Facing Officer Sato's questioning, Kano Saji opened his mouth, but no words came out and he fell into silence.
Seeing this, Hidero Saruwatari and the others said with disbelief on their faces: "Taoji, is it really you?"
Although Kano Saji did not admit that he had killed Masayoshi Sato, judging from his guilty conscience, everyone knew that Miwako Sato had not wronged him.
It's just that eighteen years have passed, and the clues Masayoshi Sato left in the police manual alone are not enough to convict Kano Taji.
"Uncle, I think the reason why you are unwilling to plead guilty is because the prosecution period has not passed yet?"
Conan stared at Kano Saji for a while and suddenly said: "The maximum prosecution period for criminal cases is fifteen years. Although eighteen years have passed now, you said when you were chatting just now that you had gone to Italy.
Lived there for three years.
According to Japanese law, the time a suspect lives abroad will not be recorded in the prosecution period.
And today happens to be the death anniversary of Officer Sato’s father, which means that the prosecution period of the Chousilang case will not really end until after twelve o’clock tonight, so you are not willing to plead guilty!"
(°Д°)
After hearing what Conan said, everyone couldn't help showing surprised expressions.
Little brother, you know so much!
Facing everyone's surprised looks, Conan hurriedly scratched his head and said cutely: "I heard these from Aunt Fei Yingli! She is the queen of the legal profession~"
"So that's what you were planning!"
When Officer Sato heard this, he finally understood why Kano Saji was pretending not to admit guilt.
Damn it! I was so impulsive!
After learning that the prosecution period had not expired, Officer Sato was really surprised and happy.
Under normal circumstances, the prosecution period for the Chou Silang case has already expired three years ago.
Officer Sato thought that the prosecution period had expired and had no intention of arresting the criminal. She just wanted to find out the truth of what happened that year, so she seemed so excited.
But unexpectedly, things took a turn for the better. Because Kano Saji had settled abroad for three years, the prosecution period had not yet expired.
If he had known that the prosecution period had not passed, Officer Sato would not have questioned Kano Saji so impulsively, but would have tried to find evidence and arrest him.
Now that Officer Sato has done this, although it is certain that Kano Saji is the robber back then, as long as he survives today's interrogation and the prosecution period is over tomorrow, he will still be acquitted.
(〃＞ dishes＜)
"Damn it! Do we have to watch criminals escape the punishment of the law again?" Conan cursed in his heart and couldn't help but clenched his fists.
In the previous murder case of "Curse of the Mask", Aikawa Touya chose to kill Su Fanghongzi with his own hands to avenge his mother because the prosecution period had expired.
In that case, Conan felt very powerless, there was nothing he could do to stop Aikawa Touya from taking revenge.
Now he encountered a similar case of "Chou Si Lang", but this time he still had a chance to change.
As long as the criminal evidence of Kano Taji is successfully found before the expiration of the prosecution period, he can be severely punished by the law.
However, it is very difficult to find ironclad evidence that is enough for Kano Taji to plead guilty in just half a day.
After all, eighteen years have passed, and I'm afraid Kano Taoji has already cleaned up the murder weapons and the like.
"Ding ding ding..."
While Conan was thinking hard, Officer Sato's cell phone suddenly rang.
"Officer Megure? Yes! I understand!"
After Officer Sato answered the phone and heard what Officer Megure said, his expression instantly became excited.
When Officer Sato finished talking to Officer Megure on the phone, she looked at Kano Saji who was still silent and couldn't help but sneered: "It seems that God is not willing to help you this time. The police officer in the station just called
I called and said that the patrol police found a thief who broke into the empty door near your home, and found the stolen money that was stolen by the robbers under the sacrificial table at your home!"
"boom!!!"
Hearing Officer Sato's words, Kano Saji lost all energy and fell to the ground with his chair.
I hid in fear for eighteen years, but in the end I still couldn't escape.
Good and evil will eventually be rewarded, it's not that they won't be repaid, the time has not yet come!
"Shikano Saji, you are under arrest!"
When Officer Sato finished speaking, he took out a pair of handcuffs stained with dark red blood from his pocket and cuffed Kano Saji who was lying on the ground.
These old-looking handcuffs were the ones used by Officer Sato's father back then, and the blood stains on them were also left by her father.
It's a pity that Officer Sato's father trusted Kano Saji so much that he didn't even put handcuffs on him when he took him back to the police station, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to escape for so many years.
Now that Officer Sato used these handcuffs to arrest him, it was God's will.
Of course!
This incident was not just a coincidence. The thief who discovered that the stolen money was hidden in Kano Taoji's home was actually a gangster under the command of the Luowang organization.
That little gangster deliberately exposed himself in front of the patrol police, and then led the patrol police to discover the stolen money.
Anyway, for those little gangsters who wander around the black area, going to jail for petty theft is just as commonplace, and they are very skilled!
In order to prevent any accidents, Officer Sato did not stay in the tavern for long and personally escorted Kano Saji back to the Metropolitan Police Department.
However, Suzuki Haruaki and the others did not leave with Officer Sato because it was getting very late and it was almost time for them to go home.
!!!∑(?Д?ノ)ノ
The moment Ayumi followed Suzuki Seimei and the others out of the tavern, her eyes were suddenly attracted by a figure on the other side of the road. Her eyes suddenly widened and she was stunned on the spot.
"Bumi, what's wrong with you?" Haiyuan Ai noticed something strange about Bumi and couldn't help but asked with some doubts.
"That's...that's the person!"
Ayumi pointed at the man in gray and shouted, "That's the arsonist I saw last night!"
"What?!"
When Conan and the others heard this, they were slightly startled at first, and then their eyes lit up and they followed the man in gray as he left.
The young boy gives the group a free gift, let’s go!
Maybe it was because the man in gray didn't expect to be recognized by others, so he didn't notice the six little ones secretly following him.