Friday, January 16, outside the Minato Marina Hotel.

In the evening, many reporters gathered here to take pictures of the famous cars parked in front of the hotel and the people who came down from inside.

At about six o'clock in the evening, Maori came from the station with Ran and Conan, and seeing this situation, he asked the two of them to wait outside and went in alone.

Lan looked at the people who went in one by one, and said excitedly: "Great, all the people who come here are artists, as well as athletes, all of them are celebrities." ”

Conan puffed up his triangular eyes and muttered, "Is this art award so great?"

Lan said: "Okano-sensei is very powerful, when arranging flowers, they are still budding flowers, and they will suddenly bloom in an instant, just like magic." ”

At this time, Maori came out of the side door of the hotel, "What do you think of me, tell you to let go of it, do you hear it, but I was invited here and dared to arrest me." ”

The two waiters who pushed Maori out let go of Maori, and waiter A said, "Sorry guest, guests who are not on the list, they can't enter today." ”

Maori shouted, "You guys, don't you even recognize my Detective Maori Kogoro?"

Waiter B said, "I'm really sorry. ”

One reporter said, "It's a Maori detective. Then immediately use the mobile phone to notify the above, the Maori detective has appeared, maybe something will happen.

There were many other journalists who did the same thing as him, and then they took pictures of Maori.

At this time, a woman came out of the hotel and said, "I'm Ozaki Tsumi, and this gentleman is my invited guest." ”

"I heard that," Mori said smugly, "but my Detective Mori Kogoro is here because someone premeditated murder." ”

"Premeditated murder?" Hearing this, the reporters immediately ran towards Maori.

"Detective Maori," Ozaki said helplessly, "come in with me." ”

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Maori laughed dryly.

Entering the hotel, Mori remembered that Ran and Conan were still outside, so he told Ozaki Tsui, who arranged for someone to pick them up through the other side door. ……

Guest Office.

Ozaki put three pink flowers on each of the three Maori chests and said, "Please come with me." ”

A moment later, Toshika Okano prepares the room.

Ozaki introduced Mori to Rikasuke Okano, who was putting on makeup.

"I'm sorry, Detective Maori, I'm busy right now, so I'll entertain you with Atsui. Toshika Okano said.

After parting ways, Ozaki said, "Detective Maori, this is the threatening letter we received the other day. He handed over a piece of paper.

"The flower of death will bloom in the seaside hotel. Maori looked at the threatening letter and said, "These words were cut and glued from somewhere else, and there is no way to investigate them." Then he asked, "Did you call the police?"

Ozaki said, "No, the teacher thinks it's just a prank." ”

Toshika Okano said: "I think eighty percent of them are done by those who are jealous of my award, those who are petty, I will not let them ruin my performance." ”

At this time, a middle-aged man came in, "I've heard that you received a boring threatening letter, but today's banquet is booked, so it shouldn't change because of this." ”

"Don't worry, this is a banquet for me, and everything will go according to plan. Okano Rika stood up and said, "This Maori detective should know that he is an expert in dealing with this kind of problem. Then he introduced to Maori, "This is Manager Shiraki, the director of the hotel. ”

Maori said, "Hello. ”

Conan discovers that the flowers on Manager Shiraki's chest are budding, unlike the blooming flowers they wear.

"I've heard of you, and while you're able to resolve incidents, you often make a mess of your client's affairs. Manager Shiraki said, "I hope you don't do that this time." Then he said to Toshika Okano, "Forget it this time, I hope you will tell me sooner if there is such a thing next time, you have to remember that you represent not only yourself, but also our Shiraki Group." ”

"Yes, I see. Toshika Okano said with her head bowed.

"Hurry up, some guests need you to say hello. Manager Shiraki said, and then left.

"Damn. Toshika Okano kicked the chair in front of her, "It's just a manager, what's the big deal." ”

"Teacher. Ozaki said worriedly, and then stepped forward to pick up the chair.

"I'm nothing," Toshika Okano cleaned up, "as long as after tonight, naturally someone will ask me to be a teacher, and then I will be able to get rid of the Shiraki Group and this guy, I feel disgusted when I see his face." With that, he sat down and began to put on makeup.

Lan changed the subject, pointed to a pot of flowers on the table and asked, "Miss Cui, this pot of flowers is so beautiful, but what is that bottle like a fire extinguisher?"

"That's liquid nitrogen. Ozaki said.

Conan asked, "It's the kind of thing that can freeze objects in an instant?"

"Yes, you know that. Ozaki said, "But it's not that powerful." ”

"That's the secret of Miss Rika's flower arrangement, isn't it?" asked Conan.

"I see, take advantage of the temperature. Lan smiled, and then asked, "Did Miss Lixiang think of this? ”

"Yes," Ozaki said, nodding, and then whispered, "Developed by the teacher, to be exact." ”

Lan asked in a low voice, "By the way, why don't there be makeup artists here?"

"It was the teacher who insisted on applying the makeup himself. Ozaki said with a smile.

At this time, Toshika Okano stood up, "Okay, let's go out." Then he said to Maori, "Maori detective, I'll leave it to you this time." ”

"No problem, leave it to me. Maori laughed. ……

Around seven o'clock in the evening, the hall.

Maori took Ran and Conan around for more than half an hour, but found no suspicious characters.

At this time, waiter C came over in a bit of a panic, "Are you a Maori detective?" ”

"Okay. Maori said.

A moment later, outside the Shiraki Manager's lounge.

Waiter C said, "Because the time is almost up, I came to ask Manager Shiraki, but no one responded, and then I tried to push the door, but the door opened, and then I saw Manager Shiraki lying on the sofa in a strange way, and then I went to look for you." ”

"Strange looks?" asked Maori.

"You've got a good idea for yourself. Waiter C pushed the door open.

Manager Shiraki was lying on his back on the couch, his tie wrapped around his neck like a rope.

"This is," Maori hurriedly stepped forward to probe the neck of Manager Shiraki, and said in surprise, "There is no heartbeat, he is dead." ”

"Sure enough, sure enough. "Waiter C is about to cry. ……

A few minutes later, the Twilight Police Department led a team to break through the cordon of reporters and enter the hotel and arrive at the scene.

After the Twilight Police Department ordered the subordinates to start work, they then asked Maori angrily, "Hey, Maori brother, why are you here?"

"This," Maori said with a dry laugh, "yes, there's a threatening letter. ”

"Bastard!" roared the Twilight Police Department, "why don't you call the police for this kind of thing." ”

"I didn't let the police call it. Toshika Okano said, "I thought it was just a prank, in order to ruin my banquet." ”

"This is Miss Toshika Okano, a flower arranger, and the threatening letter was sent to her. Maori said.

"So, Miss Rika, could you please cancel this banquet immediately?"

Toshika Okano said, "It's impossible, this banquet is very important to me. ”

The Twilight Police Department said, "Listen to me, the murderer is still in this venue, and he will attack the next target at any time." ”

"Of course I know this, but the person who will kill Manager Shiraki must be because of some commercial dispute, and it has nothing to do with me as an artist, so no matter who dies, I will not cancel this banquet. Toshika Okano said, then saluted and said, "I'm going back to touch up my makeup, I'm out of company." ”

The Twilight Police Department asked, "Mori, Miss Lika?"

Maori said: "I have seen that Miss Lixiang has been meeting guests in the hall. ”

At this time, the forensic officer came and reported, "The deceased was strangled with a tie around his neck after being unconscious, and there is a strange place. ”

"What?" asked the Dusk Police Department.

The forensic officer said: "There was a drug reaction on the flower on the deceased's chest. ”

"What?" Māori was taken aback, "you mean the drug is applied to the flowers." Then he asked, "But the flower is still fine, not a single petal has been broken, it does not look like it once covered his face, did he come up and smell it himself?"

The forensic officer said, "It's not clear. ”

Conan thought in his heart, wait a minute, I remember when I saw Manager Shiraki just now, the flower on his chest was unopened, and now it is open, so to speak, thinking of this, Conan turned around and ran.

A moment later, Toshika Okano prepares the room.

Conan found that there was no one inside, and the door was not locked, so he pushed the door in, searched it, and found an incubator with dry ice inside, and a box with a few pieces of ice in the box.

Conan fanned the smell with his hand and found a few tablets of frozen ecstasy, as well as a few frozen hydrocyanides.

Sure enough, Conan thought to himself, put the frozen potion into the unopened flowers, and while the flowers bloom at a high room temperature, the frozen potion also melts and quickly vaporizes, which will allow the victim to inhale it. This is Miss Lixiang's thing, and the only one who can control the blooming time is Miss Lixiang, wait a minute, Miss Lixiang has been meeting guests in the hall, how did she commit the crime?

At this time, the announcement in the hall rang and the banquet began, starting with a live performance by the flower arranger Toshika Okano, the winner of the World Art Award.

Not good, the next target's flower may be hydrocyanide, Conan hurriedly ran back to the hall, looking around for the person wearing the flower on his chest that did not open.

A few minutes later, Conan noticed that only the rostrum of Toshika Okano's performance flowers in the hall were not open.

Conan muttered, "Could it be that I am thinking too much, Miss Lixiang should not kill herself." But to be on the safe side, Conan ran to the rostrum.

Not good, Conan smelled the faint smell of hydrocyanide in the air, and immediately rushed onto the stage, and under the surprised gaze of Toshika Okano, he picked up the bottle with liquid nitrogen and sprayed the nitrogen gas at the flowers that were opening due to the increase in their temperature, so that the flowers were back in a budding state.

"Stop, stop, stop. Okano exclaimed in frustration, "You little devil, you ruined one of my most important performances." ”

Conan pretended to be embarrassed and said, "I'm sorry, but when I got the bottle, it suddenly squirted." ”

"Damn, how did you end up here. "Maori ran up to the stage to catch Conan.

Conan hurriedly retreated to the middle of the stage, out of everyone's sight, and used an anesthetic needle to put down Maori and let him sit on the ground at the middle of the stage.

At this time, the Twilight Police Department came over and said in surprise, "This is, Sleeping Kogoro." Then he asked in surprise, "Brother Maori, have you found out where the clues to this case are?"

"Not bad. Conan said in a Maori voice with a bow tie, "Actually, it was exactly what I meant to interrupt the show." At the same time, I thought to myself, uncle, there are so many reporters outside, I will help you become famous, so you can barely bear this black cauldron.

Toshika Okano exclaimed, "You—what are you talking about!" and then glanced at the gathered guests, "I won't give up with you if you ruin my banquet like this." ”

"What if I save your life?" Conan said in a Maori voice, "and when the closed petals bloom, your life will end." ”

The Twilight Police Department said helplessly: "Brother Maori, can you explain it more clearly so that everyone can understand it." ”

"Police Department, please have people seal all these flowers for flower arrangement, in order to prevent air from penetrating out, it is best to wrap two or three layers. Conan said in a Maori voice, "These flowers hide the secret of Manager Shiraki's mysterious death, and now it is a murder weapon for attempted murder. ”

"Okay. The Twilight Police Department immediately ordered its subordinates to do it.

"Whether it was the method of killing the manager, Mr. Shiraki, or planning to kill Miss Rika, it was carried out using Miss Rika's method of flower arrangement, that is, the sudden bloom of closed petals. Conan said in a Maori voice.

The Twilight Police Department asked, "So the murderer is Miss Rika?" But, Brother Maori, it makes sense to say that Manager Shiraki was killed by Miss Toika, but does it mean that Miss Okano wants to commit suicide here?"

"What nonsense are you talking about, I've been meeting guests in the lobby. "There are a lot of people here who can do an alibi for me. ”

Conan said in a Maori voice, "That's right, Manager Shiraki wasn't killed by Miss Toshika. ”

The Twilight Police Department asked, "And who the hell is this murderer?"

"This man is the one who prepares the flowers for Miss Lixiang's performance. Conan said in a Maori voice, "Miss Lixiang, I think you know very well. ”

"You mean Atsui. Toshika Okano said in surprise.

"That's right, it's Miss Rika, your special assistant, Miss Ozaki Tsui. Conan said in a Maori voice, "Because the only person besides you who can arrange flowers on stage is Miss Tsui." ”

The Twilight Police Department asked, "However, Miss Cui was also on the stage at the time, if she was the murderer, then the poisonous flowers she arranged would have poisoned herself?"

Conan said in a Maori voice, "The reason may be because of this magical method of flower arrangement, which Miss Cui once said was only developed by Miss Lixiang." ”

"I originally wanted to die with Toshika Okano. Ozaki Tsui stepped forward, "Detective Mori is right, this magical method of making closed buds bloom is a painstaking creation of my sister herself, and Okano Rika used to be her student, but Okano Rika found Shiraki as a patron and packaged her as the first person to create this flower arrangement. Of course, it is common for powerful people in the art world to crowd out those who are not powerful, but Toshika Okano knew that with my sister here, she would never be able to get ahead, so she was in cahoots with Shiraki and used all kinds of despicable means to put pressure everywhere, so that my sister could not publish her work anywhere. ”

The Twilight Police Department asked, "What about your sister?"

Ozaki Tsui said sadly: "She ended her life by herself without any attachment to life." Then Okano Toshika said, "Okano Toshika, you didn't love these flowers at all, you just used them for fame and money, I became your assistant incognito, and I really understood this, so I can't bear you and Manager Shiraki's actions." ”

"Ha, ha......" Okano Toshika laughed, "I see you understand everything, this method of flower arrangement is right that the teacher came up with it, but the teacher just came up with it, and it was me who patented it, so in this world, no one can use a similar method of flower arrangement except me and the people I recognize, including the teacher." He continued, "I am very sad about the death of the teacher, but the competition in this world is so cruel, the winner can get money and fame, and the loser can only get sympathy, and sometimes even sympathy." Then he said to the Dusk Police Department, "Take her away, I'm going to continue my show." ”

After that, Ozaki Tsui followed the Twilight Police Department, and when he walked out the door, he listened to the applause in the hall dedicated to Toshika Okano, and Ozaki Tsui shed two lines of tears. ……

Later, Ozaki was sentenced to ten years for homicide and attempted homicide. ……