People Are in Conan: the Origin of the Beginning of the Body

　　With short hair, straight sideburns, and often wearing round-rimmed glasses, he is a fan of reasoning.

　　Yesterday, Mr. Sugimori, a freelance writer, came to the school to find Sumiko Kobayashi, saying that he wanted to interview Kojima-san and the juvenile detective team formed by them no matter what. As a result, an accident happened today...

　　Mika suddenly sounded a police car whistle. Several police cars were parked on the side of the road outside an ordinary apartment. Among the Japanese detectives who came down, Ye Fan was in line.

　　"The one who was killed was Mr. Masato Sugimori, a freelance writer..."

　　"Sugi Sen?" Ye Fan looked to the side and found that Teacher Xiao Lin was also called to the scene, looking like he was being questioned.

　　"Yes." Mumu said solemnly, "The original 19 was planning to interview Conan and the others, Sugi Mori Masato, the time of death was between 11:12 and [-]:[-] yesterday, the murder weapon was a tripod for a camera, and the murderer was probably an acquaintance. committing crimes, or the person this writer is interviewing..."

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

　　Ye Fan looked back and found that not only Conan, but also Ayumi followed.

　　Conan looked at the follower behind him and said, "Why are you here? Didn't I tell you to wait for me at the coffee shop?"

　　Mu Mu glanced at the juvenile detective team strangely, and then said: "As for the suspects, we have found four people, all of whom made a message call at the time of the crime. The first one is Mr. Xiaolin..."

　　Ye Fan greeted the worried teacher Xiao Lin, and followed Mu Mu into the room where the murder was committed.

　　Outside the door, a man in a vest can be seen slumped against the wall, his head covered with blood, and his originally upright face looks a bit ferocious.

　　Ye Fan glanced at the corpse and turned to the scene to arrange it. He found a blood-stained tripod among a pile of books. As the man's corpse was carried away, the tripod was also installed by 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.

　　Ye Fan took a closer look and found that some 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?" Ye Fan said.

　　"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..."

　　Ye Fan put his hands in silently.

　　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... "

　　Ye Fan listened carefully, but the TV background sound 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."

　　"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..."

　　Ye Fan 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," Megumi turned off the player, "We have already contacted the editor-in-chief, and it's not clear that the editors frequently come in and out. The editor named Inaba should be in the editorial department, because of the bad mobile phone, Inaba often asks him for 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," Ye Fan frowned, "Didn't you say that the prisoner set the 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."

　　Ye Fan followed and looked at Kobayashi Chengko who was talking to 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," Ye Fan said, turning to Mu Mu, "may 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..."

　　Ye Fan looked at the murder scene again.

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

Chapter 504

　　"Dangdangdang..."

　　The investigation was still continuing, and a penetrating warning sound suddenly came from a nearby railway crossing, which lasted for several minutes, and didn't stop until the train passed by.

　　Ye Fan stood beside the aisle guardrail outside the apartment, looking at the street after the rain for a while, while Conan whispered and discussed something, especially Conan, who seemed impatient and eager to try.

　　Ye Fan slumped his eyelids, looked at Mr. Xiaolin on the other side, and found Mu Mu who answered the suspect's phone.

　　"Brother Ye Fan," Mu Mu turned on the speakerphone and said, "This is Miss Pengtian, who is also a freelance writer. She said it was a call from her home yesterday..."

　　"Hey, is there anything else?" A female voice with obvious impatience came from the phone. "So what's the matter, Mr. Police? Did that guy Sugimori cause any trouble?"

　　"Uh," Megumi replied, "We still have a few things about Mr. Sugimori..."

　　"It's nothing."

　　Ye Fan directly helped to hang up the phone with his dumbfounded eyes.

　　"The time of the Dongdu Ring Line passing here is basically the same every day. The time that Miss Pengtian left the message was exactly the time when the train passed by. If there is no sound nearby..."

　　Mu Mu nodded dazedly: "Then only Mr. Inaba is left."

　　Xingrong Pavilion, the editor-in-chief who received a call from the police again sounded very busy, the background sound was full of various shouts, and someone asked the editor-in-chief.

　　"Inaba? He went out on a motorcycle to hold a seminar with a writer. There's nothing we can do. We are busy with business and we don't have enough staff..."

　　"It doesn't matter," Ye Fan replied, "Just ask a few questions."

　　"you are?"

　　"Ah, I'm Ye Fan, a police officer from the Metropolitan Police Department..."

　　"Detective?" The editor-in-chief asked in surprise, "Did Inaba really do something?"

　　"It's not an important thing, just to confirm the information of a few people, Mr. Inaba happened to be inside," Ye Fan asked calmly, "I don't know if there is anything special about yesterday's noon?"

　　"A special thing ' 々?" The editor-in-chief recalled in a deep voice, "It doesn't seem to be anything special, the editorial department is still so busy, so busy that I feel a little cold, but today is much better..."

　　"Did Mr. Inaba always go out on a motorcycle?"

　　"Well, because there are no special locomotives here, you don't have to worry about traffic jams, so Inaba has always used his old locomotive..."

　　"Does Mr. Inaba know a freelance writer named Masato Sugimori?"

　　"Sugi Mori? I seem to know each other, but it seems that we had a falling out before... Sorry, there are still many things on my side..."

　　"The last question," Ye Fan said sternly, "is about the night game."

　　"Eh?"

　　"Because Mr. Inaba mentioned the night game in his phone message."

　　"Ah, ah, this is the professional baseball game these two days. I originally wanted to go, but the result has been very uncomfortable, my eyes are bloodshot, and I can only sleep at home. I can go today, but the weather is a bit worrying... The editor-in-chief said, and suddenly interrupted, "Wait a minute, Inaba is back, if you have anything to ask him..."

　　"In this case, let him ride a motorcycle directly to Mr. Sugimori's house... Yes, because there are several other suspects, it would be better to ask in person..."

　　After receiving a response, Ye Fan hung up the phone, and when he looked up, he saw a few police officers Mumu who looked like curious babies.

　　"Is Mr. Inaba the murderer?" Mumu was the first to recover.

　　"Because now he is the only suspect..." Ye Fan said as a matter of course, "It should be called to ask, right? Otherwise, we can only think that the murderer originally planned to leave a message, but suddenly gave up... This will have a large scope. Right?"

　　"That's right..." Officer Megumi said with a hesitant smile, "Then let's investigate Mr. Sugimori's social relations and see... Takagi?"

　　"Yes, the police department!"

　　"Brother Ye Fan," Ayumi asked worriedly, "Mr. Xiaolin is not a prisoner, right?"

　　"Of course not," Ye Fan said with a smile, "because Mr. Xiao Lin has always been single, there will be no emotional disputes, and there is almost no intersection with the victim except for this interview..."

　　"But……"

　　"Of course there is an absolute reason, that is, the victim will not let women into his room. If you want to say the reason..."

　　Ye Fan took a photo of the corpse at the scene, and his eyes fell on a key with a silver pony logo.

　　"Mr. Sugimori lives in a one-bedroom apartment of no more than 10 square meters, but he wears a famous brand and has the keys of his Ferrari sports car on his belt. It can be seen that he is the kind of person who would rather cut his living expenses in order to maintain a famous car life...

　　"And the room keys are not kept together, which shows that Sugi Mori is actually a person who loves vanity. This is also the reason why Miss Qinghua who refused to take the second message home."

　　"Really?" Ayumi became happy, and ran away to talk to Teacher Xiaolin again.

　　Ye Fan reluctantly put down the photo.

　　In any case, the editor named Inaba is undoubtedly the most suspicious person. The relationship between the editor and the freelance writer is also different from that of the others, and he is the most likely person to enter Sugimori's room.

　　Although the information collected is not very sufficient, after eliminating the suspicion of several other people, subtle loopholes can still be found in Inaba's message.