The moment Inspector Megure heard Conan repeat those two lines, his gaze immediately turned suspicious. Suspicious—far too suspicious! It sounded like someone had planned this in advance and was conspiring about something.
He immediately turned to President Sagara. "Mr. Sagara, do you have anything else to explain?"
President Sagara looked conflicted. After a long while, he let out a heavy sigh and confessed, "I really didn't go for a joyride last night. I went to borrow money from a friend."
Inspector Megure froze. "Borrow money?"
President Sagara nodded. "Money can still be earned back, but if I miss out on that car, I may never find another one again.
"So I hesitated for a long time, but in the end, I decided to borrow some money, repay the loan I took from Teraizumi, and get my car back.
"But that bastard Teraizumi deliberately set me up, and I didn't want to repay him so meekly. So I came up with a plan.
"At three o'clock this afternoon, right before the Antique Car Exhibition began, I would suddenly pull out the money, slap it in Teraizumi's face, then drive away in my car and leave him dumbfounded."
Under the stunned stares of the other suspects, President Sagara said with visible relief, "Yesterday, I'd already scraped together most of the money. I was only a little short, so I went to borrow it from my friend overnight—I stayed with him the whole night. If you don't believe me, go ask him."
"Is that so?" Inspector Megure suspiciously asked for the friend's contact information and immediately had an officer call him.
Before long, Officer Takagi, who had been handling the questioning, came running back. "That's indeed what happened. And not only was his friend there, the friend's family was present as well. Mr.