Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 5 Bluffing
"Mr. Washinuma, can you explain to me what's going on with these negatives? You didn't steal them from Daiyo and Ohnogi?" Shiraishi was holding a stack of negatives and staring at Washinuma Noboru with a gloomy face.

Because of his height, Shiraishi stood in front of Washinuma Noboru, blocking the light from the spotlights above the cabin. It was just a dark face with backlight, looking down at him...

Gollum—

Washinuma Noboru could not bear the pressure and explained quickly, "No! This is a photo I took myself. Although it is not very clear, I think it should be able to sell for a little money... Tachikawa, you have seen the negatives taken by Otaka before, which are much clearer than this, right?"

Correct!
That's right!

What the hell are you shooting?
Shiraishi Kuro cursed in his heart...

Before, with Shinichi's reminder, he made a plan in his mind to temporarily conceal the fact that "the film is gone" in order to deceive these guys, mainly Edward, and also searched the luggage of the other two.

As a result, they discovered that there were also negatives in Washinuma Noboru's luggage!
Although it's just a film, with Shiraishi Kuro's [insight], looking at it against the light with the naked eye is almost the same as looking at a photo, and even the color difference can be seen perfectly.

but……

Shiraishi Kuro discovered that the photo allowed one to make out the faces of the U.S. congressmen, but the woman's face was completely unrecognizable!
This kind of film cannot meet Shiraishi Kuro's needs.

So now Shiraishi Kuro deliberately said this in front of Edward to lure him, and at the same time...

"We didn't find any negatives in other people's luggage. It's hard for us to believe what you said..." Shiraishi Kuro said deliberately.

"Ah? But..." Jiu panicked at that time.

"Okay, since you said you took this photo, then tell us where and how you took it, and we'll verify it later." Shiraishi Kuro looked like he was thinking about him.

Shinichi watched speechlessly...

He also realized that Officer Shiraishi was targeting this "scandal" rather than the current murder case, and Shiraishi was not going to take out the debris immediately.

At this time, Shiraishi no longer cared about the murder case, but instead took Washinuma Noboru aside and interrogated him...

But at this time, Shinichi didn't know the purpose of his doing this. He just thought it was some internal struggle, so he didn't care much.

What Shiraishi did was exactly what Shinichi wanted. This was his first time encountering a murder case, and he hoped to be able to thoroughly deduce the truth rather than "solve" the case based on one or two pieces of evidence or clues.

There is actually a big difference between the way detectives...or these "famous reasoning" solve cases and the way the police solve cases.

Most detectives use reasoning to reconstruct the crime process and force the criminals to confess, but the police do not need to know everything perfectly.

For the police, solving a case does not rely on "reasoning", or rather, "reasoning" is only used in the first step - "determining the direction of investigation".

There is no need for rigorous reasoning. Just come up with a few possibilities, then visit and collect evidence in each direction of investigation. Once you have evidence and motive, apply for a "search warrant" and "arrest warrant". During the search and interrogation, obtain more confessions and decisive evidence, form a chain of evidence, and then you can write a "report for inspection."

When the prosecutors receive the report, if they think it is good enough, they will directly prosecute. If they think it is not good enough, they will scold the person who submitted it for investigation and then point out the matters that need to be further investigated...

Therefore, "famous reasoning" does not necessarily make one an excellent criminal policeman, and vice versa. "Famous reasoning" is equivalent to infinitely strengthening the ability to "determine the direction of investigation". In the eyes of the police, they even rely too much on this.

Cases like the one in which Megure asked Kudo for help were all "clueless" cases where the police couldn't even find the "direction of investigation", and only then would they turn to the "famous reasoning masters" for help.

Shinichi's goal, or "hobby", is obviously "reasoning"...

Therefore, Shinichi did not mention the key clue in Shiraishi Kabuto at this time, but his mind was full of thoughts about how Amano Tsugumi dealt with the murder weapon and how she fabricated her alibi - given her relationship with the deceased, it was not surprising that she could knock the deceased unconscious. The key was that the murder weapon was not found, and there was an alibi!

At this time, Shiraishi was not paying attention to his detective game. He was just recording Washinuma Sho's confession. At the same time... his attention was actually on Edward beside him.

at this time……

ding ding ding-

"Dear passengers, due to weather conditions, this flight will return to Yokohama Airport in Kanagawa Prefecture. Our company will arrange free accommodation and meals for all passengers and arrange for them to resume their flights as soon as possible. Please be patient..."

The plane announced the return flight, but...

After Bai Shi heaved a sigh of relief, his heart immediately tightened again - Hengbin Airport? It was normal to find an airport on the east coast to land, but...

What Shiraishi is investigating is the connection between the Minister of Justice and a local violent organization in Kanagawa Prefecture. The Metropolitan Police Department where Shiraishi works, to put it bluntly, is the "Touto Police Headquarters", and it is unable to investigate cases in Kanagawa Prefecture. This is why he now has to "shoot the target from a distance".

But now...

Dropping me directly to the enemy's lair, isn't that a bit targeted? However, Bai Shi's heart moved at this time, and the corners of his mouth even hooked up - he didn't find any film that could be used. In this case, if the opponent didn't make a move, Bai Shi would have no choice!
If this forced landing location was really designed to target me...

That's even better!
Want to use violence?

As long as you show some martial ethics and don't use heavy weapons, Shiraishi Kuro will not be scared!
Gollum—

Washinuma Noboru looked at Officer Shiraishi in front of him, sneered at this time, and couldn't help but confess more nervously!

……

As for Shinichi...

At this time, we are trying to crack the other party's alibi!

Because according to the flight attendant's confession, she went to the bathroom before the deceased - of course, this was just a "little trick".

"So that's it! I understand...that mark turned out to be...Xiaolan! I want to ask you something!" Shinichi finally figured out what the murder weapon was.

There are security checks on airplanes, and you can't bring any weapons that are too exaggerated.

The wounds of the deceased should...

It is the steel wire in "Bad Omen", which has been sharpened to a point!

However, Shinichi, who doesn't know much about this, still has to ask Xiaolan for advice first...

Xiaolan's face turned red, and she pushed him away and said, "What are you talking about! You rascal!"

"No... I'm just investigating a case normally... Can you tell me..." Shinichi immediately explained to Xiaolan.

"Hey, what are you two doing?" Megure felt annoyed when he saw the "young couple" flirting with each other.

"No! Inspector Megure, I already know who the murderer is!" Shinichi said excitedly at this time.

……

In fact, Amano Tsugumi had already revealed traces, because the wire in the "bad omen" had been pulled out, so she would scratch herself when she moved violently - in fact, even without Shinichi's current reasoning, when the plane landed, she could have found out by just arranging a female police officer to do a detailed body search!
As for the "false alibi"...

It's a proven fact that there's blood on the steel ring of your "bad omen". Sooner or later, the flaws in your alibi will be exposed. Even your alibi is not strong enough to overturn the evidence of a weapon hidden on your body. It's not impossible to ignore the testimony of the stewardess and send the case directly for inspection. Unless the lawyer can dig out the stewardess's testimony, that will be a matter of court confrontation.

But with Shinichi here, it was indeed easier. He directly cracked her method, which was considered to be using "reasoning" to forcibly make up for the lack of "interrogation" in the detective...

"Wait, but Thrush doesn't have any film on her, right?" Qianchuan still couldn't believe that his friend had killed someone.

"Um..." Shinichi glanced at Shiraishi Kuro at this time, and found that... the latter was glaring at him, so he didn't tell him that "the film had been cut into pieces and washed away."

At this point, Amano Tsugumi was no longer willing to fight back and directly admitted her crime.

At the same time, Shinichi did not forget to expose the fact that Edward had moved the corpse. Shinichi also knew that Edward could actually understand the island language.

As the plane landed at Hengbin Airport, Edward immediately called the embassy and asked for bail - his crime was not serious, he just moved a corpse...

As for the "scandal negatives", he and US congressmen are victims of blackmail!

After all, the police cannot intervene in "lifestyle scandals".

"I'll take your negatives away as evidence." Shiraishi Kuro said to Washinuma Noboru without further explanation.

"Hmm? Oh... OK..." Washinuma Noboru didn't dare to refute at this time...

Although it has nothing to do with the murder case, he was indeed preparing for blackmail.

Shiraishi Kuro, who had interrogated a lot of Washinuma Noboru's confessions and taken away the "negatives", now took the confessions and negatives and pretended to be proud to move into the hotel arranged by the airline...

Edward looked at his expression...and thought that he really got the key evidence!

(End of this chapter)