Conan reborn as a detective

Chapter 859 Simple Chiba

"Wow!"

It was still raining in Tokyo at night, and it was getting bigger and bigger.

Unlike Gao Cheng, although Mori Kogoro also put on a formal suit, he brought Xiaolan and Conan to the wedding eve party of a bad friend in high school, also known as the bachelor party. The only thing Xiaolan regrets is that Fei Yingli has no time to participate because of work.

"But having said that," the uncle was still worried about not being able to make a guest appearance with Yoko Okino a few days ago, took a sip of wine, and looked outside at the rainy night, "That guy Kido seems to be out today, right?"

"Yeah," Xiaolan and Conan drank juice together, and said, "I heard from Sonoko that Kido-senpai seems to be going to give a speech at the Metropolitan Police Department today."

"Oh? Speech?"

The uncle raised his eyebrows.

"This kid is getting better and better, but it's really strange, why didn't he invite me, the sleeping Kogoro, as a consultant?"

Conan was eating his meal beside him, squinting his eyes and looking at the uncle.

Why not ask you to be a consultant, don't you know it yourself?

Except when sleeping, most of the time is not very reassuring. Police officer Mumu must have a deep understanding.

Kido Detective Agency, Gao Cheng had already returned home from the Metropolitan Police Department, and did not mention what happened.

Xiao Ai hummed a ditty while preparing supper in the kitchen, and asked Gao Cheng, who was watching TV outside, "And then? Why did you come back so late?"

"In short, something happened," Gao Cheng yawned and said sleepily, "and I happened to meet some old friends, so we chatted for a while."

Sure enough, being too idle is not a good thing. If this continues, his detective brain will probably protest. No matter what commission, let's start tomorrow.

As long as it's not looking for cats and dogs...

"Kiroto!" Qianye rushed downstairs to the office with an umbrella, and ran upstairs anxiously to find Gao Chengdao, "Please, help me find someone quickly! Otherwise, it will be dangerous!"

"Ok?"

Gao Cheng lowered his eyelids while holding the remote control for changing channels.

He said it will start tomorrow...

"That's the way it is," Chiba sat down on the sofa and explained to Gao Cheng, "I often met a girl in a coffee shop I often go to recently, and just today, she asked me to discuss something and said that she felt I am very dangerous, I have received many threatening letters from inmates serving their sentences in one year, and now the inmate seems to be released from prison..."

"Does that prisoner have a grudge against her?"

"It's not clear, but she changed jobs and even moved house in fear, but it seems that someone is following her recently, so I told her that if she saw the other person's appearance, or if something specific happened, she should immediately contact me..."

Qianye said worriedly: "What I didn't expect was that in the short time I went to the bathroom, she suddenly checked out and went back by herself. I heard that she looked very scared and took my umbrella by mistake...

"When I was chasing after me, a person wearing a hat and sunglasses seemed to think that I was the lady, and almost ran into me by driving from behind without any scruples... I was too careless. I didn't ask her address, I wanted to discuss this matter with the police department, but I didn't have any definite evidence, so I had to come to you..."

"Does that mean you don't even know the other party's identity at all?" Gao Cheng asked with his chin stuck.

This guy won't get dizzy just because the other party is a beautiful woman, right?

Too simple, this world is very complicated...

"Yes, that's right." Chiba lowered her head sadly.

"You don't have to look like this, we'll just help you find it," Gao Cheng said in a deep voice, "Since you often meet this lady in the coffee shop, she should live nearby, that's right, go to the nearby convenience store to find someone Ask if there might be a clue."

"Huh?" Xiao Ai poked her head out of the kitchen with a spoon, "Do I want to go too?"

……

"Woo-!"

Even if you know the approximate area, finding someone is always a hassle. After Gao Cheng asked a question in the rain, he left the convenience store with an umbrella. Suddenly, a loud siren sounded, as if something happened not far away. .

"Did something happen? Yes, yes... I know!" After making a phone call, Chiba hurriedly approached Gao Cheng and Xiao Ai and said, "Someone called the police, saying that a young woman was raped in an apartment nearby. Being involved in a murder case, shouldn't it be..."

"Go and see first."

Gao Cheng frowned and looked towards the direction of the incident.

The siren at this time is really not a good sign, it sounds so flustered, Qianye even changed his face, and when he hurried to the outside of the blockade, he saw a red car parked in the open space below the apartment building
"Shiro, Kido... Is that the car that hit me, or is it a step late?"

Chiba directly crossed the blockade and entered the apartment where the incident occurred. The scene was on the second floor, and the policeman in charge was Sato.

"Qianye," Sato said in surprise, "Aren't you still on vacation today?"

"That's right, but..."

After Gao Cheng greeted the investigating police officers outside, he put down the wet umbrella against the wall, and took Xiao Ai into the apartment on the second floor. It seemed that the evidence collection had been completed at the scene. A silent, beautiful woman.

"This case happened 40 minutes ago," Sato explained, "it happened to be the time when Takagi and the others received another case report. Around 9:[-], Takuya Murakami, a re-examination student living in the room directly below, suddenly heard a loud noise. With the screams, I came up to check the situation, and found the body, as well as Miss Toda Mio standing beside me..."

"Are there cases in other places?" Gao Cheng asked.

"Yeah, Mr. Mori seems to be there too," Sato looked at Mio Toda who was sitting by the bed with his head bowed silently, and continued, "But having said that, have you been looking for Ms. Toda all this time?"

"Because I'm really worried," Qianye nodded, "The victim seemed to think I was Miss Toda before, and deliberately drove over me!"

"The victim is Mr. Yoshizumi Xindao, 28 years old, who was released from the traffic prison three days ago, which is indeed in line with Chiba's statement," Sato thought, "the door of the apartment did have signs of being pried open, and the car in the open space downstairs It was also confirmed just now that it was a stolen car...

"According to Ms. Toda, when she came home today, the victim had already opened the lock and waited for her in the house, but she was pulled in when she opened the door, because the other party was holding a knife and could only use his hands The umbrella resisted, and during the scuffle, the two came to the living room, and when they came to their senses, Xin Dao had already been crushed to death by the falling vase."

"So, is it self-defense?"

Gao Cheng glanced across the room.

Because it is a typical single apartment, there is an open kitchen and bathroom on both sides of the entrance, and then there is a studio room with a bedroom and a living room.

Chiba's umbrella, which was picked up by mistake, was bent badly, and it looked like what Mio Toda said.

As for the victim Xin Dao, the fatal injury was in the back of the head. The vase fell on the carpet next to it. Leave blood.

wrong……

Gao Cheng looked back at the corpse.

The corpse's clothes were all dry, including the trousers, without even a trace of wetness, which means that this person should have arrived in this room before it rained, but Chiba rained it when he met Toda Mio at the coffee shop. It started to rain heavily.

Mio Toda's statement is completely wrong.

"It's okay, Miss Mio," Chiba said, still comforting Mio Toda beside the bed, "It's not your fault, I will try my best to help you."

Toda Mio raised her head with a sad face, and said with a little relief: "Thank you, Officer Chiba."

"I want to ask," Gao Cheng turned to Sato and said, "Is there any hatred between the victim and Miss Mio?"

"If there is one, it is true," Sato explained, "A year ago, because someone was drunk and drove out of control and hit the guardrail, causing the entire car to fall into the lake, and the two people who were thrown out of the car, One person was killed and one person was slightly injured. The driver was held accountable for the crime of driving a car causing death, but because the driver was the one who died, there was no prosecution. One year in prison..."

"That's Mr. Xin Dao who was imprisoned a year ago."

"It's not true!" Toda Mio reacted fiercely, "My brother was in an accident because of drunk driving before, and my brother never held the steering wheel after that. The person driving at that time must be Xin Dao!"

"elder brother?"

"Yes, it was my brother who was killed. At that time, I never believed Xin Dao's testimony, so I raised an objection to the court..."

"That's true," Sato confirmed. "Although the court rejected the appeal, Yoshizumi Xinjima was sentenced to one year in prison. At that time, she seemed very annoyed by Ms. Mio Toda who made the appeal."

Qianye said angrily after hearing this: "It would be too much to resent Ms. Mio just because of this! There is no reason at all, even if Ms. Let's see!"

hey hey...

Gao Cheng was speechless and looked at Chiba who seemed to completely trust Mio Toda.

Although it is true that she is a big beauty, there is also a saying that the more beautiful a woman is, the more she will deceive people. From the beginning, she often appeared in that coffee shop just to trick Chiba, right?

Until the truth comes out, it is the basic ability of the police to maintain suspicion.

Forget it, I can't ask too much from Qianye, my roommate used it in the last incident...

Gao Cheng followed to check the letter that Toda Mio took out.

They were all letters sent while serving their sentence, and the content was poor, but they were all "when I get out of prison, I will definitely make a special trip to say hello".

"Although the meaning is a bit vague, it's obviously a threat, right?" Qianye asked Gao Cheng, looking closely at him.

"It seems so right," Gao Cheng asked doubtfully while holding two envelopes, "These letters seem to have been interrupted for half a year, and there is something like 'I want to tell you the truth of the matter' at the back..."

"That doesn't explain anything, does it? Maybe it's because the anger calmed down at the beginning, and I remembered it when I was about to be released from prison."

"maybe."

Gao Cheng turned and walked out of the hallway, looking at Shiratori downstairs who was checking beside the car in the open space.

Although it is still too early to make a judgment, all the traces here show that Mio Toda, whom Chiba is trying to protect, designed this self-defense drama.

"It might not be good to say that, but," Xiao Ai leaned against the wall of the door and asked softly when Gao Cheng came out, "Is it really necessary to continue the investigation? Anyway, that woman is also a victim..."

"Of course it is necessary," Gao Cheng quietly retracted his gaze, and said in a deep voice, "Finding out the truth is not just about punishing criminals. There are already enough buried truths in this world."

In the re-examination room on the first floor, the students who were still preparing for the exam saw Gao Cheng and said helplessly: "I told the police just now, I really heard the sound of the TV all the time, it started before it rained, it's really annoying , I thought it was finally closed, but I heard screams... At first glance, it looks like a very beautiful apartment, but the rent is actually very low, and you can hear everything clearly..."

"That is to say," Gao Cheng confirmed, "did you hear the sound of scuffling?"

"A scuffle?"

"Yes, Ms. Toda upstairs and the other party have been wrestling from the entrance to the TV in the living room..."

"That's weird," the repeat examinee scratched his hair, "I remember hearing two loud bangs immediately after the TV was turned off, and then I heard shouts."

"Two loud bangs? Thank you." Gao Cheng was lost in thought.

In this way, it seems that the victim came here very early, and probably stayed there until Mio Toda came home, and was killed when he turned off the TV.

"Well," the repeat examinee said shyly, "may I ask you for an autograph?"

"Ah, no problem." Gao Cheng recovered and smiled.

"Thank you so much, this test should be fine!"

"Ok?"

Gao Cheng and the re-examinees separated, holding an umbrella to find Shiratori who was guarding the car in the open space.

"Officer Shiratori, did you find anything wrong?"

"It's Kido," Shiratori said with a headache, "I'm still contacting the owner of this car, it should be the car that almost hit Chiba, and the hat and sunglasses used for camouflage are also in the victim's bag Found."

"But is it really the victim himself?"

Gao Cheng leaned over the car window and checked: "Judging from Xin Dao's body shape, the driver's seat is adjusted too far forward, no matter how you look at it, it's just a woman's body."

"Really?" Shiratori checked again in surprise, "It's really a bit..."

"Officer Shiratori," Gao Cheng asked after a pause, "may I trouble you with something? Xin Dao has been sending letters to Ms. Toda during his sentence, but there has been an interruption of almost half a year in the middle, and his tone seems to be different. All the same, I want to find out the real reason for the interruption of the letter."

"No, no problem..."

Shiratori subconsciously agreed, but Gao Cheng had already returned to the apartment building when he realized it.

This kind of thing seemed to be Takagi's work in the past, is it finally his turn now?

After a moment of depression, Shiratori smiled confidently.

This also shows Kido's trust in him, right?

It's not that there is no sense of existence, it feels really good...

The rain was still falling non-stop, and a lot of rainwater had accumulated in the gutters. When Gaocheng returned to the second floor, Sato was planning to take Toda Mio back to the police station first.

"Kiroto, is Shiratori still down there?"

"Yeah, I'm asking Police Officer Shiratori to investigate something." Gao Cheng looked at Toda Mio who went out accompanied by Chiba, "Because this case is probably not self-defense, but a planned murder. "

(End of this chapter)