"..."
Takagi Wataru's slowness made all the little kid-sized children speechless.
However, considering that he had two dark circles under his eyes, he rushed to the scene immediately after receiving the call.
Conan took the lead and helped recall the cases he had experienced some time ago.
Freelance writer murdered in apartment;
And the Sakura paper ring that uses Shiratori Rensaburo and the boy detective team to prove his alibi...
"I remembered...you are Teacher Sumiko Kobayashi!"
After listening to the prompts, Takagi Wataru's still confused brain finally came to his senses.
At the same time, he also remembered that the reason why Officer Shiratori suddenly withdrew from the 'Sato Miwako Absolute Defense Line' recently was related to the female teacher in front of him.
Suspicion is alleviated.
Coupled with the testimony of Conan and others, Kobayashi Sumiko's hesitant reaction due to fear can be considered a reasonable explanation.
but……
Although no murder weapon was found at the scene, because Kobayashi Chengzi had touched the deceased before and had blood on her hands, they had to stay here for a while longer, waiting for the forensic officer to fix the evidence.
The investigation lasted for more than half an hour.
During this period, Takagi Wataru called Shiratori Rensaburo, but the other party did not answer.
He had no choice but to call Sato Miwako again, and after asking, he found out that Shiratori Rensaburo and Megure Jusan were interrogating suspects in a previous case in the interrogation room, and their mobile phones were left on the desk without being brought in.
"It's probably going to be late at night..."
Takagi Wataru sighed, turned to look at Kobayashi Sumiko, who rarely turned pale when frightened by murder cases, and told him that if he felt unwell, he could go home and rest first, and they would collect clues and information as soon as possible. Look for other witnesses, but you must leave your contact information and wait for their contact at any time.
…
"There's nothing here..."
"There was no sound from here either."
"Teacher Xiaolin, are you really sure you took your mobile phone with you when you went out?"
"I have it with me. I took it out to confirm the time before."
"Could it be that it was taken away by a thief?"
"But the phone is not turned off..."
The group left the murder scene.
Conan asked Xiaolin Chengzi's route when he came, kept redialing the number, and led the young detective team to help search.
It's really weird... Logically speaking, if your phone is dropped on the road and it keeps ringing, as long as someone passes by, you will definitely pick it up...
unless.
"Teacher Xiaolin, have you used your mobile phone in the bookstore before?" Conan thought of a possibility.
"Um……"
Kobayashi Seiko nodded, "The boss said he would call me next time when there is a new book in the "Twenty Faces of Strangers" series."
Let's talk about this kind of thing earlier... It seems that the teacher must have been frightened by the corpse just now...
Conan uttered a silent rant, and raised his voice slightly to make Haibara, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta stop looking around for the time being, and then ran towards the bookstore with a clear goal.
The store door has been locked.
Conan dialed Kobayashi Sumiko's number again, and sure enough, he vaguely heard the phone ringing from inside.
The job of contacting the bookstore owner continues to be left to this detective boy.
Haiyuan Ai silently walked to Ye Gengyi and expressed concern about Xiaolin Chengzi's condition.
Ye Gengyi's way of handling things has always been to put safety before emotion, and he also said straightforwardly about a certain Loli's concerns:
"Your teacher may be fine today, but if the case remains unsolved, it will be hard to tell in the future."
"What?" Hui Yuan Ai didn't quite understand.
Dr. A Li asked: "Zangyi, are you saying that Teacher Xiaolin will be hit?"
"It's more serious than that."
Ye Geng said:
"When Conan ran over before, Kobayashi Sumiko shouted, 'Don't come here'... I think the murderer should have been in front of her at that time, but because of the angle, none of us saw it."
Hui Yuan Ai looked solemn: "In other words, the murderer may have remembered Teacher Xiao Lin's appearance..."
"Not only that, didn't Conan call her 'Teacher Xiaolin' at that time?"
Ye Gengyi hypothesized: "The child's teacher's surname is Xiaolin, plus I remember her appearance, with this information... If I were the murderer, I should do everything possible to find Xiaolin Chengzi, and then lock her in the police Let me silence him beforehand."
Hey, hey, don't scare people, okay... Haiyuan Ai felt a chill in his body.
Dr. A Li's eyes widened and he blurted out: "Then...isn't Teacher Xiaolin's situation very dangerous?!"
"Huh? What danger are you talking about..."
On the other side, Conan, Kobayashi Sumiko, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko and Genta all turned to look.
When life safety was involved, Dr. Ali did not hesitate and immediately relayed Ye Gengyi's analysis.
Although these words were spoken by him and did not have the oppressive feeling of a cadre of an organization, they still attracted the attention of several people.
Conan frowned and said solemnly: "This possibility cannot be ruled out..."
As expected of Geng Yige...
He had actually thought of this step... He raised his head and looked at Ye Gengyi, with a hint of admiration in his expression.
"Everyone...don't worry about me...I, it's okay..."
Kobayashi Chengzi showed a forced smile, but her trembling hands still betrayed her heart.
Hui Yuan Ai noticed the bright red blood that had already condensed into blood clots in the palm of his hand, and couldn't help but say:
"Teacher, how about spending the night at the doctor's house tonight?"
"Ah?" Xiaolin Chengzi was startled.
"That's right! With our young detective team as the teacher's escort, there will definitely be no problem!"
Genta patted his chest.
"That's right! It's up to us to protect the teacher!" Ayumi and Mitsuhiko agreed from the side.
Conan didn't speak, but just took two steps towards this side, indicating with his actions that he also wanted to join in.
This teacher seems to be quite popular... Ye Gengyi is not the boss of Dr. A Li.
After seeing that the inventor nodded in agreement, he took out the key from his pocket:
"Doctor, you drive the business car and take them back. I'll go to the shopping street in front to buy some ingredients for tomorrow."
"I'm causing you trouble." Kobayashi Chengzi bowed and thanked her.
"Oh, if Xiao Ai gets into trouble in school in the future, remember to show some favoritism." Ye Gengyi said.
"Ah, this..." Kobayashi Chengzi didn't know how to answer for a while.
Hui Yuan Ai glanced at someone, coughed, and explained helplessly: "Ahem! Teacher Xiao Lin, you don't need to pay attention, he is joking."
Ye Gengyi didn't explain and turned around to buy something.
Watch him gradually walk away.
The atmosphere here is still a bit weird.
Kobayashi Chengzi said in a daze:
"Ye, Teacher Ye... is very humorous..."
Conan: "..."
Haibara Ai:"……"
It seems... Teacher Xiaolin was really frightened by the murder just now...
(End of chapter)
