Chapter 3610 3622 [Case Closed] Requesting monthly votes ()
Just then, Dr. Ze Mu's voice came from the side: "Since you have an alibi, I'll go back to my room and rest. I have work to do tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, Curaçao's ears perked up: "Quick, let's go! If you leave, I'll leave too."
Officer Sato and Officer Takagi exchanged a glance: Although they didn't know where the loopholes were in Dr. Sawaki's alibi, the fact that Jiang Xia specifically had someone bring her here meant that there was definitely something wrong with her. If she were to leave now...
The two of them turned to look at Jiang Xia, their eyes burning: This isn't the time for your classmates to practice, go for it! Detective!
Jiang Xia sighed: "The times that Ayumi mentioned are indeed correct. She did see Dr. Sawaki and the live broadcast of 'Kamen Rider' during those time periods."
"but……"
Conan jumped in surprise, snapped out of his diaper, put on his earmuffs, and ran off into the distance, letting out a long sigh of relief.
Curaçao watched the child who had suddenly started moving warily: "..." What is he planning to do now?
Ai Haibara stood behind the two, watching Conan run away alone, and "Miss Shirai" staring intently at Conan's back: "..." Kudo, you idiot, why did you run off by yourself? Haven't you had enough of being hit with the baton yet?
However, Ms. Shirai did not seem to have any intention of following up and causing trouble, so after hesitating for a moment, Ai Haibara remained silent and simply shrank back behind Jiang Xia, constantly observing the situation.
All these chaotic undercurrents seem to have nothing to do with the famous detective who is solving the case.
Jiang Xia pointed to the apartment building and said to Dr. Ze Mu, whose expression was tense, "But when 'Kamen Rider' started airing, Ayumi didn't see it at the clinic, but in this apartment building."
Officer Sato seemed to understand but not quite: "You mean..."
Jiang Xia: "Although we haven't been to Dr. Sawaki's house yet, if we go there now, we should be able to see a room that looks exactly like the clinic's lounge. Dr. Sawaki deliberately decorated the two rooms in the apartment and the clinic exactly the same, just to use this to make Ayumi have a misconception about where she is."
"Of course, given that Dr. Zeki has been back for some time, the furniture in her room may have changed, but no matter how it has changed, the exact same furniture can be found in her apartment, and the curtains and wallpaper cannot be changed in time."
Officer Sato snapped out of his daze and quickly called over two junior officers: "Go find the apartment manager, get the keys, and go check it out."
The two officers were eager to hear the reasoning, but with their duties at hand, they could only listen intently as they ran off, hoping to finish their business quickly and return as soon as possible.
Jiang Xia looked at Dr. Ze Mu again: "Before you extracted Ayumi's tooth, you should have made sure to have someone wait in the lounge for a while so that Ayumi could get used to the environment and remember what the room looked like."
"Later, during the tooth extraction, you secretly used anesthesia, so Ayumi started to feel sleepy right after the extraction and fell asleep around 7 o'clock."
"You took the drowsy elementary school student out and drove to this apartment building. Around 7:20, you parked the car at the construction site behind the apartment building, then, carrying Ayumi, you quietly sneaked in through the escape route."
Curaçao: "..." Construction site? You let it slip again, didn't you? You came right upstairs as soon as you got downstairs... Seriously, don't these people think that "Detective Jiang Xia" knows a little too much?
Forget about the incompetent police; those students are already Uzo's accomplices, so we can't count on them. As for the rest…
Curaçao suddenly remembered a clever person and turned to look at Eri Kisaki.
Then she was met with a scrutinizing gaze. Perhaps not expecting her to look at her suddenly, Eri paused for a moment before smiling at her and casually looking away.
Curaçao: "..."
Although, she... sigh.
never mind.
Jiang Xia glanced at her, then looked back at Dr. Ze Mu: "After taking Ayumi upstairs, you took her to your guest room, which is exactly the same room as the clinic's lounge."
"At 7:30, while Ayumi was still asleep, you put on your gloves, grabbed your ice pick, went out to the next room, and knocked on President Nakamoto's door."
"As soon as the person comes out, you immediately plunge an ice pick into his heart. As a doctor, locating the heart shouldn't be too difficult for you. And this weapon won't splatter a lot of blood, so you won't even need to change your clothes after killing him."
"After that, you walked past the body, rushed into the living room, and turned up the TV volume—the longer someone has been dead, the harder it is to determine the exact time of death. To make your carefully crafted alibi work, you wanted someone to discover the body as soon as possible, so you wanted to use this method to lure passersby over."
"After you finish doing all this, go back to your room immediately, wake up Ayumi who is fast asleep, and let her see the Kamen Rider show that starts at 7:30."
"After seeing the opening theme and obtaining an alibi, you gave Ayumi sleeping pills again. Once she fell into a deep sleep for the second time, you took her to the car and rushed back to the dental clinic."
"When you arrive at the clinic, it's not yet 8 o'clock. Shake Ayumi awake and show her the Kamen Rider show that just finished airing on TV, so that she will mistakenly believe that she has slept through the entire Kamen Rider episode at the clinic."
"Next, all you have to do is take this poor child home and hand her over to her parents, and you'll be able to get the final alibi from the Yoshida couple."
"When you returned to the clinic after killing the person, two innocent passersby came looking for President Nakamoto. As you expected, they were startled by the sound of the television and discovered his body."
"By the time you finish your work and return to your apartment, the police car has already arrived, and you've successfully become a passerby who just got off work."
"..."
The suspect this time seemed rather quiet; no one interrupted him during his entire deduction. After Jiang Xia finished speaking, only silence remained in the room.
Curaçao listened intently to everything, and at the end, she fell into a brief silence: she and Eri Kisaki had somehow seamlessly integrated themselves into this case, without any abruptness, becoming a perfectly connected link.
And all of this was because she made eye contact with Jiang Xia at the coffee shop that afternoon?
"No, the planning definitely started much earlier."
"But……"
This feeling of trying so hard to prevent something, only to find yourself inexplicably doing it, and then realizing you're already on stage when the curtain falls... it's truly exhausting. All she wants now is to leave Tokyo and escape to Antarctica.
...Does the organization have any projects like planting tropical plants in Antarctica that could take hundreds of years to complete? She's willing to go and give it a try.
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