Chapter 8

"On Wednesday night, I was playing mahjong all night with the employees..."

"On Thursday noon, I was taking a bus for indoor sightseeing..."

"In the evening, we drank together and played until midnight..."

Accompanied by the questioning of Tazawa and Kogoro Mouri, Abeto's schedule seemed to be very perfect.

And during the most suspicious time, from Wednesday night to Thursday evening, when there was a high possibility of the crime being committed, his alibi was particularly solid.

As for the time he was alone, it was pitifully scarce, only a couple of hours of extra sleep on Thursday morning.

It was at this moment that Conan approached with a smile, making the irritable Kogoro Mouri instantly want to lash out.

But before Kogoro Mouri could get angry, Tazawa took the initiative to step forward and ask, "Conan-kun, I wonder what you're smiling about?"

"Because these photos are very strange," Conan said with an innocent tone, pointing at the photos and smiling, "If you look closely, this uncle always takes photos with the clock!"

"Hmm?"

Kogoro Mouri looked at the photos, his face darkening, "Indeed, it's very unnatural, as if they were deliberately taken to establish an alibi."

However, just as Kogoro Mouri was sizing up Conan with some suspicion, making Conan a bit flustered and preparing to cause a disturbance to divert attention, Tazawa spoke up.

"Detective Mouri, could I see the photos you took while following the victim?"

"Sure."

"Then, could Conan-kun help me organize these photos?" Tazawa asked with a smile.

"Hey~"

Conan quickly moved away from Kogoro Mouri and began helping Tazawa organize the photos taken while following the victim.

"Detective Tazawa, this kid is very mischievous, be careful!" Kogoro Mouri said irritably, watching Conan obediently run over.

"No problem, wasn't Conan-kun's hint just now very useful?" Tazawa waved his hand, "Children see things from a different perspective than adults, and they might notice something we overlook."

After saying that, Tazawa also invited Ran to help, as a cover to avoid Conan's suspicion.

After all, this world's "son" is very perceptive, and Tazawa didn't want to be misunderstood.

After all, if his own reasoning ability isn't strong, he should at least provide useful clues and conditions to the experts.

But at the same time, Tazawa didn't give up thinking, as these were things he would often face in the future, and he wanted to gain more investigative experience as soon as possible.

Speaking of which, Tazawa couldn't help but thank himself for being in the Conan world.

Having watched over a thousand episodes of Conan, he had passively or actively summarized many patterns.

For example, to determine whether the alibi provided by a suspect is actually them, there is a commonly used method.

That is, to determine which hand the person is right-handed or left-handed.

Generally, less careful criminals will make a major mistake in this area.

And Tazawa, based on this point, began to compare the dominant hand of the victim in the photos.

After this examination, he indeed found something!

In the photos from Monday and Tuesday, the victim's dominant hand was the common right hand, but on Wednesday, it had changed to the left hand!

Tazawa informed Kogoro Mouri of this discovery and called Inspector Megure.

This discovery directly overturned the suspect's perfect alibi, proving that Abeto was a possible suspect in the murder.

But soon after, Tazawa received some bad news from Inspector Megure, making him frown.

After hanging up the phone, Tazawa said to Kogoro Mouri with a serious tone, "Inspector Megure has already found out that Abeto's company owes 300 million in debt, which is likely his motive for the murder.

And he has already temporarily handed over the company to someone else, saying he is going on a trip abroad, and the departure time is tonight at 9 PM!"

"What, a trip abroad!"

Kogoro Mouri slammed his fist on the table in anger, "That guy must be planning to use the insurance money from the victim's death to pay off the debt, and then escape abroad with the remaining 200 million!"

"We only have three hours left!" Conan looked at the clock, his expression changing, "If he escapes abroad, it will be troublesome, so we have to make him confess..."

With that, Conan began to take action.

Afterward, Kogoro Mouri received a call from Inspector Megure, saying that Abeto's alibi had been overturned and asking him to head to the airport.

Although Tazawa knew it was Conan's doing, he didn't make any move but followed Kogoro Mouri from the detective agency to the airport.

"Hey, don't interfere with our work, got it?" At the airport, Kogoro Mouri warned Ran and Conan.

"Hey~ Got it~"

"The airport is so crowded, it's not easy to find the officers."

While Kogoro Mouri was looking for Inspector Megure, he secretly slipped away, and Conan didn't notice that Tazawa also followed.

Not long after, the airport's announcement system sounded:

"Attention all passengers, Mr. Abeto, who is boarding flight 99, there is a Mr. Nishigaki Masaki waiting for you on the opposite side of the airport..."

"Repeating..."

...

The boarding time had arrived, but after hearing the announcement, Abeto came to the parking lot alone, constantly looking around.

"Uncle, you're really smart..."

The sudden child's voice made Abeto turn his head sharply, but he saw no one.

"Who... who is it!?"

Abeto's question received no response, only a reasoning as if no one else was there.

"Nishigaki Masaki was actually already dead on Tuesday night, the day before your trip.

Then you found someone who looked similar to Nishigaki Masaki to pretend to be him, and had Detective Mouri follow him, to prove that Nishigaki Masaki was still alive on Wednesday...

After that, everything went according to your plan, and the body was discovered on Thursday evening.

The body, after being burned in a fire, couldn't determine the time of death, so the police could only rely on Detective Mouri's testimony to conclude that Nishigaki Masaki died between Wednesday night and Thursday evening.

Finally, on Friday, you returned as if you knew nothing, and your alibi was established!"

"How about it? Am I right?"

"Kid!?"

Abeto followed the voice to its source, but to his surprise, he saw a little boy sitting on the hood of a car.

"I've already contacted the police, although it's just my own reasoning..." Conan jumped off the hood and smiled, "But why did you choose the wrong 'stand-in'?"

Abeto was taken aback, "What do you mean?"

Conan smiled meaningfully, "It means..."

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Embarrassing, used voice input, the speed is faster, but didn't notice the typos...