"Oh! Xiaoying, have you found the murderer?! ”

Behind the man-made cliff, all the people who had been questioned by the police before were gathered at this moment, and Maori Kogoro looked at Karasuma Ying, and said with emotion but proudly:

"What a match for my detective Kogoro Mori! I did learn a few things about it! Hahaha! ”

"Hahaha......"

Conan on the side also let out an incomprehensible laugh.

[Uncle, you're really welcome......]

"You have won the prize to Mr. Maori, and it is also thanks to the help of everyone here."

Smiling back, Karasuma Ying's gaze swept over everyone, and said:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the investigation of this case has been completed, and I will first explain the result, Mr. Katsuragi was murdered, and the murderer is among us.

Because the murderer's modus operandi is indeed exquisite, I need to answer a few doubts in this case to you before I name the murderer.

One is the true identity of the Oniemar who jumped from the man-made cliff as everyone saw before. ”

"Isn't he Katsuragi himself?" Daisuke Shibata asked as a matter of course.

"No, if the person above at that time was really Mr. Katsuragi himself, then in addition to the possibility of suicide, the person who murdered Mr. Katsuragi could only be Hui ...... Miss Hoshino. ”

"I see, so is the murderer Hoshino? She was the one who pushed Katsuragi down? "Daisuke Shibata directly locked up the murderer for Karasuma Ying.

And when Hoshino Terumi heard this, she just glanced at him and didn't even answer.

"It can't be Miss Hoshino." Conan opened his mouth and said, "Because Miss Hoshino put on special makeup on her hands for today's shooting.

But because the foundation used by the staff is cheap and of poor quality, it can be easily rubbed off.

So if Miss Hoshino pushed that Oniemar down, some of the foundation on her hands would be on the costume. ”

As Conan's words fell, Terumi Hoshino raised her hand cooperatively, allowing everyone to look at the makeup in her hand that looked like a strangulation.

"The Forensic Identification Department did not find any residue of the same substance on that costume." Miwako Sato also spoke.

"So, the man wearing the One-Nimar holster at the time was not pushed down by Miss Hoshino at all, but jumped off by himself, and he was the murderer of Mr. Katsuragi, as for the real Mr. Katsuragi......"

After a pause, Karasuma continued, "He was dead long before filming began. ”

"And where the hell is his body hidden?" Hearing this, Maori Kogoro asked, "Xiaoying, we rushed over very quickly, and the murderer couldn't have had time to drag the body from other places, right?" ”

"That's true, the murderer himself knew this, so he was clever enough to hide the body in an air cushion."

"What?!" Shibata Daisuke was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Hiding in an air cushion? This—This shouldn't be possible, right? ”

"No, that's it." Looking at him, Karasuma said, "The murderer murdered Mr. Katsuragi in advance and stuffed his body into an air cushion, and finally disguised it by temporarily sewing it with duct tape.

After the performance began, the murderer, dressed in another Oniemar costume and disguised as Mr. Katsuragi, jumped off the cliff as originally planned, and after tearing off the tape to expose Mr. Katsuragi's body inside the air cushion, he quickly left the studio through the back door......

"Well, how did the murderer jump from a ten-meter-high cliff and still be able to do all this quickly and then escape?" Katsu Komiya couldn't help but ask, as a stuntman, he knew very well how dangerous this was.

"It's simple, because the killer set up a small trap." Conan suddenly pulled out a bundle of rope from behind him and replied loudly.

This bundle of rope is the same one he and Karasuma Ying found in the warehouse earlier.

"Before filming began, one end of this bundle of ropes had been bolted to a steel frame above the back side of the cliff by the murderer in advance.

Then the murderer walked up the cliff, and after the director shouted to start, he immediately grabbed the other end of the rope, tied it around his waist, and jumped straight down.

This bundle of rope has excellent toughness and can absorb the impact very well, as long as the length of the rope is adjusted, it can indeed replace the role of the air cushion to a large extent, allowing the murderer to fall smoothly to the ground.

The evidence is that the steel frame above, as well as the inside of the bundle of ropes, have been rubbed by high-speed friction, and the police only need to test a little, and they will find that the scratches of the steel frame have the same material residue as this bundle of ropes. ”

"Interesting, take down this bundle of ropes and test it, as well as the scratches on the steel frame above, and extract the residue inside and test it together." Miwako Sato said to the officers of the Forensic Bureau behind her.

"Yes."

"......I see," Hoshino Terumi nodded lightly when she heard this, and then suddenly looked at Shibata Daisuke beside him, and said:

"I'm still wondering what that O'Nimar had been squatting there for what he was doing, so he was setting up a trap for himself to escape......

Until this moment, she already knew who the killer was.

"yes, yes, I really didn't expect that murderer to be so ...... Cunning. Seeing that Hoshino Terumi was uncomfortable, Shibata Daisuke subconsciously raised his hand and pushed his glasses, and stumbled back.

"Indeed."

After taking a deep look at him, Terumi Hoshino turned her head to look at Karasuma Ying and said, "Xiao Ying, there should be a flaw in the murderer's technique, right?" How did he make sure that the rest of the crew wouldn't find out about his setups in advance? ”

"That's right."

Karasuma Ying nodded, also looked at Shibata Daisuke, who was already a little flustered, and said, "This is indeed a very likely thing.

So the murderer in order to ensure that this situation does not happen, but also to ensure that no one will see the process of his escape.

Long before today's shooting, the murderer used his power to give a special order to arrange all the staff of the entire crew in front of the artificial cliff, and as for the back of the cliff, no one was left.

Am I right, producer Mr. Daisuke Shibata? ”

As Karasuma Ying's words fell, the eyes of everyone around fell on Daisuke Shibata.

"What's the joke?" Looking quite flustered, Daisuke Shibata pushed his glasses, barely showing a smile.

"I'm the producer of O'Nimar, and I'm going to murder the male lead of my crew? How is this possible......"

"Whether it's a murderer or not, it has nothing to do with the identity between you and Mr. Katsuragi."

"Ridiculous!"

As if to dispel the panic and fear in his heart, Daisuke Shibata suddenly shouted loudly: "You say I'm a murderer?!" According to you, the murderer wore that holster to complete this series of acts, right?!

Little girl, you probably don't know how difficult it is to move around with that leather case on! How could I, a clerical who can only write, have the physical strength to do what you said? According to you, shouldn't it be more likely that Komiya is the murderer?! ”

"Huh?!"

Xiao Gongsheng on the side looked confused, why did he suddenly pull it on him?

"Komiya himself is a professional martial arts stuntman, I've heard of it before! He's the one who did something to the holster Katsuragi was wearing! Isn't he more in line with your reasoning?! ”

In the face of Shibata Daisuke's hysteria, Karasuma Ying just looked at him quietly, then sighed softly and said:

"It can't be Mr. Komiya, because Mr. Katsuragi's two sets of O'Nimar's costumes, Mr. Komiya can't wear them at all."

"W-What do you mean?"

"Oniemar's holster costumes are tailored to the actor's figure, and there is a big difference in height between Mr. Komiya and Mr. Katsuragi.

Mr. Katsuragi's costume is completely mismatched in height and width, and even if he barely wears it, he can't see the outside vision at all with Mr. Komiya's height, let alone make these movements, and he even has a problem walking.

Therefore, he could not be the one who disguised himself as Oniemar at that time. ”

"Haha, yes......" Xiao Miyakatsu heard this, raised his hand and touched his head, and smiled a little embarrassedly.

Although Karasuma Ying was clearing his suspicions, he didn't know why, he always felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and he pulled out the cold......

"Speaking of which, producer, you and Katsuragi are very similar in height and physique, so you should be able to easily put on the holster, right?"

Next to Daisuke Shibata, Terumi Hoshino lit a cigarette for herself and said quietly.

"What did you say?!" Daisuke Shibata turned his head to glare at her sharply and asked viciously, "Hoshino, are you suspicious of me?!" ”

"I just think Xiaoying's reasoning is very reasonable." Terumi Hoshino glanced at him.

"As for Mr. Shibata, the time you murdered Mr. Katsuragi should have been this morning."

Karasuma Ying interrupted the argument between the two and continued:

"According to the records of the security office, you and Mr. Katsuragi were the first and second people to come to the studio today, respectively, and you both arrived early, except that Miss Hoshino, who was behind you, arrived at the studio half an hour later.

In other words, before Hoshino-san, you and Mr. Katsuragi spent at least half an hour alone.

If my reasoning is correct, Mr. Shibata should have made Mr. Katsuragi-san come to the studio ahead of time under the pretext of discussing the script, and then coaxed him into putting on that costume to go to the artificial cliff, and pushed him off the cliff while he was unprepared, completing the murder of Mr. Katsuragi.

This will be determined when a more detailed post-mortem report from the Forensic Identification Division comes out and the exact time of Mr. Katsuragi's death is determined. ”

"Nonsense!"

Daisuke Shibata retorted loudly, "It's true that I came early today, but why do you say that I murdered Katsuragi?!" I was clearly sleeping in the lounge all the time! I came to the studio for the first time today after I heard a call from the staff after Katsuragi was killed! ”

"yes......"

Karasuma looked at him and asked, "In that case, I have a question for Mr. Shibata, if Mr. Shibata really came to the studio for the first time today, why are you so sure that we are friends invited by Mr. Katsuragi?" ”

"Uh......"

"You didn't have any doubts, you didn't mean to ask at all, and you found us in the crowd very habitually.

Obviously, Mr. Shibata, you told us before, that Mr. Katsuragi is a very willful person, and he will never notify you in advance of things like inviting guests.

So, Mr. Shibata, who must have seen us for the first time, why did you know so well that we were invited by Mr. Katsuragi?

Is it because you've seen us long before that? Like what...... That group photo? ”

Karasuma Ying suddenly took out the photo of the Maori and O'Nimar taken by Yumi Kawada before the shooting.

"Uh, this, that ......" Looking at this group photo, Daisuke Shibata suddenly stammered as if deflated.

"Mr. Shibata, it seems that you don't come to the filming scene very often, I have heard from the crew that Mr. Katsuragi never takes the initiative to invite people to take pictures after putting on O'Nimar's holster.

If you look closely, Oniemar's signature gesture in this group photo is indeed very non-standard, not at all like that of Mr. Katsuragi, who can repeat this movement dozens of times a day......"

"Hmph, hahahaha......"

Without waiting for Karasuma Ying to say more, Shibata Daisuke suddenly smiled, he raised his hand and pushed his glasses, his face was full of gloom.

"I really didn't expect it to be discovered in the end...... That's right, Katsuragi was indeed killed by me. ”

"How so? Producer, you ......" Katsu Komiya looked at him in disbelief, "Aren't you good friends?" ”

"Because of O'Nimar."

After confessing, Daisuke Shibata seemed to be much calmer, and he said in a flat tone, "He has been threatening me in the matter of O'Nimar, so I killed him, and that's it." ”

"What do you mean?" Terumi Hoshino also looked at him curiously.

"That was before Onimar started filming, when he and I weren't well-known, and once he went to Europe to shoot on location, and he happened to see a picture book in a local antique shop, and it was from this book that he finally created the original script of 'Onimar the Cyborg'......"

"It turns out that he wrote the original script of O'Nimar?!" Mori Kogoro was shocked when he heard this.

Without answering him, Shibata Daisuke continued to say flatly: "After that, he came to me with this original case, hoping that I could help him get O'Nimar's investment, and his only condition was for him to play the leading role of O'Nimar.

Because I also thought O'Nimar's script was very good at the time, so I agreed to him, and after that, O'Nimar became really popular, and I became famous with him.

It's a pity that he's a bad gambler, long before he played O'Nimar, he had a lot of gambling debts, and he couldn't pay back the amount of money even if he was famous for so long, so he hit me with the idea! ”

"Well, I'll interrupt ......"

Mori Kogoro couldn't help but interject: "This is not right, right? When Katsuragi came to me yesterday, he was still carrying a bag of money......"

"That's my money!" Daisuke Shibata almost didn't hold back when he heard this, and shouted loudly, "He only blackmailed me yesterday morning!" ”

"This, that's it, hug, sorry......" Scratching his head a little embarrassedly, Maori Kogoro smiled.

Taking a deep breath, Daisuke Shibata repeated to calm his breathing and continued: "That guy has been threatening me, saying that if he doesn't want the script to be made public, he will help him pay off all his gambling debts!"

Otherwise, he will poke this matter out, so that I will never be able to be in this circle again in the future! ”

"So you're trying to kill him?" Miwako Sato asked.

"That's right, that's it! All this is thanks to Him! That rotten man!! Damn!! ”

Once again, Daisuke Shibata suddenly pulled out a picture album from behind him and threw it viciously on the ground.

Karasuma tilted her head and glanced at the album he had thrown to the ground.

The album appears to have been drawn by hand, and the words "Kingdom of Andrew" are written in English on the cover......

[Could it be the same album that made Katsuragi Doujin write the script of Onimal?] 】

"Click."

Just as Karasuma Ying was thinking this, the back door of the studio suddenly opened, and a figure that no one could have imagined rushed in.

"O, O'Nimar?! O'Nimar in reality?! ”

Looking at the figure that suddenly broke in, Mao Lilan covered his mouth and shouted subconsciously.

Another guy in an O'Nimar holster?!

Just when everyone was stunned for a moment, "Oniemar" quickly picked up the album on the ground, turned around and rushed out of the studio again through the back door.

[Could it be...... Is he the same Oniemar who made a lot of trouble in the city before? 】

"Stop!" Realizing this, Karasuma immediately chased after her.

"Don't run!" Conan followed.

"Takagi! You look at Shibata! ”

"Ahh Be! ”

shouted at Wataru Takagi, and Miwako Sato chased after him.

Several people chased back and forth, and after crossing most of the studio, Karasuma finally blocked "Oniemar" behind an iron guardrail.

"You can't run away." Panting slightly, Karasuma Ying looked at Oniemar in front of him and said.

"Can you catch up with me? Good health, little girl. The "Oniemar" in front of him turned around, as if to praise Karasuma Ying.

[Woman's voice?! 】

O'Nimar's voice surprised Karasuma Ying, but now was clearly not the time to think about it.

"What was your reason for taking that album?"

"Because that's what I'm looking for." Glancing at the album in his hand, O'Nimar replied: "After all, it's the person who can make the show O'Nimar, and this thing will obviously be in the hands of the relevant personnel." ”

"I see...... In other words, you've been in ambush in the photo studio today, just waiting for the moment when Daisuke Shibata takes out the album, right? ”

Squinting at her, Karasuma Ying continued to ask, "I have a question for you, why did you kill someone the fourth time, even though you didn't do it three times before?" ”

The fourth time Karasuma Ying said in her mouth, she was naturally referring to the news of O'Nimar's murder last night.

Her instincts told her that the O'Nimar in front of her was most likely the embodiment of the "hero of justice" who had recently caught criminals all over the city.

However, Oniemar didn't answer her question this time, and Karasuma Ying didn't rush to ask.

The two of them just looked at each other until the footsteps of others gradually sounded behind Karasuma Ying.

"I ...... There was no killing. ”

Finally, after leaving such a sentence, Oniemar quickly turned around, jumped forward, grabbed the iron fence behind him, and jumped directly in mid-air with a flip!

"Can you still be so good in a leather case?"

Slightly surprised, Karasuma Ying quickly stepped forward, also grabbed the iron guardrail and jumped over.

Then, she saw O'Nimar get on a motorcycle on the side of the road and drive away.

"Don't try to run!"

At this moment, a shout sounded behind Karasuma Ying, and I saw Conan holding a skateboard that he didn't know where to take out, also climbing over the iron guardrail, and stepping on the skateboard to chase after him at an obviously unscientific speed.

"Sister Xiaoying! I'll leave the rest to me! ”

Leaving these words, Conan rushed out in a puff of smoke, and behind Karasuma Ying, Miwako Sato arrived breathlessly at this time, and through the iron guardrail, she looked at Karasuma Ying with a puzzled expression.

"Xiao Ying? And what about Conan and that Onemar? ”

"The two of them sparked out......"

"Huh?"

Karasuma Ying was still wondering, where did Conan get that skateboard out of at that time?

She always felt as if she had discovered some incredible secret......

“……”

In the end, Conan still failed to catch up with O'Nimar and returned to the studio in despair, where he was given an iron fist of love by Mr. Maori.

After saying goodbye to Terumi Hoshino, Kasuma Ying did not follow Mori Kogoro back to the office, but got into Miwako Sato's car.

She hadn't forgotten what Miwako Sato said to her when she first came today.

"Xiaoying, what you want to see is in the armrest box."

As soon as Karasuma Ying sat in the co-pilot, Miwako Sato spoke directly.

She immediately started the car, and in the rear, Wataru Takagi and the other police officers' cars started one after another, connecting with each other.

As she had said, Karasuma opened the armrest box and took out the brown leather bag file inside.

This file seems to have been in place for some years, and you can see the traces of time on it just by looking at it.

On the front of the file, there is a number for marking, as well as the name of the owner of the file.

"White River ......"

Subconsciously pronounced the name, Karasuma Ying's hands couldn't help but tremble slightly.

[It's the name, it's not wrong......]

"What's wrong?" Noticing her strangeness, Miwako Sato glanced at her.

"No, nothing ......"

Karasuma Ying shook her head slightly, her eyes staring at the file tightly, for some reason, she suddenly became a little nervous, and even her breathing began to be uncontrollably rapid, which was an extremely rare situation for her.

If my grandfather was here, I guess she would be punished to meditate alone for a day and a night, right?

"I just can't believe it......"

Opening her mouth, Karasuma Ying tried to calm her breathing, and said in as steady a tone as possible:

"Can't believe I can really find ......"

With that, she raised her hand and opened the file.

Sleepy, sleepy

(End of chapter)