Chapter 43: The Journey to Izu Ends
In the open-air restaurant, Maori Kogoro asked everyone to gather in order to reason, and Conan was ready for anesthesia, but the police didn't find Akiko Sayama, and even Gao Cheng didn't know where he went.
"Still haven't found it yet? What are they doing? Maori looked impatient, "Forget it, it doesn't matter if you don't come, anyway, I know who the murderer is, it's among you people!" β
Conan, who was already clear about everything on the side, was a little speechless at Maori's big words, and after frowning and looking around, he found Satoshi Maeda and asked, "Mr. Maeda, isn't Miss Akiko supposed to be with you?" β
Maeda unnaturally thought of Gao Cheng, who was also absent, and said with a worried look on his face: "I don't know, she answered the phone and went out before the police notified us to come." β
By the hotel pool, the evening breeze was still blowing, whining and whining.
Gao Cheng turned his back to Akiko Sayama and said, "I always thought that the murderer was your fiancΓ© Satoshi Maeda, but I soon found out that he was indeed not in your room at the time of the crime. β
Akiko Sayama's face was slightly pale, and although she had already guessed when she was called alone, she still barely squeezed out a smile and said, "Yes, is there any problem?" β
"I've already asked the people at the hotel," Gao Cheng continued, "here at this time, a strong wind called the princess wind blows at night, and the higher you go, the stronger the wind becomes, if a man falls off the balcony in the cloak of the Duke of the Night...... Where will it fall? β
In Akiko Sayama's trembling gaze, Gao Cheng's words became clearer and clearer in the wind: "That's right, it will definitely not fall on the bronze statue directly below...... In this way, you can understand the reason why the murderer made Gangwon's room a secret room, and the purpose is also to make people think that the first scene of the crime was on that balcony, right?
"Because everyone will take it for granted that the security door latch cannot be fastened from the outside, and even if the secret room method is discovered, they will think that the murderer did it after the murder...... But in fact, the murderer first made a secret room and then committed the crime from other places, the only possible one is room 1901, your room ......"
Sayama silently lowered his head, his smile stiff: "But, but ......"
"Go and turn yourself in, Miss Sayama," Gao Cheng said in a soft tone, turning around, "It's impossible to avoid the air currents from the other rooms...... And the reason why Mr. Maeda took the risk of pretending to be the Duke of the Night is because he found out that the prisoner was you, and he deliberately wanted to create an alibi for you, right? He's probably going to take your sin now......"
"That guy ...... Sazu" Sayama smiled bitterly, tears pouring out, "Joto-kun...... No, Detective Joto, when I first knew that you and Detective Maori were there, I should have thought that this would be the end......"
In the open-air restaurant, when Gao Cheng silently followed Sayama over, Conan had already made the final reasoning with the help of Maori Kogoro's identity.
"You're wrong! I'm the murderer! Satoshi Maeda's voice spread far away, and he tried his best to justify, "I pushed that man downstairs!" I did it, I did everything alone! β
"Ah Cong ......"
Akiko Sayama looked at the hoarse Maeda Satoshi, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and walked into the scene and said, "It's no longer necessary, Ah Cong, it was I who killed that guy in Ehara, and the Joto detective has already made it all clear." β
"Joto?"
Conan stepped out from behind the sleeping Mori Kogoro and hurriedly looked around, but did not find Taksei.
"Huh? Do you mean that Joto detective? A waitress who was questioned by Conan looked into the hotel and said, "He just asked us for sugar water, and now he is probably in the kitchen...... Ah, it's out, it's there! β
"Sugar water?"
Conan was stunned for a moment, followed the waitress's line of sight, and sure enough, he saw Gao Cheng walking slowly with a water glass.
At this time, Akiko Sayama had already passed by the police in handcuffs, and Satoshi Maeda was also escorted to the police car for obstructing the investigation.
"I'll wait for you......" Before Satoshi Maeda got into the car, he suddenly shouted to Sayama in front of a police car, "Akiko, I'll always wait for you...... Until you come back......"
Gao Cheng stood at the door of the hotel with Toyako in his arms, silently watching the two police cars leave with Maeda and Sayama.
"What will happen to them in the future?"
"The judge should reduce the sentence as appropriate," Yokozo retracted his gaze and turned to Gao Cheng quite excitedly, "However, it really deserves to be a city detective, he actually solved the case at the same time as Detective Maori, and it was a great honor to meet two detectives this time!" β
As he spoke, Yokozo stared at Lake Toya with hot eyes: "This is the wooden knife, but can you let me touch it?" β
"Uh......"
Gao Cheng looked at Henggou excitedly, and didn't know what to say, is this guy really a police officer in Henggou?
At dawn the next day, all the police officers left after their investigation, and the members of the tour group also left their rooms.
In front of the counter in the lobby of the hotel, Gao Cheng was struggling with the room money, and Conan suddenly approached.
"Hey, Joto, you were the one who injured Mr. Maeda yesterday, right?" Conan asked curiously, "That's why you deliberately touched his arm in the interrogation room, and immediately checked Maeda's room......"
"Any questions?" Gao Cheng turned his head and said helplessly, "Mr. Maeda is too powerful, so I shot a little harder, and even then he escaped...... Apologize to him next time. β
"Hey, is that the point?" Conan held back his words, and said with a roll of his eyes, "Anyway, Mr. Maeda was a Japanese karate champion 6 years ago, and Xiaolan couldn't even touch him...... Looks like you're a lot better than I thought. β
"You're thinking too much, what's so good about holding a weapon and hitting an empty-handed person." Gao Cheng shook his head and continued to step forward to discuss the room money with the counter staff.
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Conan was speechless, is there anything else like this?
Thinking of Xiaolan's violent appearance of empty-handed gravel in the past, he shook his head vigorously, he originally wanted to ask Gao Cheng about last night's case, but he held back his words, but he just half-opened his eyes and watched Gao Cheng and Maori Kogoro sweat for the room fee.
"In the end, there is no virus program at all," Mr. Kaneshiro smiled as he walked to the counter, "I thought I could teach that guy a lesson in using computer viruses indiscriminately." β
The old man walked straight to Gao Cheng's side, suddenly took off his sunglasses and said, "Detective Chengto, in fact, that Mr. Kanedaichi is you, right?" Interested in taking my commission? β
"Delegate?" Gao Cheng and Mori Kogoro looked at Kaneshiro at the same time.
"yes," the old man said in an indignant tone, "because that virus Duke of the Night destroyed the game software that I had worked so hard to make and treated like a son four years ago...... By the way, what's it called? β
"It's a high school girl's blissful battle, sir." The maid Jingjiang reminded helplessly.
"Ahh Yeah! The old man ignored everyone's strange eyes and laughed, "Anyway, that's it, so is the Maori detective, as long as you can find the real Duke of the Night, you can get 10 million commission fees!" β
"10 million commission fees." Maori was a little red-eyed, but finding the owner of a virus program on the Internet was a fantasy for him.
Gao Cheng shook his head with a wry smile on the side, it was precisely because he knew the power of the Dark Duke's virus that he understood how difficult this commission was, this old man was not serious at all, he was just joking.