Odagiri Toshi also chose a Chinese restaurant with a warm environment and rich dishes.
Only during dinner, Mao Lilan and Conan talked about the case they encountered during the day.
The person who was killed was a member of a fraud gang that specializes in defrauding elderly people living alone. After gaining the trust of the elderly, they defraud money and disappear. It has defrauded many people.
The suspect caught nearby was the leader of the fraud gang. The police suspected that this was a murder caused by uneven distribution of stolen goods internally.
The witness was an old man who they had met in front of the station before and took the same tram as them.
Afterwards, they met a thief on the tram. Mao Lilan was going to use karate to deal with him, but a child fell in front. While Mao Lilan was restrained, the thief swung a knife at Mao Lilan. Fortunately, the old man In time, he knocked the knife out of the thief's hand with a cane.
In Mao Lilan's words, he is 'a cool, energetic old man with a seemingly high level of swordsmanship'.
After catching the thief, Mao Lilan and Conan got off the tram and handed the thief to the police. They were pulled by the police to take notes, but the old man did not stay and quickly got on the tram and left.
They thought they would see each other again at some point, but when they finished taking notes and got on the tram again, they saw police cars gathering under the bridge just after two stops. Conan went over to take a look out of curiosity and found out that someone had been beaten to death under the bridge.
The old man met them again as a witness and said that he saw someone committing murder on the tram, so he got off the tram and came to the police to provide clues.
"We are really destined," Mao Lilan said with a smile, "We and that old Mr. Fa Yue..."
When Odagiri Toshiya heard that the case was not complicated, he felt a lot more relaxed. He was even more concerned about Mao Lilan's evaluation of the old man, "An old man who can make Xiaolan say 'cool' will know it is not simple as soon as he hears it. If I have a chance, I will do it too." I really want to meet Mr. Fayue."
Chi Feichi put a piece of ribs into a bowl and said without raising his head, "If you want to meet him, go to Camellia Park. He lives nearby and often performs paper dramas for children in the park."
"Hey?" Mao Lilan looked up at Chi Feichi in surprise, "Brother Feichi, do you know that old gentleman?"
Conan also paid attention.
He always felt that this case was not that simple. Many aspects could not be justified, and the old Mr. Fayue was very suspicious, but Chi Feichi actually knew him, so...
He still retained his doubts, but he could consider whether there might be a misunderstanding based on Chi Feichi's evaluation of the old man.
"Not long ago, I took a leisurely trip to Camellia Park and saw him performing a paper drawing drama for the children. I chatted with him a few words," Chi Feichi said, concluding, "It's just a casual relationship, not a familiar relationship."
"How can Brother Chi be sure that the Mr. Fayue we are talking about is the same person you know?" Conan keenly discovered the 'Hua Dian', "We have not described the appearance of the old man, and there are more than one or two people with the surname Fayue. There are many old people with the same surname as Fa Yue. Since Brother Chi only met him once, how can we be sure that the Mr. Fa Yue we are talking about is the Mr. Fa Yue you met in Camellia Park? "
Chi Feichi glanced at Conan. There were only a few detectives here who had a lot to do. "I can tell that the other person has practiced kendo and his level is not bad. He has the same surname as Fayue. He is an old man. He is someone who can make me and Xiaolan feel that he has a high level of kendo." , there should not be many, and if an old man goes out alone, he rarely goes to places he is not familiar with. Camellia Park is on the line where you take the tram, which means that his active area is within the ring line, and Not in other places in Tokyo, the general scope of activities is the same, so it is difficult to find another person who meets these conditions."
Odagiri Toshi also ate roast duck, eating and listening to it with gusto.
He found that he didn't seem to hate incidents, but he just hated incidents that couldn't be solved or were related to the company's development and personal emotions.
For example, this incident seemed quite interesting when Fei Chi analyzed it.
Conan felt disgust from Chi Feichi's look and asked speechlessly, "Brother Chi, what kind of person do you think that old gentleman is?"
"A lonely and enthusiastic old man." Chi Feichi commented.
"Lonely?" Mao Lilan recalled doubtfully, "Mr. Fayue is indeed very enthusiastic and has a sense of justice, but I don't find him lonely. Instead, I feel that he is a very energetic old man!"
"There is no conflict between loneliness and vitality," Chi Feichi lowered his head and ate the pork ribs. "Old people living alone will sometimes be enveloped by loneliness."
"An old man living alone? Did Mr. Fayue tell Brother Chi that he is an old man living alone?" Conan asked again.
Fortunately, this time, Chi Feichi didn't give Conan another disgusting look, "He didn't say it, but a young man who has the time and energy to go to Camellia Park to perform paper drawing plays for children every day and meet people he has never met before will do the same." The person who chatted a few words seemed to be very idle. From what he talked about about his daily life that day, you could probably guess that he was an old man who was looking for something to kill his loneliness. He had probably been living alone for several years."
Conan glanced at Chi Feichi twice. His friend looked sick in the morning, but after a session of "playing piano and self-abuse", his condition improved significantly. In the evening, he could accompany them for analysis, which kept him motivated. "The victim is a fraud gang that specializes in defrauding the elderly, and Mr. Fayue is an elderly person living alone. Could they have known each other for a long time?"
Crazy hint!
Odagiri Toshi also interjected, "Conan, are you suspecting that Mr. Hozuki was deceived by them?"
"Mr. Fayue is very vigilant and sober-minded," Chi Feichi said. "No matter how lonely he is, he doesn't look like an old man who will be deceived by liars."
Mao Lilan turned to Conan and smiled helplessly, "Conan, you just think too much!"
Conan hesitated to remind him, "But..."
Chi Feichi put down his chopsticks, calmly took the teapot and added tea to the cup, and said loudly, "You got off the tram in the middle because of the thief. It will take at least half an hour to make notes. Mr. Fayue didn't stay at that time. I will take notes together with you. Even if he got off at the next stop after witnessing the murder scene and then rushed under the bridge, in terms of time, he should not run into you."
Seeing that Chi Feichi noticed it, Conan nodded and explained the details, "Sister Xiaolan and I spent more than forty minutes taking notes. We saw the police car on the tram, got off at the next stop and rushed to the bridge, but Mr. Fayue is still one step behind us, and I think the timing is a bit unreasonable."
"What's so strange? Maybe the old gentleman took the tram past the station and took an extra loop on the tram. It takes just over forty minutes to complete one tram line," said Kogoro Mouri, holding a beer mug. He took a sip of wine, sighed comfortably, and then continued, "It was precisely because I sat around for a while that I witnessed the murder, and then I met you guys under the bridge who were also nosy. I have to say. , this is also a kind of fate!"
"But uncle, after catching the thief, Mr. Fayue still had the crutch in his hand when he said goodbye to us. When we met under the bridge at the murder scene, he no longer had the crutch in his hand. If he had stayed there On the tram, would he leave his crutches on the tram and not take them off?" Conan frowned slightly, "And he said that he usually uses crutches to make others think of him as an old man and take care of him, but he doesn't look like he has anything at all. He doesn’t look like the kind of person who accepts old age, so he probably doesn’t like others treating him as an old man, right?”
Mao Lilan asked hesitantly, "Conan, do you think Mr. Fayue is lying?"
"This kid not only thinks that Mr. Fazuki is lying, but also suspects that Mr. Fazuki is related to this case, or even the murderer, right?" Odagiri Toshi also looked at Conan and raised his eyebrows, "For example, as an old man living alone, Mr. Fazuki was actually raped. The fraud gang deceived them and decided to take revenge. They called the two people over while riding the tram, killed one of them, got on the tram again, pretended that they took an extra lap before witnessing the murder, and put the blame on the other person. A person, in fact, he did not take an extra lap on the tram, and the extra lap time was used by him to kill people."
"Isn't it easy to verify?" Mouri Kogoro took another sip of beer and said with half-moon eyes, "If he leaves the station to kill someone, will there be a ticket check record at the exit? And it can also be easily detected by the station's surveillance camera. It’s impossible to take a photo without being aware of it!”
Odagiri Toshi also got excited after hearing this, took out his cell phone and started dialing, "I'll call Officer Megure to investigate..."
Chi Feichi: "..."
Why is Minya so positive?
Is this the irresistible contagiousness of the 'detective spirit'?
Thinking about it, he used to have no interest in reasoning or communicating with others. He always encountered incidents, and he was almost used to looking for clues and reasoning and analysis as soon as he arrived at the crime scene.
Maori Kogoro:"……"
Thinking about how he usually only dared to call Takagi to ask, one can feel that Odagiri Toshi also directly asked Officer Megure about his behavior, which showed the "arrogance" of Sakura II.
Odagiri Toshi also called Megure Thirteen to talk about his suspicions after the discussion here. While waiting for news from Megure Thirteen, he poured a glass of beer and drank it with Chi Feichi and Mouri Kogoro.
We need to wait for news on the murder of members of the fraud gang, and there are no extra clues to explore in the murder of Zenan Youhui. The topic at the dinner table gradually left the case and turned to other things.
The latest big news in Tokyo, is Minister Odagiri busy recently...
Mouri Kogoro chatted, drank one drink after another, and soon looked drunk. He pulled Chi Feichi and Odagiri Toshiya and talked about his working life when he just left the police academy.
"The first time I saw Minister Odagiri, I was extremely nervous at that time. I kept thinking about how to best say hello, but I didn't expect that he would remember me..."
"Speaking of Officer Megure, I still remember one time when I was on surveillance, his wife happened to appear in that shopping mall..."
Odagiri Toshiya, Chi Feichi, Conan: "..."
Silently listen to the gossips of the police!
Mouri Kogoro drank heavily and told vividly the story of being watched by Thirteen Mengmu, encountering his wife in a shopping mall, and being forced to act out a "crazy uncle's obsession with beautiful women" with his drama queen wife.
When Odagiri Toshiya received a call from Megure Thirteen, his mind did not turn back to reality from the wonderful story. He said with emotion, "Officer Megure, your wife's acting skills are so good..."
On the other end, Mumu Shisan's voice was confused, "Huh?"
(End of chapter)
