Secretary Nojima lowered his head with helplessness on his face: "That's because the president strictly prohibits everyone from telling the truth..."
"And you, who was not in the villa at the time, would know about this because President Kojima entrusted you with the 'important task' of buying a pistol." Ye Gengyi added thoughtfully.
"right……"
Secretary Nojima twitched his lips bitterly, "A few months ago, the president gave me a sum of cash and said he wanted a pistol for self-defense. He asked me to find a way to get it. He also warned me... that if I reported this matter If it leaks out, then he will never admit that he is the one who entrusted me to buy the pistol. So...so...I just..."
So that’s it!
Conan suddenly felt a little ashamed.
Finding out Secretary Nojima's lies and the origin of the pistol were all important clues... Fortunately, I only thought about finding the murderer who pushed President Kojima down the stairs.
Ye Gengyi didn't know what the little detective was thinking.
Otherwise, he who despised Conan tactically but valued Conan strategically would definitely explain it this way... The two sides have different priorities.
Except for scientific research, which requires a certain spirit of adventure, in anything else you do, safety comes first, and the truth comes second.
Otherwise, in this world where people can die at any time, once it gets cold, there will be nothing left.
However, now that we understand President Kojima’s purpose of organizing this tournament.
Ye Gengyi and Conan's attention also fell on the three promotion candidates again.
Through probability analysis, three possibilities emerged.
First, Kojima Genta’s father is the leader;
Second, Kojima Genta’s father is a member of a thieves group;
Third, Kojima Genta’s father had nothing to do with the whole thing.
As for Secretary Nojima... he had better luck. He later revealed the location and contact person for purchasing the pistol in front of the police, and maybe he could be convicted and meritorious service. But now...
"What exactly is written in the envelope?" Ye Gengyi asked.
"It's these two words..."
Secretary Nojima took a deep breath and pointed to the 'First Grade' in the 'World's First Grade' in the thief group's notice letter scrawled on the table.
Everyone has curiosity, especially when it can be easily satisfied. Few people can resist the temptation.
He can't...
So when he got three different answers, he secretly read the contents inside the envelope.
"No, but... Even so, there is no guarantee that the other party is the leader of the thieves group, right? When the president left, he just said that he wanted to see the champion."
Secretary Nojima’s voice was trembling, and his eyes were full of hope:
"So... Sir, if the police ask about it later, you must testify for me. I really don't know that the purpose of the president's tournament is to kill people!"
After revealing so much truth, are you worried that your immediate boss will blame you?
Ye Gengyi probably guessed the other party's concerns, but he didn't mean to embarrass others: "My questioning ends here. If you have nothing to hide, as long as you clearly explain the source of the pistol to the police, there will basically be no difference." As for the question, as to whether the leader of the theft group is among those three people, that is your president’s judgment, and it has been confirmed with blood..."
He rubbed his brows and said:
"One more thing, you are free to be really stupid or pretend to be stupid. I have no emotional tendency towards this, as long as you don't perform this trick again and again in front of me. I said... your I can only fool this elementary school student wearing glasses."
Conan: "..."
Although I have always been crushed in front of Brother Gengyi, but... at least I must be higher than this secretary in terms of IQ!
But... he also understood why Geng Yi was bored with this middle-aged man.
He had obviously made a mistake and confessed under questioning. As a result, the secretary, who had experienced social slickness for a long time, instinctively began to use the sophistication of the world to ask Ye Gengyi to help him conceal it appropriately. So as to achieve the so-called 'community of interests'.
And this set, for the character who either is too lazy to do it, or uses the 'brute force decryption method', and wants to use various methods to get the suspect to confess when collecting evidence, only to be scolded but not beaten, is already based on the previous The face of active cooperation is gained.
"I……"
Secretary Nojima's mind was racing, and he wanted to say something else from the perspective of "Is it an accident that the president fell down the stairs?"
Conan saw this and pointed it out directly:
"The current situation is no longer possible as you mentioned, Mr. Nojima. I have observed before that every contestant's uniform and shoes are sponsored by you, right?"
"Yes, yes," Secretary Nojima nodded, "Because the president said to do that, the program will be enjoyable to watch after recording."
"But the tryouts have been messed up, haven't they?"
Conan said seriously, "Also, you said before that the leader of the thieves group killed the president's pet dog in the courtyard, so the purpose of giving uniform shoes to the players was actually to compare shoe prints."
Immediately afterwards, he guessed that the singing competition was to compare the timbre, and the writing competition was to find out the dominant hand used by the murderer when he cut his throat.
Look at Conan dispatching this secretary who can't carry anything clearly for him.
In order to prevent this detective boy from being too outstanding and causing unnecessary trouble, Ye Gengyi added casually:
"It's no surprise that those three people are 90% left-handed..."
"Uh, yes, yes..."
Conan was stunned for a moment, but quickly figured out the probability of this hypothesis.
The dominant hand of ordinary people is the right hand, so after such people commit crimes, they are rarely listed as the key to the search due to the large number of investigations.
However, if the suspect's dominant hand is his left hand, then within a certain range, it can become an effective investigation condition, so this also creates the illusion that all prisoners are left-handed.
However, Brother Gengyi is really saying that even if it’s just once, can’t he let himself finish his reasoning properly?
Need a beating again?
Feel the resentment in the other person's eyes.
Ye Gengyi knew that the detective boy had temporarily forgotten his identity as a primary school student. He stared down at him until Conan felt a little cold while staring at him, and then he spoke slowly:
"Your reasoning just now..."
"It's Brother Shinichi!" Conan said hurriedly: "Because he also cares about Genta's father, so we have always used email to chat."
"Kudo-kun?"
Ye Gengyi thought for a while and said bluntly: "How is his hemorrhoids? He left in a hurry last time, so he just happened to have something to tell me."
I don't have hemorrhoids, but I can't refute... Conan took the topic with a sullen face: "Oh, Brother Gengyi, tell me..."
"It's a good thing to have the dream of being a detective, but you should also pay attention to your health..."
Ye Gengyi simply expressed concern and then said:
"And don't always rely on some cleverness to think that you have control of everything and lead the overall situation, and make naive judgments, otherwise what happened in Ousui Village will happen again."
"Ah...this...I...get it, I will convey it..."
If the groundless accusation of 'hemorrhoids' would only make Conan feel depressed and he would not care too much, then after being scolded by Ye Gengyi with facts, he felt completely wilted. .
In order to protect the village chief's son Daiki, he ended up ignoring Makoto's feelings. If the female reporter hadn't survived by luck, and if Makoto had been more crazy and killed people randomly with that pistol, by that time, he would have really Can we justly say that all this is the fault of the honest man, and he can take a more rational approach to seek the truth?
After attacking this detective boy, Ye Gengyi did not continue to create pressure. For example, after thinking carefully about how difficult it would be to convey such words to a child, he called Kudo Shinichi now.
Immediately, he took out a bag from the drawer, put the pistol and the piece of paper in it, and motioned for the two of them to leave the office with him.
