Conan’s Corpse Picker

Chapter 1999 1999 [How to summon subordinates] Asking for monthly votes ()

 The police seem to feel the same way.

“Immediately check the audience who have come to the theater and find the man in black as soon as possible. By the way, the surveillance can also check everything.”

The Mumu Police Department arranged the task vigorously and resolutely, but they sighed in their hearts and were not optimistic about the results: the theater does not require real-name ticket purchase, and this theater is too old, and there are not many surveillance cameras at all, and some even It was broken, or even smashed by the deceased himself... If the suspicious man happened not to be caught on surveillance and no portrait was left, then trying to find him would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Jiang Xia seemed to notice his doubts and took the initiative to speak: "It's okay if you run away. Murder usually has a motive. If the murderer is really the man in black, then we should be able to find relevant clues by investigating the interpersonal relationship of the deceased."

"Yes, yes." Mumu Police Department quickly added to the young police officer, "Check his mobile phone and the people from their company, focusing on those who have had disputes with the deceased."

The young police officer nodded. In fact, these were originally included in the investigation plan, but there were too many things to do at the moment, so they were temporarily pushed to the back.

Now that Jiang Xia has proposed it and the police department has agreed, of course we have to join the queue and prioritize it.

Several police officers accepted the assignment and left contentedly.

Idle was idle. While waiting for Maya Hashimoto to be found out, Jiang Xia looked at another person identified by Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya and pushed forward: "I remember you said before, five minutes before the body was found. , have you been in this lounge?"

But if Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya really saw her in the bathroom, this alibi would be invalid.

Looking at him, the saleswoman stumbled and said: "Actually, my contact lens accidentally slipped off at that time, so I went to the bathroom to adjust it while boiling water. Since I came and went in less than a minute, I I don’t think it’s necessary to say it… I didn’t hide it on purpose!”

"Um…"

 Mu Mu Police Department is more suspicious of people who have lied, and tries to find angles to break through.

At this moment, Officer Takagi came back with the information he found: "Police Department! We have roughly investigated the situation of the deceased - I heard that he was recently burdened with gambling debts, and the deal with the movie theater was not going well. In order to pay off the debt in a hurry, The company is on the verge of bankruptcy, and his subordinates say that he has been very anxious recently. He also had a big fight with the bank today, and then came here to vent his anger."

The Mu Mu Police Department was startled: "Life is so miserable? It sounds like he has a motive for suicide."

When the cinema employees heard this, they immediately agreed: "That's right! There happened to be a ladder next to that guy's body. He must have moved it there specifically to commit suicide. He really hurt the enemy a thousand times and suffered eight hundred losses to himself. He died. We want this place to turn into a haunted house.”

When Jiang Xia heard this, he remembered one thing: "There don't seem to be many movie theaters that have had murders. Anyway, you haven't successfully sold it here yet. Why don't you change the style in the future, decorate the theater into a spooky style, and then specialize in showing ghosts?" Movies or mystery suspense films? The empty screening room can also be freed up to open a haunted house, and the style changes with the movie - there are too many ordinary theaters, and you can't compete, but people have really died here, but not elsewhere. In any case, There are some enthusiasts willing to come over.”

Even if there are no ghosts in ghost movies, he still likes to watch such things. Just like some people like to watch mukbang food through the screen.

People in the theater: "This..." Are you comforting us?

 It is better not to be comforted.

 …But if you take away the stereotypes about murder and think about it carefully, it seems to make sense?

 The old curator’s eyes lit up.

Mumu Police Department: "..." Although this idea sounds really scary, Jiang Xia has good intentions...

It took him two seconds before he remembered that he was still solving the case. Just as he was about to speak, beside him, Officer Takagi, who had a low sense of presence, said silently: "Well, it shouldn't be suicide - that's the case. We found a draft of a letter in the deceased's mailbox. Judging from the storage time, it should be before he was killed. Written.”

  “?!”

 The last message before death, this is extremely important news.

The Mumu Police Department looked solemn, and immediately took the printed content and looked at it, and then saw a somewhat familiar name in the recipient's name.

"Maya Hashimoto?" He was startled, "Have I seen this person before? Huh? Wait, isn't this the same mixed-race guy who hung out with you in the last incident of hitting someone on the street at night? He bought the one from the bottom of the sea. What’s the land for?”

 Conan blurted out: "Why is it him again?!"

Jiang Xia also leaned over to read the email, thoughtfully: "After the last case was over, I invited Mr. Hashimoto to come to my detective agency to help. I thought he liked the detective industry more, but I didn't expect him Privately, I even have a hobby of buying land."

After a pause, he seemed to suddenly remember something: "Speaking of which, Mr. Hashimoto is quite tall and likes to wear black clothes. He just matches the 'tall man in black' that Mitsuhiko mentioned. , but I’ve never seen him wearing a knitted hat.”

Conan was always wary of such suspicious people. He thought of something and looked at Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya: "The audience you saw coming and leaving at the entrance of the screening room, was he dressed very strangely? For example, he wore a cross around his neck. And Buddha statues, with consecrated Buddhist beads hanging on your wrists, and occasionally playing with the shrine’s amulets in your hands?”

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya: "Uh, this..."

The man's movements of looking in and out were so fast that for quite a while, Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya suspected that he was seeing things wrongly. To be honest, Mitsuhiko didn't see the details of that person clearly at all.

But when Conan said this, he seemed to have some impression - the man's neck was indeed cluttered with a lot of messy pendants... maybe there were crosses and Buddha statues among them?

"But, maybe it is." Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya realized that he seemed to have found an important clue. He quietly held his head high and thought about the "mixed blood" mentioned by the Megure Police Department just now, and became more and more sure, "That suspicious spectator looks really He’s different from us, his hair is light-colored, and his face doesn’t look like a normal Asian—he could very well be the guy in the email!”

Jiang Xia glanced at the content of the draft email, then looked at the previous emails, and added in a low voice: "Mr. Hashimoto seemed to want to buy a piece of land through the deceased, but the deceased was a bit indifferent to him. In the end, In this email, it seems that he wants to take the opportunity to give Mr. Hashimoto a hard blow."

　　　…”

The police's expression suddenly changed: for a spectator who was in a hurry, the suspicion was not too high, because there were gangsters causing trouble in this theater, and it was normal for them to want to run away.

 A client who had some conflicts with the deceased was not too suspicious because the deceased had offended many people.

  But when these two are added together…

The Mu Mu Police Department looked serious and waved his hand: "Find the person immediately and ask him to assist in the investigation!"

 (End of this chapter)