Ke Xue: The thief Cao is actually myself

Chapter 398: Use skills: Gross profit elimination method! (Seeking monthly votes!)
Looking at Bai Ye who was staring at him sharply, Xuanyi Shijing felt an inexplicable pressure, and a drop of cold sweat unconsciously seeped out on his forehead.

With a dry laugh, Sai Jing Xuanyi hurriedly defended himself: "Brother Bai Ye, please stop joking. The time when the murder happened, I remember it was around eight o'clock. I have a complete alibi!"

Officer Yokomizo's eyes narrowed slightly. "A complete alibi?"

In fact, not only did Bai Ye suspect that this case was not the robbery case mentioned by Maori Kogoro, he actually had such a suspicion too!
"Because at the same time, I was already going to watch the Tenkaichi Night Festival celebration!"

Sai Jing Xuanyi explained himself, "There, I also met Brother Bai Ye and the others! Have you forgotten about this?"

As he spoke, he looked at Maori Kogoro, who was traveling with Bai Ye at the time, and tried to get him to testify for him, "Is that so? Maori Detective!"

Maori Kogoro held a cigarette in his mouth and pondered for a moment, trying to recall the details of the incident. "Well, you are right, but it seems that I met you during the second half of the festival!"

Although he believed that there was nothing wrong with his judgment, he also believed that Bai Ye must have his reasons for saying so.

Maybe the other party found some evidence that he didn't notice, so he suspected Uesui Nobuichi, the tenant who lived under the same roof as the deceased Imazawa Tomo!
And if you think about it carefully, there is indeed another possibility for this murder case!
——On the surface, it looks like a chaos caused by outside theft, but in fact, the murderer may be an acquaintance of the deceased!

For example, Nobuichi Saii who lived under the same roof with him!

Seeing that Maori Kogoro actually kicked the ball back to his side, the cold sweat on Sai Jingxuan's forehead could not help but flow even more, "Really, I was there at the beginning! If you think I'm lying, just take this and develop it! There should be a proof of my absence in the film!"

As he spoke, he took out his camera and handed it to Officer Yokomizo opposite him.

Officer Yokomizo looked at the camera in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and decided to adopt Saii Nobukazu's suggestion: "Okay, take it and develop it immediately. If you can prove that you do have a clear alibi through the photos, that would be the best!"

After that, he handed the camera to his subordinate behind him and asked him to deal with the matter as soon as possible...

Seeing this scene, Conan narrowed his eyes slightly.

What Bai Ye said was right, this is not a robbery case at all!
The criminal is someone familiar to the victim!

Thinking of this, Conan couldn't help but glance at Xuanyi Sakai who was nearby.

It seems to be that person!

But why did he look so calm? And he could hardly hide the smile on his face!
As if he was sure that as long as the police developed the photos from the camera, he would be able to prove his innocence?!

What kind of alibi was captured on that camera?

While Conan was deep in thought, the photos were quickly developed.

Looking at the developed photos in his hand, Officer Yokomizo pondered for a moment, "There are seven in total, right?"

“But how can these photos be considered as an alibi?

Mao Lilan excitedly picked up one of the photos from Mao Li Kogoro and said, "This is the photo I took!"

"Look here, Conan's balloon was included!"

"Oh, oh, oh... I just happened to meet Mr. Shijing when 'One' started to burn!"

Upon hearing this, Officer Yokomizo's pupils shrank suddenly, and he said in a serious face, "But... the word 'one' started burning after 8:40! The crime was committed at around 8:02! If we drive there quickly, we can reach the festival venue from the hotel in 40 minutes!"

Maori Kogoro raised his eyebrows slightly, "Officer Yokomizo, the first word '天' started burning at 8 o'clock, so, at what time will it continue to burn to the next word! When will it burn to the next word?"

"Well..." Officer Yokomizo frowned and thought for a moment, "Maybe until around 8:25!"

"Then please look at this photo carefully!"

Kogoro Mouri smiled confidently, then turned the photo in his hand over to face Officer Yokomizo, and saw that in the photo, Nobuichi Sai was making a "V" sign towards the camera.

In this photo with him as the protagonist, the background is the burning word "天" on Sanyue Mountain.

"Did you see that? He was already at the celebration venue of the Tianxia No. 1 Night Festival before 8:25!"

As he spoke, Maori Kogoro's tone was extremely firm, "The crime was committed at around 8 o'clock. No matter how fast we drove, I think if we start from this hotel, we won't be able to reach the venue within minutes, right?"

Shi Jingxuan put his hands in his pockets, looking calm, "That's natural!"

"How is this going?"

Taking in the expressions of everyone present, especially those photos, Conan frowned, "Why are there photos like that?"

Kogoro Mouri really lived up to his reputation as the "master of reverse choice". If Bai Ye had not been a time traveler and knew the truth of this murder case, he might have been led astray by his words.

In fact, besides him, there was another person who was not misled by Kogoro Mori's "reasoning".

That's Officer Yokomizo.

Although he is a fan of the "famous detective" Mouri Kogoro, Inspector Yokomizo does not listen to everything Mouri Kogoro says.

At least that's the case with Officer Yokomizo now.

Therefore, after listening to Maori Kogoro's reasoning, Officer Yokomizo directly expressed doubts and proposed another possibility: "But don't you think that he took this photo on purpose?"

At this point, Officer Yokomizo paused and added, "Maybe it's multiple exposures. If it's someone who is very proficient in cameras, maybe this is possible!"

Saii Nobuichi gave Officer Yokomizo a cold look, then he brought out the words he had prepared in advance, "Hey, Mr. Detective, I just handed the camera to you to develop it, and this kind of camera is the kind that you throw away after use, it's impossible for you to do such a thing!"

Officer Yokomizo turned around and looked at his subordinates. "It should be you who took the camera to be developed, right?"

The police officer who had just taken the camera to develop the photos saluted him respectfully and said in a deep voice, "Yes! Neither the camera nor the film has any trace of processing!"

Hearing this, a smug expression appeared on Saii Xuanyi's face, "Just look!"

After looking at him deeply, a look of unwillingness flashed across Officer Yokomizo's face.

For some reason, he always felt that the man in front of him was a strong suspect in murder.

Unfortunately, the other party was so well prepared that even though he knew there was something wrong with the other party, he couldn't produce any evidence to prove it.

Seeing that Officer Yokomizo was unwilling to give up, Maori Kogoro quickly stepped forward to act as a peacemaker, "Okay, Officer Yokomizo, I think you are also aware of the fact that he was at the festival!"

"Yes, that's what I heard from the receptionist at this restaurant!"

Officer Yokomizo took a deep breath and let Sai Shinichi go for the time being. After all, he couldn't fail to give face to Maori Kogoro.

"He said Mr. Shijing went out around 7:30!"

"And I confirmed the time with him several times!"

“That’s why the counter staff was quite impressed!”

Sai Jing Xuanyi gave his reasons convincingly, "That's because I have to catch up with the burning time of the word 'sky' no matter what!"

At this point, Shi Jingxuan paused, then showed his wrist and said, "But I forgot to wear a watch today, so..."

Looking coldly at the confident Saii Nobuichi, Officer Yokomizo's eyes were extremely cold. "Everything you do seems to be related. It's as if you are deliberately creating an alibi!"

Unfortunately, he had no evidence to prove that Nobukazu Sakai was the real murderer of this murder!

"Stop talking nonsense, please!"

As he spoke, Nobukazu Saii's words were full of dissatisfaction and resistance towards Officer Yokomizo, "Please don't waste your time on such meaningless things! Please hurry up and track down the real suspect who killed my good friend!"

How could Officer Yokomizo bear to hear this?

He glared at Shinichi Sakai fiercely and wanted to have a big fight with him immediately.

But before he could say anything, he was interrupted by a noise coming from the door.

"Teacher Imatake..."

A plump, fat man rushed in from the door, "Where's the teacher?"

"Mr. Imatake's body has been moved to the office!"

Looking at the figure coming, Officer Yokomizo frowned slightly, "By the way, who are you?"

"I'm a reporter for the monthly magazine Bungeishu, and my last name is Yamada."

The fat man introduced himself, "I came here right after receiving the notification from the police."

When he said this, the fat man who claimed to be Yamada lowered his head, his expression somewhat gloomy and low, "Teacher is still..."

Hearing his words, Maori Kogoro seemed to remember something and was slightly stunned. He interrupted, "If it was the era of writing, Mr. Imatake, he..."

However, the person who answered his question was not reporter Yamada, but Shinichi Saii who was standing by, "Yes, it was once serialized in "The Legend of the Sword Hero"!"

"If I'm not mistaken..."

As if he finally noticed Saiki Nobuichi standing nearby, reporter Yamada's eyes fell on Saiki Nobuichi. After thinking for a moment, he showed an expression of sudden enlightenment, "You are Mr. Saiki, right?"

"Yes..." Sai Jingxuan nodded, admitting his identity, and at the same time stroked his chin and recalled: "I once heard Jinzhu mentioned that the deadline for his serialized novel is approaching, but he hasn't started writing yet..."

"Yes, Mr. Jinzhu's deadline is tomorrow!"

As soon as these words came out, reporter Yamada's pupils shrank suddenly, and he covered his face with his hands, his expression extremely painful and tangled, "Oh no, even if I ask other teachers for help now, it's too late!"

As he spoke, his voice gradually became lower, and the expression on his face was replaced by sadness. "Now I can't find a work with the same writing style as the teacher. It's really terrible!"

"no solution anymore……"

Seeing the sad look on his face, Saii Nobuichi shook his head, then walked aside, pulled out a thick manuscript from the messy box, and handed it to reporter Yamada, "Take it..."

Reporter Yamada subconsciously took the thing he handed over, with a look of surprise and confusion on his face, "What is this..."

“This is a work I wrote before.”

Sai Jing Xuan explained calmly, "I originally wanted to show it to Imatake, so I brought it here today. I just don't know if it can be connected with Imatake's work!"

"Where there!"

Hearing this, reporter Yamada couldn't help but show a hint of joy on his face.

While he was excited, he also expressed his praise and gratitude to Nobukazu Saii in front of him: "You once wrote together with Mr. Imatake!"

"If it is your work, the colleagues in the editorial department will definitely be convinced!"

"Is this good?"

Compared to his confidence, Saii Xuanyi was a little hesitant, "That's just the beginning of the novel!"

"It's okay, I believe in your level, teacher!"

Reporter Yamada, however, has great faith in Nobuichi Sakai.

In other words, now that Tomoyuki Imatake has unfortunately passed away, even if he didn't want to choose Nobuichi Saii in front of him, he had no choice.

Because, right now, he only has the other party as his choice, and he can only choose the other party!
At this point, reporter Yamada paused and begged, "If possible, could you please write for Bungeishi Jidai?"

Without a great writer like Imatake Satoshi, their literary and artistic era would inevitably fall into trouble, unless they could find a writer whose talent was no less than that of Imatake Satoshi.

For example, the person in front of us, Nobuichi Saii!

"Oh my... this is such a headache!"

Sai Jing Xuanyi turned around and touched his chin in distress, "You know, I have other work on hand right now!"

Reporter Yamada begged, "Teacher Sai, please help me with this, no matter what!"

“Okay…” As if he couldn’t bear to see reporter Yamamoto so pitiful, or perhaps he had already planned something similar, Saii Nobuichi agreed to reporter Yamada’s request without hesitation, “Even if it’s for the dead Imatake!”

“Teacher Saii…” Reporter Yamada’s face flashed with surprise, and he quickly bowed respectfully, “Thank you very much!”

Sai Jing Xuanyi waved his hand disapprovingly, "No need to thank me, it's my duty..."

(End of this chapter)