Why Is Everyone Talking in Riddles?

"Just... watching videotapes?"

Takagi hesitated for a moment, then looked puzzled.

Something's not right today!

He remembered that Fujino didn't seem like the kind of honest person he was...

In situations like these, shouldn't the detective suddenly have a flash of inspiration and lead the team to victory?

"I just felt that investigating the protests and such was unnecessary."

Fujino turned around, without explaining much, and said in a deep voice, "My intuition tells me that the key is what's in the videotape."

"Intuition... ha..."

Takagi's lips twitched violently. He thought to himself that this reason was really too hasty. He couldn't even come up with a decent reason. It was too outrageous to fool people.

"But we just watched the videotape, what else could it be..."

"That older sister, that older sister is so strange!"

Just then, a loud shout reached their ears, "She's been sneaking around staring at the camera ever since!"

"That's right!"

Ayumi chimed in, "It's like Mitsuhiko is in the way."

"Huh?! You actually found a clue!?"

Takagi exclaimed in surprise, and followed Fujino to look back. They saw that the main character on the TV screen was a woman with long blonde hair, wearing a pink suit jacket and a beige office mini skirt.

Due to the angle of view, most of the white expanse below the thighs was now clearly visible.

The woman seemed to have noticed something as well, and was staring intently at the camera with a strange look in her eyes.

"..."

Fujino stared at the older sister on TV and fell silent for a moment.

I never expected Mitsuhiko to have such a talent for photography.

Why are all the things I photographed so explosive?

Someone who didn't know better might think they'd visited some shady website.

"Look!"

Genta continued, pointing, "She's watching again!"

"That's normal."

Conan gave a deadpan look. "She's just worried that Mitsuhiko will take pictures under her miniskirt."

"Um."

Takagi nodded slightly. "Normally speaking, shooting from that angle... would indeed make people feel uncomfortable."

"That's right... this angle is indeed a bit dangerous."

Fujino glanced at the paused screen on the television and nodded slightly.

He crossed his arms and nodded in agreement, not forgetting to remind Mitsuhiko, "Next time you're filming something, you have to be careful about what's in the frame, or you'll be mistaken for a peeping tom."

"A... a peeping tom?!"

Mitsuhiko exclaimed in surprise, "But I didn't mean that!"

"Mitsuhiko, that's just how things are these days."

Fujino said earnestly, "If you weren't a child, you would probably have been caught by that woman and taken to the police station by now."

"The consultant is right, we do need to be careful."

Takagi nodded and recalled, "I heard Yumi say before that many people who were wrongly accused of taking photos without consent were treated as perpetrators."

"Gurgle..."

Mitsuhiko couldn't help but swallow.

"You don't really need to take this kind of thing to heart, after all, that kind of person is still..."

Ai Haibara intended to offer a word of comfort, but as she spoke, she noticed that Fujino was still staring at the screen.

She gave a slight reproachful look, then quickly changed the subject, continuing, "But she does seem to really like attracting attention, which is very dangerous... we definitely need to be careful!"

Mitsuhiko: "..."

Suddenly, I don't really want to look for my lost camera anymore.

The group stared at the videotape on TV for a long time, but after suspecting two or three people, they couldn't find any useful clues.

Takagi stared at the blacked-out television screen and sighed helplessly, "Staring at the videotape like this will definitely not yield any results."

"But if that's the case, why did the thugs steal Mitsuhiko's camera?"

Conan rubbed his chin. "Wouldn't that be going to be completely unnecessary?"

"Could the perpetrator have thought they were being filmed?"

Ai Haibara pondered, "It's possible that a false alarm could happen, since no one actually filmed me, but I suspect I was filmed."

"Was it just a misunderstanding?"

Conan frowned, looking somewhat hesitant.

"We didn't capture it on camera, but it wasn't a criminal..."

Fujino looked away. "In that case, the culprit's goal is probably that thing."

"That thing?"

Everyone was taken aback upon hearing this and turned to look at Fujino.

"Um."

Fujino nodded slightly. "Didn't you notice something that should have appeared on the TV screen just now, but didn't?"

"Something that didn't appear?"

"How could anyone notice if it didn't appear?"

"Brother Fujino, what exactly do you mean?"

Hearing this, everyone looked at Fujino with a puzzled expression and a hint of confusion in their eyes.

"Oh, that's what it was..."

After listening to Fujino's words, Conan pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, "So that's what the thugs were after!"

"It seems you understand now too?"

"Let's go take a look without delay!"

Conan took off running quickly out of the electronics store.

Fujino followed closely behind.

Only a few people were left standing there, still completely bewildered.

So what exactly did Conan understand?

What kind of riddle-solving people are these detectives?!

Just now, in front of the mailbox at the intersection.

"Just as I thought."

Conan stared at the 2:30 PM mail arrival time on his email. "Looks like this is what should have been there, but it didn't."

"The timing also seems to match up."

Fujino stood to the side with his arms crossed. "You should have guessed it by now, right?"

"Yes...?"

Conan had just responded when he suddenly realized something was wrong.

If he thinks about it carefully, Fujino must have thought of that first.

Then you reminded him, and made him realize that too, right?

Then they followed him over and asked if he had thought of anything...

Thinking of this, Conan's expression turned strange.

Isn't this just like a master asking his disciple how well he's doing with his homework?!

Sherlock Holmes is clearly my mentor!

"Hello!"

At this moment, Professor Agasa, Takagi, and the children followed.

Looking at the two people standing in front of the mailbox, everyone asked in confusion, "Isn't this the mailbox that Genta just climbed up to?"

"The delivery time here is 2:30 PM."

Fujino turned to look at everyone, "We arrived here after 2 o'clock, and the video recording time is from 2:20 to 3:38. The bomb was discovered at almost 3 o'clock. That means that during those 30 minutes, the post office truck did not come to collect the mail as usual."

"This is indeed quite strange..."

Ai Haibara glanced at the mailbox. "The post office usually has a rule that mail in the mailbox must be collected within a certain time. The delay time for picking up mail is usually no more than ten or twenty minutes."

"Maybe there's a traffic jam?"

Professor Agasa said, "After all, a parade is being held right now."

"Traffic jams don't actually happen."

Takagi explained from the side, "This was anticipated when the parade was planned, so the parade only occupied half of the lanes, while the other half was designated as a temporary tidal flow lane. Yumi came over just now to ensure that no one parked illegally in the other half of the lanes and caused congestion."

At this moment, Genta couldn't help but mention, "It's possible that the mail clerk overslept, isn't it?"