Conan Moslin

Chapter 241: The Duke of Darkness (21) Shelter

It’s quite interesting. Although he has encountered many cases with Conan and Mr. Mori, this is the first time that Kuroba Kuriyasu has seen the real "Sleeping Kogoro Mori".

At this time, the middle-aged man supported his cheek with one hand, and the other hand hung naturally. Conan lifted it onto the table with great effort and adjusted it into a normal sitting position.

Close your eyes, take a long breath, and relax your muscles naturally.

It was exactly the same as when he was drunk, a true sleeping state.

But his slightly open lips moved with his breathing, and the subtle breath he exhaled and inhaled made his "speaking" sound like ventriloquism.

This is probably the reason why Mr. Maori has not been exposed.

Li An silently changed his position so that he could carefully observe "their" reasoning.

Not far from her, Mao Lilan approached quietly.

Dr. Agasa noticed that Kogoro Mori was forced into a state of reasoning, and he unconsciously moved his feet to block the side of Mori's chair.

The large stature gave Conan a great sense of security, allowing him to continue to perform with unrestrained concentration.

Officer Yokomizo also noticed Mr. Maori's deep sleep, and spontaneously explained to everyone: "This is Mr. Maori's unique posture when he is reasoning, right, Miss Xiaolan?"

Mao Lilan nodded.

Several people looked at the sleeping Kogoro Mori with suspicion.

He sat there quietly, and a sound came out of his "mouth".

"Before I proceed with my reasoning, I want to warn everyone that... the place where the bronze statue is located is very dangerous. Please leave immediately!"

Several people immediately turned around and looked in the direction of the bronze statue.

"what happened?"

Kogoro's voice replied, "I am going to do an experiment now."

Conan jumped nimbly onto the crossbar of the chair, and with his thin arms he struggled to lift up Mr. Maori's weak arm.

So now, here comes the problem.

At this position, with Edogawa Conan's small physique, he can't lift it that high with one hand.

Conan stood on tiptoe with difficulty, using Kogoro Mouri's figure to block his view. He loosened his bow tie and prepared to act with both hands.

At this moment.

The death-like gaze instantly penetrated Conan's entire body.

A delicate arm pulled him down, lifted up Kogoro Mori's left arm, and took over as the commander of the experiment.

"Look, that's..." The familiar voice made Edogawa Conan's eyes widen, and he was almost unable to move.

boom! boom! boom!

The dull thud of heavy objects falling to the ground continued.

Six heavy objects tied with white sheets fell from the sky one after another. They hit the ground in just a few seconds, splashing up a cloud of dust.

These white cloaks were lifted high and then fell gently.

The huge noise drowned out the sound of the tables and chairs moving, and only Kurian was carefully observing the "interesting things" happening around Kogoro Mori.

During these few seconds, Mao Lilan bent down slightly, pursed her lips, and quietly pushed Conan under the tablecloth, then looked up in the direction of her father's arm.

Has she figured it out?

"This... this is..." Officer Yokomizo immediately rushed to the fallen object, picked up one of the bundled quilts, turned around and asked, "Mr. Maori, these are..."

No one responded for a moment.

"Mr. Mori?"

"Ah...ah, that's it."

The voice awakened Conan's reason. He clenched the tie in his hand, suppressed the shock and fear in his heart, and began his daily reasoning.

His wavering tone gradually overlapped with the dry tone of Kogoro Mori when he gave the clues.

It cannot be said that they are exactly the same, but it can be said that there are no flaws.

"You can think of the quilts as people, and this is what they look like when they fall from them. Each quilt has a note on it indicating which room the victim fell from."

Officer Yokomizo turned the quilt wrapped tightly around his hands and found the number 2101 stuck on it.

This is Jiang Yuanshinan's room number.

"This is the room number of the victim, Jiang Yuan Shinan, but he died when he fell on the bronze statue..."

Officer Yokomizo noticed something was wrong.

"No matter how strong the wind is, it won't..."

"This is……"

Kogoro's voice was firm: "It was definitely due to the strong wind."

"Strong wind?"

Then, Mao Lilan's voice sounded at the right time: "Speaking of which, when I was looking for witnesses at the lookout, I heard Sister Li An say that the Princess Hotel got its name from a famous attraction called 'Princess Style'."

"At night, this wind will blow."

Recalling the few words and pictures on the note that she had just glanced at, the knuckles of Mao Lilan's tightly clenched fingers turned white.

But soon, a hand gently spread her fingers, opened her palm, and quietly put a candy in it.

Mao Lilan looked back and saw Li An's still reassuring smile.

"Yes... yes." Conan, who was sitting under the table, was stunned for a moment, and continued, "The direction of the 'Princess Wind' was blowing from the left side of the statue to the right side, and it was the same when the victim, Mr. Jiang Yuan, fell."

"Isn't that right, waitress?"

The waiter was stunned for a moment: "That's right! At that time, I felt that the wind was blowing even stronger than it is now."

"If the victim was pushed downstairs from his room, it seems impossible that he would fall on this bronze statue according to this experiment."

"Even the quilt that fell from Mr. Jincheng's room, who was one floor lower than him, only fell next to the bronze statue."

Officer Yokomizo tilted his head and quickly saw the quilt in 2001: "That's right."

He quickly sorted out the situation.

"It turns out that we were all deceived by the murderer!"

"In fact, the gloves clipped to the balcony railing and the closed room technique were not meant to make the whole thing look like an accident. Instead, it was just another trap set by the murderer to confuse the crime scene."

"That's right. The murderer didn't design the room as a secret room after committing the crime. Instead, he committed the crime in his own room after completing the secret room."

"So the most suspicious thing is..." Officer Yokomizo looked up at the bronze statue, "It's the quilt that fell near the statue!"

Ms. Kuriyasu from room 1902, Ms. Kamijou from room 2102, Mr. Konno from room 2002... and...

A roll of quilt was inserted on the sword of the bronze statue, and the white sheet fluttered in the wind, revealing the number 1901 inside.

"This is Ms. Sayama and Mr. Maeda from room 1901!"

Conan's debate with the tour group members continued as Li An gently unfolded the carefully folded paper.

In addition to a relatively concise line of keywords and a simple explanation, there is also a simple map of the locations of balconies in several rooms on the high-rise building.

The only place in the picture that will not be affected by the strong wind is Miss Sayama's room at 1901, directly below Mr. Ehara.

There were two names written next to room 1901. Sayama Akiko's name was circled and marked with the words of the real murderer.

But Maeda Satoshi's name was also painted with symbols.

Although the key evidence found by Mao Lilan did not disappoint her trust, the real shelterer himself did not feel relieved.

"No, it's not! I'm the murderer! I pushed that guy down the stairs! This has nothing to do with Mingzi!"

As clues and evidence were listed one by one, Maeda Satoshi revealed his "identity" at the first opportunity.

"The best evidence is that Mingzi and Xiaolan met me in the elevator when I was dressed as the Duke of Dark Night!"

"Yes, it's me!"

“I did all this!”

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