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

Chapter 686: Key Witness Vermouth
“Strange person?
Ah! Wearing a helmet and a windbreaker, I have an impression of him. He was about 1.8 meters tall...

Because he was wearing a windbreaker and a helmet in such hot weather, he stood out in the crowd. "

A high school girl with shopping bags across from the convenience store said so.

"Oh, that guy? I remember he passed by here when he was being chased by the guy next to you, little brother..." After turning a corner, the owner of a coffee shop provided eyewitness testimony, "I was just setting up a promotional stand outside. As for his characteristics... the color of the clothes under the windbreaker? It seemed to be black. As for his height, I remember that he was about the same as me, about 1.7 meters."

……

Conan and Takagi Wataru asked all the witnesses who had an impression of the criminal, and there were only these two relatively clear testimonies.

But the testimonies of these two people, like the testimony of the old man who was knocked down by the criminal before, have a problem - none of them can be matched with the three suspects.

In other words, the testimonies of the three people contradict each other.

The old man said the criminal was a woman wearing blue clothes, but the suspect wearing blue clothes was clearly a strong man; the female high school student's statement was also very clear, the criminal was a head taller than the crowd, and it was reasonable to guess that his height was over 6 meters... However, among the three suspects, only the strong man was , over meters tall, and the only woman was only about meters tall; the coffee shop owner said the criminal was less than meters tall, but said the clothes under the windbreaker were black...

The three people's clothes are blue, purple, and green...

There is no black at all.

"Why, how could this happen?"

After asking a lot of questions, Takagi Wataru was completely confused.

How come the testimony and the suspect's features don't match up at all?
How weird!

"It's a bit strange indeed..."

After Conan and Takagi Wataru strolled around, they returned to the police car on duty. They both held their chins in unison, with worried looks on their faces.

However, Conan encountered a problem, which extended the problem a little further:

The testimonies of the three witnesses contradict the characteristics of the three suspects...

Could it be that they were all in collusion? Or is it possible that the three suspects were a gang and exchanged clothes with each other in the public toilet?

Conan, who has never hesitated to speculate on suspects with the greatest malice, feels that he is not far from the truth.

——Of course, it is not the speculation that this gang committed the crime.

His eyes noticed the curb that was much higher than the surface of the pedestrian street, and suddenly a light flashed through his mind that he had arrived at the store.

I see! Yes, that's it!
"If I'm not mistaken, the criminal's height can be determined!" Conan looked at the three suspects sitting in the back of the police car with a burning gaze.

The only problem now is the color of the prisoner's clothes and his gender...

However, since Conan's thoughts were already unobstructed, these problems were not problems at all.

If he is given a dozen seconds, he will definitely be able to figure out the entire case.

but……

"Ah, this child, is he lost?"

A mature female voice sounded in their ears.

Conan and Takagi Wataru were both stunned and looked up.

The former's pupils shrank uncontrollably as he looked at the person who came: Who is this woman? !

"Ah!" Gao Mushi screamed when he saw the other person, his eyes widened, "Aren't you that big star? That, that, Chris..."

"Hey~Chris Wynyard, this is my name."

Vermouth took off his sunglasses and tilted his head, "Officer, do you recognize me?"

Her Japanese was deliberately awkward.

Takagi Wataru was inexplicably nervous and even saluted: "Yes! When I was working on a case with Inspector Megure, I had the honor of meeting Miss Chris! It was at the memorial service at the Haido Hotel..."

Vermouth raised her eyebrows and showed a look of slight surprise: "Oh! Are you the warning from the previous case? Has something happened here again?" She looked around in panic, as if she was worried that another murder had occurred.

"No, no, no! There's nothing here--uh, it's not alright either..." Officer Takagi was about to deny it, but suddenly remembered that he was indeed investigating a case. He pointed his index finger a little embarrassedly, "To be honest, a robbery just happened in this convenience store...ah! But please don't worry! We have already controlled the suspect, but we haven't found out who the real murderer is yet."

Conan: "..."

Officer Takagi! This woman is a criminal! Don't talk to her so naively!

Conan tried to signal with his eyes frantically, but Officer Takagi was too busy talking to notice.

What was somewhat unexpected to Conan was Vermouth's answer.

“Robbery?” Vermouth covered her mouth in surprise and blurted out something in her native language, “It’s much terrible… Could it be that suspicious person who did it?”

"Suspicious person?"

Conan and Officer Takagi opened their eyes wide.

Could it be?

Vermouth nodded vigorously: "Yes, I was walking on the street in front of me, and suddenly a man dressed very warmly rushed out... I couldn't believe that the man was wearing a windbreaker in this weather!

He rushed out of the crowd and almost hit me, but luckily I dodged quickly. "

She even touched her chest as if she was frightened.

Conan temporarily ignored Vermouth's identity at this time, and stared at her with Takagi Wataru: "Man? Are you sure that the man in the windbreaker and helmet is a man?"

"Hmm? I think so. I don't think his running posture is that of a girl."

"So, what's the other person's height?"

"As for height... it should be about the same as mine."

Vermouth stretched out her hand and gestured.

Takagi Shigeru then asked, "Then may I ask Miss Chris, did you see clearly the color of the clothes under the prisoner's windbreaker?"

Vermouth was stunned for a moment, then apologized and adjusted the sunglasses propped on the hat with her hand, "I'm sorry, because I have been wearing sunglasses until just now, and I can't see clearly... Eh? Officer? What's wrong with you?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Conan and Takagi Wataru suddenly seemed to realize something. They looked at each other, and immediately turned their eyes away from Vermouth and stared at one of the three people sitting in the back of the police car.

"So it seems that this is the person?"

"Ah, there's no doubt about it. It must be him."

"But why did the old man say that the criminal was a woman in blue?" Takagi Shigeru was still a little distressed.

Conan had figured it all out by now, and said confidently, "It's very simple, Officer Takagi, because in the old man's mind, cyan can refer to both blue and green, and he doesn't distinguish between cyan and green like we do now. As for the criminal being a woman... Officer Takagi, did you notice his watch?"

"Generally, men's watches face outwards, while women's watches face inwards..."

After being reminded, Takagi Shige also noticed the key point and showed a look of sudden realization:

"I see!"

aside.

Vermouth, who witnessed everything: "..."

Come on, she is such a big member of the organization and she is standing here. Isn’t the cool guy too careless?

It's a shame she didn't mean any harm.

Slightly speechless, she watched them handcuff the murderer that Gin had taken five minutes to identify. Vermouth sighed and had to speak again to attract their attention:
"Um, is this the end? Then, I'll take my leave first."

Takagi Shigeru, Chris, met and recognized her as a witness, and said that she would not stay in Europe for long. Takagi Shigeru asked for her autograph, and the latter said that she was going to Osaka.

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(End of this chapter)