Conan: Life between Green Plum and Skyfall

"! Got a photo?! Show it to me!"

After hearing Conan's words, Yamamura Cao's eyes lit up again. He pulled Conan and asked excitedly.

"Oh, oh, okay."

"As expected of our brother! Is his physical fitness so poor? Even I can easily break free from his grasp! How did he become a detective?!"

After breaking free from Yamamura Cao's hand, Conan first sighed in his heart, then took out his mobile phone and handed the photo he had taken before to Yamamura Cao.

The photo was the one Conan took secretly when Yusaku was trying to climb over the wall and run away.

Although the photos are not very clear due to the distance when taking the photos, it is useless to wrap yourself up so tightly like Yusaku does even if the photos are clear.

Originally, Conan took out this photo to tell Yamamura So that there was a mysterious man hiding in the dark in this case, and he wanted to use the presence of the police to put some pressure on his father.

What he didn't expect was that after Shancuncao took the photo, he just glanced at it twice and then handed it directly to the young police officer who came with him:

"We already have a photo of the suspect. Go back to the police station immediately and issue a wanted warrant. Make sure the suspect is apprehended!"

“??? Are you sure?”

Looking at the man in the photo, whose features were completely obscured, the officer looked at Shancuncao with a subtle expression. No, issuing a wanted order based on this photo? It would be a miracle if they could actually catch him!

"? Is there a problem?"

However, our clever police officer seemed to have no idea what was wrong with his proposal. He looked at the police officer standing there and said with a puzzled look:

"What's wrong? Is there a problem? Follow the orders!"

Looking at the order of our smart police officer, Yukiko couldn't stand it anymore. She quickly called our brother:

"Officer, this photo doesn't reveal anything except that the person in it is a man in disguise! If we issue a wanted warrant based on this photo, wouldn't that be a waste of police resources?!"

"Huh? Can't this photo be used to arrest people? I was thinking that when other people were arresting people, they could just give the suspect a hat, scarf, and sunglasses, and then they could catch the murderer!

I clearly remember that's what the book said, huh?"

"You're not looking at Cinderella, are you?"

Looking at Shancuncao with a silly look on his face, everyone's mouth corners twitched.

"Officer, to be honest, I think our mother's brother is more suspicious. As early as fifteen years ago, when our mother died, he always suspected that someone pushed her down.

Therefore, I suspect that he imitated the night fifteen years ago and killed his stepmother and then pushed her down."

"But, this doesn't mean he is the mysterious man! Maybe the mysterious man is played by one of you!

While everyone was separated, he secretly appeared here disguised as a mysterious person, left a witness, and tried to prove that this case was committed by an outsider. Then he hid the clothes and came back.

Our brother Cao had a rare moment of inspiration and came up with an operation that was at least human-achievable. However, his rare idea was directly rejected.

"That's impossible. Although we were separated during the search, we were still working in pairs. Therefore, that mysterious person couldn't be us in disguise."

Hidekazu Yabuuchi shook his head and explained to Sou Yamamura.

"Then, maybe you two are in collusion..."

Seeing that Yamamura Cao was talking more and more outrageous, and was about to say that this was a murder case planned by the eight of them, Conan interrupted him with a dark face:

"Officer, if you doubt us, why don't you search the mansion? Since we're pretending to be the mysterious man, the clothes should be hidden in there too."

At this moment, he finally understood what Conan felt in the original story. This was even harder than leading Maori! Although Maori's brain was not very bright, he just lacked an idea to string the clues together.

And this Shancun Cao, just like the police in the original novel, can do nothing except stand in the back and shout 666! In fact, if he is asked to help, he will ruin the scene!

"So, in the original novel, he was able to become a police inspector because he got in through the backdoor? Also, aren't these policemen really just scoundrels?!"

Conan finally couldn't hold back when he saw Yamamura Cao finally starting to direct other police officers to search the scene at his suggestion, and his actions of preparing to search directly with his bare hands and without even gloves.

"Officer Yamamura, where are your gloves?"

"Hmm? Gloves...ah! I almost forgot, gloves, gloves..."

After Conan's reminder, Yamamura Cao finally remembered to protect the scene. He hurriedly put on gloves and began to search the mansion.

"Xiao Xin, do you know what this case is? Was it really done by that mysterious man? Why do I always feel like something is weird?"

After the police finally took action, Yukiko frowned, moved closer to Conan and asked in a low voice.

"Ah, Mom, you finally noticed!"

Looking at Yukiko who looked puzzled, Conan said with a smile:

"Yabuuchi Machiko's death time was not 10 o'clock, she was killed long ago!

Really, the quality of the police in Gunma Prefecture is too low! If Officer Megure and his men come over, the first thing they have to do is to confirm the approximate time of death of the deceased.

"? But isn't she still at the hotel at nine o'clock?"

"How do you know she was still at the hotel at nine o'clock? Miss Guangmei answered the phone on a landline, so I couldn't see the caller ID. So, how did you know she was calling from the hotel?"

"Of course it's the sound from the wedding banquet! Wait, you're not saying that the sound is fake!"

Yukiko is not stupid either. With Conan's hint, she immediately thought of the key to the problem.

"But why on earth would she help the murderer conceal his whereabouts? Could it be that the murderer is really Mr. Xiuhe? Did they arrange to meet secretly outside?"

"Did you notice it too?"

After hearing Yukiko's words, Conan was stunned. However, he did not say anything on this issue, but brought the topic back on track:

"So, what if she wasn't an accomplice, but was helping herself create an alibi?"

"Helping myself, how is that possible... Wait, was that threatening letter from Uncle Yoshifusa sent by Miss Machiko? If that's the case, then it's understandable.

But, he was clearly acting in self-defense, so why didn't he tell the police?"

"It's very simple. Look at this detective, is he reliable?"

Conan shrugged and said helplessly.