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Kudo clasped his chin and stared at the freeze-frame image for a while, and said, "Rewind for a minute." ”

Makino did so.

A minute after the video played, Kudo said, "Stop." ”

It was parked like this, over and over again, until Makino's forehead burst into bruises, and when he finally got impatient, Kudo stopped his mouth and showed a faint smile on his face.

"Edogawa, did you spot anything?" Sasaki cast his gaze at Kudo, his eyes filled with anticipation.

"Yes. Kudo nodded, "Trouble Mr. Makino to go back again, I'll show it to Miss Sasaki." ”

Makino impatiently fulfilled Kudo's instructions.

The image starts playing.

Kudo reached out and pointed at a sophomore sitting in the café reading a magazine, and he put the coffee cup on the table and didn't move for a while.

"Is there anything unusual?"

"Look at the volume of the coffee in his hand. ”

"Hmm...... Coffee now occupies about one-third of the capacity of a coffee cup. ”

"Okay, when I count down to 'one', you can look at it - ten, nine...... Three, two, one. ”

Sasaki followed Kudo's words and kept glued to the screen.

When Kudo shouted "One", she noticed that the coffee in the cup was full in an instant.

"This—This is ......" Sasaki's eyes widened in surprise.

"The image captured by the monitor was cut out in part. Kudo calmly stated the facts, "In this part of the video, the sophomore may have finished his coffee and asked the waiter to pour him another cup of coffee." ”

"Hey, how, how can it be ......?"

"That's the truth, and it's a fact that you can find evidence. ”

"That's right......," Sasaki said incoherently, "but Edogawa, apart from this cup of coffee, the rest of the video is well connected...... It's like something that happens naturally and continuously...... There is no time fault at all......"

This is also due to the fact that the coffee shop's monitors did not show the time when they took the footage. ”

Kudo stretched out his hand, his fingers sliding around the four corners of the square screen.

"Otherwise, the fact that part of this image was cut away must have been exposed very early. ”

"It's not like now, because the instructor's superb technology can only analyze the flaws from the details, and so much time has been wasted. ”

However, from the latter point of view, it can also be inferred that the initiator is a hacker and computer master. ”

Otherwise, the initiator would not have been able to cut the image away without being discovered, and connect the rest of the image seamlessly. ”

Sasaki nodded thoughtfully.

When she came back to her senses, her gaze at Kudo couldn't help but be stained with adoration.

But she didn't say anything flattering, just clenched her fists and spoke softly.

"In short, since a part of the image has been stolen, it means that there must be a hidden secret in that part. ”

The existence of the woman in black was almost certain, and she also slapped the criminal police in the face. ”

The murderer was not the wanted criminal, Kurosawa Gin, but most likely the woman's doing. ”

"Edogawa, it seems that if this investigation continues, my brother's murderer will soon be able to ...... him."

For the first time in a long time, Sasaki's face had a sincere smile.

Kudo bowed: "There is only one truth, and the real murderer will never escape the punishment of the law." ”

The smile on Sasaki's face couldn't help but brighten: "But Edogawa, there is actually an unsolved mystery about the woman in black, for example, why everyone at that time had no impression of her arrival except Mr. Makino......"

"Probably because the people at that time were her people. Kudo could.

Sasaki's little face froze: "It's all her people?"

She's not such a stupid person, and she can easily grasp Kudo's meaning.

After comprehending it, she couldn't help but glance at the screen: "But this old lady who is one of the customers is a regular customer...... However, her eyes are not very good, and her memory is almost bad, and she can't remember that someone has come...... I really haven't seen those two boys in the second and third years of high school......"

Thinking about it this way, Sasaki touched his chin and felt that Kudo's guess was very likely: "Maybe what you said is true......"

"Whether he's true or not, just think so. Kudo said lightly, "Miss Sasaki, do you want to continue watching now?"

"I've read everything I should have seen......"

"No, Mr. Makino came to me in the morning and said that he had seen the woman in black come last night. ”

"W-what-" Sasaki's pupils shrank slightly, and he couldn't help but turn around in surprise, and suddenly pounced on Makino, pressed the other party's shoulder, and met the other party's eyes, "What he said is true?"

Makino was almost knocked down by her.

Coming back to his senses, Makino noticed Kudo's smiling face, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

This kid......

"Fake, I'm lying. ”

At this time, even if you say "yes", it is impossible to fool the past.

He Makino said that the woman in black had been here yesterday, so he invited Kudo Shinichi to hurry over to watch the video captured by the camera and discuss things, these are just the reasons why he Makino wants to lure Kudo to take the bait, and it is not true at all.

So, if he answers "yes" and they look at the camera and they can't find anything, that's even worse.

Based on this reason, Makino turned his head and reluctantly admitted the truth.

The smile on Kudo's face seemed to be a little deeper, but Sasaki's mood was lower, and the hand on Makino's body moved down, hanging weakly on both sides of his waist and abdomen: "I knew it wouldn't be such a coincidence......"

However, after she muttered to herself, she seemed to realize that something was wrong, and quickly raised her head to look at Makino: "Then why did you say to Edogawa that the woman in black came...... This kind of lie is very excessive......"

“…… It wasn't the woman in black who came, I was mistaken, just an ordinary office worker in black. After glaring at Kudo fiercely, Makino reluctantly came up with an excuse to reluctantly go, "He probably heard it wrong." ”

"Oh......" Sasaki reluctantly accepted the reason again.

After accepting it, her loss was also very obvious: "The clue is broken again...... I thought I would know more if I could see that woman again, but now that I think about it, it's just a luxury......"

"It's not an extravagant hope. Kudo voluntarily blacked out the screen, then stood up and glanced at Makino, who was naturally depressed because of Sasaki, "The clue is still not broken, and Mr. Makino is here." ”

Makino: "......!!!" He instinctively had a bad premonition.

"Mr. Makino, what's the use of him?" Sasaki looked skeptical.

Makino's fists clenched.

"He seems to know the woman in black, and she has a good relationship. Kudo Shinichi threw out such a bombshell news calmly.

Makino's face and Sasaki's face froze at the same time.

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward.

In the next second, Sasaki saw a shadow pass in front of him, and Makino directly grabbed Kudo's shoulder and shook it violently: "Didn't you tell you that this kid can't talk nonsense! I don't know her! I don't know her! You deliberately let Miss Sasaki misunderstand what my intentions are! Do you want Uncle Ben-"

Click.

A slight mechanical sound operates,

Kudo raised his hand with a normal expression, and plugged the earphones connected to the voice recorder into Makino's ears with lightning speed.

"I didn't know at first that she would be bold enough to attack the brother of the woman I fancied, and after doing so, she threatened Uncle Ben in turn!

A roar came from the headphones, almost deafening Makino's ears.

Makino: "......"

"I have recorded evidence, what do you think if I give this recorder to Miss Sasaki, she will know the truth?" Kudo took the headphones back and put the recorder back in his pocket, he looked at Makino with a calm look on his face.

"You-"

"Don't think that I'm a good bully. Kudo chuckled, turned around, walked behind Sasaki, put his hand on her shoulder, and smiled at Makino, "You're still here, make everything clear, otherwise, this young lady won't forgive you." ”

Makino looked over and happened to meet Sasaki's red eyes, and immediately gritted his teeth.

Shin Kudo, you bastard...... Sooner or later I'm going to kill you......