Chapter 98

Kitajima Shinichi, who was a gentle and shy man, suddenly said such shameless words, shocking everyone present. Especially Ms. Arimori, who was already in a hysterical state, she shouted at him in anger and surprise:

"Bei Dao! I didn't expect that the person who killed Sakai was actually you! I was wondering why you suddenly asked to reorganize the accounts last night and make it look like you had never received any donations in the past three years. It turned out that you did it to put all the blame on Sakai!"

Before Kitajima could refute again, Ms. Arimori immediately cried to Date Kou:

"Now I can prove that I didn't kill anyone, right? Mr. Officer, I admit that I participated in their conspiracy to embezzle donations, but they forced me to do it. I have been in charge of the logistics expenses since I entered this welfare home. If they want to control the entire fund chain and make false accounts, they can't get around me, so they simply dragged me in.

But I was just following the money distribution, I had no idea where the money came from, and I never thought that Bei Dao would kill someone in order to prevent the donors from discovering the truth. Mr. Police Officer, please believe me!

Kitajima stamped his feet in anxiety and yelled at Ms. Arimori:

"Don't talk nonsense. I didn't kill anyone! Didn't you just say that you were in the library and could see the path leading to Sakai's dormitory directly from the window if you looked up. Shouldn't you know best whether I passed by there last night?

You Sen, you are the one who should trust me the most. How can you listen to other people's random guesses and be easily led astray? "

Ms. Arimori stopped crying and looked at Kitajima Shinichi's sincere face, her eyes filled with confusion again.

She began to recall what happened last night in detail. However, the more she recalled, the more she felt that Kitajima Shinichi was right. The place where she was reading was right next to the window, and there was nothing to cover the path. If someone really walked by, she would not have missed it.

"Could it be...Could it be that Kitajima really didn't kill Sakai?"

Ms. Arimori was completely confused by the two completely opposite statements, the detective's reasoning and Kitajima's rebuttal. She could only look at Date Ko helplessly, wanting to get a definite explanation from the police.

However, Date Kou also couldn't figure out what was going on, so he looked to Maori Kogoro who was sitting on the ground for help and asked:

"Mori-sama, if the murderer was really Kitajima, then why didn't Ms. Arimori see him?"

Just as Maori Kogoro was about to explain, Hoshikawa Kazuaki, who had been standing silently, suddenly said:

"Let me explain this question. Brother Ida, do you remember that when you were visiting the welfare home before, you passed by a wall of honor standing in the middle of an empty space on your way to the collection room?"

Since the beginning of the reasoning, Conan has been curled up in the shadows behind the stairs. At this time, he looked at Hoshikawa and Akira with a puzzled look on his face. He really couldn't understand why Hoshikawa and Akira, who had been quiet all the time, suddenly interrupted and directly took over the task of explaining to everyone.

However, Conan didn't mind letting Hoshikawa and Akira explain at this time. After all, based on his understanding of Hoshikawa and Akira's reasoning ability, he was sure that they would not let him down.

Date Kou looked at Xingchuan and nodded.

"On the way to the collection room? Well, I remember there were dense bamboo forests everywhere along the way, but only the area around the Wall of Honor was very empty, so we stayed there for a while. Later, although we knew the collection room was nearby, we searched for a long time but couldn't find it. It was only when Miss Maori, who arrived earlier, called us that we finally found the place."

Hoshikawa Kazuaki nodded, then glanced casually at the shadow of the stairs next to Maori Kogoro, and then continued:

"That's right. Mr. Maori was concentrating on chatting with Ms. Arimori at the time, so he didn't notice you. But in fact, not only Ms. Maori, but I also saw you at that time, but from where you were, you couldn't see us at all.

Because the area around the Wall of Honor where you were was very empty, while the collection room where we were was built deep in the bamboo forest. You know, human vision is easily deceived. When the space you are in is wide enough, you will subconsciously ignore the subtle anomalies in the area where obstacles are densely packed.

The collection room we were in at the time was such a place with dense obstacles. Under the cover of the surrounding environment, even if we walked around deep in the bamboo forest, it would be difficult for you who were in a place with a wide field of vision to discover our existence just by observation. "

Date Kou and Hagiwara Kenji immediately understood what Hoshikawa and Akira were talking about, but Conan, who was hiding in the dark, was shocked. He finally understood why Hoshikawa and Akira suddenly interrupted "Mouri Kogoro"'s reasoning and wanted to explain this visual phenomenon from his own perspective.

Because at that time, Maori Kogoro didn't pay attention to what happened outside the collection room, but was completely focused on how to talk to Ms. Arimori. Logically, Maori Kogoro shouldn't have known that Maori Ran had called out to Date Kou and others from a distance.

However, Conan was still with Date Kou and the others at the time and was completely unaware of this. If Conan continued to blame Kogoro Mori for what he had seen, it would inevitably arouse the suspicion of Ms. Arimori and the tour guide Ms. Reika, who were present at the time, and that would be difficult to explain.

It can be said that Hoshikawa and Akira suddenly took over the task of explaining at this time, which really helped Conan a lot. But because of this, Conan had more doubts in his heart. The timing of Hoshikawa and Akira's opening was really too precise. Was he really just a coincidence to interrupt, and was he intentionally covering for Maori Kogoro?

But even if he knew that Maori Kogoro didn't look outside at that time, why did he know that the "Maori Kogoro" who was reasoning now would definitely choose this similar scene to explain the case? In other words, why can he be so sure that the current "Maori Kogoro" would know the existence of this scene?

Unless, Hoshikawa and Ming knew early on that the "Mouri Kogoro" who was reasoning at that time was not himself at all, and at that time, he was hiding among the group of people passing by the Wall of Honor!

Conan Edogawa was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat!

How did Xingchuan and Ming know that someone else was reasoning at this time? Yes, with Xingchuan and Ming's observation and reasoning ability, it is not surprising that he would have such doubts. But why did he directly lock onto the group of people passing by the Wall of Honor?

Who were in that group? In addition to the two police officers present, there were only Kagano Satoshi and Conan Edogawa. Thinking of the familiar yet awkward relationship between Hoshikawa Kazuaki and Kagano Satoshi, Conan felt that Hoshikawa Kazuaki would never regard Kagano Satoshi as the person who would reason on behalf of Maori Kogoro.

So, could it be that Xingchuan and Ming are already doubting themselves?