Chapter 475 Detective Koshien Part 2
The records in the files are very detailed.
A year ago, in a lavender villa on Shikoku Island, a young lady hanged herself when only a maid was at home.
The police investigated the scene and found that the door and windows of the room were locked. They also asked about the lady's interpersonal relationships. After some investigation, they finally determined the nature of the incident to be suicide.
The matter should have ended here, but half a year later, a high school detective traveled here and found cut screws at the scene, as well as traces of the windows being fixed only with adhesive.
The high school detective used this as evidence and repeatedly told the police and the media that this was not a suicide but actually a murder in a closed room.
The only maid who stayed in the villa at that time became a key suspect and was severely questioned by the police.
As a result, the media, sensing the heat, began to scramble to report on the incident, with headlines such as "The truth behind the suicide at Lavender Villa" and "The murderer is suspected to be a maid" appearing everywhere.
But what no one expected was that the maid committed suicide.
Perhaps he could not bear the suspicion after killing someone and was worried that he would be exposed one day so he committed suicide out of fear of being punished; or maybe he felt wronged but had no way to prove himself, so he could only choose suicide to prove his innocence.
The media published another series of reports, and the popularity of the incident attracted a new wave of attention.
But the suspect is already dead, so no matter whether the incident was suicide or homicide, the truth can only be buried.
The high school detective who saw through the "truth" did not leave his name, and until now no one knows who solved this locked room murder case.
Yuya stroked his chin and said, “It seems that some people think that this case, which was originally a suicide but was overturned as a homicide six months later, was actually a suicide, and the maid was wrongly accused?
Or maybe it was someone else who killed the woman instead of the maid, and that’s why we were brought together?”
Hattori Heiji pointed to a page in the file and said, "Regardless of whether this file is a real copy or a written script, the locked room technique here is exactly the same as the first problem we encountered, okay?"
"It's not a script," Youya said, "I have heard a little about that case, and it's pretty much the same as what's recorded here."
This is of course nonsense. Events happen every day in the world of science. How could he know every one of them? It's just because he has the script in his hand.
Bai Ma Tan looked at Kuiwei Guangsheng thoughtfully: "It seems that we need to ask this director to explain the matter."
When Hiroo Tsuchio saw the file of the Lavender Villa incident, he knew that things might be bad, but he was also hoping that no one would find out what he had done, so he was able to stay calm.
Suddenly, Bai Ma Tan called his name, and Chuiwei Guangsheng was startled. He asked with a stammer, "What do you want to tell me?"
Hattori Heiji also looked over and said in a deep voice, "Who on earth instructed you to pretend to be a TV director and call us here?"
Hiroo Tsuchio was not at all flustered by this question, and said confidently: "Although my identity as a director is fake, I did receive a job commission from Nichimi TV to host this episode of Detective Koshien!"
Hattori Heiji said dissatisfiedly: "Hey, don't treat us as fools. Whether it's the locked room technique in the first question or the truth about the Lavender Villa incident in the second question, this doesn't seem like something that would be on a TV show, right?"
You know, TV stations record programs with fixed scripts. Although some accidents are inevitable in the process, the overall direction is certain.
However, the second question of Detective Koshien, uncovering the truth of the Lavender Villa Incident, involves too much uncertainty, and it is difficult to guarantee the recording results.
It can't be that the TV station prepared two sets of scripts, right?
One set of ideas is that this incident was indeed a homicide and there is no hidden truth behind the incident. Of course, it is also possible that the murderer is someone else. The other set of ideas is that the young lady did commit suicide and the maid was wrongly accused. The TV station wants them to help the maid clear her suspicion?
Please, the TV station is not a charity, why would they spend so much effort on such a thing?
Just to help clear suspicion of a person who has been wrongly accused?
Of course, to some extent, such a program with a lot of unexpected events might actually have higher ratings.
Conan added: "Besides, you are the only staff member of the program. Isn't that a bit strange?"
Hiroo Tsuchio was not worried at all: "In that case, doesn't Kamiya have a satellite phone? Let him call Nichimi TV and they will know whether what I said is true or not."
Seeing how tough he was, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but wonder, could it be that they had made a mistake?
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
He looked at Youya, intending to ask him to call and ask, to see how long this Tsuchio Hiroo could continue to be stubborn.
Youye spread his hands and said, "Is this important? Since there is an incident in front of us, we just need to solve it. Maybe the TV station discovered the truth behind the incident by chance and wanted to shoot a program to overturn the case in order to gain ratings?"
The other detectives nodded after hearing what he said, thinking that it made sense.
"Of course," Yuya said, changing the subject, "It's also possible that someone at the TV station discovered it themselves, and took advantage of this special program of Detective Koshien to change the topic without permission."
Several detectives were stunned.
Nanatsuki Koshimizu looked at Yuya with deep eyes and asked tentatively: "What do you mean?"
Youya smiled faintly: "Of course, this is just my guess. Let's ignore everything else. Shouldn't we focus on the incident now?"
"Don't forget, it's still Detective Koshien competition time."
Hattori Heiji's attention was immediately diverted. He lowered his head to carefully look through the files. Hakuba Tanaka and Conan also came over.
Yuya was about to go over, but suddenly stopped and looked at Koshimizu Nanatsuki and Tokitsu Junya in confusion: "Are you two planning to give up?"
Koshimizu Nanatsuki smiled and said, "How is that possible? There is only one copy of the file. It will be the same if I read it after they finish reading it."
Tokatsu Junya was stunned. He really wanted to give up the competition and even leave this place quickly.
He had vaguely sensed that something was wrong. Perhaps this episode of Detective Koshien was not about a showdown between detectives at all, but was most likely aimed at him.
How else to explain that two consecutive questions in Koshien happened to be about the incident in which he made incorrect reasoning?
But he obviously couldn't show it, and the ship that brought them here had already returned. They could only wait for the rest of the crew to come tomorrow and then leave on that ship.
As for borrowing Kamiya Yuya's phone and having someone pick him up, that would not be an option, as doing so would definitely arouse the suspicion of this famous detective.
There was no other way. Before that, he could only stay here honestly and hope that these detectives would not uncover the truth before that.
Tokatsu Junya pretended to be calm and chuckled, "Me too."
As for the file, does he still need to read it? The course of events is still clear in his mind.