Being in Detective Conan, being officially part of the organization is just too awesome!

As the villagers' fervor in testifying for Shimabukuro Kimie grew stronger, the Fukushima police became somewhat flustered.

Left with no other choice, they could only appease the villagers one by one and let them go home to await further investigation.

The same applies to Kimie Shimabukuro.

These police officers now dare not even mention bringing Kimie Shimabukuro back to the police station.

The reasoning was plausible before, but now that there are so many witnesses here, if they talk about taking Shimabukuro Kimie back to the police station, they're really going to incur public wrath.

The Fukushima police then spent the entire day searching for evidence.

Whether it's evidence proving Shimabukuro Kimie's guilt or evidence proving her innocence, we need to find...

"Uncle, let's join the police officers in finding evidence!"

Conan said to Kogoro Mouri in a cute way.

At this moment, Conan desperately wanted to know whether his seemingly flawless reasoning was actually correct.

If it's not correct, then where did I go wrong?

Unfortunately, Kogoro Mouri did not get what he wanted...

"roll!"

Upon hearing Conan's words, Kogoro Mouri, who had just woken up, immediately became furious and punched Conan.

boom--

Conan's head was smashed open, and a lump swelled up.

"Ouch--"

Conan covered his head, tears welling in his eyes.

That wretched Uncle Mori! I'll make Ran pay for all the suffering I endured here...

As Conan thought this, his gaze unconsciously drifted towards Ran.

All I could see was Ran chatting with the battle-damaged Kazuha, and Kazuha's face would occasionally show a sweet smile.

Every time Xiaolan smiled at Ye, she would clench her fist and gently tap the floor with it...

bang-bang-bang-

"Xiaolan, what are you doing!"

When Kogoro Mouri saw Ran's actions, he was immediately startled and hurriedly said,

"If you break it, we'll have to pay for it!"

"Yes, yes..."

Conan's face turned pale, and he stammered as he spoke.

He instantly forgot his previous thoughts...

........

In the end, Conan was still unable to join the police in searching for evidence.

Neither Kogoro Mouri nor Heiji Hattori had any intention of joining the police in searching for evidence.

Kogoro Mouri said that going there was less comfortable than going home and sleeping; the evidence was none of their business...

When Conan suggested this, Heiji Hattori simply showed him that he wasn't wearing a single intact piece of clothing, and then went back with Kazuha to rest and recover from his injuries...

So Conan could only sit helplessly in his room, waiting for the police to bring him the results of their investigation.

.........................

That night

"What did you say?!"

Kogoro Mouri was the first to exclaim in surprise.

"You've found evidence?! Shimabukuro Kimie really isn't the murderer?!"

"Yes,"

The police officer from Fukushima nodded helplessly.

"During the day, we investigated people throughout the island, and the alibis for all three cases were verified."

"Inquiries were conducted regarding the time of the first case, which was within two hours after the dugong celebration."

"A total of 39 people said they saw the Longevity Woman backstage at the Dugong Festival within two hours."

"Of these 39 people, 27 are villagers from the island, and the remaining 12 are tourists."

How is that possible...?

Conan and Heiji Hattori both showed expressions of disbelief, while Kogoro Mouri looked as if he had seen a ghost.

If all 39 people are villagers, then there is still a possibility of cover-up, although it is already very, very low.

What incredible good deed did Shimabukuro Kimie do to deserve such protection from so many villagers?

Not to mention, twelve of these thirty-nine people were tourists from other places.

They had almost no connection with Kimie Shimabukuro; their only intersection was because of the Dugong Arrow.

Now that the longevity granny is fake, the Dugong Arrow is even less credible, and no tourist would choose to protect Shimabukuro Kimie for such a thing.

This means that the Longevity Granny was indeed backstage at the dugong celebration.

But that doesn't match their reasoning...

Conan and Heiji Hattori were in a real bind.

I initially thought it was just a momentary lapse of judgment by the island's villagers, but who knew they actually had an alibi...

"besides,"

Officer Fukushima continued,

"There's not much to say about the second case. Shimabukuro Kimie has no alibi, but she was indeed near the crime scene and had time to commit the crime."

"However, there is no evidence that she committed the crime in this case, so there is no way to convict her."

"The remaining third case..."

The policeman from Fukushima sighed and shook his head helplessly.

"She also has an alibi."

"Moreover, this time the proof is almost irrefutable."

"Why do you say that?"

Kogoro Mouri asked curiously.

Officer Fukushima had no choice but to speak.

"According to Fukuyama Rokuro and others, Shimabukuro Kimie was praying at the Mermaid Shrine when the third case occurred."

“Our investigation revealed that 23 people said they did see the Longevity Woman during that time period, and five of them said that the Longevity Woman never left during the period in question.”

"And their words have been proven true."

"Because the Mermaid Shrine has surveillance cameras."

"Nani?!"

Kogoro Mouri, Conan, and Heiji Hattori all exclaimed in surprise.

The Fukushima police officers closed their police handbooks.

"Therefore, the case information is now very clear."

"Although Kimie Shimabukuro is impersonating the old woman, based on the current evidence, she did not commit murder."

"We can still have doubts about her, but we cannot convict her."

"Can't we use her testimony?"

Conan couldn't help but speak up at this moment.

"Didn't Shimabukuro Kimie already admit everything to everyone at the ancestral hall this morning?"

"If you recorded the conversation, officer, then all of those things should be usable!"

"Sorry, no."

Officer Fukushima shook his head helplessly.

"On the one hand, testimony alone is insufficient for conviction."

“In judicial proceedings, physical evidence is more important than witness testimony, so there are cases that can be handled without confessions, but there are no cases that can be handled without physical evidence.”

"On the other hand, Shimabukuro Kimie's testimony can hardly be called testimony at all."

"why?"

Hattori Heiji asked with some curiosity.

He arrived a little late and didn't hear the whole thing Shimabukuro Kimie said; he only caught the last sentence.

Officer Fukushima said with a wry smile,

"Because I listened to the recording carefully several times after I got back, I found that Ms. Shimabukuro Kimie's words that morning did not mention that she herself committed murder at all."

Hearing what the Fukushima police officer said, everyone fell silent, subconsciously recalling what Shimabukuro Kimie had said that morning.

They suddenly realized that none of the things Shimabukuro Kimie had said that morning indicated that she was the murderer.

She was simply narrating, constantly narrating, stating things that resembled motives for murder.

At that time, everyone was so overwhelmed by the joy of success that they didn't even realize...

At this moment, both the perceptive Conan and the Black Chicken began to have doubts about these alibis.

Is it really just a coincidence? There just happened to be an alibi at the time of the crime?

Moreover, is it really appropriate to have surveillance video evidence for the third person's alibi?

Based on past understanding, something that seems reasonable is probably unreasonable.

Most importantly, Shimabukuro Kimie's self-narration, which sounded like that of the murderer, did not admit to being the murderer at all.

It was as if she had planned this all along, and was just playing with everyone's tricks...

This person is definitely suspicious!

Conan and Black Chicken thought to themselves at the same time.

However, they couldn't think of any way to do this in a short time.

Judging from her previous actions, Kimie Shimabukuro didn't seem to have many criminal schemes, so how did she obtain these alibis?

Could it be that she has another accomplice? Did she put makeup on the accomplice and then have the accomplice provide her with an alibi?

If so, who would this person be...?