Ke Xue: The thief Cao is actually myself

Chapter 391 Conan brand police dog, you deserve it! (Monthly ticket requested!)

"This...this is..."

"Ku…Kubota!"

Looking at the name on the note found in Boss Manaka's hand, Kogoro Mori and Inspector Megure couldn't help but widen their eyes.

Because they never expected that the name written on the note would be Kubota's.

You know, after confirming that the murderer of this homicide case was among the internal staff of the Nakadashi Art Museum, they suspected the sturdy staff member Iijima, and also suspected other staff members who were not present, and even suspected the designer, but no one suspected Kubota.

After all, the other party looked so thin, and it didn't look like someone who could move flexibly while wearing a suit of armor!

But now it seems that they may be wrong.

Kubota, who was standing behind Director Ochiai and Iijima and watching the fun, was stunned when he heard his own name. "Why...why did you call my name?"

After realizing what it meant to be called by his name at this time, Kubota shouted in fear, "No... How could it be possible? How could it be my name?"

Looking up at him, Maori Kogoro held his chin with his hand and thought: "You must be wearing armor on purpose to avoid being filmed by the camera, right?"

"But you never expected that even if you were wearing armor, Boss Manaka would still discover your identity in the end, and wrote your name on a piece of paper while you were not paying attention..."

Kubota tried his best not to let others discover his identity, but not only was his true identity discovered by the victim, Boss Manaka, when he was killing people, but in the end, he secretly left behind important clues related to his identity, thus giving the case solvers a chance to find out the truth of the matter!
Perhaps this is what it means, Heaven’s net is vast and wide, nothing can escape it!

"No!"

As soon as these words came out, Kubota cried out even louder, "It's not me! It's not me! It's really not me!"

Damn it, isn't it just secretly selling the artworks here? It's not like he won't return them!

Why do you wrongly accuse him like this!
Could it be that the things he did made that guy Zhenzhong hate him so much that he hated him so much that he didn't forget to trick him even when he was on his deathbed?
"Not you?"

Inspector Megure gave her a cold look, then held up the slip of paper with his name on it and questioned her, "Well, tell me, where were you and what were you doing around 4:30 when the murder happened?"

If it weren't for you, why would the victim write your name when he was about to die!
If someone says that he has nothing to do with this murder case, why does he not believe it?
Kubota explained himself loudly: "I was alone in the office at the time, doing what the director asked me to do."

If it was someone else's fault, he wouldn't mind taking it as long as the benefits were great.

But he can't take the blame for the murder!

Beside him, Director Ochiai nodded, indicating that it was true: "Yes! I did have something for him to do!"

But he just explained it.

As for whether the other party actually did it and when he did it, he didn't know.

However, even though Director Ochiai testified for Kubota, Inspector Megure did not clear Kubota of suspicion of murder. "So... that means! No one saw you at all!"

Kubota said that he was alone in the office, and Director Ochiai also testified for him.

But while this confirmed that Kubota was busy doing other things at 4:30, it also invisibly exposed one thing, that is, at that time, Kubota had no one else around him but himself.

Therefore, there was no witness who could prove whether Kubota's words were true or false, or whether he stayed in the office obediently throughout the whole process and did not go out.

In other words, no one could provide him with an alibi!
Hearing this, Kubota's face, which was originally extremely excited because Director Ochiai helped to testify and proved that he was working in the office at 4:30, froze for a moment. He panicked again and waved his hands frantically, "Please... please wait... wait a moment! Please wait a moment, I have no motive to kill Boss Manaka! I am innocent!"

Damn it, why did things turn out like this!

Why, out of the blue, would he become the murderer who killed that guy Manaka?

It’s a pity that no one believed his cry of injustice.

After all, with so much evidence in front of us, if you say Kubota is innocent and not the murderer who killed Boss Manaka, I'm afraid no one with a normal IQ would believe it!
As Kubota's colleague, the man named Iijima stood up at this time and dealt a fatal blow to his colleague, "Even if you want to continue hiding it, it's useless, Mr. Kubota!"

At this point, Iijima paused, then righteously rebuked Kubota, "You secretly took the artworks here out to sell, and the boss is asking you for huge compensation, isn't that right?"

To be honest, he has always disliked people like Kubota who took advantage of their positions to seek personal gain in secret and enrich themselves at the expense of the public.

If possible, he wouldn't mind reporting the other party and making the other party pay a heavy price for his actions.

In fact, he not only thought so, but also did so.

I just don't know why, after he told this matter to Director Ochiai, who loves art deeply, treats artworks as his own children, and has an immense passion for this art museum, the director did not punish Kubota, nor did he ask him to compensate for the losses caused by the secret sale of artworks in the museum over the years, as if he didn't know about this matter.

He was puzzled by this and at the same time, he was also somewhat disappointed with Director Ochiai, an old man whom he once respected very much.

But it doesn’t matter. If Director Ochiai doesn’t punish the shameless thief Kubota, then he will do it and make him get the punishment he deserves!

As soon as these words came out, Inspector Megure's pupils shrank suddenly, and he quickly continued to question Kubota, "Is everything he said true?"

If what Iijima said was true, it would prove that there had long been a rift between Kubota and boss Manaka.

In other words, Kubota had every motive to kill Boss Manaka!

"I...I admit that I secretly took out the artworks here and sold them..."

It was no big secret that Boss Manaka demanded a huge amount of damages from him. Inspector Megure and others would find out if they asked other museum staff.

Besides, with that damn bastard Iida as a witness, it was impossible for him to deny it even if he wanted to.

"But!"

Kubota never thought that he would be sold out by his colleague Iijima. He hurriedly explained himself, trying to convince Inspector Megure and others that he was innocent: "This incident has nothing to do with the murder case! I was not the one who killed him!"

He admitted that he did feel great hatred and anger towards Boss Manaka because he was asked to pay huge compensation for damages.

But no matter how angry he was, he never had the thought of killing the other party. Well, there were a few times when he was pushed into a corner by Boss Shinaka, and he did have the thought of killing the other party.

But the reason why an idea is an idea is that it has not been implemented, and he will not give it the opportunity to be implemented.

After all, the situation between him and Boss Manaka was not a life-and-death situation at all.

Moreover, even if the police discovered that he had stolen the art museum's collections, he would at most be sentenced to a few years in prison.

But if he killed someone, he would be punished for multiple crimes and it would not just be a few years in prison.

It is possible that he will spend the rest of his life in prison.

One is to stay in prison for a period of time, while the other is to spend the rest of your life in prison. He asked himself if he could tell the difference between the two!
However, Inspector Megure did not believe what he said at all.

After all, every prisoner will argue that he or she was wrongly accused before the police produce irrefutable evidence.

As an experienced criminal policeman who has been engaged in the police profession for many years, he is very familiar with this process.

Moreover, based on the fact that Kubota stole and sold the art museum's collections, even if it is finally confirmed that Boss Manaka was not murdered and he gets rid of the accusation of being a murderer, he will inevitably have to go with them and be punished by law!

However, Inspector Megure felt that it was unlikely that Kubota would be able to escape the charge of murder.

The reason is simple.

Because not only did Kubota have a major conflict with Boss Manaka, but his name was also on the note that Boss Manaka wrote before he was killed.

In this situation, even if he wanted to believe that Kubota was innocent, it would be difficult!

"Alright! Stop talking. My men will find the armor used by the murderer soon, and then everything will be revealed!"

He wanted to see if this stubborn guy Kubota could continue to quibble after his subordinates found the armor used by the murderer when Boss Manaka was killed!
Hearing this, Kubota took a deep breath, calmed down, and stopped making a fuss, saying that he was wronged.

Because, family members know their own business.

Others don’t know whether he killed Boss Manaka or not, but how could he not know?

Therefore, even if Inspector Megure and others really found the armor that the armored man was wearing when he killed Boss Manaka, it would be impossible to accuse him with it.

Because he never wore that armor, and he was not the one who killed Boss Manaka.

It would be damned if the police could find evidence of his murder in a suit of armor he had never used!

In other words, even if the police were able to find the armor in the end, it would not prove that he was the murderer.

On the contrary, at that time, not only would he not have to bear the accusation of being a murderer, but he would be able to use this to prove his innocence and completely get rid of the suspicion of murder!
If that's the case, why should he keep on trying to make excuses for himself and annoy others?

Thinking of this, Kubota stopped shouting and did not continue arguing.

He believed that as long as the police continued their search, he would eventually be able to clear himself of suspicion of murder and prove his innocence!

The only thing that troubled him was that even if he could get rid of the suspicion of murder, the matter of stealing and selling the art museum's collections alone would be enough to get him into trouble.

After all, he really did steal and sell the art museum's collections, and he was discovered, so he had no chance to make excuses.

It’s hard to say, after this murder case is resolved, he will have to go to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department with Inspector Megure and others.

Not only did he not make much money, he also got into a lot of trouble, and now he was almost charged with murder for no reason!

Alas, if he had known this, he would not have set his sights on those collections.

Unfortunately, it's too late to say anything now.

"This is……"

At the same time, Conan, who was wandering around the crime scene trying to collect some important clues, made a new discovery.

While he was walking around, he found the ballpoint pen that was thrown away by Boss Manaka in the video in an unknown corner!
"Inspector Megure! The ballpoint pen fell right here!"

Hearing Conan's words, Inspector Megure was slightly stunned, "What?"

"Well done, kid!"

Picking up the ballpoint pen that fell in the corner, Inspector Megure looked at Conan and couldn't help but praise him.

Unexpectedly, this little guy Conan has such sharp eyes. He found something so quickly that his subordinates hadn't discovered it yet.

It’s even better than a police dog!

If you think about it carefully, when solving cases in the past, the other party always seemed to be able to find some clues that the police had not noticed in the first time, which provided a lot of help in solving the case!
How great it would be if his subordinates could also have such outstanding abilities!

For some reason I'm a little envious of that guy Kogoro Mouri!

Thinking of this, he turned his attention back to the ballpoint pen and exclaimed, "This is a very high-end ballpoint pen!"

Director Ochiai smiled and explained the special features of this ballpoint pen: "It was specially customized for the 50th anniversary of the Beika Art Museum this year. Everyone involved will have one!"

Inspector Megure touched his chin and said thoughtfully, "So...who put it here and forgot to take it?"

As he spoke, he picked up a ballpoint pen and drew something on his notebook.

After making sure that the ballpoint pen could be used normally, he took out the note he had found from Boss Manaka before, compared it, and then came to a conclusion.

"The color and thickness are the same. This must be the ballpoint pen used by the victim, Mr. Manaka?"

(End of this chapter)