Thief Game: Starting with Obtaining the Kidd Card

Inspector Megure looked at Sonoko with a puzzled expression: "Is there another problem, Ms. Sonoko?"

"The culprit is right in front of you, yet you're completely oblivious." Conan, hiding behind the game console in front of Sonoko, said in his voice-changing bow tie, "How can this not be disappointing, Inspector Megure?"

"What?!!"

Everyone present was startled by these words, and even Inspector Megure frowned.

Conan, hiding behind the game console, continued speaking in Sonoko's voice:

"Mr. Hitoshi Izujima, who previously worked at the arcade, had contact with the deceased, but according to the surveillance footage, the deceased continued to move around normally after the contact, so it is clear that he was not the murderer."

As for Mr. Jiang Shoumin, as he himself stated, the only time he approached the deceased was from the deceased's left side, making it impossible for him to have the opportunity to stab the deceased's right arm with a poisoned needle. Therefore, he was not the murderer.

When the voice of "Sonoko" came, Inspector Megure and the others nodded.

Jiang Shoumin glanced at the girl who had just been arguing with him with disdain and muttered, "You know I'm not the murderer, yet you still argued with me so fiercely."

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Chapter 318 The Real Culprit?

The sound of "garden" continued:

“When the victim died, Ms. Judy was sitting in the next seat playing a game, and a few of us were watching from around the room. According to the surveillance footage, none of us left the vicinity, so we were not suspects.”

"In that case... the only people suspected of being the murderer are..."

Inspector Megure muttered to himself, his gaze fixed in one direction.

Similarly, Sato Miwako, Takagi Wataru, and other officers from the First Investigation Division, as well as the surrounding crowd, all turned their attention to one person.

“That’s right! You are the only remaining suspect, and the most likely person to be the murderer—Mr. Shimizu Takayasu!”

"Me? Are you kidding me?"

A barely perceptible flicker of panic crossed Shimizu Takaho's eyes, but it was quickly concealed and went unnoticed by anyone.

He then reached into the inside pocket of his jacket and took out a box of chewing gum, calmly took out a piece of gum, put it in his mouth, and said:

"Everyone present saw it. I was sitting on the machine in the back, fighting against the deceased, Mr. Oto. I wasn't doing well and was being dominated by Mr. Oto the whole time."

"How did I manage to kill Mr. Oto, who was several meters away, under those circumstances?"

Upon hearing what Shimizu Takaho said, everyone present recalled that match, and many began to whisper among themselves.

"Yes, Mr. Shimizu was sitting over there at the arcade machine at the time, so he should be the least suspicious person."

"Exactly, the police can't just drag someone into the mess because they can't catch anyone, can they?"

"It's not impossible."

Listening to the whispers around him, Shizumi Takaho couldn't help but reveal a confident smile.

The situation has once again reached a stalemate.

At this moment, Chen Feng turned his head to look at Yukiko beside him.

"Yukiko."

"Hmm?" Yukiko turned her head in confusion, and at Chen Feng's prompting, she leaned closer to listen.

Not far away, Shimizu Takaho's performance was not over yet. He casually took out his phone and turned on the recording function in front of everyone.

"Officers, I came here alone today. For my own safety and to avoid being falsely accused, you wouldn't mind if I turned on the recording function, would you?"

"You bastard, who do you think would frame you?" Sato Miwako couldn't hold back any longer and stepped forward to teach this guy a lesson.

"Miwako!"

Inspector Megure gave a soft shout, stopping Miwako Sato, and then looked in the direction of Takayasu Shimizu:

"Of course, our police will not frame anyone. If you want to record this, please feel free to do so."

"That's good."

Shizumi Takaho replied casually.

Conan, hiding behind the game console, saw that the argument outside had ended and was about to speak again, but before he could say anything, a voice suddenly came from behind him:

“Mr. Shimizu would naturally not have had the opportunity to poison the deceased during the match, but what if the deceased was already poisoned before the match?”

"Mom?" Conan was stunned when he heard the voice, clearly not expecting his mother to get involved at this moment.

Everyone else also looked in Yukiko's direction.

Inspector Megure asked, "Ms. Yukiko, do you have some suspicions?"

"A little."

Yukiko smiled at the group, then turned to Chen Feng and said, "Now, please allow me to sit in the deceased's seat and have a fighting game with Mr. Arsen."

Chen Feng also stepped forward and nodded to the crowd.

Everyone was completely bewildered by what they saw, and watched as Yukiko and Chen Feng sat down on two game consoles and started their battle.

"Now please watch the fight on the big screen," Yukiko's voice came again.

At the same time, two fighting characters, one male and one female, appeared on the big screen.

As the countdown reached zero, the competition began.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the male fighter quickly approached the woman, then swiftly kicked her, giving her no chance to react before knocking her to the ground.

Before the opponent could even stand up, the male fighter stepped forward again, unleashing an incredibly smooth combo that sent the female fighter flying, before quickly finishing her off.

The entire process took less than 15 seconds, and the word "KO" appeared in blood red on the big screen.

"This Mr. Arsen... he doesn't have any grudge against Ms. Yukiko, does he? How can he be so ruthless?" After witnessing everything on the big screen, Judy couldn't help but complain.

Xiaolan did not reply.

She had noticed earlier that there had been a quiet exchange between Yukiko and Yukiko before Yukiko started speaking; in other words, it was all planned out by the two of them.

"Is that you, Shinichi...?"

Xiao Lan muttered to herself in her heart.

Yukiko had already taken off her gaming helmet, stood up from her seat, and looked at Inspector Megure and the others:

"Everyone, who do you think won, me or Arsène?"

“Of course Mr. Arsen won.” Takagi Wataru said without hesitation, and the others nodded in agreement.

Everyone saw what just happened. Yukiko's side was completely powerless to fight back. The winner and loser were naturally beyond dispute.

Upon hearing everyone's answers, Yukiko didn't rush to reply. Instead, she walked back to the gaming chair where Chen Feng was, reached out, and forcefully turned the chair so that Chen Feng was facing everyone present.

"How is this possible?"

Upon seeing Chen Feng's condition, everyone present was utterly astonished.

Chen Feng was still wearing the game helmet, but his hands were tightly bound together. In other words, he didn't have any free hands to control the game character.

Seeing this, Yukiko reached out and untied the rope binding Chen Feng's wrists, then addressed the crowd:

"Obviously, when a male and a female fighting character appeared on the big screen, everyone would subconsciously assume that I chose the female character, and that the male character was controlled by Mr. Arsène Lupin, who is also male. However, I'm sorry to say that this time the situation is exactly the opposite; I controlled the male character who won!"

Yukiko confidently stepped forward and said:

"And... Mr. Shimizu, you call yourself 'Beihu Louis,' while Mr. Oto calls himself 'Beihua City's Caesar. So when the two sides in the battle on the big screen show both characters, 'Louis' and 'Caesar,' everyone will subconsciously think that you are using your famous character 'Louis,' while Mr. Oto is using 'Caesar.'"

But this time... the result was exactly the opposite!

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Chapter 319 Conan's Puzzle

"what!"

Everyone present was surprised.

Yukiko turned her head and glanced at Chen Feng, then spoke again:

"From the very beginning, Mr. Shimizu was dominating the already poisoned victim in that fight. However, due to the two of them being used to each other, it seemed to others that the victim, not Mr. Shimizu, had the upper hand."

Yukiko's voice echoed throughout the room, prompting everyone present to nod in agreement.

After thinking for a moment, Inspector Megure slowly began to speak:

"In other words, the victim was poisoned before the match, not after it. So... Mr. Shimizu, who was near the victim before the match, is highly suspicious."

"So...so what? Where's the evidence? Where's my murder weapon?"

Shimizu Takaho swallowed hard and continued to struggle.

"I can answer that for you."

Conan spoke again in Sonoko's voice:

"I noticed when everyone was walking towards the monitoring room earlier that there was a very slight metallic sound as we walked. It wasn't until I saw you bending down to pick up a cigarette butt in the monitoring footage that I understood what was going on."

You hid the needle, which was covered in pufferfish toxin, in a cigarette butt, and then placed the cigarette butt next to chewing gum. If someone accidentally stepped on the cigarette butt you left on the ground, they would unknowingly take away your murder weapon.

And that person was—Mr. Izujima, the arcade employee!

"Ah I?"

When his name was called, Izumi was still a little confused and stepped forward with a questioning look on his face.

"Yes, it's you. According to the surveillance footage, it was you who stepped on the cigarette and took away the poison needle hidden in it. If you don't believe me, you can ask Mr. Izushima to lift his foot so we can check."

"Is that right?"

Inspector Megure turned to look at Hitoshi Izushima, who was still in a daze, and then said, "Well... Mr. Izushima, I'll have to trouble you to cooperate."

"Of course, you can."

Chu Dao nodded, casually pulled over a chair, sat down, and prepared to lift his feet.

At this moment, Shizumi Takaho was completely despondent. He reached into the gum box, took out the last piece of gum, put it in his mouth, and quietly closed his eyes to await the final verdict.

"Inspector, there's nothing there."