Conan: Live in the Maori Detective Agency at the beginning

"You were outside the hotel?!" Inspector Otaki continued to ask, "Were you planning to go back at that time?"

"No, I was asked by the three of them to do this." Hattori Heiji waved his hand and said, "Outside the hotel, I helped them confirm whether the light in the hotel room had typed out the letter K."

"Which three people are you referring to?" Inspector Otaki stood up and continued.

"Of course, they are the owners of K Hotel, former professional boxer Rica Barre, American professional baseball player Mike Nord, and professional football player Reca Tisci," explained Hattori Heiji.

"So, it was these three who turned on the lights in the room at that time." Inspector Otaki looked at Hattori Heiji and asked.

Hattori Heiji nodded and said, "Yes, that's right. Lei is in charge of the five rooms on the first and second floors, and Mike is in charge of the four rooms on the third and fourth floors. As for Rika, he is in charge of the two rooms on the fifth floor. They went up at the same time."

"In that case, the murderer is very likely one of these three." Inspector Otaki considered.

"That's very likely." Maori Kogoro agreed and walked forward, "Because I think the three of them are quite disgusted with this reporter."

Yuanshan Heye suddenly said: "But, it seems unlikely."

"Hmm?" Kogoro Mouri turned his head and looked at Toyama Kazuha in confusion.

"This room is in the middle of the second floor. At the time of the crime, the three of them were far away from this room." After explaining, Toyama Kazuha confirmed with Mao Lilan, "Is that right, Xiaolan?"

"Yeah." Mao Lilan nodded in response.

"Then did you know that the three of them were in that room at the time?" asked Inspector Otaki.

Mao Lilan recalled: "I remember that Mr. Mike was in the room above the room where the crime occurred, and he pulled open the half-open curtains."

"After that, Mr. Rica immediately turned off the light that was turned on in the second room on the left side of the top floor. Finally, Mr. Lei turned on the light of the room on the far right of the first floor that was missed."

"Just as we were celebrating that K was finally finished, we heard gunshots and the sound of glass breaking."

"Did you see the three of them at that time?" said Inspector Otaki.

Mao Lilan shook her head and said, "No, but from the time Mr. Mike opened the curtain to the time Mr. Lei turned on the light, it was about five seconds, and the time between when we heard the gunshot was less than two seconds."

"Then all three of them stuck their heads out of the room and asked what happened," added Toyama Kazuha.

"So, who is the murderer?" Kogoro Mouri touched his chin. If that was the case, the three of them basically had an alibi.

"Is it possible that it was the guest who was invited to the hotel?"

Inspector Otaki, Kogoro Mori and Heiji Hattori all looked at Conan.

Conan explained: "Because after Chen, Heiji and I came here, a lot of people came here."

"I think the criminal must be hiding in a nearby room. He took advantage of the panic to escape."

"But according to what you said, everyone invited to the cocktail party is a suspect. It will be difficult to find the murderer." Inspector Otaki said after thinking for a moment.

"Ah~!" Conan squatted beside the dead man and said, "Come and look at this uncle's left hand. He seems to be holding something."

"This is a belt." Kogoro Mouri said after he leaned over and saw it.

"And his right hand is also very strange." Conan pointed at the gestures on the dead man's hand, "The pinky and ring fingers are all bent."

Mao Lilan picked up Conan, and Conan was still saying: "Isn't he playing finger-guessing with the murderer at that time?"

"Conan~!" Ran Mao Li shouted.

"Heiji, this couldn't be..." Inspector Otaki confirmed after guessing that it seemed to be a death message.

"Yes, I think this belt and his gesture are probably the death message he left behind before he died." Hattori Heiji guessed.

"But, he might not be referring to the belt, he might be referring to the pants." Yuanshan Heye had a wild idea, "He took off the belt maybe to let people see his underwear."

"?" Xingchen tilted his head and a question mark appeared above his head. What kind of fantastic idea was this?

"You should use your brain a little bit." Hattori Heiji couldn't help but turn his head and said, "If he wants to hint at the underwear, he can just loosen his belt and point his finger at the edge of the underwear."

"Who would make such a suggestion while holding a belt in their hand?"

Inspector Otaki nodded and said, "Then we can use this clue to filter the guests waiting at the hotel one by one."

"No, I don't think it's necessary." Kogoro Mouri said suddenly.

"Eh?!"

"In my opinion, the murderer must be one of these three people." Kogoro Mouri said confidently.

"The belt is the symbol of a champion that can only be worn by a strong man who has won a series of duels." Maori Kogoro raised his finger and began to reason, "In other words, the murderer is the former boxing champion Rica Barre!"

"So what does the finger mean?" Yuanshan Heye asked.

"Ah..." Kogoro Mori said embarrassedly.

"Since Ricardo Barre always knocks his opponents down in the fourth round, his fingers should be showing four."

"That's the professional football player Lei." Maori Kogoro guessed again, "He has won the final championship for his team in three countries: Italy, Spain and the United States."

Mao Lilan seemed to be gesturing with her fingers, a gesture she seemed to have seen somewhere before.

Conan, who was held in his arms, began to explain: "But Lei also won the championship in the British Prime Minister's Cup."

"Oh, really?" Kogoro Mouri was speechless.

"Isn't his finger pointing at three?" Mao Lilan gestured, "It's a reference to baseball. You know, pitchers always hold the ball with three fingers when throwing."

"That must be the case. So the murderer must be Mike from American professional baseball." Toyama Kazuha agreed.

"That doesn't make sense. Mike's team has never won a championship. Even if you win a baseball championship you don't win the belt," objected Kogoro Mori.

Conan was speechless. So will that happen if we win the football match?

"..." Xingchen was speechless, thinking, you guys just keep guessing, but he is right, the murderer should be among the three of them.

"The only clues now are his fingers and the white bandage held in his left hand. I think we have to solve this first before we can proceed to the next step." Inspector Otaki observed.

"Bandage?!" Kogoro Mouri asked in confusion. Isn't it a belt?

"Why, haven't you heard anyone call a belt a bandage?" Inspector Otaki explained.

"I think only old men and old women call each other like that." Hattori Heiji said helplessly.