Conan: Tennis Boys' Scripted Murder

When Conan saw Suzuki Sonoko making trouble, he did not panic and immediately raised another doubt.

"He changed his phone number even though he was busy with a new business."

"What's the big deal? Just change your number and start a new journey. Isn't that possible?"

"Okay, but Aunt Amano said he changed his phone number yesterday. Isn't he afraid that a rash change of number might cause some minor problems for his new business?"

Hondou Eisuke was persuaded by Conan, and he also thought that the timing of Mr. Amano's number change was not right. There were too many people to notify when the number was changed. If he missed one or two, how could he be sure that it would not affect his new career.

"Could it be that you had to change your number because you kept getting harassing calls?"

Speaking of harassing phone calls, Amano's mother also remembered what her son had said before.

"Yes, my son said that he had been receiving silent phone calls for a while, and then his place was broken into."

"Breaking through the door?"

Amano's mother has her own understanding of the incident, "That person must have called several times to confirm whether my son was at home. Once he was sure that my son was not at home, he took the opportunity to break into the house.

However, my son always carries valuables with him, so nothing was stolen that time."

Conan shook his head. He didn't think that the criminal had failed to achieve his goal.

"No, there is a high possibility that his house has been bugged."

"Eavesdropping device?!"

Amano's mother never expected things to develop in this direction. From what the child said, it seemed like there was a big conspiracy behind this matter.

"Yes, the purpose of the break-in was to install a bug in your son's house to eavesdrop on the words and tone of your son's voice when he was on the phone so that he could imitate it later and find out that Mr. Amano was going on a trip this week."

"But my son canceled his trip because of a cold, and he is at home now."

"Can you confirm that's your son? You also said his voice sounded strange."

"Although the voice sounded strange, the call was from his home phone, and the dog was barking while he was on the phone. The dog also kept barking when we talked previously."

"The barking of a dog is more difficult to identify than the human voice. You can't be sure that it is the barking of your son's pet dog."

The more Suzuki Sonoko listened, the more confused she became. Why did the criminal go through such a long detour?

"Why did he do that?"

Conan explained to her: "Because he wants his aunt to completely believe that the person on the other end of the phone is her son."

After hearing this, Mao Lilan finally thought of something that has been very popular recently.

“Isn’t this a scam?”

Suzuki Sonoko still thinks it's just a coincidence, but Hondou Eisuke also thinks Conan's guess is correct and this should be a carefully planned scam.

"So when I called, the person who answered the phone was a scammer?"

"Well, I think he's waiting for a call from Amano's mother, so he doesn't want to talk to Sister Xiaolan for fear of missing the call."

Amano's mother confirmed that she had an agreement with the other party at that time and would go home to give him an answer as soon as the money was transferred.

The purpose of the prisoner wanting to hear this call back was to notify his classmates who were near the bank to go to the counter and withdraw the money he had just deposited.

He chose the time when the bank employees were about to get off work after careful consideration. The tighter the time, the less room people have to think, and the higher the probability of them succeeding in committing the crime.

Conan repeated the criminals' plans one by one, noticed the look in Hondou Eisuke's eyes, and immediately added, "I saw all this on the noon news."

Since all this was a scheme by the criminals, it meant that Mr. Amano's previous phone call could be connected, and they only needed to confirm with him in person to find out the truth.

However, the problem was still not solved smoothly. When Amano's mother dialed the phone number, the other end kept saying that the owner of the phone could not receive the signal.

I called several times in a row, and the response I heard was always this sentence. I couldn't get in touch with Mr. Amano himself.

"Could it be possible that what your son said about his new business is true?"

Conan didn't want other people's thoughts to be led astray by Suzuki Sonoko, so he quickly asked: "Do you know where your son's travel destination is?"

"Well, he mentioned it to me. It's Sado in Niigata. He was originally scheduled to come back at 7 o'clock tonight."

Conan calculated the distance between Sado in Niigata and Tokyo in his mind and concluded that Mr. Amano was most likely on the ferry, which would explain why he couldn't answer the call.

When Amano's mother saw that there were only less than ten minutes left before the bank closed, she decided to go to the bank to transfer the money and got up to pack her bag.

"Auntie, you can't go!"

Amano's mother was very annoyed now. "You are very annoyed. My son said that if he can't raise 10 million today, he will have to borrow money from loan sharks. At that point, the whole thing will be irreversible!"

Conan was not panicked at all, he had actually already thought of a solution.

Therefore, not long after, the prisoner who was staying at Mr. Amano's house picked up the receiver while holding a puppy in one hand.

"What? You said you didn't have time to go to the bank to transfer 10 million?"

"Yes, I had a visitor today, so it was a little late and the bank was closed."

The prisoner on the other end of the phone was in an irritable mood. "So didn't I tell you that you must act quickly! As soon as you receive my call, you should go to the bank to transfer the money."

After seeing what Conan wrote to him, Amano's mother adjusted her mood and said, "Since you said that if you can't raise the money, you will go to a loan shark. Doesn't that mean that as long as we can raise the money today, it will be fine?"

"Correct."

"How about this, mom has some private money here, you can use it first?"

Seeing that their plan didn't work, the criminals planned to take Amano's mother's private money to end the operation.

"How much private money do you have?"

"There are two million. I sent the password and deposit slip yesterday. It should arrive today. Is this enough?"

When the prisoner heard that there was two million, his eyes lit up. This was really a pleasant surprise. "It's enough for now. I'll go get the money now. Sorry, Mom, my voice was a little loud just now."

After hanging up the phone, the criminal planned to go to the bank to withdraw money, but when he opened the door, he saw Mao Lilan and her group blocking the door.

Amano's mother opened her mouth and said, "Who are you?"

"Haha."

The criminal stuffed the dog in his arms into Amano's mother's hands and turned to run, but he didn't know the fighting power of Mao Li Ran and was knocked down directly.

In this way, the fraudster was arrested, and his accomplices who were guarding around the bank were also arrested.