Chapter 14: Beast Murder Case
◎Sorry, I choked on my saliva◎
crime scene
Kogoro Mouri was observing the male corpse, while Conan and Toru Amuro seemed to be looking for clues, but were actually whispering to each other. "Why don't you go and take a look? It sounds quite fierce." Conan said to Toru Amuro.
Amuro Toru's expression didn't change at all, and he said calmly, "It's okay."
Looking at Toru Amuro who was calm and steady without any panic, Conan was very impressed. He only knew that Meian Jiaxi was here when Toru Amuro reported her to the police.
What impressed Conan the most was that Amuro Toru reported Megumi Kazue purely to get her to come back on her own initiative, back into his sight, rather than just actively monitoring her. This move was truly brilliant, and he admired it.
But is it really a good idea to do something that offends others? Judging from the cursing coming from afar, the situation must be very bad right now.
Hearing those words, Conan couldn't help but wipe his sweat, worried about him. But he himself had a calm face, as if nothing had happened.
Suddenly, the voices at the door suddenly became much quieter, and there was no more angry roars like the one just now for a long time. Conan wondered, "Why is there no sound? I've persuaded him."
Amuro Toru said: "I guess the anger has subsided."
Conan obviously didn't believe it. "She just said she would peel off your skin and make it into jerky. And judging from her tone, she said she wouldn't stop until she beat you up. How could she calm down so easily? There must be a reason. No, I'll go check it out."
Conan couldn't resist his curiosity and ran out, only to see Mu'an Jiaxi and Xiaolan chatting happily, looking very happy, not like a shrew at all. The sudden change made Conan confused for a moment. If Amuro Toru hadn't heard it, Conan would probably suspect that he was hallucinating.
Conan stepped forward in confusion, "What's going on?"
Mu'an Jiaxi turned to look at him when he heard the voice, with a smile on his face, "Nothing, we are just chatting, is there anything wrong?"
Seeing her smile, Conan couldn't help but tremble a little, "No, no." But he still couldn't resist his inner curiosity, "I just heard you cursing fiercely in there, and I thought you would... But what's wrong now?"
Upon hearing this, Mu'an Jiaxi forced a smile and said, "Oh, it was all a misunderstanding. At first, I didn't understand the situation and thought it was some blind bastard talking nonsense. Later, I found out it was Mr. Amuro. It really was a flood that washed away the Dragon King Temple. I don't think Mr. Amuro would talk nonsense. Maybe my situation at the time caused him to misunderstand. We just need to clarify it."
Listening to Muan Jiaxi cursing Amuro Toru in a roundabout way, Conan raised his hand to wipe the non-existent sweat from his forehead, muttering in his heart: You act like you don't care, why don't I believe it.
Sudi, who was standing by, looked at Mu An Jiaxi, whose expression changed faster than the weather, and leaned close to her and complained, "You are so spineless and a coward."
Mu An Jiaxi gritted his teeth with a stiff face and whispered, "His integrity is worth a few dollars, but he can't go home. For now, we should try not to have anything to do with him. Besides, I can see clearly that this guy is watching me. Otherwise, how could I meet him here by chance?"
"It's just that this trick is a bit tricky."
"It's okay. I'm too magnanimous to argue with a villain."
At this time, Yokomizo Kazuo said, "Ms. Mu'an, Ms. Su, can we go to the side and do an investigation?"
Mu An Jia Xi turned around immediately after hearing this. Unlike before, he was quite cooperative now. "Okay, let's go."
Yokomizo Kazuo was amazed at how quickly Muan Jiaxi changed, and he secretly thought: Women!
The two cooperated with the investigation, explaining their reasons for leaving the hotel and everything that had happened since arriving on the island. The investigation ultimately revealed they had no connection with the deceased, having never left their hotel room that night. Therefore, they had nothing to do with the manager's death. With their innocence proven, the police released them.
But Mu'an Jiaxi had no intention of leaving and was still standing there. Conan and Xiaolan had disappeared. Seeing this, Sudi said, "Aren't you leaving?"
"I'm not leaving. Didn't he want me to come back? Now that I'm back, I'm just hanging around under his nose. If I leave, it will make me look guilty. I'm afraid he'll catch me."
"Then you won't leave. Give me your card first. I'll go check in and leave your luggage."
Mu'an Jiaxi took out the card and handed it to her, saying worriedly, "Don't take the luggage yet. You still have an injury on your hand."
"It's okay. I don't feel any pain at all. Besides, it's just a burn, not a sprain. It's nothing serious." Then Sudi took the card and pulled two suitcases out of the woods.
Not long after Sudi left, the police arrived at the scene with three more people, two men and one woman. The woman was still crying, crying and shouting: "Ichilang, Ichilang, you were fine yesterday, why are you so......"
After a few minutes, Kogoro Mouri and the others also came out. Amuro Toru saw her and walked towards her.
He apologized sincerely, "I apologize for what happened just now. I didn't understand the situation and misunderstood you. I'm sorry, please forgive me."
Facing such a person, Muan Jiaxi really lost her temper. Perhaps it was because the idol filter was too heavy that she felt that he had a hard time. All her anger disappeared instantly when she saw him. Muan Jiaxi said, "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay as long as the misunderstanding is resolved."
I cursed myself in my heart: You are so useless. Someone conquered you with just a beauty trap. You were so arrogant and domineering just now. Now you forgive him. Oh, forget it. He is Toru Amuro.
The police over there have already started questioning three people. The first person to be questioned is the woman named Chiyo Yukazu, who is the girlfriend of the deceased and also the receptionist of the Island Hotel.
Yokomizo Kazuo began to ask questions: "Ms. Chiyo, you and the deceased were in a relationship, correct?"
"right."
"Where were you last night after ten o'clock? What did you do?"
"I was on duty at the front desk with my colleagues around 10 o'clock last night. Then I realized that I had run out of shower gel. If I waited until after get off work to go to the supermarket to buy some, the supermarket would have been closed. So I asked my colleagues to help me check it out while I went to the supermarket to buy it. I came back after buying the things and never left again."
"What time did you go out? What time did you come back?"
"I left the house around 10:20 and came back around 10:40."
Amuro Toru frowned and asked, "Does it take 20 minutes to buy a bottle of shower gel? Although the supermarket is a bit far from the hotel, it shouldn't take 20 minutes."
"I was playing with a cat at the supermarket entrance. I was lazy for a while so I wasted a bit of time. Someone saw me at the time. And you don't know how difficult it is for girls to choose things. They have to pick and choose until they like it."
Kazuo Yokomizo continued to question the second person, Nobihara, who was the owner of a bar next to the hotel. He was a sturdy man with muscular muscles from excessive fitness training. He looked tall and burly, and seemed not to be easily messed with.
"According to our investigation, you had a conflict with the deceased last night."
"Yes, but that kind of person deserves to be beaten. He was full of foul language and had no respect for women. He even insulted his girlfriend at will. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I beat him up. Later, he left and I never saw him again.
Nobihara had always had a bad relationship with the deceased. He had even pursued the deceased's girlfriend, knowing she had a boyfriend. Last night, while drunk, the deceased publicly insulted and criticized his girlfriend. Nobihara overheard them, and the two argued, eventually coming to blows. Fortunately, Kogoro Mouri and other customers, who were drinking nearby, intervened to separate them. The deceased was so angry that he left with his unfinished drinks without even paying.
Upon hearing this, Maori Kogoro quickly said, "I was also at the scene yesterday. I saw the deceased leaving the bar with the wine. The injuries on his body were basically minor and nothing serious."
Conan tilted his head and asked him, "Where did you go after that?"
Nobihara lowered his head at the sound, looking at Conan who was only as tall as his thigh. He found it amusing, but he also answered seriously: "I went into the office afterwards and didn't leave the bar until I went home around 11:30. The door recorder installed on my office door shows it, and there are also surveillance cameras at the door. You can check it. There are no windows in the office, so you can check it.
At this time, Maori Kogoro grabbed Conan and threw him out, "Don't make trouble, kid."
Conan rolled three or four times before coming to a stop, "Ouch."
Seeing this scene, Mu'an Jiaxi immediately covered his mouth and laughed. Conan was so pitiful, he felt sympathy for him for a second.
On the other side, Conan quickly got up and walked back without complaining a word. He kept thinking in his heart: In this way, he has an alibi, and his bar is a bit far from here. It is unlikely that he can kill someone without being discovered and then go back. Moreover, there are no windows in the office. With this reasoning, he seems to be even less suspicious.
The last one was a dull-looking man wearing a red reception suit and a pair of glasses. His name was Sakata Akasui and he was the hotel receptionist.
He and the deceased were in a superior-subordinate relationship.
The reason he was called here was because he had seen the deceased yesterday, and even had some work grievances with the deceased not long ago. The specific reason was that Sakata Akasui was negligent in his work and broke the customer's important things, so the deceased fined him one month's salary, which Sakata Akasui urgently needed.
Yokomizo Kazuo asked, "Did you see the deceased last night?"
"Yes, I just wanted to plead for mercy, hoping he would fine me less because I could really use the money. After get off work yesterday, I was looking for him. Later, I heard he was at the bar, so I waited for him at the door. As a result, I heard the sound of fighting inside, and he came out not long after. I saw that he looked bad, so I thought about it and went back without talking to him."
"Where did you go after that?"
"I stayed in the dorm room the whole time after that, and my roommates can all testify to that."
"What time did you return to the dormitory?"
Sakata Akamizu recalled: "A little over 10, around 04 or 05."
In an instant, the faces of those present improved. Almost everyone had an alibi. The time of death was around 10:30 to 11:00. The girlfriend of the first deceased went to the supermarket to buy shampoo during that time. After coming out, she squatted at the door and played with the cat. There was a witness. The second bar owner had been in the office and had never come out. There was also a bar surveillance record. The third receptionist returned to the dormitory after 10 o'clock and had stayed in the dormitory since then. There was also a witness from his roommate.
The case seemed to be stuck in a vicious circle. The tiger claw marks on the deceased's neck and body were irregularly distributed all over the body, and there were even traces of animal bites. All the signs looked like an animal attack, and coupled with their alibi, it all seemed like an accident.
Mu'an Jiaxi knew that this was definitely not an accident, not because she discovered something, but because of Conan. With him around, it was definitely not an accident.
At this moment, Maori Kogoro suddenly shouted: "I know who the murderer is."
Hearing this, everyone looked over. Yokomizo Kazuo exclaimed in surprise, "Really? The famous detective is truly worthy of being a famous detective. He figured it out so quickly."
Maori Kogoro first laughed mysteriously, then slowly said: "In fact, the murderer is a tiger, actually a tiger."
“………………”
As soon as the words fell, the expressions of the people present changed, just like a palette of colors. Mu An Jiaxi laughed out loud without giving any face, "Puchi, haha... ha, cough..."
Seeing everyone's eyes suddenly focused on her, Mu An Jiaxi's laughter stopped instantly. She coughed to cover it up, then quickly raised her hand to explain, "I choked on my own saliva. Sorry."
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