coobybook Chapter 250: Judy's Memories and the Flower Viewing Trap (Epilogue)
Chapter 250: Judy's Memories and the Flower Viewing Trap (Epilogue)
After a brief moment of thought, Conan continued his reasoning in the voice of a night watchman: "The murderer used a special weapon, gathered a large number of certain items together, and placed them in a place where they would not arouse suspicion even if they were found in large quantities."
"The murderer even deliberately talked to children, cleverly concealing his true identity. He was as cunning as a wild boar on the ice field."
The night watchman did not lip-sync to Conan's voice completely, but exaggerated it a bit, making Conan behind him show his half-moon eyes and try to ask for help from the antique dealer and the postman.
The postman gave his own note: "Ita is younger than you, please let him go. ^_^"
The antique dealer was helpless: "There's nothing I can do. I'm sorry to bother you."
Conan was speechless with a half-moon eye: "Who was it that angrily called me just a brat before?"
The three children were thoughtful after hearing this reasoning: "Could it be the old man who spoke to us? There are indeed a lot of fortune-telling papers there."
Huiyuan shook her head in denial: "But, things like fortune sticks, even if you gather a lot of them, you can't use them as murder weapons."
"Is that the uncle? He even refused the spoon Yuan Tai wanted to give him while washing his hands."
Mitsuhiko immediately came up with his own brilliant idea: "In other words, if we mix an iron spoon among those spoons, it can be used as a murder weapon."
"If that were the case, the police would have found out long ago." Haibara poured cold water on Mitsuhiko.
"Then only the shrine remains, but there are only two bells there."
Red Butterfly smiled and said, "That's not right, kids. Think about what you did before ringing the bell."
The three little ones suddenly realized: "Oh, it's for incense money, right? We threw in a five-yuan copper coin."
Huiyuan also understood: "So that's how it is. Just use a thin rope or wire to pass through the hole in the middle of the copper coins, string together a bunch of them and they will become a thin long stick. Moreover, even if those strung five-yuan copper coins are found in the cash box later, no suspicion will be raised."
Officer Takagi raised his own question: "But if we want to string the five-yuan copper coins into a thin stick about 30 centimeters long, we'll need at least 200 of them, right?"
Inspector Megure agreed. "Besides, if someone throws in so many five-yuan coins, it will actually make people suspicious of his behavior."
Conan continued to reason: "So the murderer would deliberately talk to those children and tell them that if they don't shake the bells hard to make loud noises, the gods won't hear them. In this way, the murderer can use the sound of the bells to cover up the sound of his own coins."
"So, the murderer is..."
"Yes, the murderer is you, Miss Danno Raiko, who rang the bell at the shrine."
"Based on the timing, the victim should have been killed when you rang the bell. Your wallet should have been stolen by then, but you still took out the incense money to make the offering. This is the evidence."
Inspector Megure reacted: "That's right. When you threw the incense money, you should have taken out your wallet to check. At that time, you should have noticed that your wallet was stolen. Why did you only discover this during the police inspection?"
Danye Laizi was still trying to argue: "Oh, don't you know? There's a folk taboo that says you can't open your wallet before putting it in the money box. If the gods see inside your wallet, they'll be angry that you only donate so little despite having so much money."
"So, before I came to pay my respects, I put five copper coins in my pocket."
[Night Watchman: Is this true? Is there such a taboo?]
[Antique dealer: It sounds like a bunch of nonsense.]
"I see. So you're saying that's why you didn't notice your wallet was stolen."
Danno Raiko continued to argue, "If you really saw me throwing a lot of five-yuan coins into the cash box, I wouldn't mind admitting my guilt. I heard that famous high school detective seems to have disappeared. These days, anyone dares to imitate him."
Conan, who was hiding behind, suddenly froze, because he clearly saw that the night watchman's fist was clenched and making a creaking sound.
Conan broke out in a cold sweat: Hey, hey, don’t provoke him like this, just confess your guilt and everything will be fine!
In desperation, Conan gently pulled the night watchman's hand, which was already a little hot, and signaled him to be patient.
[Night Watchman: I'm so angry. I didn't imitate him.]
[Red Butterfly: Why don't we go back and have some ice cream to cool down?]
Seeing the night watchman calm down, Conan continued: "Even if I didn't see it, I would know it was you. Just look at your shoelaces and you will know the truth."
"The rope you used to tie the copper coins was your shoelace, so that's why you were dragging your feet, right? If that's the case, then your shoelaces would have been stained by the blood splatter. If you check, the truth will be revealed."
Officer Takagi immediately bent over to check and found that it was true, and Danno Raiko also revealed her motive for murder.
It turned out that last year, her son suffered from asthma, but her wallet and the car keys inside were stolen. Her son was trapped in the car for a long time and eventually died due to delayed medical treatment.
[Photographer: Poor kid.]
[Shadow of Time and Space: This can be considered a tragedy brought about by theft.]
[Red Butterfly: Alas.]
After the murderer was taken away by the police, Inspector Megure told the other two to remember to come and take a statement. Conan stepped forward and asked the man disguised as Amuro Toru: "Uncle, is your eyesight not very good?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Because at that time, the pickpocket lady was shocked when she saw your face. I think it was because she recognized you as the person she had just pickpocketed, but you didn't say anything at that time."
Then the three little ones bombarded them with questions like a machine gun, so the woman disguised as Vermouth had to come out to rescue them.
"Actually, he came to the shrine to buy me an amulet."
Judy stepped forward in surprise: "Could it be that you were the one who taped me up during the bank robbery..."
"Ah, you were a foreigner back then. I'm so sorry..."
As she was talking, Vermouth suddenly pretended to fall and leaned against Judy, taking the opportunity to retrieve the bug that Amuro Toru had placed in the folds of her clothes. Then Amuro Toru left the scene, saying that his wife was not feeling well.
Judy recalled the previous situation and silently put away her wallet.
The night watchman came closer to Conan and asked, "Haven't you noticed yet? Or have you been so engrossed in acting that you forgot?"
Conan was stunned: "What?"
"During a bank robbery, the people who were called in to tape the place were usually alone, right? So, how could they be considered a couple?"
Conan's pupils trembled: "Oh no, that means that couple is actually..."
The night watchman looked at the frightened Conan and found it a little funny: "Don't worry, everything is in your plan, just play your detective game."
Conan's half-moon eyes muttered softly: "Why don't you just stay at home and play your alchemy game..."
And Toru Amuro, who was on the way back with Vermouth, was even more convinced that Conan was definitely not a simple person and he had to be more careful in the future.