Chapter 1037

"It's this videotape."

Chiba picked up a videotape from the floor, played it, and then said: "It's the 4-minute cooking segment from the 7 o'clock live broadcast. Because the dishes taught in this segment are simple and delicious, I record it every time..."

893 "This is Okino Yoko's 4-minute cooking time... and today's menu is Japanese-style omelet rice using autumn mushrooms and taro. Housewives across the country, are you ready?"

A familiar voice came from the TV.

Akaso Kaze followed and looked at the TV set covered with sticky notes. It was indeed Okino Yoko's 4-minute program for today. Miyano Akemi had specifically recorded it, preparing to learn it to cook for Akaso Kaze.

"Officer Chiba, did you record this yourself?"

"I always record it on a timer, but last night I was drinking while watching a rented videotape with Kato, and then I fell asleep in this living room and forgot to set the time," Chiba said somewhat embarrassedly.

"But it was indeed recorded by myself, so it couldn't have been a pre-recorded program playing in the morning, and there was only one VCR in use at the time..."

"Isn't there another VCR below?"

"This one? This is usually just used for copying videotapes. If I had used this one, the wire connecting to the TV would have been hanging in front. No matter how sleepy I was, I should have noticed, right?"

Chiba took out a newspaper with the program schedule.

"Look, Nichiuri TV's 7 o'clock live broadcast. After the weather forecast is Okino Yoko's 4-minute cooking. I remember it very clearly."

Sato was questioning Chiba.

Akaso Kaze didn't bother the few criminal police officers investigating the case anymore and walked around with his hands in his pockets to check.

With Ayumi here, he already knew about the situation.

On the way to school, Ayumi and the others saw a strange man who looked very much like Kato Akira near the apartment where the case occurred—that is, Chiba's roommate—at exactly 7 o'clock.

The strange man was panting as if he were jogging.

However, the shower that had lasted for 10 minutes had just stopped, but the strange man's clothes were almost not wet at all, which is why they suspected he was the murderer who had just killed someone.

And following the clues, they locked onto Kato Akira, the victim's colleague and ex-boyfriend of the fiancée.

However, Kato Akira had an alibi starting from 7 o'clock, and the witness was Officer Chiba, who was a police officer...

Akaso Kaze looked at Kato Akira, the man in the vest who was waiting outside.

This was interesting. Being too coincidental is a suspicious point in itself.

The key is what kind of method was used to make even Chiba not notice the problem...

"Uncle also records this every time." Conan stood in front of the TV and spoke up.

"And last time, after knowing that Okino Yoko participated in a live program, he threw a huge tantrum, saying he must go be a guest next time."

He leaned down to look at the various notes stuck to the edge of the TV screen and couldn't help but frown slightly.

"They are all notes for various programs... With only one VCR working, how could Officer Chiba watch TV and record at the same time?"

The old police officer continued to ask Chiba, "What did you and your friend do after 8 o'clock?"

"Watched videotapes starting at 8 o'clock," Chiba said somewhat hesitantly, "it was... it was that..."

"What is 'that'?"

Sato saw that Chiba didn't want to say it in front of Genta and the other children, so she asked suspiciously: "Could it be adult videos?"

"No!" Chiba wiped his sweat, "It's Ka... Kamen Rider..."

"Is that so?"

"And then? How long did you watch this children's program?"

"Watched a whole tape..."

"Watched for two hours?" Takagi's eyes widened.

"N-No," Chiba said awkwardly, "because it was recorded in 3x slow mode, so..."

"6, 6 hours?!"

"Uh, I accidentally got absorbed in it..."

"Then, did you watch it with your friend for all 6 hours?" The old police officer continued to ask.

"No," Chiba shook his head: "I went to take a bath halfway through, for about 30 minutes, and then came back to continue watching. After watching, the professional baseball game started. It's also on the program list, the game between the Tokyo TV Falcons and the Jaguars from 2 o'clock to 4 o'clock in the afternoon..."

"Halfway through watching, you police officers came over."