Chapter 35: The Murder of the Duke of Night 7
"So. The problem now www.biquge.info is that the alibi of the six members of the regiment at the time of the crime is proven. ”
"First of all, Mr. Maeda, who was with Xiaolan and Conan at the time."
"Miss Sayama is alone in a coma in Mr. Ehara's room."
"As for Mr. Konno, he stayed in his room and read the emails that came in."
"Miss Uejo was drinking at a bar with Mr. Mori."
"As for Mr. Kaneshiro and her maid, Miss Lin, they are in the open-air restaurant."
In front of the counter of the hotel. Kogoro Mori and others are asking the service staff about the situation.
"Mr. Konno in room 2002, do you have any records? After 10 o'clock, he should still be occupying the phone line, reading e-mails on the computer. ”
Officer Henggou asked the front desk officer.
"Uh, yes. He did use the telephone line from forty-five to ten 0:06 a.m. at the hotel. ”
The front desk staff replied after checking the information.
"Even though he has a phone, she doesn't talk to anyone, which is too good."
Kogoro Maori was suspicious.
"Miss Kamijo, who drinks with her uncle in the bar, is also very good."
Conan said suddenly.
When Mori Kogoro heard Conan's words, he immediately looked at Conan with resentful eyes.
Inside the bar on the second floor.
"You're saying that Miss Kamijo drugged my cup?"
Kogoro Mori was very surprised and asked the staff at the bar.
"yes, it didn't take long for you to fall asleep."
The bar's attendant replied with great certainty.
Conan frowned beside Kogoro: I guessed right, Miss Kamijo was also holding sleeping pills. So, she brought her uncle here for an alibi?
"And where did she go?"
Officer Henggou asked.
"She only went to the bathroom once, and she came back about five minutes later."
"So, she stayed in this place at the time of the incident?"
"yes, she went out when she heard the commotion."
Al fresco restaurant on the ground floor.
"Are you sure those two were in this place at the time?"
Maori asked the waiter at the restaurant.
"Yes, the old man and his servant were at the front of all the guests when the man fell."
The waiter recalled.
"Damn, I was suspicious of them!"
Kogoro Maori complained.
"Isn't that great? As a result, there are only three suspects left, namely Mr. Konno, Mr. Maeda, and Ms. Sayama. ”
Officer Henggou said comfortingly.
"When Miss Sayama was under the supervision of the police, Duke Night once appeared in front of Xiaolan and Conan. So Miss Sayama should be innocent. ”
Mori Kogoro said.
Hearing what Kogoro said, Conan pondered on the side: Why did the murderer go to the morgue to steal the Night Duke's costume? Why did you deliberately appear in front of Xiaolan and me again? What exactly is his purpose!
In addition, although Mr. Maeda and I and Xiaolan were on the top floor of the stand at the time, it was Mr. Maeda who was looking at the watch at the time, so it is likely that he was talking nonsense. And judging from the fact that the police officer who was knocked unconscious was a karate master, the murderer should be Mr. Maeda.
"Conan!"
While Conan was thinking, Xiaolan suddenly ran over.
"Sister Xiaolan?"
"Where's Daddy?"
Xiaolan asked sweating profusely and panting.
"He's asking over there. What's wrong? ”
Conan pointed in Kogoro's direction.
"I finally found it, Mr. Maeda's alibi!"
Xiaolan said excitedly.
"Huh?"
Hearing Xiaolan's words, Conan showed a surprised expression. After all, Mr. Maeda is one of the biggest suspects.
"Mr. Maeda, after we parted, ran into a few of his fans at the entrance of the observation deck. And I found out that he gave them a signature that clearly stated the date and time. It was 10:03 p.m. Those fans also looked at their watches to confirm! So you can't go wrong! ”
Xiaolan happily told Mr. Maeda's alibi.
"Wouldn't it be better if you should bring them here!"
"That's right. I'll go and call them. ”
Xiaolan said and ran to the hotel again.
After listening to Xiaolan's words, Conan lowered his head and walked slowly at the door: So Mr. Maeda is not a murderer.
However, since there is such a thing, why didn't Mr. Maeda say it when he was interrogating? That's the most powerful way to put it.
Is it because he can't say it?
Why?
Conan was walking when he suddenly kicked something under his feet.
When I looked down, I saw that it was the fountain pen that I had fallen from Mr. Ehara's room on the 21st floor.
The ink spilled out from the impact of the fall.
Conan suddenly realized that something was wrong.
Because the place where his pen fell was very far away from the bronze statue. And Tokio Ehara, who also fell from Mr. Ehara's room, fell on top of the bronze statue.
Could it be the wind?
Conan immediately realized the crux of the case.
"Sister waiter, may I ask!"
Conan ran to the waiter in the open-air restaurant and asked.
"What's wrong?"
"When that person fell, was there any wind at that time?"
"Hmm. Yes, and the wind was blowing very hard at that time. We have a season where the wind blows non-stop every day and at night. And it just blows from the left side of the statue to the right. ”
The waiter pointed in the direction of the statue.
"We all call her Princess. It's also one of the most famous places here. degree. The wind above is stronger than the wind below. ”
The female server looked up at the upper floor of the hotel.
Conan also looked up and looked up: Wait a minute. That place.
Hmph~ I didn't even notice such a simple thing. You can't go wrong. The murderer is that person!
"What! You said the unconscious policeman was a karate master! ”
Maori, who was on the side, suddenly grabbed the policeman next to him and asked loudly.
"Good! I know who the newbie is! Gather all the members here, and my reasoning show is about to begin! ”
"Uh. Yes!"
Several police officers heard Maori's words and immediately ran out.
And Conan, who saw all this, immediately realized that something was wrong. Immediately chased after him.
"Mr. Policeman! Uncle has a message for you. Such.. Such.. And so it goes. ”
"Huh? Why? ”
"Uncle said that this way you can know who the murderer is."
Everyone was taken by the police to the open-air restaurant on the first floor.
"Okay, I'm going to confirm with you now that the alibi of the victim when he fell to his death at around ten o'clock."
Kogoro Mori said to everyone.
"First of all, Mr. Kaneshiro and Miss Hayashi, and Miss Kamijo, the four of you. There are very clear alibis. ”
"The alibi is not clear that Mr. Maeda who was on the lookout at the time and Mr. Konno who was staying in his room."
"After the murderer was careless, he stole the clothes of the Duke of the Night from the office where Mr. Eda's body was kept. Unfortunately, he was bumped into by Xiaolan and Conan in the elevator. ”
At this time, Miss Sayama was still under the supervision of the police, so Miss Sayama's suspicion was also ruled out. The only people whose alibi is unclear are Mr. Maeda and Mr. Konno. ”
"And the murderer had no idea that the officer he knocked unconscious while robbing the Duke of Night was a master of karate."
"Huh? A master of karate? ”
Hideko Kamijo was surprised.
"That's right. To be able to knock down a police officer with a high level of kung fu in one fell swoop, only Mr. Maeda, the national karate champion, can do it. I'm right. ”
Mori Kogoro looked at Satoshi Maeda.
"Wait a minute, Daddy!"