I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

Chapter 142 Batman's Suspicion Never Needs Evidence

—People have died at the Mikado Theater.

Chen En knew this, but he was completely unmoved by it.

Because in Beika Town, where hasn't someone died?
If you were to say you wouldn't go to a place where someone has died, you could probably just move out of Beika Town altogether, since people have died in every theater, supermarket, school, and other public facility in Beika Town.

"Next up are two people from backstage."

Chen En put his hands in his pockets and thought to himself.

He has already installed magnetic tracking devices on everyone else in the troupe. The only ones who haven't had tracking devices installed are the so-called scriptwriter and the stuntman who hasn't shown up yet.

In Chen En's opinion, the stuntman was the prime suspect in the murder.

— Kenzo Tajima

One of the members of the Era Drama Travel Troupe, he was agile and could be said to be the most famous action star of the Era Drama Travel Troupe during the old troupe leader's time. However, he later claimed to have injured his back and had since retired from the front-line performances.

After the old troupe leader's death, he went behind the scenes to teach new top-tier actors how to perform.

As for whether Kenzo Tajima had any injuries to his back or waist.
If so.

Chen En did not believe that Kenzo Tajima had actually injured his back.

He investigated and discovered that the old troupe leader's death was suspicious, because Edo Boys only started performing after the old troupe leader died, as if they were avoiding him.

This is most likely because if the so-called Edo boy committed the crime.

If the old director of the theater troupe were still alive, he would be able to tell at a glance who this so-called Edo boy really is, right?
"The Edo boy steals from various places while traveling with a period drama troupe."

"By eliminating those deceptions and relying on the conclusions of Detective Conan, we can basically confirm that Edo Kid is among the remaining members of the traveling theater troupe. Compared to the others who have alibis for the performances, Kenzo Tajima is the most suspicious."

Chen En analyzed in his mind.

He pushed open the door, passed behind Chikaishi Tetsufu who was engrossed in typing and hadn't heard anything else, placed a locator, closed the door, and headed to the backstage lounge without looking back.

Until the door closed, a gentle breeze blew in.

Chikashi Tetsuo shivered, feeling as if something had just passed by behind him, but when he looked back, there was nothing there. In the end, he could only attribute it to the wind that had blown in and his own psychological state.

"Seriously, change, change, change my ass!"

Chikashi Tetsufu stared at the document on the computer screen, feeling quite annoyed.

Why not just write the script according to his ideas? Why make revisions again and again, and why is he still fixated on the ending where the Edo boy is among the theater troupe members? What exactly is Ito Tamanosuke trying to do?
If he writes it like that, how will he get money from Edo Boy?

"When that brat Tamanosuke comes back, I'll make him taste the power of my iron fist!"

Chikashi Tetsuo said angrily.

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lounge.

Kenzo Tajima, who reportedly injured his back and was unable to move around much, was sitting in a chair.

He looked at the diary in his hand, as if reminiscing about his glorious past.

However, as he looked around, Kenzo Tajima began to feel uneasy, as if an eye was watching him from the darkness, which gave him a sense of crisis.

He subconsciously got up and walked towards the door, then pushed it open and looked into the corridor.

There was nothing there.

Is it an illusion?

Kenzo Tajima was somewhat confused. Just as he was about to turn back to continue reading his diary, he heard Megumi Ito's cheerful voice coming from outside backstage.
"Uncle Tajima, come quick! My brother's friend is here!"

My brother's friend? Ito Tamanosuke's friend? Who?

Kenzo Tajima was somewhat surprised.

He watched Ito Tamanosuke grow up, how could he not know if Ito Tamanosuke had any friends in Tokyo?

Even if there is.

It's been two years since Ito Tamanosuke last came to Tokyo. He didn't even stay in Tokyo for a week that time. Even if he had friends, it's impossible for them to be so close to him that they would come to the theater together.
Although I was confused.

However, Kenzo Tajima still decided to go and take a look.

Regardless, Ito Tamanosuke is still nominally the head of this theater troupe. Although he is the most senior member, one should still show some respect to this nominal head.

crunch.

Kenzo Tajima pushed open the door and walked to the front desk.

However, after taking only a few steps, he turned around and looked behind him. He vaguely felt that the sound of the door closing behind him seemed a little off, a little slower than before, but he couldn't see anyone when he looked back.

He touched his chin, and finally concluded that he was just overthinking it.

Hmm, how could there be outsiders at the Miho Theater? Especially not backstage? That's impossible.

In the lounge, Chen En stood in front of Kenzo Tajima's desk, his gaze fixed on Tajima's diary.

—Who writes a diary?

Anyway, Chen En won't write it.

He put on gloves, then flipped through Kenzo Tajima's diary, quickly scanning the words in the diary. Using quantum speed reading, he quickly finished reading the entire diary and restored it to its original state.

This diary doesn't seem to have anything special about it.

If Inspector Megure were to see this, he would definitely come to this conclusion.

However, if Chen En were watching, the conclusion would be different.

The first two-thirds of Kenzo Tajima's diary records events from when the old commander was still alive, mostly everyday occurrences. The last third, however, recounts events after Tamanosuke Ito became commander.

This section focuses on recording the current situation of the members within the troupe.

Also included are the start and end times of various performances, their content, and the subsequent police investigation.

This was somewhat strange, making Chen En even more suspicious that the so-called Phantom Thief Edo Kid was referring to the stuntman Tajima Kenzo, who had a back injury. However, he had no evidence.

However, for Batman, suspicion of others doesn't require evidence.

He installed a tracking device and a listening device on Kenzo Tajima, hidden under the man's collar. As long as Tajima didn't change his clothes, he would never be able to detect the existence of those devices.

With the help of these two devices, Chen En could at least complete the deployment of control over Kenzo Tajima today.

—If Kenzo Tajima does anything unusual in front of the Grim Reaper and the Plague God today.

He can basically be definitively identified as Edo-era youth.

Chen En could then use his invincible physics crowbar to let Kenzo Tajima experience the Great Memory Restoration Technique.

"Next, let's observe from the shadows."

(End of this chapter)