"What happened?" Chimoto Natsuki put on her yukata and hurried out, and found that Conan, Mori Kogoro, Amuro Toru and Okiya Subaru had all arrived at the crime scene before her.

"The hotel owner died." Toru Amuro explained in a low voice, "Drowned in the hot spring pool in his room."

On the first floor of this hot spring hotel, the innermost room is the room where the owner and his wife live.Naturally, there was also an independent natural hot spring pool inside, and the deceased was found drowned in it.

The sharp female voice just now was the scream of the inn proprietress after she returned to the room and found the dead body.

"Dead." Mori Kogoro squatted by the hot spring pool, sniffed the other person's breath, then shook his head. "It's too late, call the police."

"Mr. Mori, I called the police just now." Toru Amuro walked to Kogoro Mori, "Can I take a look?"

"Aha, look, don't mess up the scene." Mori Kogoro stood up and maintained the existing order, "Everyone, don't crowd around here, the police are coming soon."

"Uncle Mori, is the deceased the owner of this hotel, Mr. Akano?" Chimoto Natsuki sneaked into the room with Toru Amuro and Subaru Okiya, confirming in a low voice.

"Ah, it's Miss Xia Xi." Mori Kogoro nodded, "That's right, it's the owner of this hot spring hotel, Mr. Akano. It was his wife, the body that was discovered just now."

"So that's how it is." Qian Ben Xia Xi glanced at the woman in the corner looking at the terrified corpse, and probably guessed that she was the proprietress.

The deceased was not the guy named Tieshan, but the murderer should not be him.A person who has a bright future and is even running for parliament will definitely not be overwhelmed by killing people at this time.

Who would be the murderer...

Ah, no, why was she infected by that boy Conan? She's not a detective, so why do she think so much.

She just needs to find that person named Tieshan Okada, stare at him, and make sure there is no abnormality.

"How about it, Amuro, did you see what happened?" Mori Kogoro asked, "I communicated with the proprietress just now, she just drank alcohol before going to the hot spring, and she also suffers from cardiovascular problems. I guess , It must be because of the effect of alcohol that the blood pressure rises and the metabolism speeds up, so that the oxygen supply is insufficient, so he drowned.

Which is to say...it was an accident.The accidental death of the deceased was caused by soaking in the hot spring immediately after drinking alcohol. "

"Well...it seems like this now." Toru Amuro held his chin and pondered, "But I think we have to wait for the police to arrive, and then look again. I can't be sure about this inference yet."

"Of course." Mori Kogoro didn't deny the other party's words, "We'll just wait for the police to come over now."

"How about it, do you think it was an accident?" Conan ran over from nowhere, pulled Qianben Xia Xi's clothes, and raised his head to ask.

"Did you ask me?" Qianben Xiaxi glanced at Conan in surprise.

"Otherwise." Conan rolled his eyes, but attracted a curious look from Okiya Subaru.

"Is Miss Xia Xi also good at solving cases?" He squinted his eyes and approached. It was very strange that Conan's kid would answer the answer with the owner of the snack bar in the first place, which surprised him a little.

After all, he cooperated with Conan and knew the other party's reasoning ability well.And to be affirmed by this brat, it means that this girl named Qianben Xiaxi is really good at solving cases.He thought just now that Conan would come to him for an answer.

However, he immediately thought of the first time he met in the bus case, after the other party's vigorous and agile skills, he felt normal again.

The other party is definitely not an ordinary person.

"Ah, I'm not very good at it." Qianben Xiaxi said honestly, "My intuition may be better than ordinary people's. My reasoning is all based on intuition, just luck."

"Hehe." Conan rolled his eyes again, who would believe it.

"So Ms. Xia Xi has a hunch, is this a murder, or is it just an accident?" Okiya Subaru asked with great interest, "I really want to hear Miss Xia Xi's opinion, after all, I am very good at reasoning. interested in."

Qianben Xiaxi: ...

But she's really not interested in detectives, she just wants to soak in a hot spring, enjoy local food and a quiet and leisurely holiday life.

"I think so." Under the curious and probing eyes of the two, Qianben Xiaxi could only touch his chin and pretend to think for a while and said, "It shouldn't be an accident."

"Sure enough, I agree with you." Conan said, "What about brother Subaru?"

"Well, I feel the same way." Okiya Subaru squinted his eyes and said, "If it's an accident, I think Boss Akano has been running a hot spring hotel for so many years, so how could he not know his physical condition and whether it's suitable for him to soak in the hot spring after drinking wine? Woolen cloth."

"That's right." Conan nodded and said, "I just asked the proprietress, Mr. Akano likes hot springs very much, almost every day at this time after meals, he would take a dip in the hot springs. So if you accidentally drink too much, it will cause Accidents... it's always a bit too far-fetched."

"Yes." Toru Amuro came over at some point, "I just found a little white powder in the dead man's nostrils."

"Oh?" Okiya Subaru raised an eyebrow.

"I saw it too." Conan nodded, "I just don't know what it is. What do you think it is?"

"It's a bit like flour." Amuro Toru, who has been dealing with food for many years, felt like flour and starch at first.

After he finished speaking, Conan and Okiya Subaru were also lost in thought.

Surrounded by three people, Qianben Xiaxi wanted to quit the group but couldn't, so he could only pretend to bow his head in thought.In fact, she was just in a daze.

Just when several people were thinking about the criminal methods and trying to reason, the police from Gunma County finally arrived.

The leader is the old acquaintance Yamamura Fuck.

Of course, Qianben Xiaxi doesn't know each other, but Conan and Uncle Mori are very familiar with each other.

After all, there are no Japanese police officers they are not familiar with.

When Qianben Xiaxi was complaining in his heart, Yamamura Misao had already warmly greeted Mori Kogoro, just like a big fan who saw his idol.

Can this cop really do it?Everyone present uttered the same voice from the bottom of their hearts.

"Mr. Maori, I haven't seen you for a long time." Yamamura smiled and waved, "Oh, and Conan. But why didn't I see Miss Xiaolan? Isn't she here today?"

"The police officer of the mountain village?" Mao Lilan just happened to pull Yuanzi over, "Is there a homicide, Dad, I heard something when I was soaking in the hot spring in the room."

"That's right, the owner of this hotel died in the hot spring pool in his room." Mori Kogoro said, "Then what, Yamamura, hurry up and ask the people from the search department to see if there are any clues at the scene. If there are no clues, then It must have been an accident."

"Okay, okay, Mr. Mori." After speaking, Yamamura Cao directed his subordinates to work, protect the scene, search for clues and record statements for those present.

……

"Ms. Akano Miwako, may I ask about the situation at that time?" Yamamura took out a small notebook from his coat pocket and asked.

"Hmm..." Miwako Akano, the proprietress of the hot spring hotel, choked with sobs, "My husband usually goes back to his room to soak in the hot spring after lunch. Today, as usual, when I brought him tea, I found that he Already...already drowned in the pool."

"Send tea?" Mori Kogoro asked, "What time is it?"

"Around twelve o'clock..." Akano Miwako said, "My husband always eats brunch, so he will eat around eleven o'clock, and go to the hot spring at twelve o'clock. Then, I will go to the hot spring at twelve o'clock 10 minutes Around the time, bring him the prepared herbal tea to quench his thirst."

"Does your husband drink at noon every day?" Toru Amuro asked suddenly.

"Yes." Akano Miwako said without hesitation, "He would have a drink at noon every day, but he didn't drink much. I didn't expect that this time..."

Akano Miwako lowered her head and broke down in tears, "Who knew such a thing would happen."

"Oh ok, I see." After Yamamura finished recording, he turned to the other side, the girl standing next to him. "Who is this?"

"She is my daughter, Chiye Feng." Chino Miwako said.

Qianben Xiaxi looked and found that the other party was the girl at the front desk at that time.

"Then this is my daughter's fiancé, Tomoya Akano." Then Miwako Akano pointed to a young man who had just entered the door and introduced.

"Hello, Mountain Village Police Officer." The other party was a very energetic young man who had just rushed over from the outside, and when he came in, he hugged his fiancée nervously and said, "Don't worry Xiaofeng, leave everything to the police. "

"Hmm." The girl named Chi Yefeng had red eyes, as if she had just cried a lot.

"Ah, Mr. Chiya Tomoya, is your surname Chino too?" Yamamura asked suddenly in surprise.

"No, I took Xiaofeng's family name." Chi Yezhi said embarrassedly, "I grew up in an orphanage, so..."

"Understood, you are married haha." Shancuncao smiled heartlessly, making the people around him embarrassed.

"Ahem, what about this gentleman?" Yamamura Cao walked to the other party with a small notebook.Apart from the Akano family who had already inquired, and Uncle Maori and his party, this was the only one present.

"I'm a guest here." The middle-aged man who was asked frowned and said, "Is Mr. Akano dead? I heard a voice rushing over."

"Yes, what's your name?" Mori Kogoro asked quickly, "Do you know the owner of this hotel?"

"Hey, I'm a regular visitor here, so I know Chi Ye." The other party admitted with a nod, with a painful expression on his face, "My name is Tieshan Okada, and I have known Chi Ye for 20 years."

Qianben Xiaxi immediately regained his spirits. It turned out that this person was the object of the organization's support.

I saw that the other party was a thin middle-aged man with two mustaches on his mouth, and he didn't look like a serious person.

Yamamura Cao continued to record with a small notebook: "How did you know each other?"

"I have been coming here to soak in the hot springs since 20 years ago." Said Tieshan Okada, "So I became friends with the owner of this hotel after going here and there."

"Yes, Mr. Tieshan comes to live here for a period of time every year." Miwako Akano said, "He and my husband are also very good friends."

"Officer Mountain Village, we have searched the vicinity, and there is nothing suspicious." At this time, the police from the search department came over and reported.

"Is that an accident?" Yamamura said, looking at his idol Mori Kogoro.

"Haha, that's right." Mori Kogoro nodded and said, "I mean..."

"Ah, don't you think it's strange?" Conan suddenly interrupted the two, "The other party's nose and lips are covered with a layer of white powder, and there seems to be something in his mouth... If it is drowning , there won’t be such a thing in the hot spring.”

"Conan!" Mori Kogoro walked over angrily and lifted him from the corpse, "Don't touch the corpse!"

"Mr. Mori, what Conan said is really suspicious. I think it might really be homicide." Amuro said, "There shouldn't be such a thing in the hot spring. Since it was contaminated, it means that the deceased was not He didn’t drown in the current hot spring pool. But now he died here, maybe he was moved after his death.”

"Ahahaha, I think so too." Mori Kogoro scratched his head, "Do you all have an alibi?"

Toru Amuro quickly said, "I was with Mr. Okiya when the incident happened, and when we heard the sound, we hurried out to check."

"Me too." Qianben Xiaxi said, "When I came out, Xiaolan and the others were still in the hot spring."

"Me and Conan too." Mori Kogoro said, "Then that's all that's left..."

"I was preparing tea in the kitchen." Miwako Akano said.

"Did anyone see it?" Mori Kogoro asked.

Miwako Akano shook her head, "No, I was the only one at the time, but I definitely didn't kill my husband, it's not good for me."

She spoke and wept again alone.

"I was at the front desk at the time." Chi Yefeng also said with red eyes, "But there is surveillance at the front desk, so it should be able to prove it."

"Okay, we will call for surveillance." Yamamura Cao nodded, "What about you, Mr. Akano Tomoya?"

"I, I was moving goods in the warehouse at the time." Akano Tomoya said, "Although no one can prove it, the warehouse is far away from here, and I didn't have time to come and commit the crime. I only knew what happened when I heard Xiaofeng's phone call." If it's a big deal, come here in a hurry. The surveillance at the door should be able to see the picture when I came in."

"Yeah, I see." Yamamura said and looked at the last person, that is, the man named Tieshan Okada. "Where were you?"

"I'm sleeping in the room." Tieshan Okada said calmly, "But no one can prove it, but I will never kill my friend."

"Are you still sleeping at noon?" Conan asked aloud.

"Yeah, I didn't sleep well last night, so I woke up late." Tieshan Okada said while stroking his beard, "I was going to get up for lunch, but I found out that something happened here."

Conan glanced at the little biscuit crumbs stained on his beard and narrowed his eyes, "So uncle, did you just wake up and didn't eat anything? Then you must be very hungry now."

"That's right, little brother." Tieshan Okada said with a smile, "But brother Chiye was killed, and I can't eat anything now."

"Oh, that's it." Conan nodded, pretending to be thinking and retreating into the crowd.

"Don't you think he's weird?" Conan asked in a low voice, "Obviously my friend is dead, and I'm so sad that I can't eat, why can I still laugh? And..."

"And he obviously ate and said he didn't eat, right?" Okiya Subaru finished the follow-up for him.

"He ate cookies, so he's lying," Amuro echoed.

"But he's not the murderer." Qian Benxia felt that there was no need to spend time on this person. She was afraid that if Conan and the three of them analyzed it, Tieshan's secret might not be kept.At that time, she will have to take care of the aftermath, which is really troublesome.

"Ah, sister Xia Xi, why do you think so?" Conan asked puzzled.

"So this is your intuition, Ms. Xia Xi?" Even Okiya Subaru raised his eyebrows in surprise. Generally, when meeting suspicious people, he would naturally unconsciously assume that the other party is related to the case, otherwise there is no need to lie.

Since he lied, there must be something hidden from everyone.

At this time, Amuro Toru did not speak, but looked at his boss curiously.

He has been curious since the beginning, and from Conan's appearance, he seems to trust the other party's reasoning.

Seeing those three people looking at her at the same time, Qian Ben Xia Xi could only cough, and explained solemnly, "Well, intuition."

"Then who does Miss Xia Xi intuitively think it is?" Okiya Subaru continued to ask.

Qianben Xiaxi always felt that the other party's word "intuition" was very strange, it felt like... yin and yang.

So Qianben Xiaxi followed suit, "I have a hunch, I have a hunch that the murderer is that son-in-law."

"You mean Ms. Kaede Ikeno's fiancé, Mr. Tomoya Akano?" Toru Amuro asked, "Why him? He has an alibi."

Qian Benxia Xi spread her hands, "Intuition."

Toru Amuro:  …

"I've already said that I rely on luck to solve the case." Qian Benxia Xi added with a smile, "You still don't believe me."

"By the way, I suddenly remembered something."

"I remembered something."

While Conan was deep in thought, Toru Amuro and Subaru Okiya spoke at the same time.

"Ah, what's the matter?" Conan asked quickly, "Is there any clue?"

"I remember there is an AE86 in the backyard, and the name printed on the body is 'Fujiwara Onsen Hotel'." Okiya Subaru said, "Maybe it's a clue."

"The car was used by someone, but it pretended it hadn't been used for a long time." Toru Amuro added, "I think the murderer might have used it to do something."

"Take me to take a look!" Conan's eyes lit up immediately, "Maybe, there might be something like flour in the car."

Soon, several people left the crime scene and walked out of the courtyard.

"It's here." Toru Amuro said, only to see that he directly opened the car door to check this time.Sure enough, the same white powder was found from the seat. "That's it."

"That's right." Conan and Okiya Subaru also found the same type of white powder in the trunk of the car, even more than on the seats.

"What is this, can you see it?" Conan asked.

"Starch." Amuro fiddled with some, rubbed it on his fingertips, and sniffed it close to his nose. "It should be starch, that's right. Ms. Xia Xi, would you like to confirm? I think you, the one who runs the shop, should know more about this."

Qianben Xiaxi was a little disgusted that these three people were not afraid of dirt at all, she really didn't want to find clues in this dirty car, and she didn't want to sniff things up to her nose.So she thought for a while, and said directly, "It's a non-Newtonian fluid."

When Toru Amuro was talking about starch just now, she also thought of the white powder in the mouth and nose of the corpse, and the tragedy of drowning, so she immediately thought of this modus operandi.

Non-Newtonian fluid, a very special object between solid and liquid.

The production method is very simple, that is, water and starch are prepared in a certain ratio.

When people hit it with a lot of force, it will show the characteristics of a solid. On the contrary, when people slowly put their hands on it, it will show the special characteristics of a liquid, which is very magical.

"So that's it, I know!"

In an instant, the lenses of Conan and Okiya Subaru's glasses reflected light at the same time.

"Miss Xia Xi, you are... so humble." Amuro, who also thought of the modus operandi, said with a smile, "Is this really your intuition?"

"Yeah, I suddenly thought of it." Qianben Xiaxi said innocently.

She didn't watch so many episodes of Conan in vain.There are only a few tricks, over and over again, and you can guess everything.

"The murderer is indeed not Mr. Tieshan." Conan said, "Then why did he lie?"

"If I remember correctly, this Tetsuyama Okada seems to be running for parliament recently." Okiya Subaru said suddenly, "Maybe he has something he doesn't want people to know, and this matter may affect his election, so Hid it up."

"Well, I guess it might have something to do with 20 years ago." Qianben Xiaxi said suddenly, she didn't want the situation to change in an uncontrollable direction.For example, it was found out that the other party had recently had an affair with the organization, and had just dealt with her boss.

In the previous phone call, Gin had already told her a lot about this transaction.For example, in the grove early in the morning, the other party gave a large sum of money to the organization in exchange for support.And this fund came from his taking advantage of his power, misappropriating public funds, and embezzling.

So the other party can only say that he has been sleeping in the morning, otherwise, he will confess that he met someone in the morning, which is not easy to explain to the police.

What Qianben Xiaxi needs to do now is to hide it for him.

"20 years ago?" Okiya Subaru asked curiously, "You mean...the name of this store was suddenly changed to Akano 20 years ago, but there are actually some unknown things inside?"

"Yes, I checked earlier." Qianmoto Xiaxi took out her mobile phone and said, "This store was renamed Akino Hot Spring Hotel 20 years ago, and Mr. Akino may be the son-in-law of the Fujiwara family."

"So you think the murderer is also the son-in-law this time?" Okiya Subaru suddenly got to her point.

"That's right." Qianben Xiaxi said, "So I just rely on my intuition. Don't you think it's a coincidence that they are both visiting sons-in-law. Moreover, that son-in-law might actually be named Fujiwara."

"That is also based on the premise that you believe that something bad happened 20 years ago." Conan thought seriously, "If Mr. Akano is the son-in-law, but obviously, he changed back to Akano instead of Fujiwara. The original wife should not be there anymore, but married a new wife... Otherwise, it would not be obvious that she has married, but changed back to her original surname, and renamed the hotel Akano."

"Yeah, guess boldly and verify carefully, everything can be covered, can't it?" Qian Ben Xia Xi said.

Amuro: "Indeed, but we have no evidence."

"The evidence is the white powder the other party left on the trouser legs." Qianben Xiaxi whispered, "I saw it."

Toru Amuro:  …

Okiya Subaru: ...

Conan:  …

"Hehe, so you already knew the truth, right?" Conan rolled his eyes and said, "Just watch us foolishly looking for clues here."

Qianben Xiaxi whispered again, "I don't want to disturb your reasoning fun."

"Hehe." Conan rolled his eyes again.

That's what I said, but I still feel uncomfortable.

His reasoning fun has not come back, so there is no sense of accomplishment at all, okay?

So, after returning to the scene of the crime again, Conan directly cooperated with Toru Amuro and Subaru Okiya to start their reasoning show.

And Qianben Xiaxi secretly hid in a corner and reported the situation to her boss.

[The owner of the hot spring hotel is dead, but Tieshan seems to be at risk of being exposed. ——Asti]

Gin quickly replied:

[Try to keep him, if it doesn't work, he will be destroyed, you handle it yourself. ——Gin]

【learn. ——Asti]

Just when Qianben Xiaxi was about to put away his phone, Gin Jiu sent another email.

[I will leave Tokyo in the future, remember to report. ——Gin]

Qianben Xiaxi was puzzled when she received the email, why did she report it when she went out to play?She is in her twenties, and besides, Gin Wine is not her father, so he cares so leniently.

"What's the matter?" Toru Amuro came to her side at some point and asked in a low voice, "Is there something urgent? If you have something to do, you can withdraw first."

"No." Qian Benxia Xi closed the phone and put it in his pocket, "It's just that I didn't tell my dad when I went out to play, and he was a little angry."

"So that's how it is." Toru Amuro was silent for a moment, "My father is also worried about you, it's okay, if he sends a message to question you again, I'll tell him."

Qianben Xiaxi: ...

I'm afraid it's not... more angry.

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