Chapter 888: Mystery in the Hotel

March 3rd, Saturday night, K3 Hotel near Universal Studios, Konohana District, Osaka City, the scene of the incident.

Hearing from Hattori about Ed’s phone call, Otaki Police Department said: “This phone number is displayed, and the area code is from the United States. Our police called to confirm it. The person who answered the phone was Mr. Ed’s boss. He said it was him who called. I called Mr. Ed to ask him to leave, because Mr. Ed is very rude to disrupt other people's parties like this, and it seriously affects the company's image."

Maori asked, "Is this true?"

Otaki Police Department said: "There should be no need for them to lie."

Hattori said: "The third question, why is Mr. Ed here, and did not turn on the lights."

"Of course I made an appointment to meet here in private." Yuanzi said, "As for not turning on the light, since it is a private meeting, of course we can't turn on the light, otherwise we won't be recognized."

"No, Sonoko, they played Scrabble and turned off all the lights in the room, but the lights in the corridor should be on all the time, so as long as this person opens the door, he can see the person he is meeting with, so there is no It is necessary to turn off the lights." Mei Daizi said.

"Ah, wait, don't you think it's a coincidence?" He Ye said, "Mr. Ed made an agreement not to turn on the lights when he met with someone, and the hotel just happened to hold a activity of turning on the lights and spelling, and then Mr. Ed was arrested. People killed."

"I see." Mao Li smiled, "This murderer must be someone who knew in advance that the hotel would hold a spelling activity with the lights on."

"I'll ask someone to check immediately how many people know about this matter." Otaki Police Department said, and then ordered the police to investigate.

Hattori glanced at the silent Conan, "The fourth question, have you noticed that the deceased's right thumb, index finger and middle finger are spread out, the ring finger and index finger are rolled up, and the left hand is on the belt."

"Ah, I see, this must be death information." Maori said happily, "The belt refers to the belt worn around the waist after the boxing champion wins, that is to say, the prisoner is the former heavyweight boxing champion Rikaru Toba." Leila."

Sonoko asked, "Then how do you explain his finger shape?"

Maori said: "That is the professional player Recardis, he has won the league championship with the three teams he played in before."

"I also know that he has been in high school for three years." Mei Daizi laughed.

Maori said: "Well, that's Mike Nord who plays baseball. This is the gesture that pitchers use when they throw the ball," and then said excitedly, "Oh, by the way, he must be catching the ball with one hand and catching the ball with the other hand when he throws the ball." belt, so the death message refers to him, and he is the murderer, there is nothing wrong with that.”

Hattori said: "Wrong, the death message refers to No. 8."

"Number Eight?" Yuanzi asked, "What does this have to do with Number Eight?"

Hattori said: "That Ed said that he likes to eat sushi, his right finger is exactly the finger shape of eating sushi, and his left hand is holding the belt to indicate BAND, and there is a kind of code in the sushi restaurant that is only used among the staff. A code for eight is BAND."

He Ye said: "If that's the case, the murderer is Rekadis wearing the No. 8 jersey."

Conan shouted, "It's definitely not Recardis, this matter is still suspicious."

"So how do you explain this death message?" Hattori said, "Judging from the blood stains, I'm sure he looked like this after death."

Sonoko said, "Wait, Hattori, who knows if the sushi code you mentioned is true or not." Then he asked, "Lan, Mei Daiko, do you know?"

Lan shook his head and said, "I don't know."

"I don't know either." Mei Daizi asked, "Brother, is there such a thing?"

"I don't know." Yamazaki said, "But I know one thing, unless it is written directly by the deceased, otherwise even if the sushi restaurant has such rules, such implied death information cannot be used as direct evidence.

"

Lan asked, "Conan, what did you say was suspicious?"

Conan asked: "Sister Lan, I remember Lei and the three of them appeared on the balcony within a few seconds after the lights were turned on, right?"

"Yes." Lan said.

Conan said: "So, Ray wasn't in this room when the gun went off, because he couldn't run from this room to that room."

"It seems that Lei and the other three are not suspected." Otaki Police Department heaved a sigh of relief, "Just let them go back, their manager is very difficult."

"I'm afraid it will have to wait a while, I have a question," Yamazaki said, "Mr. Ed is lying in the front of the middle of the room, facing the door. According to the procedure for knocking on the door, after the murderer knocks on the door, Mr. Ed and the murderer will have a few words to meet each other, and then invite the murderer in, and then the murderer will wait until Mr. Ed walks to the position where he is lying now before making a move, which means it will take at least ten seconds."

Conan said: "So, Ray is definitely not the murderer."

Mao Li asked: "Otaki Police Department, are you sure that the time of death of the deceased is when the gunshots sounded?"

"Uh, it's not certain yet. The exact time of death won't be known until after the autopsy." Otaki Police Department said.

Yamazaki said: "With all due respect, with the current technology, the time of death can also be determined at an approximate time. If the real time of death is very close to the time when the gunshots sounded, then it will be difficult for you to determine."

"Okay," Otaki Police Department said helplessly, "I'll bring someone to make a record for everyone."

Mei Daizi smiled and said, "Ha, I think we can go to have supper now."

Afterwards, Mori, Ran, Sonoko, Yamazaki, Meidaiko, Conan, Kazuha, and Hattori went to the restaurant for supper, and Conan and Hattori quickly finished eating and left. ...

The last room lit by Recardis.

Conan laughed after turning around with Hattori a few times, "Look, there is no mechanism here that allows Lei to kill Ed while lighting the lights here, so it can be seen that Lei must have been in this room at the time."

Hattori said, "Don't forget, Ray has plenty of time before the lights come on."

Conan asked, "Then how do you explain the gunshots?"

Hattori said, "It must have been using a tape recorder or something."

Conan asked back: "The police didn't find anything like that, did they?"

Hattori asked: "Then how do you explain that the sink is wet?"

Conan asked back: "Do you think Lei washed away the gunpowder reaction here?"

"Isn't it possible?" Hattori said, "The gunpowder smoke reaction on his body is easy to clear, and he has enough time before we have been to the scene and ran up."...