My neighbor's name is Conan

Kurumiya Seiji explained to Maori Kogoro: "That's not the case. I was driving as usual, looking straight ahead, but I really didn't notice the other side coming."

"How could this happen!" Maori Kogoro, who can drive, obviously didn't believe what Kurumi Seiji said at all, and said angrily: "It's in the middle of this field, at a crossroads with such a good view."

After hearing this, Kurumiya Seiji was unable to refute what Mori Kogoro said.

Michida Junko also showed a thoughtful look, and then said: "Maybe that's the reason!"

"What reason?" Aoki Matsu walked over and asked after hearing what Michida Junko said.

Michida looked at Aoki Matsu and replied, "This place is famous for frequent traffic accidents. It is even called the 'horrible crossroads' by the locals."

"The terrifying crossroads?" Qing Musong raised his eyebrows.

Kogoro Mori was also a little confused about this.

Michida continued, "Some people speculate that the reason may be due to the so-called collision course phenomenon. There is indeed such a saying."

"What do you mean?" Maori Kogoro didn't understand. "What, collision path phenomenon?"

"It's the 'collision path phenomenon'," Michida Junko corrected, and then explained: "Even at a well-viewed intersection, traffic accidents happen from time to time even during the day. When two cars approach the intersection at the same speed at right angles, it is equivalent to being at a 45-degree angle in front of each other.

That is to say, the other car always stays at the same position on the outer edge of the field of vision. The field of vision of human eyes is roughly divided into two parts: the 'central field of vision' and the 'peripheral field of vision'.

Because it is difficult to identify small moving objects in the peripheral vision, by the time you notice the other vehicle, it is often too late. So when neither of you notice the other vehicle entering the intersection, of course you will collide with each other. "

"So, their traffic accident was caused by that... um... conflicting routes?" Kogoro Mori said with some disbelief.

Mao Lilan and Conan were both speechless when they heard this. They said it was a "collision route"!

Michida Junko didn't care. "Maybe that's why the traffic accident happened."

Upon hearing this, Che Gu Zheng Si immediately covered his face and said with a tearful tone, "Why does that happen? If only... I paid more attention when driving."

Seeing Kurumiya Zhengji like this, Aoki Matsu frowned slightly. After all, he was the only suspect now.

After thinking for a while, Aoki Matsu called Michida Junko aside and said, "Can you please check the information about him and the victim? Also check if there is any relationship between the two. Also check who the victim was with before driving, and whether he drank alcohol. Has the victim's car been repaired, and if so, who repaired it? Also check the condition of the red car to see if anyone has tampered with it."

"Okay, Inspector Aoki, I will contact the police station to investigate the two people." Patrolman Michida said very cooperatively, paused and asked in a low voice: "Inspector Aoki, do you think this case is not an accident?"

"There were no brake marks on the red car. Based on this fact alone, this case could be a homicide." Aoki Matsu said with a serious expression.

Michida Panzi frowned and said, "But it is more likely that the collision route I mentioned was the cause of the accident!"

Qing Musong shook his head. "Look here. In such a wide area, the chances of neither side noticing the other car approaching are very small. Even if they really met, they would notice when the other car rushed out of the intersection. People would subconsciously step on the brakes and steer the wheel, but these red cars did not do that.

Even if the situation is as you said, it is possible that the red car was tampered with. So we can't easily draw conclusions, and we must eliminate interference factors one by one. There are two possibilities for not braking. One is that the victim didn't react, and the other is that the car was tampered with. There are also several possibilities for the victim's failure to react, such as he was drunk and his brain was slow to react. "

There are many possibilities for a car accident, not just one, so they need to be investigated and eliminated.

"I understand." Michida Junko responded with a serious face.

At this time, Conan looked at the lifted red car and said, "Ah, when I saw those two cars at the convenience store, they seemed very old. Right, uncle." Conan asked the last sentence to Kogoro Mouri.

Maori Kogoro answered subconsciously: "Yes!"

Michida Panzi was stunned when she heard this. "Have these two cars been in the convenience store before?"

"Yes! When we stopped by to buy canned coffee, we saw these two cars leave the parking lot of the convenience store at about the same time." Maori Kogoro answered, and then suddenly realized something "Wait!"

"When you think about it this way, the timing is really weird!" said Kogoro Mouri, supporting his chin.

Michida Patrolman asked quickly, "What does this mean?"

"Two cars left the convenience store at the same time, and clearly took different routes. A few minutes later, they collided in this place. Is this a coincidence?" Kogoro Mouri said seriously.

Michida Junko nodded and said, "It's indeed a coincidence. How about we go to a convenience store to confirm it?" She looked at Aoki Matsu as she said this.

"It's time to confirm it." Qing Musong nodded in response.

Then everyone went to the Lawson convenience store together. What a coincidence, the Lawson convenience store was equipped with surveillance cameras.

I went to the Lawson convenience store and asked the waiter.

The male waiter replied, "Yes, it was this person. He came at about two o'clock in the afternoon. I remember his strange attitude very clearly. I asked him, 'Dear guest, you were here yesterday, too, because I still remember the green car you parked outside.' He shouted angrily, 'That was the car of that guy Che Gu, don't make a mistake!'"

"What!" Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

"How could it be!" Michida Junko was very surprised.

Maori Kogoro asked excitedly, "Did he really mention the name 'Kumatani'?"

"Yes," the waiter replied.

"So Mr. Hayami and Mr. Kurumiya already knew each other. This makes it even more suspicious." Kogoro Mori said excitedly.

[It's not suspicious, but the murderer of this case is Kurumiya Seiji! ] Aoki Matsu thought in his heart.

"So do you recognize this person?" Michida Junko took out Kuratani Seiji's driver's license and asked the male waiter to identify it.

The male waiter took a look and said, "This person seems to have had some dispute with the young man. They were arguing outside the gate at the time. I think the surveillance camera should have captured it."

"I see." Maori Kogoro said with an 'I understand' expression on his face, "When we saw the two cars leaving at the same time before, it should have been right after they had a quarrel. Not long after that, the traffic accident happened, um..."

Che Gu Zhengsi is too suspicious!

There is motive, time, and tools.

After Michida Panko copied the surveillance video of the Lawson convenience store, everyone left the convenience store.

Conan, who was walking to the back, stopped when he suddenly saw something on the ground.

Ran Mouri also stopped with him and looked in the direction Conan was looking, and found a half-smoked cigarette on the ground.

Conan looked at the half-smoked cigarette and began to recall in his mind: "I remember that time, I saw the victim start the car with a lit cigarette in his left hand and put it outside the car door. After starting the car, he threw the cigarette away with his left hand. Could it be the one on the ground?"

Aoki Matsu walked a few steps and found that Conan did not follow him. He turned to look at him and saw Conan looking in one direction motionlessly.

Have you found any clues?

Aoki Matsu quickly followed Conan's line of sight and found that Conan was looking at the half-smoked cigarette on the ground.

Kurumiya Seiji said that he doesn't smoke, so this half-smoked cigarette could only have belonged to the victim Hayami Hayami.

But what does this prove?

The surveillance video can further prove the whereabouts of Seiji Kurumiya and Hayami Hayabusa here.

Back at the intersection, Aoki Matsu walked up to Kurumiya Seiji and asked, "Mr. Kurumiya, you and Mr. Hayami, the driver of the other red car, are acquainted with each other, right?"

"No." Kurumi Zhengsi denied, and then added: "At most we have just met, and we can't be sure who he is."

But when Kurumi Seiji said this, he did not dare to look at Aoki Matsu, and his eyes moved from the right to the left, obviously showing some uneasiness.

[There is a problem!] Aoki Matsu thought to himself.

"Then why were you and Mr. Hayami arguing at the convenience store?" Maori Kogoro asked immediately after hearing this: "The clerk at the convenience store said that he witnessed the two of you arguing!"

He didn't believe that Seiji Kurumiya and Hayami Hayabusa didn't know each other.

Che Gu Zheng Si explained: "To be honest, the red car is an imported car. It was sold by my friend in the used car dealership three months ago. Later I heard that the buyer seemed to be unable to pay the loan. I just greeted him, and he seemed to be annoyed and started quarreling."

Aoki Matsu didn't believe his words. "It's a lie! If that's the case, the victim Hayami Hayabusa couldn't have known the name of Kurumaya Seiji. This man is lying, which means he is guilty!"

"Why did you drive to this place?" Michida Junko asked, "Mr. Kurumiya, your home is in the opposite direction, right?"

"Nothing! I just had some time and wanted to drive around here." Kurumiya Seiji lowered his head and answered, not daring to look at Michida Junko.

Mao Lilan heard this and laughed and interrupted, "Because rainbows are beautiful."

"Rainbow!?" Che Gu Zheng Si was stunned when he heard this, and asked back: "Did a rainbow appear just now?"

[Ah!] Aoki Matsu and Conan were both shocked when they heard this.

How could you not see a rainbow when you drive over there!

At this time, Che Gu Zhengsi seemed to react and said angrily: "What on earth have you been asking just now? You kept asking about things that have nothing to do with this traffic accident."

"I know!" Maori Kogoro suddenly clenched his right fist and hammered his left hand, and said excitedly: "Mr. Kurumi, you said you are a car repair technician, right?"

"Oh, yes, that's right." Kurumi Zhengsi responded.

Maori Kogoro pointed at him and said, "You knew in advance that this place is where traffic accidents often happen, right?"

"No, it's not." Kurumi Zhengsi quickly denied.

"After the quarrel at the convenience store, you tampered with the brakes of Mr. Hayami's car during the few minutes when he was buying something. It must have been a very simple thing for you as a mechanic. That's why there are no traces of brakes on the red car at all." Kogoro Mouri said confidently.

Before Che Gu Zhengsi could answer, the police officer next to him said, "But we just checked the brakes of the red car carefully and didn't find anything abnormal."

"Ah!" Maori Kogoro was stunned for a moment. "Is that so?"

But he immediately added, "Then there must be something stuck in the brake pedal, right? This is an old trick used to disguise a traffic accident."

Qing Musong rolled his eyes when he heard this. This was even more impossible. It's not that the murderer wouldn't do it, but the police are not stupid. They reused the old method. The murderer knew it, and the police knew it too!

"You originally intended to use this method to scare Mr. Hayami who had an argument with you, but you didn't expect it to turn into a traffic accident, causing his death, so you had to disguise it as an accident to conceal it, right?" Kogoro Mouri reasoned seriously and with a little pride.

After hearing this, Kurumiya Seiji didn't want to pay attention to Mori Kogoro, because although Mori Kogoro's reasoning was wrong, he did do something bad, so it was better to say less and avoid revealing anything.

At this time, the police officer next to him said, "But we didn't find any suspicious items in the red car!"

"Ah!" Kogoro Mouri was shocked when he heard this.

After hearing what the police officer said, Kurumi Zhengji immediately gained confidence, stood up from his chair and said excitedly: "Mr. Maori Detective, please stop saying these weird things."

Upon hearing this, Kogoro Mouri took out his cigarette box with some embarrassment, shook out a cigarette, put it in his mouth, and prepared to smoke.

Mao Lilan saw this and quickly said, "Dad, don't smoke while walking! Isn't there an ashtray in the car?"

"Oh." Kogoro Mouri responded weakly.

[Although Uncle Maori did not find any evidence, his idea was correct. 】

Aoki Matsu ignored the Maori father and daughter, but went to check the red car first. He did not find anything strange in the car, and there were no special marks on the brakes, so there should be no one who tampered with it.

Aoki Matsuya felt that although the murderer was Kurumi Seiji, it was unlikely that he had tampered with the red car driven by the victim. Because he was a car repair technician, he was destined to be suspected by the police, so if there was a problem in this regard, he would simply confess.

But looking at Che Gu Zhengsi's behavior, he obviously wanted to kill someone, but didn't want to be caught.