Stay away from Conan

Chapter 1691 The decisive key

"So, brother Akechi, what you are saying is that Kusuda Rikuyou has actually come here a long time ago and signed his name on other sign-in books, but someone changed the page with his name on it and changed it to a special sign-in book. It’s in the sign-in book that records latecomers, right?”

Listening to Gao Yuan's words, Officer Memu said thoughtfully.

"Heh, interesting-"

However, just after Officer Megure said this, Asabuki Akira once again showed a proud expression and smiled confidently:

"So, according to this idea, someone deliberately put the sign-in page of Kusuda who was here early on the sign-in book of the late guy? But don't you think this situation is too coincidental? You have to do it In this case, the pages must be changed as soon as Kusuda finishes signing. Otherwise, if more guests who arrived earlier will sign on the same page, wouldn't it be very troublesome to change them? So, can it be like this? made……

"You mean, Haruna is the murderer's accomplice, right? Otherwise, no one would be able to do this!"

In this way, when she heard that she had "become an accomplice", Shigeno Haruna strongly denied it and said to Officer Megure and the others:

"No... I have never done anything like changing the pages of a book! This is absolutely nothing!"

"That's it!"

Yuanzi also said:

"And this approach is too suspicious, isn't it? Who can guarantee that Kusutian's signature was in the right place, and there were no other guests around him at the time? So, the feasibility of this approach is too low, right?"

After thinking about it briefly, Yuanzi felt that this was completely whimsical.

However, after saying this, Gao Yuan still smiled, looked at the band members present, and said:

"Indeed, according to what Mr. Asabuki Ken said, the feasibility is of course very low... But, as Shigeno Haruna said just now, she did not change the pages of the book. The only thing she did...

"Mr. Asabuki Ken, she just listened to your request and changed the sign-in book to the new sign-in book after the performance started!

"And this is enough!"

"Huh? What do you mean? Brother Mingzhi, you confused me. Didn't you just say to change the pages of the book? Why are you saying that the possibility is very low now... What on earth are you talking about?"

At this point, Officer Megure was becoming more and more confused by the situation in front of him.

"Don't worry, Officer Megure. What I mean is actually very simple. As for Shigeno Haruna, she only needs to change the sign-in book after the show opens. As for Kusuda Rikuyou's signature... that has already been signed. By changing the pages, it has already been inserted into the sign-in book!"

Gao Yuan now looked directly at Chaofu Xian and said sternly.

"This...this is impossible..."

But at this time, Shigeno Haruna wanted to help explain something and said:

"Because when I got the sign-in book, the theater had not opened yet, and I have been keeping it since then. It is impossible for anyone to sign on it in advance..."

"I said, it's to change the pages of the book, not to sign in advance... If the murderer can let Kusuda Rikuyou sign in advance at a specific location in the sign-in book, then everything will be inconsistent with the status quo."

Looking at the band members in front of him, Gao Yuan said very casually:

"About this... Speaking of which, have you forgotten what happened at the 'Eve Festival' before? As for the book page signed by Kusuda Rikuyou, didn't you already have it a week ago?"

——A week ago, at the "Eve Festival" held at Aido City Hotel, Kusuda Rikuyou broke into the party venue and signed his name on the guest sign-in list at the door very arrogantly.

He already knew this through what happened that day that Shirozuka Jade reported, and through further understanding, Shirozuka Jade discovered that the sign-in book used for signing in, whether it was last time or this time, was basically the same model. Detachable sign-in book.

Therefore, after Gao Yuan himself figured out the method of exchanging book pages, before he could figure out the specific details, Shirozuka Jade had completely figured out the method, and through the private exchange between Gao Yuan and Shirozuka Jade just now, Gao Yuan understood All the details, and this leads to Gao Yuan’s current reasoning——

"That's right! The murderer used the page where Riku Kusuda signed the sign-in book for the 'Eve Festival' a week ago, switched it into today's sign-in book in advance, and then asked Ms. Shigeno Haruna to change the sign-in book after the performance started Substituted out, thus creating the illusion that Kusuda Rikuyou was a late guest——

"Therefore, the murderer who can do this is of course Mr. Asabuki Akira who asked Ms. Shigeno Haruna to change the sign-in book! There is no other possibility except you!

"And it was you who, after doing this, had the possibility of committing murder!

"After all, the purpose of changing the pages to create the illusion that Kusuda Rikuyou was late was to create your alibi - if Kusuda Rikuyou arrived after half past seven, then you couldn't be the murderer anyway.

“But now that the illusion of Kusuda Rikuu’s arrival time has been solved, the murderer’s time period has to be re-inferred! Based on the preliminary judgment of the autopsy, the time of death of the deceased was between 6 and 8:30, and until 6:55, Ms. Osuga Yui had been staying in the lounge at the crime scene. Therefore, the actual time when the crime could have been committed was between 6:55 and 8:30. And during this time period, Mr. Asabuki Akira, you had the perfect opportunity to commit the crime——

“Isn’t it? "

Gao Yuan spoke out his reasoning in one go:

"Besides, since the investigation has not found any witnesses to see Kusuda Rikuu appear in the theater, if my guess is correct, Kusuda Rikuu did not enter the theater from the main entrance, so your method of committing the crime should be like this--

"You and Kusuda Rikuu agreed to let Kusuda Rikuu into the theater through the internal entrance of the lounge at 7 o'clock when the performance started, when all the staff went to the stage, and only you, a special person, could temporarily not go on stage. Then you took Kusuda Rikuu into the theater through the internal staff entrance on the other side of the lounge, and then took him to the lounge and killed him. Finally, after doing all this, you went on stage.

"And it was precisely because you had just killed someone that you had such a big problem with your command at such an important performance today..."

At this point, Gao Yuan told a logical course of events, but--

"Evidence!"

After hearing all this, Chao Chui Xian was obviously unconvinced, and asked Gao Yuan in return:

"After saying so much, where is your evidence? Indeed, I admit your story..."

"Mr. Akira Asabuki, can you take off your coat?"

At this point, Gao Yuan interrupted Akira Asabuki who was about to speak:

"Just now, when the air conditioner was not very effective, the room temperature was so high and you did not take off your suit coat like everyone else. When the temperature of the air conditioner dropped and your fiancée, Ms. Osuga Yui, felt cold, you did not take off your coat and show your gentlemanly demeanor to care about your fiancée. Instead, the assistant manager noticed it...

"So, you did not take off your clothes twice in a row. Is there any special reason? Can you let us see it?"

At this moment, Gao Yuan did not intend to waste words and pointed directly to the decisive key to prove that Akira Asabuki was the murderer...