Conan reborn as a detective

Chapter 628 The Suspected Mr. Kobayashi
On Saturday, Mihua suddenly heard a police car siren, and several police cars parked on the side of the road outside an ordinary apartment building. Not long after, a special call was made to the Kido Detective Agency.

Gao Cheng hurried to the apartment with Xiao Ai, and when he went upstairs, he saw the calm Mumu police officer.

"What's the matter, officer?"

"Brother Kido," Mu Mu's face became better when he saw Gao Cheng, "The one who was killed was Mr. Masato Sugimori, a freelance writer..."

"Shansen?" Gao Cheng looked to the side, and then he noticed that Mr. Xiao Lin was also called to the scene, as if he was being questioned.

"Yes," Mu Mu said in a deep voice, "it was Masato Sugimori who originally planned to interview Conan and the others. The time of death was probably between 11:12 and [-]:[-] noon yesterday. The murder weapon was a tripod used for a camera. The murderer was probably an acquaintance. , or the subject this writer is interviewing..."

"Have you found a suspect?" Conan's voice suddenly sounded from behind, and everyone present was stunned.

Gao Cheng looked back and found that not only Conan, but also Ayumi and the others followed: "Why are you guys here? Didn't you ask you to wait for me at the coffee shop?"

"Brother Chenghu is too eccentric, so I will bring Xiao Ai!"

"Yes, Mr. Xiaolin is in trouble, how can we ignore it?"

Mitsuhiko and the others complained: "Besides, Brother Kido is not a member of our young detective team? How can you leave us?"

"I'm not from the Detective Boys," Gao Cheng said with black lines all over his face, "Since I'm here, please be quiet and don't interrupt me..."

Mu Mu coughed lightly and interrupted Gao Cheng: "About the suspects, we found four of them, all of whom left messages at the time of the incident, and the first one is Mr. Xiao Lin..."

Gao Cheng nodded slightly towards Mr. Xiaolin who looked worried, and followed Mu Mu into the room where the murder was committed.

Outside the door, a man wearing a vest could be seen slumped against the wall, his head was covered with blood, and his originally handsome face looked a bit hideous and terrifying.

Gao Cheng glanced at the corpse and turned to the scene for layout. He found a blood-stained murder weapon tripod among a pile of books. As the man's body was carried away, the tripod was also installed by the forensic personnel.

The answering machine was on the low table next to it, a lot of blood was splattered, and the message light was still flashing.

Gao Cheng took a closer look and found that part of the blood on the message button had been wiped off.

"That's the problem," Mu Mu explained, "Someone presses the message button to set the message state after the crime, if the victim regains consciousness after the prisoner escapes, he should have called for help or called the police, and the victim There was no blood on his fingers..."

"Does that mean the prisoner pressed it?" Gao Cheng asked.

"It should be right," Mumu nodded, "The important thing is that when the body was found, the door to this room was unlocked, and the key was placed next to the phone, so it wasn't to delay the time when the body was found, it was probably the prisoner himself. I left a message on the recorded phone and forged an alibi, so we called Mr. Kobayashi over..."

Gao Cheng silently put his hands together.

He had taken a general look. The prisoner looked quite flustered, and the doorknob was stained with blood. It must have been blood on the answering machine while wearing gloves.

"We have recorded the messages separately," Mu Mu brought out a player, "There are 4 messages in total..."

"Beep!"

"There are 4 messages... I'm Xiao Lin, the head teacher of the first year B class of Didan Elementary School, who called just now, Ahe... I'm sorry, it seems that I have a hay fever... I have already asked you, and the detective Shiroto said he would accept it. I'm so sorry for the interview with Nippon TV station... beep, it's 11:25 in the morning..."

"Sugimori? I'm Qinghua, I drank too much yesterday... I'm sorry, I'm not angry anymore... You always refuse to take me back to your house, so I wonder if there are other women in your family... "

Gao Cheng listened carefully, but the background sound of the TV came out of the recording.

"Speaking of pollen allergies, the pollen is flying even more today. I don't know what countermeasures everyone has for pollen allergies..."

"Then," the second message came to the end, "contact me when you hear the message... beep, Friday at 11:26 am..."

"This is the 'Wholehearted TV' program aired at 11:[-] p.m. on Rimai TV," interjected Mu Mu, "My wife, Xiaolu, likes this show very much, and she often records it for me to watch it together...I think just ask her to know. The specific broadcast time of this section is indeed the time of the message."

Gao Cheng only saw Mumu's wife at Dr. Ali's wedding last time, nodded when he heard the words, and watched Mumu play the third message.

"I'm Higaki...I want to meet you, I'm on my way to your house...If I'm not at home, forget it, come back another day..."

"The next stop is Okusu..." There was a sudden announcement in the message, "Osu, please pay attention to your feet when you get off the bus..."

"I'm so sorry about the car, goodbye... 11:27am Friday..."

Gao Cheng raised his head and looked at Mu Mu.

"In the background is the announcement from the train," Megumi explained. "We checked that Okuho Station is at least 35 minutes away from here, and because the train that broadcasted that day was suffering from hay fever, 'Pay attention to the space under your feet'. No words were spoken, so the broadcast was not pre-recorded."

"Is the alibi sufficient?"

"There is one last message..."

"Beep, I'm Inaba from Xingrong Pavilion. I want to ask how your report is going now... Editor-in-chief, what date is it today?"

In the message, the other party seemed to be shouting at others, and a middle-aged man immediately replied: "It's the 22nd, remember it anyway, Inaba!"

"Hang-sorry, that means the deadline is still a week away, please do your best, Sugimori! Ah, I don't mind the debunking report last time, please take care of me in the future... Editor-in-chief, today is really Are you going to the night game?"

"It doesn't matter, today is the match at the Dongdu Stadium."

"Beep, 11:29 AM Friday..."

"It's from the company. Besides the caller, there is also an editor-in-chief," Mumu turned off the player, "We have already contacted the editor-in-chief, and it is not clear that the editors often come in and out frequently, but at that time that The editor named Inaba should be in the editorial department, because the cell phone is not good, Inaba often asks him about the date..."

Mu Mu paused, then looked at Teacher Xiaolin who was waiting outside and continued: "In other words, except for Teacher Xiaolin, the other three have clear alibi, although Teacher Xiaolin said that he has been staying at school, but he did not Sufficient alibi, there is no time in time..."

"But," Gao Cheng frowned, "didn't it be said that the prisoner set up a message to create an alibi?"

"The problem is that this may also be done to disrupt our police investigation..."

"Mr. Xiaolin has no motive, and even if Mrs. Xiaolin is really a murderer, there is absolutely no need to do this kind of manipulation. If you don't leave a message, it won't cause suspicion."

Gao Cheng then looked at Kobayashi Chengko who was talking with Ayumi.

Things were a bit sudden. The writer who had come to Mr. Kobayashi for an interview and report suddenly died, and Mr. Kobayashi became the biggest suspect. It would be too coincidental to say that it was a coincidence.

Maybe the prisoner knew about the victim's contact with Mr. Kobayashi from the very beginning, and he knew it quite well.

"Officer," Gao Cheng turned to Mu Mu and said, "Can I ask those people again?"

"Yes, yes..." Mu Mu said stunned, "Is there something wrong?"

"There are a few doubts. The second message is not a problem even if you borrow the TV here. For the last message, if the editor-in-chief is an accomplice, it is not impossible to create perjury..."

Gao Cheng looked at the murder scene again.

"So now the only one who really has an alibi is Higaki in the third message."

(End of this chapter)