Chapter 725 Searching for the Third Robber

Chapter 725 Searching for the Third Robber

Conan here.

After visiting three women who matched the descriptions in Kei Katatsuka's address book, Conan, with his clever little brain, successfully deduced who the third robber was.

However, when faced with the question from Serina Kamakawa, Conan gave this answer.

"I won't tell you who it is, because... I don't want to see anyone die again."

"Eh?"

"I don't want to see Miss Puchuan die."

Puchuan Serina's face suddenly changed.

She dodged his gaze for a moment, then turned and walked down the alley. Conan quickly followed her on his short legs.

Puchuan Qinnai lowered her head and looked at Conan: "What are you talking about, little brother, saying that you don't want to see me die... You don't think I will commit suicide after killing the third robber?"

Conan pretended to be innocent and hummed: "Isn't it?"

Puchuan Qinnai laughed dryly and said, "You may feel this way because of those sleeping pills? Actually, it's not true. I just bought those pills because I often suffer from insomnia recently. And those alone can't reach the lethal dose, right?"

"It was just a coincidence that I used it when I kidnapped you. And you found out in the end, didn't you?"

Kamakawa Serina's smile was very forced.

Conan put his hands in his pockets and said helplessly: "See, sister, your method of committing the crime is still too crude. Let's not talk about the sleeping pills. When you killed the first man, hiding the body in the suitcase was still justifiable, but putting a bug in the suitcase was like telling the person who found the body later that the room was being bugged."

"Also, when you killed him, you should have used the butt of a pistol, right? I saw two pistols in the glove box of the car, one of which had blood on its butt. Together with the gun used by the man who committed suicide in the office, there are three pistols in total."

"These three guns should be the ones they used when they robbed the bank. You found them in Kei Katatsuka's room and took them away, right?"

Serina Kamakawa did not respond, but her silence confirmed Conan's reasoning.

"Also, you exchanged your phone with Kei Katsutsuka's. Although you deleted all the communication records, it's easy to find out the real owner of the phone by checking with the phone company." (It's a real-name system over there, which means the phone, SIM card, and ID are all linked together, so the owner's information can be found with a simple search.)

Kamakawa Serina couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Conan glanced at her and continued, "That's right, sister, your actions were not planned at all, and could even be said to be very perfunctory."

“More importantly, after you exchanged your phones, you not only deleted the messages and photos with precious memories, but also the contact information of your family and friends, and you didn’t think it mattered.

It feels like as long as he can kill three robbers and avenge his lover, it doesn’t matter what happens next.”

"Doesn't this mean that my sister no longer has any attachment to this world?"

Serina Kamakawa stared at Conan blankly without saying a word.

Conan stopped, turned around and looked at Kamakawa Serina and said, "That's why I insisted on following my sister here, just to stop you from doing anything stupid."

"Well," he turned his head and looked forward, "I want to know who the remaining robber is... I have this thought."

"So, if you are willing to do as I say, sister, I will tell you who the remaining robber is."

"Really?" asked Kamakawa Serina instinctively.

Conan nodded: "But after you know who the remaining robbers are, you have to hand her over to the police and turn yourself in. If you can agree, I will tell you."

Puchuan Qinnai's expression changed. After a moment of silence, she exhaled heavily, as if to hide something. She walked forward again: "I know, I promise you, so tell me."

The two returned to the car.

Puchuan Qinnai couldn't wait to ask: "So, the last skinny robber was among the three people we just met, right?"

Conan struggled to climb onto the passenger seat, closed the door and said, "Well! Sister, you've seen it too, right? The images of the three robbers captured by the bank's surveillance cameras that were released actually captured the characteristics of the robbers at the time, so it's easy to distinguish them!"

Puchuan Serina was stunned: "Features? What features?"

Conan showed a smug expression on his face: "In the surveillance footage, the skinny robber was filmed crossing the bank counter with his left foot first, right? When people climb over obstacles, they will subconsciously use their dominant foot."

"Generally speaking, a person's dominant hand and dominant foot are on the same side. Although she appears to be right-handed in the video, for example, when she was tying someone up with tape, she was holding it with her right hand and pulling out the tape with her left hand, and she was also holding the gun with her right hand, but...

When her companion suddenly shot the bank clerk, she was so shocked that she subconsciously covered her mouth with her left hand.

That's because, when some people are extremely shaken or surprised, they will instinctively touch their face or cover their mouth with their dominant hand to calm themselves down.

In other words, although the criminal deliberately used her right hand to hold the gun and pull the tape, through these two instinctive reactions, it can still be inferred that she is left-handed. "

"Left-handed?" Kamakawa Serina was very surprised. This is a very important feature. Compared with right-handed people, there are very few left-handed people.

She carefully recalled the actions of the three people she had just seen, and her eyes suddenly widened: "So, the remaining robber is the woman we saw at the beginning?"

"When she opened the door, she used her left hand!"

"No," Conan shook his head, "The door of their house is designed like that. If you open the door with your right hand, your arm will be in front of you and you will face the guests sideways, which is very impolite. I deliberately ran into the room just now to confirm whether she is left-handed or right-handed."

Serina Kamakawa recalled that when Conan saw the first person, he suddenly rushed into that person's house and was finally grabbed by the collar and thrown out.

She asked tentatively, "So, you saw it?"

Conan nodded and said, "Yes, that's right. She was eating at the time. Judging from the placement of the knife and fork and other items, she is right-handed. If there is only one person living in the house, there is no need to pretend to be right-handed, right?"

"Also, the second person opened the door with his right hand. There's no need to hide it in front of an ordinary housewife who looks like she has a child."

Puchuan Qinnai suddenly realized: "So, the real robber is the third person named Tegawa?!"

Conan smiled and confirmed, "That's right. When we entered the room, I noticed that not only was the handle of the cup facing left, but the pen was placed on the left side of the paper to avoid the shadow of the hand affecting the writing, and the desk lamp was also placed on the right side."

"These signs indicate that the third person is left-handed."

Puchuan Serina exhaled and looked at Conan with some admiration: "Little brother, you observe very carefully. But, are you sure that she is the robber just based on these? Could you be wrong..."

Since it was about the last robber, she had to be cautious. It would be terrible if she really made the wrong target of revenge.

Conan smiled and said, "Of course not."

"Oh, I think I forgot to mention it just now. The reason why I was sure that Kenzuka Kei was the robber was because he had a lot of change and 5,000 and 1,000 yuan bills on him.

Because he knew very well that the police could track the movement of the money through the serial numbers of the banknotes and then track down the people who used the money, so he kept buying cheap things and spent the ten thousand yuan that would become troublesome, so he had so many small changes and five thousand and one thousand yuan banknotes on him. "

"The same is true for the large number of takeout boxes placed outside the home of the third Tegawa. Many food vending machines in restaurants can use 10,000 yuan bills, and unlike convenience stores, many small restaurants do not have surveillance cameras installed."

"She can choose a shop with relatively more customers. As long as she stays in the shop for a short time, no one will remember her face, so the risk of being exposed is very small."

"This way, even if the last 10,000 yuan in banknotes are found, it will be difficult to trace her back."

Having said this, Conan's reasoning is basically over.

At an angle that Kamakawa Serina couldn't see, Conan secretly raised the anesthesia watch on his wrist, looked at her sideways and asked: "How about it, do you agree with my reasoning? Can you surrender to the police?"

Puchuan Serina closed her eyes and let out a long breath: "Yeah, that's true. Since you have troubled me to help me figure out the third robber, I will definitely turn myself in to the police."

Conan moved his fingers and the watch cover popped open automatically. To be on the safe side, he planned to knock the person out first and then notify Inspector Megure to come and catch him.

"But," she suddenly opened her eyes and looked at Conan, "there is a mistake in your reasoning."

"Huh?" Conan was stunned. Is there something wrong? How is this possible?

Based on the clues he had, the reasoning process was completely logical and consistent with the evidence. How could there be any mistakes?

Serina Kamakawa explained: "I only found two pistols from Kei Katatsuka's house, and the other one was actually a fake gun borrowed from a gun fanatic I knew for self-defense."

"There was a fake gun?" Conan was stunned. In that case, the gun used to kill the first robber was actually a fake gun she borrowed?

Wait, his face suddenly changed. Since only two guns were found, what about the remaining one...

Just when Conan realized something, the car door behind him suddenly opened, a hand grabbed his left hand and strangled his neck with the arm, while the other hand held a cold pistol and pointed it at Kamakawa Serina.

"Now that you all know about this, I can't just let you go back!"

The third robber, Tekawa, suddenly appeared and held the two men hostage.

When she saw Conan and Serina Kamakawa appear, if it were usual she would definitely not suspect anything. After all, she was not familiar with her neighbors and she didn't care who moved in or out.

But he had just robbed a bank himself, and suddenly he couldn’t get in touch with his two companions.

Today I saw in the news that one of my companions committed suicide in the detective agency, and it was in the office of the famous detective Kogoro Mouri.

He must have been discovered as a robber by Kogoro Mouri, so he committed suicide when he couldn't escape, right?

What scares Tegawa the most is whether her identity has been betrayed by Kei Kenzuka?

She wanted to hope for the best. Since he had already committed suicide, there would be no benefit in betraying her, right?

But he was also worried. What if this person was thinking that since he couldn't survive, how could the remaining two people survive and have so much money to live a life of extravagance?

It is normal to drag them both into the water before dying.

With this speculation, Tegawa was suspicious of everyone who approached her. Suddenly, two people, one big and one small, who claimed to have just moved in, came to visit her. Naturally, she became suspicious, so she secretly followed them to see what was going on.

The result was just as Tekawa had expected. The two people were not new neighbors at all. They left as soon as she closed the door. They did not return to the room in the apartment, nor did they visit other residents.

It was obviously aimed at her!

After eavesdropping on all of Conan's reasoning outside the car, Tekawa was furious. With a hint of anger, he directly opened the car door with a gun and held the two men hostage.

"Hurry, drive!" Tegawa pointed a gun at Kamagawa Serina and shouted, "Drive the car to a place where there is no one!"

Serina Puchuan did not expect that she would be followed by the last robber and pointed at by a gun. She was so scared that she was at a loss and her face turned pale.

Conan wanted to struggle, but how could a child like him possibly fight against an adult, even if the adult was a woman? Moreover, he had lost the initiative and was strangled to the point of being unable to move, so the anesthetic watch naturally could not be used.

Fortunately, Tegawa had no intention of killing Conan here, otherwise this arm would have been enough to strangle him to death.

"Hey, stop dragging your feet! Drive!"

Seeing that Kamakawa Serina did not move, Tegawa became angry and fired a shot as a warning.

The bullet went straight through the car window.

Serina Kamakawa screamed subconsciously, started the car with a slight tremor in her body, and drove onto the route indicated by Tekawa.

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At the same time, Yuya is here.

Miyano Shiho kept staring at the computer screen: "Turn left at the intersection ahead, and drive a little further to the location of the transmitter."

"I understand." As the destination got closer, not knowing what would happen next or what Conan's situation was, Subaru Okiya's voice began to become serious, and he stared straight ahead with narrowed eyes.

Yuya sat up straight and began to flex his wrists.

Although he deduced that the woman who kidnapped Conan was not a robber but was seeking revenge for her boyfriend, these were ultimately just the conclusions drawn by Yuya based on the information provided by Mao Lilan.

What if there are any clues or evidence that Conan has not discovered? Of course, it is more likely that he did not tell Maori Kogoro and just kept it in his heart. Then the truth may deviate to some extent from Yuya's reasoning.

There is a high probability that unforeseen conflicts will occur later.

As the situation was unclear, he did not inform Mao Lilan and the others of the situation. Not to mention whether they could catch up, the more people there were, the more chaotic the situation would be, and the more uncontrollable it would be.

Subaru Okiya is just an ordinary graduate student in a university, not to mention Shiho Miyano, who is a typical stay-at-home scientist. These two people have little fighting ability, so if anything unexpected happens, they will have to rely on him.

Just as Yuya was snapping his fingers, suddenly...

"boom!"

A crisp gunshot rang out in the darkness.

Okiya Subaru was startled and quickly stepped on the brakes to stop the car.

"Gunshot?" He narrowed his eyes even tighter and looked up at the intersection ahead.

Yuya clenched his fists and his heart skipped a few beats.

Could it be that···

Conan him?