Conan: Tennis Boys' Scripted Murder

Chapter 165 Little Witness (3)

The point raised by Kogoro Mori is also a problem. It is not easy for adults to believe what children say, not to mention that what little brother Zhutani said is confusing.

The most critical problem is that Mr. Zhugu is not sure from which bridge Itagaki Rock was thrown off.

Mao Lilan suggested: "In this case, how about we take our little brother on a ride and follow the same route as last time to recreate the scene?"

This is also the only solution. It is now known that Itagaki Rock was salvaged from the Tsutsu River.

Maori Kogoro asked: "Mr. Hashiratani, do you remember which road you took at that time?"

"Hmm... probably."

As soon as this matter was resolved, Mao Lilan thought of what Hondou Eisuke had done just now, "Eisuke, you are so amazing. Just by looking at the little brother's expression, you can confirm that he is not lying."

Hondou Eisuke scratched his head and said, "Haha, it's okay. This is what my father did to me when I was a child. It's a simple trick."

Conan has been secretly observing him ever since he made that move.

The group was sitting in the car rented by Kogoro Mori, and it seemed a bit crowded because there were too many people.

The car stopped at a certain intersection. While waiting for the red light, Maori Kogoro asked: "Should we turn left or right next? Different directions will result in different bridges."

Turn right to reach Beihu Bridge, go straight to reach Beihu Central Bridge, and turn left to reach Beihu New Bridge.

Zhu Gu's father hesitated, "I think I went straight..."

Just as Kogoro Maori was about to go straight ahead, he heard the second half of his sentence.

"But since the end of last year, a new drunk driving testing point has been set up there, and it's always been very congested. I was afraid of getting stuck in traffic, so I turned right."

"Is that the Beido Bridge?"

"No, there are too many traffic lights to turn right, so turn left, but that's the longest way..."

Maori Kogoro was somewhat helpless and smiled awkwardly, "Can you please confirm this, please?"

Zhu Gu's father was also a little ashamed, "I'm sorry, I usually take this route to work, and I take it every time depending on my mood, so my memory is a little confused."

Maori Kogoro, who had been patient to the limit, shouted angrily: "Are you kidding me? We drove out here because you said you remembered the route!"

Zhu Gu's father was frightened by him and apologized in a trembling voice.

Mao Lilan quickly tried to smooth things over: "What does it matter? Dad, let's just walk these three routes in order."

Hondou Eisuke echoed, "That's right. If you want to get to the Tsutsu River, you can just cross one of these three bridges and you'll find it."

Ran Mouri wanted Conan to help comfort Kogoro Mouri, but she saw him in deep thought.

"Conan, what can I do for you?"

Conan, whose train of thought was interrupted by Mao Lilan, quickly denied: "No, no, no, I'm fine."

All he was thinking about just now was Hondou Eisuke. That was not just a small trick. That method was based on facts and could judge whether someone was lying based on the pulse rate, breathing and pupil dilation.

He was even more certain that Hondou Eisuke and Mizunashi Rena were related, and perhaps they were both members of the Black Organization.

Kogoro Mouri randomly found a road, got on a bridge, parked the car next to it, and everyone got out of the car.

Little Zhugu held onto the railing on the bridge and began to think back to what he had seen that day.

"Well, do you remember where Itagaki Locke was thrown down?"

Little Zhugu shook his head dejectedly: "No, I can't remember."

“Are there any fireworks behind that person?”

The Mori father and daughter looked at Hondou Eisuke. They didn't understand why he asked that.

"I think the firework should have been fired from this side. I think if I can remember the direction of the firework, I can determine where the person was standing."

Mao Lilan suddenly had a guess: "Could the hammer that little brother mentioned be the reflection of fireworks in the water? Fireworks rise from the ground and finally bloom, a bit like a hammer."

"No, the fireworks that bloomed look more like a frying pan than a hammer."

Little Zhugu was confused: "I never said I saw fireworks! I just heard the noise."

"In that case, that person is not standing on the side where the fireworks are hitting."

"Not necessarily." Zhu Gu's father thought it might be a problem of angle. "The road was very congested at the time. I was in the middle lane. There were cars on both sides, including a truck. His view might have been blocked."

After all, children are not very tall, and their view can easily be blocked if the car next to them is tall.

"Let's try another bridge first."

Kogoro Mori led his group to the Haido Central Bridge in the middle.

Just like before, Zhugu held onto the railing and began to reminisce.

At this time, Mao Lilan's cell phone rang. It turned out that Suzuki Sonoko saw the news and called her to cry. She really liked Itagaki Rock. She thought it was just an ordinary vacation, but who knew it would be a farewell forever.

"Sonoko, do you know what the connection is between Mr. Itagaki and the nail and the hammer?"

Speaking of this, Suzuki Sonoko actually knows one thing. When Itagaki Rock was still in an independent band, the logo of their band was a nail snake. The band looked like a snake with a nail piercing its head.

“Does anyone have a tattoo like this?”

Mao Lilan thought this was a niche tattoo, but she didn't expect that there were so many people with this kind of tattoo, and there were even tattoo shops that specialized in this tattoo.

"His fans sometimes go back to the tattoo shop and ask the technicians to help them with tattoos. I remember the shop was near the Beihu Central Bridge. What happened?"

As soon as Mao Lilan got this new information, she hung up the phone. After she told her the information revealed by Suzuki Sonoko, they all went to the tattoo parlor.

The nail snake mentioned by Suzuki Sonoko is hung on the wall of the store.

“I saw that the pattern didn’t look like this!”

Little Zhugu remembers it very clearly. The pattern he saw had obvious nails, which was different from this one.

Just as Kogoro Mouri and his companions were about to leave, they were stopped by Conan.

"Do you have any other patterns here? Something to do with nails?"

The shop owner was stunned and asked, "Little brother, how did you know?"

"Because the nail on the upper right corner of that flag has fallen off, you want to take it down and hang another flag..."

"Little brother guessed right, I was just about to change to this new nail snake logo."

When the shop owner took out the new flag, little Zhugu excitedly shouted, “That’s the pattern I saw!”

Maori Kogoro became more serious. "May I ask who has this tattoo?"

"After a few loyal fans knew that the logo was going to be changed, they contacted me in advance and asked me to tattoo them. I remember I had their photos."

The shop owner found a photo album, turned to the latest page, and pointed out the three people.