Chapter 31: A Perfect Alibi
"You're Seii Shinichi?" Suddenly, a strange man appeared behind Shijing Xuanichi, took out a document and said, "I'm Saitama Prefecture police officer Yokozo, and I want to ask you a few questions about the case of Mr. Tomo Imatake." ”
Hearing that there was a case, Conan suddenly came to his senses and was ready to solve the case at any time. Narumi Kiyotaka glanced at the camera in Shijing Xuan's hand, and he had almost sorted out the other party's methods.
Sei Nonichi asked, "May I ask what happened to him?" ”
Officer Henggou said: "He was killed, and he was in the hotel room where the two of you were staying!" ”
Except for Narumi Kiyotaka, everyone was shocked.
As soon as the scene turned, everyone followed Officer Henggou to the hotel where the deceased lived. When I walked into the room where the crime occurred, I saw that there was a mess inside, and the body of a man was lying on the ground. "The deceased, Tomoshi Imatake, was shot in the head and died, and according to the tenants on the same floor, he heard the gunshot at about 8:02, and then immediately a man snatched the door out of the room. ”
Officer Henggou turned to look at a bald man in the room and confirmed, "Is that what you see?" ”
The man nodded and said, "Yes, the live broadcast of the festival happened to be broadcast on TV at that time. ”
Officer Henggou turned around and was about to continue the investigation, when he suddenly found Conan squatting next to the corpse, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, "Whose child, why is it here?" ”
Narumi Kiyotaka stepped forward and picked up Conan, "I'm sorry, this little ghost used to investigate cases with me before." ”
"Investigating the case?" Officer Henggou looked at Narumi Qinglong, he felt familiar just now, and then he finally remembered, "Could it be that you are the same Mr. Narumi Qinglong who has helped the Metropolitan Police Department solve many cases one after another recently?" ”
Narumi Kiyotaka smiled lightly and said, "It's just a coincidence." ”
Officer Henggou looked impressed, "I have read all the detailed processes of your case solving from the newspaper, it is really amazing!" Since you're here, please help take a look at it and give us some advice on the search by the way! ”
Narumi Kiyotaka nodded, looked at the body, and was shot in the head. There was some kind of powder left in the corner of the corpse's mouth, and Narumi Kiyotaka looked at it carefully and quickly recognized what it was. Looking at the whole room again, the deceased's clothes and luggage had been turned over, and the wallet and other things were gone.
"How? Mr. Narumi? Did you find anything? Officer Yokogou asked.
Narumi Kiyotaka said: "At first glance, it looks like a burglary, but this should just be a deliberate disguise by the murderer." There was tooth powder left in the corner of the deceased's mouth, did you find anything like a toothbrush before? ”
The police officer in charge of collecting evidence hurriedly took out an evidence bag, only to see that there was indeed a toothbrush inside, "Yes, it was found next to the deceased." ”
Narumi Kiyotaka said: "That's right, it means that the deceased was brushing his teeth before he was killed." Then the problem arises, if the murderer robs first and then kills, it is impossible for the deceased who is brushing his teeth not to notice it, and let the murderer turn the room like this. On the other hand, if the murderer had killed first, the gunfire would have already alarmed the nearby tenants, and there would be no time for him to rummage around. ”
When Officer Henggou heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, "That's right, so the murderer is not a burglary at all, it's more like being killed by an acquaintance, even if the room is messed up in advance, the deceased won't care too much." Mr. Seii, you are a friend of Mr. Imatake, and you happen to be living in the same room as him, so we have reason to suspect that you killed Mr. Imatake. ”
"What are you kidding?" Sei said calmly: "After the gunshot, wasn't the time when the man rushed out of the room around 8 o'clock?" I wasn't at the hotel at all, because I had been at the festival since 8 o'clock. ”
Seeing that Officer Yokogou didn't believe it, Sei took out his camera and said, "I also took a lot of photos at the scene, if you don't believe it, you can take the negatives to wash, these photos will definitely prove my innocence." ”
Officer Henggou immediately ordered someone to take the photo to be developed, and an hour later, the photo was developed, and everyone checked the photos, a total of seven, and it seemed that they were indeed taken at the festival site.
Officer Henggou asked, "How do these photos prove your innocence?" ”
Xiaolan pointed to one of them and said, "I took this photo for him, and there is Conan's balloon next to it, and we happened to meet Mr. Sei when the word [one] was ignited." ”
Officer Henggou said: "It was already 8:40 when the word [one] was ignited, and the time of the crime was around 8 o'clock, if you drive over, it should be enough to arrive within 40 minutes." ”
Shijing Xuanyi pointed to the other two photos, and said unhurriedly: "In addition to the word [one], I also photographed the other two words, the word [day] is lit at 8 o'clock, and the word [down] is ignited at 8:20, and after lighting the next word for 2 to 3 minutes, the previous word will burn out, that is, the burning time of each word will not exceed 25 minutes at most." It's a long way from the festival site, so it's impossible to get there in 25 minutes by car. These photos should be enough to prove that I was at the scene at the time and had no time to kill. ”
Officer Henggou did not give up and said: "But these photos are hard to guarantee that you have not tampered with them, if you are familiar with photography skills, you may be able to use tricks such as repeated exposure to fake the real scene!" ”
Shijing Xuanyi shrugged his shoulders and said, "Please, I just handed over the entire camera to you, and it was a disposable camera, how could it be possible?" ”
Officer Henggou looked at the police officer in charge of the flushing, and the other party hurriedly said: "We have checked before the flushing, and there are no traces of hands and feet on the camera or negative." ”
Shijing Xuanyi said proudly: "Look, I'll just say that there can't be a problem with the photo." ”
"Mr. Shijing, you seem to be very happy, why aren't you sad at all when your friend died?" Narumi Kiyotaka suddenly interrupted.
Shijing Xuanyi was choked up for a moment, and his face was a little unnatural: "Of course I'm sad, but it's useless to be sad now, the police haven't caught the murderer until now, but will only frame me here." ”
"Is it really just a frame-up?" Narumi Kiyotaka said with a smile.
Shijing Xuanyi's heart tightened, but he still didn't change his face and said: "Doesn't the photo already prove my innocence?" ”
Narumi Kiyotaka stretched out his index finger and shook it, "It's hard to say!" ”
Officer Henggou hurriedly asked, "Mr. Narumi, have you found anything?" ”
Narumi Kiyotaka pointed to the photo with the word "Heaven" on it, "Look at the wrist on this photo, Mr. Seii, could you please show your right wrist now?" ”
Shijing Xuanyi suddenly had a bad premonition, but under the pressure of Officer Henggou, he still had to do it.
Officer Henggou picked up the photo and put it next to his wrist to carefully compare it, and soon noticed the difference, "I see!" You should normally wear something like a watch, plus your skin is so tanned that once you take it off, you will have noticeable sunburn marks on your wrists.
Obviously it was taken with the same camera, and this photo taken by Miss Maori for you has similar traces on it, but there is no such thing as the word "day" in this photo, and the only explanation is that it was not taken on the same day at all, in fact, this was a year ago, and your so-called alibi is not valid at all. Falsifying evidence for no reason, is there anything else you would like to say? Mr. Seii Shinichi? ”