Conan: Tennis Boys' Scripted Murder

Chapter 104 Exploitation

Conan continued to add: "Officer Chiba, you saw the news inserted in the 7 o'clock screen of Good Morning Live before. Was it mentioned later?"

"No."

"The program should broadcast the latest news, but why doesn't it?"

Sato Miwako and the others hadn't reacted yet, but the old detective chief understood immediately, "I see, because during this time period, there is no way to report the latest news on the broadcast program, so it can only be conveyed in text. Little brother, is this what you mean?"

Conan was stunned for a moment and nodded, "Yeah."

Chiba Heshin didn't say anything else. He quietly digested what others had just said.

Kato Akira didn't want to admit the crime, "No... No, I remember, that news was broadcast on TV when Chiba went to take a shower."

"Also, you said that Chiba and I started watching TV at nine o'clock. Don't forget that we watched a one-hour TV program and six hours of videotapes. By this calculation, we couldn't catch the baseball game at two o'clock, let alone watch the baseball game when you came."

"Ah."

Seeing that he was not giving up, Conan pointed at the children still sitting in front of the TV.

"Officer Sato, what time is it?"

"Four eleven."

"We've been here about two hours."

"Yes."

"Then let's ask Akaya what episode they've watched. Akaya, which episode have you watched?"

But the kids who were so engrossed in the plot ignored him.

Conan stamped his feet in anger, "What episode have you guys watched?"

The three idiots of Teitan who were interrupted turned their heads sinisterly and said, "It's the end of episode 6. We were enjoying it!"

"It's Conan, don't bother us!"

Their answers were beyond the expectations of Sato Miwako and the others. Only two hours had passed, but Kirihara Akaya and the others watched three more episodes.

Just as this episode was over, Ayumi Yoshida and Genta Kojima urged Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya to fast forward, skip the middle part and go directly to the next episode.

“So that’s what happened, they skipped the commercials!”

Huihara Ai, who observed more carefully, added: "Not only that, in order to see the next episode as soon as possible, they not only skipped the commercials, but also the opening song, ending song, next episode preview, and previous plot summary. In this way, it only takes more than 20 minutes to watch one episode."

Takagi Wataru asked Chiba Kazunobu beside him, "Chiba, is it like this when you watch it?"

"Yes."

People who are immersed in the plot usually don't react to what they have just done. Moreover, they are controlled by Kato Akira when watching the video, so they are even less aware of this.

"This way, you can make up for the time you spent waking Chiba up late."

"No, Qianye went to the kitchen to get food and drinks. If there was something wrong, Qianye would definitely find it! Qianye, do you think something is wrong?"

"Nothing seems to be wrong."

Before Kato Akira could even raise his confident smile, Conan revealed his method.

"That's because you secretly turned the time back, of course."

"what?!"

"Yes, you moved the clocks in the kitchen and the living room forward two hours."

"Hasn't the clock in the bedroom and hallway been adjusted?"

"No, Officer Chiba said that you slept directly in the living room last night. He should have also taken a shower and changed clothes in the living room. Am I right?"

Chiba and Shin stammered, "Yes."

"Since he doesn't go back to his room, Mr. Kato naturally doesn't need to go there. Otherwise, if he doesn't find a reason to go to Officer Chiba's room, it will be easy to reveal his flaws."

"What about the entrance?"

"Of course it can't be adjusted. The couriers have to deliver the goods on time. If they see the wrong time on the clock, they will definitely fail. And to avoid accidents, if someone knocks on the door today, he will get up first to open it."

Miwako Sato remembered that it was indeed Kato Akira who opened the door when they knocked just now, so it matched.

"The clock and the video recorder in the living room are facing each other. If you just close the kitchen door, Officer Chiba won't be able to see what you are doing."

Chiba Heshen stiffened his body and ran to the room to look at the clock, focusing on the two clocks mentioned by Conan.

Kato Akira was still trying to argue, "What are you talking about? I don't understand."

"Kato, Conan is right. Don't you know that in order not to be late, I specially set the time on the clocks at home five minutes earlier. Now the clocks in the living room and kitchen have returned to normal time. I won't do anything, so only you will do it."

Having said that, Kato Akira no longer insisted, and changed his previous attitude, saying arrogantly: "Ha, these are all your speculations. Do you have any substantial evidence?"

"The evidence will come soon."

In fact, Conan just said that to delay time, but the timing was just right.

Officer Chang received a call, put down his phone, and said to Kato Akira: "The strong evidence you want is here. Our police salvaged a black schoolbag containing a heavy object from the Tiwujin River between the crime scene and here.

Inside was a shirt and trousers stained with blood, as well as a gray coat that was used to hide the blood on his body. There were also blood stains on the inside of the coat.

The people from the laboratory left dark red fingerprints on the inside and outside of the backpack. These fingerprints were left on the bag by the blood you accidentally pressed down when you were taking off your clothes, right?

Let me tell you, the car you rented from the car rental company the night before was also found in the parking lot next to it.

Do you have anything else to say? "

"Ha, you guys actually saw through me in the end."

Kato Akira gave up resisting and was grabbed by the collar by the angry Chiba Kazushin.

"Kato, are you really using me as an alibi?"

"Well, I thought that with a detective friend like you helping me prove it, they wouldn't investigate further. I didn't expect..."

"Why are you doing this?"

"I really couldn't stand the feeling of him taking my girlfriend away. When I went to find him, he actually took a stack of unopened envelopes and threw them in my face. Those were postcards I wrote when I was abroad. I was so angry that..."

No matter what the reason is, Kato Akira has no right to kill.

Chiba Kazunobu changed into a suit and went to the police station with Kato Akira. Officer Chang agreed to let him conduct the interrogation, and this time he would no longer care about their previous friendship.

The others also followed the police car back to the Metropolitan Police Department.

On the way to the office of the Investigation Section 1, Conan endured it again and again and decided to ask clearly.

"Officer Chang, why do you think Mr. Kato is suspicious?"

"Ah, I saw the shoes in the shoe cabinet. The laces were wet, but the rest was dry and clean."