Chapter 8: Accident?

As long as you have a little knowledge of this memorial service, it is impossible not to know that there is a slide show at the memorial service.

This time, the task was set to take place when the slideshow was playing and the venue was plunged into darkness.

Pisk chose the art lamp in the venue as a prop for the crime.

He applied fluorescent paint to the rings of the art lamp, and also applied fluorescent paint to the ground directly below the art lamp, and then told Shigehiko to wait under the art lamp when the venue was dark.

At that point, Pisk would aim at the fluorescent paint on the rings, break the rings, and cause the large art lamps to fall, killing Shigehiko and disguised the illusion of an accident in order to complete the mission.

This task may seem simple, but it is actually ...... It's also very simple, but there is one thing to pay attention to - a pistol equipped with a silencer will not cause a lot of movement when firing, but sparks will inevitably flash when shooting, which requires a certain means to hide.

Pisk is still quite smart.

He would use the handkerchiefs he received from the organizers to cover the muzzle of his gun with the handkerchiefs he received from attending the memorial service to block the sparks from the shots.

However, this behavior will cause the handkerchief that was originally hanging on the muzzle of the gun to fly off, and it is impossible to predict the direction where the handkerchief will fall, but this unpredictability will not have any impact on the completion of the task, after all, as long as Pisk does not leave fingerprints on the handkerchief, if the police ask him about the whereabouts of the handkerchief afterwards, he has a reason to prevaricate.

Therefore, this execution task should be foolproof.

Now that the execution plan is halfway through and everything is ready, the rest is a fatal blow.

The fatal blow represents the main event.

However, Kurosawa Gin, who had predicted the fate of Shigehiko Swallow in advance, would not have thought that this highlight was so exciting.

His lack of interest, and even most of his attention, was on the slide show, not on Pisk's assassination.

Kurosawa's eyes follow Naomi McKura, the host with the microphone, as he plays the slides on a projector, and then stands in front of the black-and-white pictures and speaks in a voice that presumably takes people's minds back to the era of director Sakumaki, reminiscing about Sakumaki's masterpiece "Rainbow Handkerchief" and others.

This memorial service will have activities related to this "rainbow handkerchief".

The guests were given a total of seven colored handkerchiefs.

Kurosawa Silver pulled out his handkerchief, which was purple.

In addition to him, Belmode and Pisk were also given this handkerchief, and the guests who were also given handkerchiefs were ......

Now, the two men and women hugging each other not far from him are two of them.

This man and woman are quite famous, but the relationship doesn't seem to be made public, after all, there are no rumors of two people being happy in Kurosawa's impression.

Then take a picture as entertainment gossip.

Kurosawa lifted the machine with a click.

But what's bad is that he forgot to turn off the flash, and the white light flashed and instantly attracted the attention of many people.

At this time, Kurosawa Silver heard the host on the stage, Maikura, say and laughed: "Ah, no matter how precious this photo is, you can't shine it with a flash." ”

There was laughter in the room.

Kurosawa Silver himself laughed awkwardly two or three times, and then hid his phone, looking as if nothing had happened.

And at about this time, Kurosawa heard the sound of bullets slicing through the air, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.

Pisk did it, and the timing was really accurate.

At intervals of less than two or three seconds, the sound of glass bursting and splashing sounded, completely annihilating everyone's laughter, and the guests looked around blankly.

Kurosawa Silver heard Twilight yelling, "Turn on the lights!"

But what's the use?

Swallowing Shigehiko was hit by such a heavy art lamp, even if he didn't die, he would be stabbed into a hedgehog by the flying glass shards, and it was better to die.

- It didn't end much better.

Kurosawa yawned lazily, but as he did so, he noticed the purple handkerchief that was slowly falling.

He raised an eyebrow and raised his hand to grab the handkerchief, which was still warm and scorched.

This is an important clue to solve the case, right?

Kurosawa Silver chuckled, clenched the handkerchief in his hand, and at this time happened to notice that Conan's kid ran past him, and with a hook of his mouth, he threw the handkerchief on Conan's head.

After admiring with great interest the picture of Conan covered with a purple cloth, the lights were almost turned on.

When the venue returned to light, the tragic scene under the art lamp also completely appeared in front of everyone.

A sound of surprise.

Yes, surprised, not frightened.

Kurosawa Silver also had to admire these people, seeing the bloody corpses, except for a few people, the vast majority of people almost didn't even change their faces much, and they looked indifferent.

Kurosawa saw that everyone was staring at the art lamp, and he also heard some people asking what happened to the people around him, who could explain what was going on, and so on, but ...... None of the people present went up to turn on the art lamp and care about whether Shigehiko Swallow was still alive.

This is called celebrity.

This is this cool world.

Of course, he is not qualified to comment on all this.

Kurosawa pushed the sunglasses on the bridge of his nose, approached the art lamp, blended in with the crowd with a blank face, and quietly pressed the shutter of the camera.

In fact, in this world, most people are so indifferent, and those who really have a sense of justice are very few.

Even if it's a police officer...... It is only because of the needs of their work that they do their duty to uphold justice.

When Kurosawa Silver was thinking about everything, the power of the police finally appeared in the open.

"Please be silent. ”

"I'm Officer Twilight of the Metropolitan Police Department. ”

As Twilight spoke in his strong voice, he led a group of men closer to the art lamp.

The people around him consciously made way for him.

At the same time, some people expressed amazement at the speed at which the police appeared after the incident: "Oh, the police are here too? I didn't expect your hands and feet to be so fast." ”

"No, someone reported to the police that someone was going to be killed tonight. Twilight put on her gloves and looked at the questioner with a serious expression, "And that someone is trying to kill the Swallowing Councillor tonight." ”

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone present looked at each other, and they were all a little surprised.

And Pisk's eyes in the crowd narrowed slightly, and his gaze fell on Kurosawa Silver for the first time.

In the midst of a whispered discussion, several criminal policemen moved away from the art lamp, and the swallowing body appeared under the lamp. The bloodied and dazzling crowd of people who had witnessed the broken appearance of his body was in an uproar again.

Twilight asks about Takagi, who checks on Takagi's condition, and gives a cruel answer with a regretful expression.

- Swallow Shigehiko, confirmed dead.

"Really, report this to the bureau immediately. ”

"Yes. Takagi stood up and answered.

After dealing with the scene of the processing, Twilight began to ask for confessions from the people involved.

But the information received was pitiful.

The first person to be questioned was Yoshiharu Taru, a professor at a well-known university, who at the time of the crime was the closest person to the art lamp except for swallowing.

It's just that when the police asked, he covered his arm and shook his head, saying that he was almost crushed under the art lamp just now, and where was he in the mood to pay attention to other people, and naturally it was impossible to provide any useful information.

Needless to say, Chrissy Wynyard in Belmode's disguise is a rarity if she can reveal anything.

When I asked many people, the answers were almost the same, I didn't know, I didn't know, and Twilight couldn't help but buckle her chin and frown and think.

"It was an absolute accident. Music producer Trumi walked behind Twilight and hummed lightly, "It must be because the ring of the art lamp is in disrepair, and this time it just happened to fall on the politician's head." ”

"......"

"Officer, excuse me. Pisk, who was standing with his hands in his hands, also opened his mouth as Kenzo Kashiyama, a giant in the Sankei world, and as soon as he spoke, he hit the nail on the head, "I've wanted to ask for a long time." You just said that someone called the police to report the crime, who is this person?"

"Before you ask us, should you tell us more about the person who reported the crime? Maybe the person who reported the crime is the murderer. ”

Officer Twilight looked at Pisk and shook his head slightly, with an inevitable look of regret on his face: "He used a machine to change his voice to report the crime, and there is no way to distinguish between a man and a woman." ”

"Then he must be playing a prank. Mai Cang, the host next to Twilight, interjected, "Councilor Swallow has long been disgusted by the world because of that bribery lawsuit. ”

"There's nothing wrong, there's nothing wrong. Yasuo Mike, the owner of professional baseball, apparently supported the host's opinion, "It's just that this prank happened to collide with this accident." Heaven and earth can't tolerate him, and people really can't do bad things. ”

The three bottles turned their heads and lifted the spoon from their plate, feeding the food into their mouths and chewing.

"You're dead, and you can still eat. The music producer, Tarumi, looked sarcastically at the three bottles.

"Hmph, the young man didn't have the guts to shut up for me. The three bottles glared at Tarumi and sneered at each other, then sent a spoonful of food into his mouth again, but this time before his teeth could chew two or three times, he bumped into a hard object, and immediately turned his head and spit it on the ground.

"Hey, come on!" said Miva, with a look of rage, "Call the chef out of here!"

His loud voice attracted the attention of a large number of people, and many people instinctively ignored the fact that the spitting out of the three bottles and falling to the ground was actually a fragment of the ring, and also ignored the image of a small hand being taken away by a small hand stretched out from under the tablecloth hanging to the ground.

The attention of the crowd was on the three bottles.

"What's the matter?" said music producer Tarumi's voice a little gloating, "Could it be that cockroaches have run into your mouth? Who told you to eat at this time, hum, it's too unreasonable not to be damned." ”

"What did you say!"

"Okay, okay, you two have something to say. ”

Seeing that Tarumi and the three bottles were about to quarrel, someone hurriedly came out to play a round, and it took a certain amount of effort to finally settle down the order of the scene again.

Everyone is back to business again.

"In one sentence. Nanjo Bingo, who is a writer, pushed his glasses at this time and stood up to speak, "Swallow the mouth of the councilor died because the art lamp fell and happened to weigh on him again, right?"

"If this is really a homicide case, it is the murderer who did something on the art lamp, and when the lights of the venue are dimmed, he will be brought directly under the art lamp, so that it is possible to activate the trap and kill him. ”

"However, you can see that this art lamp, and the ceiling where the art lamp hangs, there is no such device at all, that is, he can't have killed him. ”

"If you figure it out, will you be able to release us guests as soon as possible?"

Nanjo Bingo raised the volume of the last sentence and was aggressive.

She spoke to the hearts of most people here.

Twilight had to think about this at this point.

He cupped his chin, thinking.

"If you still have any questions, officer, I suggest you go and talk to the reporter who is drinking. Seeing that Twilight was still hesitant, Nanjo Bingo's brows furrowed unconsciously, and he stretched out his hand to another place.

At the table with cherry wine.

Kurosawa was keeping an eye on Conan's side.

He noticed that the two had hid under the table, and because Conan had found the fragments of the rings that had been spit out from the three bottles, he got out again, squatted at the table, eavesdropping on the conversations of the people involved, and when Nanjo Bingo said the big truth, Conan was thoughtful, but was pulled by Gray Yuan and had to be taken away to the middle of nowhereβ€”

Kurosawa was seeing this and was about to follow, but the next second that the idea came to him, he heard Nanjo Bingo's next words.

Kurosawa's face froze.

Uh, why did it suddenly get on him?

Kurosawa Silver didn't think much about it, and Nanjo Bingo, the culprit who had all the eyes of everyone around Twilight, spoke again at this time.