Stay away from Conan.

Chapter 125 The Number of Coins

"Please allow me to decline this commission."

In a coffee shop, among the two girls sitting opposite each other, a woman with white hair and black-rimmed glasses said solemnly to the black-haired woman sitting opposite her.

"Hey? Why?"

The black-haired woman was obviously surprised by what the white-haired woman said suddenly, "Could it be that this commission cannot be completed in one day?"

The white-haired woman passed a photo back to the black-haired woman, explaining methodically:
"Well, almost."

The black-haired woman took the photo, and she could see that the person in the photo was Akechi Takato, and the black-haired woman was Masami Hirota.

The white-haired woman continued to explain:
"Miss Hirota, you said that the other party is your sister's dating partner. Because I was worried that my sister made friends carelessly, I asked me to conduct a life investigation on this person. It is difficult to find the results in one day, and, I just did a little research and found that it is too difficult to investigate this person's resume. I am afraid that no matter how many detectives you find, it will be difficult to help you. "

"Hey? What do you mean?"

Hirota Masami was puzzled.

"Interpersonal relationships."

The white-haired woman explained, "People are social creatures. From birth, a person will naturally meet all kinds of people. Therefore, to investigate a person's resume, it is generally necessary to find people who know him, from Only by understanding it from different populations can we fully understand what kind of person this is."

After a pause, the white-haired woman took a sip of coffee, and then her expression became serious.

"However, the person you want to investigate cannot find his personal relationship half a year ago."

"Hey? How come?"

Masami Hirota was surprised, "But the information clearly includes the schools he has attended and his experience of studying abroad. Through these, you can find some relevant people no matter what."

"Well, it looks like that."

The white-haired woman said, "But if you investigate carefully, you will find that the school he attended in his early years is located in a remote mountainous area. Because of an earthquake a few years ago, there are very few people alive in the local area. And his study abroad information It shows that he dropped out of school halfway, and the school cannot find complete information about this person, and the school is still far away abroad, so it is really difficult to go to the local area to investigate."

"That……"

Masami Hirota fell into deep thought, "Could this be a false identity?"

The white-haired woman shook her head upon hearing this.

"It can't be proved. Although I once suspected that this is a fake identity. But generally speaking, fake identities are to buy identity information that others don't want, so generally speaking, it is difficult for such identities to pass the investigation of interpersonal relationships. If someone is willing to investigate the interpersonal relationship of this identity, it will be easy to reveal the truth. And you can't even investigate the interpersonal relationship of this person's identity, and you can't falsify it at all."

"Is it possible that it is a fake identity?"

Hirota Masami looked at the photo of Akechi Takato in her hand and frowned.

"Not too possible."

The white-haired woman said, "Because his household registration information is real, and because of his studying abroad, his passport is also real, so it should not be a forged identity. Although this identity is a bit suspicious, it is too perfect to be falsified. .So please forgive me for not being able to accept this commission that cannot be falsified.”

Standing in front of Zhizhi Gaoyuan's villa, Hirota Masami recalled what the "forgotten detective" said to him not long ago, and couldn't help frowning——Today, Zhizhi Gaoyuan is out, and he lives alone, so he can't help but frown. That is to say, there is no one in his family now.

Furukawa Youji said that you can't be a member of the organization, but Zhibao doesn't know why he is curious about you. As a sister, I have to figure this out—or are you and the "Maharaja" the same kind of person?

At this time, in the "Sand glass" coffee shop.

Yinguan Usuke saw that Gao Yuan and Jushang Kyoko were both curious about the sentence just now, so he couldn't help but said urgently:
"It doesn't matter what that man said! The most important thing now is to help me clear the suspicion, otherwise when the police come to find me, I can't speak clearly even if I have eight mouths!"

"Mr. Yinguan, don't worry."

Gao Yuan comforted, "Aren't we thinking about it?"

"But, you are obviously curious about what that man said!"

Yinguan Usuke said in a tearful voice, seemingly in despair.

"Think about it, you came to the murder scene for two consecutive days, and these two crime scenes are in the area where you are in charge of delivering TA-Q-BIN. These two days are also working days, and there are usually few pedestrians, so is it possible that the murderer Maybe I have met you before! I think Miss Today asked you to describe the people and things you encountered in the past two days. It should be to see if there are any suspected murderers. As long as you find the real murderer, your suspicion is not Just wash it off?"

Gao Yuan explained.

"So, if you care so much about that man, does it mean that that man may be the murderer!"

Hearing this, Yinguan Esuke got a little excited, lay down on the coffee table, and stared at Gao Yuan and Kyoko Kyoko who were opposite him. Of course, the main line of sight was still Kyoko Kyoko, as if he was fascinated by the other party.

"It's hard to say, but so far, only this sentence seems suspicious."

Jishang Jinzi said, and then looked at Gao Yuan, "What about you? Mr. Detective? What do you think?"

Gao Yuan thought for a while, and said, "That man should want ten yen coins very much. If he just wanted to collect change on a whim, he probably wouldn't use the word 'have to'."

"Yes, that's right! That man had to ask for a ten-yen coin no matter what, which is strange!"

Hearing Gao Yuan talk about his heart, Miss Jinzi said very happily.

Looking at the interaction between the two detectives in front of me, Miss Kyoko and Gao Yuan who met for the first time had a good chat, but Yinguan Usuke was a little unhappy.

"What's strange about this, it might just be that you don't have enough change to buy things."

Yinguan Usuke murmured in a low voice, but they were still heard by the two of them.

"It can't be for shopping!"

Gao Yuan retorted bluntly.

"Why? Usually money is needed urgently, isn't it just to buy things?"

Facing Gao Yuan's rebuttal, Yinguan Usuke didn't want to admit defeat for no reason, so he asked back.

"For the sentence 'you need five more', the man needs at least five ten-yen coins, which is fifty yen. In Japan, there are coins with a denomination of fifty yen in the market. If he If there is something I really want to buy, and if it is [-] yen less, I should say 'I need [-] yen coins'. But what he said is 'I need five [-]-yen coins', which is definitely not for Got something to buy."

Gao Yuan explained in detail.

Yinguan Usuke couldn't find any reason to refute what Gao Yuan said, so he put his head on the table in frustration, and sighed helplessly: "But, if it's not for collecting money for shopping, there is no other reason."

Then Gao Yuan and Jin Zi continued to remain silent.

Seeing the embarrassing atmosphere at this time, Yinguan Usuke couldn't help but use his brain, thought for a while, and suddenly had an excellent idea.

"By the way! Could it be for change? I remember when I opened the store at the school cultural festival, I also worked hard to collect a lot of change for change. Yes! And he was on the phone at the time, on the other side of the phone This person should also be the one who opened the store together, this is the most likely!"

Yinguan Usuke expressed his thoughts aloud with some excitement, looking forward to looking at the two detectives in front of him, waiting for his answer to be recognized, as if he had forgotten the original intention of inviting the two detectives.

Is there a store open for change at the school festival?Haven't experienced it, really can't think of it.

Hearing this, Gao Yuan couldn't help but say in his heart.

"I don't think it's possible."

Miss Jinzi said, "It can be inferred from the words 'too little'."

"really."

Gao Yuan agreed, "It's really wrong to collect five more ten-yen coins for change."

"It's possible they've collected quite a few coins, just to round them up, so five more!"

Yinguan Usuke said unwillingly.

Hearing this, Gao Yuan gave Bai Yinguan Ejie a look, and he obviously lost his head and tail when he was thinking.

"By the way, how many ten-yen coins do you think that man will collect in total?"

Gao Yuan pointed out.

"'There are too few ten-yen coins, so I need five more'. Too few means that it is still far away." I am collecting ten-yen coins, but I am far from the target number, so I have to ask for more Five', translated, that's what the man said."

After listening to Gao Yuan's words, Yinguan Usuke didn't seem to understand.

"Mr. Yinguan, for example, suppose he wants a total of fifty coins, and now he has collected 45, and there are still five short. In this case, would he use the word 'too few'?"

Miss Today Zi saw the confusion of Yinguan Usuke, and reminded her aloud.

"probably not!"

Hearing that Kyoko took the initiative to talk to him, Yinguan Usuke said happily, "It's more reasonable to say 'almost' at this time."

"Right!"

Ms. Today Zi smiled and said, "Using the term 'too few' can only mean that half of the ten-yen coins have not been collected, or only about two-thirds of them are more reasonable. In this way, the man is at most It takes two or three times the amount of five coins, that is, about ten to fifteen coins."

"So here comes the question, what can that man do with as long as ten to fifteen ten-yen coins?"

Gao Yuan said, after all, this is Japan, and ten to fifteen ten-yen coins have a face value of one hundred to 150 yen. What can such a small amount of money be used for?

"Also, suppose that man needs ten to fifteen coins. Calculated in this way, the total value is at most 150 yen in face value. Of course, it is equal to one hundred yen coin plus one fifty yen coin. Mr. Detective, you Do you think there is any difference between the 150 yen of the former and the 150 yen of the latter?"

Today's son asked Gao Yuan.

"Fifteen ten-yen coins are more scattered."

Gao Yuan said bluntly.

(End of this chapter)