Stay away from Conan

Chapter 31 Tunnel Entrance

"He was dozing off in the back seat of the car. When he was about to reach the entrance of the tunnel, he took a vague look: it seemed that he did not see any vehicles at the entrance. Later, when he closed his eyes, Just when I was about to continue dozing off, the car accident happened in an instant.”

After a pause, Hattori Heiji finished his words.

"However, he was not sure whether he saw it clearly at the time. After all, he was in a state of sleeplessness at the time, so in the end the police did not include this in the material."

Hearing this, Gao Yuan frowned slightly, feeling that there must be something wrong here - if what the director saw was true, then similarly, before entering the tunnel, the driver did not see any vehicles at the entrance of the tunnel.

In this case, it is understandable that the driver did not slow down and turn around before entering the tunnel. But is this really possible?

Putting down the information in his hand, Gao Yuan thought for a moment, and then said: "I still have to go to the scene to see it."

"Hey? You want to see the scene? Then I'll contact Officer Otaki immediately to send us there."

Hattori Heiji said excitedly when he heard this.

"Don't be so anxious. We don't have to go now."

Seeing Hattori Heiji's performance, Takato quickly stopped him.

"I want to go there tomorrow. Wait until six o'clock tomorrow morning, which is about the time the car accident happened, and let's go see what we can see outside the tunnel entrance at that time."

"Huh? Does that mean you want the case to happen again?"

Hattori Heiji understood this.

"It's not that troublesome. We just want to see if there were any other factors at the tunnel entrance that affected the driver's vision during the time period when the incident occurred. After all, what the director said may be true."

Gao Yuan explained.

"Okay, I'll ask Officer Otaki to pick you up at that time. Anyway, it's not school time until after six o'clock, so it's too late for me to go take a look together."

Hattori Heiji said this, and then the meeting ended tonight.

At around five o'clock the next morning, Officer Otaki drove Hattori Heiji in a police car to the hotel where Takato was staying, and together they went to the location of the car accident.

I left home after five o'clock, and when I arrived at the accident site, it was already after six o'clock, and the sky was gradually getting brighter from the hazy darkness. The police car that originally had its lights on, once it was halfway on the road, no longer had to drive with its lights on. .

Arriving outside the tunnel entrance where the car accident occurred, Officer Otaki parked the vehicle in the emergency lane and got out of the car. The three of them slowly approached the tunnel entrance from outside the highway.

It was already dark at this time, and the view of the road was very clear. The road at the entrance of the tunnel was two-lane in both directions.

"You see, the view of the lane is very clear now. If there is a car at the entrance of the tunnel, it is impossible for the driver to not see it."

Officer Otaki said.

"Indeed. If you look at it this way, if the car accident really happened when a car rear-ended a large truck, it makes sense that the director said he couldn't see any vehicles at the entrance of the tunnel."

Hattori Heiji said thoughtfully.

"Well, actually, based on the debris at the scene and the damage to the vehicle, the Traffic Bureau has determined that the accident was caused by a car rear-ending a large, fully loaded truck."

Officer Otaki said.

"Is it possible that the car rear-ended the large truck in another place where visibility is not good, but was transported here for some reason? After all, there are no skid marks of the car here!"

Hattori Heiji mentioned a possibility.

"Then the director's remarks are even more unexplainable."

Gao Yuan said, "According to the director, he clearly saw the entrance of the tunnel before the car accident, so the location cannot be wrong."

"Then isn't it strange that he didn't see anything? After all, the view here is so good, it's impossible not to see a car at the entrance of the tunnel."

Hattori Heiji said.

"On the other hand, since the view here is so good, the director still didn't see a car at the entrance of the tunnel!"

Gao Yuan showed a smile when he said this.

"Hey, Detective, did you think of something?"

Seeing Takato's expression, Hattori Heiji was a little surprised.

"It's too early to say anything now."

Gao Yuan did not explain, but turned to look at Officer Otaki and asked, "Did the police later look for the driver who passed by here on the day of the car accident?"

"We did find several drivers who asked about the situation, but either they passed through the tunnel before dawn before the car accident, or they passed through the tunnel after the car accident. We did not find the driver who happened to see the incident. And this There are not many vehicles on the road at this time, and except for some vehicles that come into the city to deliver goods during this time, there are very few other vehicles passing by. "

Officer Otaki explained.

"In other words, during that time period, there will always be some cars passing through that tunnel?"

Gao Yuan asked.

"Yes, because it was considered that the vehicle that escaped the accident was a large truck, so the vehicles that often pass by there for delivery have been investigated by the police, and the drivers of these vehicles have also been questioned, but they have not seen the accident. "

Officer Otaki replied.

Hearing this, Gao Yuan thought for a moment, and then asked: "Are there any drivers who used to drive this road frequently, but did not take this road on the day of the accident?"

"This, it seems there is."

Officer Otaki said in retrospect.

"Why didn't they take this tunnel road that day?"

Gao Yuan asked.

"Why?"

Hearing this question, Officer Otaki didn't know how to answer for a moment, and then took out his mobile phone.

"Let me ask you specifically about this."

With that said, Officer Otaki dialed the number and ran to the side to make a call.

Hattori Heiji on the side fell into thinking after listening to the few questions Takato asked just now.

After a while, Officer Otaki came back from the phone call.

"I just asked my colleagues from the Traffic Division, and they said that because they were looking for witnesses to the car accident, they did not conduct detailed inquiries about the drivers who did not take the tunnel that day, so it is not clear why they did not take the tunnel. road."

After listening to Officer Otaki's narration, Gao Yuan sighed, feeling a little helpless.

"Then please ask the police to ask these drivers why they did not take the tunnel road they usually used that day. This is very important!"

Gao Yuan suggested, so Officer Otaki immediately called and ordered the police to handle the matter.

At this time, it has been almost an hour since we arrived here.

"There's no point in staying here now. Let's go back first."

Takato said, it happened that Hattori Heiji still had to go to school, so the three of them got in the car and left.

In the car, Hattori Heiji was still thinking, and finally couldn't help but ask Gao Yuan.

"Hey, detective brother, you already understand what the whole thing is about!"

"Yeah. I probably have some ideas."

Gao Yuan said, "If the results of the police's subsequent inquiries are consistent with what I expected, this is definitely a man-made car accident! A huge conspiracy!"