Stay away from Conan.

Chapter 126 The Connected Clue

"In other words, it can be split and the money can be distributed to several people."

Yinguan Usuke said.

"But it's only 150 yen in total. If you divide it up, it's not even enough money for children to run errands."

Ms. Today Zi said helplessly, "Are adults going to share such scattered money together? So it's really not right."

In this regard, Gao Yuan also agreed, and it seems that he needs to continue to think about it, and then thought for a while and said:
"By the way, we missed an important point in the previous analysis."

Gao Yuan suggested: "What the man said was not 'five more', but 'five more'. This obviously shows that the ten yen coins he needs is an approximate amount. Indeed, he may need fifteen coins, but not necessarily fifteen, it could be fourteen or sixteen, and that's why it's 'must have' five!"

"Yes! This is it!"

When Miss Today Zi heard this sentence, she smiled excitedly and puffed up her little palms, looking very cute.

"That is to say, the number of coins he needs, I only know an approximate amount, because he was not sure how many ten-yen coins he would use!"

"Wait a minute, then it doesn't conflict with what I said can be assigned to other theories!"

Yinguan Usuke said, showing his own existence.

"Yes, it is!"

Ms. Today seemed to have a new idea, and she said cheerfully, "This is very subtle. It's only fifteen or sixteen coins at most. Normally, it's a bit unreasonable to distribute such a small amount of money to several people."

"In other words, it is not possible to think about coin usage in normal ways now."

Gao Yuan said, "Then let's sort out our thoughts first. The man needs ten yen coins, and he needs about a dozen coins, and he can't use other change to replace it. Five yen or fifty yen won't work, and he can only use ten yen coins." done."

"Ah! Could it be that I went to a convenience store to copy things!"

Yinkan Usuke suddenly thought of something, and exclaimed: "I remember that the copying fee at the convenience store is exactly ten yen."

"will not."

"impossible."

Gao Yuan and Kyoko took turns denying Yinguan Usuke's statement.

"I should use [-] yen coins for the extra ten copies."

Miss Today Zi said.

"And even if you want a ten-yen coin, you can change it at a convenience store, so there's no need to call and tell someone."

Gao Yuan said.

"That's right...then, is there any other reason?"

Yinguan Usuke said discouragedly.

So, the scene fell into silence again, and then suddenly, Miss Today Zi made a cute startled sound, as if thinking of some kind of surprise, she said happily:

"I figured it out! There is only one thing, a ten-yen coin must be used."

"what's up?"

Gao Yuan and Yinguan Usuke said in unison.

"Payphone!"

Smiling, Miss Kyoko gave the answer.

Because Gao Yuan is not Japanese in nature, he didn't think for a while that there are such things as public phones that can be used on the streets of Japan.

But when he heard this answer, Gao Yuan's thoughts were immediately pierced through like being blasted by lightning - in this way, all doubts can be solved!And the suspicion of Yinguan Esuke can be cleared, because the real murderer of the two murders he met was that man!
"Public phone... By the way, do you need ten yen coins to make calls?"

Yinguan Esuke is also a little unfamiliar with this word, so I would like to ask.

"Correct."

Ms. Kyoko replied with certainty, "Basically, you can only use three types, ten-yen coins, one hundred-yen coins, and phone cards. Ten-yen coins can be used for up to 1 minute at a time. You can continue to insert coins, but you won't get change."

"If it's a public phone call, is that person going to use this pile of ten yen coins for a long time?"

Yinguan Ersuke asked.

"wrong."

Gao Yuan had already cleared up all his thoughts, and said calmly, "If you plan to talk for a long time, you should use a hundred yen coin or a phone card. The purpose of using so many ten yen coins is to call many times."

"No, please wait!"

Yinguan Usuke couldn't accept this answer, "There is a big problem with this statement!"

"That man was holding a mobile phone at the time."

Gao Yuan added what Yinguan Erjie wanted to say, "You want to say this."

"Yes, under normal circumstances, if you have a mobile phone, you should use your mobile phone to make a call directly!"

Yinguan Usuke said.

"However, mobile phones cannot hide identities."

As Gao Yuan said, he looked at Miss Today, and found that she also looked at him with a cheerful expression because of what he said just now, and nodded. It seems that the two of them have the same idea.

"what happened?"

Yinguan Usuke looked at the interaction between the two detectives in front of him, and asked with some displeasure.

"For example, I will use my mobile phone to call you. In this way, my mobile phone number will be recorded in your call history. Of course, if it is set to hide the caller, the phone number will not be displayed, but this You can only fool around with the records, if you go to the carrier to check, you can still find the other party's number."

Gao Yuan explained.

"And if you make a call from a public phone, no matter whether it is your side or the operator's side, only the number of the public phone will be recorded. Even if someone checks this record later, they will not know who made the call. In this way, You can hide your identity."

Miss Today Zi added.

"But why are you so cautious!"

Yinguan Usuke said loudly, "Ordinary people don't care about such records at all, after all, almost no one will check the records of the operator!"

"But someone will check."

Gao Yuan said, "Ordinary people can't check, but the police can—that person wants to hide it from the police."

"In other words, Mr. Hermitage, the man you met and the person on the phone were planning to commit some kind of criminal operation."

Miss Today Zi said.

"crime!"

Yinkan Usuke exclaimed, "What kind of crime? Telephone fraud?"

"Mr. Yinguan, have you forgotten the request you made when you entrusted us?"

Gao Yuan reminded, "Isn't the fact of the crime already in front of you?"

In this regard, Yinguan Usuke opened his mouth in surprise, completely unable to understand why the detective in front of him could go back to the two murder cases he encountered from the coin matter.

"Then let's think about it from the direction of the coin."

Seeing the puzzled look on Yinguan Usuke's face, Ms. Today Zi suggested, "That person wants to use a dozen coins to call a public phone. It can be inferred that his call time is not long, and he has to make many calls, and only one call at a time." Xiaohui. If you look at it this way, Mr. Yinguan, do you think he wants to fight in the same place, or in a different place?"

Hearing Miss Kyoko's words, Yinguan Usuke immediately replied: "If you call to the same place, it will be a nuisance call!"

"But the problem is that the man was also on the phone with another person, and it can be assumed that that person was also involved in the crime, and making harassing calls is unlikely to be an accomplice."

Gao Yuan reminded.

"If it's not a harassing call, it's a call to a different place."

Yinguan Usuke said.

"Yes, call to different places. The call time for each place should not exceed 1 minute. Judging from the amount of coins, it should be about ten places."

Ms. Kyoko said, "Of course, in my personal opinion, I think the place to call is a little less than the total number of coins. The extra coins are to prevent the call from overtime."

"The ten-yen coin can only be played for about 1 minute. If you say too much, you have to put in spare coins to prevent overtime. In order to prevent this situation, you should prepare more coins. Even if you are not sure how many, you should prepare more coins. .”

Gao Yuan said, "That's why there is the saying 'you need five more'."

"To ten or so scattered places, continuous phone calls can be done in one minute, and they are also related to crimes."

Miss Today Zi said, she slowed down and then asked a question that seemed to be enlightening.

"Ten or so places means a wide range. It can be done in one minute, which means that the matter is simple. Continuous play means that it is urgent. What is this situation like?"

"Find someone?"

Yinkan Usuke replied somewhat uncertainly.

"That's right! That's it!"

Ms. Kyoko seems very satisfied with the reaction speed of Yinkan Usuke.

"They were looking for someone, but there were ten or so alternative addresses for that person, but they couldn't pinpoint which one, so they decided to call."

Gao Yuan said.

"In other words, they want to arrest someone?"

Yinguan Ersuke asked.

"Do not."

Gao Yuan shook his head, "If the target wants to escape, it is not easy to deduce the address through the phone. Mr. Yinguan, suppose you want to escape from someone, and a call suddenly comes from your hiding place, will you answer it?"

"I definitely won't accept it!"

Yinguan Usuke replied.

"Yes. So, the other party is someone who hasn't noticed that he is being targeted. He should be an ordinary person who lives in an ordinary life."

Miss Today Zi said.

"How can ordinary people be targeted by criminals?"

Yinguan Erjie was puzzled.

"It's more common to see something that shouldn't be seen—for example, the murder case last night."

Gao Yuan changed the topic and directly turned to the matter entrusted by Yinguan Usuke, but it seemed that the turning point was too fast, and Yinguan Usuke still couldn't understand the relationship. He felt that there was too little logic, so he showed a shocked expression again.

"Mr. Detective, you are going too fast."

Miss Tianzi scolded Gao Yuan coquettishly, and then said: "Leave this kind of thing aside, Mr. Yinguan, how much do you think those two people know about the target?"

"There are about ten spare addresses, which is a little too much. If they can't lock it, it means that they have limited information."

Gao Yuan reminded, "If you know the target's 'surname' and 'street of residence', and then use the local telephone directory to select, there should be about a dozen places..."

As he said that, Gao Yuan felt that he was about to say the correct answer, so he shut up.

"sound?"

Yinguan Erjie added, "They know the target's surname and residential address, and the more information is to know the other party's voice, otherwise they would not be able to confirm the target through such a short phone call!"

"So, the last question, who is the target audience?"

Miss Today Zi continued to ask.

But this time Yinguan Esuke thought about it, and shook his head: "No... just ordinary people living in ordinary people's homes?"

Regarding this, Miss Today Zi gave up on continuing to ask, and then looked at Gao Yuan, beckoning him to speak, so Gao Yuan answered the question.

"You're the man you ran into this morning, and they were worried about running out of coins, which means they should be calling soon. But today is a weekday, most people have to go to work, and they are not at home during the day. That's what they're looking for..."

"It's someone who stays at home during the day, and is likely to answer a strange call—"

Yinguan Usuke quickly replied, "It's a housewife!"

After saying this, Yinguan Usuke suddenly realized something, and then looked at the two detectives in front of him with an unbelievable expression——

"Could it be that I met this morning..."

"That's right, all the clues are connected."

Gao Yuan said.

(End of this chapter)