Saturday, July 27.

In the evening, Ran, Conan, Yamazaki, Midaiko, and Sonoko find Mori and Jun Omura, who are sitting on a picnic cloth, drinking beer, and watching fireworks in the crowd of fireworks displays.

Seeing that they were the only ones, Maori asked in surprise, "What about the others?"

Looking at the back, Lan said, "Strange, we obviously walked together just now." ”

Yamazaki smiled: "There are a lot of people, so I should have been separated." ”

Jun Omura said: "In this case, then I'll look for it." With that, he stood up and left.

"Hey, Chun. Maori shouted, but it was noisy, and Omura apparently didn't hear it, and left without looking back.

The garden said, "Leave them alone. As he spoke, he spread out the picnic cloth he had brought next to the Maori picnic cloth.

"Really," Maori laughed, "at the end of the day, we watched the fireworks together." ”

"That's because they don't have a mouth," said the garden after laying out the picnic cloth and sitting down, "Ran, sit down, Yamazaki quickly take out the chicken." ”

"Chickens?" asked Maori, "what did you bring with you?"

opened the big bag and took a big white porcelain jar out, Mei Daizi smiled: "Uncle, this is your own." ”

"What's that?" Picking the white jar in his hand and feeling it, Maori asked in surprise, "Wine?"

Mei Daizi said with a smile: "The top private brew of the hot spring inn has succeeded so much this year. ”

Can't wait to open it, sniff deeply, Maori smiled, "It's wonderful." Then he took a sip, felt the taste, and smiled intoxicatingly, "This is definitely Daiginjo." ”

At this time, Yamazaki untied the sack, and everyone immediately smelled a fragrance, and Midaiko took twelve cans of drinks from the bag and divided them, and then threw the bag aside.

Yamazaki divided an oiled paper bag for the people present, and then said with a smile: "There are many more here, come and get it after eating, hold it with your hands and eat, the bones will be spit in the oiled paper, we have wet wipes, don't be afraid of dirty hands." ”

Hearing this, Mei Daizi immediately picked up the bag again and took out the wet wipes.

Opening the still hot oil paper packet, Lan asked, "Mei Daizi, you just went to buy these roast chickens?"

Eating the chicken legs that had just been dragged off, Mei Daizi smiled: "Yes, these chickens have already been bought and ordered, because these are not good yet, so I waited for a while." Eat and see, it tastes good. ”

Pulling a chicken leg, Lan took a small bite and said with a smile: "It's really delicious." ”

Conan learned from Lan and dragged a chicken leg and ate it.

didn't care about the image at all, and directly hugged the gnawing garden and smiled: "Lan, it's fun to eat like this." ”

Looking at the fireworks, one hand of wine, the other hand of chicken, a sip of wine, and a few bites of chicken, Maori smiled: "Well, this is really good." ”

Yamazaki smiled: "Eat more if it's delicious, we have a lot of them here." ”

Seeing that there were at least twenty chickens in the sack, Lan asked, "By the way, why is there only roast chickens and nothing else?"

Mei Daizi said: "No way, I've seen it, there is nothing good to eat here, only a batch of chickens raised in the pine forest of the mountain behind the hotel, barely reaching the two-star level." By the way, there are a lot of wild mushrooms and wild vegetables in the pine forest, which is good. ”

Yuan Zi laughed: "So you told them to stuff mushrooms and wild vegetables into the belly of the chicken, roast them with pine branches and eat them." As he spoke, he opened the belly of the chicken, grabbed the mushrooms and wild vegetables, and put them in his mouth, "Well, it's delicious." ”

"Yes, different wild vegetables and mushrooms can have different flavors," Mei Daizi smiled, "It's just that they are too few and too slow, so it took them thirty to get in one afternoon." I didn't think I had enough to eat, but now it looks like it's almost there. ”

"And what did you eat when you first came?" asked the gardener curiously, "I don't have time to collect pine branches to roast at that time, do you?"

"It's boiled, mixed with mountain spring water, and it tastes good. Mei Daizi smiled, "By the way, I've already arranged it, tonight's supper is steamed, and we can eat stone grille tomorrow morning." ”

"It's all chickens, mushrooms, and wild vegetables?" the garden couldn't help but ask.

Mei Daizi smiled: "Yes, only these things are delicious here." And in this way, as long as you add a little salt, this thing is used very little, and you can not ask for it. Then he complained, "The seasoning here is not very good, and the soy sauce used in the secret sauce is actually from a convenience store, which is really bad." ”

"......" Sonoko, Ran, and Conan were speechless together.

"It's just a recommendation from Mei Daiko," Yamazaki laughed, "if you want something else, you can order it yourself." ”

"The cost is still mine," Midaiko laughed, "but it's none of my business if it doesn't taste good." ”

"By the way, Mei Daiko," Sonoko asked with a smile, "how many chickens have you bought the way you eat this way?"

Mei Daizi said: "No, I think about it, there are more than a dozen boiled ones, and here are thirty of them, plus tonight and tomorrow morning, there should be nearly a hundred." Anyway, the price of the meal, plus our accommodation fee, and this large jar of top-quality private brew, the boss charged me a total of 1.5 million yen, which is not expensive. ”

"......" Sonoko, Ran and Conan, and even Maori were speechless.

Sonoko, Ran, and Conan thought to themselves at the same time, no wonder the innkeeper was so enthusiastic.

Yamazaki smiled: "Okay, don't say it, let's eat it quickly, these six roast chickens are just right, don't let it cold." ”

Soon after, Lan asked, "By the way, Mei Daizi, if there is a mountain spring, there should be fish in it, right?"

Peeling off an oily paper bag and directly biting a piece of chicken, Mei Daizi chewed and said, "Yes, but they are all fish with many spines, these people's craftsmanship is not good, and they can't pick cleanly." If you fry it, you can't use the oil or flour here, and if you make a soup, it will be wasted just by drinking the soup, so I gave up. ”

"I see. Sonoko said, "Yamazaki, give me another one." ”……

Of the thirty roast chickens, Mori and Yamazaki each eliminated three, Sonoko, Ran, and Conan each eliminated two, and the others were all wiped out by Midako. The jar of about five catties of wine was also poured down by Maori, and when he was almost drunk, he poured the rest of the wine in one go, as if he was drinking water, and then immediately got drunk, and did not wake up until half past nine, when the fireworks display was over, and finally he was helped back by Yamazaki. ……

Benkei Onsen Ryokan.

At about 9:40, when Yamazaki Kazuko, Midaiko, Ran, and Conan, who were supporting Maori, arrived, they learned from the boss that Kazushi Nakamichi, Mr. and Mrs. Ayashiro, and Jun Omura had returned, and that Midaiko had prepared dinner for them, and was now waiting in a private room. So, after asking the boss to prepare a decanting soup and five dinners, Yamazaki and the others went to the private room.

Seeing that they were coming, Nakamichi Kazushi smiled and said, "Mei Daiko, thank you so much." ”

Jun Omura smiled, "Thank you." ”

Yukio Ayaki smiled, "Thank you." ”

"yes," Noriko Ayajo laughed, "I'm a little embarrassed." ”

"Uncle and aunt, you're welcome. Mei Daiko smiled.

Looking at Mori, who was helped to the floor by Yamazaki and was falling asleep, Kazushi Nakamichi asked, "Mori, is this what is going on?"

"I drank too much. Lan said angrily, "Leave him alone." ”

Hearing this, the four members of the judo club laughed together.

At this time, the boss came in with a decanting soup, along with five waiters with a food table and a waiter with a tray of five bottles of sake.

The waiter set the table and wine and left. Salt-soaked wild vegetables, wild mushroom soup, steamed chicken, skewered chicken offal, and that's dinner.

Seeing that there were only five servings, Jun Omura asked, "Why is it only ours, don't you eat it?"

"I've just eaten it," Yuanzi laughed, "I can't eat it." ”

Yamazaki smiled: "I wanted to be with you just now, but you weren't there, so we ate your share, I'm sorry." ”

Nakamichi Kazushi and Yukio Ayaki laughed together, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. With that, he took his seat.

Noriko Ayajo smiled: "There are too many people, and I can't find you for a while." As he spoke, he took his seat.

Jun Omura smiled, "I'm sorry, but I really didn't know the direction later. He went and sat down.

At this time, Maori, who had been poured the decanting soup by Lan, finally woke up, and he said, "I can't drink it anymore, don't give it to me anymore, I really can't drink it." So saying, he fell asleep again.

"Daddy!" Lan shouted, then grumbling, "really. ”

The boss smiled: "Don't worry, you can wake up in a while." After saying that, he retired.

"It seems," Kazushi Nakamichi laughed, "that he drank all our wine alone." ”

"Yes," Lan smiled, "Uncle and aunt, you can eat first, and we'll come back later." ”

"Hey," Conan asked, looking at an empty seat, "Isn't Aunt Yumi up yet?"

Noriko Ayashiro said, "I remembered when you said that, Yumi should have gotten up after sleeping for so long." ”

Yukio Ayaki said, "I think that guy must be making trouble, maybe we're blaming us for not waking her up to watch the fireworks." ”

Touching his bald head, Nakamichi Kazushi stood up and smiled: "I really can't do anything about her." Then he proposed, "Let's all go and call the judo club flower together." ”……

Leaving Mori in the private room, everyone went to Yumi Horikoshi's room, Room 201.

Knocking on the door, Yukio Ayaki shouted, "Hey, Yumi, eat, Yumi." ”

Seeing that there was no response inside, Noriko Ayajo smiled: "Go and call the administrator, she must be making trouble." ”

Conan called the Administrator, who opened the door and left.

"Yumi, are you awake?" Yukio Ayajo smiled, "We're going in." So saying, he pushed the door in, and then looked at the darkness inside, and smiled, "Hey, are you still sleeping?" As he spoke, he felt the switch on the wall next to the door and turned on the light.

As the lights came on, the hearts of the people were raised. Yumi Horikoshi was sitting against the wall opposite the door, her head tilted to the left, her legs stretched forward, her hands at her sides, the right half of her face and upper body, all covered in blood, and it seemed that the wound was near the right temple, but there was hair blocking it and she couldn't see clearly. There are also blood stains on the wall behind Yumi Horikoshi, but there are not many blood stains on the wall compared to the body, and the blood stains start from about half a meter above Yumi Horikoshi's head, and there are traces of dragging from top to bottom, which should have been after Yumi Horikoshi hit the wall and slid to this position like this.

Seeing this, the Ayashiro couple in front immediately rushed in, but without touching Yumi Horikoshi, they were stopped by Nakamichi Kazushi.

"Don't touch it, don't touch anyone now. Nakamichi Kazushi shouted, "Go and call an ambulance and the police first." ”

"Okay. With that, Mr. and Mrs. Ayaki ran downstairs.

"Lan, Yuanzi, Mei Daizi, you go and call Uncle Maori, if you can't use ice water. Yamazaki said, "If he doesn't let him know about this, he'll blame us." ”

"Understood. Lan said and went back to the private room with Yuan Zi and Mei Daizi.

"Okay, now let me see. Nakado Kazushi said and walked in front of Yumi Horikoshi. As Kazushi Nakamichi, who was blocking the door, left, Yamazaki, Conan, and Atsuya Omura took a few steps forward and stood inside the door, and then saw Yumi Horikoshi holding a pistol in her right hand.

Probing Yumi Hori's snort and neck, Nakamichi Kazushi turned around and shook his head at the three of them.

Jun Omura shouted sadly, "Yumi!"

Brushing aside the hair near Yumi Horikoshi's temples and looking at the small round hole near the temples, Kazushi Nakamichi said, "It's a gunshot wound." ”

At this time, Maori, whose hair and body were wet, called Yumi's name and ran over, and the three of Lan followed him. Just now, Lan directly asked Mei Daizi to go to the kitchen to get ice water, and she and Yuan helped Maori outside, and then a large bucket of ice water went down, Maori woke up immediately.

Maori asked, "Middle Way?"

Kazushi Nakamichi shook his head and didn't say anything, then stood up and took two steps back, giving way to his position, and Mori immediately stepped forward to check.

"No, it won't. The garden exclaimed in surprise.

Lan shouted sadly, "Aunt Yumi." ”

At this time, Noriko Ayajo yelled, "Oh no!", ran over, said, "The ambulance can't come...... and then stopped looking at everyone's expressions, and then shouted sadly, "Yumi!" and threw herself into the arms of Yukio Ayashiro, who had just come over, and cried.

Patting Noriko Ayajo on the back, Yukio Ayaki said, "Because there is a celebration in this area today, it is very congested everywhere, and it will take about two hours for the police to get here." Then he said sadly, "Ambulances too." The hospital asked us if the patient could get on the helicopter, but now it seems that it is not needed. ”

At this time, Maori shouted, "Yamazaki, Conan, Ran, Maidiko, come here." Then he pointed to the pistol in Yumi Horikoshi's right hand and asked, "Do you have any impression of this pistol?"

"There was friction on the top of the gun," Yamazaki asked, looking closely, "Uncle, are you ......suspicious?"

After looking closely, Conan asked in surprise, "Uncle, is this gun the one used by the bank robber?"

"It seems that this is it," Mori said, "and Yumi was there that day." ”

"Judging by Aunt Yumi's height," Midaiko said, looking at Yumi Horikoshi's ears, "the reflective thing could be her earrings." ”

"And in terms of time," said Mori, reflecting on yesterday's events, "Yumi has more time to pick up her gun and run out of the alley before coming back to meet us." ”

"But there's a problem," Yamazaki asked, "why was Aunt Yumi in the alley at that time?"

"Maybe I wanted to get closer," Lan asked rhetorically, "Didn't Aunt Yumi rush to work at that time?"

Yukio Ayaki asked in surprise, "Picking up that gun, did Yumi plan to do it in the first place?"

Noriko Ayashiro said in surprise: "You mean, Yumi has long planned to commit suicide at the class reunion. ”

"How-how?" exclaimed Jun Omura, "how could Yumi be like this?"

Noriko Ayagi asked sadly, "Yumi, why, why do you have to die?"

Kazushi Nakamichi said: "No, it's too early to draw conclusions, let's wait for the police to come." ”

"I can't wait two hours," Maori asked, "which of you has a camera?"

"I have," Jun Omura said immediately, "I'll go back to my room and get it." With that, he left.

"Alright, then the two of us will be able to identify it. Nakamichi Kazushi said, and then sighed, "I really didn't expect that the two of us would perform an autopsy for Yumi today." ”

"yes. Maori sighed. ……