Gymnasium, swimming pool, locker room.

Officer Otaki of the Osaka Prefectural Police Station went to the scene to deal with the case after receiving the news, this flat-headed uncle is a subordinate of Ye's father, the chief of the police department in Toyama, and he has a good relationship with Hattori, and his personality is quite gentle.

"The deceased was scarred all over his body by a Japanese sword...... The corpse was soaked with hot water, presumably to confuse the presumption of death......"

Officer Otaki approached the corpse to check the situation, and the appearance of carrying a Japanese knife looked as if he had traveled back in time, and this kind of case is really rare......

"Is he your classmate?" Otaki asked looking back at several college students.

"Yes, yes, we're all college classmates......"

"We waited for a long time at the venue and didn't see him coming, so we looked for him everywhere, and the result was ......"

Several college students, like other schools that participate in kendo team competitions, have five people.

The pioneer is the dead.

The second-front Gu Feng man looks rough, with a big nose and a big mouth, which is very vicious.

The stalwart is just a little fat man with glasses, and he helped persuade the team members when they quarreled before.

The deputy general, Xiaoshou Chuanjun, is a young man with a long face.

The last general, Hakamata Masatsu, is a tall short-haired man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he is the kind of leader who is quite dignified among several people.

"All in all," Otaki picked up a Japanese sword, "If we find out who the owner of this murder weapon is, we will be able to know who the murderer is immediately......"

"Then you're wrong, Officer Otaki." Hattori appeared at the door and interrupted, "That knife is the real sword that the kendo teacher used to demonstrate in this kendo competition, I already asked just now, and the teacher said that the knife was missing before noon and has not been found." ”

"Pingji?" Otaki was surprised, "Why are you here?" ”

"Of course I'm here to compete."

"Speaking of which, today is indeed a tournament for the high school and university divisions of the Kendo Tournament...... But aren't you supposed to be over there? ”

……

"Bang!"

At the stadium venue, Gao Cheng swung his sword to block the opponent's attack, stepped forward to hit the waist protector and scored another point, officially qualifying for the finals.

Although it is a little different from actual swordsmanship, this kind of competition is not difficult for him, after all, it is also his old job, and the opponent is only a high school student, even if the intensity of the semi-final battle is not high, it is easy to seize the flaw and solve it......

"Great!" He Ye clenched his fists excitedly, "Even if there is no draw, you can still win!" Champion ...... like this"

"Boom!"

In the next arena, Okita suddenly stabbed his opponent in the face, and the opponent's mask was also knocked away by the huge force when the bamboo knife was thrown, and the player's legs and feet fell heavily on the wooden floor of the arena, losing a tooth and resting directly.

One-hit wins.

"Kyoto Izumi Shin High School wins!!"

The venue was in an instant uproar, and everyone was amazed by Okita's strong momentum, and the second kill also appeared in the semi-finals, and the eyes of the girls who approached turned into heart shapes.

"So handsome!"

Okita gestured and exhaled lightly, took off his mask to wipe his sweat, and turned his gaze to Gao Cheng, who had not taken off his mask in the arena next to him, and smiled lightly.

He Ye swallowed his saliva, and looked at Gao Cheng a little unconfidently.

"No, this level must have beaten his ......"

"Huh?"

"I'm going to get Heiji back!" He Ye said anxiously, "There's no way, I'm not in the ...... where I won't lose."

"Do you know where Hattori is?" Gao Cheng was stunned and watched He Ye run away.

The final is about to begin, and Gao Cheng is not good at chasing Kazuha, so he looked at Soji Okita, who was still preparing in the rest area, and hurriedly pulled over a high school student who seemed to have come from the annex.

"Is there something going on around here?"

"I don't know, but it looks like a police officer went to the pool locker room just now......" The high school student said, grabbing the back of his head.

"Police?" Gao Cheng's stinky face came to Hattori's mind, "Then have you seen a dark-skinned guy?" ”

"Yes, in addition to him, there are three strange college students running around, borrowing mobile phones and bringing the police......"

……

Swimming pool changing rooms.

Gao Cheng squatted at the scene of the crime to check, and then picked up the murder knife and looked at it.

After he returned the protective gear to Gaifang High School, he found Officer Otaki, who was in charge of the case, but he didn't see Hattori and Kazuha, and he wanted to make a phone call only to find that the phone was put there for Xiao Ai.

Over there......

It's rare to get a kendo final, but let's wait until now to meet Soji Okita in a dignified manner.

Gao Cheng was a little regretful, paused, and asked Officer Otaki, "Has the body been moved?" ”

"Yes, I moved here from the sports warehouse in the annex," Officer Otaki had a good impression of Takasei, and explained carefully, "The first people to find the deceased in the warehouse were the three people who joined the university kendo club with him, Kotegawa, Miguya, and Kaguchi...... The three of them immediately left the warehouse after discovering the deceased, and went to call an ambulance, call the police, and notify Hakamata, the chief general on the other side of the venue, but when they returned to the warehouse, the body suddenly disappeared......

"Here in the locker room?"

"Well, I heard that someone called the help desk and asked someone to tell them to come here."

"Exactly?" Gao Cheng pondered and asked, "Could it be that one of the three of them pretended to leave, and then returned to the warehouse to remove the body?" ”

"It shouldn't be possible," Otaki said with a smile, "At that time, Kotegawa, who only went to call an ambulance, borrowed a mobile phone from a student at the door, and then went back to the warehouse to confirm the situation because the other party asked about the injury, and after returning the mobile phone, he went directly to the police station......"

Gao Cheng's face moved slightly: "Actually, I also heard a student who happened to be eating a bento at the door, saying that after the three of them left, a strange man wearing protective gear walked out of the annex with a protective gear bag on his back...... Didn't that little Tegawa notice anything? ”

Otaki was stunned: "No, maybe the other party was in the toilet at the time, or he was still hiding in the warehouse...... But in this case, this strange person is likely to be the murderer who carried the corpse, Joto-kun, what about the eyewitness student? ”

"He'll be here later."

Gao Cheng frowned.

According to the current clues, is the person who moved the body a person other than the three people who first found the body? If there is no accomplice, the other party is the murderer of the next step, but ......

"Officer Otaki, when the body was found, how did they decide who called the police and who called the ambulance?"

"This, it seems that Kotegawa first said to call an ambulance, and then asked Mizuya to report to the police station in front of the gymnasium, and finally the carcass left behind said that he was going to notify that Hakamata...... Should there be no problem? ”

"There are a few suspicions."

Gao Cheng looked back at the corpse that had been carried away by the police with a cloth, his eyes slightly condensed.

"The prisoner moved the body when it was found, and made a special call to ask people to come over, probably because the murderer did not want the warehouse to be searched, and there should be clues there that could not be found...... Is it really confusing the time of death with pouring hot water on the corpse? ”

"Officer Otaki!" Hattori suddenly hurried into the locker room, "What about the people?" ”

"They've already left first," Otaki said happily, "Heiji, you came just in time, and the Joto detective said that there might be a clue in that warehouse......"

"Huh?" Hattori glared at Gao Cheng behind Otaki, "Y-Why are you here?" ”

"Why can't I be here?" Gao Cheng said speechlessly, "I was still thinking about how someone couldn't go to a good kendo competition, so I asked if there was a case...... Kazuha is still looking for you, hurry up and go back to the game. ”

"Please, now let me go to the game."

Hattori's brow is knotted.

You can lose a kendo match, but you can't lose this case......

"I really don't understand you," Gao Cheng glanced at Hattori strangely, and continued to say to Officer Otaki, "Officer, let's call those college students back first, especially the ...... named Otegawa."

Hattori was instantly dumbfounded: "Joto, are you already ...... Already figured it out? ”

Gao Cheng said confusedly: "Is there any problem?" ”

"No, no, haha," Hattori smiled dryly and pointed outside, "Actually, I already know where the prisoner is going......"

……

Outside the gymnasium annex, a black shadow carried a protective gear bag, looked left and right, pretended to be an ordinary participating student and walked into the annex, after stepping into the warehouse, opened the protective gear bag and took out a bottle of water and a bloody towel, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

After confirming that there was no one outside, the shadow poured some water into the towel and smeared it on the jump box in the middle of the warehouse.

This is where the body was found, as long as it was smeared with blood......

"It's useless, no matter how much you try to hide it, the deceased won't look like he was killed here, Kotegawa-san."

Hattori suddenly walked out from behind with Gao Cheng and Officer Otaki, and there were also two policemen in the corner who undisguised themselves, and the black shadow looked shocked.

"Police, officer," Kotegawa held the towel with a stiff face, "how could you ......"

Otaki had a calm face: "Can I trouble you to explain?" What's up with this bloody towel? ”

"I'm just ......"

"I'll help you out."

Hattori chuckled and looked at Kotegawa.

"The deceased was not killed here, but in the locker room by the pool...... When you see the bloody Tarumi, you leave the warehouse together, and then you go back alone and tell him to go to the locker room, and then kill him in the locker room, am I right? ”

Kotegawa was sweating profusely: "Haha, we all happened to leave the warehouse at that time, if someone stayed, wouldn't I be in trouble?" ”

"It's not a coincidence," Hattori affirmed, "At that time, if you asked Mitoya to go to the police station to report the crime, it was destined that no one would stay, because the personality of the carcass was that he would definitely tell Hakamata about something, and he was very afraid of seeing blood, so he would definitely not be near the corpse, and he would not find out that Tarumi was actually just drinking alcohol mixed with sleeping pills and falling asleep, and his body was stained with red paint, so he looked like he was dead......"

Hattori walked up to Kotegawa and pressed one hand on the jump box.

"The light in this warehouse is dim, so the red paint can easily be mistaken for blood ......"

"If a guy covered in paint goes out of the annex, wouldn't it be easy for the students at the door to see it?" Otegawa interrupted.

"What if a person in protective gear and carrying a protective bag goes out?"

"Please, you don't mean that guy is the one who sees it, do you? Why do you want to listen to me and make that virtuous way to go to the dressing room? ”

"Of course you can't just say that to him verbally......"

Hattori exerted his hand hard, and lifted the lid of the jump box, revealing a tall figure wearing protective gear stained with red paint, with Hakamata's name pasted on the waist guard, and it made people think that Hakamata had been killed and hid here.

"What happens if a drunk person sees this thing? When you return here alone, let the sleeping Tarumi take the Japanese sword, and then wake him up and let him see the dummy you hid in the jump box beforehand...... Tarumi usually said that he was going to kill Hakamata, and he was not awake from alcohol at the time, and his body was covered with 'blood', so he couldn't tell the truth from the fake, so it is not surprising to do what you say......

"You asked Tarumi to change into protective gear, and then changed the bloodstained kendo uniform, and put it in a protective gear bag along with the murder weapon and took it to the locker room, the purpose is to make another prisoner appear as if someone else was carrying the protective bag containing the corpse out of the annex......"

Gao Cheng stood behind and watched Hattori reason, wiping his nose.

Hattori doesn't care about such an important kendo competition in order to solve the case, so let him be in the limelight.

However, it is rare for Conan to have a case before he comes, and it is resolved so early.

"What about motivation?" Gao Cheng looked at Xiao Tegawa with a gloomy face after the truth was revealed, "You are classmates, right?" What hatred has to kill? ”

"What hatred?" Kotegawa snorted and laughed, "You're the one from Izumi High School named Okita, right?" So the one next to him is Hattori...... It's really convincing, I didn't even play the finals, and I came to this place to play detective games......"

"He's a detective!" Hattori laughed, "You can see clearly, he is not Okita, but Detective Joto Takatari!" ”

"Detective?"

"I've heard that I seem to have threatened you, is that because of that?" Gao Cheng continued to ask.

Although competitive kendo is used for competitions, it does not mean that it cannot be used in actual combat, and it is also very lethal after replacing it with a real sword, this little Techuan may be because he killed a person, and there is a faint yin owl killing intent in his eyes, and the breath is particularly obvious in Gao Cheng's eyes.

It's a nasty breath......

It's a bit like the enemies he slashed on the Gintama battlefield.

"I've already called and asked them about the university they attended," Hattori said, looking directly at Kotegawa, "I heard that your school's kendo club had an incident where a new member died during practice last year, and the school said it was an accident, but it was ......."

"That's the new member who killed the new club member by mistake when he was welcoming the new student," Kotegawa lowered his head, although there was a real knife in the protective gear bag, but he didn't have the courage to do it, and said honestly, "But he said that although he killed the person, but we who were present that day were accomplices to the club experience, so if it is exposed, he will drag us into the water together......"