Chapter 88: Laughter on the Platform

Sunday, March 3, evening.

At the same time as the first night festival under heaven held in Saitama, Mr. Tomo Imatake was shot dead in the hotel where he was staying. The suspect, Mr. Sei Shinichi, provided a set of photos allegedly taken this evening in order to prove his innocence. But this set of photos is too small, only seven, so Conan and Yamazaki immediately discovered the problem. However, the murderer was not exposed immediately, because Yamazaki proposed to let Ran and Sonoko try, so Conan and Yamazaki waited slowly at the scene.

By the time Sei Nobuichi found a neat stack of manuscript paper from the rummaged-up box and dispatched the editor Yamada, Ran and Sonoko's game of finding mistakes also entered the final stage.

Yamazaki laughed softly: "They cooperated well just now, now it's our turn."

"It's almost there," Conan said in a low voice, "Then let's start."

Yamazaki asked, "Hey, did you see the toothbrush just now?"

"I see," Conan replied, "he must be brushing his teeth."

"That's really weird," Yamazaki said.

"Yes, yes." Conan said, "It's really rude."

"Okay." Yamazaki whispered again, "Leave the rest to Uncle Maori."

"Yes." Conan whispered, "Remind him later."

Seeing that Editor Yamada left, Mr. Sei said: "Officer, you heard it, so I have to rush home to work, and this is also for the sake of Imamake who was unfortunately killed by a thief. Sorry, I will go back first It's gone." He said and walked outside.

"Please wait a moment." Officer Henggou stopped him immediately.

"I found it." Sonoko laughed loudly, "It's really simple." Then he said, "Mr. Sei, you lied. So in this room, the murderer who shot and killed Tomo Imatake was you, Nobuichi Sei .”

"What?" Mao Li who was standing at the door immediately walked towards Lan who was in the room.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Mr. Shii cried. "This is a robbery case."

Yuanzi said: "This is a case committed by an acquaintance. The evidence is the toothpaste on the victim's mouth, and the toothbrush was also dropped nearby. That is to say, the victim was brushing his teeth before he was killed."

Mr. Shijing said: "What do you mean by that? Anyone can brush their teeth, can't they?"

Lan said: "Generally speaking, such things don't happen. Just hold a toothbrush and toothpaste in your mouth, go out and open the door to meet people you don't know." Said, "Dad, look."

"Also," Yuanzi said, "if it wasn't for you, then how could you find the manuscript papers accurately, and why those manuscript papers are so neat and haven't been turned out."

"This, this," Mr. Shii said, "Maybe he didn't see it."

Yamazaki asked in a strange whisper, "Did you say that?"

"No," Conan whispered, "it should be her own thinking."

After taking the photo, Mao Li immediately noticed the problem, and said, "Mr. Shii, can you please explain what is the mark on your wrist?"

"Ah." Mr. Shijing immediately covered his wrist in surprise.

Officer Henggou immediately rolled up his sleeves, and compared them with the photos Maoli had given him earlier.

pointing to the photo,

Yuanzi smiled and said, "This photo should have been taken by you before."

At this time, Yamazaki asked the witnesses: "How long did it take you to see people come out after you heard the gunshots?"

The witness immediately said, "Less than ten seconds."

ten seconds? Looking at the scene, Mori said: "Mr. Shii, this is the scene you arranged in advance, and it was deliberately done to make it look like a robbery case. The murderer ran away immediately after the gunshot. Do you think he has Is it possible to make the room so messy in such a short period of time? Mr. Sei, you set up the scene while Mr. Imatake was brushing his teeth, and then stood at the door to lead Mr. Imatake to pass, and then shot and killed Mr. Imatake, took the money in his wallet and ran out of the hotel, then threw the gun and coat in the nearby river, and then drove to the night festival venue."

As Mori started to speak, behind him, Conan asked in a low voice, "Brother Yamazaki, isn't he hot? Is his head sweaty? Can't you take off your coat?"

Yamazaki replied in a low voice: "He must have a reason why he can't take it off."

Hearing the conversation behind him, Maori continued: "Mr. Shii, the original photo in the camera was taken when you came to participate in this festival. You keep this camera intact, and find someone else until today. Taking pictures, thus creating a continuous illusion. And when you are at the venue, you refuse to take off your clothes even if you are sweating profusely, just to wear the clothes you wore in the past, so as not to let you in the photo follow The previous ones were different, so the alibi was forged." After speaking, he burst out laughing immediately.

"Mr. Maoli, you are really amazing." Officer Henggou praised, and then asked: "Mr. Shijing, what else do you have to say?"

At this time, the five police officers who went out to look for clues with the other five sets of photos called.

One of the reports said that a small shop owner had seen Mr. Sei there last year, but not this year. Because his skin is very dark but he is wearing white clothes, and he is wearing a distinctive formal suit, so I have some impressions.

Another report said the store in the background of the photo had changed, and this was last year.

Another report said that the style and number of lanterns this year were different from those shown in the photo last year.

There was also a report that someone recognized the person in the background of the photo, who was not at the venue this year.

The last report said that no one has seen Mr. Shii after searching on the spot according to the viewing angle shown in the photo.

Officer Henggou laughed and said, "Mr. Shijing, you have nothing to say now."

"I admit defeat, officer." Mr. Sei said, "A year ago, I had already decided to kill Ima Chitake, because I wanted to stand at the top of the literary world instead of him. That's right, a year ago, "Literature and Art" The themed series of "Times" has decided to publish my work. However, the editorial department suddenly changed and insisted on using the works of Imatake, which was inserted in the middle, only because Imatake's reputation is relatively loud. For me , that serialization was my last chance to bet my life, but that guy snatched away my chance like he was mocking me."

Officer Henggou said, "So you killed him."

"That's right, I killed Imatake." Mr. Shii admitted.

"Then please come with us." Police officer Henggou put handcuffs on him and asked him to take him away.

When he walked to the door, Mr. Shii stopped, and then without turning his head, he said with some disappointment: "You two ladies, the work that Imake won the Naomoto Award was indeed written by the two when I collaborated with him before. A story that I came up with together." At this point, he sighed, and then continued, "Forget it, now that it's like this, no one will believe me."

"Ah!" Lan was taken aback, he didn't expect him to say such a thing in the end, and felt a little sad for a while.

Seeing this, Yuanzi immediately said: "Lan, don't be fooled by him." Then he said loudly, "Even if what you said is true, but looking at you now, do you look like a writer? Do you think you are Are you still a person who can sit down and write seriously now? You are no longer a writer, and you have no right to blame others for being half-hearted."

"Yuanzi." Lan said with some emotion.

"Maybe, you are right." Said Mr. Shijing, bowed his head and walked out.

"That's right," Yamazaki said with a smile, "I can't tell."

Lan smiled and said, "Yes, Yuanzi, you are really amazing."

"No, I'm no longer Sonoko," Sonoko said seriously, "From today onwards, I'm Detective Suzuki Sonoko, a female high school student." Then he laughed loudly, "Ah, ha..."

Conan whispered, "I think we did something wrong."

"Isn't that great," Yamazaki said with a smile, "I can also be a backup stand-in in the future." Then he asked, "Can you speak in a girl's tone? Do you want to practice?"

"You guy." Conan said and gave Yamazaki the pair of triangular eyes.

At this time, the police began to withdraw, and Police Officer Henggou said with a smile: "Then, Detective Maori..."

"Okay," Mori said, "Yamazaki..."

Yamazaki said with a smile: "We still live in the previous hotel."

"Okay," Maori said, "Officer Henggou, let's go." Then he left with Officer Henggou.

"Then let's go too," Yamazaki said with a smile, "Conan go call Mei Daiko."...

At night, in the hotel that Yuanzi booked, while eating supper, Yuanzi told Mei Daizi what happened just now, of course, his performance and reasoning were emphatically described.

After listening to it, while eating, Mei Daizi asked, "Hey, are you a famous detective now?"

"Of course." Sonoko smiled, "So, please call me from now on, female high school student named detective, Suzuki Sonoko."

"Well, that's a bad name," Mei Daizi said, "How about I pick one for you, and it's called..."

"No," Yuanzi said quickly, "I will think about it myself, I don't need your help."

"Alright then." Mei Daizi said, "You must tell me when you've made up your mind."

"Definitely." Yuanzi replied. ...

Early the next morning, the six Maori were escorted by the enthusiastic police officer Henggou, and boarded the return train. There are four seats facing each other in one seat, Mori, Ran and Conan sit on the same seat, Yamazaki, Sonoko and Mei Daiko sit on the opposite side of the aisle.

Standing outside the car, Police Officer Henggou said with a smile: "Detective Maori, thank you so much last night, it was a perfect reasoning."

"Prisoner, Shijing." Mao Li, who was sitting by the window, said with his chin propped, then stuck his head out of the window and smiled, "By the way, wouldn't this become an 'assorted' incident?" Officer Ditch and his six subordinates laughed loudly, "Ha...ha".

"Ah, ha..." Officer Henggou could only laugh dryly along with him, and his six subordinates immediately laughed dryly along with him. Then, police officer Henggou saw that Mao Li's laughter was getting louder and more powerful, so he ordered, "Louder." The police's laughter immediately rose, covering Mao Li's laughter immediately. go down.

Mei Daizi asked, "What are they laughing at?"

Yuanzi said, "I don't know, I didn't hear it."

"Don't look at me," Yamazaki said with a smile, "I don't know either."

This competition lasted until the train started to stop. Looking at the departing train and wiping off his sweat, Police Officer Henggou said, "Sure enough, you are worthy of the famous detective Mori Kogoro, one person can outnumber us so much. "

In the car, Lan asked, "Dad, what are you laughing at?"

"How do I know? I was just telling a joke. I wanted to liven up the atmosphere. Who knew they liked it so much, so I had to laugh with them." Mao Li said, "By the way, Lan, go back and buy me some throat lozenges. I have a sore throat."

The five of Yamazaki laughed immediately, and Lan laughed and said, "Really, I don't know how to be restrained."

"Of course you can't lose your momentum," Mouri said, "I'm the famous detective Mori Kogoro. Cough, well, don't talk about it, just remember to buy it when you get off the car."

The five of Yamazaki laughed even harder, and Lan smiled and said, "Yes, yes, I understand, my famous detective, Mr. Mori Kogoro."...