Detective Conan: The System Takes Me to Zero's World

After the three suspects were searched, they returned to the crime scene with a slightly nervous look. Kogure Rumi stood aside, frowning slightly, as if thinking about something. She hesitated for a moment, and then asked the police officer: "Excuse me, have you investigated the other members of the band?"

Officer Gao Mu said calmly: "Not yet."

Kogure Rumi bit her lip lightly to divert the police's attention: "Because Hagie often quarrels with other bands. Before, the band that performed on stage with us had a quarrel."

Muchuan Ranhua also echoed, "Maybe they have a grudge."

Kogure Rumi took a deep breath and began to recount the incident: "At that time, the lead singer of the band said some unkind words to Hagi, and Hagi responded with a few words. Later, both sides became more and more emotional and almost came to blows."

Officer Takagi listened carefully, asking questions from time to time, "Who was the lead singer of Suicide?"

Yuiko Fuegawa sighed, "Her name is Shuto Akane, and she's a girl with a beautiful singing voice."

Officer Megure listened for a while and suddenly interrupted them: "Hey, if you check the screen at the counter, even if you are not a member of their band, you should know that half of the camera of the monitor in the recording studio they rented is blocked."

Officer Gao Mu reported the situation: "Yes. They do this every time. If someone is familiar with their habit, as long as they look for them, they may know which recording studio they are in."

Inspector Megure stroked his chin and spoke thoughtfully, "It is also possible that an outsider took advantage of this and sneaked into the recording studio, strangled the victim, and then left with the murder weapon."

He glanced at the three suspects. "Just as they said, it seems necessary to investigate the other band members as well."

Officer Takagi continued to report: "Because we only targeted these three people, we have already sent two or three bands back."

Officer Megure instructed Officer Takagi: "Call those band members back as soon as possible."

After saying that, Inspector Megure walked out of the room, and Inspector Takagi followed him out to look for other band members.

Kudo Yuki narrowed her eyes and stared at Kogure's bangs, her eyes revealing a keen insight. Conan noticed something strange about his sister, and he followed his sister's gaze and saw Kogure's bangs.

Conan thought to himself that something was wrong, because he knew that every time his sister encountered a situation of solving a case, she would subconsciously stare at a suspect, and the person she stared at was often the murderer.

Seeing that the time was almost right, Conan stepped forward and pretended to be innocent. "Ladies, who first proposed to form a band?"

Yuiko Fuegawa told the truth: "It was Hagie. We were classmates at a women's university. She brought Akane and said she had found a great lead singer, and that's how it all started."

Kogure Rumi nodded and continued, "Azune not only has a nice voice, but is also proficient in guitar, bass, and keyboard, so she taught us a lot."

Mufune Sanghua also explained the situation: "But on the other hand, Akane knows nothing about some things that girls should know. Hagie was the one who taught her how to cook, and I was the one who taught her how to put on makeup and dress up."

Yuiko Fuegawa spoke in a nostalgic tone: "I was also planning to teach Zhushu tailoring and embroidery, but unfortunately, she didn't stick with it in the end."

"Probably the only relatively fruitful thing is the knitting that Liu Hai taught her." Yuiko Fuegawa turned her head to look at Liu Hai Kogure, a pleased smile on her face.

Kogure Rumi nodded and said, "However, you, Yuiko, who learned with Akane, ended up weaving even better than me."

When Conan heard this, he remembered what his sister had said before, that the murderer would often inadvertently reveal some information related to the case, and this information might be the key to solving the case.

So, Conan decided to take advantage of the situation and continue to ask Kogure Liuhai: "I really want to see the practice video you shot in the recording studio."

After hearing what Conan said, Kogure Rumi took out her cell phone from her pocket and handed it to Conan.

"No problem, but when we're not practicing, our phones are turned off, so we probably won't be able to take a picture of the murderer. Look."

Conan took the phone and checked it carefully. Yuiko Fuegawa saw Conan holding the phone and asked, "Didn't you hand over this video to the police?"

"The detective just now said that it didn't seem to be related to the case, so he returned it to me."

Muchuan Ranhua put one hand on her waist and said, "This is also our last performance with Hagi."

While watching the video on his phone and listening to the conversation between the three suspects, Conan gradually came up with some ideas.

At the same time, Conan, Amuro Toru, Kudo Yuki and Sera Masumi were all concentrating on watching the video on the phone screen. Sera Masumi frowned slightly, "Why is it vertical?"

Amuro Toru crossed his hands in front of his chest and expressed his opinion: "I think it looks better if the picture is taken horizontally."

Yuiko Fuegawa said seriously, "Because we can't take a full-body shot if we shoot horizontally, we decided to shoot vertically. This way we can better show our performance."

Kogure Liuhai continued, "Besides, it's interesting that it's different from the TV screen."

Kudo Yuki looked at Kogure's bangs and showed a meaningful smile on her face: "I see."

When Amuro Toru heard what Kudo Yuki said, he couldn't help but look back at her. He found that Kudo Yuki also had a smile on her face, and he knew that she and the others already knew the whole story of the case.

Kudo Yuki noticed Toru Amuro's gaze and turned around. When she saw the expressions of Conan, Sera Masumi, and Toru Amuro, she realized that they all knew what was going on.

So, she reminded, "Why don't you go find Officer Megure and tell him the truth."

Conan nodded in agreement: "We should tell Officer Megure the clues and reasoning we found and let him make the final judgment."

Sera Masumi also agreed: "This is safer. After all, Officer Megure is a professional detective, he will know what to do."

Amuro Toru smiled and murmured, "Okay, then let's go find Inspector Megure now." After that, everyone left the room together and headed to where Inspector Megure was.

Conan, Masumi Sera, Toru Amuro and Yuki Kudo walked to the front desk, and Masumi Sera suddenly interrupted the conversation between Officer Takagi and Officer Megure. She smiled confidently and said, "Don't bother, because the murderer hasn't escaped from here yet."

Officers Takagi and Megure were shocked when they heard this. Officer Megure widened his eyes and asked, "Who is the murderer?"

Amuro Toru put his hands in his pockets and smiled, "The murderer is among the three members of the same band as Miss Yamaji."

Kudo Yuki interrupted, "To be precise, the murderer is Kogure Rumi."

Inspector Megure looked at Kudo Yuki anxiously, hoping that she could give a definite answer: "Are you telling the truth?"

Conan chimed in: "Anyway, let's go take a look first. Let's go to the basement rest area where the three older sisters are waiting for instructions. Don't tell me who the murderer is yet."

After arriving at the underground rest area, Mufen Ranhua stood up angrily. Her eyes were full of anger and her voice became extremely excited: "The murderer who killed Hagi is among the three of us? Why are you still saying this?"

Officer Takagi looked at Conan, Amuro Toru, Sera Masumi and Kudo Yuki beside him and smiled helplessly: "Actually, this is not what our police meant. It was said by the few people who assisted our police in handling the case."

Muchuan Ranhua frowned, looking dissatisfied, "Really, I don't care if you are detectives or something, please don't jump to conclusions."

Yuiko Fuegawa was a little puzzled. "None of the three of us have any string-like weapons on us."

Kogure Liuhai seemed a little uneasy, with a hint of fear in her eyes: "I don't think there is any reason to doubt us."

Yuiko Fuegawa retorted, “If you insist that we left the murder weapon somewhere, we should be able to find it if we search the recording studio.”

Kogure Liuhai changed the subject: "Did you find it?"

Officer Takagi shook his head, "We haven't found it yet."

Muchuan Ranhua's dissatisfaction became even stronger, and her voice became a few decibels higher: "In this case, aren't we innocent? Can you let us go back?"

Officer Takagi was a little embarrassed and didn't know how to answer.

At this time, Amuro Toru walked behind Officer Takagi, with his hands in his pockets, smiling, and speaking calmly, "It's impossible to find the murder weapon. Because the murder weapon has long been taken out of this rental recording studio."

The three suspects looked incredulous after hearing what Amuro Toru said. Kifune Someka immediately retorted, "What are you talking about? The three of us didn't even leave here."

Yuiko Fuegawa was also a little anxious. "The three of us haven't even taken a single step away from here."

Kogure Rumi asked, "How are we going to get the murder weapon outside?"

Sera Masumi said impatiently, "So, what he meant was that it wasn't you who were taken out, but the police."

The three suspects were all shocked when they heard what Sera Masumi said. The rest area suddenly became silent, as if even the air had frozen.

Kudo Yuki coughed lightly, breaking the silence. Although her voice was not loud, it was clearly heard by everyone: "All the items worn by the victim have been taken back by the police for investigation."

Officers Takagi and Megure looked at each other with puzzled expressions, "But there is no string-like thing in there."

Kudo Yuki rolled her eyes very obviously and pointed to her head: "What if the string-like things have been woven into other shapes?"

Officer Takagi was a little surprised after hearing what Kudo Yuki said, "You, you don't mean..."

Kudo Yuki revealed the answer: "It's the woolen hat that Ms. Hagie is wearing."

Masumi Sera looked at the hat of the deceased and said, "The murder weapon was the wool knitted into that hat."

After hearing what Sera Masumi said, Officer Takagi shouted in shock: "Knit the wool into the hat." Then he turned his head and looked at Officer Megure. They both saw surprise and disbelief in each other's eyes.

Amuro Toru crossed his hands in front of him and slowly leaned against the wall, his eyes revealing confidence and calmness, "The murderer must have prepared the same color of wool as Miss Hagie's woolen hat in advance.

After strangling Miss Hagie to death with the yarn, he temporarily removed the wool ball that decorated the top of the wool hat, connected the yarn used as the murder weapon to the removed yarn, and then wove the decorative wool ball back on and let her wear it.

Just make the hem of the beanie wider, and no one will mind it that much anyway."

Officer Takagi recalled the scene of the search and tried hard to think about what Amuro Toru said. He frowned and said, "When knitting, you always use two sticks called knitting needles with pointed ends. But none of them brought such things."

Conan took two steps forward, his eyes sparkling with wisdom. He pointed at the small drum next to Miss Hagie: "Isn't it there? It's right next to the deceased big sister."

Officer Takagi was shocked when he heard Conan's words. "You said there is? Where is it?"

Conan calmly revealed the answer: "It's the two drumsticks that are usually used to play the drum on the drum called the snare drum on the left hand side of the big sister. As long as you use those two sticks well, you should be able to weave things."

After listening to Conan's words, Inspector Megure followed his train of thought and said, "Indeed, it doesn't seem impossible."

Officer Takagi began to review the situation at the time: "The three of them entered the recording studio for about ten minutes each in order to wake up the sleeping Ms. Hagie. Ms. Yuiko also repaired the button on Ms. Someka's coat that was about to fall off."

Yuiko Fuegawa nodded and said, "I have also fixed the untied cuffs."

Officer Takagi looked at Mufen Sanghua to verify the situation, "Ms. Sanghua also replaced the guitar string that was broken earlier with a new one."

"Did I mention I also did some tuning?"

Officer Takagi looked at Kogure Liuhai and said, "Ms. Liuhai, you have modified the song, right?"

Kogure pursed her lips and said, "I was changing the score while playing the keyboard."

Officer Takagi turned to look at Amuro Toru, "In that case, it seems that none of the three of them have the time to knit."

Amuro expected this result, and he smiled and revealed the answer: "Isn't there only one person who can do it? Someone who can prepare all this in advance. If it's you, you can prepare everything in advance. Miss Kogure Rumi."

After hearing what Amuro Toru said, Kogure Rumi showed a shocked expression on her face, her pupils shrank suddenly, and her eyes were full of fear and terror. Kudo Yuki sensed the fear in her eyes, as she knew the whole process of Kogure Rumi's crime best.

To be continued...