Conan: The Mechanic

"Is what you said true?" Gregory said to Chiba, sitting in an armchair with a watch in his hand. "I feel like a blind man when you say that."

"If I can get the original version, I'll be more sure," Chiba replied. "At least the image uploaded by the computer shows that this photo is likely to be tricky."

"I'll go take a look." Gregory stood up and walked to the computer with Chiba - the computer was still in the position where Chiba was watching.

"Um..." Gregory narrowed his eyes. "You seem to be right, and I think so too. But it takes too much time to go to the Metropolitan Police Department. We should let them take a clearer picture."

...an hour later, at the Kouenji House.

Officer Meguro, Shiratori Ren Saburo, Chiba, Gregory, Mr. Koenji, Mrs. Koenji, Spanish teacher Mauricio, and the dog walker Yono were all sitting in the living room. The atmosphere was very subtle.

"Why are you here this time?" Mr. Kouenji asked. "You took my wife away once before, and now you bring it back in a dreadful way. Do you want to invite me to the Metropolitan Police Department?"

"Ah, no, we're sorry for what happened before—" Officer Mumu was interrupted by Gregory before he could finish his words.

"We came this time because we found the murderer and the evidence that he was the murderer." Gregory said lightly. "The reason why I invite you all to gather here is to bring this matter to a successful conclusion."

"Then why is this kid here?" Mrs. Kouenji asked towards the wilderness. "I can understand Mauricio, but this person should not have the right to know the privacy of our family, right?"

"He's too important," Gregory snorted coldly. "Because he's the key to everything."

"What do you mean?" Mr. Kouenji's face was immediately filled with haze, staring at the field.

"Don't slander me!" Yuan Ye was startled. "I'm just a dog walker..."

"She had tetanus, so you gave her medicine, right? High-quality antibiotics from the veterinary clinic?" Gregory asked suddenly. "If you're not ready to admit it, I'd like to see how you explain that we found a pair of rust scissors in the veterinary clinic where you work that has the exact same proportion of rust on Miss Keiko's broken toe—perhaps you Did you use these scissors to cut Miss Keiko's toes?"

"..." Yuan Ye was obviously forced into chaos by Gregory's words, and after a pause, he slowly said a word.

"That's what she asked to cut..."

"What are you talking about!" Without warning, Mr. Kouenji suddenly burst into flames, his old body seemed to have exhausted all his energy, and he rushed towards Mr. Yuan Ye.

"Please calm down!" Officer Meguro was obviously prepared for this long ago, and he reacted immediately, and together with Officer Shiratori who also reacted, he hugged Mr. Kouenji.

"What the **** is going on?" Mauricio asked. "Can you explain this sir?"

"I'm just a forensic person, it's impossible to predict things without evidence," Gregory spread his hands. "The main master is here. Just let Mr. Yuanye say no? I'll add some at the end-because I can see that Mr. Yuanye sometimes doesn't know the causal relationship between certain things."

"I see..." Yuan Ye sighed.

———————— Time goes back to a week ago.

Yuan Ye and Kouenji Keiko sat together on the balcony outside Keiko's room, while Keiko's puppy lay lazily in Yuan Ye's arms.

"I'll give you these things," Keiko handed a bunch of letters to Yuan Ye. "I have told you the order of sending letters before, and you can send these sealed letters to my house in this order - don't open them, or they may find out that they are wrong."

"Actually, you don't need to do this at all," Yuan Ye sighed and took the letter. "My job's salary is okay, although you don't have a job, you should be able to..."

"This amount of money is nothing to my parents!" Keiko said nonchalantly. "And with this money, we can be free from work for the rest of our lives."

————Return to reality briefly.

"Wait a minute," Mauricio asked. "What is the relationship between the two of you?"

"You two..." Mr. Kouenji took a few breaths before suppressing his anger. "What is your relationship with my daughter?"

"The reason why we planned this kidnapping case was to provide sufficient funds for our next elopement."

"It's impossible..." Mauricio murmured. "Wait a minute... Keiko and I have been dating for a long time!"

"What!?" Mr. Kouenji looked at Mauricio with an incredible expression. "How can you do this!? I invited you to be a teacher for Keiko, not a husband!"

"Keiko and...you?" Yuan Ye was also dumbfounded. "What exactly is going on?"

"You've been tricked, Mr. Dog Walker," Gregory said leisurely. "According to our investigation, we confirm that Ms. Keiko has obtained the APOSTILLE certification from our office in The Hague (to certify the authenticity of the declaration materials) a week ago. So we think that Ms. Keiko has already done a good job of elopement with Mr. Mauricio next week. Getting ready to go to Chile."

"What?" Yuan Ye was shocked.

"But," Officer Mumu suddenly thought of something. "Mr. Yuanye, you said just now... Miss Keiko and you planned a plan to kidnap Miss Keiko herself?"

"That's right, Miss Keiko directed and acted this kidnapping case." Gregory nodded. "And I have proof."

"What evidence?" Mr. Kouenji asked. "I need hard evidence."

"Yes," Gregory nodded. "Do you still remember the photo of Miss Keiko's kidnapping attached to that letter? I asked Officer Mumu to develop an enlarged version of the photo and bring it here, please come with me now."

Having said that, Gregory stood up and motioned for everyone to follow him.

...Koenji House, Miss Keiko's room.

"You check the exact location~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Gregory stood in the room, handed the photo he got from Officer Mumu to Chiyu, and instructed.

"Okay," Chiyu nodded, then looked at the set in Keiko's room while looking at the photo. "Um--"

A few seconds later, Qianyu walked to Miss Keiko's bed, climbed up, and finally knelt down somewhere on the bed. "It should be this position."

"Officer," Gregory gestured to Officer Mumu. "The Polaroid I want, give it to that kid."

Chiyu took the camera from Officer Meguro, took the camera, took a selfie of herself kneeling on the bed, and handed the vomited photo to Gregory along with the kidnapping photo of Miss Keiko.

"Look at it," Gregory took a look at the photos and then showed the two photos to everyone. "Are there any similarities?"

When the two photos were put together and compared, everyone realized Gregory's so-called evidence.

At the edge of Ms. Keiko's kidnapping photo, the exposed room set is exactly the same as the photo taken by Chiba!

"The corner of the floor-to-ceiling window in the upper left corner, and the corner of the oil painting on the upper right side, these are all in the same position as the photo this kid just took." Gregory was obviously satisfied with the expressions on everyone's faces. "Please note that the autopsy results show that Ms. Keiko's death was in the early hours of yesterday, and Ms. Keiko's kidnapping photo was taken during the day (after all, the letter was sent during the day, and the kidnapping photo must be taken during the day to be credible), Unless there is a replica of this room, it is impossible for Miss Keiko, who was killed before dawn, to take such a daytime photo."

"Now, if I say that this kidnapping case is that Miss Keiko kidnapped herself, is there any objection?"