Stay away from Conan

Chapter 125 The number of coins

"Please allow me to refuse this commission."

In a coffee shop, among the two girls sitting opposite each other, the woman with white hair and black-rimmed glasses said solemnly to the black-haired woman sitting opposite her.

"Hey? Why?"

The black-haired woman was obviously surprised by what the white-haired woman suddenly said, "Does it mean that this commission cannot be completed in one day?"

The white-haired woman handed a photo back to the black-haired woman and explained in an orderly manner:

"Well, that's about right."

The black-haired woman took the photo, and you could see that the person in the photo was Akechi Takato, and the black-haired woman was Hirota Masami.

The white-haired woman continued to explain:

"Ms. Hirota, you said that this person is your sister's date. Because I am worried that my sister will make friends accidentally, you asked me to conduct a life investigation on this person. This is not something that can be investigated within one day. Moreover, I just did a little research and found that it is too difficult to investigate this person's resume. I am afraid that no matter how many detectives you ask, it will be difficult to help you. "

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Masami Hirota said doubtfully.

"Relationships."

The white-haired woman explained, "Humans are social creatures. From birth, a person will naturally meet all kinds of people. Therefore, to investigate a person's resume, you usually need to find people who know him. Only by talking to different people can we fully understand what kind of person he is.”

After a pause, the white-haired woman took a sip of coffee, and then her expression became serious.

"However, the person you are investigating cannot find any of his interpersonal relationships from six months ago."

"Huh? How come?"

Hirota Masami said in surprise, "But the information clearly contains the schools he attended and his study abroad experience. Through these, we can find some relevant people no matter what."

"Well, that's what it looks like."

The white-haired woman said, "But if you investigate carefully, you will find that the school in a remote mountainous area where he attended in his early years has very few people left alive due to an earthquake a few years ago. And his study abroad information It shows that he dropped out of school. The school can’t find complete information about this person, and the school is far abroad, so it is really difficult to go to the local area to investigate.”

"That……"

Hirota Masami fell into deep thought, "Could this be a fake identity?"

The white-haired woman shook her head when she heard this.

"It can't be proven. Although I once suspected that this was a fake identity. But generally speaking, fake identities are used to buy identity information that others don't want, so generally speaking, it is difficult for such an identity to pass the interpersonal investigation level. As long as If someone is willing to investigate the interpersonal relationship of this person, it will be easy to reveal the secret. But you can’t even investigate the interpersonal relationship of this person, and you can’t falsify it at all.”

"Is it possible that it's a fake identity?"

Hirota Masami looked at the photo of Akechi Gaoyuan in her hand and frowned.

"Not too possible."

The white-haired woman said, "Because his household registration information is real, and because he is studying abroad, his passport is also real, so it shouldn't be a forged identity. Although this identity is somewhat suspicious, it is so perfect that it cannot be falsified. . So I cannot accept this unverifiable commission.”

Standing in front of Akechi Takato's villa, Hirota Masami recalled what the "forgetful detective" said to her not long ago, and couldn't help frowning - today, Akechi Takato was out, and he lived alone, so he couldn't help but frown. That is to say, there is no one in his family now.

Furukawa Yuki said that you can't be from the organization, but Shiho is curious about you for some reason. As a sister, I have to figure this out - or are you the same kind of person as "Dajun"?

At this time, in the coffee shop of "Sandglass".

Yin Tate Osuke saw that both Takato and Kyoko Takigami were curious about what they just said, and couldn't help but said urgently:

"It doesn't matter what that man said! What's important now is to help me clear my suspicion. Otherwise, when the police come, I won't be able to explain it clearly even if I have eight mouths!"

"Mr. Hidden, don't be anxious."

Gao Yuan comforted, "We are just thinking about it."

"But you are obviously curious about what that man said!"

Yin Tate Ousuke seemed to be desperate and said with a cry.

"Think about it, you came to the murder scene for two consecutive days, and these two crime scenes are in the area where you are responsible for delivering delivery. These two days are also working days, and there are very few pedestrians in normal times, so is it possible that the murderer Maybe I have met you before! I think Ms. Kyoko asked you to describe the people and things you met in the past two days to see if there is anyone suspected of being the murderer. As long as the real murderer is found, your suspicion will be clear. Just cleaned up?”

Gao Yuan explained.

"So, if you care so much about that man, does that mean that man may be the murderer!"

Hearing this, Yin Tate Osuke became a little excited. He lay down on the coffee table and stared at Takato and Kyoko Fujo on the opposite side. Of course, his main gaze was still on Kyoko Fujo, who seemed to be fascinated by each other.

"It's hard to say, but so far, this is the only sentence that seems suspicious."

He put Kyoko on the plate and said, then looked at Gao Yuan, "What about you? Mr. Detective? What do you think?"

Gao Yuan thought for a while and said, "That man probably wants ten yen coins very much. If he just wanted to collect change on a whim, he probably wouldn't use the word 'have to'."

"Yes, that's right! That man had to ask for ten yen coins at that time, which was very strange!"

After hearing Gao Yuan speak his mind, Miss Kyoko said very happily.

Looking at the interaction between the two detectives in front of me, Miss Kyoko and Takato, who were meeting for the first time, had a good conversation, but Ousuke Yoshitate was a little unhappy.

"There's nothing strange about this. Maybe I just want to buy something and don't have enough change."

Yin Tate Osuke murmured softly, but the two of them still heard him.

"It can't be to buy something!"

Gao Yuan retorted bluntly.

"Why? Isn't it just to buy things if you need money urgently?"

Faced with Takato's rebuttal, Yin Tate Ousuke didn't want to admit defeat for some reason, so he asked back.

"For the sentence 'I need five more', the man needs at least five ten yen coins, which is fifty yen. In Japan, there are fifty yen coins in circulation. If he If there was something I really wanted to buy and I still needed fifty yen, I would probably say, "I need fifty yen coins." But what he said was, "I need five ten yen coins." This was definitely not what he wanted. Shopping."

Gao Yuan explained in detail.

Takato Ousuke said that he could not find a reason to refute, and he lay his head on the table in frustration, sighing helplessly: "But, if it is not to collect money to buy things, there is no other reason."

Then Gao Yuan and Jin Zi continued to remain silent.

Looking at the awkward atmosphere, Yin Tate Ousuke couldn't help but start thinking about it. After thinking about it, he suddenly came up with an excellent idea.

"By the way! Could it be used to make change? I remember when I opened the store at the school cultural festival, I also struggled to collect a lot of change for change. Yes! And he was on the phone at the time, on the other side of the phone The person who opened the store together is probably the most likely! ”

Yin Tate Osuke spoke his thoughts out loud with some excitement, looking forward to the two detectives in front of him, waiting for his answer to be recognized. It seemed that he had forgotten the original intention of inviting the two detectives.

Will I get change during the school festival? I have never experienced it, so I really can’t imagine it.

Gao Yuan couldn't help but said in his heart when he heard this.

"I don't think it's possible."

Miss Kyoko spoke, "It can be inferred from the words 'too few'."

"really."

Gao Yuan agreed, "It's really wrong to collect five more ten-yen coins for change."

"Maybe they have already collected a lot of coins just to round it up, so they have to ask for five more!"

Yin Tate Ousuke said unwillingly.

Hearing this, Gao Yuan rolled his eyes at Hakuinkan Ousuke. He was obviously thinking about the head and not the tail.

"By the way, how many ten-yen coins do you think that man has to collect in total?"

Gao Yuan pointed out.

"'The ten yen coins are too few, I need five more.' Too few means there is still a long way to go.' I am collecting ten yen coins, but there is still a long way to go to the target number, so I still have to ask for them. Five', translated, is what the man said."

After listening to Takato's words, Yin Tate Ousuke didn't seem to understand.

"Mr. Hidden, for example, let's say he wants a total of fifty coins, and now he has collected forty-five, and there are still five to go. In this case, would he use the expression 'too few'?" "

Miss Kyoko noticed the confusion of Yin Tate Ousuke and reminded her aloud.

"probably not!"

Hearing Kyoko taking the initiative to talk to him, Yin Tate Osuke said happily, "It's more reasonable to say 'not even close' at this time."

"Right!"

Miss Kyoko smiled and said, "The expression 'too little' only means that half of the ten yen coins have not been collected or only about two-thirds have been collected. It is more reasonable. In this case, the man can only It takes two or three times the amount of five coins, which is about ten to fifteen coins.”

"So the question is, what can that man do with only ten to fifteen yen coins?"

Gao Yuan said, after all, this is Japan. Ten to fifteen ten yen coins have a face value of one hundred to one hundred and fifty yen. What can such a small amount of money be used for?

"Furthermore, assuming that the man needs ten to fifteen coins, based on this calculation, the total value is at most one hundred and fifty yen in face value. Of course, it is equal to one hundred yen coin plus one fifty yen coin. Detective. Sir, do you think there is any difference between the one hundred and fifty yen for the former and the one hundred and fifty yen for the latter?”

Today Zi asked Gao Yuan.

"The fifteen ten-yen coins are more scattered."

Gao Yuan said bluntly.