Saturday, July 27th, evening, Benkei Onsen Inn.

In Room 201, in the corridor outside Yumi Horikoshi's room, Mori identifies Kazushi Nakamichi as the murderer, Jun Omura and Ayashiro, as well as Yamazaki, Maidiko, Sonoko, Ran, and Conan, all listening to Mori's reasoning and Nakado's defense.

Listening to Maori's words, Nakamichi Kazushi smiled, "What are you talking about, after I finished playing with you, I returned those things." ”

"Five years ago, I went to rent a table, and no one looked at the billiards at all, so if you rent it, you just need to go to the front desk and pay the hotel owner to set a time. Whether it ends on time or not, and whether there is compensation for the bad things, depends entirely on the consciousness of each person. "You can go and meet with the innkeeper, say the end of the rental, compensate us for the broken balls, and then secretly use the billiard equipment." This way, the innkeeper can also testify for you that you did pay it back. ”

Kazushi Nakamichi said: "I'll go to take a bath after I have returned something, and what you say is completely unfounded. ”

"You're wrong, I can't make it clear that it's you and Yumi, but someone went to the billiard court to play billiards after we left, and that's absolutely wrong. "I don't know if you have noticed, but for ease of management, the boxes, rackets, balls and nets all have numbers that match the table, and each box has twelve rackets and two tubes of twelve balls, and a net." Then he instructed, "Yamazaki, go and see how many balls are left in box No. 1, I remember we broke three in the afternoon, and judging by Yumi's sweating, it is possible for her to break one or two balls." ”

"Understood. Yamazaki said and went.

"I'll go too. Conan broke free from Lan's grasp as he spoke, and followed.

Maori said, "Let's wait a minute. ”

Downstairs, Conan smiled and said, "Uncle is so powerful, this time." ”

"Because Aunt Yumi is a good friend of his. Yamazaki laughed.

After walking for a while, Conan asked, "Did you think of any flaws?"

"Still nothing. Yamazaki said.

Soon after, Yamazaki and Conan went back to report that one ball was missing. They also notified the innkeeper and asked her to help keep the scene intact on the other side of the stadium so that the police could collect evidence.

Kazushi Nakamichi smiled and asked, "What does one ball mean if one ball is missing?"

"You know, why did I confirm that Yumi played the ball at table number one?" said Maori, and then replied to himself, "because you brought the box at table one, you loaded it on the net, you distributed the racket, and you took out the balls, and those things all had your fingerprints on them." And the racket you gave Yumi must have not been touched by us, that is to say, after the racket has been used by Yumi, as long as the fingerprints on it are erased, no one will know whether Yumi has touched the racket or not, and there will be no missing fingerprints. ”

Kazushi Nakamichi smiled and asked, "Could it be that I made a mistake in helping to divide the racket?"

Maori continued: "You can take a broken ball out, wipe it and throw it away, these are all things that can be handled, but there is one thing you can't deal with, and that is the table. Then he asked, "There must have been Yumi's inadvertent fingerprints on table No. 1, what did you do with it?" Did you wipe it, and then you were going to tell the police whether the staff wiped it or didn't wipe it, and wait for the staff to clean it up for you?"

Seeing that Nakamichi Kazushi's face changed, Maori said: "I think you are afraid that the staff will not wipe it properly, so you will wipe it yourself, and wipe the No. 1 table and the No. 2 table together." Then he smiled, "It's a pity, because of Mei Daizi's relationship, the daily work in this hotel has completely stopped, which makes your plan a big flaw, not only has this underwear not been cleaned, but the billiard equipment and table have not been cleaned." ”

"Ha," Mei Daiko chuckled quietly, "Looks like I've done a good thing." ”

Yuan Zi laughed quietly: "Accident, this is completely accidental. ”

Lan whispered, "Quiet!"

Kazushi Nakamichi said: "Kogoro, we don't have a way to do fingerprint identification, I think it's better to wait for the police to come and talk about this matter." ”

"Well, what kind of exercise does Yumi do, put it aside for now," Maori said, and then asked, "So, according to Yumi's underwear was wet with sweat, Yumi did strenuous exercise before she was killed, do you agree with this?"

Kazushi Nakamichi said, "Yes, that's true, I agree. ”

"Okay," Mori said, "Yumi takes off her ...... around the evening."

"Wait a minute," Kazushi Nakamichi said, "Kogoro, no one knows what Yumi did after we separated, and that underwear might be put in the dry cleaning machine by Yumi in the afternoon." ”

"It seems that Kazushi has not done any housework," Maori smiled, "If it is taken off at three o'clock and put into the dry cleaning machine in the laundry room, then in this kind of big summer, there are more than seven hours from the afternoon to the present, how can this underwear be dry, you know, this is not a central air conditioner, and it is very hot in the laundry room when no one is around." Now they are still wet, which only means that they were taken off later. Then he said seriously, "This also means that we are completely wrong in judging that Yumi's death time was more than three o'clock. ”

Jun Omura immediately asked in surprise, "Ah, then, the Yumi I saw at five o'clock is herself?"

"Yes, there are no ghosts in this world at all, Yumi was still alive at that time, and she would keep an eye on the court, probably waiting for Kazushi. "They were supposed to make an appointment to talk about something private, but Kazushi proposed to play billiards, which made her angry, so she had an awkward relationship and didn't come along." Then he kept his eyes on the pitch and waited for Kazushi. ”

Kazushi Nakamichi smiled, "If I had an appointment with Yumi, I wouldn't have played with you." Then he said seriously, "Now it seems, like you said, that we got Yumi wrong about the time of her death. ”

Noriko Ayashiro asked, "So, when exactly was Yumi killed?"

"At half-past six, when the fireworks display began," Mori said, staring at Kazushi Nakamichi, "you shot Yumi by the sound of fireworks. ”

Kazushi Nakamichi said, "At half past six, I took a bath in the large communal bath. ”

"In the afternoon, we were in the billiard room, and the people in the hotel, including the innkeeper, were in the back kitchen, and at that time someone shot in Yumi's room, and you might not hear it. But it has now been proven that Yumi was still alive at about five o'clock," said Mori, "and from evening...... "and then asked, "By the way, Yamazaki, where did you find the innkeeper when you went to return the table?"

"The front desk," said Yamazaki, "when I rented it, I knew she was in the back kitchen, so I went there to find her." I set a time for two hours. When I retreated, I didn't find her in the back kitchen, I asked the staff, and they said that the boss said that he was old before five o'clock, and he couldn't bear it, so he went to the front desk to rest. ”

"That way, if there is a gunshot after five o'clock, the innkeeper will not hear it. And the time of fireworks is only half past six, and the time of the first fire is predictable. "So you can only shoot at that time." Then he glanced at the crowd and said, "And at that time, the only people left in the hotel were Yamazaki and Midaiko, Yukio and Noriko, as well as you and Kazushi." And Yamazaki and Midaiko have been in the back kitchen all the time, and there is a clear alibi. ”

Noriko Ayajo held Yukio Ayaki and said, "Yukio and I were in the open-air bath to soak in the hot springs. ”

Yukio Ayaki smiled, "It's useless for the two of us to testify to each other. ”

Nakamichi Kazushi said: "Don't worry, we're just discussing, Yumi committed suicide, and the possibility of him killing has yet to be verified." ”

"I think as soon as we left after playing, you went to Yumi's room and probably said to her, 'You've been in the air-conditioned room for an afternoon, come with me to the billiard court for some exercise, and you're sweating.'" Yumi would say, 'No, I'm going to see the fireworks.' And you'll say, 'Just play for a while, then go to the hot springs, and when the fireworks show starts at half-past six, I'll accompany you on the balcony and watch the fireworks outside, and have dinner and spend the last romantic time together.'" Maori said, then asked, "I suppose that's pretty much what you say, right?"

"How is it possible, you are thinking too much," Kazushi Nakamichi said with a smile, "Yumi and I have long since broken off, and Yumi herself said so." ”

"Is it broken? I don't think so, you met Yumi in Yonekacho yesterday, so you had a chance to pick up the gun. Yumi didn't go to work until almost o'clock yesterday, and she was supposed to be talking to you about things, but it didn't work out, so she didn't delay until that late. And you're getting married now, so what you want to talk about in secret should be to end the relationship between you completely. "So, if you say that, Yumi will definitely agree." ”

Kazushi Nakamichi asked with a smile, "Do you suspect that the gun was picked up by me?"

"You're over 1.7 meters tall and your bald head can reflect light, so why can't you be suspected?" Maori asked rhetorically, "Do you have an alibi?"

Kazushi Nakamichi shook his head and smiled, "No." ”

"You must have been around there at that time, right?" said Maori, "and with your size, it's easy to spot." ”

"Yes, I met Yumi yesterday and had lunch together. Kazushi Nakamichi smiled, "But that doesn't prove anything." ”

"You controlled the time you played, leaving very little time for Yumi and her muscles not recovering. When she goes to the hot springs, you secretly return the billiard utensils, wipe the rackets and balls that Yumi touched by the way, then take the bad ball, take a shower, change clothes, and then go back to the room to get the hidden gun and wait behind the door. Yumi soaked in the women's bath, changed out of her wet underwear, and returned to her room in a loose yukata. You wait for Yumi to enter the door, walk over to her, and walk into the room together while talking to her. "At this time, the sound of fireworks rising into the sky sounds, and you seize the moment to put your gun against Yumi's head and shoot." Then Yumi's body, which dies instantly, but hasn't fallen yet, becomes like she falls backwards facing the door, and then you put a pistol without your fingerprints on Yumi's hand, let her hold the gun, put her index finger on the trigger, and make her look like we see it. And when you were about to come out of the room, you happened to run into Ran and Conan, who had come to wake Yumi up, so you went down from the balcony, took a towel from the bathroom, pretended to have just taken a shower, and walked around to Ran and them. Later, you run back to the hotel from the fireworks display, go to the Nyoyu to dispose of Yumi's underwear, go to the billiard court to wipe the table, and of course the bad balls have been thrown away, and finally you go to the large communal bath and take a serious bath to wash off the gunpowder residue on your body. ”

Noriko Ayagi asked in surprise, "Kogoro, you said that Yumi went to the female soup at that time?"

"Yes. "Kazushi didn't expect you to stay in the hotel at all, so he was surprised to see you, and then he spoke to you first, and then chose the large communal bath as a place for him to bathe." ”

Kazushi Nakamichi asked, "Your reasoning is that Yumi did not commit suicide, but he killed him, isn't that so?"

"I can't think of anyone who would go to do intense exercise before committing suicide, then take a shower and change clothes, and send clothes to dry cleaning. Maori said.

"Just because you can't think of this kind of person doesn't mean that there aren't such people. Nakamichi Kazushi smiled, and then asked, "You also believe that it was not an external criminal, and you believe that I am the murderer, is that so?"

Maori asked rhetorically, "Is it necessary for the outside prisoner to set up this suicide scene, is it necessary to deal with other things?"

Kazushi Nakamichi smiled and asked, "Maybe he wants to disrupt the police investigation?"

"It's a perfect set-up, and there are people who can make Yumi come and see you without underwear, and you showed up yesterday near the scene of the missing gun. Maori asked, "Kazushi, these conditions are combined, who is this murderer, not you?"

"And what about the evidence?" Kazushi Nakamichi asked with a smile, "Kogoro, do you have any definite evidence?"

"Uh......" Maori was stunned.

Yamazaki and Conan looked at each other and shook their heads together, that is, neither evidence was found.

"Kogoro, is there no evidence?" Nakamichi Kazushi smiled, "Okay, I think the discussion can end here, let's go rest and prepare for the police investigation." It's past 11:40 a.m., and I think the police will be there in a moment. As he spoke, he wanted to take the lead and leave.

"Ahh Then he said to Nakamichi Kazushi, who wanted to leave, Mr. and Mrs. Ayagi and Mr. and Mrs. Omura, "Wait a minute, my mother has a letter for me to hand it over." With that, he ran back to his room.

"Letter?" asked Kazushi Nakamichi in surprise, "At this time?"

"No!" said Mr. and Mrs. Ayagi together with Jun Omura.

Maori asked, "Yamazaki, do you know anything about this?"

"I don't know at all. Yamazaki shook his head in reply, then smiled, "But now I've guessed something." ”

Maori asked, "What is it?"

At this time, Mei Daizi ran back with her bag, and she smiled embarrassedly: "Mom asked me to give you the letter at half past eleven, but I dozed off just now and forgot about it for a while, sorry." As he spoke, he opened his bag and took out a stack of letters.

Twitching the corners of his mouth, Mori asked, "Half past eleven, why at this time, what did Miko say?"

Mom didn't say anything. "First of all, Uncle Maori's." He said and gave a letter to Maori.

"Huh?" Mori asked, looking at the envelope protruding from one place, "What's in it?" and said as he tore open the envelope and poured the contents onto his hand.

Inside was a piece of paper and a plastic bag, looking at the contents of the plastic bag, Maori was surprised and said, "This is ......"

"Bullet!" Kazushi Nakamichi said in surprise, and then his face immediately turned pale.

Seeing that Nakamichi Kazushi's face changed drastically, Maori asked, "This can't be the bullet in that gun, right?" and then asked in surprise, "There won't be your fingerprints on it, right?"

"Just kidding," Kazushi Nakamichi reluctantly laughed, "and that doesn't prove anything." ”

After looking at the piece of paper, Maori was taken aback, and then looked at Nakamichi Kazushi and said seriously: "Kazushi, you better go and turn yourself in." ”

"What a joke. Nakamichi Kazushi shouted, snatching the paper from Maori's hand as he spoke, but after only one glance, he froze, and the paper fell to the ground.

Yamazaki picked it up and looked at it, and said with a smile: "This is an appraisal report, which says that on this bullet, there are two people's fingerprints, one is of course this Uncle Nakamichi and Zhi, and the name of the other person will not be said, everyone does not know, but what he did, everyone knows, he is the bank robber yesterday, and this bullet also has his fingerprints on it." ”

"What!" exclaimed in surprise from everyone present.

"That's the best physical evidence," Mori said, "Kazushi, what else do you have to say?" ”……