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

Chapter 292: Crime of the Stage: Double Murder in the Pizza Trap

Conan and Hattori Heiji were seen running over breathlessly.

Hattori Heiji held a pizza in his hand. "That room can be easily turned into a secret room by using something."

Conan raised the bag in his hand and whispered to Kudo Yuki: "Sister Yuki, I brought the pizza you asked me to buy. Can we try it if we go buy that?"

Kurodabei asked: "Is the something you are talking about pizza?"

"Wrong, wrong." Hattori Heiji opened the pizza box and showed it to everyone, "Look, this pizza is the same size as the one we eat. The criminal used the pizza to make Mr. Shumoto take sleeping pills and go back to his room for a nap."

Maori Kogoro was still confused: "But, didn't Mr. Shumoto eat pizza at that time?"

Kudo Yuki smiled, with a sly look in her eyes: "It may look like that on the surface, but there is actually a way to eat it secretly. When Mr. Shumoto was cutting the pizza, I saw him secretly save a piece and eat it first."

Hattori Heiji closed the pizza box and said calmly, "I'll go cut the pizza and show you what method Mr. Shumoto used."

Conan waved his hand: "Let's borrow the kitchen here!"

Hattori Heiji started to busy himself in the kitchen. He cut out triangular pieces in the middle and then cut out pieces of normal size around them.

Ooka Hongye also came to the kitchen at this time. Her eyes were glued to Hattori Heiji. She stood by the door and whispered: "Heiji, if you need to cut the pizza, can I do it?"

Hattori Heiji refused without even looking up: "Don't bother, I'll get it done right away."

Ooka Hongye refused to give up. She walked into the kitchen, opened the cupboard and took out a kitchen knife. "But, a wife is responsible for doing these things."

"wife?"

Ooka Hongye raised the kitchen knife and said with a smile: "Please let me cut it."

Conan and Hattori Heiji were both dumbfounded.

Conan complained in his mind: "No, this kitchen knife is held upside down."

Kudo Yuki came to the kitchen purely to watch the fun. She folded her hands over her chest, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised, looking like she was enjoying a good show.

Hattori Heiji stopped what he was doing. "You've never cooked before, have you?"

"Yes." Ooka Hongye walked forward with the kitchen knife in her hand, but accidentally touched the rice bag. Her body instantly lost balance and was about to hit the floor face to face.

Hattori Heiji was quick to catch her. "Idiot!"

Kudo Yuki caught the two kitchen knives and placed them next to the pizza.

At this moment, Toyama Kazuha and Mao Lilan were sitting in a sushi restaurant. The decoration inside the restaurant was simple, and the warm yellow light was shining on them.

Toyama Kazuha looked at the sushi in front of her, her heart filled with anxiety: "Ran, there are only three restaurants left. If we eat at three more restaurants, we can go find Heiji. I will never let Hongye succeed."

"okay."

The two of them began to eat sushi faster, using their chopsticks to constantly pick up pieces of sushi and put them into their mouths.

Toyama Kazuha watched Ran Maoli wolfing down her food and stopped eating sushi. A trace of guilt flashed in her eyes.

"I'm sorry, Xiaolan. Let's eat slowly. If we just wolf down the food without savoring it carefully, it will be too pitiful for the delicious snacks that the chef has worked so hard to make, and for Xiaolan who is forced to eat so much."

Mao Lilan swallowed the food in her mouth and said, "But isn't Hongye approaching us step by step? We have to go there quickly."

Toyama Kazuha was a little unsure, but she still pretended to be calm: "It's okay, Heiji won't fall into any sweet trap. Probably..."

The scene in the villa's kitchen was so hilarious that one could not help but laugh.

Hattori Heiji accidentally fell on the floor, and what was even more embarrassing was that his hands actually touched Ooka Momiji's breasts.

Hattori Heiji's face suddenly turned red like a ripe tomato, and he explained in a panic: "No, it's not."

Ooka Momiji seized the opportunity to kiss Hattori Heiji on the lips.

Hattori Heiji quickly turned his head to the side and stammered, "This, this was accidentally dragged..."

At this time, Conan put his hands in his pockets, rolled his eyes helplessly, and reminded them: "I say, you two, everyone is waiting for us to cut the pizza and bring it over."

When Hattori Heiji heard this, he felt like he had grabbed a life-saving straw. He quickly pushed Ooka Momiji away and stood up in a flash, muttering to himself, "Yes, yes, yes, we still have work to do."

Looking at his hands holding the kitchen knife, they were shaking like a sieve. "I want to cut the pizza. Yeah, I know. Cut it like this, first here, then cut it like this, and then like this..."

Kudo Yuki almost laughed to death when she saw Hattori Heiji's appearance.

Ooka Momiji looked regretful, and pursed her lips as she muttered, "It's rare that there was such a good atmosphere just now."

Hattori Heiji didn't care about all this. He quickly calmed himself down and started cutting the pizza.

Soon, Hattori Heiji took the opened pizza box and showed it to everyone. "Look, if I cut it like this, it will look like a normal sliced ​​pizza."

Maori Kogoro lowered his head, took a closer look, and said with a puzzled look on his face: "It looks like this is not cut normally?"

Conan was holding a plate with a pizza on it, and he passed it forward. "Uncle, look, there's an extra piece."

Maori Kogoro took a closer look and shouted in shock: "What!"

Kuroda looked at the pizza and thought: "Cut a long, thin triangle in the middle of the pizza and put the remaining two pieces together. Although the shape will become somewhat like an oval, it will not be easy to notice that a part is missing in the middle.

If the criminal knew that Mr. Shumoto usually ate pizza secretly like this, he only needed to put the sleeping pills in the middle of the pizza. No matter how Mr. Shumoto cut the pizza, he would be sure to take the sleeping pills and take a nap.

Kuroda turned his head and looked at the three suspects, and said seriously: "This means that any of you who delivered the pizza to the kitchen could have done this."

Conan looked up at his elder sister and asked, "Sister Xue, I have done everything according to your instructions. What is the new clue you mentioned?"

Kudo Yuki's lips curved slightly: "I will tell everyone when you two analyze and solve the case."

Ooka Hongye came over. "Sister Xue, what is this new clue?

Kudo Yuki smiled but said nothing and just shook her head.

Seeing this, Hattori Heiji cleared his throat, trying to ease the tense atmosphere. "Since Sister Xue said so, let me explain the method of making a secret room."

Police officers acted quickly and began to restore the corridor of the crime scene.

Hattori Heiji walked to the door and slowly turned the doorknob. "What's going on? It seems like it hit something and can't be opened."

Maori Kogoro hurried forward to investigate, bending down to look at the crack in the door. "How is this possible? We are all outside."

Hattori Heiji squatted down and pointed at the clothes stuck between the door and the floor. "What is this? Is it the blue coat that the kid was wearing? Did he faint in this room?" He stood up and continued to think.

Maori Kogoro turned around and scolded: "Idiot, wasn't that brat standing next to me just now?"

He went forward and turned the doorknob to open the door, but it wouldn't open. "Hey, the door really won't open. In that case, could the little ghost really be inside?"

Conan walked out slowly. "I'm not in there."

Hattori Heiji said bluntly: "What's sticking out from under the door is the handkerchief I just bought."

Maori Kogoro was puzzled: "Handkerchief?"

Hattori Heiji explained: "The reason why the door cannot be opened is because I put a rubber ball between the floor and the door stopper."

“It’s actually a rubber ball!”

"Since everyone's attention is drawn to the handkerchief, take advantage of this opportunity to put a rubber ball that can just fit between the door suction and the floor. Under the influence of friction, the harder you push the door, the harder it will be to open."

Hattori Heiji placed one hand on the door handle and pushed it inwards, demonstrating the function of the rubber ball. "However, if you pull the door slightly outwards and then push it gently, it will be easy to open."

"But, when you opened the door just now, didn't it make a sound of hitting something?"

"Oh, then just hold the door handle tightly and do this." Hattori Heiji kicked the door with his foot.

Hattori Heiji stared at Inaba Reisuke. "The only person who could have done this was the screenwriter Reisuke Inaba, who was the first to want to open the door. No one else could have done this except you."

Everyone's eyes fell on Inaba Reisuke.

Inaba Reyou opened his mouth in surprise and couldn't utter a word.

Conan looked up and explained the reason: "Mr. Suzuki's shirt was exposed from the crack of the door, and it was also disguised by you, Mr. Inaba, with a handkerchief. Because I saw you use a similar striped handkerchief when you were eating pizza."

Kudo Yuki calmly recounted, "Mr. Inaba Reisuke, I remember that everyone rushed to the window to investigate the situation, but you were the only one standing in front of the door without moving. Now that I think about it, you must have started to act after we all left."

Hattori Heiji then analyzed the process of committing the crime. "In summary, your crime process was as follows. First, in the kitchen, away from the eyes and ears of others, you put sleeping pills in the middle of the pizza. After taking the pills, Mr. Shumoto went back to his room on the second floor to take a nap.

Then, find an excuse to put the handkerchief under the door while everyone goes to see Mr. Sumoto. Wait 30 minutes later and wake him up, and do what I did just now.

If Mr. Kimata hadn't noticed the shirt, you were actually going to say it yourself, so that everyone would mistakenly think that it was Mr. Shigemoto's body that blocked the door.

While everyone ran outside to check the room's condition from the window, you took out a bottle of poisoned water and forced Mr. Sumoto to drink it, killing him.

Then he placed the bottle of poison in the room, moved the body so that it seemed to be blocking the door, closed the door, and pretended nothing had happened while reuniting with everyone else.

Unfortunately, you chose the wrong method to hide the rubber ball. Even if it looks similar, you should not mix it with the lollipop. You should pick up the wrapping paper from the trash can, wrap the rubber ball and the stick and secure it with tape.

However, it is difficult to stick the transparent tape properly with gloves on, and the tape may be covered with your fingerprints. And Hongye saw that one of the lollipops bounced when it fell to the ground, so it is meaningless for you to quibble. "

Seeing the horrified look on Inaba Reisuke's face, Kudo Yuki reminded him, "I forgot to mention that when everyone else went to investigate, Mr. Inaba Reisuke and I were the only ones left in the corridor on the second floor.

I asked him, "Why are you still standing here? Is there something that you are embarrassed to tell others, so you choose to avoid everyone?"

But he linked the incident to Ms. Renxiang's case, which made me suspect that Ms. Renxiang's case was also related to this case. Then, I went to the window to investigate the situation with everyone. "

Inaba Reisuke's face became paler and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Kimata Shigeki was shocked and could not believe what he saw, so he asked, "Hey, if this was a planned incident, could it be that Ms. Nika's suicide was also..."

Inaba Reisuke slowly calmed down, a look of pain on his face, and told the truth. "That day, I went to Renxiang's house and used sleeping pills to make her fall asleep, but I didn't poison her on the spot.

Because I wanted to create an effective alibi, I took her cell phone to review the script with everyone, and when the time was right, I pretended to be Renxiang and sent a suicide note text message to everyone.

Then, we hurried to her apartment with everyone else. The following operations were exactly the same as this time. However, I didn’t expect that Zhu Ben discovered the murder method I used.”

After hearing this, Kiyomizu Shigeki and Karuo Akira immediately asked questions.

"So, Zhu Ben is asking you to turn yourself in to the police?"

"Is he trying to blackmail you so that you can no longer be responsible for the script of the dance drama?"

"Just the opposite." Inaba Reisuke sneered, that smile was full of bitterness and anger: "That person said to me like a devil, 'The mystery drama written by a real murderer is the truth I pursue.

The lack of actresses is nothing compared to the reality. Such a good opportunity must not be wasted. Come on, teacher! If you don't want me to leak the secret, please write it out. This is the cry from the soul of a real murderer so that I can write this play well.'

In the terminology of Japanese stage plays, "killing" is used to refer to fixing props and other items to ensure that they do not move.

And that's exactly what I did this time. For me, I wanted to completely immobilize this person who was becoming more and more violent, so that he could no longer move. "

After hearing his words, everyone fell silent.

Officer Ayanokouji handcuffed Reisuke Inaba and put him into the police car.

A car slowly stopped in front of director Kyosuke Tsuchimoto's home.

Butler Iori Muga sat in the passenger seat with a calm expression, looking through the car window at the villa. "This is Director Tsubomoto's home."

With a crisp "click", the car door slowly opened and Yuanshan Heye got out of the car. "We're finally here."

Hattori Heiji heard the familiar voice and quickly turned around and walked towards Toyama Kazuha. "Kazuha, why are you here?"

Toyama Kazuha shifted her gaze from the police car to Hattori Heiji and asked worriedly, "There's a police car parked here. Did something happen?"

To be continued...

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