After listening to Heiji's words, everyone focused on the victim's gesture.

"Is the right hand making a gesture of 3? But it doesn't seem like it......" Mori Kogoro said with a slight frown, "holding the belt in his left hand again......"

Suddenly, Kogoro's brows instantly relaxed, clapped his hands violently, and said: "I know, the belt is an allusion to the gold belt in boxing, and the murderer is really still the boxing star - Ricard Barrera!" ”

Heiji objected: "The victim was on the third floor, Mike Norwood was on the fourth floor, and Ray Katis was on the second floor, and if the two of them had run as hard as they could, there might have been a slight possibility of killing the victim, but Ricard Barrera was on the sixth floor at the time, and it was the least likely to kill the victim." And if the belt is compared to a gold belt, what does the gesture of his right hand mean? ”

"Ahh I understand! Kogoro suddenly clapped his hands again and said, "His right hand is not a number, but a pitching gesture in baseball, and the murderer is a baseball pitcher - Mike Norwood!" ”

"But it's not exactly like a pitching gesture," Heiji retorted...... "and what does it mean if the killer is Mike." ”

was refuted by a junior one after another, Kogoro's face was also a little unbearable, and he said with a dark face: "Maybe it's just that this guy was too painful before he died, so he inadvertently grabbed his trouser belt." ”

Although Heiji didn't refute Kogoro's words, the expression was obviously "Are you kidding me?" The meaning made Kogoro look very unhappy.

Zero didn't speak the whole time, but if it is analyzed according to the "Kogoro-style elimination method", since this guy has named Ricard and Mike one after another, it is very likely that the murderer is the only one left who has not been mentioned, Ray Katis.

Of course, this is just a joke, and Zero will not simply see Katis as a murderer.

And then Conan suddenly said: "Ray Katis can't be a murderer either." Kartis has an old injury to his left knee and a recent hamstring injury and is now undergoing rehabilitation, so it is impossible for him to go up and down the stairs quickly due to his injury. ”

Listening to Conan's words, Zero suddenly thought that in a certain case, the murderer was a football star that Conan admired, and Conan worked hard to prove the other party's innocence, and the more he investigated, the more he proved the possibility of his murder, and finally reluctantly brought the other party to justice.

Now that I think about it, it seems that this is the case.

In this case, Ray Katis is much more suspected of murder.

Of course, this is only a general impression in my own mind, and it cannot be used as evidence to determine that Katis is the murderer.

Zero thought for a moment and asked, "Ricard and the other three hate Ed McKay because the other party created fake news about the three of them, and I want to ask what kind of news it is." ”

For the beautiful woman's questions, Maori Kogoro is always very keen to answer, and immediately replied: "It just so happens that I have read the relevant report, so let me tell Miss Kanedaichi!" Ricard, a former world champion, has achieved an undefeated career, but Ed points out that he has bribed his opponent to play match-fixing. Mike Norwood married a Japanese wife, and the couple is said to be very affectionate, but Ed broke the news that Mike was cheating. As for Ray Katis, Ed revealed that he was taking drugs. ”

After Kogoro finished speaking, Conan immediately said: "However, these three pieces of news have been confirmed by Ricard and the other three from different sources to be fake news, so these fake news can make the three of them hate Ed, but they are not enough to be the motive for killing." ”

Listening to Kogoro's words, Zero nodded slightly, and she was noncommittal to Conan's words.

The motive for the murder must have been because of the news, if Katis is the murderer, then regardless of whether the other two news are true or not, the news about his drug use is probably true, and Ed may have recently had conclusive evidence about his drug use and was about to break out, so Katis decided to kill people.

While she was thinking, the Otaki Police Department asked her, "Miss Kanedaichi, what should I do next?" ”

Hearing the question from the Otaki Police Department, Hattori was a little bad. In the past, you always asked my opinion at the crime scene, but now why is there a Kaneda Ichiko, and you just ignore me and ask her? Why, it's clear that I came first......

Of course, Zero didn't care about Pingji's inner state, she thought about it for a while and said, "Let's do a gunsmoke test first." ”

After finishing speaking, Zero paused, and asked the Otaki Police Department in a low voice: "Later, when Ray Katis does the gunpowder test, don't just check the shirt, but also the pants and shoes." ”

Is this suspicious of Ray Katis? Otaki looked at Zero, and then at Hattori and the others, since he doubted Katis, what would he not say?

"I'm not sure yet, so don't talk about it now." Zero saw through Otaki's thoughts and continued to whisper to him.

"But since you suspect Kartis, can't you just let him do the smoke test first?" Otaki also lowered his voice and asked Zero.

"Put him in the middle and the back, I have some things to look at further."

Although Otaki was puzzled, he finally nodded and agreed.

After that, Otaki led the police to the restaurant on the first floor, gathered all the guests, and asked them to line up for a gunsmoke test. While the others were testing, Zero had been watching Katis's side.

"You've been staring at Katis all the time......" Conan appeared next to Zero at some point, his expression a little unkind, "Are you suspicious of him?" ”

"I'm also a fan of him, can't I see him more?" Zero said casually.

"You don't have to give me this set!" Conan clearly doesn't believe Zero's claims.

Looking at Conan with a serious expression, Zero smiled and said in a showdown: "That's right, I think Ray Katis is the murderer of Ed Mackay." ”

"What evidence do you have!?" Conan's tone visibly became a little angry.

"Take a good look at Ray Katis yourself, he's holding his knees all the time."

"He's got an old wound in his knee, what's the odd ...... cover it," Conan said, looking at Katis before the conversation came to an abrupt halt.

Katis was injured in his left knee, which he is now holding......

"You can also observe how often he yawns."

Conan observed the situation of Kartis as he said, and the longer he could observe, the cooler his heart became......

In less than two minutes, Kartis yawned five times.

It's barely nine o'clock in the evening, and it's not too sleepy to say how sleepy, and this yawn is inevitably too frequent. Coupled with the other party's previous behavior of covering his knees, Conan came to a conclusion that he couldn't accept.

"You should also know ......," Zero's voice resounded, "joint pain and frequent yawning are the distinguishing characteristics of drug addicts. ”

Conan felt like falling into an ice cellar at this time, he never thought that the football star he loved was really ......

"However, even if Ed's news about Katis is not fictional, at most it shows that Katis had a motive to kill, and it cannot prove that he really killed the person." Conan is still making his final struggles.

"Perhaps...... Well, it's Katis' turn to do the smoke test. ”

When Conan heard this, he stopped talking, but paid attention to the results of the Kartis smoke test.

Conan was relieved that the top test was unusual, but the police then said they would test Katis for his pants and shoes.

When he heard this request from the police, Katis's face changed, and he immediately protested: "There are so many people in front of me who didn't test their pants and shoes, why should I make an exception, it's not fair!" ”

Of course, Katis's protests were fruitless, and the police continued to vigorously test his pants and shoes.

The results of the pants were fine, but a smoke reaction was measured on the shoes.

"Unfortunately, it seems that the evidence is conclusive." After the results came out, Zero said to Conan.

Conan's whole person was in a trance, and he seemed to have been hit hard.

"Oh, Miss Kanedaichi, you're amazing!" After measuring the smoke reaction from Katis's shoes, Otaki immediately leaned over to Zero, "But I'm still very curious, why can I detect the smoke reaction from his shoes, but not on his clothes and pants?" ”

"I guess that Katis is wearing clothes and pants that can be worn both backwards and backwards, and after the shooting of Ed, he wore his clothes and pants in reverse during the period before the police arrived, so that the side with gunsmoke reaction was worn on the inside, and it was undetectable. After the pistol is fired, the smoke shoots out in a semicircle diagonally downward, so I suspect that his shoes may be stained with gunpowder smoke. ”

"Is it that simple?" Otaki sighed, "But also, usually speaking, the police will not specifically test the shoes when they test the gunpowder smoke reaction, so they will be fooled by him." ”

Otaki then instructed his men to inspect the inside of Katis's clothes, and sure enough, he also found out the gunsmoke reaction, which is indeed ironclad evidence.

After that, Otaki came to ask Zero again: "By the way, Miss Kanedaichi, what is Kartis's modus operandi?" ”

"Uh...... I don't know that yet. ”

"No, I don't know?" Otaki was a little dumbfounded, "But if you don't know his modus operandi, how can you tell that he is the murderer?" ”

"A woman's ...... Intuitively. ”

"But, but ......" Otaki was a little speechless, if the modus operandi is not cracked, even if there is evidence, it is still very troublesome to finally convict.

Zero, on the other hand, looked completely unconcerned and walked towards the outside of the restaurant.

"That, Miss Kanedaichi, what are you doing?"

"I'm hungry, go outside and find a place to eat."

At the banquet just now, Zero didn't eat much, unlike Akua and Maya, who had been eating haeze all the time. It was now past nine o'clock in the evening, and she had eaten less at noon, and she was indeed very hungry now, even a little hungry. And this kind of homicide happened in the hotel, and the restaurant naturally couldn't continue to provide meal service, so Zero had to find a restaurant outside.

"But the murderer's modus operandi hasn't been cracked yet, don't you care about Miss Kanedaichi?"

"Let Hattori-kunkazu ...... The Maori detectives are in charge, and I'm sure they'll be able to solve the problem perfectly. "Zero originally wanted to convince the ministry and Conan, but it was too incompatible to put forward the name of a child like Conan, so it was changed to Mori Kogoro. Anyway, these two people will definitely follow when they investigate the case, not to mention that this time it also involves his football idol.

"I see!" The Otaki Police Department suddenly showed a look of sudden realization on his face, "You are afraid that Pingji and Maori detectives will not make an inch of their achievements and lose face, so you want to give them some credit!" Oh, Miss Kaneda, you're so considerate! ”

That one...... Otaki Police Department: You really think too much. But since you have to think so well of me, then I will reluctantly accept this statement and not refute you.

Zero called Two-Three, Maya, and Akuya, who was frightened at the time of the incident, but Akuya, a foodie, was indifferent at the time and continued to eat by herself, and did not stop eating until the police sealed off the venue.

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I found a small restaurant nearby, and Ling Zi ordered a fried chicken rice bowl and a bowl of soup, and Er San had eaten a little bit just now, and then ordered an ice cream, and I was more full before the real night, and at this moment I ordered a small cake.

As for Akuya, she ordered a Japanese steak, a Big Mac ice cream, and a hash brown.

Listening to Akua announce the name of this dish to the waiter, the corners of Zero's eyes couldn't help twitching.

Maya also opened her mouth and said to Akuya, "Akuya, you already ate a lot just now, and now you order these again, beware of being out of shape." ”

The two lived in a room in the villa, and they got along well for two days, which was quite a bit of roommates.

"Maya, you don't have to worry, I'm the type who won't get fat no matter how much I eat."

At this time, Zero said lightly: "Even if you don't get fat no matter how you eat, my money will be reduced." When I was at the banquet just now, the food was provided for free, and it didn't matter how you ate it, but now I need to pay for the order. ”

"Oh, it seems like this......" Akuya was stunned for a moment, but then said with a flattering expression, "But you don't care about such a small amount of money, do you?" ”

"No, I care. If you didn't eat just now, I'll forget about it now. But you obviously ate a lot just now, and now you order so much, it is a pure waste of my money. After Zero finished speaking, he said to the waiter, "Don't cancel all the things that the foreign lady ordered just now." ”

"Zero, you can't do this to me!" Akua suddenly wailed, "Well, at least let me have something to eat!" ”

Zero rubbed his eyebrows helplessly: "Then you are allowed to order one dish at most." ”

Akuya was about to speak, but Zero glared at her and stopped talking. After hesitating for a while, he said to the waiter, "Then I want Big Mac ice cream." ”

The waiter went to place an order, and the four of them started eating one after another, so they didn't talk about it. And on the side of the K3 Hotel, Conan and Heiji also deduced the whole picture of the incident.

Ray Katis first left the door of Room 205 open to the end, then removed the sliding door of the cabinet in the room, placed the sliding door diagonally near the position of the light switch on the wall, and then took out a mop and sandwiched the end of the mop between the sliding door and the gap between the wall to support the sliding door. After completing this series of preparations, Kartis went to the third floor with a soccer ball and knocked on the door of Room 303 where Eddard was. During the time Ed came to open the door, Katis returned to the staircase and kicked the ball downwards, hitting the wall on the landing of the staircase, bouncing off the second floor, and finally rolling into Room 205, knocking the mop away. The sliding door, which has lost its mop support, presses against the wall and presses the light switch, causing the light to come on. So Katis was on the third floor and turned on the lights in room 205. Katis then quickly shoots Eddard and then returns to Room 205 and sticks his head out of the window, creating the illusion that he has been in the room all along, and in fact he is the last to stick his head out of the window.

And the death message left by Ed Mackay also refers to Ray Katis. Ed loves to eat sushi, and the gesture of his right hand is the gesture of holding sushi while eating sushi. In sushi restaurants, there is a hidden word used among the staff to keep customers from knowing what is going on inside, and the obi refers to the number "8". Obviously, Ed was holding his belt to convey the message of "8", which represented Ray Katis's back number 8.

Kartis's motive for killing is slightly different from what Zero had guessed, and Ed's report that Kartis was using drugs was indeed a false report, and that Kartis was not on drugs at the time. But the report caused a lot of mental stress on Kartis's wife, and eventually committed suicide, and Kartis, who could not bear the pain of losing his wife, also became poisoned. In revenge, he claimed to be an anonymous whistleblower who had conclusive evidence of Ray Katis taking drugs, summoned Ed to Japan, and eventually plotted to kill him.

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The modus operandi of this case is quite mysterious, and my pen power is limited, so I am not sure if readers can understand it when I write it like this...... In the future, it seems that we will have to pick some cases whose modus operandi can be described in a relatively simple way.