Conan: I Am Not a Snake Spirit

"You are right. If you left the scene in a hurry, the police will definitely think you are suspicious when they find out," Chi Feichi said. "But if you don't go back and explain clearly, the police will be more suspicious of you."

"I...my mind is a little confused," Asakawa Shinpei looked confused and panicked, "Please don't leave yet, let me think about it again, please!"

Chi Feichi thought that there was surveillance at the intersection of this road, and knew that if he didn't let Asakawa Shinpei go to the police, the police would come to him sooner or later to learn about Asakawa Shinpei's situation. Considering that he had nothing to do today, he was not in a hurry. He left and nodded, "Then wait while I move the car to the front. The car is parked here and is blocking the road."

Two minutes later, Chi Feichi parked the car outside the gate of the nearby park, took a bottle of mineral water from the car, arrived at the park, and handed the water to Asakawa Shinpei who was huddled behind the wall.

"Is it for me?" Asakawa Xinping looked at Chi Feichi's face, saw that Chi Feichi was still handing the mineral water in front of him, stretched out his hand to catch the water, "Thank you."

Seeing that Asakawa Shinpei was still nervous, Chi Fei asked aloud, "Does your grandma's death really have nothing to do with you?"

"Of course it has nothing to do with me..." After Asakawa Shinpei finished speaking, he realized that Chi Feichi was doubting himself, "Are you doubting me? She is my grandmother. Although she is very strict with me, I know she is doing it for me. Okay, I won’t kill her!”

"I'm sorry, because I think you are too nervous."

"This... isn't really nervous. I'm just in a very confused mood. When I think of my grandma lying on the ground, motionless and lifeless, I just... don't know what to do."

"So you were scared?"

"probably."

"Are you afraid of corpses?"

"I'm not afraid...well, let's just pretend that I'm afraid, but who wouldn't be afraid when they suddenly see a corpse? Aren't you afraid?"

"Not afraid."

"..."

Asakawa Shinpei looked at Chi Feichi's always cold expression and fell silent.

Chi Feichi didn't know whether Asakawa Shinpei's behavior was normal or abnormal.

Even the elementary school students around him are not afraid of corpses. At most, they would be frightened when they first saw it, so they would not panic for so long like Asakawa Nobupei...

In the silence, Asakawa Shinpei unscrewed the cap of the mineral water bottle, raised his head and took a sip of water, then took a deep breath and calmed down, "Actually, you are right, that is my grandma, I shouldn't be afraid of her, now I am Call the police and explain the matter clearly..."

"Brother Xinping?"

At the entrance of the park, the five members of the Young Detective Team stood together, looking at Chi Feichi and Asakawa Shinpei in the park with surprised expressions.

"Brother Chi?"

"Why are you all here?" Hui Yuan Ai quickly came to his senses and walked into the park.

Asakawa Shinpei hesitated for a moment and felt that it would be better not to tell the children about the corpse he had seen. He put down the cell phone he had just taken out and tried to smile at the five children, "I met Mr. Chi on the road, so Let’s go to the park and chat with him!”

Ayumi looked back behind her, and followed Haihara Ai into the park quickly. When she arrived in front of Chi Feichi and Asakawa Nobuhei, she frowned and said, "But Brother Nobuhei, the police are looking for you everywhere!"

"You should already know, right? Your grandma was killed," Conan said seriously, observing Asakawa Nobupei's expression, and seeing that Asakawa Nobupei showed no malice, he softened his tone, "After nine o'clock this morning , someone saw you running out of your grandma’s house in a panic..."

"And your headband fell at the scene, and it was stained with Mrs. Kanae's blood." Haibara Ai looked up at Asakawa Shinpei's hair, "Now the police think you are suspected of killing Kanae's mother-in-law. I want to find out the situation from you."

"Headband?" Asakawa Shinpei quickly raised his hand and touched his hair, "But when I went to my grandma's house today, I didn't wear a headband!"

"Then why did you run out of Grandma Kanae's house in a panic?" Conan asked.

"At around 8 o'clock this morning, I received a text message from my grandma. She asked me to go to her house," Asakawa Shinpei explained with a frustrated look. "But when I got there, I found that she had fallen to the ground. There was still a knife stuck in my chest. I was so scared that I ran out and ran all the way here. I almost hit Mr. Chi's car on the road before I stopped..."

"That's what we were talking about just now," Chi Feichi said. "He said he bumped into someone when he went out and was worried that the police would misunderstand him. But I think it would be better for him to tell the police clearly. He was just about to call the police. .”

Asakawa Shinpei panicked again, "But I really didn't kill my grandma. I didn't wear a headband this morning. How could there be my headband at the scene?"

"Didn't you see the headband when you came in?" Mitsuhiko said seriously, "The headband is right next to the trash can outside the bathroom door!"

"I didn't notice," Asakawa Shinpei recalled with a frown. "After I entered the door, I saw my grandma lying on the floor in the living room. I was so frightened that I quickly went up to check on her. After I found out that she was dead, I ran out the door. , didn’t notice what was outside the bathroom door…”

Conan lowered his head to sort out his thoughts and said nothing.

Ayumi stared at Asakawa Shinpei and affirmed, "I believe you are not the murderer, Brother Shinpei!"

"Me too!" Yuantai nodded, "Brother Xinping, you are enthusiastic and kind, so you won't be a murderer!"

"Actually, I believe you too," Mitsuhiko touched his chin with his right hand, his expression solemn, "But something is wrong with this matter. Your headband fell at the scene. Maybe someone wants to frame you..."

"You..." Asakawa Shinpei was so moved that his eyes were red. He squatted down and hugged the three children, his voice was crying, "Thank you! Thank you for believing in me!"

Chi Feichi did not pay much attention to the sensational drama unfolding around him. When he discovered that the Young Detective Team was involved in the incident, he wondered if this was a case in the original plot. After recalling it, he looked down at Conan and asked, "Conan, what are you doing today?" Are you going to Mrs. Kanae’s house to get your coat?”

"That's right," Conan nodded, "We went to Granny Kanae's house to pick up my clothes. We arrived outside her house around 9:30 in the morning, but when we rang the doorbell, no one answered..."

"After that, we found Matsunosuke lying motionless in front of the dog house. No matter how we called him, he didn't respond. Edogawa realized that something was wrong, so he opened the door and went into the house to check," Haibara lamented, "We entered Inside the house, we saw Mrs. Kanae lying on the living room floor, so we called the police.”

"Is Matsunosuke dead too?" Chi Feichi asked.

"No," Haiyuan lamented. "After the forensics team investigated, they found that it was just fed sleeping pills."

"When did the police estimate the time of death?" Chi Feichi asked again.

"At around 8 o'clock this morning, someone saw Grandma Kanae taking her dog out for a walk. She seems to take Matsunosuke out for a walk at 8 o'clock every morning, walking from home to the commercial street, then to this park, and then back, back It's almost nine o'clock when we get home," Conan looked up at Asakawa Shinpei, "And she always has breakfast after she gets home...right?"

Asakawa Shinpei looked at the serious question-and-answer attitude of the three people, and always felt that the atmosphere was inexplicably serious. When asked by Conan, he quickly nodded and answered, "Yes, yes."

Conan got the answer and continued to Chi Feichi, "Someone saw Granny Kanae taking Matsunosuke out for a walk. In addition, there were side dishes for breakfast on the kitchen table at her home, so the police concluded that she was returning from a walk with her dog. After that, he was killed while preparing to make breakfast, that is, between 9 a.m. and 9:30 when we found the body. During this time, people passing by saw Mr. Nobuhira running out in a hurry, so That’s why the police will suspect him.”

Chi Feichi felt that he was about to remember this incident. After thinking for a moment, he asked again, "Did you meet anyone else when you were at the scene? Or, in other words, did the police investigate who Mrs. Kanae was married to?" Hmm, does anyone have a motive for killing Mrs. Kanae?"

"Anyone else..." Ayumi recalled, "When we first arrived at the yard of Kanae's mother-in-law's house, we met her canine friend, Miss Tomoko Hirota."

"The dog raised by Ms. Hirota is Matsunosuke's brother, so she often interacts with Granny Kanae," Genta actively took over the words, "She came to her mother-in-law's house today to deliver snacks to Matsunosuke, and she saw us in the yard. Inside, she talked to us, and then we entered the house together and found the body of Granny Kanae..."

Mitsuhiko added seriously, "Ms. Hirota seems to have borrowed a lot of money from Granny Kanae and hasn't paid it back, but her relationship with Granny Kanae seems to be pretty good. I'm not sure if she is a suspicious person."

"After Ms. Hirota was frightened by the corpse and screamed, her next-door neighbor Mr. Kitazawa Muneyoshi also rushed to the scene," Haibara mourned. "Miss Hirota said that he often complained about the barking dogs at Mrs. Kanae's house. Kanae Mrs. Hui also complained about him to Miss Hirota.”

"Mr. Kitazawa's relationship with my grandma is not that bad," Asakawa Shinpei couldn't help but talk. "Although they have some complaints about each other, they don't seem to have had any quarrels..."

Haihara Ai looked at Asakawa Nobuhei calmly, maliciously trying to scare the honest man, "Then, the most suspicious person is indeed you."

Asakawa Shinpei was indeed frightened. He waved his hands repeatedly and said, "That's not true! I have no reason to kill my grandma!"

Conan took a step forward, reached out and pulled the corner of Chi Feichi's clothes, and called in a low voice, "Brother Chi..."

Chi Feichi squatted down skillfully and waited for Conan to whisper to him.

Conan leaned close to Chi Feichi's ear and whispered, "There is another strange thing. I saw a dust bag used by the laundry in the trash can at the scene. The label on it showed that it is the first time to deliver laundry. A beige spring windbreaker for women. Do you remember the beige windbreaker Mrs. Kanae was wearing when we met her in the park last week? The windbreaker she was wearing when she was murdered today was marked on the dust bag of the laundry. It must be the same windbreaker, and the dust bag was discarded in the trash can. The dust bag is on top. Below is the box containing breakfast side dishes. The side dishes marked on the box label are also consistent with the side dishes on the cooking table. , it seems that before Mrs. Kanae went out this morning, she took out the breakfast side dishes and threw the box into the trash can. Then she took out the beige windbreaker from the laundry and threw the dust bag into the trash can. , put on a windbreaker, take Matsunosuke out for a walk, and then prepare to make breakfast after returning home... Isn't this strange? She is obviously used to making breakfast after returning from a walk, so why should she take out the breakfast side dishes in advance? "