Chapter 10: The Night Sacrifice Killings
Just as Xiaolan was taking pictures of this person, a breeze blew, causing the balloon in Conan's hand to float into the camera.
"Huh! Sorry, but a balloon just floated in. "It's okay! Actually, I'm going to festivals around for the next work. ”
"These photos are important information for collecting local customs!" He casually said things that had nothing to do with Xiaolan.
"It turns out that you are a writer, and seeing that your skin is tanned, I thought you were some kind of athlete!"
He chuckled: "This is a tanning from interviews everywhere, and I often go abroad because of my work." Then he took a book out of his bosom and handed it to Xiaolan.
"By the way, you can check this out if you have time." "Shikai Shinichi?" "Actually, I used to write under the pseudonym Kyoshu Imai."
"I'll know if Imai counts, I read a lot of his books when I was in junior high school!"
"But I remember, it should have been the pen name of Tomo Itake when he first debuted, right?" As a well-known novelist now, Kogoro still knows about these news in the industry, so he asked directly.
"Ah, I wrote those with Tomo Imatake." "Wow, I wrote it with Imatake Tomo!"
"Actually, he and I have been friends for many years, and today in order to celebrate that he won the Naomoto award, we also agreed to have a good drink together!"
"Whew, it's hot." As he spoke, he opened the sides of his coat. "By the way, the scenery here is still very good, can you please take a few more pictures for me?" "Okay."
Then, after taking a few more photos, several people walked behind Shitsui Shinichi. "You're Mr. Shinichi Yotsui, aren't you!?"
"Well, what's the matter?" Several people looked at the man who spoke suspiciously. "I'm a police officer from Saitama Prefecture, and my surname is Yokozo, and I have something to ask you about the case of Tomo Imatake."
"Did something happen to him?" "Not long ago, we received a call from the innkeeper where you live that Imatake was killed in his room." "What!?"
Soon the group rushed to the hotel where Shitsui Shinichi and Imatake Tomoku were staying, and several people walked into the room where they were staying.
"The murder weapon was a pistol, and the time of the crime was 8:2 or 3 minutes, right?" As he spoke, Officer Henggou looked at the innkeeper.
"That's right! At that time, the beginning of the festival was being broadcast on television. "Well, the bullet went straight into the skull from the middle of the eyebrows, and it seems that the murderer is very calm."
"Alas! Who are you!? Officer Yokogou looked at Kogoro who walked in front of the deceased with a little displeasure. Ah, I'm a detective. ”
Before he could finish speaking, Officer Yokogou just remembered something, and he pointed at Kogoro excitedly. "If I'm not mistaken, you're the Detective Kogoro Mori!"
"yes, yes." After getting Kogoro's confirmation, he immediately walked over and grabbed Kogoro's hand and held it tightly.
"Ah, you've solved a lot of difficult cases! I often read your reasoning in the newspapers, and you are amazing! ”
"Okay, please continue, this time I will ask you to help us reason as a reference for us to solve the case."
Listening to Officer Yokogou's words, Shitsui Xuanichi remembered Kogoro's identity, and his face changed slightly, but he was relieved after seeing the camera in his hand.
In the corner of his eye, seeing the slight increase in the corners of Shitsui Xuanyi's mouth, Kogoro was basically sure that the prisoner was him, and the next thing was the evidence.
He crouched down at the same time as Conan, and at a glance noticed the white foam at the corner of the deceased's mouth. "What is this?" "It's toothpaste foam!"
After confirming that it was indeed toothpaste foam, the eyes of both of them scanned back and forth around the corpse at the same time.
Then I found a toothbrush that had fallen on the ground not far away. "It looks like he was shot while brushing his teeth, and the position is ......"
His gaze suddenly stayed on Shikai Shinichi's body. "Uh, why are you all looking at me!? It won't be suspicious of me! ”
"Of course, isn't it normal for you to be listed as a suspect as a fellow living here?" Officer Henggou stared at him closely, as if trying to see something.
"But the time when Imatake was killed was around eight o'clock, right? I was already at the festival, wasn't I, Mr. Mori!? ”
"We did meet at the festival, but the time we met was already the time to ignite the word."
"Well, the word was lit at 8:40. In that case, you can commit a crime and then go to the festival. Officer Yokomizo reasoned from Kogoro's words.
"Anyway, I've already been to the festival, if you don't believe me, you can check the photos in my camera."
"That's it! You immediately go and develop the photo. "Yes!" At the order of Officer Henggou, one of the officers immediately went to develop the photo.
After a while, the officer was back with this quick-processing photo. Several people immediately surrounded them, looking for the evidence they needed.
"Hey, here's a picture I took! Conan's balloon has even come in! Xiaolan didn't seem to notice the chuckle of the atmosphere at this time, but no one cared at all.
"This, how could it be!?" Officer Henggou picked up a photo in surprise. It was a photo of Shikai Shinichi with the following characters in the background.
"What's wrong, Officer Yokogou!?" Kogoro walked to his side and also saw the photo in his hand.
"The next word was lit at 8:25, so he wouldn't have time to run back and forth in two places."
"Of course, I said I wouldn't be a prisoner!" Shikai Xuanyi suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and looked at a few people with a chuckle.
"However, it is also possible that this photo was post-processed, as long as you are familiar with this aspect, you can do it."
"Eh! What are you talking about, officer, I just handed you the camera to be developed, don't you know if you have done anything or not!? ”
"You went to develop the photo just now, how about it, is there any problem?" "There is no problem with the report, whether it is the camera or the photos."
Officer Henggou's face suddenly became ugly, and Shijing Xuanyi suddenly looked at him with a mocking face.
"Please don't waste your time on this kind of thing, please work hard to find out the culprit who killed my good friend Imatake, officer!"
Kogoro's brow furrowed tightly, apparently stumped by Shitsui's alibi, he walked back to the table again, flipping through the photos.
He compares all the photos one by one, trying to find what he needs. Soon, the evidence was in front of him.