Conan: I'm Not a Model Worker in the Winery

Chapter 685: Unqualified Suspects

"It seems that the helmeted man who just ran past us is the suspect. I just don't know if the policeman can catch him."

Hearing the words beside him, Vermouth replied subconsciously: "Suspect? That's a completely clear criminal, right? But it's hard to say whether he can be caught..."

"The criminal must be the man in the helmet, but do you know what he looks like? If he just throws away his helmet and windbreaker, who would know who he is?"

“…You are right.”

Vermouth paused as she spoke, then turned her head to the side with a wooden face, her eyes twitching, "Gin, when did you come here?"

There was clearly no one standing here when she just came over!

but now.

Gin, who was a head taller than her, was standing next to her, close to the inside, but she didn't even notice him...

Hearing Vermouth's question, Gin looked strange: "What are you talking about? What do you mean I came over here? I was standing right here just now, and you came over by yourself. Are you blaming me?"

There was a hint of resentment in his tone, but almost no one could hear the resentment in it.

Just now, when Gin saw Vermouth following him, he thought his air quality was broken, but it turned out that it wasn't...

All I can say is that the 'viewing' angle chosen by Gin was very good, and Vermouth also liked it, so there was the illusion that she 'followed him'.

However, although she did not feel Gin's resentment, Vermouth could more or less hear Gin's unhappiness. She curled her lips and simply stopped talking, following the crowd to watch the development of the situation.

The two of them watched in silence as Conan asked the clerk about the situation, then stood next to the police car at the intersection with his chin in his hand, apparently waiting for the police who had chased him out earlier to come back...

Speaking of which...

"That policeman just now, did he look familiar?"

Gin muttered quietly.

"What?" Vermouth moved her ears, but because Gin's voice was too soft, she didn't hear clearly, "By the way, when are we going to Jianggutian?"

"Of course, we have to wait until the case is solved." Gin pointed at Conan's little head, "According to my estimation, even if the policeman cannot catch the criminal directly, he will at least find some clues or suspects--"

As he said this, the last word had not yet fallen.

Vermouth noticed that in the opposite direction of Gin's finger, the police officer who had rushed out to catch the criminal came back with two men and one woman whom he had never seen before...

Belmode: "..."

Gin’s estimation was quite accurate.

There was a hint of admiration in her eyes.

Receiving her gaze, Gin responded with a look of 'trust me, you're right', and then whispered: "Anyway, as long as this case has nothing to do with us, it will be solved soon. He will definitely ask the police to look for clues. It usually takes no more than an hour. If everything goes well, it won't take more than 20 minutes. Just treat it as watching a movie."

"…Are you so sure that you can solve the case within an hour?"

"Nonsense, this kind of robbery doesn't need to be filmed into two episodes. Each episode is only twenty minutes..." Gin muttered.

But he seems to have overlooked that two episodes of "Detective Conan" can also take up several days of content.

Belmode: "...?"

Is Gin speaking human language?

Why doesn't she understand something?

Fortunately, although she had some difficulties in understanding the whole sentence, she still grasped the main point - that is, Gin judged that Conan could solve the case in a short time.

Gin stared intently at the policeman's face for a long time before he suddenly realized what was going on.

He said that he felt familiar with the policeman, and that he should be the one who often went out with the fat policeman...

Looks like Takagi?
Well, Detective Takagi, that’s what Conan usually calls him.

Some of the lost memories came back, but they still didn't help Gin recall anything related to the case, although he didn't need to recall anything to solve the case. "It's among those three people..." Gin narrowed his eyes.

He deliberately didn't bother with the bug this time, intending to exercise his reasoning ability.

Anyway, he had just heard most of the details of the case.

It was probably one of these three men who wore a motorcycle helmet, a long windbreaker, and held a knife on this hot day, forcing the clerk to give him all the store's revenue.

However, the criminal did not utter a word during the whole process, and the "coercion" was just holding a knife and a card with words on it in front of the cashier, so the people in the store did not know whether the criminal was a man or a woman.

The clerk was so frightened that he didn't pay close attention to the other features of the criminal. He only knew that the criminal didn't look fat and was a little tall and thin...

Gin glanced at the three suspects led by Takagi Wataru, and began to wonder who the criminal was.

……

"These three people are all tall..."

Conan was also in distress at this time.

The Takagi Wataru in front of him looked at him as if he saw a savior: "Conan, what's up? Do you know who the criminal is?"

Takagi Shigeru never expected that he was on duty and while buying a cup of coffee on the roadside, a robbery occurred in the supermarket next door...

And I almost lost the suspect...

But the current situation is almost like being lost.

"How can I rule out who the criminal is based on your statements?" Conan said with a half-moon eye, "Officer Takagi, think about it again. When you were chasing the criminal, did you notice any other characteristics of him?"

"This, this..." Takagi Shige touched his nose, "Except for the old man who was hit by the criminal saying that it was a woman in blue clothes, there are no other clues..."

It was not known whether the criminal was in a panic or what, but he was being chased by Takagi Wataru and ran towards the public toilet in the nearby park. He bumped into an old man on the way.

Windbreakers, helmets, tools used in committing crimes, etc. were all found in the bushes nearby, but the problem was - as luck would have it, there were actually three people in that public toilet!

Besides a muscular guy, the other two men and women were all tall and thin. However, Conan thought that even if they had some muscles, they would not be noticeable after wearing windbreakers.

Another more important point...

"The one in blue, female?"

Conan silently looked at the three suspects who seemed somewhat puzzled and impatient.

There is absolutely no target that meets this characteristic here!

The only woman inside was clearly wearing a purple short-sleeved shirt, while the tallest and muscular man was wearing a blue vest.

The remaining one was a thinner man wearing glasses and a green shirt.

Conan confirmed again: "Officer Takagi, are you sure that the old man said that? How is the old man's eyesight?"

He wondered if the old man had made a mistake.

"Well... that old man was very sure about what he said, so I can only believe it..." Takagi Shige was also a little distressed, "If there were testimonies from other eyewitnesses..."

Conan had an idea and tugged at the corner of Takagi's clothes, "Hey Officer Takagi, before it's too late, why don't we go to a nearby store and ask? Maybe there will be some clues!"

"Well... this is the only way." Takagi Wataru nodded worriedly, and then said to his colleague, "Um, Chiba! Please help me keep an eye on these three people. I will go and see if there are any other witnesses..."

After giving a quick explanation, Takagi Shigeru followed Conan to the shop opposite the convenience store that was robbed.

However, when entering the store, Conan glanced behind him inconspicuously, but did not see anyone special or suspicious, and felt a little confused.

He just felt as if someone was watching him... Was it an illusion?
still is……

Who is the real culprit in this robbery? Or is he someone else with ulterior motives?
(End of this chapter)