Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 2 Too unprofessional

Seeing that the young Megure Jusan was about to collapse, Lin Xiuyi stopped playing around and answered the questions honestly, telling him the whole process of discovering the body this morning.

Next are Eri Kisaki and Kogoro Mori.

The two of them were much more well-behaved than Lin Xiuyi, and they said whatever they saw.

After the interrogation, the three people who reported the case still could not leave, so they stood in the alley and watched the detectives work.

Kisaki Eri watched carefully, wanting to learn something from it.

Kogoro Mouri's face was full of longing. As he looked at it, he suddenly remembered something and a smug expression appeared on his face.

Lin Xiuyi, however, kept frowning as he watched.

In his opinion, the professional qualities of these Metropolitan Police Department detectives were not very good, and were obviously far worse than the detectives in the world before he traveled through time.

However, the behavior of these Metropolitan Police Department detectives is actually normal.

The time in this world is now more than twenty years ahead of the main time.

Many of the professional regulations for criminal police and the behavioral rules for investigating cases are far less standardized and efficient than they will be in the future.

……

"Inspector, we've found a new witness!"

The thick-browed police officer who had been sent out to investigate nearby returned with a thin, medium-sized man with short hair.

"Mr. Kato is a diving coach at a nearby swimming pool. He said he saw two people arguing here at 11 o'clock last night."

"Matsumoto, take him to check the body first." Inspector Samezaki ordered.

The broad-jawed police officer who had been examining the body with the forensic officers came over and brought the diving coach to the body.

As soon as he lifted the white cloth from the body, Coach Kato said with certainty, "Kitamura! That's him! I wasn't mistaken. He was the one arguing with someone at the intersection up ahead last night."

"Do you know him?" Megure Jusan asked.

"Well, Kitamura Minoru, he's a member of our swimming pool diving team," Coach Kato said with an annoyed look on his face. "Kitamura was our ace. He had a competition in two days, and he got into trouble."

"I'm afraid the diving team's performance this year is going to hit rock bottom."

"Where did you see him arguing with someone last night?" asked Inspector Samezaki.

"Last night around 11 o'clock, after the swimming pool closed, I wanted to practice diving alone."

Coach Kato recalled,
"I climbed up the diving board and was about to dive when I saw Kitamura arguing with someone at the intersection."

"Beimun pushed the man, and after he got up, he started to wrestle with him. Then the two of them went into the alley, and I couldn't see them anymore."

"Isn't he the ace of your swimming team?" Inspector Samezaki frowned. "You saw him fighting with someone, and you didn't even come over to check it out?"

"I came over to check," Coach Kato explained. "After I found out Kitamura was fighting with someone, I quickly jumped off the diving board, changed my clothes, and ran over here."

"Standing at the entrance of the alley, I saw that there was no one in the alley. I thought they had left, so I didn't go in... It's all my fault!"

Coach Kato suddenly raised his hand and slapped himself, turning half of his face red.

"If I had come in and checked, I might have found Kitamura, and he wouldn't have…" "Mr. Kato, this isn't your fault," Megure Jusan hurriedly stopped the diving coach from blaming himself. "By the way, what is Mr. Kitamura like? Has he had any arguments with anyone in the past two days?"

"Kitamura has a bit of a flamboyant personality," Coach Kato said after a moment's thought. "As for arguments, the other two members of the diving team have both clashed with him."

"Even I had a fight with him the other day."

"What was the reason for the quarrel?" asked Inspector Samezaki.

"It's not a big deal, actually," Coach Kato shook his head and said, "Although I'm a diving coach, I didn't win many awards when I was an athlete. It's far less than what Kitamura has now."

"Kitamura used this to mock me, saying I wasn't qualified to be his coach."

"We had a small argument about it, but we reconciled yesterday and he even took part in diving training at the swimming pool."

"Really?"

Inspector Samezaki nodded noncommittally and called over the thick-browed officer Morimura.
"Go check the diving board at the swimming pool and make sure you can clearly see the intersection in front of the alley from up there."

"Yes!" Officer Morimura nodded and walked towards the swimming pool.

……

"Inspector, are you suspecting Mr. Kato?" Megure Jusan asked in a low voice, "He shouldn't be the murderer, right? When I saw Kitamura's body just now, he didn't act like..."

"That's just his expression!" Inspector Samezaki lectured, "Does the criminal really show guilt on his face?"

"...I just think he had no reason to kill Mr. Kitamura," Megure Jusan couldn't help but say. "Mr. Kitamura is the diving team's ace. He's going to compete again soon. If Mr. Kitamura wins, it will definitely benefit Mr. Kato, the diving coach."

"I think the murderer might be the other two members of the diving team. They were jealous of Mr. Kitamura's talent, so..."

"We are the police!" Inspector Samezaki frowned, "We want evidence, not speculation."

"...I was overthinking it," Megure Jusan quickly apologized.

"However, what you said does make sense," Inspector Samezaki said soothingly, "The other two divers are indeed suspects. So, you will investigate them."

"Really?"

Megure Jusan's face was full of surprise. Just as he was about to agree, he suddenly heard someone say,

"Mr. Officers, there's no need to investigate anyone else. This Mr. Kato is very likely the murderer."

The person who spoke was Lin Xiuyi.

Megure Jusan obviously did not agree with his statement. Just as he was about to open his mouth to refute, Inspector Samezaki beside him said impatiently,
"Are you the student who found the body? This is an adult matter and has nothing to do with you kids! Don't talk nonsense."

"Shuichi," Ki Eri pulled Lin Xiuchi's arm, "Officer is right, this is not something we can interfere with."

"That's right!" Maori Kogoro also agreed, "They are police officers from the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division, they are all professionals..."

"If the investigation by you professional police officers went smoothly, I wouldn't have said anything more," Lin Xiuyi snorted. "But now, the murderer has revealed his flaws, and you haven't noticed a single thing."

"I don't want to just stand there like an idiot, waiting for the results of your so-called investigation!"

(End of this chapter)