Stay away from Conan

Chapter 126 The connecting clues

"That means it can be split and the money can be distributed to several people."

Yin Tate Osuke said.

"But the total is only one hundred and fifty yen. If you break it down even more, you won't even have enough money to send the children to run errands."

Miss Kyoko said helplessly, "Why would adults share such scattered money together? So it's still wrong."

Gao Yuan also agreed with this. It seemed that he needed to continue thinking about it. Then he thought for a while and said:

"By the way, we missed an important point in our previous analysis."

Gao Yuan suggested: "What the man said was not 'five more', but 'five more'. This clearly shows that the ten yen coins he needs are an approximate amount. Indeed, he may need fifteen coins, but it’s not necessarily fifteen, it could be fourteen or sixteen, that’s why I say ‘we need’ five more!”

"Yes! That's it!"

When Miss Kyoko heard this, she smiled excitedly and clapped her hands, looking extremely cute.

"In other words, he only knew an approximate number of coins he needed because he wasn't sure how many ten-yen coins he needed at the time!"

"Please wait a moment, then this doesn't conflict with what I said that it can be divided into other places!"

Yin Tate Osuke said, making his presence known.

"Yes, it is!"

Miss Kyoko seemed to have a new idea and said cheerfully, "This is very subtle. It's only fifteen or six coins at most. It would be a bit unreasonable to distribute such a small amount of money to several people."

"In other words, we can no longer think about the use of coins with normal thinking."

Gao Yuan said, "Then let's sort out our thoughts first. The man must have ten yen coins, and probably a dozen more coins, and he can't use other change to replace it. Five yen or fifty yen won't work, only ten yen can be used. Something that can be done.”

"Ah! Could it be that I went to a convenience store to make copies?"

Yin Tate Ousuke suddenly thought of something and exclaimed: "I remember that the copy fee at the convenience store is exactly ten yen per piece."

"Won't."

"impossible."

Takato and Kyoko took turns denying Yin Tate Ousuke's statement.

"You should use 100 yen coins to make more than ten copies."

Miss Kyoko said.

"And even if it costs ten yen coins, you can change it at a convenience store. There is no need to call anyone to tell them."

Gao Yuan said.

"That's right... then, is there any other reason?"

Yin Tate Ousuke said frustratedly.

So, the scene fell into silence again, and then suddenly, Miss Kyoko let out a cute exclamation sound, as if she had thought of some surprise, and said happily:

"I thought of it! There is only one thing, and it must use ten yen coins."

"What's up?"

Takato and Yin Tate Ousuke said in unison.

"Payphone!"

Smiling, Miss Kyoko gave the answer.

Because Gao Yuan is not Japanese in nature, he did not think for a while that there are still such things as working public telephones on the streets of Japan.

But after hearing this answer, Gao Yuan's train of thought was immediately as if it had been struck by lightning and was completely penetrated - in this way, all the doubts could be solved! And the suspicion of Yin Tate Ousuke can be cleared, because the real murderer of the two murders he met was that man!

"Public phone... By the way, do you need ten yen coins to make calls?"

Yin Tate Ousuke was also a little unfamiliar with this word, so he asked.

"right."

Ms. Kyoko responded firmly, "Basically, you can only use three types, ten yen coins, one hundred yen coins, and phone cards. Ten yen can be played for up to one minute at a time. You can continue to insert coins, but you will not get change."

"If it's a public phone call, does that person plan to use this pile of ten yen coins to call for a long time?"

Yin Tate Ousuke asked.

"wrong."

Gao Yuan had clarified all his thoughts and said calmly, "If you plan to chat for a long time, you should use one hundred yen coins or a phone card. Use so many ten yen coins to make many calls."

"No, please wait!"

Yin Tate Ousuke couldn't accept this answer, "There is a big problem with this statement!"

"The man was holding a mobile phone."

Takato added what Yin Tate Osuke wanted to say, "Is that what you want to say?"

"Yes, under normal circumstances, if you have a mobile phone, you should make calls directly with your mobile phone!"

Yin Tate Osuke said.

"However, a cell phone cannot hide one's identity."

As Gao Yuan spoke, he looked at Miss Kyoko who was standing aside, and found that she seemed to be looking at him with a cheerful expression and nodded because of what he had just said. It seemed that the two of them had the same idea.

"what happened?"

Yin Tate Osuke looked at the interaction between the two detectives in front of him and asked somewhat unpleasantly.

"For example, if I use my mobile phone to call you, my mobile phone number will be left in your call history. Of course, if it is set to caller hiding, the phone number will not be displayed, but this We can only fiddle with the records, and if we go to the operator to check, we can still find the other party’s number.”

Gao Yuan explained.

"And if you use a public phone to make a call, no matter whether it is your side or the operator's side, only the public phone number will be recorded. Even if someone checks this record later, they will not know who made the call. In this way, You can hide your identity.”

Miss Kyoko added.

"But why are you so cautious?"

Yin Tate Ousuke said loudly, "Most people don't care about this kind of records at all. After all, almost no one will check the operator's records!"

"But someone will check."

Gao Yuan said, "Ordinary people can't investigate, but the police can - that person wants to hide it from the police."

"In other words, Mr. Hidate, the man you met and the person on the other end of the phone were planning to engage in some kind of criminal act."

Miss Kyoko said.

"crime!"

Ousuke Gindate exclaimed, "What kind of crime? Phone fraud?"

"Mr. Hidden, have you forgotten what you asked for when you entrusted us?"

Gao Yuan reminded, "Aren't the facts of the crime already in front of us?"

At this, Yin Tate Ousuke opened his mouth in surprise, completely unable to understand why the detective in front of him could go back to the two murder cases he encountered from the coin matter.

"Then let's think about it from the direction of the coin."

Miss Kyoko saw the puzzled expression on Yin Tate Ousuke's face, so she suggested, "That person wants to take more than ten coins to call a public phone. It can be inferred that his call time is not long, and he has to make many calls, only one call at a time. Xiaohui. Looking at it this way, Mr. Yin Guan, do you think he wants to fight in the same place, or in different places? "

After hearing what Miss Kyoko said, Yin Tate Osuke immediately replied: "If the call is made to the same place, it is a harassing call!"

"But the problem is that the man also talked to another person. It can be considered that that person was also involved in the crime, and it is unlikely that there is an accomplice in the harassing phone call."

Gao Yuan prompted.

"If it's not a harassment call, it's just that it was made to different places."

Yin Tate Osuke said.

"Yes, we will call different places. The call time in each place will not exceed one minute. Judging from the number of coins, we should call about ten places."

Miss Kyoko said, "Of course, in my personal opinion, I think the place to call should be a little less than the total number of coins. The extra coins are to prevent the call from timing out."

"Ten yen coins can only be played for about one minute. If you say more, you have to put in spare coins to prevent timeout. In order to prevent this situation, you need to prepare more coins. Even if you are not sure how many, you have to prepare more coins. ”

Gao Yuan said, "That's why there is such a saying as 'five more are needed'."

"Going to about ten scattered places and making phone calls that can be done in one minute, and it's also related to crimes."

Miss Kyoko said, then slowly asked questions like an instructive one.

"About ten places means a wide range. Being able to finish the job in one minute means the matter is simple. Continuous attacks means an emergency. What does this situation look like?"

"Find someone?"

Yin Tate Ousuke replied somewhat uncertainly.

"That's right! That's it!"

Miss Kyoko seems to be very satisfied with the reaction speed of Yin Tate Ousuke.

"They were looking for someone, and there were about ten alternative addresses for that person, but they couldn't pinpoint one, so they decided to call."

Gao Yuan said.

"In other words, they want to arrest someone?"

Yin Tate Ousuke asked.

"No."

Gao Yuan shook his head, "If the target wants to escape, it is not easy to deduce the address through a phone call. Mr. Hidden, suppose you want to escape from someone, and a call suddenly comes from your hiding place, will you answer it?"

"I definitely won't answer it!"

Hidden Osuke replied.

"Yes. So, the other person is someone who hasn't noticed that he is being targeted. He should be an ordinary person going through his day."

Miss Kyoko said.

“How can ordinary people be targeted by criminals?”

Hidden Ousuke said in confusion.

"What's more common is seeing things you shouldn't have seen - for example, the murder case last night."

Takato changed the topic and turned directly to the matter entrusted by Yin Tate Ousuke, but it seemed that the turn was too fast. Yin Tate Ousuke still could not understand the relationship. He felt that there was too little logic, so he showed a shocked expression.

"Mr. Detective, you are turning too fast."

Miss Kyoko scolded Gao Yuan coquettishly, and then said: "Put this aside in advance, Mr. Hidate, how well do you think those two people understand the target?"

"There are about ten backup addresses, which is a bit too many. The inability to lock them shows that the information they have is limited."

Gao Yuan reminded, "If you know the target's 'last name' and 'street of residence,' and then use the local telephone directory to select, you should be able to find about ten places..."

With that said, Gao Yuan felt that he was about to tell the correct answer, so he stopped talking.

"sound?"

Ousuke Yindate added, "They know the target's last name and address. The more information they need is to know the other person's voice. Otherwise, they cannot confirm the target through such a short phone call!"

"So, the final question, who is the target?"

Miss Kyoko continued to ask.

But this time Yin Tate Osuke thought about it and shook his head: "No...are you just an ordinary person living in an ordinary house?"

In response, Miss Kyoko gave up asking, then looked at Gao Yuan and motioned for him to speak, so Gao Yuan answered the question.

"You are the man you met this morning. At that time, they were worried about not having enough coins, which means they should call soon. But today is a working day, and most people have to go to work and are not at home during the day. This kind of When they are looking for..."

"They are people who are at home during the day, and are likely to answer calls from strangers—"

Yin Tate Ousuke responded quickly, "She's a housewife!"

After saying this, Yin Tate Osuke suddenly realized something, and then looked at the two detectives in front of him with an expression of disbelief——

"Could it be that what I encountered this morning..."

"Yes, all the clues are connected."

Gao Yuan said.