213. Sufficient Alibi
213. Sufficient Alibi
Officer Megure said: "That's it, that is to say, if this case is a homicide, then the murderer is among the four of you.'
Takahashi said: "Mr. Policeman, this is suicide no matter how you look at it, right? It's impossible to hang a big man like him with a rope, an old man, a woman, and that thin-looking little brother." , the only one with the possibility was me, but I was in the screening room at that time, right? Yuriko.
Yuriko nodded and said: "Yes, Mr. Furuhashi was in the screening room at that time, and I happened to bring him a lunch box and tea, so I'm sure."
Officer Megure looked at the boss: "So where were you two at that time?"
The boss replied: "I was watching the movie in the audience at that time."
"So as long as you two work together, it's still possible to hang him."
"what are you saying?"
Ide snorted coldly, took out the camera and said: "Unfortunately, this is impossible because I have a sufficient alibi.
Officer Megure was a little surprised: "Data camera?"
Taking over the data camera, Officer Megure discovered that it actually contained photos from the time of the crime.
"I happened to take this photo. I once watched this 950 movie in this place when I was a child. This time I came here to recall my childhood."
"But after you hang him, it's easy to take pictures again."
"If you don't believe it, just take a look at the previous photos. Those are consecutive pictures I took at the same angle. I think this should prove my innocence."
"But this is a data camera. You just need to take the photos in advance and then show them."
Wu Fan said: "I don't think so. Lend me the data camera."
He took the data camera handed over by Officer Megure, squatted down, and selected a photo.
"Officer Megure, look, the boss and Mitsuhiko are here."
Genta came over and said in surprise: "This happened to be when Mitsuhiko came back from the toilet."
Wu Fan continued: "In addition, the photo with the black shadow after these five or six photos, you see, it also captured Conan sitting in the audience at the time. He had no way of predicting what we people would do. We came here, so we couldn’t take photos beforehand.”
Officer Megure said: "This is also true (agei)."
Wu Fan then handed the data camera to Officer Megure.
Officer Megure fiddled with it a few times, pointed to a photo and asked: "This photo captured Boss Muramatsu, why did you leave midway? Shouldn't the restroom be over there by the other door?"
Muramatsu replied: "I'm going to check on the condition of the air conditioner inside at that time.
Officer Megure was a little confused: "Air conditioning?"
"Yes, because I feel like it's a little bigger than usual."
Conan said: "Yes, I also felt the temperature drop significantly at that time, and Mitsuhiko was still shivering from the cold.
Mitsuhiko added: "Yes, that's why I suddenly wanted to go to the toilet at that time."
Officer Megure asked: "Where is the machine that regulates the air conditioning inside?"
Muramatsu pointed to a place: "It's over there, on the right side facing the eye.
Later, Muramatsu led everyone to the door.
"Look, in the room at the end of the corridor, it was my job to adjust the air conditioner. I was also surprised that the wind had become stronger for no reason at that time." 1
Yuriko said: "Why do you still care about the air conditioner now?"
"Yes, shouldn't the focus be on this case? Is it suicide or homicide?" Furukashi agreed.
Officer Megure looked at Furuhashi and Yuriko: "Then please take me to the screening room where you were at the time of the crime."
"OK."
Then, led by Guqiao and Yuriko, everyone came to the stairs.
Furukashi introduced: "This is the staircase of the screening room, and the audience is not allowed to go up here.
After Officer Megure checked the house, he was a little surprised: "Strange, why didn't you see the projector?"
Furuhashi explained: "Because this is the employee lounge and the screening room is above."
Later, Wu Fan and others came to the screening room.
Officer Megure said, "Oh? There are two projectors."
"Yes, when one side is screening, when the tape is finished, use the other side to roll it up."
"Isn't there a way to do it with one machine?"
"Because it takes a lot of time to rewind the tape. If you do this, you will not be able to catch up with the next screening. The window next to it is the observation window for observing the normal screening from time to time.
This is the window where the projector projects the image. The man fell in front of this window and the black shadow appeared on the screen. "
"Then there is no way to open this window?"
"Yes, the glass here is completely locked. When the black shadow appeared, I was here, and Yuriko was in the next room helping me make tea.
Yuriko looked at Officer Megure: "I think this alibi should be sufficient, right?"
Officer Megure thought thoughtfully: "If you put it this way? Could it be that he really committed suicide?"
Wu Fan said: "If the tape is divided into the first half and the second half from the Gomera scene, then use the projector over there to project the first half [and then switch to this projector for the second half].
After listening to this, Officer Megure suddenly realized: "As expected of brother Wu Fan, what he said makes sense. It relies on the first half to be able to play normally without being hindered by the entity. The black shadow will not appear until it switches to the second half. In other words, Is it possible that the murderer hung the entity in that place beforehand?"
Furukashi laughed loudly and said: "This idea is indeed very interesting. Some cinemas do this, but if you do this, there will be traces of splicing on the tape. Officer, you can check it out. Looking at this tape, I can guarantee that there is absolutely no such trace in that scene."
Yuriko smiled and said: "Besides, when I bought the bento, I came here to see it. The only thing that was moving at that time was the projector next to the door."
Officer Megure asked: "When did you buy the bento?"
"I remember that it was about five minutes before a black shadow appeared on the screen and caused everyone's commotion. Calculating this, it should be 12:40.'
LRAB