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Chapter 1113: The Famous Detective Playing Dumb [Bonus Chapter for Meng Flower ╮ Leaf]
More than ten minutes later, police officers from the Investigation Division One arrived.
Inspector Megure personally led the team, bringing Wataru Takagi, Miwako Sato, and the other police officers responsible for external investigations.
"Brother Chi, what's going on this time?" Inspector Megure asked, looking around.
"My teacher had urgent matters to handle and isn't here," Chi Feichei said, picking up Conan and handing him to Inspector Megure. "Ask Conan about the specific situation."
Inspector Megure lowered his head, looking at Conan's speechless face, and was speechless for a second as well.
Brother Chi has now given up on explaining with drawings and switched to using a child to explain the situation. Good grief... Can't he be a bit more patient with us police and explain it properly just once?
Never mind, having Conan is fine too.
Conan was speechless, but after being put down, he still hinted for Inspector Megure to squat down, leaned close to Inspector Megure's ear, and recounted all their discoveries.
From the situation of the incident, he spoke about the basis for Chi Feichei's judgment of a possible homicide, then about what the landlady did, and finally about the discovery in the bathroom...
Chi Feichei went out to smoke a cigarette. By the time he came back, Conan had just reached the end.
"...In short, please have Inspector Megure send someone to investigate the ice cube matter. Also, afterwards, when Mr. Shimizu arrives, have the police officer from the Forensics Division examine the hair..."
After speaking, Conan let out a long sigh of relief.
Explaining so much at once is quite tiring.
Inspector Megure had a heavy expression. He got up, turned his head and spoke in a low voice to Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato, assigning the task. Afterwards, he had someone enter the bathroom.
It took half an hour for the Forensics Division personnel to arrive and take the hair away.
Miwako Sato also hurried back and reported the investigation results. "Inspector, Miss Ozawa is indeed missing thirty million Japanese Yen from the company funds she was responsible for managing. Also, her supervisor, Mr. Shimizu, took a day off today and did not go to work."
"So, Mr. Shimizu shouldn't have received the suicide note yet, and doesn't know about Miss Ozawa's situation, right?" Inspector Megure rubbed his chin and thought for a bit, then asked further, "Besides this, is there anything else special?"
Miwako Sato picked up the photo placed in the evidence bag. "This man in the photo is the person Miss Ozawa sent the suicide note email to, which is her superior, Director Shimizu. People at the company seemingly didn't know they were dating. Besides this, according to his company colleagues, Shimizu likes gambling very much and seemingly spent a lot of money on it."
Inspector Megure nodded. "Looking at it this way..."
"Excuse me, Inspector Megure!"
A police officer from Investigation Division One brought a young and handsome man inside.
"It's him!" Etsuko Aikawa's emotions became agitated again, she walked quickly to the man, reached out and seized his collar. "You killed Fumie, right? Say something!"
"What are you saying?" The man looked at Etsuko Aikawa, who was seizing his collar, with a surprised and confused face. "Also, may I ask who you are?"
"Lady, please calm down a bit!" The police officer nearby quickly pulled Etsuko Aikawa away, secretly pulled a strand of Ryota Shimizu's hair during the commotion. After retreating, he gave Inspector Megure a wink and immediately said seriously, "Inspector, this is Mr. Ryota Shimizu. He was originally resting at home, and we specially asked him to come over."
"Then I'll just say it directly," Inspector Megure walked over to Ryota Shimizu, who was adjusting his collar. "Mr. Shimizu, your subordinate, Miss Ozawa, embezzled thirty million Japanese Yen of company funds. Do you know about this matter?"
The police officer who pulled the hair took the opportunity to go out, taking the hair to find the Forensics Division personnel.
"I'm not sure," Ryota Shimizu said calmly, not noticing his hair being taken for comparison. "I only realized it after the police officer told me. I'm truly surprised."
"What? Are you saying you and Miss Ozawa aren't in a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship?" Inspector Megure asked again. "She should have told you, right?"
"We are definitely not boyfriend/girlfriend," Ryota Shimizu refuted, then quickly said with a look of understanding. "Are you talking about the photo that police officer brought? That's because Ozawa said she wanted to go fishing, so I took her. That's all."
"Then, during the period from six to eight o'clock yesterday evening, may I ask where you were?" Inspector Megure asked seriously.
"Are you police officers suspecting that I utilized Ozawa to steal company funds and then killed her? Yesterday I went to Hiroshima to attend an elementary school class reunion. Until ten o'clock this morning, I only boarded the airplane back to Tokyo at Haneda Airport." Ryota Shimizu took out two cards with a helpless look and handed them to Inspector Megure. "This is the plane ticket receipt stub. Also, this is the business card of the class reunion organizer from yesterday. Police officers can verify it at any time."
Inspector Megure received the two cards and looked at them, then handed them to Miwako Sato beside him. "Go investigate a bit."
Although according to the method Conan described, there's still an opportunity to commit the crime whether there's an alibi or not. But they still have to wait for other investigation results. During this period, checking Ryota Shimizu's alibi might as well be done.
Miwako Sato took the two cards and went out. After making a phone call to verify, she entered again and said. "Mr. Shimizu did not lie. I called the airline company and the class reunion organizer. He indeed went to attend the class reunion from yesterday until around nine o'clock this morning."
"Then my alibi is confirmed, right?" Ryota Shimizu said. "Then can I leave now?"
"Well..." Inspector Megure broke out in a sweat. Before the investigation there yielded a result, it was difficult for them to force Ryota Shimizu to stay.
Fortunately, Wataru Takagi, who went to investigate the vicinity, rushed back just in time. After entering, he quickly walked past Ryota Shimizu, who was heading towards the entrance, went to Inspector Megure's front, and said in a low voice, "Yesterday at noon, Mr. Shimizu indeed went to the fish market in the vicinity to buy ice cubes. The shopkeeper said he brought his own cooler box..."
Inspector Megure heard this and immediately called out to Ryota Shimizu, who was almost at the entrance. "Mr. Shimizu, please wait a bit!"
Ryota Shimizu stopped, turned around and asked. "Police officer, is there anything else?"
"I would like you to explain why you went to the fish market yesterday noon to buy large ice cubes?" Inspector Megure said, turning his head to look towards the detective team who should have been stepping up for the reasoning. The outcome was that he found Chi Feichei standing aside with an indifferent look, head down playing on his mobile phone. Conan also had his head down looking at the floor, lost in thought. Suddenly he realized...
Was it possible he had to do the reasoning today?
Conan was playing dumb nearby, making an effort to lower his sense of presence.
He had just told Inspector Megure once before, speaking until his mouth was dry and tongue parched. Afterwards, he still had to go to the Metropolitan Police Department to make a statement. He completely had no desire to do the reasoning again.
Moreover, he was currently a child. Didn't Inspector Megure think it was very unconvincing to let a child say these things?
In conclusion, he gave up this performance opportunity today and just entrusted it to Inspector Megure.
"W-What?" Ryota Shimizu heard 'buy ice cubes', and his face became stiff and ugly.
Inspector Megure thought for a bit, feeling it would be quite exciting to expose the method here, and said seriously, "Cough, then I'll say it..."
The ice cube method is very simple. There's no need for too much explanation. Everyone present can understand.
Ryota Shimizu calmed down. "Yes, if you say so, Officer, I could have killed Ozawa. But I remember that police officer who came to find me said that Ozawa yesterday afternoon around five o'clock also used the computer to type the suicide note and sent it to me via email. At that time, I was already in Hiroshima. I can't use clone jutsu. There's no way I could attend the class reunion in Hiroshima at the same time and send myself an email in this apartment in Tokyo..."
Inspector Megure was a bit confused and looked towards Chi Feichei. "That's right, Brother Chi, the email matter doesn't make sense."
Conan: "..."
Hey hey, can't Inspector Megure be a bit more firm?
But this email matter...
Chi Feichei walked to the desk, picked up the mobile phone placed beside the mouse, and placed the phone on the bookshelf fixed to the wall above the desk, letting half of it extend out, suspended. He turned his head and said to Miwako Sato, "Officer Sato, could I trouble you to call Miss Ozawa's mobile phone?"
"Ah, okay." Miwako Sato took out her own mobile phone and dialed the phone number she had investigated before.
Ryota Shimizu's face had already turned ugly again. Staring at the mobile phone on the bookshelf, his gaze was as if he wanted to swallow it.
"Buzz... Buzz..."
After receiving the incoming call, the mobile phone started vibrating, moving due to the vibration. It fell off the bookshelf and hit the left mouse button, causing the left mouse button to make a crisp 'click' sound.
"I see," Inspector Megure understood and looked towards Ryota Shimizu again. "As long as you input the email content and address in advance, place the mouse in a suitable position, set the mobile phone to vibration mode, and place it on the bookshelf in the way just now, by calling Miss Ozawa's mobile phone at 5:44, you can make the phone fall and hit the left mouse button, sending the email out. This is still achievable as long as it's calculated."
Miwako Sato hung up the phone call, found a new incoming call. After answering, she responded twice. After hanging up, she said to Inspector Megure. "Inspector, the hair detection results are out. The comparison results between the hair found on the iron wire and Mr. Shimizu's hair are consistent."
Inspector Megure nodded, looking towards Ryota Shimizu, who had a pale and ugly face. His gaze was sharp. "Mr. Shimizu, you probably didn't notice that when you were tying the iron wire, your hair got tangled with Miss Ozawa's hair and was caught by the twisted iron wire. On the iron wire, there is not only Miss Ozawa's hair but also a strand of your hair. Currently, I suspect you are related to Miss Ozawa's death. Please come with us to the police station to cooperate with the investigation!"
Ryota Shimizu lost his strength and knelt down on the floor with a thud.
Chi Feichei originally wanted to take out his mobile phone to play a game of Snake to continue passing the time. Seeing this, the hand he reached into his coat pocket did not take out the phone again.
It's been a long time since he saw a criminal kneeling.
"I'm truly sorry," Ryota Shimizu said hesitantly, lowering his head. "Because she said she didn't want to continue and wanted to surrender at the police station, so... so I..."
Etsuko Aikawa saw Ryota Shimizu confessing his crime, and tears welled up in her eyes.
Inspector Megure, Miwako Sato, and Wataru Takagi stepped forward, helped Ryota Shimizu get up, and said sternly, "Alright, you've drunk enough delicious juice. Next, you can properly enjoy your bitter days!"
Etsuko Aikawa clenched her fist, staring as Ryota Shimizu was taken out. After retracting her gaze, she bowed deeply towards Chi Feichei and Conan again.
Conan looked at Etsuko Aikawa, whose shoulders were slightly trembling, knowing that she was expressing thanks. Realizing the various gentle and subtle arrangements in the entrance hall and room here, he also felt a bit sad for Fumie Ozawa for a moment and didn't know what to say to comfort her.
[Bonus Chapter for Meng Flower ╮ Leaf] This is still a bonus chapter for a reward. Thank you.
(End of Chapter)
More than ten minutes later, police officers from the Investigation Division One arrived.
Inspector Megure personally led the team, bringing Wataru Takagi, Miwako Sato, and the other police officers responsible for external investigations.
"Brother Chi, what's going on this time?" Inspector Megure asked, looking around.
"My teacher had urgent matters to handle and isn't here," Chi Feichei said, picking up Conan and handing him to Inspector Megure. "Ask Conan about the specific situation."
Inspector Megure lowered his head, looking at Conan's speechless face, and was speechless for a second as well.
Brother Chi has now given up on explaining with drawings and switched to using a child to explain the situation. Good grief... Can't he be a bit more patient with us police and explain it properly just once?
Never mind, having Conan is fine too.
Conan was speechless, but after being put down, he still hinted for Inspector Megure to squat down, leaned close to Inspector Megure's ear, and recounted all their discoveries.
From the situation of the incident, he spoke about the basis for Chi Feichei's judgment of a possible homicide, then about what the landlady did, and finally about the discovery in the bathroom...
Chi Feichei went out to smoke a cigarette. By the time he came back, Conan had just reached the end.
"...In short, please have Inspector Megure send someone to investigate the ice cube matter. Also, afterwards, when Mr. Shimizu arrives, have the police officer from the Forensics Division examine the hair..."
After speaking, Conan let out a long sigh of relief.
Explaining so much at once is quite tiring.
Inspector Megure had a heavy expression. He got up, turned his head and spoke in a low voice to Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato, assigning the task. Afterwards, he had someone enter the bathroom.
It took half an hour for the Forensics Division personnel to arrive and take the hair away.
Miwako Sato also hurried back and reported the investigation results. "Inspector, Miss Ozawa is indeed missing thirty million Japanese Yen from the company funds she was responsible for managing. Also, her supervisor, Mr. Shimizu, took a day off today and did not go to work."
"So, Mr. Shimizu shouldn't have received the suicide note yet, and doesn't know about Miss Ozawa's situation, right?" Inspector Megure rubbed his chin and thought for a bit, then asked further, "Besides this, is there anything else special?"
Miwako Sato picked up the photo placed in the evidence bag. "This man in the photo is the person Miss Ozawa sent the suicide note email to, which is her superior, Director Shimizu. People at the company seemingly didn't know they were dating. Besides this, according to his company colleagues, Shimizu likes gambling very much and seemingly spent a lot of money on it."
Inspector Megure nodded. "Looking at it this way..."
"Excuse me, Inspector Megure!"
A police officer from Investigation Division One brought a young and handsome man inside.
"It's him!" Etsuko Aikawa's emotions became agitated again, she walked quickly to the man, reached out and seized his collar. "You killed Fumie, right? Say something!"
"What are you saying?" The man looked at Etsuko Aikawa, who was seizing his collar, with a surprised and confused face. "Also, may I ask who you are?"
"Lady, please calm down a bit!" The police officer nearby quickly pulled Etsuko Aikawa away, secretly pulled a strand of Ryota Shimizu's hair during the commotion. After retreating, he gave Inspector Megure a wink and immediately said seriously, "Inspector, this is Mr. Ryota Shimizu. He was originally resting at home, and we specially asked him to come over."
"Then I'll just say it directly," Inspector Megure walked over to Ryota Shimizu, who was adjusting his collar. "Mr. Shimizu, your subordinate, Miss Ozawa, embezzled thirty million Japanese Yen of company funds. Do you know about this matter?"
The police officer who pulled the hair took the opportunity to go out, taking the hair to find the Forensics Division personnel.
"I'm not sure," Ryota Shimizu said calmly, not noticing his hair being taken for comparison. "I only realized it after the police officer told me. I'm truly surprised."
"What? Are you saying you and Miss Ozawa aren't in a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship?" Inspector Megure asked again. "She should have told you, right?"
"We are definitely not boyfriend/girlfriend," Ryota Shimizu refuted, then quickly said with a look of understanding. "Are you talking about the photo that police officer brought? That's because Ozawa said she wanted to go fishing, so I took her. That's all."
"Then, during the period from six to eight o'clock yesterday evening, may I ask where you were?" Inspector Megure asked seriously.
"Are you police officers suspecting that I utilized Ozawa to steal company funds and then killed her? Yesterday I went to Hiroshima to attend an elementary school class reunion. Until ten o'clock this morning, I only boarded the airplane back to Tokyo at Haneda Airport." Ryota Shimizu took out two cards with a helpless look and handed them to Inspector Megure. "This is the plane ticket receipt stub. Also, this is the business card of the class reunion organizer from yesterday. Police officers can verify it at any time."
Inspector Megure received the two cards and looked at them, then handed them to Miwako Sato beside him. "Go investigate a bit."
Although according to the method Conan described, there's still an opportunity to commit the crime whether there's an alibi or not. But they still have to wait for other investigation results. During this period, checking Ryota Shimizu's alibi might as well be done.
Miwako Sato took the two cards and went out. After making a phone call to verify, she entered again and said. "Mr. Shimizu did not lie. I called the airline company and the class reunion organizer. He indeed went to attend the class reunion from yesterday until around nine o'clock this morning."
"Then my alibi is confirmed, right?" Ryota Shimizu said. "Then can I leave now?"
"Well..." Inspector Megure broke out in a sweat. Before the investigation there yielded a result, it was difficult for them to force Ryota Shimizu to stay.
Fortunately, Wataru Takagi, who went to investigate the vicinity, rushed back just in time. After entering, he quickly walked past Ryota Shimizu, who was heading towards the entrance, went to Inspector Megure's front, and said in a low voice, "Yesterday at noon, Mr. Shimizu indeed went to the fish market in the vicinity to buy ice cubes. The shopkeeper said he brought his own cooler box..."
Inspector Megure heard this and immediately called out to Ryota Shimizu, who was almost at the entrance. "Mr. Shimizu, please wait a bit!"
Ryota Shimizu stopped, turned around and asked. "Police officer, is there anything else?"
"I would like you to explain why you went to the fish market yesterday noon to buy large ice cubes?" Inspector Megure said, turning his head to look towards the detective team who should have been stepping up for the reasoning. The outcome was that he found Chi Feichei standing aside with an indifferent look, head down playing on his mobile phone. Conan also had his head down looking at the floor, lost in thought. Suddenly he realized...
Was it possible he had to do the reasoning today?
Conan was playing dumb nearby, making an effort to lower his sense of presence.
He had just told Inspector Megure once before, speaking until his mouth was dry and tongue parched. Afterwards, he still had to go to the Metropolitan Police Department to make a statement. He completely had no desire to do the reasoning again.
Moreover, he was currently a child. Didn't Inspector Megure think it was very unconvincing to let a child say these things?
In conclusion, he gave up this performance opportunity today and just entrusted it to Inspector Megure.
"W-What?" Ryota Shimizu heard 'buy ice cubes', and his face became stiff and ugly.
Inspector Megure thought for a bit, feeling it would be quite exciting to expose the method here, and said seriously, "Cough, then I'll say it..."
The ice cube method is very simple. There's no need for too much explanation. Everyone present can understand.
Ryota Shimizu calmed down. "Yes, if you say so, Officer, I could have killed Ozawa. But I remember that police officer who came to find me said that Ozawa yesterday afternoon around five o'clock also used the computer to type the suicide note and sent it to me via email. At that time, I was already in Hiroshima. I can't use clone jutsu. There's no way I could attend the class reunion in Hiroshima at the same time and send myself an email in this apartment in Tokyo..."
Inspector Megure was a bit confused and looked towards Chi Feichei. "That's right, Brother Chi, the email matter doesn't make sense."
Conan: "..."
Hey hey, can't Inspector Megure be a bit more firm?
But this email matter...
Chi Feichei walked to the desk, picked up the mobile phone placed beside the mouse, and placed the phone on the bookshelf fixed to the wall above the desk, letting half of it extend out, suspended. He turned his head and said to Miwako Sato, "Officer Sato, could I trouble you to call Miss Ozawa's mobile phone?"
"Ah, okay." Miwako Sato took out her own mobile phone and dialed the phone number she had investigated before.
Ryota Shimizu's face had already turned ugly again. Staring at the mobile phone on the bookshelf, his gaze was as if he wanted to swallow it.
"Buzz... Buzz..."
After receiving the incoming call, the mobile phone started vibrating, moving due to the vibration. It fell off the bookshelf and hit the left mouse button, causing the left mouse button to make a crisp 'click' sound.
"I see," Inspector Megure understood and looked towards Ryota Shimizu again. "As long as you input the email content and address in advance, place the mouse in a suitable position, set the mobile phone to vibration mode, and place it on the bookshelf in the way just now, by calling Miss Ozawa's mobile phone at 5:44, you can make the phone fall and hit the left mouse button, sending the email out. This is still achievable as long as it's calculated."
Miwako Sato hung up the phone call, found a new incoming call. After answering, she responded twice. After hanging up, she said to Inspector Megure. "Inspector, the hair detection results are out. The comparison results between the hair found on the iron wire and Mr. Shimizu's hair are consistent."
Inspector Megure nodded, looking towards Ryota Shimizu, who had a pale and ugly face. His gaze was sharp. "Mr. Shimizu, you probably didn't notice that when you were tying the iron wire, your hair got tangled with Miss Ozawa's hair and was caught by the twisted iron wire. On the iron wire, there is not only Miss Ozawa's hair but also a strand of your hair. Currently, I suspect you are related to Miss Ozawa's death. Please come with us to the police station to cooperate with the investigation!"
Ryota Shimizu lost his strength and knelt down on the floor with a thud.
Chi Feichei originally wanted to take out his mobile phone to play a game of Snake to continue passing the time. Seeing this, the hand he reached into his coat pocket did not take out the phone again.
It's been a long time since he saw a criminal kneeling.
"I'm truly sorry," Ryota Shimizu said hesitantly, lowering his head. "Because she said she didn't want to continue and wanted to surrender at the police station, so... so I..."
Etsuko Aikawa saw Ryota Shimizu confessing his crime, and tears welled up in her eyes.
Inspector Megure, Miwako Sato, and Wataru Takagi stepped forward, helped Ryota Shimizu get up, and said sternly, "Alright, you've drunk enough delicious juice. Next, you can properly enjoy your bitter days!"
Etsuko Aikawa clenched her fist, staring as Ryota Shimizu was taken out. After retracting her gaze, she bowed deeply towards Chi Feichei and Conan again.
Conan looked at Etsuko Aikawa, whose shoulders were slightly trembling, knowing that she was expressing thanks. Realizing the various gentle and subtle arrangements in the entrance hall and room here, he also felt a bit sad for Fumie Ozawa for a moment and didn't know what to say to comfort her.
[Bonus Chapter for Meng Flower ╮ Leaf] This is still a bonus chapter for a reward. Thank you.
(End of Chapter)
