The unscrupulous detective in Conan

Chapter 1229 The murderer is you, Fujino!

Just when Megure was speechless.

As usual, Huiyuan Ai, who had been watching the show in silence, suddenly spoke up at this moment: "From the perspective of motive, it is unlikely that Morimoto is the murderer."

"Oh?"

Megure Jusan lowered his eyes and asked, "Why?"

Huihara Ai thought of her little rabbit and candy, and decided to defend Ms. Morimoto and explained: "The murder was chosen during lunch break, and no one else saw it, which means that the murderer is very familiar with this place. Even if he is not a staff member, he is at least a regular customer."

"But there are too many regular customers here, so we can't identify the suspect for now. There is a tree stump blocking the kitchen and the cash register of Morimoto. Even if we look inside the kitchen, we can't see it at all."

"Excluding the possibility of an outside murderer, the remaining murderers are only the three of them who are very familiar with the kitchen."

"If Morimoto was the murderer, she could have stopped being so stupid as to stay in the kitchen and created an alibi for herself like the other two people, such as sending the kids out for dinner or something."

"But she didn't."

"If she wasn't stupid, she wouldn't have let herself be suspected by the police as the only suspect among the three without an alibi."

It was the first time that Megure Jusan saw Ai talking so much, and he was a little surprised.

He thought about it for a while, and then thought of something, and retorted: "But even if you say that, she is still a suspect."

He also gave an example: "For example, she deliberately created this contrast to induce us to exclude her suspicion and turn to suspect other people or something."

Haibara Ai:"……"

The corners of her eyebrows twitched, and she understood what Fujino meant by choosing one of the three options, which could exclude Inspector Megure.

This Inspector Megure is really a bit of a loser...

Fujino felt a little helpless when he saw Huihara Ai fall silent.

He roughly understood what she meant.

That is, Morimoto is not the only suspect.

But Megure-san...

Well, I can only say that those who often work with Brother Megure on cases know it.

Brother Megure needs guidance.

So, Fujino, who often worked with Megure on cases, began to explain: "Her beating around the bush is completely meaningless and even unnecessary. Instead of doing this, she might as well go with the other two people to create an alibi."

As he said that, he turned to look at the other two people: "I think the other two people who have alibis are more suspicious. At least, she is not the most suspicious one."

"From around 12:25 to around 12:35, the crime probably took ten minutes. At 25, Maeda left the office to make a phone call, and then Fujino Yasuo followed him out. The time was uncertain... Then at 35, the body was found, and screams were heard, and everyone went to see what happened... I recorded 40 minutes as the time of death."

"No customers should have come into the store during the ten minutes. If a customer had found a body, they would have shouted in advance."

"Excluding Morimoto, according to the testimonies of Maeda Tsuyoshi and Fujino Yasuo, the store manager was alive when Fujino Yasuo left, but was dead when Maeda Tsuyoshi came back. This means that both Fujino Yasuo and Maeda Tsuyoshi could have committed the crime."

"If that's the case, then all three of them have the possibility and motive to commit murder..."

Megure Jusan stroked his beard after hearing this, and fell into deep thought. Finally, he nodded and realized something: "That is to say, the two people who left and came back could have both lied. One killed the store manager and pretended to leave as if nothing had happened, and the other killed the store manager after returning, and then pretended to have discovered the body by accident."

"Brother Fujino, you mentioned before that both of them had motives for killing the store manager. One wanted to borrow money, and the other wanted to go solo."

"In comparison, Morimoto's reasons for murder are unlikely."

"You can't say that."

Fujino shook his head slightly: "The reason may not be sufficient, but in this place, any outrageous murder method is possible."

"That's right."

Megure Jusan nodded in agreement, thinking back to his numerous attendance records and the large amount of overtime pay he had received, and he agreed with that.

Then he sighed helplessly: "But if that's the case, then we have no idea who the murderer is..."

"In fact, there is one person who is quite suspicious."

"Ok?"

In the puzzled eyes of Megure Jusan, Fujino explained: "Maeda Tsuyoshi definitely couldn't commit the crime when he left, and Fujino Yasuo couldn't commit the crime when he came back. That's the problem."

"Fujiano Yasuo's alibi was created when he proposed to deliver the cake after Conan was previously designated to participate in the performance. He went out to deliver the cake just after Maeda left."

"Maeda Tsuyoshi left earlier, and he only saw the body when he came back. So here comes the question. After all, the office is some distance away from here. If Maeda Tsuyoshi wanted to kill the store manager with a weapon, he would have to carry the weapon with him. But wouldn't it be awkward to carry a weapon that can knock someone to death?"

Megure Jusan fell into deep thought after hearing this, then he limped and said in a deep voice: "I understand!"

"The murderer is Fujino Yasuo!"

"If Maeda Tsuyoshi is the murderer, then he needs to think about what he used to beat Ms. Hashigaki to death when he came back... Even if he brought the murder weapon in from outside, carrying that kind of thing with him would definitely be noticed, and he couldn't be sure if there was anyone in the store at the time, or whether Ms. Hashigaki was in the store."

"It's even more troublesome to deal with the murder weapon. If I take it out, customers passing by will definitely notice something is wrong. And it's impossible to go back to my kitchen to deal with it, because Miss Morimoto is in her kitchen. Although she can't see the cash register, she can see people entering the store!"

Megure Jusan reasoned and felt his thoughts becoming clearer: "Fujiano Yasuo doesn't need to think so much. He just needs to make sure that Miss Hashigaki is in the store and confirm that there are no customers. Then he can take action, go back inside to dispose of the murder weapon, and then hold the cake and pretend nothing happened until the body is found..."

As he spoke, he frowned: "If you think about it this way, then Mr. Maeda's call was probably made by him. In this case, Morimoto is the only one left in the store. Then, after we come here, the first suspect becomes Morimoto."

"I told you Morimoto must be up to something in the store!"

"..."

Haibara Ai quietly watched the old uncle Megure Jusan muttering excitedly and passionately, as if he was looking at a fool.

So, these were all guided by Fujino, right?
What does it have to do with you?

Haibara Ai was helpless and complained secretly in her heart: Sure enough, Fujino's mouth of deceiving people is still as powerful as ever.

"Conan, where have you been?"

At this time, Conan ran back happily, and was caught by Xiaolan, who immediately said, "Didn't Senior Fujino say that we can't run around?"

"Fujino said that?"

Conan frowned, then smiled and said, "I just wanted to see if there was any cake left in the kitchen!"

"what?"

Xiaolan was stunned for a moment, and Sonoko added: "So you, a four-eyed brat, went to steal someone else's cake?"

"what?"

Xiaolan was startled when she heard this, and her face suddenly became angry: "Conan, how could you steal the cake!"

"That's a thief, don't you know?"

Conan was also confused.

Did Sonoko learn bad things from Fujino Nasus?

Why is the whole world targeting me?
Conan suddenly felt like complaining, but he didn't say it out loud. He could only smile awkwardly, and then said aggrievedly: "But, the deceased aunt said that she would compensate me for the cake she broke..."

"But in the end she went to have a quarrel with Mr. Maeda, and I didn't get to eat it."

"I've been hungry since this morning. This shop belongs to that auntie, so it shouldn't be a problem to get a piece of cake..."

Xiaolan looked at the aggrieved Conan, and her originally angry temper gradually disappeared.

Then he said earnestly: "Even if this is the case, you can't take someone else's things without telling the owner. That would be considered a thief, don't you know?"

"In the future, you will be beaten up by Senior Fujino and sent to jail!" Fujino: "..."

Why did I become the character used to scare children?
Conan nodded repeatedly as he listened to Xiaolan's chatter, then turned his head and looked at Fujino, pretending to be curious and said, "But it's really strange!"

“Is wood cake actually made of wood?”

Upon hearing this, Yuanzi, who is a foodie, was immediately displeased: "You little brat are really stupid. How can a wood cake be made of wood? It just looks like wood!"

"But ah..."

Conan's mouth tilted slightly: "Why is there real wood in Fujino brother's kitchen?"

"Real wood?"

Sonoko looked confused and didn't quite understand what the bespectacled Conan was talking about.

Megure Jusan happened to hear this and immediately came over to Conan and asked, "Brother Conan, what is this wood you are talking about?"

“It’s just wood!”

Conan raised his hand: "There are a lot of wood in Fujino brother's kitchen. It seems to be the bark of wood. I have heard the teacher talk about it before!"

"There are a lot of wood cakes made by Brother Fujino in the kitchen. If they weren't made of wood, why would there be so many?"

"so……"

Megure Jusan suddenly frowned and fell into deep thought.

At this time, Chiba and Hirano who had gone out came back: "Inspector Megure, we have searched the area around the crime scene, but we didn't find the murder weapon!"

"Ugh……"

Megure Jusan looked at the younger brother he brought with him and couldn't help but sigh: "So, how come you didn't even find such a simple thing?"

"So, you guys are still a little short of the mark..."

"Simple?"

Chiba and Hirano couldn't help scratching their heads and looked at Megure with confusion.

Megure said confidently under everyone's gaze: "I already know where the murder weapon is!"

"And the murderer has been identified!"

"what?"

Everyone looked at Megure, all with confused expressions.

Conan was also a little confused: "No, is Brother Megure possessed by something today?"

"Why are you reacting so quickly?"

"If I usually react so quickly, why would I be so cowardly?"

Then, under the gazes of several people, Megure Juzo went to the kitchen and immediately brought out another tray with several pieces of cut wood cakes on it.

The three chefs who were some distance away from Fujino and the others all looked confused.

Fujino Yasuo frowned slightly.

"Cough hum!"

Megure Jusan called everyone together, coughed lightly, put the tray on the cash register and said, "I already know who the murderer is!"

"The murderer is you, Fujino!"

"???"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Fujino with question marks on their faces.

Fujino, who was being watched, was speechless and reminded, "To be precise, it's Fujino Yasuo. When Megure-brother calls me, he usually adds "little brother" at the end."

"Oh……"

Everyone looked at Fujino Yasuo.

Then, Megure Juzo peeled open the wooden cake, revealing a piece of wood inside, and began to sort out what he had just deduced and make some inferences.

It was probably that Fujino Yasuo brought the wood in ahead of time, and then took the opportunity to knock the manager to death, and then made the wood into a wood cake and hid it, and then left the dessert shop to find Conan and the others to create an alibi for himself.

Fujino Yasuo went straight to Bengbu, knelt down to admit his mistake, and began to explain his reasons for killing: "That hateful old woman is just like the old witch in the candy house!"

"For example, in the dessert industry, if you don't have work experience in a famous dessert shop, you won't have a good career. When I signed the contract, she promised to provide me with resources to participate in various Western dessert competitions. As long as I won the cake competition award and worked hard for her for three years, she promised to let me go out and start my own business!"

"But after my wooden cake won the award, she said that I was ungrateful and wanted to start my own business after becoming famous..."

"You even threatened me not to make a wooden chocolate cake!"

"I can only..."

Fujino watched the show quietly and felt that this reason for murder was quite interesting.

Things like a master-disciple relationship, promises, and signed contracts, once you become a little famous, they will become a constraint on you. Then, when those people feel they can't control you, they will start to suppress you madly, or even destroy you.

Then, they will use their ungratefulness and carelessness to suppress and exclude you.

In Fujino's previous life, the situation of a crosstalk artist named Cao was quite similar to this.

All I can say is that as long as there are people in a society, it will probably not be exactly the same.

Fujino didn't understand why this happened. Maybe this was the origin of the saying "if you can't get it, you'll destroy it."

Conan looked at Megure Jusan and felt like he had seen a ghost. He muttered, "What the hell is wrong with Megure brother today..."

"Why did you suddenly become smart?"

"It's not that he has become smarter, it's just that Fujino told him the murderer in advance."

Haibara Ai was standing next to Conan, and since they were about the same height, she happened to hear the whisper, so she answered compassionately.

"what?"

Conan was confused: "How did he find out? Where is the evidence? Where are the clues?"

"It can't be some kind of intuition..."

"He just analyzed the possibility of several people committing the crime."

"How can this be……"

Looking at Conan who looked like an elementary school student who couldn't bear to play, Huibara Ai couldn't help but stroke her forehead and said calmly: "So, you really believe in Fujino's intuition that he uses to fool people... You are still a detective novel mystery, haven't you heard of psychological reasoning?"

"Doesn't that thing only exist in novels?"

"But Fujino did figure out who the murderer was."

"Without evidence, aren't you afraid of guessing the wrong murderer?"

"Fujino guessed right."

"..."

(End of this chapter)