Metropolitan Police Department, interrogation room.

Including Conan and Kogoro, the Maori family followed Lin Shinichi.

Because Maori Kogoro has a big deal:

The guy he was following, named Masaki Negishi, happened to be the deceased in this case.

Kogoro Mori followed Masaki Negishi for three days on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.

And on Thursday evening, Negishi Masaki's body was found in a bonfire in Akaki Village, Gunma Prefecture.

When he was found, he had been burned beyond recognition.

However, the police in Gunma Prefecture quickly locked down the identity of the deceased from the deceased's personal belongings and identity documents left near the scene.

"Brother Maori, are you sure you're spying on Mr. Negishi from Monday to Wednesday?"

The Twilight Police Department asked in a solemn tone.

"That's right, I've been following Mr. Negishi for the past three days."

"That's something I can prove by the photos I took while tracking."

Kogoro Mori replied very seriously.

He also realized what his testimony meant:

The body was found on Thursday, and he was following Masaki Negishi until Wednesday.

His testimony is upheld, meaning that the time of death of the deceased will be determined after Wednesday night.

"Mr. Yutaka Abe, are you really traveling on Kyushu Island from Wednesday to Friday?"

The Twilight Police Department turned his head and looked solemnly at a middle-aged man in a suit trench coat and gold-rimmed glasses, looking down at his watch.

His name is Yutaka Abe, a friend of the deceased Negishi Masaki, and he also boldly took out 500,000 a few days ago and entrusted Kogoro to track down the deceased's big boss.

And most importantly, after investigation, the police also found that Mr. Yutaka Abe had bought a huge amount of insurance for the deceased with a compensation of up to 500 million yen before the deceased's death.

The deceased has now been killed, and Abe will soon be able to get the 500 million in compensation.

In line with the principle of benefiting the most and being the most suspicious, this Mr. Abe Yutaka has undoubtedly become the biggest doubter in the eyes of everyone.

Even Mori Kogoro and the Twilight Police Department, who always play the "elimination method" among the suspects, firmly suspect that Yutaka Abe is the murderer at this moment.

But here's the problem...

This Mr. Yutaka Abe now has an iron-clad alibi:

"Didn't I already say it, I went with me on Wednesday morning and took a plane trip to Kyushu."

"I didn't return to Tokyo from Kyushu until Friday afternoon."

"This is a group trip for our company, and as the president of the company, I have been accompanied by members throughout the three days, so I can't fake it at all."

Yutaka Abe calmly said his proof of abnormality.

Then, without flinching, he met the gaze of the Twilight Police Department, and asked with a sneer:

"Mr. Mori followed Negishi until Wednesday night, indicating that Negishi was alive until Wednesday night."

"And I was already on a plane on Wednesday morning and came back on Friday—"

"Just think about it, I can't kill people at all, right?"

"You—" The Twilight Police Department was choked speechless.

He could only stubbornly ask:

"Then why are you giving Mr. Negishi a huge insurance policy of 500 million yen? Isn't that suspicious? ”

"Don't guess."

"I've been friends with Masaki Negishi for many years, and this is just a private bet I made with him."

"At that time, we were drinking together, and he told me..."

"We're all 42 years old, we're all old, do you want to bet on who dies first?"

"I agreed to the bet and then insured each other."

Abe Yutaka squinted his eyes and spoke with a hint of a nonchalant smile:

"If you don't believe me, you can look it up-"

"Negishi also gave me insurance for 500 million compensation, and the beneficiary is him."

The reason is strange, but it justifies itself.

The Twilight Police Department was speechless for a while, so he had to continue to ask:

"Then why did you entrust a detective to track down Mr. Negishi?"

"It's simple."

Yutaka Abe's expression is always flawless:

"Because the other day, Negishi told me that he seems to be targeted by some bad guy."

"I didn't feel at ease, so I entrusted the detective to secretly track and protect him."

"I didn't expect that, alas... He was still dead. ”

He said this kind of sigh for his deceased friend, but his face was full of insincere smirks.

This kind of fake smile makes people feel chills in their hearts, and almost everyone can perceive the insidiousness and viciousness of this man.

"So, are there any other questions?"

Yutaka Abe raised his right hand and looked at the mechanical watch in his hand again:

"If there's no problem, I'll go first."

"I'm only the president of a small company, but I'm very busy."

There was silence in the interrogation room.

Everyone thinks that Abe Yutaka is the murderer, and Abe himself doesn't seem to want to hide it.

But no one can debunk his alibi, find evidence against him, and prevent him from leaving.

"Goodbye, everyone."

"You must help catch the murderer of Negishi!"

Abe Yutaka picked up his coat and pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, sneering and saying to the investigators present.

"Wait!"

Lin Xinyi, who had been listening silently, stood up.

He didn't pay attention to the arrogant Abe Yutaka either, but just turned to the Twilight Police Department and asked:

"The Twilight Police Department, the Metropolitan Police Department asks the public to 'assist in the investigation', how long can it take."

"Uh... Up to 24 hours. ”

"Then lock him up for 24 hours!"

Lin Xinyi said categorically:

"After 24 hours, if there is still no evidence, let the person go."

"You?!" Yutaka Abe's expression finally changed slightly.

He glared at Lin Xinyi coldly, and his tone was a little resentful:

"'For no reason', forcibly detain citizens to cooperate with the investigation, I will file a complaint afterwards!"

"Huh."

Lin Xinyi returned Abe Feng with a sneer very disdainfully:

"If you complain, you will complain, anyway, I am a temporary worker."

Yutaka Abe: "......"

"I've taken this responsibility—"

"What are you doing in a daze, detain this bastard for me!"

Lin Shinichi waved his hand, ignoring Abe Feng's resentful gaze, and directly gave orders to the policemen.

The police officers rushed up after being slightly stunned, but Abe Yutaka opened the policeman's hand very arrogantly, and said in a non-angry tone:

"If I don't leave, I won't leave, so what if I stay here for 24 hours?"

"However, since the public is asked to 'cooperate with the investigation', you can't forcibly lock people up in the interrogation room, right?"

"I'm going to the lounge and I'm going to get dinner and drinks and newspapers and books for me."

It's like treating the Metropolitan Police Department as his home, and Abe Yutaka asks for it, which is not polite at all.

The policemen, including the Twilight Police Department, were all trembling with anger:

Obviously, the bastard didn't take them seriously at all.

"Let's go!"

The police officers swallowed their anger and sent Abe Yutaka to the lounge to watch, and they all held back their strength in their hearts, wanting to frustrate the arrogance of this murderer.

But their anger doesn't change reality.

After Abe left, the atmosphere in the interrogation room was still very solemn.

"Brother Lin, 24 hours, can you really find any useful evidence?"

"Apart from the deceased's identity documents, the Gunma Prefectural Police did not find any useful evidence at the scene."

"Now Yutaka Abe has such a perfect alibi... Even if he is suspected of murder and defrauding the bail, we can't accuse him of murder! ”

The Twilight Police Department said worriedly.

"This..."Lin Xinyi was a little helpless:

The scene investigation was done by the police in Gunma Prefecture... Who knows what the level of the Gunma Prefectural Police is.

In case the investigation ability of the Ma County Police is also as good as that of the Metropolitan Police Department, the sentence "no useful evidence was found at the scene" has to be drawn with a big question mark.

In this case, if he really can't find evidence, he probably has to personally lead a team to Gunma Prefecture to conduct an on-site reinvestigation.

To solve a case, you must first determine the reliability of your teammates' reports...

What a hassle...

Lin Xin had a headache for a while.

And his good student Mao Lilan couldn't wait to raise a question:

"Did the deceased really die after Wednesday night?"

"Mr. Lin Xinyi taught me... There should be many ways to determine the time of death directly from the corpse, right? ”

"If the true time of the deceased's death can be confirmed, it was actually on Wednesday morning, before Toyoshi Abe left Tokyo, then wouldn't Yutaka Abe's alibi become invalid?"

"That's true..."

The Twilight Police Department sighed and replied:

"But the coroner of the Gunma Prefectural Police said the body was so charred that they had no way of telling when it died."

"So, now we can only rely on the testimony of the Maori brother to speculate on the time of the deceased's death."

"That's right—" Maolilan sighed with some disappointment:

Indeed, if you think about it carefully, what Lin Xinyi taught her, the conventional methods of using corpse spots, corpse stiffness, and corpse temperature to judge the time of death...

On a charred corpse, it is not useful at all.

In this way, everyone can only confirm that the deceased died after Wednesday night based on the photos taken by Kogoro when he was tracking.

And Yutaka Abe left Tokyo on Wednesday morning and flew to Kyushu Island.

"Is he really not a murderer?"

The Twilight Police Department couldn't help but have self-doubt.

"Don't be in a hurry to give up your suspicions."

Lin Xinyi suddenly asked:

"Where is the body of the deceased, still in Gunma Prefecture?"

"No, it's already been handed over to the Metropolitan Police Department."

"Has it been autopsied?"

"No, the Gunma Prefectural Police didn't have a forensic doctor, so they were sent to Tokyo for us to take over."

"That's good." Lin Xin stood up suddenly, his expression extremely serious.

"Mr. Lin Xinyi..."

A hint of anticipation flashed in Mao Lilan's eyes:

"Can you tell the time of death from a charred corpse?"

"Not necessarily, it depends on luck."

Lin Xinyi replied very calmly.

Judging the true time of death from the corpse that was incinerated after death has always been a problem in the industry.

He didn't dare to pack the ticket, saying that he would be able to do it.

But since there was still a glimmer of hope, he had to give it a try:

"Pack up all the equipment you've never used in the autopsy—"

"Prepare for dissection!"