Chapter 26682680 [Coincidence]
"Him, and that guy." Hashimoto Maya stretched out a finger and pointed at the burly man at the door of the box, and then at the burly yellow-haired man in the box.
Then he closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and spoke at a machine gun speed, sharing the lingering picture in his mind with his dear colleague: "I saw them hugging each other and kissing passionately!"
Suzuki Sonoko: “???”
Conan: “!!” Shut up, what nonsense are you talking about in front of Xiaolan!
Maya Hashimoto's voice was not too loud, but the narrow corridor of the KTV amplified the sound.
This sentence floated along the corridor and all the way to the door of the box. Officer Takagi and Inspector Megure, who were blocking the burly man's questioning, were startled when they heard this and took a step back.
The other guests also looked shocked. For a moment, all eyes were focused on the burly man.
I thought that the burly man would be furious and even attack after his secret was revealed in public... However, unexpectedly, the other party did not seem to have any similar reaction at all.
The sturdy man just scratched the back of his head and looked at Hashimoto Maya speechlessly: "It's just a kiss, not sex, why are you so excited - you are at this age, are you still a baby who blushes when seeing a kiss?"
Hashimoto Maya: “?”
...Is it the kissing that scares me? At your age, don’t you realize that the person you kiss is different from others? ?
Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, the experienced Inspector Megure quickly spoke to mediate. He said, "Okay, okay, brother Hashimoto, you are a British man, why are you making a fuss about such a thing? And you, Mr. Arimoto, although this is a freedom between lovers, but you two grown men in public... well, it's normal to scare some timid people. Let's not talk about this and solve the case first."
As he was speaking, a shadow suddenly appeared beside him.
Inspector Megure turned around in confusion, and saw that the yellow-haired man, who was as strong as the burly man, had walked up to them with his sick body.
The next moment, under his confused gaze, the yellow-haired man roared hoarsely: "What do you mean by 'two grown men'? Can't you see that I'm a girl!"
“…”
"???"
Inspector Megure was stunned: “…” From the voice to the face to the hairstyle to the clothes... I can’t tell, I can’t tell at all!
Hashimoto Maya was also stunned: "But you were in the same bathroom just now..."
Huang Mao pressed his sore throat and said, "The restroom in this store is public, and there is no gender distinction. What's wrong with us hugging each other in there? You... cough cough, if you say those rude words again, I will be rude to you!"
As she spoke, she waved her sandbag-sized fist, walked back to the sofa in the box, and fell down weakly.
“…”
After several seconds, the sturdy man realized: "Oh, you thought she was a man, no wonder you reacted so strongly - haha, although we are both serious fitness enthusiasts and have a lot of muscles on our bodies, your observation skills are not very good."
Hashimoto Maya: “…?” What does this have to do with observation? Look at your girlfriend. Not to mention me, even Jiang Xia or Usa-sama would probably…
"Well." A voice interrupted his guess. The receptionist remembered something and whispered to Inspector Megure, "We have a surveillance camera installed in our store. If you want to find the murderer, do you want to check the surveillance camera?"
——It's a rare opportunity for the God of Wealth to visit us. If we solve the case sooner, we might be able to open the business sooner, so as not to miss out on this unexpected good fortune.
"There's surveillance?" Inspector Megure's eyes twitched. "Why didn't you tell me earlier about such an important matter?"
…
However, it was different from the beautiful scene that Inspector Megure imagined, "see who killed someone from the surveillance camera" - the surveillance camera mentioned by the front desk was installed in the lobby of the KTV, and it could not see the inside of the box at all. Even the scene behind the corner at the end of the corridor was not clear.
After experiencing so many ups and downs, the exhausted police chief couldn't help but sigh: "Can't you install a few more surveillance cameras?"
The receptionist looked aggrieved: "It was only after I had a lot of persuasion that my dad installed this surveillance camera. Besides, my store is so small. What would it look like if I filled it with surveillance cameras? What would the customers think when they saw it?"
Inspector Megure: "..." You persuaded your father to install the surveillance camera? I didn't expect you to be such a hero...
His tone softened a little: "Thank you for your hard work. Please pull up the surveillance footage for us first."
…
Soon, a surveillance video appeared on the screen, which was taken before all the guests arrived.
After zooming in, a clear "L"-shaped corridor appears in the picture.
There is a wall on the left side of the corridor, and three boxes on the right side. Box 4 is at the end of the corridor facing the surveillance camera. Turning left at the end, there is an area that cannot be captured by the surveillance camera, and the deceased's box 5 is there.
The receptionist pressed fast forward, and soon, Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko walked into the screen, followed by Jiang Xia, Hashimoto Maya and Conan... Just like actors appearing on stage one by one, tonight's guests began to enter the store one after another. And the order in which they entered was exactly the same as the receptionist had just described.
While taking notes, Officer Takagi couldn't help muttering: This receptionist with dyed yellow hair may look like a gangster at first glance, but I didn't expect him to be quite reliable inside.
Maya Hashimoto looked at the surveillance video with mixed feelings: "..." Is this how Uzo usually watches us from this god-like perspective? Looking at it this way, even her own movements in the surveillance video seem to become weird and stiff...
Maya Hashimoto was watching the surveillance camera, but outside the camera, someone was watching him.
"Why did this person suddenly look so serious while looking at the surveillance footage?" Conan touched his chin and speculated, "Could it be that through this outsider's perspective, he discovered some of his own omissions in the footage? ... No, I have to take a closer look as well."
Conan moved closer, pretending to be a curious elementary school student, and watched with everyone else.
…
In surveillance.
As the guests took their seats, the corridor became quiet and empty for a short while.
But not long after, the door of Box 2 was suddenly pushed open, and a thin figure walked out. He looked around, walked to the corner, and quickly disappeared from the screen.
Inspector Megure looked at the direction the thin man left, his eyes lit up: "You went to the deceased's box?"
The thin man was stunned and shook his head like an electric fan: "I was just going to the toilet!"
Inspector Megure: "..." That's right. I almost forgot that the deceased's private room was right next to the toilet...
"Well, speaking of which, boxes 1234 are all under the surveillance. If the murder happened in these boxes, then the murderer would be visible at a glance." He couldn't help but mutter, "But the deceased went to box 5 which is outside the screen...
(End of this chapter)
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