Chapter 863 Why bother to accuse someone?"Well, no."
The man felt guilty for a moment, and continued, "But judging from the current situation, she is the only suspect."
"Since there is no evidence, why do you think she is a thief?"
Fujino narrowed his eyes slightly, and the aura around him pressed down on him. He asked again: "Since there are surveillance cameras, what about the night surveillance cameras? Is there any evidence that can prove that she stole something?"
"This……"
The man felt a little uneasy because of Fujino's tone: "The camera will automatically stop working after the business is over. After all, electricity is very expensive..."
"Hey, how much are those electricity worth?"
Yuanzi was speechless for a while, then looked up at the lights on the top of the warehouse: "So the lights are not turned on here, isn't it also to save electricity?"
"Of course. Every penny spent in the store has to be carefully calculated."
The middle-aged man who was the store manager crossed his arms proudly and said, "No one comes to the warehouse very often. Even if they do, they go to the toilet through here. Besides, those who come here to use the toilet are regular customers, so it doesn't matter if it's a little dark."
Seeing that the topic was getting off topic, Fujino said, "So, you don't have any evidence to prove that it was Miss Nanakawa who stole it?"
"What kind of evidence do you need..."
The man crossed his arms and said, "What was stolen were some game software, DVDs, CDs, rice balls, lunch boxes, mineral water, oolong tea, cola, chocolate, candy, snacks, and the like... These things can easily be seen as a scene of young people getting together to play music and games and have fun, right?"
"Isn't this too unreasonable?"
Xiaolan frowned when she heard this. She had dealt with so many cases in her daily life and she had a certain understanding of detective work.
She knew Nanakawa Aya, and she knew that even if she was working part-time, she would never do such a thing.
And since she couldn't do such a thing, it must have been done by someone else.
Thinking about the scenes when Kudo Shinichi, Fujino senior, and Conan were solving cases, she asked Nanakawa Xuan: "Hey, Xiao Xuan, have you ever encountered any strange customers when you are working?"
"Well... although it's not strange, it's still there..."
Nanakawa Xuan then recalled and listed three people.
They were a person who looked like a college student, a company employee, and an old lady.
The college student often came to read game magazines. Although he never bought any guides, he often bought instant noodles and fast food. Judging from Nanakawa Aya's description, that person should be a very immoral person who often cut in line with others.
The company employees, on the other hand, appeared to be very elegant, easy-going and polite. They kept their heads down the whole time and did not get angry even when the college student cut in line. Even when someone cut in line to use the restroom, they would say things like "I'm not in a hurry, let others go first".
The things I bought were some disposable toothbrushes, batteries, razors or towels.
The last old lady seemed very frugal. She bargained even for a lunch box that was about to expire.
If Ooka Momiji were here, she would probably say, "Could this person be from Osaka?"
However, the old lady's suspicion was quickly ruled out by the middle-aged store manager.
Judging from his description, he should have a very good relationship with the old lady.
She even suggested turning off unused lights and setting the store's temperature to a certain degree to save electricity.
On top of that, the store manager also figured out the tricky thing of turning off the cameras in the middle of the night.
Fujino was speechless. To save a few hundred or a few thousand yen, he would have exposed the convenience store to danger in the middle of the night. He also turned off the lights in the corridor of the toilet, increasing the risk of someone falling and breaking bones and having to pay medical expenses.
I can only say that this is the case no matter which country you are in.
This really fits the older generation's idea of not having to endure hardship and losing watermelons while picking up sesame seeds.
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"That person who looks like a college student might have read the guide and wanted to play the game, but he doesn't have the money to buy it and he really wants it. It's not impossible."
"The staff might have bought those things to go on a trip, and of course they would have brought some snacks..."
"As for the old lady, she never bought anything every time, but it's possible that she saw the sumptuous lunch box..." "If you think about it carefully, it's possible for these three people."
Xiaolan Yuanzi speculated on the various possibilities of the theft, while the store manager suspected Nanakawa Xuan from the beginning to the end, and said bluntly: "I think you should first suspect Xuan, the most likely person, before you suspect the customers."
Yuanzi frowned when he heard this and argued, "Didn't I tell you that Xiaoxuan would never do such a thing!"
"Really?"
The store manager said sternly, "Then explain to me why the merchandise here wasn't stolen after I reprimanded her for the same reason last month?"
"what?"
"Of course!"
The store manager took a deep breath and said, "After all, there has been no theft for a month, so I thought she was really reflecting on her mistakes and was planning not to come over to monitor the store at night anymore..."
As he said that, he looked at Nanakawa Xuan: "But when we opened the door today, a lot of things were lost again!"
Nanakawa Xuan quickly shook her head and explained: "No, I really didn't steal it!"
"Okay, stop quibbling!"
The store manager said in a deep voice: "I won't make it difficult for you. As long as you apologize this time and don't do such things again in the future, I can forgive the past. Otherwise, I will have no choice but to fire you."
"But, this really wasn't done by me!"
Nanakawa Kaoru felt panicked, scared and aggrieved. She simply didn't understand why she should admit to something she hadn't done.
At the age of sixteen or seventeen, she had no idea how to deal with such a situation.
I could only feel aggrieved and my eyes turned red.
Tears welled up in my eyes.
"Forget it, there's no point in explaining. He won't believe it."
Fujino took two steps forward, stretched out his hand to pull Nanakawa Xuan behind him, and stood between the two of them and said in a deep voice: "When others doubt you, even if you explain, it will be useless."
"Once people have formed a stereotyped perception of something, they will not be easily influenced by others to change their perception. No matter how much you talk, it will be useless. In this case, even if the explanation is true, it will seem pale and powerless."
"Fundamentally, when one person doubts another, it doesn't matter what the truth is."
"After all, the person who wronged you knows better than you do. You are more wronged than Dou E."
Fujino said, looking at the store manager: "Since you said she was a thief, do you have any evidence?"
"Isn't it obvious by now?"
The store manager frowned: "Even if there is no evidence, it can be proved that it was her..."
"Whoever suspects should provide evidence. Why should the person being suspected provide evidence? Since you have no evidence, why do you suspect her?"
Fujino's eyes were calm. He raised his Rolex and looked at him: "If it were according to what you said, I would have suspected that you stole my Rolex. Can you prove that you didn't steal it?"
"If you want to prove that you didn't steal it, then you can produce evidence."
"This……"
The store manager felt guilty after being criticized: "You are just making up stories!"
"Really? If that's what you said, then what you said is also perverted."
Fujino continued in a deep voice: "It's like eating one bowl of noodles and insisting that you ate two bowls. How can you prove it?"
"Do you want Nanakawa to cut open her belly for you to see?"
"If you want to accuse someone, you can always find a pretext. But if you have nothing, how can you find evidence?"
(End of this chapter)
