Chapter 382 Conflicting Testimonies (Additional Update for Luo Yue of Imperial Government)

In the end, at the insistence of Maori Lan and Nobushige, Maori Kogoro, who had always had little say, compromised again.

Nobushige drove Mouri Kogoro and Conan to the Metropolitan Police Department, and Hattori Heiji, who deliberately chose the hotel near the Metropolitan Police Department, had already arrived.

This time, Hattori Heiji didn't show strange enthusiasm for Nobuhishi from the very beginning. He extended his claws to the little Conan who didn't know anything about it yet.

"Hi, Kudo!" Hattori Heiji greeted Conan calmly and with a cheerful smile.

Conan's face suddenly froze, and Hattori Heiji's words frightened his hands and feet.

Mouri Kogoro glared at Hattori Heiji and said angrily: "How many times have I explained to you that Asano is Asano and Kudo is Kudo, why are you still so persistent?"

"Hey, hey, hey!" Hattori Heiji realized that he was talking nonsense again and quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I'm so used to it that I can't change it for a while."

Conan felt that Hattori Heiji did it on purpose.

After teasing Conan, Hattori Heiji then exchanged a few words with Nobushige: "You also came to the Metropolitan Police Department for Kubota Airi's case, right? How about it? Do you know how Hamano Riya and Kubota Airi met?"

Xinfan shook his head and said honestly: "This is also what I am confused about now."

"Hey, Hattori!" Conan took advantage of the opportunity of Mouri Kogoro and Officer Megure to talk and said to Hattori Heiji without any disguise, "Have you got any new information over there?!"

Hattori Heiji glanced at Nobushige covertly, pretending to be dumbfounded and said: "Kid, have your parents ever told you that calling an elder by his or her first name is rude?"

Conan was stunned for a moment, and then quickly understood what Hattori Heiji was worried about.

But this guy is really weird. He called him Kudo so exaggeratedly before, but now he is cautious again. I really don’t know what he thinks.

Conan said casually: "It doesn't matter, Mr. Asano has known my identity for a long time."

"Huh? I'm not the first?" Hattori Heiji showed a dissatisfied look, "Then my previous guess was not wrong. You two jointly played the role of Kudo Shinichi."

Nobuhiro didn't want to continue chatting with someone about this topic. It was the same topic every time, and even he would gradually lose patience. He was more interested in the relationship diagram drawn on the whiteboard in the conference room.

Officer Megure made a gesture of invitation, and after everyone sat down, he spoke: "We just got the investigation results from the communications company last night. The records show that on the day Kubota Airi was killed, she talked to Kubota Yumiya and Mitsuha. Tadao and Hamano Ri also talked on the phone. And among them, Hamano Ri was also the strangest."

"Have the police asked Hamano Toshiya about what happened that day?" Mouri Kogoro asked rarely and seriously.

Officer Megure shook his head and said: "There has been no answer to Hamano Toshiya's cell phone. We went to his residence and knocked on the door but there was no response."

"Has he already escaped?"

"It's not easy to draw a conclusion yet. After all, the suspicions of Mitsuha Tadao and Kubota Yumiya have not been ruled out. Speaking of this..." Officer Megure sighed helplessly, "Based on our investigation of Mitsuha Tadao and Kubota Yumiya. The results of the interrogation showed that there were great contradictions between their statements."

Upon hearing the contradiction, Conan suddenly became interested.

Officer Megure took out two pieces of printing paper from the document bag and spread them out respectively. Those were the statements of Mitsuha Tadao and Kubota Yumiya.

Without him having to say anything, Mouri Kogoro and Conan had already approached. Hattori Heiji was a step slower because of the distance. Only Nobushige was still sitting in his seat, with no change in his expression.

Officer Megure then gave a brief introduction to the statements of the two suspects, Yumiya Kubota and Tadao Mitsuha.

On the day of the incident, around 18 o'clock, Kubota Yumiya accidentally saw his wife's mobile phone while his wife was cooking, and discovered the text message Tadao Mitsuha sent to Kubota Airi. Years of pent-up anger and dissatisfaction finally burst out at this moment. The seemingly inseparable couple kept arguing from six o'clock until nearly seven o'clock, and finally ended with Kubota Airi storming out of the door angrily.

Up until this point, the two suspects' statements were consistent, because Mitsuha Tadao received a call from Kubota Airi around 7 p.m. Airi Kubota cried on the phone and complained about her husband's unfeeling and misunderstanding.

Nobushige didn't quite understand where the "heartless" and "misunderstanding" came from, but at least Kubota Airi successfully convinced herself that she disguised herself as a victim in marriage.

It’s just that Airi Kubota probably didn’t expect that she would become the real victim in the end.

As a considerate lover in sharp contrast to her husband, Mitsuha Tadao certainly talks about caring words, but also takes practical actions. He left the house almost immediately and headed towards the place where he had made an appointment with Kubota Airi.

Mouri Kogoro read: "Tadayo Mitsuba received a call from the deceased at seven o'clock, left home within a few minutes, and arrived at the place where he had made an appointment with the deceased at about eight o'clock. However, he saw the deceased leaning against Yumi Kubota's body. In their arms, the two seemed very close."

A string of question marks appeared on Conan's forehead, and Hattori Heiji was even more surprised: "Reconciled so quickly??"

If this is true, then the world owes Yumi Kubota the "Most Generous Husband Award."

Or maybe it's a cuckold that never fades...

"Tadayo Mitsuha saw that Kubota and his wife were reconciled as before, so he went back with peace of mind."

Mouri Kogoro picked up another piece of information, "In Kubota Yumiya's statement, after Kubota Airi left home that night, he stayed alone until half past eight. Then because he was worried about his wife's safety, Kubota Yumiya reflected on After having trouble with my tone, I decided to go out and find my wife..."

Nobushige clicked his tongue and said in surprise: "The anger that had been accumulated in my heart for many years actually took only an hour and a half to heal. Mr. Kubota's psychological quality is really good."

"Is this the point?" Although Conan questioned this, he couldn't help but echoed, "Maybe it was because he had too much self-hypnosis before. Even if he has evidence of his wife's cheating, Mr. Kubota will still subconsciously make excuses."

Hattori Heiji also said: "This kind of docile sheep may be cowardly at ordinary times, but if it is pushed into a hurry, it can do anything."

Seeing that the topic was getting more and more skewed, Officer Megure had no choice but to cough twice and try to draw everyone's attention back to the content: "The first point of contradiction in the testimony of both parties is that Tadao Mitsuha claimed that he saw it at eight o'clock Kubota Yumiya, but Kubota Yumiya said that he did not leave home until half past eight."