Chapter 865 Is it possible that I am the police?“Call the police, call the police!”
Yuanzi felt that her reasoning was correct, so she confronted him directly: "An unscrupulous boss like you who embezzles should be arrested by the police!"
"Who is the unscrupulous boss?! Do you have evidence to prove that it was me?"
The offense and defense reversed, and just like that, Miss Sonoko and the convenience store manager started to confront each other.
Neither of the two stubborn guys would submit to the other.
It can be said that it is a duel of equal strength.
"Okay, you two..."
Fujino acted as a peacemaker: "One of you suspected that Xiaoxuan stole the things but you have no evidence, and the other suspected that the other party was an unscrupulous boss but you also have no evidence. The most urgent task should be to find out how these things were lost, right?"
As he spoke, Fujino pulled Sonoko away and explained in a low voice: "The current situation is not favorable to Nanakawa. After all, after eliminating all other possibilities, she may be the murderer. The same result will be achieved when the police come. If the police really don't find anything, then she will be considered the real murderer."
Although the crime committed by high school students is not a major case, it is obviously a big stain.
The impact on the future will be huge.
Although Sonoko understood what Fujino said, she was still a little dissatisfied: "It's obvious that the guy wanted to bully Xiaoxuan... Fujino-senpai, don't you agree with me?"
"Although I agree, do you have any evidence?"
"No……"
"That's it. No one can do anything to anyone without evidence."
Xiaolan stood aside and watched with her chin set, trying hard to think of how to clear her good friend of the injustice.
Following the great detective Sonoko, the great detective Ran also felt that she had done her job and planned to perform some reasoning of her own.
What Sonoko said was possible, but she felt that the store manager was not that kind of person.
Otherwise, Xiaoxuan wouldn't have been asked to apologize and the matter would have been left unresolved.
They even allowed the other party to continue working in the convenience store.
She recalled the performance of detectives in cases she had seen before, as well as the detective techniques that Kudo Shinichi had told her about before, and began to apply scientific formulas directly.
Since things will be stolen when Xiaoxuan is on duty, that is to say: the days when Xiaoxuan is on duty = the time when the thief commits the crime.
Paying attention to the key point, she asked Nanakawa Xuan: "Xiao Xuan, since the things were stolen on the days when you were on duty, did you notice anything special?"
"This...I don't know either."
Nanakawa Xuan thought for a moment and said, "I usually come here to do the cleaning work."
"What about the store manager?"
"I don't know how many people come to the convenience store every day. I don't care about that."
The store manager calmed down and did not continue to confront Yuanzi. Instead, he gave a reply.
Xiaolan was somewhat helpless about the store manager's answer, so she had to ask again: "Is it really just that? Even if it's a small matter, it doesn't matter."
"Come to think of it, if there's anything special, it should be that when Xiao Xuan is on duty, the convenience store will be very clean, right?"
At this time, the cashier who heard the noise coming from the warehouse came over and said, "After all, she would sort out the boxes in the warehouse before leaving. If it were someone else, they would not care about it and would wait until other employees came the next day to sort out the boxes."
As he spoke, he also glanced around the warehouse, at the neatly arranged boxes: "When the deliveryman brings the goods, they will be placed at the door of the warehouse, and Xiao Xuan will sort these things and arrange them in two rows around. Even the store manager does the same."
"She must have done so much just to atone for herself and reduce her guilt. Since other employees won't do it, why should she do it?"
In order to hide his embarrassment, the store manager snorted coldly, "I think the same is true for the boxed lunches. They are all about to expire and hard to sell. I thought they would be thrown away anyway, so I might as well steal some. But in the end, a thief is a thief." "And now they have accused me of being an unscrupulous boss."
Then he said in a deep voice: "In this case, let's just call the police to investigate!"
“The police…”
Fujino pursed his chin when he heard this: "I don't think it's necessary to call the police."
The store manager frowned when he heard this: "Why, are you scared?"
"That's not the case. What I'm saying is, don't the police have them ready?"
“Is it possible that I am the police?”
Fujino silently took out his work ID from his inner pocket: "I am a consultant in the Criminal Division of the Metropolitan Police Department. I am usually responsible for handling criminal cases. Although I usually handle murder cases, theft cases are still within the responsibilities of the Criminal Division..."
Store manager: "..."
It's over, the police are all their people!
No, they are the police!
Suddenly, he felt like he had hit a wall.
I called the police myself and said that my friend stole something, but I have no evidence...
Who is suing me here?
Judy, who was standing by, was speechless when she saw Fujino taking out his work ID.
Goodness me, as an FBI agent, she's also part of the police department.
How could she not know that employees like consultants were able to handle cases independently?
Are Japanese police different from American police?
The manager of the convenience store felt helpless. He glanced at Fujino's work ID, then sighed helplessly and said, "Since you are sure that she didn't steal the things, then you can show us the evidence... Since you are from the Metropolitan Police Department, you will definitely be able to find the real criminal, right?"
"Of course."
Fujino silently put away his work permit: "We are innocent. The Metropolitan Police Department will not wrongly accuse a good person, nor will it let a bad person go."
"Then I'll leave this matter to you to investigate. It would be great if you can find evidence, but please don't disturb the customers of our store!"
"Of course."
…………
"Fujino-senpai, you were so tough just now!"
Everyone walked out of the warehouse, and Sonoko followed behind, smiling at Fujino and saying, "You just made that guy speechless!"
"You are almost the same, actually."
Fujino thought back to what Sonoko had done just now: "You've made him feel really bad for diverting the trouble."
"Dirty the disaster to the east?"
Sonoko was stunned for a moment: "I am serious about my reasoning, don't you think my reasoning is correct, Fujino-senpai?"
"Anyway, let's quickly find out the EVIDENCE (evidence) that those things were not stolen by Xuan!"
Judy, speaking in broken Japanese, reminded, "Although we have started the investigation, this case is very bizarre. Things disappeared inexplicably, just like a paranormal phenomenon."
"Yeah, it's so weird, how could something disappear inexplicably?"
Sonoko lowered her chin, but still insisted on her own idea: "If you ask me, it must be that store manager who is stealing from the store. How can I repair it... It's a pity that there is no evidence, otherwise I, the famous detective Sonoko, will definitely expose his true face!"
Fujino: "..."
Are you serious... I thought you were pretending.
Well, if you think about it carefully, it does fit with Sonoko's character.
(End of this chapter)
