Officer Megure replied.
“Then are you sure that all the current conditions are consistent with the conditions at that time?”
Sano asked again.
Officer Megumi still nodded: “Well, it’s not wrong. In fact, we all thought that the signal might be Mr. Itaguchi’s greeting, but in fact, he had already said it when he came back and we communicated the situation. That sentence, but John, who was standing by at the time, had no reaction. Later, Brother Maori raised the issue of the bells again, so we tried recording the bells again… But it seems it still didn’t work.”
“…I’ll ask again, are you sure all the conditions are consistent with last night?”
Hearing Sano repeat the question again, Officer Megure couldn’t help but be stunned for a moment. After thinking for a while, he nodded hesitantly and solemnly.
“I am sure.”
When Sano asked “Are you sure” for the second time just now, Officer Megure inexplicably recalled the feeling of being asked by the teacher when he was in school.
It’s so stressful…I always feel frightened and uneasy.
After receiving Officer Megure’s confirmation, Sano then asked calmly: “Officer Megure, can you explain to me why Itaguchi communicated with John through the phone at that time, but now he greets him in person?”
“Why?”
After Sano said these words, not to mention Officer Megure, many other people present who paid attention to the two of them were also confused.
This… makes sense!
Officer Megu didn’t care about the embarrassment and quickly turned to look at the plate mouth, about to conduct the experiment again.
…If there was nothing wrong with Sano’s eyes, Banguchi’s facial muscles became visibly tense from the moment he mentioned the word “telephone”.
It seems to be correct.
“Wait a moment.”
Suddenly, Sano stopped Officer Megure who was about to speak, causing him to look confused: “What’s wrong?”
Sano didn’t answer immediately, he just walked towards Bankou and raised his hand.
This is……
Sano’s hand of judgment! ?
Officer Megure’s eyes widened. It seemed that he hadn’t seen Sano do this for a long time.
Although Sano has been involved in many cases since the last time he saw Sano.
But in none of these cases, Sano had ever been “tapped on the shoulder,” at least not by Officer Megure.
Seeing it now, I always feel…inexplicably excited!
It’s so nostalgic.
Then, under the solemn, expectant or excited gazes of most people present, Sano’s palm fell on Itaguchi’s shoulder, and the other party immediately let out a low cry and instinctively took a step back.
“It’s working…”
Officer Memu’s belly trembled, and he immediately straightened his back. His eyes that could only be regarded as suspicious of Banguchi at first were now almost equivalent to looking at criminals.
Even Conan, a guy who considers himself very materialistic, his eyes became sharper.
Only Nakajima Sukezo, who was completely unaware of the inside story, the target person Itaguchi, Haibara Ai and several other children were still completely confused.
…What the hell is going on?
Why are everyone so…excited?
“…Excuse me, what is this?”
Although Bankou was confused, he still felt something was wrong, and he hesitated and asked about the situation in a low voice.
“Since we want to replicate what happened last night, we have to make it 100% perfect.”
Sano, who was sure that his words were wrong, glanced at the other party.
“After all, I don’t think Mr. Itakou wants to be questioned again and again and make useless attempts, right?”
Bankou forced a smile and nodded.
“Then let’s go.”
At Sano’s signal, the group entered the house again.
“John was at the stairs on the second floor yesterday, right? Bring it up.”
“Pull the curtains, don’t let the light in, turn on the lights.”
“Add the time on that clock, and don’t use the recorded chimes.”
“Bring another stereo over and play some music.”
“…”
Several police officers, under Sano’s command, were busy rushing around, while Conan and others on the side had inexplicable expressions on their faces.
It’s not that there’s anything wrong with Sano’s pursuit of details, but it just feels…
So picky.
This description may not be correct, but the current mood of Conan and others is indeed like seeing a person who claims to be just “clean”, but is actually a highly mysophobic and obsessive-compulsive disorder patient, and does all kinds of outrageous things. The status of the operation.
It’s even more outrageous than that.
Because several people didn’t feel that Sano was handling a case at all. Instead, it seemed a bit like he was preparing for an upcoming party and setting up the scene.
Under the complicated gazes of everyone, Sano had already taken the adjustments that needed to be made to the last step.
“And then there’s the phone call…”
However, when Sano turned his attention to the phone on the counter in the living room of the bungalow, something unexpected happened.
Because what was on it was a landline phone.
“If I remember correctly, the situation at that time seemed to be that Maehara had just taken the mobile phone to the second floor.”
…After all, Sano did not see the scene of the crime with his own eyes, so he first checked with Officer Megure, and after receiving a positive answer, he looked at Itaguchi.
“Then can you please give me an explanation now, Mr. Banguchi, why a good mobile phone suddenly turned into a landline.”
“because……”
Bankou, who was covered in cold sweat, hesitated and couldn’t explain why.
Finally, in a hurry, he came up with what he thought was a good excuse, but before he could say it, it was already ignored by Sano.
“Forget it, it’s a trivial matter. Officer Megure, please find a mobile phone instead. Please note that the ringtone for incoming calls must be the same.”
Also before Officer Megure agreed, Sano put the final touches on this “arrangement”.
“Officer Takagi will pretend to be the deceased later and go upstairs with the phone. Just in case, please turn on the safety of the gun and aim at John. Once it really shows signs of trying to pounce, just shoot and kill it. That’s it.”
“……Why!??”
Not to mention Mao Lilan, Conan and the team members who invited Sano to save John, even Officer Megure and the other policemen were shocked by his words.
“Straight, shoot me directly!?”
Takagi Sheba asked in disbelief, while Mao Lilan and the children next to him stared, wondering if they should also question.
Especially those three real children and Haibara Ai, after all, they are different from others. In their eyes, Sano came here completely because of their entrustment.
To put it bluntly, they are here specifically to rescue dogs.
But in the end, this girl actually said she wanted to kill the dog? ?
Do you dare to be more outrageous?
“Wait, wait a minute!”
Before Sano spoke, Itakou couldn’t help himself and finally fell to his knees with a plop: “I, I admit it, I was the one who killed!!”
Then Itaguchi cried bitterly and began to state his guilt. Sano looked at this scene without showing any surprise.
…After all, Sano is not a fool. Judging from Banguchi’s performance, it is impossible to see that the key to this case lies in the phone.
Just now I said it doesn’t matter, but it doesn’t really mean it doesn’t matter. It’s just because the facts cannot be changed, so there is no need to say anything more, but its importance is not low.
But to be honest, the difficulty of this case was much lower than Sano imagined.
