Conan’s Corpse Picker

  Conan and Yoko Kinoshita are lying in front of the one-way mirror, intently looking at the suspect in the interrogation room.

  Jiang Xia stood by, a little bored.

  He remembered the opening video of the live broadcast just cut out by Vodka. He was free and decided to send a message to his colleagues to get in touch:

  [By the way, do you know who was the lucky mascot who was wearing a doll costume, shook hands and hugged Miss Yoko at the beginning of the live broadcast yesterday, and was able to ask for a group photo and autograph at any time. ]

   On the other side, in a black vehicle.

  Vodka glanced down at the mail and let out a sneer.

  Heh, do you think this will stir up my emotions and arouse my anger? I…

  Damn it, I'm really a little angry!

  Vodka: "..." Uzo the bastard, I hope this guy will be poisoned to death by the sudden poison earlier when he picks up the snacks handed over by the suspect.

  …By the way, who is that mascot?

   If you can't get Uzo, you can't get that guy!

  While thinking fiercely, Jiang Xia's next email came:

  [It’s Bourbon. In the past few days, whenever he wanted, he could come to Miss Yoko for cooperation. If other people apply for a mascot, they will be treated the same now. Oh, what a pity. ]

   Vodka: “…”

   Oh, stupid Uzo, do you think he will be fooled if you provoke him so much? Going to live broadcast such a dangerous thing, except for Bourbon who was calculated, other cadres would only do it if they were stupid.

   Vodka: "..." Bourbon is fine, why can't I? Just wearing a hood to say a few silly words of support...

   No no no no! Such an obvious temptation and conspiracy, if you are really fooled, you are a fool!

  Vodka's thoughts experienced many fluctuations in a short period of time, and finally stabilized: "The conspiracy is all Uzo's conspiracy!"

  …

  Jiang Xia sent that e-mail, but did not receive a reply, and suddenly felt a little pity.

  But after experiencing the fluctuations just now, the vodka should have some ice cream.

   Recently, I found an excuse to go to Gin’s car for a walk, and I should be able to find the murderous group that fell from the car.

   While Jiang Xia was squeezing the ice cream remotely, Police Officer Takagi finally found the equipment and started to play back the live broadcast from yesterday.

  Although the focus of the live broadcast was on the host and Jiang Xia, after entering the coffee shop, following the sudden quarrel at a certain table, the cameraman instinctively turned the camera there.

   Soon, everyone saw two middle-aged men wearing glasses arguing fiercely across the dining table.

   "Yes, it is indeed the deceased and the suspect." Miwako Sato checked carefully, and suddenly saw a scene, "Pause!"

  As the picture paused, the two cups on the quarreller's table were magnified and circled by the technician.

   Those are two thermos cups, very close to each other. The cups are actually of the same style and look exactly the same.

  The screen continued. After learning that there was a live broadcast, people stopped the quarrel. Akira Hashizume picked up the thermos and stuffed it into his bag, and left angrily.

  Behind him, the deceased stared at the remaining thermos cup, his face changed several times, and finally he lowered his head, picked up the remaining cup, and hurried away.

   Everyone's eyes fell on his face.

   Miwako Sato hesitated: "Why do I feel... When Hashizume Akira left, it seemed that he deliberately took the deceased's cup by mistake?" She looked at Jiang Xia asking for proof.

"It does seem to be intentional." Jiang Xia nodded, "Although the two thermos cups are close to each other, they can't be placed in the same position no matter how close they are, and when Qiao Zhuoming left, he actually took the one that was a little farther away from him. A cup. Judging from its location, it looks more like a mug for the dead."

Yoko Kinoshita always felt that the expressions of these two people were strange when they left: "Is it because they saw a camera filming, and they were embarrassed to continue arguing, so they didn't care about the problem of taking the wrong cup, just wanted to leave the camera as soon as possible, and later exchange back?"

"It may be another situation." Police officer Takagi suddenly had some kind of guess, and he slapped his fist on his palm, "I remember that the deceased was poisoned to death by the coffee in the thermos cup. Maybe yesterday, the two went to the restaurant to meet Before, Hashizumi poisoned his thermos cup, and when he left, he deliberately took the wrong cup and left his poisoned cup of coffee for the deceased. The deceased drank his poison when he walked under the bridge Coffee, so it was poisoned to death!"

  Jiang Xia pointed to another scene in the video: "The deceased stared at the thermos cup with such a strange expression at that time, and he should have realized that the two of them took the wrong cup for each other. But he still drank the poison. There should be another hidden story behind it."

  Officer Takagi is quite optimistic: "Anyway, this can be regarded as a breakthrough point. If the Megure Police Department seizes this point and inquires..."

  …

  Unfortunately, the Megure Police Department failed to meet his expectations.

  Instead, Hashizumi relied on the ability to bury holes he had developed as a reporter, and managed to find out the time of death of the deceased from the police.

  Then he leaned back in the chair with a relaxed expression: "Hmph, I said you arrested the wrong person, but you still don't admit it—I have an alibi during this time."

   "Alibi?" Miwako Sato frowned and ran over to listen.

  Yoko Kinoshita stayed where she was, with a strange expression on her face.

  Jiang Xia looked at her: "What's wrong?"

Yoko Kinoshita looked around and found that no one was eavesdropping, so she moved closer and whispered to Jiang Xia: "According to the collection of your cases I collected, those who have the strongest alibi are probably the real ones in the case. Fierce! It seems that this case has already taken shape. I hope it can be resolved as soon as possible, and then we will go to your school to shoot together."

  Jiang Xia: "..." Do you know too much?

   But forget it, the problem is not big. He nodded and echoed casually: "I also want to go to school early."

  That's what I said, but Jiang Xia is actually not enthusiastic about Didan Middle School. In my impression, there are very few murders in the school. Occasionally there are some cases, and most of them are pretending to be ghosts.

  Compared with this, he felt that the way to school was more exciting.

Hashizumi didn't know the detective's feelings, and was still arguing with the police at this time: "Didn't that guy die from seven to nine o'clock last night, and I have been squatting on a target from 6 o'clock in the afternoon to this morning?" Black material, that guy is suspected of cheating, I have been squatting downstairs for several days."

   "...the words are unsubstantiated, what evidence do you have."

   "Aren't the videos I took considered evidence?" Qiao Zhuoming snorted coldly, "Let me go home, and I will copy the things I took."

  …

   Not long after, that video was played in the police station.

  In the lower right corner of the video, there is the shooting time. And at around seven o'clock last night, there happened to be a courier delivering a package to the target's apartment, and it was also captured on camera.