Conan: The Master Behind the Scenes

In the hotel

"Gold, Golden Bamboo……"Shinichi Miyauchi looked at the body lying on the ground with horror.

"The deceased, Jin Zhuzhi, was shot in the head and killed. According to the testimony of the tenants on the same floor, they heard gunshots at about 8:02-03, and then a young man rushed out of the room.……"

Yantian said, and asked a tenant who witnessed it behind him:"Is this what you saw?"

"Yes, the TV was broadcasting the live broadcast of the summer festival at that time. The tenant nodded with certainty.

"Hmm... It looks like a bullet went through his head!"

Bai Shiwu half-crouched beside the body, wearing special disposable gloves, carefully examined the body, and said

"Hey, please stay away from the body. Who are you? Yantian shouted at Bai Shiwu.

"I am Takeshi Huihara, a little detective from Tokyo!"Since he is hanging out with Akemi Miyano and Ai, then Takeshi Shiraishi must be wearing a popularity mask.

""Detective?" Yantian was stunned for a moment and wanted to refute something, but when he saw Shiraishi Wu wearing gloves and looking professional, he held back his words.

"Hmm? There seems to be something near the dead man's mouth.……"

Bai Shiwu carefully stretched out a finger, dipped a little, and sniffed it gently:"This is the ointment for brushing teeth, and it's black toothpaste!"

"The victim's wallet was missing, and the entire room was in a mess. It looked like a case of robbery and murder, but——"

Shiraishi Takeshi glanced meaningfully at Shinichi Miyauchi, who was standing at the back of the crowd with a calm face, and thought to himself:"But this matter is definitely not that simple!"

While Shiraishi Takeshi was thinking, Shiota began his speculation:"Based on my many years of experience as a police officer, this incident does not seem like a robbery and murder case, but rather a murder by Mr. Miyauchi who lived in the same room!"

""What, what!!" Miyauchi Shinichi exclaimed

"I heard that you and the deceased had a big conflict over the copyright of a book, and even went to court, right?" Yantian asked seriously.

"Yes, that did happen, but that was a year ago, and we have reconciled. We decided to use the performance of the new novel to determine who should own the copyright of the book!" Miyauchi Shinichi hurriedly explained

"New novel? Yantian asked

"Yes, yes, Officer. We have been good friends for a long time, so we didn’t want to become enemies because of copyright issues, so we decided to publish a novel at the same time. Whoever does better will own the copyright!"

Miyauchi Shinichi hastily added:"This time we came to Saitama Prefecture to participate in the festival to collect writing materials, because the theme of our two competing works has been determined to be about the festival!"

"Could it be that you felt your new novel couldn't win, so you killed it?……"Yantian guessed

"Hey! Officer, stop joking!"

Miyauchi Shinichi raised his lips slightly, and a look of absolute confidence appeared on his dark face:"Didn't many witnesses say that after the gunshots rang out, the man who killed Jin Zhu rushed out of the room at around eight o'clock?"

"That's right!" Several tenants nodded.

"Then the murderer definitely couldn't be me! I wasn't in the hotel at all at that time, because... I had been at the Tenkaichi Festival since eight o'clock!"

"What did you say!?"Yantian exclaimed

"This gentleman and lady can testify for me that I met the three of them there! Right!" Shinichi Miyauchi smiled at Akemi Miyano with a simple and honest look.

"Um……"

Miyano Akemi nodded hesitantly, then said,"But, but when we met you, it was already the second half of the festival.……"

"So, you are still a big suspect!"Yota stared at Shinichi Miyauchi deeply.

"Although you are a police officer, you cannot slander me casually. I have been at the scene since the beginning of the festival!"

With a look of anger, disdain and confidence, Miyauchi Shinichi took out the camera and shouted at Shiota:"If you useless policemen don't believe it, just take this circle of film to develop, the photos will definitely prove my innocence!"

"OK, take it and wash it immediately!" Yantian handed the camera to a police officer.

"Yes!"

An hour later

"Officer Yantian, the photos are out!"A police officer rushed in quickly.

"Really? That's really--great!!"

Shiota stared at the calm and confident Miyauchi Shinichi fiercely, and hurriedly took the photo:"Let's take a look!"

"There are seven photos in total!"Yantian spread all seven photos flat on the table.

"How can these photos prove his innocence? Yantian frowned and looked at them carefully.

"Ah! This one, Officer Yantian, I took these three photos for him!"

Miyano Akemi picked out three photos and explained,"These three photos were taken when the word '一' on the mountain was on fire, and I helped take them!"

"But at this festival, the word"一" was lit at around 8:40, and the crime happened at around 8:00. If we drive there, we should be able to get there in 40 minutes!" Yantian said

"Wait a minute!"

Bai Shiwu's eyes flashed, and he looked at a photo above and asked,"Officer, when was the first word '天' that was lit in the Tianxia Ignition Festival?"

"This is probably around eight o'clock!" Yantian explained.

"That's a perfect alibi!"

Shiraishi Takeshi smiled playfully, picked up one of the photos and showed it to everyone.

In the photo, it was Shinichi Miyauchi making a scissors gesture when the word"天" was on fire.

"It takes about 40 minutes to go from this hotel to the festival site. According to the information given by this photo, if Mr. Shinichi Miyauchi, who was at the festival site at 8 o'clock, rushed back to the hotel to kill the victim after taking this photo, it would be impossible for him to return to the festival site at 8:40 when the word"一" was lit!"

"Look! Officer, I'll tell you, how could I be the murderer of Jin Zhu! Humph, you, a policeman, insist that I am the murderer. Now I really doubt what you police are for!"Miyanechi Shinichi sneered triumphantly.

"You!!!" Shiota's face flushed with anger.

An inexplicable aura suddenly spread from Shiraishi Takeshi.

The corners of his mouth raised confidently and playfully.

He stared at Miyauchi Shinichi with his sharp eyes.

He said,"Please wait a moment, the arrogant murderer - Mr. Miyauchi Shinichi!"