"Of course I found out."
Conan came out of the closet, his face covered with dust. He ran over and climbed up the window sill with great effort.
"You mean the protruding wooden pillars outside the house? I found them in the early morning."
"Since you know, why don't you say it?"
"Because it can't be linked to other clues."
Spreading his hands, Conan said confidently:
"Okino Yoko's room is on the third floor of the hotel. There are two ways for the criminal to climb up. One is to go around the window sill from another room, and the other is to climb up directly from the bottom. This is difficult, but not impossible."
"As for those solid wooden pillars you mentioned, there is no mud on them at all, proving that the prisoner did not choose this path!"
"Also, after confirming that the criminal had escaped, Kidd and I immediately checked the rooms of other employees and found that everyone was there. The only one who was a few minutes late was Naoki Seiichi from the equipment team. He also went to the bathroom."
Conan was right. Sakaki Makoto did not find any muddy footprints on the horizontally protruding pillars outside the house. This seemed to prove that the criminal did not choose this escape route, but...
What’s strange is that apart from the footprints in the house and the courtyard, there were no other traces in the hotel. How did the criminal escape?
This is the third floor, at least 6 or 7 meters from the ground, and I jumped down...
Is everyone Kyogoku Makoto?
Thinking of this, Sakaki Makoto suddenly jumped onto the window sill and leaned half of his body out.
"You suspect that the prisoner, after being discovered, climbed up to the roof?"
Conan shook his head.
"Don't bother. I was on the roof this morning and there were no footprints."
"Are you sure the prisoner jumped out of the window?"
"That's what Yoko Okino said, and she was sure she was right."
Sakaki Makoto frowned, glanced at the horizontal beam protruding outside the house, and suddenly jumped.
"Hey! This is the third floor!"
Eyes suddenly widened, Conan and Kid rushed forward, startled.
However...
To their surprise, Sakaki Makoto did not fall into the courtyard. Instead, he grabbed the beam with both hands, as agile as a monkey hanging on a tree, or like a fitness ladder in the park, hanging steadily in the air.
If you don't pay attention...
It is difficult to find any trace of Makoto Sakaki.
Yoko Okino's room is in the middle of the third floor, with a staircase on each side. Makoto Sakaki can choose to go in either direction.
Holding on to the beam, Makoto Sakaki seemed to have grabbed a vine and swung in the air. In the blink of an eye, he advanced two or three meters. Then, he chose a room with an open window, turned over and climbed up. The whole process took less than 30 seconds.
"How about it?"
Sakaki Makoto reappeared at the door of the room, and he circled back again:
"How long did it take me?"
"About 35 seconds, 20 meters forward."
Miss Miyano said.
“Tsk.”
Sakaki Makoto smacked his lips, obviously not satisfied with the result. He could have gone even faster.
“Yes…yes!”
Conan, who was standing there in a daze, suddenly shouted:
“Why must the prisoner use his feet?”
"He could have just used his hands! That way he wouldn't have left footprints!"
"That's right."
Sakaki Makoto nodded:
"The rooms of the production crew were scattered on the 2nd and 3rd floors. When you heard Yoko Okino screaming, it took at least half a minute from waking up to arriving at the scene, which is 30 seconds."
"When all of you are attracted by the screams, the room will be empty. The prisoner can choose any room to hide and clean up the traces."
"But if it only takes 30 seconds to escape, then aren't the show crew members more suspicious?"
Kidd asked:
"For example, Seiichi Naoki from the equipment team arrived at the scene a few minutes late, giving him plenty of time to hide his tools."
“That’s not wrong…”
After lowering his head and pondering for a moment, Sakaki Makoto still felt that there were many suspicious aspects of the case.
He still hasn't figured out the criminal's motive, which is very crucial and even directly related to whether the criminal's identity can be accurately located.
"I said..."
Conan winked at Sakaki Makoto and Kid:
"Should we go look in the next room?"
After the theft, Yoko Okino naturally could not continue to live in this house, so she moved next door with Rena Mizunashi.
At this moment...
Everyone else is waiting for dinner in the living room, so why not take this opportunity to do some secret investigation?
Anyway, this is Conan's forte, so he doesn't feel any psychological pressure at all.
"Da-meh!"
With her hands on her hips, Mao Lilan sternly stopped Conan's dangerous idea: She took out a handkerchief to wipe the dust off Conan's face and said:
"You are not allowed to enter someone else's room without the owner's permission!"
"But, but..."
Conan pursed his lips and said with his hands:
"Brother Makoto Sakaki and Ki...Brother Makoto Sakaki is a gentleman! He would never peek into other people's rooms. Everything he does is to solve the case!"
"As long as we don't catch the criminal, Sister Yoko will be in danger for one more day!"
“I am thinking about them too…”
Before Mao Lilan could say anything, a black hand fell from the sky and clamped Conan's head with an eagle claw. This scene...
It's like Yao Ming catching a basketball with one hand.
"What do you mean? Huh?"
Kid looked at Conan with a half-smile, his expression was indescribably eerie:
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