Chapter 1705: The Writer's Investigation

On the afternoon of Monday, April 24th, at the apartment of freelance writer Masato Sugimori.

When I was about to listen to the message, there was a truck passing by outside, and the noise was huge, so I had to wait for it to pass, and I waited for as much as two minutes.

The first message was at 11:25 a.m., and it was from a woman named Qinghua. It was an apology call, because Masato Sugimori refused to take her back to the apartment, so he thought Masato Suginmori had other women, so After drinking too much, he had a big fight with Sugimori Masato.

The background sound is "Whole Heart TV" broadcast on Nikmai TV at 11:00 noon, which mentioned hay fever.

The second message was at 11:27 am, and it was from a man named Higaki. It was a phone call from a door-to-door visit. He said he was on his way to the door, but since Masato Sugimori was away, he stopped coming. Sorry about the car.

The background sound is the in-car announcement of the tram, which happened to mention Okuho Station, but the announcement for getting off the train was a bit shorter.

The time of the third message was 11:29 a.m. A man named Inaba, who said he was from Xingrongkan, urged Masato Sugimori to write.

The background sound is that Inaba and his editor-in-chief are talking about going to the Toto Gymnasium to watch the night game.

The fourth message was at 11:30 a.m., and it was from Mrs. Xiao Lin. She hesitated for a long time and didn't say what it was, but said that she would wait until the next visit.

Yuan Tai lost her voice: "Ah, could it be that Mr. Xiao Lin is the murderer?"

Ayumi retorted, "Impossible."

Mitsuhiko said: "That's right, Yuantai, don't talk nonsense."

Haibara said: "If the teacher was a criminal, he would have forcibly entered the room to get close to the body when he found the body. In this way, even if the police find her hair or fingerprints when they investigate the scene afterwards, they can have an excuse."

Conan whispered with itchy teeth, "Hey, you should restrain yourself a little bit."

"Oh, I'm sorry." Huiyuan said he was embarrassed, but he didn't say or do anything embarrassing at all.

The Mumu Police Department asked: "Mr. Kobayashi, I would like to ask, what is the thing you want to ask in the message?"

Mr. Kobayashi said, "It's about the children being interviewed."

Megure Police Department asked: "So, the time you left a message is 11:30 am?"

"It should be. At that time, I heard the bell for the fourth class." Teacher Xiaolin said, "Well, after the third class, I called Mr. Shansen at 11:22 and said that he would accept an interview. I suddenly thought of something and made another call, but it was already a recording call."

The Megure Police Department said: "Then, the incident occurred between 11:22 and 11:30 this morning."

Officer Takagi said: "According to the teacher's testimony, if the time of these phone messages is correct, it should be between 22 minutes and 25 minutes when the first message was recorded, which is three minutes."

Mumu Police Department said: "Three minutes, the action is really fast."

Mr. Kobayashi said: "In this way, when I called Mr. Shansen to express his willingness to be interviewed, he said that there are guests coming soon."

Mu Mu's police department cheered up, "Do you know who it is?"

Teacher Xiao Lin shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Officer Takagi said: "Police, call the other people in the message, maybe they know."

The Mumu Police Department said: "Okay, you can call and confirm the address by the way, so that you can send a car to pick them up to assist in the investigation."

According to the phone number in the investigation address book, the first person to leave a message was Pengtian Qinghua.

Officer Takagi called and learned that she was watching TV in her apartment, an hour away.

The second person who left a message was Toshino Higaki,

He said that he was on the tram on the Toto Ring Line at the time, and he approached Masato Sugimori in order to borrow his Ferrari sports car to drive.

The last time Higaki Toshiro borrowed Masato Sugimori's Ferrari to drive, he accidentally rubbed against a utility pole, causing a small scratch on the bumper. Masato Sugimori was furious and called the police.

So this time I had no choice but to come and ask.

Officer Takagi asked, and he was also nearly an hour away from here.

The third person who left a message was Atsushi Inaba, but he was not at Xingrongkan, and the editor-in-chief surnamed Lin answered the phone.

Police officer Takagi asked, and Atsushi Inaba was not at Xingeikan at around 11:30 am.

At this time, Editor-in-Chief Lin talked with someone about going to the Dongdu Gymnasium to compete at night.

Editor-in-Chief Lin said that his eyes were not congested, he must have caught a cold because of being too tired, and he would recover after a night of sleep, so he could go to the game tonight

Then Editor-in-Chief Lin gave the phone to Atsushi Inaba, who had just returned to Xingrongkan.

Officer Takagi asked him to wait at the Xingrong Pavilion after reporting his identity, and then hung up the phone, and the Xingrong Pavilion was nearly an hour away from here.

The background sound of the third message was confirmed, and police officers Megure and Takagi called to confirm the background sound of the first and second messages respectively.

The Megure Police Department called home and confirmed from his wife that the "Whole Heart TV" program on Nikmai TV, which started broadcasting at 11:00 noon, did mention hay fever at 11:25.

Police officer Takagi called the station and found that the short sentence when getting off the bus was because the car that made the announcement had hay fever, and the person who replaced him also had hay fever today. At 11:27 in the morning, he sneezed before finishing his sentence up.

Megure police department said: "In this case, the three people have alibi."

"Then I'll bring someone to pick them up." Police Officer Takagi said.

"No, there is only one person who needs to be received here." Conan said, "After the prisoner killed Mr. Shansen, he deliberately left a message on the phone to create an alibi, so after Police Officer Takagi called the three It should be clear that whoever leaves a suspicious message and whose message is not suspicious, the hint is hay fever."

"cough."

Prompted by Haibara, Conan looked back and saw Mr. Kobayashi looking at him, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat. He realized that it was indeed a little too much, so he immediately arranged to whisper to everyone.

Haibara was a little speechless, he was completely pretending that Mr. Kobayashi was an idiot, but there was no better way.

After being reminded by Police Department Megure and Officer Takagi, they found that the four people's messages seemed to be related to hay fever.

At 11:25 in the morning, in the message of Haruka Futata, the background sound was the report of hay fever being broadcast on TV.

In Toshino Higaki's message at 11:27 a.m., there was an in-car announcement on the Toto Loop Line that was different from usual, and the reason was sneezing due to hay fever.

In Atsushi Inaba’s message at 11:29 am, the background sound was him asking someone else’s time, and at 11:28 am, the editor-in-chief who answered the question also had hay fever.

In the message of Teacher Kobayashi at 11:30 in the morning, she is also a hay fever sufferer.

At this time, Yuantai and Mitsuhiko started arguing over the timing of the inner and outer rings of the Dongdu Ring Line.

Police Department Megure and Officer Takagi suddenly realized that it would take 30 minutes from here to that Okuho Station, whether it was the inner ring or the outer ring.

And because there are few sentences in the broadcast, it is impossible for Toshino Higaki to record and play the message in advance, that is to say, Toshino Higaki was indeed at Okuho Station at that time, so it is impossible to come to commit the crime.

Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi once again asked questions about the recording of TV programs.

It is to use the TV in the room, press the message button after the murder, and make a call with the sound of the TV as the background sound, which sounds like a call from another place.

At this time, the sound of the truck sounded again.

"Ah, wait a minute," Police Officer Takagi checked the timetable on the Internet with his mobile phone, "At about 11:24 in the morning, there is also a tram passing here. There should be the sound of a tram."

The Mumu Police Department thought about it: "Well, according to the testimony of Mr. Kobayashi, the time of the crime was within three minutes between 11:22 and 25 in the morning."

"If it's the front foot killing someone, then press the message button to record and leave." Officer Takagi said, "It's impossible not to record the sound of the truck passing by in the message."

"Now there is no sound of railway vehicles in the message, which means that the place where the message is left is still some distance away from here." Megure Police Department said, "A few minutes is definitely not enough, so Miss Qinghua can't commit the crime."

Police Officer Takagi said with a smile: "Then, Mr. Inaba is the only one left."...

About two hours later, Atsushi Inaba arrived, wearing a worn motorcycle suit, but the gloves were new.

The Mumu Police Department played a message, "Are you really here at that time? I have already spoken to Editor-in-Chief Lin, and he said you were not there at noon."

"He just doesn't remember, there are a lot of us there," Inaba said.

Mitsuhiko came on the stage, complaining in his heart that this should be played by Yuan Tai, while pretending to have a stomachache, reminding him of the expiration date, which is overdue for one year.

Officer Takagi realized that the tape recorded a year ago was recorded into the phone as a message a year later, that is, after the murder, to create an alibi.

Ayumi asked: "Teacher, when hay fever occurs, you generally don't want to go out?"

"Yes." Teacher Xiaolin replied.

Yuan Tai said: "Speaking of which, the editor-in-chief also has hay fever."

"Oh, he's been nagging about having a cold all day," Inaba said.

Megure Police Department said: "If you have a cold, you will not go to the Toto Gymnasium to watch the night game."

Atsushi Inaba said: "The editor-in-chief is a die-hard fan, even if he has a cold, he will go."

Officer Takagi said: "That's because it rained early this morning a year ago, so there wasn't much pollen in the air."

"There is no such thing at all. If you want to say that I did it, please show evidence," Atsushi Inaba asked, "What evidence is there that I did it?"

Conan asked: "Brother, are you buying these gloves new?"

Police officer Takagi came to his senses, "By the way, because the gloves he usually used were worn when committing the crime, and he bought a new pair after finding blood stains on the gloves."

Atsushi Inaba's face changed, and he turned blue with shock.

"Then, please let us check your motorcycle and test the blood reaction in all the places you may come into contact with," Megure Police Department said, "The first is the handrail of your motorcycle."

Atsushi Inaba's face became even uglier, pale with fright.

Inaba Atsushi's appearance is tantamount to self-reporting. He entered Sugimori Masato's house, and the prisoner who killed Suginmori Masato was him Inaba Atsushi. ...