Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 79: Solving a Case Remotely
"Could it be that this clock actually..." Takagi also reacted at this time, but turned his head and saw that the time on the clock was now correct.

"Ms. Yoko! If you don't consider the time you saw, how much time do you think had passed?" Takagi quickly confirmed.

"Well... I'm sorry." Yoko looked embarrassed when she heard this and was obviously unable to answer.

At that time, Yoko was very tired after the speech, so she rested in the lounge. As for whether she rested for half an hour or forty-five minutes, it was difficult for her to judge by her body feeling without checking the time.

Then Takagi himself shook his head and said, "Wait a minute... Director Shiraishi, he was talking to Muraoka's wife at the time. We checked the cell phone records and confirmed with the telecommunications company, and it was indeed 12:25."

Yoko also heard the call. The telecommunications company’s time can’t be wrong, right?
"That kind of thing... well, Miss Yoko, here is a pen and paper. Now try your best to write down what Murakawa said when he called you, sentence by sentence, based on your memory. Leave blank spaces where Murakawa was listening to the other person. You can use vague words, but try to keep the number of conversations as small as possible." Shiraishi said, handing the pen he carried with him to Yoko.

Yoko took it...

Wow, it’s a marker pen, and it works like a ballpoint pen in Bai Shi’s hand!
At the same time, Shiraishi put on white gloves - these gloves were originally part of the ceremonial uniform.

Then Bai Shi stretched out his hand, almost touching the ceiling, and directly picked up the upper part of the dial on the wall, took it down, and then turned it over to look at it.

Gao Mu also came forward and stood on tiptoe to take a look...

"Ah!" Takagi also discovered that there were two places where dust had fallen off on the lower part of the dial. Obviously, someone had lifted the watch from below and taken it down recently!

Seeing this, Bai Shi curled his lips and said, "Keep this well... Although I don't know if there are any fingerprints left, it can at least prove that this watch has been adjusted recently."

Upon seeing this, Gao Mu quickly took out a large plastic bag, used it as an evidence bag, and put the dial in it, then...

"Ms. Yoko's testimony on the phone call has also been written. You know what to do, right?" Shiraishi handed him another piece of paper.

"Yes! I will confirm with Mrs. Muraoka the true content of her call. If... the difference between the two is too big, then... um..." Takagi did think of Shiraishi's intention of asking Yoko to recite the content of the call, but he hesitated again when he said this.

Now that I think about it, this is not a “detailed confession” after all!
It is impossible for Yoko to remember everything that Muraoka said on the phone. Indeed, the written statement is quite vague. Even if it is very different from what Mrs. Muraoka said, it can only be used as an internal reference for the search and cannot be used as evidence in the legal sense.

As for the clock...

If the other party is not wearing gloves, then everything will be fine. However, if he is wearing gloves, this watch can only prove that "the alibi is not conclusive"!
"So there is another very important point. My lunch box was delivered on time at twelve o'clock. That is to say... when Miss Yoko went to get the lunch box, it was after twelve o'clock and before twelve twenty. The time was not too far off, otherwise the probability of being discovered by Miss Yoko would have greatly increased." Shiraishi reminded.

Although he was not his subordinate, Shiraishi did not wait for Takagi to find out the results of his investigation. Instead, he gave him clear hints, but still let him think for himself...

As Shiraishi spoke, he looked at Yoko and asked, "The shark fin soup in the jar was still hot, right?"

Hearing this, Yoko blushed and nodded.

"Eh? In that case, it seems that there is not enough time. At around 12:23, Mrs. Muraoka heard the sound of the victim being attacked...

"It takes fifteen minutes to drive from here to the scene, and we have to go to the parking garage and take the elevator... um... ah! So the first crime scene is most likely not the office?" Takagi also reacted at this time.

When the accident happened, the first thing Mrs. Muraoka thought of was not to call the police, but to call Muranaka. This shows that she trusts Muranaka very much... or, in her impression, her husband trusts Muranaka very much!
In other words, even at this critical moment, Muranaka was able to get Muraoka out.

During such a tense time, it is very likely that Muranaka asked Councilman Muraoka out in the underground parking lot of the Beika Public Hall or somewhere along the way, induced him to call his wife, and then attacked him at that time!
Then he quickly rushed to the office building where Muraoka's office was located, and after arranging the scene, he came down and pretended to have just arrived. He came up with Mrs. Muraoka and found Muraoka's body...

Because he was the first person to discover the body, he was the first to go forward to check and even wanted to give Muraoka first aid, so as long as his alibi is valid, even if any traces of him are found on the body, it can be fully explained!
"Right, so... check his vehicle carefully. He doesn't have time to deal with it now. With current technology, it is almost impossible to hide the body without being discovered." This is exactly what Shiraishi wanted to say.

Even if he made excuses about the "fingerprints on the watch" and the "contents of the phone call", things like transporting corpses in a vehicle would easily leave solid evidence!
"Yes! I'll go back and investigate!" Takagi said with a salute, then hurried away.

"Wait a moment." Bai Shi called him again.

"Huh?" Takagi looked back in confusion, thinking that Shiraishi had some other clues.

"Officer Takagi, when I was in a team, I often only ate red bean bread for two or three days in a row, so... come on!" Shiraishi patted his shoulder and encouraged him "kindly".

Gollum—

Gao Mu swallowed hard and said quickly, "Yes! Director Shiraishi, I understand!"

Well, on the surface it was Shiraishi who gave him some chicken soup - as long as you work hard, your meal standards will be this high.

But actually...

You better not let me hear someone complaining about my meal standards outside! …

After Takagi left, Yoko said sheepishly: "I almost gave false testimony. Fortunately, Director Shiraishi was here!"

"Isn't this exactly what our police should do... And don't worry, even if the police really didn't find anything, you are just stating what you saw. It doesn't count as perjury. The fault lies with the criminal and the police officers who didn't notice the problem." Shiraishi said soothingly.

Just then, Section Chief Maruo and Agent Yamagishi also came over - it was time to set off.

In twenty minutes, Shiraishi identified the suspect in the murder case of Toriyacho, a remote gang he helped with without any actual contact with the case!

In the afternoon, they still had to patrol the streets, and then there was a speech on crime prevention. The female police guard of honor had recovered their strength by then, but they were inevitably less energetic than in the morning...

Fortunately, the afternoon street tour was shorter and we soon arrived at the venue for the open-air speech.

While Yoko was giving a speech, Yamagishi came quietly over and pointed to the street corner in the distance and said to Shiraishi: "Director Shiraishi, look at that person... Miss Yoko also said that she has been followed a lot recently. Although it is inevitable for idols to have some crazy fans, but..."

I saw a guy wearing a mask and sunglasses, who was not participating in the event seriously, hiding stealthily in a street corner in the distance!

Originally, Yamagishi just wanted Shiraishi to find someone to go over and give a warning, but Shiraishi looked around and saw that there was no one who looked too fierce - after all, the police station would not arrange for those fierce guys from the "Criminal Division" or "Group Combat Division" to join in on this kind of activity!

So Bai Shi directly said: "Hmm? Oh, then I'll go talk to him."

Because it wasn't a formal police dispatch, Bai Shi didn't use any tough measures, he just went over and had a good talk with him...

"Hey, little brother." Bai Shi suddenly called out from behind.

The sneaky man heard the sound, turned around and was startled!
Whether it was Shiraishi's figure or the police uniform, it was indeed worth scaring him...

"It's just chasing stars, it's not illegal... there's no need to dress up like this, right?" Shiraishi smiled kindly.

"No, it's not illegal... What do you want from me?" the man in sunglasses said angrily.

Shiraishi didn't expect that "private fans" are so tough nowadays.

I feel like this is no longer an ordinary "private fan"...

However, since he dared to confront Bai Shi, Bai Shi felt that he had not done anything wrong.

then……

Bai Shi patted his shoulder and said, "I'm not here to arrest you, but... I hope you can express your admiration and love normally in the future, otherwise it will be difficult... After all, I have memorized your face, right?"

"Tsk..." The little fat boy showed an angry look when he heard that, but he didn't dare to get angry with Bai Shi at all. He just left in shame.

Yamagishi came over and thanked him, "It's a good thing you're here..."

"In fact, it's best to formally call the police," Shiraishi reminded.

"After all, Yoko is an artist. If we call the police, we'll have to call the police dozens of times a month." Yamagishi was also helpless.

In a blink of an eye, Yoko's speech was over. Shiraishi also went on stage to say a few words. Finally, he took the "One-Day Director" etiquette belt handed back by Yoko and took a group photo. So far, the "One-Day Director" event of the Mika Agency this year has come to a successful conclusion!

After all, this is in Beika Town. No murders have occurred within the jurisdiction, but there was a homicide in the neighboring town. Shiraishi feels that this is already very "perfect".

At the end of the show, Yoko left the camera and came to Shiraishi to thank him: "Thank you very much for taking care of me today, Director Shiraishi!"

This thank you is indeed very meaningful.

There is "correction of perjury", and "solving the stalker" as her agent just told her, and also... the confidentiality of her lunch box!

"I should be the one to say thank you. After Miss Yoko came to promote legal knowledge, the whole Beika Town feels a lot brighter and fresher." Shiraishi said with a smile.

Well, that's just polite talk. After all, this is Beika Town...

(End of this chapter)