Rebirth of Conan as a Detective

Chapter 328: Where It All Begins

In the evening, Kaga went to Shubunkan Junior High School to investigate, and Gao Cheng visited Aoyagi's house again.

After paying homage to Aoyagi Takeaki, he received a call from Police Officer Takagi before he could ask Aoyagi's family.

"Have you found Yashima's interview place?"

"Yes," Takagi contacted, "it's a furniture store located in Kyobashi. Sure enough, I saw the notice posted outside the store to apply. The boss was away on the first day, so I changed it to six o'clock in the evening on the second day, but at that time only Yashima was a part-time student who applied for running activities, but Yashima hoped to be able to apply for a furniture master, so the boss recommended Yashima to apply at another shop in Edobashi..."

"Edo Bridge," Gao Cheng continued to ask, thinking about the location of Edo Bridge's crime, "Then, did the other party admit him?"

"No, Mr. Yashima just worked as a carpenter out of interest, but he couldn't meet the store manager's requirements, so he left around seven o'clock in the evening."

"Seven o'clock in the evening..."

Gao Cheng silently hung up the phone.

It was around 7:30 when Mr. Aoyagi entered the coffee shop, the distance and time were quite consistent.

Kaga said that it could be delayed for a day, but it has only been half a day, and the evening press conference will probably go ahead as scheduled...

"Is there anything else to investigate?" Qingliu Youren watched coldly, "Isn't it already made it clear on TV?"

Gao Cheng turned around and looked at the stern-faced Qingliu Youren: "Don't you want to know why your father went to Nihonbashi? Just accept the closure of the case without knowing why?"

"Is there anything you can't accept?!" Qingliu Yuren said angrily, "Isn't it just that the father who deliberately concealed the labor injury was killed by a man who was resentful? He ran to the famous Nihonbashi bridge for nothing, so it caused the media The uproar caused by such a big disturbance...

"Not only the school, but now even the neighbors are talking nonsense all day long, and reporters are surrounded by the door every day!"

"Really?" Gao Cheng looked at Youren Qingliu calmly, "On the night of the incident, Mr. Qingliu dragged his seriously injured body and spent ten minutes walking to the Japanese Bridge without asking for help. The same goes for the nearby policeman. The patrolman said that he used all his strength to get to the Qilin statue before he fell down...

"Although I don't know why Mr. Aoyagi has done this to such an extent, but for half a year, he insisted on praying at the Water Heaven Palace origami cranes...you should know something?"

"Paper crane?"

Qingliu Youren suddenly stopped,

Without continuing to listen to Gao Cheng, he turned around and left the living room and ran upstairs, slamming the bedroom door.

The living room fell silent, only Gao Cheng and Mrs. Qingliu sat beside him.

Sure enough, Qingliu Yuren knew something, but it seemed difficult to ask what, I don't know what is going on with Kaga...

"That," Mrs. Qingliu hesitated and said, "is it such an abominable thing to conceal labor injuries? Even if you are killed, you should be killed?"

Gao Cheng came back to his senses.

"Is it because of the programs on TV? It is a crime to conceal labor injuries, and some people will feel resentful, but if they are killed because of this...at least I don't think it should be. Human life is not such a casual thing."

Nihonbashi Police Station.

The meeting was held sooner than Gao Cheng had expected, and when he arrived in a hurry, the senior management had already decided to hold a press conference at night.

"The distance is very close, and the time coincides," the chief of the police station tapped the table and said, "Yashima, who left the furniture store in Edobashi, and the victim who just happened to pay homage to the Seven Lucky Gods nearby, the chances of the two meeting by chance are very high...

"It seems that what happened should be that Yashima, who failed the interview, thought of the gold stone metal that brought him to a miserable end, and impulsively contacted the victim, so they entered a nearby coffee shop... Yashima threatened the victim by concealing the labor injury. , As a result, the two had a dispute, and then committed a crime in the underground passage on the way home, probably like this..."

"But," Gao Cheng stood up and interrupted, "isn't it strange to have a murder weapon when you meet by chance? And if there is a dispute, the coffee shop clerk should remember it."

"What's so strange about this, it should be used for protection," a high-ranking police officer said indifferently, "Yashima had a criminal record when he was young, and that kind of person is usually very dangerous..."

"Can you judge so casually?" Gao Cheng stared at the police officer who spoke, "I think there is a deeper hidden story in this incident, and the case can't be closed just like this...give me some more time..."

The police officer slapped the table with an unhappy face and stood up: "Detective Kido! You are just assisting in handling the case..."

"I guarantee my own future!" Gao Cheng firmly interrupted the police officer, "Bet on the reputation of the famous detective, this case is not over yet."

"you!"

"That's it," Matsumoto manager said, "The press conference will be postponed until tomorrow night, and we will investigate the two furniture stores and the vicinity of the coffee shop again to see if there are any witnesses."

At the end of the meeting, many police officers broke up unhappy.

"What the hell is this detective thinking? It's so obvious..."

"Although he's a detective, he's still just a layman under the age of 20."

"Not necessarily. Whether the murder weapon belongs to the suspect or not, there is no evidence for the time being, right?"

"Anyway, I'm going to be busy tomorrow again. Everyone is under a lot of pressure on this case..."

Gao Cheng silently packed up his notepad and walked out of the conference room, just in time to collide with Kaga.

"I've already checked at Shubunkan Junior High School," Kaga said, walking in the aisle together, "Three years ago, the consultant teacher worked overtime late, and when he left, he found a student named Yoshinaga Yuyuki drowning... this is what he said."

"What about Ji Yong?" Gao Cheng asked.

"I moved to Nagano," Kaga patted Gaocheng on the shoulder, "Let's go there tomorrow..."

"Mr. Kaga," Gao Cheng stopped and said, "Can you take me to the scene of the crime? I want to go back to the original point and sort out the clues again."

...

At night, near the Edobashi Tunnel.

The lights quietly illuminate the road among the green plants, few pedestrians pass by, and there are homeless homeless men curled up on the roadside benches, probably because the night in early spring is too cold, turning over and muttering intermittently.

Gaocheng followed Kaga all the way, confirmed the Nihonbashi Kirin Statue, the Edobashi crime scene, and finally arrived at the place where Fuyuki Yashima was discovered by the police.

After walking through it for real, it is much more plump than looking at a map, as if I saw the incident with my own eyes, and saw how Qingliu Wuming staggered through a distance of hundreds of meters while dragging his injuries.

"There are very few people on this section of the road, but there are still many opportunities to ask for help, and there is a police station in the middle..."

While walking, Kaga explained the situation on the day of the incident, and suddenly noticed Kaori Nakahara walking silently across the way, and quickly pulled Gao Cheng down.

"Miss Zhongyuan?"

"Detective Kido, Mr. Criminal..." Kaori Nakahara was taken aback, "Why are you here?"

"Come back to investigate again," Kaga walked to a bush and green plant, "Yashima made the last call...here, and then escaped after being spotted by the police..."

Kaori Nakahara pursed her lips and looked towards the middle of the green plants, and she could clearly see the footprints, as if she felt the panic of Yashima at that time.

"I still can't believe that Fuyuki would commit murder... Detective Kido, Mr. Criminal, there is no way Fuyuki would commit murder!"

Kaga looked at the anxious Kaori Nakahara, paused and said, "I know, Detective Kido has annoyed many police officers in order to buy time."

"Really?" Kaori Nakahara turned to Gao Cheng guiltily, "Detective Kido..."

"Nothing," Gao Cheng held a map of the Nihonbashi area in his hand, marked the entire case route, remembered the wishing card of Yashima on his body, and asked Kaori Nakahara, "Ms. Nakahara, you really didn't tell Mr. Yashima Is it about pregnancy?"

"Well," Nakahara Kaori nodded slightly, "Because I was very afraid...if he found out that I was pregnant when he was unemployed and had no money, he might abandon me...that's why I said such exaggerated things, I hope he can find Work……"

Gao Cheng took out the wishing card and handed it to Kaori Nakahara.

"Mr. Yashima should know...Actually, the reason why I was looking for socks without holes that day was to go to a furniture store for an interview..."

Kaori Nakahara took the wishing card lightly, her fingers trembling slightly: "Fuyuki..."

"The day before the incident, he made a special trip to Shuitiangong," Gao Cheng continued, "I bought this with all my money, because it was hung on a tree and the shrine took care of it..."

Kaori Nakahara choked up and hugged the wishing card tightly: "I don't know at all..."

Unknowingly, several people walked to the Nihonbashi Bridge again, and stopped in front of the unicorn statue in the middle, which happened to be on the opposite side of the place where Takeming Aoyagi died.

"Why did Ms. Zhongyuan come here? It shouldn't be convenient for you to run outside right now?" Gao Cheng looked at Kaori Zhongyuan who was immersed in memories and asked.

Kaori Nakahara came back to her senses, wiped the corners of her eyes, looked at the unicorn statue and said, "Fuyuki and I hitchhiked for the first time in Tokyo and got off here... The driver said this was the starting point of Tokyo. very happy……"

"When was that?" Kaga's expression moved slightly.

"Well, it seems to be this time three years ago... I remembered it at first because it was an anniversary, but we didn't celebrate it, and Fuyuki and I gradually forgot..."

"Don't you have any impression?"

"There should be something written in the diary..." Kaori Nakahara wondered, "Is there any problem with this?"

"It's nothing," Kaga thought, "I just thought that Yashima might still remember, that's why I came here...Miss Nakahara, can I trouble you to check?"

"Eh?"

"Just check the diary and you should be able to tell the time, right?"

"I see." Kaori Nakahara nodded confusedly.

After parting from Kaori Nakahara, Gao Cheng took the lead and said: "Officer Kaga, I just studied the route Mr. Aoyagi left the coffee shop to the subway station, and the possible activity route of Yashima...

"Mr. Aoyagi will pass through this area on his way home. After Yashima's failed interview, he may also pass by here. The strange thing is that there is almost two hours between the time he left the furniture store at 7 o'clock and the time when the case happened. If he If I didn't go to the coffee shop with Mr. Aoyagi, I should have left this area long ago..."

"I think so too," Kaga agreed, "The key is what Yashima is doing in the middle."

Gao Cheng recalled the death scene of Takeaki Aoyagi captured during the initial investigation, and glanced around the Nihonbashi bridge: "I remember there is surveillance here, right?"

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