Chapter 53: The Legend of the Five-Storied Pagoda 3

"Dudu~~~"

"Hello? This is a Maori detective agency. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info," said Kogoro, who was sleeping in a daze, casually picked up the microphone and said.

"I'm Okabe, and I took you around the temple area yesterday. Oh no! The demons are haunting again! The voice on the phone was very nervous.

"Huh? What the! Devils and gods! Kogoro immediately sobered up and sat up.

Both Ran and Conan were woken up by Kogoro's voice.

"Please come to the temple immediately!" As soon as he finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

"Hey! Feed! Feed! Don't hang up! Kogoro shouted into the phone. Only the sound of the phone beeping echoed him.

Several people hurried to the top of the Phantom Temple.

"Mr. Maori, come with me quickly." Okabe stood at the door of the temple and waited for the three of them.

"What the hell is going on?" Kogoro asked breathlessly.

"Something horrible has happened! Look at the above! A few people ran to the bottom of the five-storied pagoda and saw that the presiding officer of Danhai was doing the rituals. Okabe said, pointing to the top of the tower.

"Huh?" Several people looked up at the top of the tower. A look of surprise.

"Mr. Oda!"

"He's got a bad taste!" After finishing the ceremony, the presiding officer said loudly.

It didn't take long for the police to arrive.

"Officer Yokogou, we've just finished the identification work. The next step is to lay down the corpse. "Under the five-storied pagoda, a criminal police officer is making a report to the officer of the horizontal ditch.

"What's going on now?" Officer Henggou asked.

"The body was hung from the fifth floor of the five-storied pagoda, and after hanging itself from the railing, one end of the rope was strangled over the roof and the neck of the deceased. The deceased was Mr. Hideaki Oda, 56 years old, who currently runs a tourism company. ”

"At the moment, a gentleman who claims to be a detective has gone up there to confirm the cause of his death." The detective said, looking at his notepad.

"Detective? Who is it? Officer Henggou asked with a frown.

"Officer Henggou, that's me." At this time, Mori Kogoro happened to come out of the five-storied pagoda.

"Oh? It turned out to be Mr. Maori. It's been a long time. ”

"But why are you here?" Officer Yokozo walked up to Kogoro very enthusiastically.

"I also happened to be here."

"Then I'll get straight to the point. What do you think about this murder? Officer Henggou Henggou said directly.

"Judging from the situation at the scene, it seems to be a suicide case." Together, the two looked at the corpse hanging from the roof.

"Although the scene is a little strange, there should be no possibility of him killing." Kogoro said confidently.

"Oh? Why? Officer Henggou asked, puzzled.

"First of all, if you want to carry Mr. Oda's nearly 100-kilogram body all the way to the fifth floor, it is impossible for ordinary people."

"Even if you can really carry him up, there will definitely be a wound on the corpse in the narrow corridor, and at least the clothes will be scraped."

"But when I went up to check it just now, I didn't find any injuries on the body, not even a trace of scratches." Kogoro analyzed seriously.

"I see, you've even looked into this." Officer Henggou praised admiringly.

At this time, Conan was secretly running to the top floor of the five-storied pagoda to check the situation at the scene.

Conan walked over to the railing with the rope tied. Looking at the rope hanging from the deceased, he frowned.

"The rope that hangs the dead is a brand new rope. The rope is also wrapped around the railing. ”

"Alas. How do you put him down? ”

Conan heard the prestige. I saw that three policemen were about to lower the body from the rope. But the corpse couldn't reach the railing at all, at least about a meter away from the railing. And there is no place to put your feet around.

"Uncle Policeman, you can untie this rope." Conan said, pointing to the rope tied to the railing.

"I said kids. How did you get there? A policeman looked at Conan and asked angrily.

"Aha~ I'm here to find the toilet. As a result, I got lost. Looks like there are no toilets here. Then I'm gone. Conan turned and ran towards the stairs.

Conan's eyes were full of doubt as he turned around.

"This must be his killing! Because it is impossible for the deceased to hang himself to such a height. But! And how did the murderer hang the 100-kilogram deceased? ”

Under the five-storied pagoda, several criminal police officers had already transported Oda Hideaki's body down.

The previous police officer who was making the report was reporting to Officer Henggou again.

"We found a wallet on the floor near the deceased. There were some bank cards and documents inside, but there was no cash. ”

"According to the forensic officer's report. There is hardly any dust in the five-storied pagoda, so there is almost no way to find any traces of footprints. ”

"Also, when we did the examination just now, we didn't find any obvious external injuries. The analysis should be that the neck was compressed resulting in immediate death. ”

"So, the rope around his neck is the direct cause of his death?" Officer Henggou asked.

"The estimated time of death should be between twelve and one o'clock last night."

"In addition, we also went to the suites and offices of the Oda Hotel to investigate. But according to the hotel, he entered his office at half past eleven and never came out again. The office door is locked from the inside. So we're mobilizing demolition tools. ”

"In addition, after checking the surveillance of the hotel, I found that the situation was the same as what the hotel staff said. At 11:36 last night, Oda Hideaki walked into the office and really didn't come out again. ”

"What? Do you mean that Sanada Hideaki first mysteriously disappeared from his office, and then mysteriously hung himself from the top of the five-storied pagoda? Officer Henggou asked in surprise.

"In addition, the deceased who was hung at the top of the tower was two meters from the floor and about one meter from the railing. So the deceased was most likely killed! But at the moment we do not know how the killer killed the deceased, nor how the murderer took the deceased out of the office. It is worth mentioning that the deceased's office was on the sixth floor! The detective, who had been making a report, continued.

"No, though the deceased mysteriously disappeared from the office. There are also some suspicions that the deceased committed suicide. However, the possibility of suicide by the deceased is still not ruled out. Because the deceased was very clean and tidy. From this point of view, if he were to kill, it would be impossible to move him to the top of the tower. Kogoro walked over from the side, still believing that the deceased was likely to commit suicide.

Conan frowned on the side: No, this must have been his killing.

First, Mr. Oda mysteriously disappeared from his office in the secret room. There is surveillance in the hallway. It was impossible for Mr. Oda to leave through the window on the sixth floor alone.

In addition, even if Mr. Oda was standing on the railing, he could not reach the rope loop that he was hanging. The murderer must have hung it!

But if he killed, how did the murderer move the 100-kilogram Mr. Oda to the top of the five-storied pagoda without any scratches at all?

Who the hell is the murderer!