Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 66 Choose one from three?

After Zhu Benbo died in the aquarium's "Undersea Tunnel" viewing area, no tourist admitted that they were there with him.

However, Kudo Shinichi used his mobile phone to call the numbers in the address book, and found that several of them directly rejected the call...

He then persuaded Shiraishi to temporarily collect the mobile phones of tourists in the aquarium on the grounds of "investigating whether the video in the mobile phone has captured the murderer."

But the purpose is not to watch the video, but to determine whether there are any friends in the victim’s address book among them!
As a result, three people were caught in this fishing!
These three people were clearly in Zhu Benbo's address book, and they were in the aquarium, but they had previously denied that they were traveling with him...

"Three of you, I think you all know why I called you here. It will do you no good to continue lying. Explain the problem as soon as possible!"

Akasaka, with his crew cut, had a sullen face and faced the two women and one man in front of him in an "interrogation" posture - this was also to increase their psychological pressure.

However, after hearing what Akasaka said, the two young women felt a little embarrassed, while the only male looked puzzled.

"You all don't want to say anything? Then come one by one... First of all, explain what your relationship is with Zhu Benguobo, the victim who died not long ago, and why your cell phone numbers were in his communication records, but he said that he didn't know the victim!" Akasaka asked directly.

Bai Shi also said nothing at this time, but just observed their reactions from a distance.

Megure also conceded that the Beika Agency was the main investigator...

"Officer, what are you talking about? The dead person just now? I really don't know him!" the man said directly.

"Oh? Are you so stubborn? Then tell me, why did he have your number in his phone, and why did you refuse to answer his call shortly after he died?" Akasaka asked, staring into his eyes.

"What do you mean by rejected? What are you talking about...wait, is it that phone call?" The man was stunned when he heard it, and then he suddenly remembered something.

"That phone call was from that person? Officer, I don't know him either... I really don't know him! I just received several harassing calls and messages from that number recently, so I hung up as soon as I saw it, and I have never seen him at all." The man insisted.

"Nudging call?" Akasaka frowned and looked at him.

This man's words are very suspicious, but...

This reaction doesn't seem fake, otherwise the loophole would be too obvious!

"Tell me your name first, and why you came to the aquarium today...and what about the harassing phone calls you mentioned?" Akasaka asked directly.

"Well... my name is Hirohiro Nibe, and of course I'm here for sightseeing today! Together with my girlfriend Naho..." Nibe said, looking at a young woman who was invited with him.

"I don't know why, recently, there is a number that keeps sending me some strange messages. It should be a virus website or something? I didn't click on it, and it always doesn't say anything after the call... It's the number of the deceased you mentioned, I don't know what's going on!" Renbu said, and he was a little anxious.

This kind of emotion doesn't seem fake.

"Mr. Nibe, don't you feel... that you are a bit too suspicious? If you know him, we can easily find out..." Akasaka deliberately tricked him first.

But at this time, Naho Oki next to her said: "Okay, officer, it's like this... Haoda didn't lie, I know him, the dead guy was my ex-boyfriend... I was afraid of trouble, and he was his 'ex' boyfriend after all, so I didn't know why he was here, so naturally I didn't say anything. The same thing happened when I saw his phone call, I just hung up." "Huh?" Jinbe looked at his girlfriend in surprise.

"Ex-boyfriend? Did you make an appointment to meet him here today?" Akasaka immediately looked over suspiciously.

"Of course not! I only knew it was him after I saw people gathered around him and went over to take a look... I really didn't know anything, so I pretended not to know him... Isn't this human nature?" Na Sui said as a matter of course.

Hiroda Nibe, who was standing by, also said after his initial surprise, "That's right, and it was me who took the initiative to invite Naho to the aquarium today!"

Akasaka still looked at the two men suspiciously, but...

This also explains why Jinbu received harassing phone calls - Akasaka has seen a lot of harassment of ex-girlfriends' current boyfriends in his career, and he has seen many more extreme cases!

There was no contradiction between the two men's statements, so Akasaka looked at the third man first...

"Okay... I admit that I did come here with that man..." the second woman said helplessly.

However, Shiraishi noticed at this time that she did have a genuine expression of "being bothered". Although she was also panicked, it was not a large proportion. It was just the normal level of uneasiness of "being related to the case".

"Hmm? So, tell me about your situation and your relationship with the victim!" Akasaka's attention was immediately focused.

"My name is Nakagiri Shikako... Oh, what bad luck! I've only known that man for less than a week! He asked me out because I said I liked dolphins... When the accident happened, I was watching a show at the Dolphin Performance Hall. He said he had to take a call and left, and he didn't come back until the end of the show!
"After the performance, I heard that a murder had occurred. When I went over, I saw that it was him... After all, I've only known him for a short time, and I really don't want to get into trouble because of something like this." Zhong Tong's tone was also helpless.

At the same time, it is inevitable that it seems a bit cold...

The victim's two girlfriends, Nakagiri and Oshiro, have completely different images and personalities. Nakagiri wears heavy makeup, smells strongly of perfume, and dresses very maturely, while Oshiro, who is of the same age as her, looks more like a good girl, behaves very introverted, and dresses simply.

I don't know what the victim's criteria for finding a girlfriend are...

"That is to say... As expected, all three of you are related to the victim! At the time of the incident, Ms. Nakagiri was in the dolphin performance hall, and Mr. Nibe and Ms. Oki were also in the underwater tunnel... right? Can anyone prove it for you?" Akasaka asked directly about the alibi.

"Proof of something..."

All three of them looked embarrassed.

From the moment he met the three people, Akasaka acted rudely on purpose, just to avoid being abrupt when asking questions. This is his style, which can be described as "technical rudeness."

If it was Takagi, he would definitely be much more polite. The advantage is that he would be more intimate, perhaps get more information, and would not easily cause rejection. The disadvantage is that if he is too friendly, some sharp questions would be difficult to ask, and even if he asked, it would be more likely to be rejected.

Therefore, Bai Shi just pretended not to see it - after all, this was not a communication of legal publicity, this was an investigation of a murder case!

(End of this chapter)