Chapter 2053: The Incident of the Lost Dog

April 20th, Sunday, morning, Park, Conan's memories, his junior high school days, Sunday.

Akimoto Hikichi told Kudo Shinichi about him. He works in the back office of Toto Trading Co., Ltd. and took two days off last week. On Thursday and Friday, he planned to go to Kamakura to visit his relative's grandmother.

When Qiu Benguang was a child, he was often taken care of by that old grandmother. This time, it was said that the old grandmother was not feeling well and did not want to go to the hospital for treatment. Qiu Benguang wanted to see her, so he took her to the hospital.

In this way, from Saturday to Sunday, there are a total of four days to spend with the elderly.

However, after Akimoto Hikaru got off work three nights a week, he drank with a few friends until dawn until he was completely drunk.

On the way home, I passed through this park and walked along the wall. For some reason, I fell dizzy and suddenly fell asleep in the shade of a tree behind a nearby flower bed, and fell asleep on the grass.

As a result, Akimoto Koichi caught a bad cold and was admitted to the hospital by himself, so he canceled his original plan to go to the grandmother's house.

Kudo Shinichi asked, "So why did the police come to you?"

Akimoto Koichi said melancholy: "The old lady was killed in her own house in Kamakura, and the two million yen in the drawer was also robbed at the same time."

"So that's how it is," Kudo Shinichi said, "The time of the incident is what you're inquiring about now, between ten and eleven o'clock in the morning last Thursday."

"Yes," Akimoto Koichi said with a wry smile, "the police believe that the acquaintance of the incident is more likely to commit the crime, and the purpose is the two million yen."

Kudo Shin nodded and said: "That's right, usually only people who know that the old lady has two million yen in her place will commit crimes."

Akimoto Koichi said helplessly: "And this acquaintance is the one who called me and said that I will pass."

Kudo Shinichi said: "But having said that, it cannot be ruled out that this incident was an accident. It was a thief looking for money, and it turned into a robber killing."

Akimoto Hikaru sighed: "The premise is that I can find an alibi to prove that I was here at the time."

Kudo Shinichi asked, "Didn't you go to the hospital?"

Akimoto Koichi smiled bitterly and said, "It's not that I woke up and found out that my cold was so severe that I had to go to the hospital. I went back to the apartment to take a shower, and then I slept again, and then I found out that I was not right. I had a fever and a cold. I just went to the hospital, and it was already afternoon."

Kudo Shinichi analyzed: "You drink with people until Thursday morning, that is to say, you have an alibi until Thursday morning."

"It's only an hour from here to Kamakura. The police suspect that you went to Kamakura later, so you can commit crimes between ten and eleven in the morning."

"After that, when you come back from Kamakura and then go to the hospital, the time is almost the same."

"And you happened to be alone during this time, especially when the crime happened, you were sleeping here."

Akimoto Koichi said in distress: "It's true, but I can't find anyone who can help me prove that I was here when the crime happened."

Kudo Shinichi asked: "By the way, have you told the police about your situation?"

"Of course I said it," Akimoto Koichi said with a sigh, "But when I recorded the statement for the first time, I made a mistake, and it turned out that I was in the apartment at the time."

"Maybe it was the reason why I was so confused at the time. After all, the object of the bad news was the old grandma who used to play with me when I was young, and it happened to be the day I planned to visit her. I was stunned."

"Later, the police came to search the house to see if the two million yen was in my apartment, but they couldn't find the money, but they found that I was not in the apartment at the time."

"I suddenly remembered it at that time, so I changed my statement in a hurry, and said again that I was in the park."

Kudo Shinichi laughed and said: "As a result, because of this, the police have a worse impression of you.

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"Yes." Akimoto Koichi sighed.

Kudo Shinichi asked, "How did the police know that you were not in the apartment?"

Akimoto Koichi smiled wryly: "The administrator said that he didn't see that I went back in the morning."

Shinichi Kudo wondered, "Then when you came back from the park, it was around eleven o'clock in the morning? At that time, the administrator should be able to testify for you."

"But at that time, he didn't see me go back." Qiu Benguang smiled bitterly, "When he saw me, it was in the afternoon, and I called him to help me and take me to the hospital."

Kudo Shinichi thought about it: "Ah, in this case, the administrator can't prove that you were not in the apartment at that time, and he didn't see when you returned to the apartment."

"That is to say," Akimoto Koichi said with a wry smile, "so the police didn't arrest me immediately because of insufficient evidence, they just followed me."

"So that's how it is," Kudo Shinichi suddenly said, "That's why Mr. Akimoto came here to find an alibi and prove his innocence."

"Does this still need to be said?" Akimoto Koichi said angrily.

"I understand," Kudo Shinichi said. "First and foremost, the time to look for witnesses should not be on Sundays, but on weekdays."

"During this period of time on weekdays, there will be many people walking or jogging in this kind of big park. It would be best if it was on the same Thursday as the day of the incident."

Akimoto Koichi said: "I know what you said, but I'm afraid I don't have time."

Kudo Shinichi asked in surprise, "What do you mean?"

Koichi Akimoto explained: "Although the police did not find enough evidence to arrest me, they have already submitted my case to the prosecutor. If the prosecutor thinks they can prosecute me based on the current evidence, they will issue an arrest warrant."

Kudo Shinichi asked, "You mean, that call you made to Kamakura?"

"Yes, that's the one. I said I would go, and this is the evidence." Akimoto Hikaru sighed, "After I was detained, I don't think I have the money to pay the bail, and I'm afraid I won't be able to get out again. gone."

"I'll help you, I believe what you said," Kudo Shinichi said firmly, "No matter what, I will help you find someone who can prove your alibi."

Akimoto Koichi said gratefully: "Thank you for believing in me."

"You're welcome," Kudo Shinichi asked, "So, can you think of anything else? Like who did you meet before? The morning jogger?"

Qiu Benguang frowned, "I've been thinking about this too, but I can't recall it."

Kudo Shinichi asked: "Is there anyone practicing tennis or football facing the wall?"

Akimoto Koichi tried his best to recall, "At that time, it probably didn't exist."

"Then did you hear any noise?" Kudo Shinichi said, "For example..."

At this time, a dog barking came from the other side of the wall, the back.

Akimoto patted his thigh and said: "The black dog, that's right. When I was sleeping there, I was woken up by the barking of the dog, and when I woke up in a daze, I saw a lady leading a black dog from this road. walk by."

Kudo Shinichi quickly asked: "Hey, do you still have an impression of that lady's appearance?"

Akimoto tried hard to remember, then shook his head in pain, "No, I can't remember at all."

"Don't worry." Kudo Shinichi asked, "Are you young? How old are you?"

After trying hard to remember for a while, Akimoto Koichi shook his head and said, "No, I can't remember what she looks like."

Kudo Shinichi asked, "Then what clothes is she wearing?"

After trying hard to remember, Qiu Benguang shook his head and said: "I can't remember what clothes she was wearing at that time, she just passed by."

Kudo Shinichi asked: "So, where is the dog? Have you seen it clearly?"

"Well," Akimoto thought for a while, "it should be a black dog."

Kudo Shinichi asked: "Are you sure it's black? Did you see it clearly?"

"Yes," Akimoto Hikaru thought for a while, "I saw a touch of black."

"A touch of black?" Kudo Shinichi asked puzzled.

As soon as Qiu Benguang walked into the flower bed and lay down, then sat up again, "It was probably like this at the time, I saw a touch of black,"

"It turns out that the outer wall of the flower bed blocked the view, but the height of the outer wall is about 50 centimeters," Kudo Shinichi said, "that is to say, you saw a black dog with a shoulder height of more than 50 centimeters, and was killed by a The lady leads the way."

"It should be like this, that's right." Akimoto Hikaru thought for a while, "A dog with a shoulder height of more than 50 cm is a large dog breed."

Shinichi Kudo pondered, "A black Labrador, a flat-haired retriever, a large dog like a Doberman Pinscher."

"It may also be a medium-sized dog that is too big." Akimoto Koichi stood up excitedly, "This is a clue."

"Where are you going?" Kudo Shinichi realized, "The health center that manages animals must be registered, and I will go too."

Akimoto Koichi smiled excitedly: "Yes, it must be registered, that's great." Then he went to the two policemen who were watching him.

Next, the four of them went to the Mihua Health Center, and the police came forward to ask the people in the health center to help.

However, there are quite a lot of information on dogs with a shoulder height of 50 cm, and this information is not current and incomplete. Maybe it has not been achieved before, but it has been achieved now.

In this way, we can only check slowly, and on the other hand, even if we ask people in the park, we can't give up, we have to do both.

In this way, the four were divided into three groups.

Akimoto Koichi was in a group with the elder Genji-san criminal, and the other Hase criminal was in a separate group, and the two groups went to the residents' homes to investigate.

Kudo Shinichi was in a group alone, looking for someone in the park. ...

At the end of the day, there was no harvest, and Kudo Shinichi, who was thirsty from asking people, dragged his exhausted body back home.

During the dinner, under Kudo Yukiko's questioning, Kudo Shinichi told the truth, and before Kudo Yukiko proposed to ask Kudo Yusaku for help, he directly stated that he refused Kudo Yusaku's help and wanted to investigate by himself. ...

On Monday, on the way to school at Didan Middle School.

When Kudo Shinichi met Lan and Mei Daizi, he told Lan what he was going to skip class and why, and hoped Lan would help cover up.

Lan worried: "Does it have to be like this?"

Kudo Shin nodded and said: "We made an appointment, so I will sneak to the park in the second class today. It was exactly ten o'clock in the morning, and I might meet the lady with the dog."

Mei Daizi asked: "But, what if you still can't find it today? Are you planning to skip class every day?"

Kudo Shinichi said with a smile: "In comparison, learning in this area is more important to me."

"I also want to skip class." Mei Daizi smiled enviously. "In comparison, playing video games at home, reading novels, comics, watching movies, TV dramas and cartoons are more important to me. .”

Lan laughed and said, "Please, Mei Daizi, stop talking nonsense here."

Kudo Shinichi smiled and said, "Those, let's wait until you get your mother out of the way."

"Nonsense." Mei Daizi said angrily.

"By the way, Xinyi," Lan Sisuo said, "Speaking of which, could the black dog that that person saw be Robin?"

"Robin?" Kudo Shinichi pondered, "Whose family? Doesn't there seem to be a dog named this in the neighborhood?"

Mei Daizi smiled and said: "You are really good, you even remember the dog, it's a pity not to be a thief."

"No way," Kudo Shinichi said angrily, "The neighborhood I'm talking about is near the door of the house. After all these years, no one knows whether anyone has a dog or not. It's too bad."

Mei Daizi retorted: "Cut, you're not a thief, so you don't care about other people's dogs."

Kudo Shinichi emphasized: "Just by the way, do you understand?"

"Understood, by the way when you are a thief," Mei Daizi smiled, "I remember there is a Chinese idiom called stealing chickens and dogs."

Kudo Shinichi raised his triangular eyes, "I mean detective."

Mei Daizi asked back: "Then do you think Uncle Mao Li will know which house has a dog?"

Lan protested: "Hey, don't talk about my father."

"Forget about other things. Uncle Maoli really knows about pets." Kudo Shinichi's mouth twitched, "His ability to find pets, I have to admit, is very good."

Mei Daizi smiled and said, "It doesn't sound like a good word."

"That's enough, you two." Lan interrupted, "Xinyi, do you want to know?"

"Yes, Lan, tell me." Kudo Shinichi said hastily.

Lance said: "That was an aunt I met in the park, she would go to the park to walk her Robin, a black Labrador, for about an hour every morning around 9:30. "

"It's her." Kudo Shinichi asked excitedly, "Do you know where this aunt lives and what's her name?"

"I don't know about that," Lan shook her head. "Anyway, at the end of every walk, she seems to pass behind a wall. Just wait for her there."

"Really? That's great, I'll just...wait a minute today," Kudo Shinichi realized, "it shouldn't be behind the wall, but in front, right? If it's behind, you can't see it from the flower bed where Mr. Akimoto sleeps." ah."

Lan blinked, "Then I don't know."...