Chapter 26: It's Time for Superstition (Part I)

"Dad!" Xiaolan scolded, "Why are you smoking again!" She sat at another table with He Ye and another male high school student as the 'referee team'.

Uncle Maori and Heiji Hattori and Conan, who claimed to be responsible for passing the news to Shinichi Kudo, sat at another table as a detective team, and at the same table was Kamel, who stood with everyone for some reason, Uncle Maori shook the cigarette in his hand when he heard this, but pretended not to hear his daughter's reprimand, and taught Hattori Heiji in a tone of educating juniors: "Detectives must know how to adapt to improvisation! You can't force others to not cooperate with you at any time, otherwise you just let the prisoner cooperate and stand up yourself." ”

"Then you can't just sit and act!" Hattori said uncomfortably with his hands on his cheeks.

"Just sit down, you be quiet, let's just listen attentively, anyway, now we just need to lock up a suspect in Kansai first, right?" Uncle Maori said confidently.

"But......" Hattori turned his head to look at the officers who were talking almost on the other side of the restaurant, because Uncle Mori was sitting in the smoking area and was too far away, "I can't hear it at all." ”

Conan was also depressed, knowing that he would find an opportunity to stick a bug first.

"Don't worry. The old god said, "They will come over in a while." Waiter, order!" the latter sentence shouted in the direction of the counter.

Conan and Hattori Heiji glanced at the other three guests in the smoking area and smiled knowingly.

……

Shan County Gongwang wanted to ask the clerk some questions, and found that Keisuke Chiju was already communicating with the clerk, so he walked forward directly: "Keisuke, what did you ask?"

"I asked the deceased about his consumption, narrowed down the suspects in the store to three people, and asked about the orders of the three people. Keisuke Chiju said.

"Oh?" Shan Prefecture Gongwang was a little surprised, the new police officer had quietly advanced the investigation, in fact, he had come over to ask the clerk about the guests with alibi to narrow down the suspect.

Keissuke Chiju didn't care about the mood of the county princess, and glanced back at the three guests in the smoking area with the residual light of his eyes and said: "The suspect is the three middle-aged men sitting in the attraction area, they all came alone, the one against the wall, who ordered a cake and coffee before, and ordered a curry after the killing. ”

"The guest at Mr. Maori's table had just arrived not long before the incident, and had ordered mapo tofu and after-dinner fruit, but the fruit was canceled after the incident, and his mapo tofu had just been served. ”

"You know Mr. Maori, I haven't introduced you yet, have I?" said Shan Gongwang suddenly, obviously not very right.

"The Maori detective's name has long been known to the public, and our village police department admires him. Finding an excuse without the slightest flaw, Keisuke Chiju continued: "The last person who started ordering coffee and cake was also a case of salted ramen, accidentally spilled the soup, and asked for a disposable wipe. ”

"Are they the only three suspects?" said Shan Gongwang distrustfully.

"The deceased was friends who grew up together, so the target was a middle-aged man in his forties, there were a total of seven people in the entire restaurant, four of whom came with their families, ordering food or other things at the time of the crime, and there would be at least one or more people besides the family who could provide them with alibi, and the three over there did not have an alibi because the smoking area was remote. Keisuke Chiju explained disapprerovingly.

"Very well done!" Yama Gongwang happily patted Keisuke Chishou's shoulder: "Now we just need to confirm which of them is from Kansai!"

Kansai people?Keisuke Chiju raised his eyebrows, this was obviously the reasoning of the detectives......

A certain anti-detective expressed strong dissatisfaction, at this time, what do you think Kansai people are not Kansai people, just let them hand over their belongings and check them, and see who has been exposed to poisons?

But now he can't be too active, and Keisuke Qianshou had to silently follow the three suspects in Shan County Gongwang.

Gongwang of Shan County walked to the one who ordered curry first: "Hello, I am the police officer in charge of this case, surnamed Shan County, can I ask you a few questions?"

"Hello officer, my name is Lori. The guest was a little nervous and resigned.

Yama Prefecture Gongwang was a little disappointed when he heard him speak with an ordinary Tokyo accent: "May I ask where you live?"

"My house is in the area of Rice Flower Town, and it is an apartment. Seeing that Lori was a little cautious, he did not give the detailed address, but only an approximation.

"Are you a local?" said Yama County Gongwang was also cautious.

"Of course, a native of Tokyo. "You have to see that Lori has changed from nervous to confused, is this a case or a census, from the TV at this time, shouldn't you ask some people where you were at the time of the crime, do you recognize the deceased or something?

"Why do you look sweating profusely, is there anything else hidden? You can tell it, as long as you are innocent, we will never misjudge. Shan Shan Gongwang suddenly noticed that he saw that Luoli was sweating profusely.

Sumi Lori hurriedly explained: "No, no, no, it's the curry I just ate, it's too spicy." ”

Shan County Gongwang deliberately pretended not to ask the clerk: "It should have been a long time since you finished eating, why haven't you been well?"

"No, I just finished eating...... Because the foreign gentleman wouldn't let us go, and then I waited a while and got hungry......" Sumi Loley said a little embarrassed, after all, it was a strange thing to have a murder and an appetite for food.

Shan Shan Gongwang was also a little embarrassed, he felt that he had to see Luoli's words as if he was complaining that the police were too slow to handle the case, and everyone who came to eat had to eat a second meal.

"We solve the case as soon as possible. Dropping a word, Shan County Gongwang hurriedly walked to the next guest.

"I heard it all just now, so if you want to ask anything, ask as soon as possible. "The second guest that Yama County Gongwang found was the one who ordered the salt-flavored ramen, because the distance was relatively close, and he heard the conversation between Yama Prefecture Gongwang and Sumi Luoli, so he said very simply without waiting for Yama County Gongwang to speak.

"Thank you for your cooperation, so what is your name in the first place?"

"Gan Heng, my friends usually call me Forrest Gump. ”

"And where do you live?"

"Kabido's apartment complex, and I'm also a native of Tokyo, just ask that, right?"

"Uh...... That's right. The suspect who has even learned to answer questions is a little unaccustomed, and after looking at Gan Heng, Shan County Gongwang asked, "You also sweated a lot?"

"Blame the ramen I just ate, it's so spicy. Gan Heng wiped the sweat from his head and said.

Keisuke Chiju's eyebrows raised again, as if something was wrong.

Looking at Gan Heng's table again, there was something wrong.

"That's ......" But Gongwang of Shan County was still unaware, and turned around directly like the next person.

The third man had just put his mapo tofu in his mouth, and seemed to be too attentive to his surroundings until the two police officers stood at their desks and looked up at them blankly.

"I'm the police officer in charge of this murder, can I ask some questions?"

"Yes, you can, officer. The man seemed frightened, sat up straight, took out his handkerchief and sweated.

Gongwang of Shanxian thought that it was a coincidence that these people were all sweating, and asked: "You have a lot of sweat on your head, it can't be because the food is too spicy, as if you have just eaten a bite." ”

"Of course not...... It's just that I'm a person who loves to sweat. ”

Looking at the other party's obviously obese face, this explanation makes sense.

"Let's start with the name, then. ”

"My name is Sanpei Tojo. ”

"Address?"

"Rice flower town...... Uh, do you need an exact house number?"

"No, Rice Flower Town is enough, are you a local?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, you've been in Tokyo since you were born?"

"Is this survey voluntary? Why do I even have to say where I was born? Tojo Sanhei felt a little unpleasant and asked vigilantly.

Keisuke Chiju said before Yama Prefecture Gongwang spoke: "It's really voluntary, but this is to find suspects, and if you refuse to answer, then you will be directly one of the suspects for the next step of the investigation." "Of course, even if you say you'll have to be a suspect for a while, I can't tell you about this for the time being. This is the reason why Keisuke Chiju spoke before the Yama Prefecture Gongwang.

"I said I said. Tojo Sanhei was frightened and hurriedly confessed: "My family has been settled in Tokyo for less than three generations...... If the tour doesn't count. ”

"Thank you, there may be questions for you later, please continue to cooperate. Shan County Gongwang said politely, and the nunnery left.

"It doesn't look like anyone is from Kansai, and I have a headache ......," Yamaguchi complained...... I wanted to ask Keisuke Chiju's opinion again.,When I turned around, I found that the person was gone.。

Conan crept to Ganhendo's table, something he wanted to confirm.

Suddenly, a pressure was exerted on Conan's body, causing Conan's hairs to stand on end.

Turning his head stiffly, Conan saw a tall and handsome figure standing behind him, bowing his head, staring at Conan with a gloomy face.

Conan remembered this police officer, and the county police department introduced to Uncle Maori that the police officer transferred from Gunma Prefecture was newly appointed today.

There was no need to use his brilliant brain to think, and Conan knew the officer's attitude.

"Hey, are you kid going to run away!" Just as Conan decided to run away quickly, lest the officer learn the superstitions left by that person, Hattori Heiji suddenly ran over and picked up Conan: "Didn't you say that you should sit together and just listen to reason?

With that, Conan crossed a graceful parabola in the air, and in the blink of an eye, he was back in his seat. Heiji Hattori may be unexpectedly talented when he goes to play basketball.

There was a faint commotion in the originally quiet restaurant. "Throw it away!" "It's a little short, it's useless, right?" "Let's take a look, maybe it's ......"

Conan, who was already concentrating on the surrounding sounds, naturally didn't miss these discussions, and couldn't help but have black lines on his head.

The boy sitting with Xiaolan and He Ye was looking at the annoyed Conan, his lips pursed a satisfied smile, and a cute tiger tooth was exposed.

Carmel had been looking at the boy, always feeling that he had seen the boy somewhere.

"Mr. Kamel, you seem to be concerned about Sera-san?"

"Ah...... This one...... Uh, I'm sorry, I just ......" Suddenly caught the current Kamel panicked.

"Don't worry, if you care about my gender, I can tell you it's a girl!" said the boy and girl who was called Sera.

"I ...... Eh, girl?" Kamel was about to explain, when suddenly he accepted new information.

"There is another person who has been misled by Shiliangsan!" Xiaolan couldn't help but laugh.

"It turns out that it's not just me and Pingji's eyes are bad. Kazuha couldn't help but fall into the ground.

"It's really ......" Although Shiliang Zhenchun has calmly accepted the fact that his gender is ambiguous, but when people keep talking about this, he still lowered his head in frustration, and looked down at his lonely chest: "Genetically speaking, I believe they still have potential." ”

……

Keisuke Chiju glanced at the Maori family who were frolicking, and felt that he had to take action, judging from Conan's actions, even if he didn't know the truth, this kid had already touched the edge.

Keisuke Chiju walked directly to Gan Heng's table.

"Is there something wrong, Mr. Policeman?" Gan Heng's performance was much more stable than just now, the sweat on his head had disappeared, and he looked at Keisuke Chiju with fearless eyes.

"Can I please let me check your belongings?" said Keisuke Chiju.

Gan Heng stood up suddenly: "What do you mean?

"Please let me check your belongings. "It's still this sentence, and even the 'can it' has been removed.

"Do you have any evidence that you think I'm a murderer?" Gan Heng's voice grew louder and louder, as if this would embolden him.

Because of Ganheng, not only the police officers in the restaurant, but also most of the customers are watching here.

Keisuke Chiju felt a little helpless after noticing this, and he had to make it clear if he wanted to arrest someone...... It's troublesome.

Smack! Keisuke Chiju slapped the table to seize the momentum.

Keisuke Chiju now looks close to 1.9 meters, much taller than Gan Heng, and can easily keep one hand pressed on the table to look at the other person.

Leaning over the table, Keisuke Chiju stared at the other party's face: "When you answered the question just now, did you still think about how these policemen were so easy to deceive, eat ramen and say that they were so spicy that they sweated...... Such thoughts?"

"What...... What do you mean......" Gan Heng subconsciously retreated.

"You're eating salty ramen, which is salty here in Tokyo. Keisuke Chiju raised his voice: "You 'spicy' fart, you fake Tokyo!"

"Hey, Kansai imp over there. Keisuke Chiju looked at Hattori Heiji: "Is this what you Kansai said?"

"Eh, shouldn't a lot of salt be spicy?" asked Hattori Heiji with a blank face, and although he didn't answer positively, he had already provided an answer.

"So, please take out your belongings for inspection, Mr. Kansai who lied~" Keisuke Chiju didn't answer Hattori's question, and looked at Gan Heng with a kind smile.

No, that's the winner's smile.