Chapter 21: Another pounce
Conan originally wanted to wait for the charge to be charged and run over to Masami Hirota alone, but was dissuaded by the doctor, and this matter was dangerous no matter how you thought about it.
Conan was persuaded to reluctantly return to the Maori Detective Agency.
As soon as I arrived at the door, I heard Mori Kogoro's voice coming from inside, "No! Straighten your hand again! β
Uncle Sunglasses' voice also came out, "The murderer, the murderer is you!" β
"Louder!"
"......", Conan silently pushed open the door and saw the two of them standing in the living room, "What are they doing?" β
"I'm doing detective training." Shiraki leaned against the door, narrowing his presence, trying to be a quiet beautiful man, "Does Conan want to try?" β
"No need." , let alone try, Conan now wants to turn around and run. Going deep into the enemy camp alone always feels friendlier than taking a few pig teams.
But he held back in the end.
Conan interrupted the two of them in their "detective training" and made up the excuse he had just made, "Uncle Maori, I saw that uncle with a strange jaw just now." β
"What?!" Maori Kogoro immediately turned his head, "Where?" Are you sure? β
"Hmm." , Conan nodded.
Conan showed the way, and several people drove to their destination at a rapid speed.
But at this time, Maori Kogoro regretted it a little again, and muttered to himself, "Can you believe the child's words?" β
Bai Shu squeezed into the back seat with Xiaolan and Uncle Sunglasses, and spoke with difficulty, "It's nothing to go and see, after all, we don't have any other clues." β
The car eventually stopped in front of a hotel.
Several people got out of the car and looked at the luxurious high-rise building in front of them, "Is he really here?" So many rooms, how do you find them......"
Conan had already stormed the building.
Maori Kogoro shouted, but he couldn't stop shouting, so he simply ignored him. He walked up to the front desk with a picture of the tall man, hoping to get some news from the hotel staff.
It may be that the breath of the two is too bluffing, the front desk hesitated, but still found the information, the man lived in room 802.
Conan had already run to the elevator entrance, he silently listened to the information in his ears, and raised his hand to press the elevator.
Under his expectant gaze, the elevator finally came to the first floor.
The door opened, and Conan was about to rush in when Shiraki suddenly pulled him from behind.
Almost at the same time, a man pushed a small cart and came out of it.
It was a young lady wearing sunglasses and a beret, wearing a dress, dressed very maturely, and her small cart was piled with three and a half people's tall large boxes.
The elevator doors all slid open, and after seeing a few people outside the door, the woman was stunned, and the small cart in her hand also shook, and the box on it almost collapsed.
The white tree suddenly stepped forward and held down the top chests to stabilize them.
ββ¦β¦ Thank you. The woman met his gaze, for some reason a little weak, she nodded at Bai Shu, lowered her hat, and quickly left with her luggage.
Conan breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately he didn't crash into it, otherwise he would have had to delay a lot of time if he knocked the box down.
Eh, but ...... How did Shiraki know that there was someone inside?
Conan raised his head suspiciously, looking at Shiraki, who seemed to know his question, and knocked on the door of his head, "Isn't it common sense to go down first and then go up." β
ββ¦β¦ Oh. Conan covered his forehead and believed it for the time being. In fact, he usually waits for the people in the elevator to come down first, but this time it is related to human life, and he is so anxious that he forgets to consider these situations for a while.
The remaining three also rushed into the elevator, and the group quickly reached the 8th floor.
Maori Kogoro confirmed the house number and stood at the door with a menacing hammer door, "Hey, don't hide, I know you're in there, you have the ability to kill, you have the ability...... Hey? β
The white tree crossed him, held the doorknob and pressed it, and with a push, the door opened.
The door was not locked at all.
"......", Maori Kogoro silently withdrew his hand to slam the door, a little embarrassed.
Conan was about to slip in through the crack in the door, but the scene inside made him stunned for a moment.
- In the room, the tall man sat by the closet, his face hideous, a large pool of blood spat on his chest, and a can of drink in his hand.
The doors were all opened, and when Mori Kogoro saw this scene, he instantly had a bad premonition, and he rushed in to check, only to find that the person was dead.
There was a faint smell on the can of drink, and Maori Kogoro shrugged his nose and frowned, "It's potassium cyanate...... This guy must not have been able to stand the condemnation of his conscience and committed suicide! β
ββ¦β¦ Anyway, call the police first. Bai Shu dialed the police and sighed in his heart, this person would not commit suicide no matter how he thought about it.
Conan stared at the tall man's wrist, and he recognized the watch, which still had his transmitter attached to itβindeed the watch that Masami Hirota had brought with him earlier.
Turning his head, Conan found several empty aluminum alloy boxes scattered on the ground next to him.
After Shiraki finished calling the police, he heard a message from the Twilight Police Department.
Although he already knew, but in order to facilitate Conan's reasoning......
Bai Shu asked loudly in surprise, "What?" Mr. Hirota is single?! Or a native of Tokyo?! β
"How is that possible?!" Mori Kogoro was shocked and took the phone, wanting to confirm with the Twilight Police Department in person.
And in Conan's mind, with the last bit of information, all the suspicious points were connected in a line, and he suddenly figured it out: all this can be linked to the billion-dollar robbery case that has not yet been solved a while ago!
- Kenzo Hirota travels the same route at high speed every day, not to relieve pressure, but to rehearse his escape after the robbery.
And the reason why the other two people bypassed the police and asked the detective to find someone alone was probably because Kenzo Hirota fled alone with the money he had robbed.
In the previous bank robbery, there were three criminals, but now, two have died one after another, and the last murderer can only be ...... Masami Hirota!
Thinking of the simple-looking young lady, Conan slowly clenched his fists.
Bai Shu squatted next to the dead man, pretending to look at the corpse, but in fact, he secretly reached out and pinched away the thunderous soul on the corpse.
In order to prevent this move from being too abrupt, he pretended to analyze, "The blood stains on the corpse have not dried yet, and the prisoner should not have gone far." β
Right! Conan nodded silently in his heart, agreeing with this statement.
And he thought about other things - not only did he not go far, but that person must have also carried a billion in cash, which is not a small amount, and it cannot be easily hidden in his pocket.
Several conditions were superimposed on each other, and a figure gradually became clear in his mind - the woman he met in the elevator just now was very qualified in terms of size and luggage!
That's probably Masami Hirota after cross-dressing!
Conan jerked around and rushed to the door.