Chapter 34 National Live Broadcast
Chapter 34 National Live Broadcast
The reason why Kogoro Mori believes that Takashi Matsuo is the murderer and Mitsuki Mukai is not...actually there is no basis for this.
He simply thought that Xiang Yuanguang would not do such a thing, out of his trust in Xiang Yuanguang.
But when police solve cases, subjective emotions are never as important as objective reality.
"But, Detective Maori, your claim that I'm the murderer is completely nonsense."
"Three and a half minutes is not enough time for me to run from the ninth floor to the fourth floor and then back to the ninth floor, right?"
"But Mr. Xiang Yuanguang and I left the studio almost at the same time."
“Then he disappeared for a full five minutes before contacting security personnel.”
"From this point of view, he is more of a murder suspect than me, right?"
Takashi Matsuo shook his head and refuted Detective Mori's idea straightforwardly.
Logically speaking, there is indeed nothing wrong with what Takashi Matsuo said.
However, Takashi Matsuo overlooked one point.
"Mr. Matsuo, but the security camera on the fourth floor did not capture any photo of Brother Xiang Yuan."
"So, Brother Xiang Yuan should be innocent."
Inspector Megure refuted from the side, but Matsuo Takashi showed a victorious smile.
He told Inspector Megure in an unusually relaxed tone.
"Then I am also innocent. There is no way the security camera on the fourth floor could have captured me."
"Because I didn't go to the fourth floor, let alone enter the mixing room to kill anyone, it's nonsense to suspect me."
Inspector Megure and Kogoro Mori were speechless for a moment.
That’s right, the evidence that can prove that Genmi Mukai is not guilty can also prove that Takashi Matsuo is not guilty.
But on the other hand, the evidence against Minamoto no Mitsuki has no effect against Matsuo Takashi.
For example, it is impossible to walk back and forth between the ninth and fourth floors in three and a half minutes, but when Xiang Yuanguang disappears for five minutes, he can go from the ninth floor to the fourth floor, shoot Ye Fangdaoyan, and then return to the stairwell on the seventh floor to meet up with the security personnel.
zizi.
The cameramen never put down their cameras.
When the recording of the program was interrupted by the criminal police, the owner of the TV station asked the cameraman to continue filming.
Now, the investigation of this murder case in the editorial office of Nichima TV is being broadcast live for the whole country to see.
Therefore, the performance of Inspector Megure, Detective Mori, and Takashi Matsuo were clearly visible to everyone.
Miwako Sato, who was following Inspector Megure, noticed that the camera was still recording.
She quietly walked to Inspector Megure and explained to him softly.
Inspector Megure was also startled and immediately adjusted his posture.
It's okay to relax when handling cases normally, but not during this kind of live broadcast.
If this case is not handled well, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department will be under pressure from public opinion. By then, his salary assessment will not only not go up, but may even drop like Officer Takagi!
"Okay, Inspector Megure, Detective Mori, do you have anything else to say?"
"If not, I still have to deal with those reporters outside and explain the future development of the program."
Matsuo Takashi straightened his collar, looking relaxed and natural, in complete contrast to Detective Mori and Inspector Megure.
The veteran host's popularity still has room to grow among the national audience.
In contrast, the ratings of Detective Mori and Inspector Megure are declining.
"Anyway, I would like to object to this...!"
The corners of Kogoro Maori's mouth twitched, and he spoke immediately.
(Damn it, in a homicide case there has to be a suspect to close the case.)
(If Matsuo Takashi cannot be proven to be the first suspect, Mukai Genmitsu will be the defendant and go to trial!)
(Those prosecutors don’t care if the defendant is guilty or not, they just want to prove that the defendant is guilty!)
"I'll ignore your objection for now. Goodbye, Mr. Detective."
Matsuo Takashi turned around like a winner.
Standing not far away, Maori Ran looked at Maori Kogoro with great concern.
(Dad is rarely like this... It seems that he really believes that Lawyer Xiang Yuan is innocent...)
(Is there anything I can do for the case?...If only Shinichi were here at this moment.)
(He will surely solve this case easily and prove Attorney Xiang Yuan's innocence.)
She was thinking in her heart that she was planning to take Conan to comfort Kogoro Mouri.
Then they found that Conan was missing. "Conan? Really, where did Conan go again?"
Xiaolan was a little panicked. After all, this was a crime scene, not an amusement park.
She looked around and saw Dr. Asai, whom she knew from the audience, quietly enter the mixing room.
(Hey, what Dr. Asai wants to do is————)
"A pound of pears (objection)! There is a problem with the [time] point you made earlier!"
Word Bullet【5/5】
Xiang Yuanguang's voice instantly resounded throughout the corridor.
Attracted the attention of everyone present.
The strong wind blew in all directions with Genkou as the center. Matsuo Takashi was the first to be hit and even took several steps back.
The host swallowed his saliva and wondered if Xiang Yuanguang really knew magic.
Otherwise, why would a protest stir up trouble?
"You just said that I disappeared from the security camera range for five minutes, right?"
"What if I say that for three and a half minutes out of the five minutes, I was actually in the stairwell between the seventh and sixth floors?"
"Stairwell!? Why are you there!?"
Cold sweat ran down Matsuo Takashi's forehead as he stared at Xiang Yuanguang.
Said without hesitation.
"Do you have evidence? Evidence that you were in the stairwell between the sixth and seventh floors for three and a half minutes!?"
Everyone present immediately looked at Xiang Yuanguang.
There are no security cameras in the stairwells, only in the corners of the corridors.
How could Xiang Yuanguang prove that he was in the stairwell for three and a half minutes?
“Watch out! Show me the witness——Miss [Nagai Ayako]!”
He pointed to Genkou in the air, and saw Ms. Nagai Ayako who had already completed her testimony.
Nagai Ayako's face was full of surprise. She didn't know that she could be the proof of Xiang Yuanguang's presence.
"Okay! Brother Xiang Yuan, explain quickly, how are you going to let Miss Nagai prove that you are in the stairwell?"
Inspector Megure suddenly became alert.
pat.
Xiang Yuanguang snapped his fingers, and the prelude to reversal sounded in his ears.
"I was in the stairwell before Mr. Matsuo Takashi and Ms. Nagai Ayako entered the recording studio. The evidence is that I can repeat every word of the conversation between Ms. Nagai Ayako and Mr. Matsuo Takashi."
"If you don't believe me, I can repeat it now and let Ms. Nagai Ayako confirm whether what she said is consistent with what I repeated."
"Then, assuming that I committed the crime and killed Yefang Daoyan, why would I bring security personnel to search for the body and call the police when the police could not find any evidence of the crime?"
Matsuo Takashi's brows twitched. That's right, if it was someone who was killed by Yuan Guang.
He didn't know Ye Fang Daoyan and had no motive. There was no camera that captured him entering the mixing room and there was no evidence.
In other words, if Xiang Yuanguang killed someone, it would be a typical random murder case.
This is a case that has a 90% chance of being unsolvable. Why would Xiang Yuanguang fall into the trap?
"But, but... we can't rule out the possibility that you deliberately called the police in order to... solve your own... crime, creating the illusion that you didn't kill anyone and were cooperating with the investigation..."
Takashi Matsuo thought quickly and questioned Genkou again.
"Yes. That is indeed possible. So, let's reverse our thinking... "
In front of the camera, Xiang Yuanguang snapped his fingers again. Although he was a suspect in a homicide case, he smiled in this irreversible situation and appeared extremely confident.
"It's not that I have to call the police to clear my name, but that I have no choice but to call the police to clear my name... How about thinking this way?"
"Excuse me, under what circumstances can I only take the measure of calling the police to clear myself of criminal suspicion?"
"Could you please ask Mr. Takashi Matsuo, who came up with this idea, to explain how I [kill] people?"
(End of this chapter)