Ke Xue World: The Confrontation between Black and Red

Ooka Momiji had just woken up from bed when the accompanying butler informed her that a murder had occurred in the hotel.

There were no densely packed documents and no various plans to nitpick that kept circulating in her dreams. Ooka Hongye, who had a rare good night's sleep, looked much better than yesterday.

But she was in a bad mood when she received the bad news as soon as she woke up. The cold-faced Ooka Hongye seemed particularly unattainable and no one was allowed to approach her.

The female hotel manager who was waiting at the door of her room dared only take a quick glance and then immediately lowered her head.

After simply changing her clothes, Ooka Hongye, under the guidance of the hotel's female manager, took the elevator to the lounge area lobby on the sixth floor of the hotel while listening to her detailed report.

at this time,

The Fukuoka police, who received the report, have arrived at the scene and cordoned off the hotel inside and out.

Guests staying in the hotel, as well as hotel staff, are now gathering in the lounge on the sixth floor of the hotel.

In order to make this treasure hunt a success, to increase the popularity of the red leaf season tourist line, and to lay a solid foundation for the red leaf treasure that may be used as a gimmick every year in the future.

This time, the Ooka Group not only sponsored the event financially and provided sufficient support, but also cleared one of its high-end hot spring hotels for three days just to entertain the participants of this treasure hunt competition.

In addition, the superior suites and top suites on the sixth to ninth floors are specially opened for contestants to choose from.

But who could have thought that someone would die the next day.

The hotel manager who had witnessed the crime scene was anxiously answering the police's questions. Other people who had gathered in the public lounge on the sixth floor had different expressions on their faces.

Some were scared because a murder had happened, some were dissatisfied because their free treasure hunting time was delayed, and some were angry because they wanted to leave but were stopped by the police.

In the crowd, Asaka, who had heard everything about the case, met the eyes of Toru Amuro in the distance, and received a barely perceptible shake of the head in response.

Sensing a pair of eyes looking at him, Kiku Masamune followed the line of sight and saw a little boy with glasses, wearing a blue suit, a red bow tie and looking at him secretly.

When he found that he was also looking at him, he immediately raised his hand to touch his head and gave an awkward smile.

Oops, got caught.

Conan, who didn't expect to be caught red-handed, maintained an awkward smile and looked to the east, then to the west.

Then he looked again and found that the red-haired man did not look away, but continued to look at him. The smile on Conan's face suddenly became more and more awkward, and it almost froze on his face.

Fortunately, Mao Lilan, who was beside him, came to his rescue in time. She bent down and straightened his tie, allowing him to end the embarrassment.

Now he didn't dare to glance in Kiku Masamune's direction again. If he was caught a third time, he suspected that the other party would just come over to him.

Conan ran into Kikumasamune at Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine yesterday. He was walking on the stairs at that time. For a moment, he thought it was Whiskey coming.

If Kyogoku Makoto hadn't noticed it in time and picked him up, he would have slipped and almost hit his head on the stairs.

When Conan saw the other person's figure and appearance clearly, especially the smiling and very friendly black-haired young man beside him, he pulled back the soul that had flown away.

But he also remembered this person in his heart, especially when Kyogoku Makoto told him that this person's breathing and walking were different from those of ordinary people, and that he was a very powerful martial arts master.

So after seeing her again today, he couldn't help but secretly look at her.

Although he is now completely sure that this person is not Whiskey, the 30% similar face and the strength that even Kyogoku Makoto agrees is that of a strong man always make him curious.

He just didn't expect that the other party would notice him so quickly and keep staring at him.

Conan decided to focus on the murder case at hand and temporarily put aside his curiosity about Kikumasamune.

But the next second, he found a pair of familiar shoes in front of him.

Looking up along the shoe, he saw a face that he had just peeked at twice and was discovered each time.

After a brief shock, an awkward smile appeared on Conan's face again. Mao Lilan, who was facing Conan's "amazing" acting skills, twitched her eyelids slightly. While feeling embarrassed for Conan, she couldn't help but complain in her heart.

Aunt Yukiko was the most popular actress in Japan before she retired. Shinichi, you really didn't inherit her acting skills at all.

"Little boy, do you know my friend?"

When she turned around, she found that her partner had stopped in front of a child. Asaka followed him puzzledly and looked at Conan and Mouri Ran while speaking.

"Um~ This brother looks a bit like a brother I know, so I was just peeking at him, but I didn't expect to be discovered by this brother."

Conan wanted to make up a random lie, but when he noticed Asaka looking at him with a smile, he immediately changed his story.

After saying that, he immediately lowered his head, looking embarrassed and shy.

Asaka's eyes flickered, but the smile on her face remained unchanged, and she replied in a relaxed tone:

"I see, that's quite a coincidence."

Seeing that Asaka had no intention of asking further questions, Conan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He looked up and found that Kiku Masamune was still looking at him.

My heart skipped a beat and the breath I exhaled was stuck halfway.

Noticing this, Asaka quickly explained:

"Sorry, sorry, my friend didn't mean anything wrong, he actually likes children and animals very much, he is a soft-hearted person.

It's just that his face is too hard, which makes it unpopular among children and small animals.

It was rare to see a child staring at him without fear, he was so happy. "

As she said this, Asaka smiled apologetically at Mouri Ran and Conan, turned her head to look at her partner, and raised her hand to "touch" Kikumasamune's waist.

Lighten up, partner. You scared the kid.

Kikumasamune, who was pinched hard by his partner, took a deep breath, and finally looked away as both Mouri Ran and Conan looked obviously relieved.

But when Asaka saw Kikumasamune starting to touch his pockets, she couldn't help but raise her hand to her forehead.

Just when Conan and Mouri Ran were still wondering what the red-haired man was doing, Kiku Masamune took out a cute ceramic kitten the size of a baby's fist from his pocket.

Then he handed it to Conan.

He bought this yesterday when he and Asaka were keeping an eye on a suspected target at Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine.

"I'm sorry to have offended you. This is an apology gift from my friend. Please accept it.

Otherwise, he would hide in his bed and cry secretly at night. "

Conan was about to refuse, but after hearing the second half of Asaka's words, he reached out and took the ceramic kitten handed to him by Kiku Masamune.

He raised his head and replied seriously:

"Thank you."

Kiku Masamune raised his hands and gestured, feeling somewhat at a loss.

Before Asaka could translate the words, Ran Mouri and Conan, who understood the sign language, showed a flash of shock in their eyes.

The two did not expect that the red-haired man in front of them was actually a deaf-mute who could not speak.

Conan suddenly felt guilty for his previous suspicion and curiosity, and Mao Lilan also looked apologetic.

At this time, a policeman in uniform came over and asked Kiku Masamune in a serious tone:

"Sir, did you buy this ceramic kitten at Tenmangu Shrine yesterday?"

?

Sensing something bad from the police's expression and questioning, Asaka's smile suddenly disappeared, and she replied:

"Yes, any questions?"

Seeing the policeman turn his head to look at him in confusion, Chaoxiang replied calmly:

"My friend is mute and can't speak, so if you have any questions, just ask me.

We are good friends who participated in this treasure hunt together and have been together for the past two days.”

The young policeman didn't expect that the tall, red-haired man in front of him would be a deaf-mute, and a look of pity and apology appeared in his eyes.

Asako immediately took advantage of the young policeman's emotion and began to inquire about the reason.

Conan on the side quickly pricked up his ears.

After learning that a murder had occurred in the hotel, he originally wanted to go to the crime scene to take a look, but there was a police station near this hot spring hotel.

Before he could go in and take a closer look, the Fukuoka police appeared and drove everyone away from the crime scene.

As the young policeman told the story, Conan gradually had a clear understanding of the case.

The deceased in the case was a woman in her twenties who was a teammate of one of the contestants in the treasure hunt competition.

According to the current investigation results of the police, it has been confirmed that the cause of death of the deceased was homicide. The murderer stabbed the victim in the throat from behind, leaving a large amount of blood splattered at the crime scene.

However, the murderer was very cautious in committing the crime, and no fingerprints were found on the murder weapon left at the scene.

At present, the only clue the police have about the murderer is that the victim’s mobile phone disappeared after the incident and was suspected to have been taken away by the murderer.

There is also a video captured through the hotel corridor surveillance camera showing the murderer walking out of the victim's room with a prayer note falling from his sleeve.

A red leaf prayer note was found in the gap between the carpet and the wall.

As for why this matter involves Kiku Masamune.

That's because this red leaf prayer paper is not sold separately, but is given as a gift when you purchase a souvenir.

Among them, the red leaf prayer paper given with souvenirs of different prices are different.

The red leaf prayer paper that the police found at the crime scene was a gift that could only be obtained after purchasing the highest-priced souvenir.

Also, the cute cat ceramic that Kikumasamune bought is the most expensive of all the souvenirs at Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine.

Generally speaking, this type of souvenirs are specifically used to cheat outsiders who don't understand the market.

Therefore, after a thorough investigation, the police, together with the help of the souvenir stall owner, successfully found five scapegoats, or suspects, among a crowd of more than a hundred people.

It was past ten o'clock.

At this time, most of the irrelevant people were persuaded to return to their rooms.

In the lounge hall on the sixth floor, there are only less than twenty people including police officers, suspects, detectives, relatives and friends of suspects, and hotel management.

Under the pleas of famous detectives such as Hattori Heiji and their combined popularity and influence, Inspector Murashita, who was in charge of investigating the case, finally agreed to allow several detectives, including Mori Kogoro, to enter the crime scene to investigate.

As for the remaining five suspects, they were professionally interrogated by the police.

Asaka, who stayed behind as a relative of the suspect, looked at the other suspects. She glanced past Suzuki Sonoko, who had also bought expensive souvenirs, and looked at the remaining three suspects.

A skinny and frail young man, a gentle man in a suit and tie, and a cold-faced woman with short, capable hair.

Coincidentally, these three were all among the eight suspects they had listed.

One of them was the target they were following yesterday.

Could it be an internal conflict within the team?

Asaka, who had sensed something, looked secretly at the three of them, and then saw that the capable woman among the three, when no one was paying attention, slightly curled her lips and winked at him.

The fleeting sense of familiarity made Asaka instantly realize that underneath the skin of the capable woman was Vermouth, who had already infiltrated the suspect.

I don’t know if these police officers and detectives can choose the correct answer from the two options.

Chaoxiang felt a little regretful. If she had stopped Dian Kiku Masamune from buying him that extremely expensive ceramic cat yesterday, she wouldn't be in this situation today.

Although the task progress has made a lot of progress now.

There are eight suspects, one was impersonated by Vermouth, one is dead, and there is a murderer. The only ones left to be eliminated are five people.

But if the police and detectives are not competent and fail to find the real culprit, and they are kept here, the remaining time may not be enough.

Vermouth, who was being questioned intensively by the police, was not worried at all.

The police are incompetent if they can't find out what the murderer did, as he used such low-level methods and was so stupid that he didn't even realize he left his things at the scene.

But this is definitely not a problem for the clever little detective.

After all, that was the Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei era, the savior of the police, and the famous high school detective Shinichi Kudo in Kanto.

"Ah."

In the crime room, the trusted Conan couldn't help but sneeze loudly.

Kogoro Mori, who was checking the scene nearby, turned his head and waved his hand impatiently to drive them away.

"Since you have a cold, go out and take medicine and rest. Don't stay here."

If Xiaolan finds out later, she will blame me again.

Conan didn't want to go out at all. He had put in a lot of effort to squeeze into the investigation team as Hattori Heiji's assistant and a young detective. How could he leave so easily?

So he explained that it was just a normal sneeze and not a cold, while winking at Hattori Heiji who was observing the blood splatter marks on the scene.

Receiving the eye signal, Hattori Heiji did not disappoint Conan's expectations. With just a few words, he diverted Mouri Kogoro's attention to solving the case.

After hearing Hattori Heiji mention that if they solved the case as soon as possible, they might be able to join Okino Yoko in the afternoon treasure hunt, Mouri Kogoro suddenly felt like he was injected with five pounds of chicken blood.

He threw himself into solving the case with high morale.