"I'm so sorry!"
At the entrance of the hotel, the proprietress who came upon hearing the news bowed deeply to everyone:
"It was our store's negligence last night. The night watchman accidentally fell asleep, and this horrific case happened!"
"careless..."
Sakaki Makoto grinned:
"You think this was an accident?"
The proprietress glanced at the waitress in a plain kimono, and three vertical wrinkles appeared between her brows. She looked very stern:
"Aiko, did you drink the drink the guest gave you?!"
“No…No!”
The waitress named Aiko shook her head in fear:
"You can't touch customers' belongings without permission. This is the store's rule. I've worked in the store for 5 years and have never violated it once!"
"That's what she said."
The proprietress looked into Sakaki Makoto's eyes and said calmly:
"The store does not allow waiters to eat food given by customers in order to prevent some customers from putting drugs in drinks or food. All the food we eat is processed by the kitchen."
"In that case..."
Crossing the counter, Makoto Sakaki picked up the water cup next to the waitress and handed it to Kyokichi Ishimoto:
"You should not mind the police analyzing the ingredients of this cup, and also taking a blood sample to check for drug residues."
"Of course not."
The lady boss said expressionlessly:
"Our hotel will definitely cooperate with the police investigation."
While the police were testing the waitress's blood, Sakaki began to ask the waitress for a statement:
"What time did you start your shift last night?"
"12 o'clock."
Aiko sat on the chair, holding the kimono on her knees with both hands, and answered stiffly:
"I am responsible for the night shift and breakfast. Since the hotel closes after 12 o'clock, I usually don't see many guests."
"Um..."
Biting off the pen cap, Sakaki Makoto recorded this information and continued to ask:
"What time did you fall asleep?"
"I can't remember clearly, it seems to be..."
While thinking hard, Aiko said uncertainly:
"It seemed to be around 1 a.m., and before I fell asleep, I heard the door closing in the bathroom. We entered the bathhouse to take a bath at 12 o'clock, after all the guests had left."
"So you went to the bathroom between 12 and 1?"
"Well, I went into the bathroom to take a shower at 12:05, and sat behind the counter at 12:25, handing over to the others and officially starting my shift."
Aizi remembers these two time points very clearly.
"Will the hotel door be locked after 12 o'clock?"
"Yes, once it is locked from the inside, it cannot be opened from the outside. If you want to open the door, you must use a key..."
Aiko took out a bunch of silver keys from behind the counter and said:
"The key is behind the counter, and the spare key is in the hands of the boss lady."
"Um?"
Seeing that there was more than one key, Sakaki Makoto raised his eyebrows:
"Besides the key to the front door, what are the other keys used for?"
"The keys to the staff dormitory doors, windows, vending machines, restaurants, and kitchens are all kept at the front desk."
Counting on his fingers, Aizi counted them one by one:
“This makes it convenient for everyone to use.”
"Have you eaten anything since you started your shift?"
Kidd on the side asked directly about the key point:
"Who did you see in the half hour before you fell asleep?"
"Drank some brown sugar ginger water..."
Rubbing her hands together, Aiko was very nervous and didn't dare to look at the lady boss next to her:
"I haven't been feeling well lately, so the chef made this for me before he got off work..."
"As for customers, I did meet quite a few. The famous Maori detective came down to buy a bottle of juice and came over to chat with me. We chatted for a few minutes. During this time, several customers passed by the corridor one after another..."
“.......”
It's Kogoro Mori, it's Kogoro Mori again!
Sakaki Makoto really wanted to complain, why is he everywhere?
I got drunk and stayed up late at night, so I went to the hotel counter and chatted with the waiter...
How could he do such a thing!
Mao Lilan, who was listening, had her chest heaving. She lowered her head in shame and anger.
Two words: shameful!
Don't you know how old you are? Your daughter can kick a telephone pole, not to mention going out to buy soy sauce. She even went to flirt with young girls...
It's like he can get it...
"Akito sack."
Conan, who was thinking with his head down and completely ignoring Maori Kogoro's "evil deeds", suddenly asked:
"You sat down at 12:25, but the kitchen made you some brown sugar ginger water. Didn't the kitchen turn off the fire at 12 o'clock?"
“Ahem…”
The proprietress cleared her throat and said:
"After the business is over for the day, the kitchen will prepare some midnight snacks for everyone. In addition, they have to clean up, so the kitchen usually finishes after 12:30."
There is no problem with this. Sakaki Makoto tapped his head with the pen and said while looking at his son:
"How long did Maori Kogoro talk to you?"
"Maybe five or six minutes..."
Aiko pondered:
"For some reason, there were a lot of customers in the corridor at the time. They were all drunk and went straight to the vending machine. By the time they left, it was already 12:45."
"You remember it very clearly..."
Sakaki narrowed his eyes and said:
"Something must have happened at that time to prompt you to strengthen your memory."
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