Chapter 878 Why are you here too? Please give me a monthly ticket o(〃'▽'〃)o
Conan sighed helplessly beside him.
Jiang Xia also sighed skillfully.
Next to him, Inspector Megure also sighed tiredly, then walked towards Mouri Ran, intending to rescue the person in her hands.
At the same time, he cleared his throat and tried to explain: "Thank you for your help. However, we actually just want to ask Mr. Quan to come over and learn about the situation from him as a witness. Well, you see, if he was a suspect, we would definitely not alarm him over the phone, but would come directly to his door."
“…”
Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko froze for a moment with proud smiles on their faces.
Conan stood nearby, nodding resentfully like a chick pecking at rice: he had already reminded the two girls when they were catching someone, but was pushed back by Suzuki Sonoko, who said, "Children should not meddle in adult affairs."
For some reason, Mao Lilan also developed a bit of detective impulse, and really played tricks with Suzuki Sonoko and escorted the unlucky witness over.
…
Suzuki Sonoko fiddled with the hairpin on her head, a little embarrassed: "So that's how it is. But... well, but a famous person in the last century said that there is often only a fine line between witnesses and suspects! We arrested people here just in case..." As she spoke, her voice gradually became lower and she looked at Jiang Xia a little weakly, "Right."
Jiang Xia: “…”
He remembered a strange legend: every time a Chinese composition test is held, a group of mysterious celebrities will appear in the world. They have different identities and nationalities, but the only thing they have in common is that they can always say a famous quote that fits the topic of the composition.
"..." But now, whether the "celebrity" and the "famous saying" mentioned by Suzuki Sonoko exist or not is obviously not the point.
The point is…
Jiang Xia nodded and helped her change the subject away from the witness.
"Indeed, but we still need to look at the evidence. Inspector, Chihiro Kojima and the gentleman who was just brought back from outside should not be the ones who called the police. Who was the first person to discover the body?"
Acquaintances, the first person to discover the body, the "passers-by" who appeared near the scene from time to time after the crime and were too enthusiastic about watching the incident...
These are the primary suspects.
Once the topic turned to the case, no one, except the witness himself, cared about how he got here.
"The person who called the police was a subordinate of the deceased's electrical company, Juro Yoshioka." Inspector Megure answered Jiang Xia's question and pointed to the sofa on the other side of the living room where a middle-aged man was sitting. "That's the gentleman."
The deceased's daughter, the witness who was "caught", and the deceased's colleagues.
All three of them are here.
Inspector Megure walked over to Jiang Xia. Perhaps he felt that it was a bit troublesome to explain the timeline verbally, so he simply handed over his notes:
"Fortunately, there was a surveillance camera installed at the door of the house, which recorded the order in which visitors arrived and the specific time. We found several witnesses through this."
The notes in the notebook are a bit sloppy.
Inspector Megure originally wanted to point out those lines and explain them to Jiang Xia one by one. But after saying a few words, he felt a little confused and got stuck.
After a pause, he touched the brim of his hat nonchalantly and said, "Since everyone is here, let's just watch the surveillance video."
Then he turned to the witnesses and said, "Please recall what happened when you visited here and whether you noticed anything unusual during the visit."
…
After explaining the precautions.
Inspector Megure pressed the remote control switch and replayed the surveillance footage of the problematic period.
This is not the surveillance camera next to the courtyard gate, but the one at the door of the house.
"The first person to come was Mr. Izumi Goo." He was the panicked employee who was escorted back by Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko. "He was an employee of TM Securities and the deceased was his client. Judging from the time on the surveillance camera, Mr. Izumi came in at 8 o'clock and left at 8:40."
Suzuki Sonoko stood next to Jiang Xia, touching her chin in the same posture as him, staring at the surveillance screen with deep eyes.
——After all, it was she and Xiaolan who captured the man. Although the police said that Izumi Goxiong was just a witness, Suzuki Sonoko felt that with her keen eyes, there was definitely something wrong with Izumi Goxiong's panicked look!
…
I stared at the surveillance camera and watched the scenes of Quan Wuxiong entering and leaving the house.
Suzuki Sonoko suddenly clapped her palms: "Look! When he went in, his expression was still calm, but when he came out, his eyes were full of anger and he was particularly fierce. There must have been a quarrel between the two people in the house, and then Quan Wuxiong brutally killed him!" At the end, she did not forget to flip through the reference book on solving crimes next to her, and turned to look at the reliable Jiang Xia, "That's right, right."
Jiang Xia stroked the cat and agreed, "That makes sense."
Suzuki Sonoko straightened her back immediately. She relaxed and reached out to touch the cat in Jiang Xia's arms. After a moment, she couldn't help but sigh happily: "It feels so good."
Jiang Xia nodded in agreement.
"Ahem." Inspector Megure interrupted, hesitantly saying, "Don't worry, finish reading first."
He pressed the remote.
Monitoring fast forward.
Then it returned to normal speed before the next person came in.
About ten minutes after Izumi Goo left, at 8:53, the deceased's daughter, Chihiro Kojima, came to the door.
The doors here all have combination locks. Although Chihiro Kojima does not live with her mother, she knows the combination.
However, before entering the password, she turned the doorknob and found that the door was not locked. When the deceased had an appointment with someone, she would often leave the door open for the other party to come in. This was a habit she developed from sitting in the office for many years.
In the surveillance footage, Chihiro Kojima was not surprised that the door was open and pushed it open and walked in.
…
After her figure disappeared from the screen, Inspector Megure pressed fast forward again and explained:
"Four minutes after Ms. Kojima entered the house, the alarm was triggered and security personnel rushed over - they arrived at exactly 9 o'clock, knocked on the door, and saw Ms. Kojima Ikuko.
"After a brief exchange, the security guards learned that the alarm was triggered because of a misunderstanding, so they caught the cat that had mistakenly entered the courtyard and quickly left... By the way, they also met Jiang Xia outside the courtyard gate."
Next to them, two security guards who were invited to act as witnesses nodded slightly, indicating that this was indeed the case.
Jiang Xia nodded, indicating that the last sentence was indeed correct.
However, regarding the previous part, he silently nodded in his heart.
…
Inspector Megure was unable to see through the detective's deep psychological activities.
Seeing Jiang Xia nod in confirmation, he pressed the remote control to continue playing the next part.
Judging from the time on the surveillance footage, not long after the security guard left, Chihiro Kojima hurriedly pushed the door open and quickly disappeared from the surveillance range.
(End of this chapter)
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