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Chapter 252 The sleeping Kogoro appears~ (4000)

"Officer Henggou, what did you say all of a sudden?"

Faced with Henggou's testimony, Kogoro Mouri smiled awkwardly and tried to smooth things over, "There is no evidence that Ms. Chiha is the prisoner, right?
  Moreover, Ms. Ikeha took the initiative to come to Shizuoka and came to Shizuoka with us. If she was a prisoner, why would she take us back to the scene again? "

"Many prisoners will return to the scene of the crime. I think you know this, Mr. Mori, and Ms. Ikeha does not have no reason to return."

Henggou Sengo looked at Mouri Kogoro and said solemnly: "You also heard what Mr. Yoshikawa and Mrs. Shibata said. Ms. Ikeha had called Mr. Shibata before, which means that the two have actually been in contact!

So Mr. Mori, you said that Ms. Ikeha entrusted you to find Mr. Shibata, but this is very contradictory! "

Speaking of this, Henggou Sengo looked at Chiba Jinghua and said coldly: "Ms. Chiba, in order to confirm the location of the photo of you when you were young, you should have come to Mr. Shibata's house in the morning!"

But your conversation in the entrance hall didn't go smoothly. There was a conflict between the two of you. Then you picked up the wooden knife placed in the shoe cabinet and hit the other person on the head.

At that time, Mr. Shibata fainted, but in your panic, you mistakenly thought you had killed him and escaped directly from the stairwell.

On the other side, after Mr. Shibata woke up, he desperately tried to crawl to the bedroom to ask for help, but he lost strength halfway.

And at the last moment of his life, he thought of the book with your photo that he had placed on the pile when he was talking to you on the phone, so at the last moment of his life, he dumped the pile of books and held your photo in his hand. . "

"But... you can't prove anything with just one photo..." Mouri Kogoro, who was in a state of being seduced, heard this well-founded reasoning and tried his best to refute with some lack of confidence.

"I'm afraid this photo has a secret that you and I don't know about." Henggou guessed: "Otherwise, she wouldn't have entrusted you to come with her to get the photo back."

This well-founded reasoning left Mouri Kogoro speechless.

Henggou Shenwu looked at Chibo Jinghua with a solemn expression: "Ms. Chibo, please come with us!"

"Sorry, I'm sorry..." Chibo Jinghua still looked calm, she smiled slightly: "If you want to take me to the police station for questioning, please go through the procedures and apply for an arrest warrant from the court first. !

Anyway, I choose to refuse. "

"Ah?" Henggou was stunned by the other party's reply.

When Neon asked people to go to the police station, one was to follow formal procedures and have the court issue an arrest warrant, and the other was to conduct an arbitrary search.

Of course, this "arbitrary" does not mean unscrupulous, but voluntarily cooperates with the investigation.

Of course, the suspect also has the right to refuse, but it will also aggravate the police's suspicion, so most people will choose to cooperate. Even many people who have never been exposed to this kind of thing have no idea about the concept of returning to the police station when they encounter criminal requests. If you say you're going, just go there honestly.

And today, they encountered a difficult opponent!

Looking at Henggou's dull expression after being rejected, Chibo Jinghua smiled slightly and said: "Based on the current situation, the relevant evidence you have is not enough to support the judge to provide you with an arrest warrant!

So, I guess you can't force me to go to the police station. "

These well-founded words left Henggou Sengo speechless, while Mouri Kogoro, Xiaolan and others also looked at each other, shocked by Chiha Shizuka's words.

"Of course, it's not impossible to take me to the police station." Ikeha Shizuka smiled at Shibata Kyoko and said calmly: "If Mrs. Shibata sues us for illegally invading a house, then I have no choice but to Let’s take a trip with you.”

"But Ms. Ikebo, before Mr. Shibata died, he was holding your photo in his hand!"

Faced with such an organized lady, Henggou Sengo couldn't help but weaken a little, "At least give me a basic explanation of the relationship between the two of you and why the photo was in Mr. Shibata's hands."

"I have already told Detective Maori about these things." Chibo Jinghua replied calmly with his eyes closed.

"We would like to ask you to come with us and explain what happened to us in detail at the police station..." Faced with Chibo Jinghua's indifferent attitude, Henggou Zhenshu lost the confidence to speak.

"Otherwise, let's do this." Ikeha Shizuka smiled slightly and looked at Mouri Kogoro, "Let Detective Mouri make the decision whether I want to accept the investigation and go to the police station with you."

"Ah?" When Shizuka Chiha suddenly handed over the decision to himself, Mouri Kogoro looked unprepared and stunned.

"If Detective Maori thinks that I am really suspected and should be investigated, then I will accompany you to the police station."

"Mr. Mouri! What do you think!" Hengmou Sengo heard this and stepped over to Mouri Kogoro and asked loudly.

"This...that...in my opinion, it's better to accept the investigation..."

But then Mouri Kogoro saw Ikeha Shizuka's gaze again. Black lines appeared on Maori Kogoro's forehead, and he immediately changed his words with a guilty conscience: "Ah... I think it's probably not necessary..."

"Mr. Mori!"

"Mr. Mori!"

Along with the shouts of the two people, Mouri Kogoro fell into another tangled "white school".

On the side, Karasawa saw that Mouri Kogoro was in trouble and quickly winked at Conan, signaling him to take action quickly.

Conan glanced at Karasawa knowingly, then found a hiding place, and directly shot Kogoro Mouri unconscious under the cover of Karasawa.

With the swaying figure of Mouri Kogoro sitting on the bench that Karasawa moved over, after many days, the sleeping Kogoro finally appeared again~
  "Mr. Mao, Mao Li?" Chiba Jinghua saw Mao Li's strange movements and asked worriedly, "Are you okay?"

"Thank you for your kindness. I'm fine." Conan replied with a voice changer: "Ms. Chibo, under the current circumstances, I think it would be more appropriate for you to go with Officer Henggou..."

"I knew you would decide this way, Maori-san!"

Seeing that his idol was supporting him, Henggou Sango couldn't help but perked up, but before he could make any move, he heard Kogoro Mouri's voice change: "However, not as a suspect, but as a witness. Just helping.”

"Nani?" Henggou Shenwu was startled when he heard this, and then looked at Chi Bo Jinghua and said in disbelief.

"Yes, Ms. Chibo is indeed not the murderer."

Mouri Kogoro explained: "If Ms. Ikeha was a prisoner, then she must have known that the door was unlocked when she killed Mr. Shibata and escaped.

If the purpose was to retrieve the photos, then when I rang the bell and no one responded, Ms. Chibo should have pretended to open the door and enter the house instead of preparing to return with us. ” ˆ ˆ “That is to say, Henggou Criminal, you previously theorized that Ms. Chibo’s murder motive was to retrieve the photos, which was wrong from the beginning. "Tang Ze said from the side.

"Wrong?" Henggou Shenwu looked at Tang Ze and asked unconvinced, "Why are you so sure!"

Before the truth of the case is revealed, any possibility may be the truth. Why can Tang Ze be so sure to rule out his reasoning?

"It's very simple, because Ms. Chibo's actions after entering the room are completely inconsistent with your judged motives."

Karasawa smiled and explained: "Think about it, if the goal is to retrieve the photos, Ms. Chibo will only be able to retrieve the photos for a short period of time after entering the house.

You even have to be the first discoverer. After all, Detective Mori and I are here. If you are not the first discoverer, I am afraid you will not have the chance to touch the body. "

But Ms. Chibo didn't do any of this. Instead, she and Xiaolan paid attention to the cold dishes on the table. She had no intention of touching the body until I found it. "

In other words, Ms. Chibo’s motives were untenable in Henggou’s previous reasoning.

After listening to Tangze's words, it was obvious that Henggou understood why his reasoning was untenable, but he was too entangled. He turned to look at the bald middle-aged uncle and asked, "Is it possible that you are the murderer? I was Remember you opened the door!"

"Huh?" The bald man was a little confused.

"By the way, if Tangze Criminal wasn't the first to find the body when he smelled the smell of blood, under normal circumstances, you should be the one who found the body."

Henggou Shenwu said with a ferocious expression: "Did you accidentally leave some clues when you committed the crime? You were afraid that our police would discover it, so you went back to the scene to retrieve it?"

Apparently, Takezo Yoshikawa was knocked unconscious by this scapegoat before he could react.

Facing the scrutinizing look of Henggou Sengo, even though he was innocent, Takezo Yoshikawa, a short, fat, middle-aged uncle with severe hair loss, still felt huge under the tall and mighty Henggou Sengo's gaze. pressure.

"How could I kill him!" Facing the ferocious-looking Henggou Shengwu who doubted himself, he was so anxious that he broke into cold sweat.

"No, Mr. Yoshikawa is not a prisoner either."

At this time, Mouri Kogoro's voice sounded like the sound of nature in Yoshikawa Takezo's ears, "Mr. Yoshikawa's home is just up and downstairs from here. Just make a phone call and you will know that no one is in the house. If you want to return to the scene after committing a crime, It's easy to pick up the evidence that was left behind.

If we realized that something had been left behind when we arrived, we should not have stopped us at that time, so that he could wait until we left before entering the house, and we had already confirmed for him that no one was in the house at that time. "

"Then, let's put it that way. Could it be that the prisoner is..."

"That's right, it's Mrs. Shibata who has an alibi on the surface!" Karasawa looked at Shibata Kyoko's drastically changed face and said solemnly: "You are the culprit!"

Faced with Karasawa's identification, Shibata Kyoko did not refute fiercely, but stood silent in a cold sweat.

"But this is impossible," Henggou Senwu said with some disbelief: "Mrs. Shibata left home at five o'clock after preparing breakfast, and did not return home until seven o'clock in the evening.

If so, how to explain the morning paper that is placed on the dining room table after six o'clock?
  By the time Mrs. Shibata comes back, Karasawa Criminal and your group will already be in the room, right? The morning newspaper will already be on the dining table by then, right? "

After Henggou raised many questions and impossible loopholes in one breath, he waited for the answer with some expectation.

As expected, "Mouri Kogoro" did not disappoint him. Faced with his many questions, he answered immediately: "Although Mrs. Shibata's alibi sounded flawless at first glance, it was actually full of loopholes.

In her friend's testimony, "a little after seven o'clock" is a very vague testimony.

After all, 7:5 and 7:10 are both in the category of "more than seven o'clock"! "

"That means Mrs. Shibata might have gone home before we arrived."

Tang Ze's words shocked Henggou Sengo, "Then, according to what you said, that breakfast"

"Yes, maybe it was a late-night snack she prepared for Mr. Shibata. After all, he played mahjong until three o'clock in the middle of the night."

Mouri Kogoro said meaningfully: "The difference between the so-called late night snack and breakfast is just a morning newspaper, and it is also the same as 'after seven o'clock'. It seems flawless at first glance, but in fact it is full of loopholes." "

"But what about that videotape!" Yoshikawa asked doubtfully, "That one was recorded just at eight o'clock!"

"It's easy, as long as the recording time is scheduled in advance." Karasawa smiled and casually solved another fulcrum to prove Shibata Kyoko's alibi.

At this point, everyone basically understood the full story of the case and Shibata Kyoko's conspiracy.

At three o'clock in the morning, she made breakfast for the husband who had just returned, and asked him to take a bath to kill some time. When four o'clock approached five o'clock, she let him start eating.

Later, Mr. Shibata, who was half late for his meal, was called to the entrance and hit him on the head with a wooden knife.

After that, she postponed the appointment time of the video recorder, locked the entrance door, and left the house to meet her friend who came to pick her up.

After that, as long as you come back around seven o'clock, put the delivered morning newspaper on the dining table, and then you can call the police after completing the arrangement.

In this case, people will have the illusion that Mr. Shibata had a conflict with a visiting guest while watching a TV series at eight o'clock in the morning. In the end, the other party picked up the wooden knife in the entrance and beat him to death. .

However, the plan could not keep up with the change. When Kyoko Shibata returned home, she encountered an unexpected situation.

Mr. Shibata did not die directly, but he wanted to call for help and crawled some distance.

At this time, the panicked Mrs. Shibata heard the phone in the house suddenly ring again.

That phone call was the one made by Takezo Yoshikawa. He left a message saying that he would come to the door later, which gave Mrs. Shibata a plan.

Anyway, I had already arranged everything. At that time, no one could act as the first discoverer, so I had no choice but to prepare to report the crime myself.

But now, although it was an accident, having Yoshikawa discover her husband's body and call the police has improved her arrangement and made the situation more favorable to herself.

(End of this chapter)