novelslam Chapter 880 Salt Ramen
Chapter 880 Salt Ramen
Chapter 880 Salt Ramen
Hattori Heiji's smile froze when he heard that, and then he quickly said, "Hahaha, Inspector Aoki, we were just joking."
"How can you treat a murder case as a joke, especially to compete with each other in solving the case, or play childish games like who can solve the case first. It is a kind of disrespect for life, do you know that?" Aoki Matsu said righteously.
"Brother Aoki, we were wrong." Conan apologized almost reflexively.
He had been told this by Aoki Matsu so many times before that it had become a conditioned reflex.
Hearing this, Hattori Heiji also quickly said, "Inspector Aoki, I understand. I swear I will never do it again."
"I hope so!" Aoki Matsu looked at Hattori Heiji and said, "The criminal this time is very likely a Kansai native, so Hattori-kun, please cooperate with our investigation."
"Yes!" Hattori Heiji responded immediately, then followed Aoki Matsu out.
When Sera Masumi saw this, his eyes flashed slightly, and then he followed.
Not long after, Aihara Yoji came over and reported, "Inspector, there are three suspects in total."
Aoki Matsu is not surprising at all, one of the classic three choices.
Hearing this, Hattori Heiji asked, "Has the suspect been narrowed down to three people?"
"Yes," Aihara replied, "Although there were seven male customers of the right age, four of them were accompanied by companions, and when Agent Cameron ran out of the bathroom shouting that someone was dead.
These four guests were either ordering food from the waiter or asking the waiter to help them clean up the table that was soiled by the children, so they all happened to have talked to the waiter. The only ones who didn't have an alibi seemed to be the three people who came to the restaurant alone and ate in the smoking area. "
Hattori Heiji thought for a moment and said, "In that case, Inspector Aoki, can you please let me handle their investigation training?"
Upon hearing this, Qing Musong said, "No, this is absolutely wrong in terms of procedure. The testimony you obtained through interrogation has no legal effect at all."
Do you really think that anyone’s words can be used as evidence?
Sometimes factual evidence will not be accepted by the judge, but will be used as auxiliary evidence, used if useful and discarded if useless.
Hearing this, Hattori Heiji said quickly, "But the murderer could be from Kansai, right? If I, a Kansai native, conduct the interrogation, I might be able to reveal his true identity."
"Then you can assist us in the interrogation and write down the questions we want to ask on paper." Aoki Matsu said.
Hattori Heiji could only respond, "Okay!"
The first suspect is a middle-aged man wearing glasses. At this moment, he is sweating profusely and is very nervous when facing the police's questioning.
"My name is Subero, and I currently live in an apartment in Beika-cho."
Aihara Yoji (Hattori Heiji) asked: "So, where is your hometown?"
Subero replied, "I, I am a local who was born and raised in Tokyo."
After observing for a while, Hattori Heiji wrote a few words on a small notebook and handed it to Aihara Yoji.
Aihara Yoji looked at the other person and asked again: "Sir, I saw that you have been sweating from nervousness since just now. Are you hiding something?"
Subero glanced at the plate in front of him, and then quickly explained: "No, that's because the curry I just finished was too spicy."
Hattori Heiji couldn't help but said in surprise: "Huh? It's been almost an hour since the murder, so he should have finished eating by now, right?"
Suberoli explained nervously, "I, I just finished eating. I couldn't leave here, so I felt more and more hungry. I just ordered some food."
Maruta Ayumi couldn't help but look at the waiter beside him and asked in surprise: "Someone has died here, and you are still accepting orders!"
The waiter nodded, "Yes."
It's not shameful to make money by doing business.
When Aihara Yoji saw that Hattori Heiji was fine, he walked towards the second suspect.
The second suspect was smoking and also looked sweaty.
"My name is Amakasu Toru, and my friends usually call me 'Forrest Gump'. I currently live in an apartment in Haido-cho, and I was born and raised in Tokyo. Are you satisfied with this, Mr. Policeman?" As he said this, Amakasu Toru pointed at Aihara Yoji with the hand he was smoking.
Aihara Yoji (Hattori Heiji) asked, "You seem to be sweating all over, are you worried about something?"
Amakasu Heng was shocked when he heard this, and quickly retorted with some stammering and excitement: "I'm not worried about anything, please stop talking nonsense, okay?"
Everyone was stunned by Amakasu Toru's reaction.
[Why is this guy so scared all of a sudden? Is he a coward? ]
But I didn't expect that Amakasu Toru suddenly changed his timid and panicked attitude and burst into laughter. "I'm just kidding. I'm sweating all over because the ramen I just ate was very spicy."
Hattori Heiji couldn't help but say, "Hey, sir, why does your accent sound weird?"
Upon hearing this, Amakasu Toru immediately retorted: "What's so strange about my accent? It's a normal Tokyo accent, isn't it?"
Hattori Heiji raised his eyebrows angrily and said, "Everywhere sounds weird. It feels uncomfortable, idiot!!!"
Qing Musong looked at the face in front of the other person and raised his eyebrows slightly.
In modern society, although Tokyo is not the legal capital of Japan, it is already the capital in reality.
Therefore, there is no such thing as "Tokyo Choke".
The default Tokyo accent is Japanese Mandarin, and the accents in other places are XXX-sounding.
In addition to this, the bowl of ramen in front of Amakasu Toru, if Aoki Matsu was not mistaken, should be salt water ramen.
The broth of shio ramen is made from kelp, dried fish, pork bones and chicken bones, and is seasoned with salt.
Its essence lies in its natural experience.
So people who eat salt-flavored ramen don't add anything else to it, including condiments.
Because I want to drink the soup inside.
If Japanese people want to eat spicy ramen, they usually choose to eat hell ramen, which is spicier.
Then came the final suspect.
"I live in Beika Town now, and my name is Tojo Sanpei. The interrogation should be non-compulsory, right? In this case, why do we have to tell us even our birthplace?" Tojo Sanpei said with some dissatisfaction.
Aoki Matsu looked directly at him and said, "Mr. Tojo, this involves key information of the case. Please cooperate."
Hattori Heiji said, "If you don't want to say it, it's okay. It will just make people suspicious."
Hearing this, Tojo Sanpei looked at Hattori Heiji and said, "I am different from you. I am a Tokyo person for three generations."
Hattori Heiji was a little annoyed by Tojo Sanpei's attitude, so he couldn't help but say, "Strange, you look like you're sweating all over, you're not going to say that you're sweating all over because you ate this plate of mapo tofu that you barely touched, are you?"
Hearing this, Tojo Sanpei quickly replied, "I have a body that sweats a lot, and my nerves are not that strong. I still have an appetite after hearing that someone died. I even cancelled the fruit I originally wanted to eat after dinner."
Upon hearing this, Hattori Heiji complained: "Canceling dessert is the right decision, because eating sweets will make you fat."
Aoki Matsu glanced at Tojo Sanpei and found that this man's behavior was the most normal among the three suspects.
But... considering science, we can't draw conclusions immediately.
Then Aoki Matsu called Aihara Yoji and Hattori Heiji aside and asked, "Hattori-kun, among the three people just now, are there any people from Kansai?"
Hattori Heiji held his chin with his hand and said thoughtfully: "I don't know"
Maruta Ayumi was speechless and angrily said, "You still say you don't know. I specially asked you to participate in the interrogation just to find out this matter!"
Hearing this, Hattori Heiji held his chin and continued: "But what I know is..."
Upon hearing this, Maruta Ayumi quickly asked, "Know what?"
Everyone also looked at Hattori Heiji.
Hattori Heiji looked at everyone and said with a smile, "The only thing I know is that they all ordered something very spicy!"
Everyone's eyes widened when they heard this!
At this time, Hattori Heiji's stomach suddenly growled. He immediately covered his stomach and said, "Oh no, I keep talking about food and I'm getting hungry."
Conan also held his stomach and thought, "That's right, I haven't had lunch today?"
Aoki Matsu said to Hattori Heiji in a speechless manner: "It seems that it was a mistake for me to let you participate in the case! It is useless. All of you go to the side and eat. You don't need to get involved in this case anymore."
"What!" Hattori Heiji and Conan were immediately motivated! !
It’s okay to say that they don’t know the rules, but you can’t tolerate saying they are not capable enough!
The two were about to retort when Toyama Kazuha's voice came over, "Since you're hungry, why don't you come eat with us, Heiji? The food in this family restaurant is really delicious."
"Yeah?" Everyone looked over subconsciously.
I saw Kogoro Mouri, Ran Mouri and Kazuha Toyama sitting on chairs eating.
Hattori Heiji couldn't help but complain when he saw this: "That's too much! We are working hard to investigate the murder case. And you guys are just having a leisurely meal here!"
Yuanshan Heye pouted and explained, "We can't help it, because we are starving!"
Mao Lilan also said: "And we are not just eating, right, Dad!"
Maori Kogoro asked for a mouthful of noodles and nodded in response: "Yes, we ordered the same meal as the three suspects, and our purpose is to better understand the case."
Upon hearing this, Hattori Heiji asked with anticipation: "So, did you learn anything from the meal?"
Maori Kogoro swallowed the noodles in his mouth and replied: "Anyway, it's delicious!"
Conan couldn't help but complain in his heart when he heard this, "It's just eating!"
Hearing this, Hattori Heiji looked at the food in front of the three people and asked, "Is that really the food they ordered?"
Yuanshan and Ye nodded and said, "Yes, Mr. Maori just confirmed it with the waiter, so it can't be wrong. I'm eating curry rice, Mr. Maori is eating salt ramen, and Xiaolan is eating mapo tofu set meal."
"Yeah?" Conan was stunned when he saw this, then he looked at Maori Kogoro and asked hurriedly: "Is this really what they eat?"
Seeing this, Hattori Heiji bent down and looked at Conan.
"Ah!" Maori Kogoro was stunned, then replied: "Yes, but let's be more precise. The two men who had curry rice and salt ramen had ordered coffee or cake before eating the main meal. The man who ordered mapo tofu originally ordered fruit as a dessert, but later suddenly said he wanted to cancel it."
Conan raised the corner of his mouth in a confident arc when he heard that.
[I see, that's what happened! That makes sense for that person's strange tone and strange behavior. There's no doubt that the murderer is that person.]
Masumi Sera, who had been secretly observing the two, saw Conan's expression and came to a conclusion in his mind: "It seems that the winner has been decided."
But what Masumi Sera didn't notice was that while she was secretly observing Hattori Heiji and Conan, Andre Camille was also secretly observing her.
On Aoki Matsu's side, Maruta Ayumi answered the phone and came over to report to Aoki Matsu, "Inspector. The Metropolitan Police Department just called to say that the identity of the victim has been found out. He worked as a temporary employee in a construction company in Saitama Prefecture. His name is Shibiya Kengo.
Last week, a construction company president was poisoned to death in Saitama Prefecture. It is said that Mr. Kengo Shibiya was the first person to discover the body. After Mr. Shibiya and his part-time workers returned to the company after lunch, they found that the president had been murdered.
As for the poisoning materials, they were the same as this time, candy balls coated with cyanate poison. There were almost no signs of mess in the room, only the cash in the safe was stolen.
Everyone in the company knew that the president loved to eat candy balls and would hide in the office alone during lunch time to count the money in the safe. Therefore, the Saitama Prefecture police are following this clue from the company's related personnel to track down the whereabouts of the murderer. "
Aoki Matsu suddenly realized what was going on. "So that's how it is. If the murderer had heard from Mr. Shibiya about the president's personal hobbies and daily habits, he would have been very likely to use those to commit the crime."
Maruta Ayumi nodded, and then continued, "Also, the president was said to have been scheduled to meet a new employer on the day of the crime. If Mr. Shibiya and the murderer were childhood friends, it is possible that Mr. Shibiya introduced him to the president."
Upon hearing this, Aoki Matsu asked, "So the victim, Mr. Shibiya's hometown is in the Kansai region?"
Maruta Ayumi nodded and said, "Yes, he usually tells his friends that he is a native of Osaka. But he must be around 40 years old, and maybe even his name is fake."
Upon hearing this, Qing Musong said: "In other words, judging from their ages, the three suspects over there all fit this range."
"Yes." Maruta Ayumi replied.