Chapter 54
"Does Miss Fuyukawa know the deceased?" asked Kogoro Mouri.
Risa Fuyukawa shook her head and clenched her hands nervously: "I don't know him."
Maori Kogoro frowned, and he had already identified the murderer in his heart: "Since Miss Fuyukawa didn't know the deceased, why did she appear at the door of Mr. Murauchi's room?"
Risa Fuyukawa's eyes were a little evasive. "I was just passing by. His door was not locked. I heard a little noise when I walked over. Then I opened the door and saw that he was already dead."
"I really didn't kill him!"
The deceased, Murauchi Ichiro, was killed by a dagger stab wound in the back. The suite was very tidy, with only one suitcase that looked a bit messy.
The body was located near the door, which was splattered with blood.
Kurokawa Akiho took a quick look but couldn't make out any information, so he was ready to watch the performance of the detectives present.
Murauchi Ichiro's palm was unnaturally bent, his fingertips were stained with blood, and his clothes hid the bandages on his wrists.
There were slight abrasions on the palms of both hands, and faint marks of bruises on his face.
The storm outside the window was getting stronger and stronger, and the wind was hitting the windows, making a slight noise.
Edogawa Conan glanced at the time on his watch, lowered his eyes and fell into thought.
"But if the distance is so close, Mr. Shimanaka and Ms. Saikawa didn't hear any sound at all?" Toru Amuro shifted his gaze to Murauchi Ichiro's friend.
Saikawa Yoshino shook her head. "After I drowned, the doctor prescribed some medicine and told me to rest when I got back. Maybe there was a sleeping pill in the medicine. I fell asleep quickly after I got back and didn't hear anything."
Naoto Shimanaka: "I thought I heard the door open. Murauchi said he wanted to go diving, so I thought he was leaving to go diving."
Conan Edogawa asked: "Do you remember the specific time, big brother?"
"It seems to be... around six o'clock." Shimanaka Naoto rubbed his head: "I can't remember exactly."
Amuro Toru's purple-gray eyes narrowed.
There was nothing wrong with the rough answers given by Shimanaka Naoto and Saikawa Yoshino, but as friends of the deceased, they were a little too calm.
"If it's six o'clock, then I can be completely eliminated as a suspect, right?" Risa Fuyukawa shouted hurriedly.
Kurokawa Akishige noticed the mural on the wall and took a closer look.
This painting...
"It's very similar to the one at the infirmary."
After hearing the voice in his ear, Kurokawa Akishige raised his eyes, and a hint of golden brown caught his eyes.
Amuro Toru's lips curled up, and he lowered his voice, "Mr. Kurokawa, do you think this painting is very similar to the one at the medical station?"
"Rather than saying they're similar, they're more like a continuity?" Kurokawa Akifumi asked with a hint of uncertainty. "Of course, it could also be a special hobby of the hotel owner."
Edogawa Conan didn't listen to what the two of them said. He took the initiative to pull Kurokawa Akiho's sleeve and asked, "What painting?"
"Is there a similar painting somewhere else?"
"Yeah." Kurokawa Akiho briefly recounted to Edogawa Conan what they discovered at the medical station.
The other half's voice grew louder.
Risa Fuyukawa was speechless: "I was just looking for Ryosuke. I opened the door when I heard the voice. I had no idea that things would turn out like this."
Maori Kogoro said seriously, "No, we need to review the surveillance footage to know if you are a suspect."
"Mr. Bento, can you pull up the surveillance footage from the six o'clock time period?"
Daisuke Hondo is the housekeeper of this hotel. He looks quite old, with black and white hair intertwined at his temples.
Hondo Daisuke nodded: "I'll take you to the monitoring room."
When Risa Fuyukawa heard that the surveillance footage was going to be adjusted, she felt relieved but also a little nervous.
A group of people went to the monitoring room in a mighty manner.
The surveillance footage was specifically tuned to the six o'clock period. From the footage, we can see that Murauchi Ichiro had just returned from outside at 6:10, holding a bag in his hand that looked like it was used to carry diving equipment.
Then Ishiki Ryosuke appeared in the video.
Ishiki Ryosuke picked up the phone with one hand, glanced at Murauchi Ichiro, then passed by and disappeared into the blind spot of the surveillance camera.
Six twenty.
A strange figure appeared in the surveillance footage.
Conan Edogawa recognized the stranger. It was the man with a scar on his face and carrying something like a detector on his back when he boarded the ship.
Everyone watched him with bated breath. When the scene reached the critical moment, the picture on the screen flashed with colorful strips, and then suddenly went black.
Conan Edogawa was stunned for a moment. He leaned on the table of the monitoring station with his toes raised, trying hard to see the overall surveillance footage.
It's still all black.
Maori Kogoro was a little mad: "Why did it go dark at this critical moment!"
Daisuke Hondo explained, "The lightning must have burned out the wiring. This often happens to monitoring wiring."
"What a coincidence." Kurokawa Akifumi's eyebrows moved slightly, and he couldn't help but complain.
Before the scarred man was about to enter the room, the surveillance broke down, and there was no way to determine whether the man had actually entered Murauchi Ichiro's room, nor could it be determined whether anyone else had entered the room after that point in time.
The case returned to the beginning.
"What does this surveillance mean?" Risa Fuyukawa said hurriedly. "This guy looks ferocious. He must have killed Murauchi Ichiro. And he's clearly heading towards Murauchi Ichiro's room, right?"
Maori Kogoro's face was solemn: "Based on my many years of detective experience, the murderer should be the man with the scar on his face."
"Mr. Bento, which room does the gentleman with the scar on his face live in?"
Honto Daisuke hesitated a bit: "We need to confirm this at the front desk."
Kurokawa Akiho, who had been following the crowd, looked up and paid attention to the barrage after Kogoro Mori finished talking about the murderer.
[His process of elimination has always been effective.]
【Based on my experience of watching thousands of Conan episodes, I guess it was a companion who did it.】
companion?
Kurokawa Akishige looked at Shimanaka Naoto and Saikawa Yoshino. Indeed, since they received the news of Murauchi Ichiro's death, the emotions of these two people have not fluctuated much.
It looks quite suspicious.
[I also suspect my companions were originally looking for treasure. They must have found it but couldn't divide the spoils equally, so they just robbed the other thieves.]
Treasure?
Kurokawa Akishi's eyes widened slightly, and his attention was completely attracted by the treasure.
Honda Daisuke informed the man with a scar on his face at the front desk to inquire about the situation. He thought he would be turned away, but the other party actually came to describe the situation honestly.
Wu Minghangping looked a little impatient in the face of this situation, but he still explained the situation honestly.
"No, I didn't go into that person's room at all."
Maori Kogoro: "Is there anyone who can testify for you?"
Wu Ming Hangping curled his lips and said, "There was a man wearing a brown coat with slightly curly hair. He saw it."
Brown coat, slightly curly hair.
Edogawa Conan put together the characteristics described by Gomei Kohei.
"Mr. Ishiki Ryosuke." Amuro Toru said.
From the surveillance video, Ishiki Ryosuke passed by Murauchi Ichiro at a very close moment.
According to Go Ming Kohei, Ishiki Ryosuke returned again ten minutes later.
Maori Kogoro said to Hondo Daisuke with a headache: "Mr. Butler, please call Mr. Ishiki over as well."
Daisuke Hondo had just found the phone number in Ishiki Ryosuke's room, but before he could dial it, Ishiki Ryosuke came over by himself.
"What are you all doing here? What happened?" Ishiki Ryosuke walked over slowly and asked in confusion, "Risa, why do you look like that?"
Risa Fuyukawa said angrily, "It's all because of you. If you hadn't called me to come find you, how could I have opened that door and gotten into this mess?"
Maori Kogoro: "Mr. Ishiki, Mr. Murauchi Ichiro was murdered. This gentleman said that you saw him but did not enter Mr. Murauchi Ichiro's room. Is that true?"
Ishiki Ryosuke looked at Goming Kohei and thought for a moment before nodding, "Yes, he didn't go in."
With Ishiki Ryosuke's denial, the case once again fell into a state of stagnation.
"Could it be a ghost?" Kojima Genta couldn't help but say.
Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya rolled his eyes: "How is that possible? It must be Miss Fuyukawa who killed Mr. Murauchi. Otherwise, why would she open Mr. Murauchi's door?"
"Don't talk nonsense, you little brat!" Risa Fuyukawa couldn't control her emotions. She took a deep breath and said, "I can't stand it anymore. I don't want to stay here anymore. Anyway, I will never kill anyone. Don't call me until the police come."
After saying that, Risa Fuyukawa left without looking back.
Okimori Ye Zi tugged at Suzuki Sonoko's sleeve and whispered in her ear, "Sonoko, can you accompany me to the bathroom? I'm a little scared."
Suzuki Sonoko nodded: "Of course, do you want to come with me, Xiaolan?"
"Yes, sure." Mao Lilan replied.
The three of them left the scene together.
"It seems like no one is suspicious this time." Suzuki Sonoko said as they walked: "Could the ghost Mr. Ishiki mentioned earlier be real?"
Mao Lilan laughed and said, "How could there be a ghost?"
Suzuki Sonoko rubbed her arms and said, "No, I'm still a little worried. Why don't you call your family later? It's better to resolve this matter as soon as possible."
"Shinichi might be busy right now. It's not nice to disturb him." Mao Lilan waved her hand.
Chong Sen Ye Zi was puzzled: "Shinichi?"
Suzuki Sonoko laughed gossipingly: "Ye Zi may not know yet, but Shinichi is Xiaolan's."
She stretched out her hand and made a gesture, and Chongsen Ye Zi understood instantly.
"Sonoko." Mao Lilan puffed out her cheeks.
"Okay, I won't say anything more. Xiaolan is shy." Suzuki Sonoko chuckled a few times.
Suzuki Sonoko took out her makeup bag in front of the mirror and was about to touch up her makeup when she paused. She noticed through the mirror that something behind her was strange.
She turned around and squinted her eyes to look at the object on the wall. She reached out to touch it, and suddenly her vision went black. She felt a sense of floating in the air, and then she lost consciousness.
*
Conan Edogawa and Toru Amuro returned to the scene.
The comments were full of heated speculation about who the murderer was, and Kurokawa Akishige followed them in order to know the truth first.
Murauchi Ichiro's body had been covered, and a bloody finger was slightly exposed from the cloth, like an arrow pointing to a wall.
Amuro Toru placed his fingertips against the edge of the mural, his brows twitching slightly: "Could it be?"
Edogawa Conan nodded solemnly.
The two seemed to be speaking in a riddle, but they both understood what each other meant.
Kurokawa Akishige stared at the wall in front of Amuro Toru.
Could it be what he was thinking?
"Something happened!" The three members of the Junior Detective Team ran over breathlessly.
Kurokawa Akiwa: "What happened?"
"Sister Sonoko is missing!"
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