The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

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"So, when did the crime take place...?"

"Let me think about it..."

Just as Eri Kisaki and Yukiko Kudo exchanged a glance, recalling the situation at the time, Yuu Aragaki suddenly spoke up.

"I think it should be around eight o'clock."

When Conan and Eri rushed to the scene, Yuu Aragaki, who was the last to leave the monitoring room, made a point of checking all the surveillance footage.

Therefore, he also noticed the time displayed on the monitor screen.

“That’s right, we saw this scene on that TV.” At the same time, Conan, who had been pulled up by Ran because he had been running around at the crime scene, struggled to point to the security camera in the corner of the room.

"The surveillance cameras!"

Upon hearing that there was surveillance footage in the area, Inspector Megure's eyes lit up.

This is truly a rare find.

It's unclear whether it's because people living in Japan are overly respectful of privacy or for other reasons, but the rate of surveillance coverage in Japan is extremely low.

Therefore, very few households actually install surveillance cameras at home.

There are no surveillance cameras on many streets.

This has added a lot of burden to the police's various case-handling work.

Then, at Inspector Megure's prompting, Eri Kisaki and Yukiko Kudo took turns describing what they had seen on the surveillance footage.

Around 8 p.m., the group of people chatting in the monitoring room noticed, to the astonishment of the butler, Mr. Ueki Kusahachi, that Mr. Fujieda Mikio, who was in the audiovisual room at the time, suddenly stood up and raised his hands high.

Just as everyone was wondering what was going on, Mr. Ganxiong suddenly collapsed as if he had been shot.

Then, everyone rushed to the door of the audiovisual room.

While they were waiting for Mr. Ueki Kusahachi to bring the spare key, they heard two gunshots coming from the room.

In a moment of desperation, after Xiaolan violently broke down the door, the audiovisual room became what the police see today.

"Officer Megure!"

Just then, Officer Takagi and Officer Chiba suddenly appeared outside the window of the audiovisual room.

Officer Takagi appeared to be holding something in his hand.

"The murder weapon, a handgun, has been found."

As Officer Takagi spoke, he showed the object he was holding to Officer Megure.

"That's great!" Inspector Megure was quite satisfied that the forensic team had found the murder weapon so quickly.

"The murder weapon was a .45 pistol. Three spent cartridge cases were found, which matches the number of bullet holes found on the body."

At this point, Officer Takagi also looked at the broken glass in the window. "Judging from the current scene, it seems that the murderer shot the victim through this window from the outside and then fled in a panic."

"Hmm." Inspector Megure nodded, chin in hand, in response to Inspector Takagi's report, and offered his own analysis, "If that's the case, it could also be a crime from outside..."

"Wait a minute, what's this?"

However, before Inspector Megure could finish speaking, Inspector Chiba, who was standing behind Inspector Takagi, seemed to have noticed something.

"There appear to be burn marks on this."

As Officer Chiba spoke, he presented a towel with obvious burn marks to everyone.

"Is this..."

Inspector Megure frowned as he looked at the towel.

Just as he was pondering this, Eri Kisaki suddenly spoke up, "It's probably to eliminate the gunpowder residue that occurs on the handgun during shooting."

"Or maybe they tried to reduce the sound of the gunshot but failed."

Yukiko Kudo glanced at Eri Kisaki, who had a serious expression, and, not wanting to be left behind, stepped forward and proposed another possibility.

Chapter 595 Inspector Megure, Who Never Works Overtime

"Yeah, that's right."

After Yukiko Kudo and Eri Kisaki finished speaking, Inspector Megure nodded in agreement.

He naturally had to act as if he had already thought of this common sense.

“Well…” However, Inspector Megure’s behavior did not attract everyone’s attention, just as he was preparing to make his next plan.

Eri Kisaki interrupted him, bluntly instructing Officer Takagi and Officer Chiba, "Officer Chiba, could you please check the handgun for the killer's fingerprints, and also do a ballistic test?"

"Yes!" Officer Chiba felt no sense of incongruity in the face of Eri Kisaki's assignment.

"Officer Takagi, please check if there are any suspicious individuals loitering in the vicinity."

"Yes... um!?" Officer Takagi instinctively saluted Eri Kisaki.

However, after noticing Inspector Megure's strange gaze, he realized something was wrong and awkwardly lowered his hand, which was still raised in mid-air.

Inspector Megure glared at Inspectors Takagi and Chiba before turning to Eri with a hint of reproach, "Wait a minute..."

If it had been Kogoro Mouri, or Yuu Aragaki, or Shinichi Kudo who said those words, he wouldn't have said anything.

However, although Eri Kisaki is a very capable woman, she is, after all, just a lawyer, and her rashly interfering in the work of the police would make things difficult for them.

However, before he could say anything...

Yukiko Kudo, who was standing to the side, spoke up first, "By the way, please also compare the bullets left on the victim's body with the bullets that were placed under the pillow from the beginning."

"it is good!"

Although they sensed something was amiss, Officer Takagi and Officer Chiba nodded in agreement.

In any case, at least they now have a direction for their investigation.

The work is even smoother now than when my boss led the team.

Inspector Megure: -`д'-

He blinked, looking somewhat bewildered.

For some reason, Inspector Megure suddenly felt that he was not far from being laid off.

"Then, Inspector Megure..."

However, before Inspector Megure could say anything more, Eri Kisaki turned around and looked in his direction.

"Huh?" Inspector Megure looked at Eri Kisaki and blinked in confusion.

Wait a minute, are they planning to use me too?

"Now, bring the forensic team with me to the living room. We'll begin the interrogation after we've examined the gunpowder reactions of everyone in this house!"

After glancing at Inspector Megure, Eri Kisaki turned and walked towards the door of the AV room while still talking, giving Inspector Megure no chance to respond.

"..."

"Hey, wait a minute, Attorney Kiyoshi..." This time, Inspector Megure, who was watching the police being used as tools, finally couldn't hold back anymore.

Unfortunately, before he could voice his complaint, Yukiko Kudo, who was still there, patted him on the shoulder with a smile and comforted him, "Inspector Megure, don't take it to heart. Eri is working very hard too!"

"Yes, but..."

Although he knew that all of Eri Kisaki's arrangements so far had been in order, Inspector Megure still wanted to say something.

"Inspector Megure, let's do as Attorney Kisaki arranges for now!" Just as Inspector Megure hesitated, Yuu Aragaki, who had been watching everything, stepped forward to speak up for Eri Kisaki, "After all, we don't have any better options right now."

“Brother Aragaki… alright then, since you’ve said so.”

Inspector Megure glanced at Aragaki Yuu, who had walked up to him, and could only nod in agreement.

Although I feel like I've become completely invisible.

But if Aragaki-kun is there.

If you don't have a presence, then so be it.

I'm used to it anyway...

After all, when it comes to a sense of presence, nothing is more important than not working overtime!

Thinking about this, Inspector Megure finally felt pleased.

However, Yukiko Kudo winked at him playfully, clearly pleased with his gesture.

"Let's hurry to the living room and not keep them waiting too long."

……

Soon, everyone in the house underwent gunpowder reaction tests.