Kindaichi of Kexue World

Chapter 9 The person targeted by the god of death is either a victim or a suspect
"The deceased is Morio Anzai, 25 years old, a camera assistant for the film crew." A policeman in a brown trench coat with a pot belly was questioning everyone, and everyone called him Megure Police Department.

"When did the three of you discover the body?" Megure Police Department asked the three witnesses, Kaneda Ichiji, Okino Yoko, and Mori Ran.

As for Conan... he was perfectly ignored.

"About 10:30, that watch should be able to read the accurate time, because the scary sound that attracted us is actually the alarm of Anzai's watch." Kindaichi replied.

"How do you know such details?" Megure Police Department asked.

"The watch that Anxi is holding was bought from the United States. He showed it off for a long time, which is impressive, especially the laughter. Everyone knows this."

On the side, Yoko Okino and Mori Ran nodded.

"Then did you see any suspicious characters?"

"Because it's very dark here, we came here because we heard the noise, and we didn't find anyone." Mao Lilan said.

"We also heard this alarm at the Mihua Hotel at a little after 10 o'clock, didn't you, sister Xiaolan." Conan was unwilling to be lonely.

"So the time of the crime was between 10:30 and [-]:[-] when the victim left the hotel." Officer Meguro concluded.

A burst of smug laughter came, it was Mori Kogoro in a bathrobe, judging from his attitude with the Megure Police Department, the two should be quite familiar.

"Police Department, this incident is unexpectedly simple!" Mouri Kogoro said confidently.

"What did you say?"

"First of all, the knife used as the murder weapon is a prop used during filming, which proves that the murderer is a member of the crew; secondly, the [stone lion] written in the deceased's message refers to the shrine. From these two points, the murderer is... "..." Mori Kogoro dragged his tongue, then turned around abruptly, and pointed his index finger at a person present with a very imposing manner.

"Miss Mamegaki Taeko, it's you!"

But everyone did not believe that Taeko would be the murderer.

Mori Kogoro thought it was very suspicious that Mamegaki Taeko disappeared for more than an hour in the middle of the banquet. Mamegaki Taeko explained that she was just going back to the shrine's house to get some things, but unfortunately his grandfather did not see her.

This alibi is indeed not very credible.

"But Dad, when Ms. Taeko comes back, she should just see Mr. Anxi who is about to go out." Mao Lilan said suddenly.

"What did you say!" Mori Kogoro touched his chin: "Miss Taeko has been staying in the banquet hall since she came back..."

"That means it's completely impossible for her to commit the crime!" Police Department Memu rolled his eyes.

"But we only heard the alarm, and didn't see Mr. Anzai. Only sister Taeko must have seen it!" Conan interjected again.

"what 's wrong?"

"We did only hear the sound of the alarm, but we didn't see Morio Anzai himself," Kazuto Kaneda said.

"Ha, that makes sense! When Ms. Taeko came back, she deliberately brought Anxi's watch back, and deliberately waited for someone to make a noise when they came over, so as to create the illusion that they had met!" Mori Kogoro call out.

"But that's not right, Brother Mori, the wristwatch was clearly worn on the deceased's hand. When did Taeko-san return the watch?"

"This..." Mori Kogoro stopped talking with a depressed expression on his face.

"Is this a detective? It doesn't look very good!" Kaneda thought, and turned his attention to Conan.

I saw Conan thinking about something seriously.

Then the on-site investigators reported the results of the investigation. Morio Anzai was stabbed in the abdomen by a sharp knife and died of excessive blood loss. The fingerprints on the murder weapon were wiped by someone. The deceased wrote a message of "Stone Lion" before his death.

At present, although there are many clues, they are all vague.

"Did any of you leave this hotel between ten and 10:30?"

At this time, all the suspected crew members were called here, including Shingo Nachi, who lived alone in Mihua Hotel.

Basically everyone attended the banquet in the hotel, and each had an alibi. Only Shingo Nachi, who stayed alone at the Rice Flower Hotel, and Yuji Shimazaki, who went to a convenience store to buy cigarettes on the way, had no one's whereabouts for a while.

The suspicion of these two people increased sharply.

Under the proof of everyone, Shimazaki Yuji disappeared from around 09:30 to [-]:[-], strictly speaking, he had the time to commit the crime.

Nachi Shingo said that his whereabouts were unknown between ten o'clock and 10:30.

At this time, the police officer responsible for searching the victim's room returned.

"Oh, brother Takagi, did you find anything?"

"Report to the police department, they found these things from the victim's room." The police officer, known as Brother Takagi, took out a stack of photos.

"This is..." Megure Police Department took the photo: "Mr. Nachi is walking out of the hotel with a woman."

"Ah! This woman!" Mori Kogoro, who stood behind Megure Police Department and watched together, shouted excitedly: "This is the actress Ritsuko Akiyama!"

"How come? She is obviously married!" Eiichi Yamagishi, a veteran in the entertainment industry, said in surprise.

Nachizhengo's expression changed drastically.

"So, in the evening, Conan and I saw Mr. Anxi blackmailing Mr. Nazhi." Mao Lilan added.

"So that's it!" Mouri Kogoro couldn't help but said, reaching out and grabbing Chi Zhenwu's collar: "Sure enough, you are the prisoner!"

"I'm not a murderer! Besides, that guy Anxi is just like a paparazzi. Who in this crew hasn't been blackmailed by him!" Nachi Jingo argued loudly.

"Police, there are indeed other people's photos in these photos." Officer Takagi added.

"Really, let me see... this is it!"

"Megure Police Department, what else?" Mori Kogoro poked his head to look together, and then changed his face immediately.

"Bastard, you are the murderer!"

I saw Mori Kogoro rushing towards a person in three steps in parallel, and suddenly grabbed his collar.

"What are you doing, Dad!" Mao Lilan exclaimed, even Yoko Okino was taken aback.

That's right, the poor guy who was scratched by the neck was Kazuto Kinda who hid aside and watched the show with great interest.

"What?" Kindaichi and Er were confused.

At this time, the Megure Police Department revealed the whole story. It turned out that the photo that everyone saw just now was the intimate "kissing photo" of Kazuto Kaneda and Yoko Okino!
"What!" Everyone present was taken aback, including the two parties involved.

The Memu Police Department also showed the photos to everyone.

"Why don't I remember such a thing?" The evidence was conclusive, but Kindaichi and Two were even more confused.

"This photo is fake! We didn't do it!" Okino Yoko also argued loudly.

"You must have been blackmailed by Morio Anzai because of this photo, so you killed him, and you disappeared from nine o'clock, so you have plenty of time to commit the crime!" Mori Kogoro said angrily.

"Ah Lie Lie!" A crisp child's voice sounded in the chaos, and everyone turned their attention to the owner of the voice - Conan.

"Isn't this photo very strange?" Conan said in a child's voice with a strange accent.

"What's so strange about this photo?" Mumu Police Department asked.

"Look, there are not only Sister Yoko and Brother Kanedaichi in the photo, but Uncle Director, Brother Shimazaki, and Uncle Nachi are all in the photo, and the Uncle Director even looks at the person who is booing , it can be seen that they all know about this matter, but now they are pretending to be very surprised."

"What's going on?" Megure Police Department called Taketoshi Gondo over.

Quan Teng took the photo and looked at it for a while, and he saw something tricky.

"This is obviously a borrowed position to shoot!" Taketoshi Quanto said angrily.

"Borrowing a seat to shoot?"

"Yes, this is a method of using the lens. Through the influence of environmental factors such as angles and light, some irrelevant actions can be used to replace the actions that are inconvenient for actors to perform. The most common application scenario of this technique is kissing."

"Really?" Mori Kogoro grabbed the photo and stared at it.

"Look, the color of this place and the depth of field of this place are obviously distorted, and if you look carefully, you can see that although the distance between these two people is not far, they are definitely not close together." Explaining on the side.

"But, that guy did not see anyone for a long time..." Mouri Kogoro was still unwilling to give up.

"Father, please be sober, Erjun has been with us since ten o'clock!" Mao Lilan said helplessly.

"But...wait a minute! So Ms. Yoko is not in love with this brat!" Mouri Kogoro looked sad one second, and then beamed with joy the next.

"This Anzai Morio is such a person. He often takes photos of celebrities' private photos to blackmail others, but I didn't expect that he would actually make fake photos!" Taketoshi Gondo said angrily.

"So the reason why there are so many people in his photo is because the fake photo hasn't been completely finished yet." Police Department Megure asked.

"This should be."

"Then this photo..." Megure Police Department showed Nachi Shingo's photo to Director Gondo.

"This one looks...no problem." Taketoshi Gondo said.

"Aha! Sure enough, you are the real murderer!" Mori Kogoro yelled again.

"It's all said that I'm not! If I'm a prisoner, what does [Stone Lion] mean?" Na Zhizhengo retorted.

"Could that be your nickname?" Mouri Kogoro said.

"Stupid! How could a handsome guy like me have such a vulgar nickname as [Stone Lion]! I think that guy over there who always hides behind women deserves the nickname [Stone Lion]!" " Na Zhizhenwu roared angrily.

"Xiaoer has just debuted, how could he have a nickname, Nachi, don't talk nonsense!" Okino Yoko suddenly reprimanded Nazhi Shingo angrily.

Yoko Okino, who is usually gentle and kind to others as if she would never get angry, suddenly became angry, and everyone was a little surprised.

Nachi Shingo looked over viciously, and was glared back by the angry Yoko Okino.He didn't refute, but turned his head to the side angrily and muttered, "I said the murderer wasn't me..."

Kindaichi and Er quickly comforted Okino Yoko.

"Really, Xiaoer, aren't you angry when people say that?"

angry?

Why not be angry!
From the beginning of Moori Kogoro's targeting, Anzai Morio's malicious framing to Nachi Shingo's accusations and scolding, he was going to explode, okay?
But he has always restrained himself, because he knows that the reason why these people speak ill of each other is more because they are affected by the "hateful appearance". There is no meaning in unnecessary disputes. Once he washes away this characteristic in the future, everything will be fine.

He was really touched that Okino Yoko, who didn't know the truth, protected him like this, but when he thought that this kind of protection was also under the influence of "hateful appearance", he suddenly felt a little uninterested.

(End of this chapter)