vermouth was silent for a moment, pretending not to notice the vibration of her phone.
After a while, when enough time had passed, she took out her cell phone and looked at the time, as if she was bored.
Then I saw there was an extra email inside.
Judging from the email address, it was indeed sent by Uzo.
This arrogant young man actually chatted about dark topics in front of a group of police officers without any care:
[I remember you said before that you wanted to experience the perspective of the mastermind?]
Vermouth: "..."
She stared at the sentence without a beginning or an end for two seconds, her heart silently lifted, and she suddenly had a bad premonition.
…
beside.
Conan was trying hard to find clues while secretly observing Jiang Xia's progress in solving the case.
Seeing Jiang Xia yawning and moving towards the sofa, Conan was slightly startled and thought Jiang Xia looked a little strange: "Are you sleepy?"
Jiang Xia vaguely responded, "A little bit, maybe because I slept too late last night."
Conan showed a look of sudden enlightenment: Jiang Xia went out racing late at night again?
He only thought about this in his mind and didn't say it out loud, after all, there were police officers all around him. And it was better not to say something like this in person, as it was somewhat illegal.
Therefore, Conan's attention was quickly focused on the current case.
He suddenly remembered something and asked Jiang Xia, "When Miss Shimamura and Uncle Maori were talking about their itinerary just now, did you want to say something?"
——Conan remembered that when Maori Kogoro was reviewing the timeline just now, Jiang Xia's eyes kept moving back and forth between him and Shimamura Sayuri, as if he wanted to say something but stopped. It was obvious that he had noticed something.
But later, Xiaolan suddenly asked about Kogoro Mouri's date with a woman, and Jiang Xia didn't have time to tell her.
…
"Well..." Jiang Xia's tone became a little hesitant when he heard Conan asking these questions.
As he spoke, he yawned again, slowly leaned back against the sofa, and recalled:
“In fact, the place Ms. Takenaka took me to for a drive just now also has a view of the Toudou Beach Bridge.
"And while we were chatting, I accidentally looked out the front window and saw a man who looked very similar to Uncle Maori about ten meters ahead. At that time, there was indeed a short-haired woman standing next to him."
Shimamura Sayuri has short hair, what a coincidence? Conan was a little surprised: "So, you are also Miss Shimamura's alibi?"
"About that. But when we got there, it was already around ten o'clock in the evening, and the murder happened at nine o'clock. I didn't see their movements at nine o'clock." Jiang Xia closed his eyes a little as he spoke, and talked about his experience and reasoning like a dream:
“Speaking of this, I always feel that things are a bit strange. According to what Uncle Maori said, he and Miss Shimamura stayed there for a full hour and a half.
"But when I saw them, they didn't seem to have stopped for much - there were only can pull tabs in the garbage bag, no leftover snack packaging, and each of them only had a can of drink in their hands... They couldn't have just been talking for an hour. But the light was dim at the time, so it's possible that I recognized the wrong person..."
Conan shook his head: "Your observation skills have always been sharp. If you are not mistaken this time, it means that the time they actually arrived there was not 8:30 in the evening, but closer to the time you went there..."
Before he had time to think about this doubt, he suddenly noticed another problem.
Conan looked at Jiang Xia: "Come to think of it, you were so close, why didn't you go over and say hello?"
"I wanted to go. But when I wanted to get off the bus, Miss Takenaka stopped me and told me not to disturb them... I couldn't just push her away and get off the bus." At this point, Jiang Xia blushed as if recalling something, and turned his head away. After a pause, he continued, "Also, I thought Uncle Maori went to the izakaya to drink with his friends, so I might have just seen someone who looked very similar to him, so I didn't go over... Not long after that, they left."
Conan was nodding and listening.
Halfway through the order, he suddenly felt something was wrong and looked at Jiang Xia: "......?" Why are you blushing?
Originally, Conan didn't think too much about it. After all, some people just like to randomly match people up - Miss Takenaka didn't let Jiang Xia disturb Maori Kogoro and Shimamura Sayuri, maybe she was just gossiping and wanted to match them up.
But when Jiang Xia talked about this, he was strangely shy...
Conan thought back to what Jiang Xia had just said. Suddenly he felt that he had grasped the key point: Jiang Xia actually had to "shake off" Miss Takenaka before he could get off the car...
Conan touched his chin, and the scene at that time gradually emerged in his mind.
——On a dark night with strong winds, a man and a woman were sitting alone in a car. Jiang Xia saw an acquaintance and wanted to get out of the car to say hello and help Xiaolan keep an eye on her restless father. However, before getting out of the car, the "Miss Takenaka" next to him suddenly hugged his arm affectionately, pulled him back in a coquettish way, and continued to hug him until he persuaded Jiang Xia to give up getting out of the car to check.
Thinking of this, Conan's eyes gradually became suspicious: Why did Miss Takenaka try so hard to stop Jiang Xia from getting off the car? And they just happened to drive to a key location...
Did she simply not want to be disturbed on her date, or was there some crucial connection between her and the murder case?
…
In the corridor, Vermouth was secretly observing this side: "..."
Although, at present, Uzo has not started to expose the methods used in the case.
But after following him all the way, and combining it with the information she had just heard from the police, Vermouth had roughly guessed the truth of the incident.
Combine this with what Uzo is doing now…
Although the distance was quite far, Vermouth couldn't hear clearly what Jiang Xia was saying to Conan.
But combined with their respective expressions and reactions, as well as Conan's suddenly serious look...
Vermouth felt as if she had understood the meaning of Uzo's email just now.
...Isn't it possible that Uzo wanted others to think that she was the mastermind behind these cases?
Vermouth: “…”… Although she did say “I want to see a behind-the-scenes perspective,” that was just an excuse to hear spoilers about Kogoro Mouri.
Moreover, even if she really wanted to experience the behind-the-scenes experience, what she wanted to experience was definitely the miraculous planning process, and the pleasure of looking down on all living beings from a God's perspective and laughing at them running around like headless flies... Who would want to experience the behind-the-scenes perspective only in terms of "taking the blame"!
Vermouth's expression was calm, but the cigarette in her hand crackled and deformed.
For a moment, she suddenly felt a little fortunate: Fortunately, when she asked Wu Zuo out before, Wu Zuo had always refused.
If Uzo said yes every time...
(End of this chapter)
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