In Conan, people have a brain option system

"Did you know that Akikawa Ryoko's daughter who followed her ex-husband is Okino Yoko!"

"Takagi-kun, the Okino Yoko you are talking about is the one on TV."

"That's right!"

Chiba Kazunobu still remembers hearing about Akikawa Kyusuke's biological sister with Sato Miwako in the Metropolitan Police Department that day.

This is the shock of Okino Yoko, a well-known star in Japan today.

However, Akikawa Ryoko and her ex-husband had divorced a long time ago, and Okino Yoko said that she had not had contact with her mother and brother for a long time.

Therefore, the police did not conduct too much investigation on this matter.

Since the police need to protect the privacy of citizens, the relationship between Akikawa Kyusuke and Okino Yoko has not been made public.

So the detectives were not informed.

But things are different now.

Because of the sibling relationship between Okino Yoko and Akikawa Kyusuke,

Therefore, Okino Yoko's speech is likely to be seriously biased.

So Chiba Kazanobu reminded Megure Thirteen that Okino Yoko and Akikawa Kyusuke were actually biological siblings.

"There is such a thing."

Mumu Shisan was also quite surprised when he learned about this.

He nodded, indicating that he understood the situation.

"Miss Yoko, do you have any basis for saying this?"

Megure Thirteen came to Okino Yoko and asked softly.

"Since Yoko-chan is the witness, it must be true! Yoko-chan won't lie about this kind of thing!"

Mouri Kogoro appeared again at this time, which also caused Megure Thirteen to frown for a while.

"Mr. Nishihara once deliberately chose the same audition as Akikawa-kun in order to prevent Akikawa-kun from being cast for the role."

"But he failed in that audition."

"Then after rehearsals started, I also noticed that Mr. Nishihara had a very angry expression because of Akikawa-kun's excellent acting skills."

"I warned Mr. Nishihara later not to contact Akikawa-kun again."

"But I didn't consider that Mr. Saihara would actually hold a grudge against Akikawa-kun because of this."

Okino Yoko's blue eyes were wide open, staring closely at her trembling hands, and she spoke slowly.

When she was telling this incident,

The expression on his cheek gradually changed from anger towards Nishihara Koichi to deep self-blame.

The feeling of regret almost overflowed, infecting everyone around him.

However, Megure Thirteen did not completely believe Okino Yoko's statement.

Because he knows.

If the Okino Yoko in front of me really wanted to act, I'm afraid no one here would be able to see the flaw.

Of course, he did not ignore Yoko Okino's speech.

At the moment when the murderer has not been found, Yoko Okino's speech obviously has great reference value.

Megure Thirteen then turned his head and looked at Koichi Nishihara, who looked a little ugly.

——

Koichi Nishihara always felt that Yoko Okino's sixth sense seemed a little too accurate.

a month ago.

I noticed that Okino Yoko showed very obvious negative emotions after seeing Akikawa Kyusuke's performance in the rehearsal.

So I asked her privately if she didn't like Akikawa Kyousuke either.

The result is because of such a simple sentence,

Okino Yoko actually directly thought that he eavesdropped on the conversation between her and her agent half a month ago.

The same is true this time.

Hiroshi Nishihara was 100% certain that Yoko Okino could not know the truth of the matter.

But she accurately guessed that she was the murderer again.

Nishihara Koichi felt a little angry.

Angry at Okino Yoko for publicly identifying herself as the murderer based on mere conjecture without any conclusive evidence.

He saw the police, detectives, and the artists at the scene all looking at him.

Know your own evaluation,

It is very likely that the situation plummeted because of Okino Yoko's unfounded speculation.

"The officer wants to ask for my alibi, right? I know that."

“About halfway through the third act, I met the actors in the same scene backstage, and then I went on stage to perform.”

"Until the performance was suddenly stopped just now, I was always on the stage and didn't even know what was happening behind me."

Koichi Nishihara knew that the police would definitely come to ask for his alibi.

So he pretended to be angry at being randomly suspected,

After emphasizing his "innocence" to everyone present, he looked at Okino Yoko again.

"Miss Yoko, I have always respected you very much, but now you are really unbelievable!"

"I don't have any hatred towards Akikawa-kun."

"We have a very good relationship in private, and he is also my junior."

"Akikawa-kun was very happy to get a role because I gave him some guidance. He often came to me to ask questions about acting."

"You actually think that I would do something outrageous to Akikawa-kun because of this kind of thing, and you still have baseless suspicion of me!"

Nishihara Koichi's tone was also filled with anger.

It looked as if he had really been wronged.

Sera Masumi stepped forward and patted Nishihara Koichi on the shoulder.

After seeing Koichi Nishihara calm down, he smiled and said:

"We also believe that Mr. Nishihara would not do such a thing. As long as Mr. Nishihara can provide an effective alibi, he can naturally prove his innocence."

"Didn't I just say that? I joined the actors halfway through the third act, and then went on stage to perform. Every audience member saw it."

"I know, I know. I also saw Mr. Nishihara's performance. It was really wonderful."

Sera Masumi praised sincerely and interrupted Koichi Nishihara's narration.

"But what I want to ask is not what Mr. Nishihara was doing after halfway through the third act, but what was Mr. Nishihara doing at the beginning of the second act?"

"The second act began?!"

Koichi Nishihara shouted in surprise.

What was he doing at that time?

Of course, he knocked out the lighting technician named Uesugi and waited for Akikawa Sosuke to come to the laundry room!

But

I killed Uesugi after knocking out Akikawa Sosuke.

Why would the detective in front of him ask about his alibi at the beginning of the second act?

Just when Nishihara Hiroichi was confused, he heard Megure Jusan add:

"In short, we have determined that the deceased was killed before the start of the second act, so please show your alibi at the start of the second act, Mr. Nishihara."

Hearing Megure Jusan's explanation, Nishihara Hiroichi felt a "boom" in his head.

"Before the start of the second act?! How could it be before the start of the second act?!"

"Before the start of the second act, Akikawa was still in his own dressing room, how could the deceased be killed at that time?!"

Nishihara Hiroichi's brain was in a mess, and he didn't know what happened.

But he finally understood.

Why did Akikawa Sosuke, who had the murder weapon and the blood of the deceased on his body, get rid of suspicion so easily?

That's because——

I clearly killed the deceased when it was almost approaching the third act.

The police judged the time of death of the deceased to be before the start of the second act.

And before the start of the second act, Akikawa Sosuke was still in his own dressing room.

Although he was alone, there was one person who could prove that Akikawa Sosuke could not be a suspect at the time.

That person was the one who was arranged by me to notify Akikawa Sosuke to come to the laundry room to get his hat at the beginning of the second act!

The person who was arranged by me to lead Akikawa Sosuke into the trap,

became the best witness for Akikawa Sosuke's alibi.

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