Saturday, July 27, Benkei Onsen Inn.

At about ten o'clock in the evening, Jun Omura went back to his room and brought his camera, Mori and Kazushi Nakado, and began the appraisal work. Yamazaki, Ran, Conan, Sonoko and Maidako, as well as Jun Omura and Mr. and Mrs. Ayashiro, stood outside the room together.

After the photo was taken, Maori broke Yumi Hori's foot and said, "Her toes are starting to stiffen." As she spoke, she pulled the lower corner of Yumi Horikoshi's dress and put it on her feet.

Kazushi Nakamichi said, "So she has been dead for a long time. ”

Maori said, "In that case, I'll do another test of the corpse spots." As he spoke, he stepped forward and tried to pull off Yumi Horikoshi's yukata.

Kazushi Nakamichi said: "But Yumi is bleeding so much, I'm afraid it's ...... Belch. At this point, he stopped, because Mori pulled away Yumi Horikoshi's clothes, and she was wearing nothing inside.

"Uh," Mori said, "Yumi didn't even wear underwear. With that, he took a look at it and closed Yumi's yukata.

"What's going on?" asked Maori.

At this time, Conan said at Yumi Horikoshi's feet, "It's also strange that the yukata that Aunt Yumi is wearing is big and long, and it is different from what she wore in the afternoon. As he spoke, he lifted the corner of his coat that Maori had just covered Yumi Horikoshi's feet, and broke Yumi Hori's toes just like Maori.

"Smack!" A punch planted a large mushroom on Conan's head, and Maori said angrily, "Boy, this is not the place for you to be." With that, he picked up Conan and threw him out.

Conan stretched out his hands in the air, wanting Yamazaki to take it, and standing at the door was Yamazaki Kazu, who was looking down and didn't know what he was thinking.

Instead of picking up Conan, Yamazaki smiled and took a step back to get out of the way.

Conan immediately straightened up his triangular eyes, then stretched out his feet to land on his own, and then stepped on the ground, but as soon as he laughed, he was brought to the ground by inertia, and fell to the ground in a very standard gymnastic position, and then quickly rubbed his nose and got up, while complaining: "You guy." ”

At this time, Mori, who was examining Yumi Hori's head wound, said, "It seems that the fatal wound is this gunshot wound, but, somewhat strangely, the bullet did not penetrate ......"

Conan immediately turned around and asked, "Uncle, what's the matter with the blood stains on the wall?"

Looking closely at the back of Yumi Horikoshi's head, Mori said, "I think I hit my head against the wall and was broken, and then I slid down the wall and became like this." ”

"Kogoro, look at the wound of this gunshot wound, there are burn marks on it, and her index finger is also on the trigger of the pistol," Kazushi Nakamichi asked, "So, Yumi, she really committed suicide?"

Jun Omura immediately asked, "Why do you say that?"

"When a gun is fired, a hot air blows out of the muzzle along with the bullets, and if the muzzle is in contact with the flesh at that time, it will leave a burning mark. "There are now burns on Yumi's head wound, which means that when the gun was fired, the muzzle was against her head." Generally, when committing suicide with a gun, the muzzle of the gun is tightly sealed with the head. As he spoke, he made a gun with his hand and pressed his right index finger against his right temple.

Hearing them speak, the others gathered in front of the door again, and Kazushi Nakamichi took out a blanket from the cabinet and covered Yumi Horikoshi from head to toe.

After listening to Maori's explanation, Noriko Ayaki cried, "This is not true. ”

Yamazaki asked, "Uncle Maori, what are the results?"

"Judging by the stiffness, it's been almost seven hours," Maori said. ”

Jun Omura said: "Seven hours from now on, it will be three o'clock in the afternoon. ”

Yukio Ayaki said, "That's when we went to play on the billiard court separately from Yumi. ”

Kazushi Nakamichi said, "Judging from the time, Yumi should have been separated from us, and when she returned to the room alone, she shot herself in the head with the gun she hid." ”

Noriko Ayaki cried, "Yumi, why, why did you commit suicide?"

Yukio Ayashiro said: "Speaking of which, Yumi once said, 'Think about it, I really don't want to live anymore', maybe she can't think about it for a long time, so she will do this." ”

At this time, Conan touched Yamazaki, and Yamazaki asked, "Uncle Maori, Conan just said that Aunt Yumi's clothes are wrong, isn't that so?"

"Yes. Maori said.

"So when, where, and why did she change her clothes," Yamazaki said, "and she didn't wear any underwear." ”

Kazushi Nakamichi said: "Judging from the traces at the scene, it should have been replaced by herself." The blood from the head to the body is very natural, and there are also wrinkles on the back of the clothes due to the sliding down against the wall, and there are no blood stains. The clothes near the hips were loose and there were no signs of moving from side to side. All of this shows that Yumi hasn't moved since she sat down like this. Then he asked Maori, "Is that so?"

"Well, that's it," Mori said, and then added, "Wait a minute, then, Yumi and we parted, and changed their clothes." Then he asked, "Noriko, Yumi is the hot spring with you, right?"

Noriko Ayaki said, "Yes. ”

"So, you should know what kind of underwear she's wearing, right?" said Maori, "you come in and look for it, I want to know where it was changed." ”

"Good. Noriko Ayaki said and went into the room and flipped through it.

"Ran, Sonoko, you two go to the Nyoyu and the open-air bath," Mori said again, "Midaiko, you go to the boss and ask if Yumi has sent it there for dry cleaning." Although this is rare, it cannot be said that there is none. Then he instructed, "By the way, don't tell the boss about this matter yet." ”

Ran, Yuanzi and Mei Daizi said together, "Understood. With that, he left.

Yamazaki and Conan glanced at each other, and it was strange that Mori was now much more powerful than usual.

Kazushi Nakamichi asked, "Maori, what are you?"

"If the underwear is in this room, then Yumi will kill herself," Mori said, "It makes perfect sense to take off her underwear before committing suicide, take off her underwear, take a shower, and then come back in a loose yukata because she didn't have underwear." Leave cleanly and without restraints, which is completely in line with the psychology of the suicidal. ”

Jun Omura asked, "What if it's somewhere else?"

Looking at everyone, Maori held his chin and said, "If it is somewhere else, then the possibility of him killing is greatly increased." ”

"Maori, you're looking at us like that," Yukio Ayaki asked, surprised, "You're not suspecting that we did this, are you?"

"Don't guess, as we said earlier, Yumi was killed around three o'clock in the afternoon, that is, after separating from us. We had been playing in the billiard room from three to six o'clock, and although they arrived later, they all acted together, and of course none of us could have committed murder. Kazushi Nakamichi said, "During this period of time, the only people who have left the billiard court are Yamazaki, who went to rent a table and returned the table, and Ajun and Kogoro who went to the bathroom. In terms of time, Ah Chun left around five o'clock, but he came back in less than a minute. Kogoro left at about 5:40, and the time was less than three minutes, barely enough to run a round trip, and he could only do it unless he had the gun with him all the time, but we all know that Kogoro once fell when he was playing, and with this kind of yukata without pockets, if he fell, the pistol would definitely be found by us. And Yumi's time of death was around three o'clock, so ......"

"So, the only one who met the time of the crime and had the time to commit the crime was me who went to rent a table at three o'clock," Yamazaki said, "I have no way to prove myself, I can only say that I have no motive." ”

"Of course it won't be you. Kazushi Nakamichi said, "If he killed, it is very likely that someone from the outside did it." He walked to the balcony, opened the unlocked window, looked out, and said, "With the topography of this place, it is easy for outsiders to enter, and there is no need to go through the hall. Then he asked, "What do you say, Kogoro?"

Maori walked over and looked at the eaves below the balcony and said, "It's really easy to get in, and it's not locked." ”

At this time, Conan said to Jun Omura, "Uncle, I have something I want to ask you. ”

"By the way," Maori stepped forward and asked, "Ah Chun, what the hell are you hiding, you haven't been right since you came back from the bathroom." ”

Atsushi Omura slurred, "I, I'......"

Grabbing Jun Omura by the collar, Maori asked, "What are you hiding?"

"No, I'm not hiding anything," said Omura, "I just accidentally saw ......"

Yukio Ayaki asked, "What do you see?"

"I saw it when I went to the bathroom from the billiard room," said Jun Omura, "Yumi, she ......"

"What nonsense are you talking about," Mori said in surprise as he let go of Jun Omura, "it was past five o'clock. ”

"Yes, that's right, I saw Yumi who was dead at that time," Jun Omura said scaredly, "I saw her from the window on the second floor with a serious expression, staring at every move on the billiard court. ”

Yukio Ayaki exclaimed in surprise, "How come?"

Zhongdao and Zhi scolded: "Don't talk nonsense, there can't be such a thing." ”

"So, the Yumi I saw," Jun Omura said scaredly, "maybe, maybe it's ......"

Yukio Ayaki interrupted, "Don't talk stupidly, there are no ghosts in this world at all. Then he stepped forward and pressed Atsushi Omura's shoulders and comforted, "I think you're so tired that your head is confused, that's why you thought you saw that kind of thing." ”

At this time, Noriko Ayashiro came over and said, "No, I have searched all the places in this room, and there is no set of underwear. ”

"In this case, maybe he killed him. Kazushi Nakamichi said, "Kogoro, let's go down and ask the people at the inn about the situation." ”

"Good. Maori said.

Walking at the end with Yamazaki, Conan asked, "What do you think?"

"Do you think there are ghosts in the world?" asked Yamazaki.

"How could it be. Conan asked rhetorically, "You mean, Aunt Yumi was still alive at five o'clock?"

"That's what you said. Yamazaki laughed.

Downstairs, Sonoko and Ran came to report that they had searched all the places where they could take a bath, women's baths, men's baths, open-air baths, and men's and women's baths, but they didn't find Yumi Horikoshi's underwear.

At this time, seeing them together, the innkeeper came up to him and asked, "What are you doing? Is there something going on in the hotel?"

Kazushi Nakamichi asked, "Excuse me, did you see any strangers around three o'clock in the afternoon?"

"Well, around three o'clock in the afternoon, we all helped out in the kitchen until the evening. "By the way," said the innkeeper, "in the evening, there was a man who was indeed suspicious. ”

Kazushi Nakamichi hurriedly asked, "Who the hell is it?"

The innkeeper said, "It was a young woman with a child, she looked in a hurry, and when she came in, she went straight to the second floor without saying a word. ”

Kazushi Nakamichi asked again, "Do you have any characteristics of this woman?"

"Look, isn't she standing right behind you," said the innkeeper, pointing at Ran and Conan, "just the two of them." ”

"......" Lan and Conan were speechless together.

"Hah...... Hah!" the garden burst out laughing.

Lan pointed to the garden and asked helplessly, "I'm here with her, okay?" If it's suspicious, there should be her, right?"

"I didn't see you come in together. The innkeeper said, then pointed to the garden and smiled, "This little girl has come to me since she came in, and I don't think there is anything suspicious about her." ”

"No, no. Yuan laughed, "My stomach hurts. ”

The innkeeper said, "By the way, I remember it was exactly half past six, when the fireworks began. ”

Maori asked, "What's going on, Lan?"

"Dad, don't you remember?" Lan said, "I ran back to tell Aunt Yumi to wake up because I was about to start the fireworks."

Maori said, "Oh, that's the time. ”

"Then we walked to Aunt Yumi's room," Ran continued, "I was going to go to her room......"

Nakamichi and Shikai said, "I stopped them, because Yumi hates being woken up the most." ”

Maori asked in surprise, "Kazushi, why did you stay in the hotel at that time?"

"I was sweating from playing billiards, so I went to the big communal bath to take a shower," said Kazushi Nakamichi, "and I felt a little awkward to watch the fireworks with the smell of sweat." Then he said to the Ayashiro, "I remember, you two seemed to go to the bath at that time." ”

Yukio Ayaki said, "Yes, the two of us went to the open-air bath to take a dip. ”

Noriko Ayashiro said sadly, "At that time, if we had called Yumi to watch the fireworks, maybe Yumi wouldn't have ......" and cried.

"What are you talking about, wife? Yukio Ayaki immediately comforted, "Yumi, she died when we were playing billiards, and even if we called her, it wouldn't be too late." ”

"Well, excuse me," asked the innkeeper, "what do you mean by dead?"

"We had a friend who was shot in his room," Maori said. ”

"What did you say?" exclaimed the innkeeper in surprise, and then asked, "Why don't you call an ambulance?"

"It's too late now, we've called the police," Maori said. ”

"Well, you're looking for something like this," the innkeeper asked tentatively, "Do you suspect that the murderer is still in our Benkei Onsen Hotel?"

Maori hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Of course this is impossible, the murderer is someone other than us, you don't need to worry about it at all." ”

At this time, Mei Daizi's voice came from upstairs: "Brother, why did you run downstairs, I found that thing." ”

"Ah, you don't have to come down," cried Maori, "and we'll go up at once." Then he asked the innkeeper, "The police should have come here by this time, please wait here, can you?"

The innkeeper said, "Okay, that's no problem. ”

Kazushi Nakamichi said, "Let's go up." ”

"You go first, I'll go to the bathroom first," Maori said, "and I feel the strength of the wine coming up again, and I need to go and wash my face." As he spoke, he staggered to the bathroom.

Yamazaki said, "I'll go with you, Uncle Maori." So saying, he held him up.

Conan said, "I'll go too." As he spoke, he wanted to leave, but was caught by Lan.

Yamazaki said, "Ran, let Conan come with you, and let him inform you in case your uncle gets drunk." ”

"Okay. Lan thought for a moment and said.

After entering the bathroom, Yamazaki smiled and said, "Uncle Maori, no one is coming behind." As he spoke, he let go of Maori.

Conan said, "Uncle, it's too early to think that it was an outside criminal......

Turning on the faucet, Maori said, "Don't be long-winded, you little devil don't need to talk nonsense." Then he slammed his fist on the wall and said very angrily, "What is another person, if it is a prisoner who enters from the outside, why let her pretend to be a suicide, the murderer is simply her own person, that is, the murderer is one of these people in the judo club." I don't know why he killed Yumi, and I don't know how he set the trap, but this time I will never spare that guy, wait and see, I must expose him. ”……