Chapter 2878 2890 [Loss of a beloved gun]
Thinking of this, Hattori Heiji straightened his tie, walked to the side of Inspector Otaki like an adult, and asked calmly, "How is it, is there any result?"
Inspector Otaki sighed, "So far, no guns have been found, and no one has been found with gunpowder on them."
Hattori Heiji looked at the three sports stars and asked, "Where are those three people?"
Inspector Otaki shook his head: "No, I did it to them first."
"Really?" Hattori Heiji frowned. "That's strange. I actually think that compared to the other guests, these three are the most suspicious. The deceased reporter has been active in the United States for a long time. Compared with the other people at the dinner, these three sports stars who are also from the United States are the most likely to conflict with the deceased."
He looked at the boxer: "And I just checked. Although the three stars looked like they didn't know the dead reporter when he came on stage to make trouble at the dinner just now...but this reporter actually reported the scandals of the three of them separately.
"The boxing star never lost a fight until he retired, so the reporter wrote a big story after his retirement, saying that he secretly manipulated the fights and cheated, which was why he had such an incredible record.
"Not to mention the football star that Conan idolized. He was kicked out of the football world and retired early because of suspected drug use.
"As for the baseball star, I remember he was once reported to have cheated on his wife and was divorced - there are rumors that these scandals are all fabricated. If that's the case, then the three of them have a stronger motive for murder."
"That may not be the case."
A voice interrupted from the side.
When Hattori Heiji and Inspector Otaki lowered their heads, they saw Conan had slipped nearby at some point.
The fake elementary school student who suddenly appeared had obviously heard the conversation between the two. He retorted: "Although these three people were slandered by the American reporter, they later sued the other party and won the case. Since they have proved their innocence in this way, there is no need to kill people again."
Hattori Heiji's eyes twitched: "..." Who said there was no need to kill? There are many people in Tokyo who kill people after a quarrel. You kid actually mixed private information into the case...
Conan lowered his voice again: "Besides, isn't there a more suspicious target here than Ray Curtis and the others?
"——The man who calls himself Yamaguchi showed up at the shooting scene at the wedding banquet last night, and he came here again today... Every time he shows up, there's a shooting. Don't you think this is too coincidental?
"Besides, he knows Mr. Yamada. By the way, did you search them both?"
"Uh, I searched..." But I didn't find anything.
As he spoke, Inspector Otaki scratched his head, feeling that he could not keep up with the child's jumping thoughts: Two consecutive shooting incidents are indeed a bit of a coincidence, but according to this standard...aren't you, a group of Tokyo guests, the same?
Even if we take into account previous cases, you appeared at crime scenes far more times than that Mr. Yamaguchi.
Inspector Otaki: “…” Also, what does “besides, he knows Mr. Yamada” mean?
"If I remember correctly, Mr. Yamada is a fan of Jiang Xia. I heard that he would volunteer to be Jiang Xia's assistant when he is free. Mr. Yamaguchi knows him, so shouldn't that prove his innocence?"
Inspector Otaki tried hard to figure out the child's thoughts. Suddenly, he felt that he understood. He smiled in his heart and said, "I see! I remember that this child often appeared in reports with Jiang Xia, just like Jiang Xia's little assistant. He couldn't stand Mr. Yamada. It must be the child's cute jealousy."
Thinking of this, he patted Conan's head and said, "Okay, I will definitely focus on the investigation."
Conan looked at the old man with a kind smile suspiciously: "..."Really? I always feel like there's something wrong with you...
At this moment, he suddenly felt something and turned to look at a table next to him.
Hattori Heiji immediately noticed the classmate's gaze and looked over as well: "What's wrong?"
Conan walked to the table and touched his chin: "I remember when I left just now, there were two connected folds on the tablecloth of this table, but now they have become one big fold... Has anyone moved this tablecloth?"
He looked around and didn't feel there was anything wrong with the table, so he lifted the tablecloth and, relying on his short stature, easily reached in.
The next moment, Conan's eyes suddenly stopped: "Gun, there is a pistol underneath!"
Hattori Heiji and Officer Otaki: "?!"
The gunman in the shadows: “?!”
Calvados, who carefully chose a place to hide the gun: "..."
Jiang Xia, who was planning to retrieve the gun after the case was over, said: "..."
Vodka, who passed by and heard everything: "..."
Vodka looked at the plain tablecloth like a ghost, looking left and right and still confused: there are so many tables in the banquet hall, and every table is round... How could this kid remember the shape of the tablecloth on a specific table? !
"This is impossible..." Vodka touched his chin, shocked for a moment, and suddenly felt that he understood:
"I see. It seems that this was all Uzo's idea. I thought that after Uzo forced Calvados to put down the gun, he would take it away and add it to his collection. But now... humph, he must have known that I was here and the existence of this gun would be reported to the organization, so he used this method to prevent Calvados from ever finding this precious pistol that has been with him for many years."
"How insidious..."
Vodka expressed the same sentiment for who knows how many times.
…
Under Calvados's gloomy and indescribable gaze, the pistol was carefully removed by the forensic police officer wearing gloves and placed in the evidence bag.
——If nothing unexpected happened, he might never be able to touch this pistol that had accompanied him through life and death so many times again in his life.
Vodka glanced at him and turned his head away silently: "..." Are you angry already? He hasn't touched your sniper rifle yet.
Come to think of it, this idiot didn't even try to control his expression. What if the police saw him?
Thinking of this, Vodka silently stepped away, trying to pretend not to know him.
…
Finding the murder weapon means there will be more clues.
While waiting for police to investigate the gun, the three detectives reentered the hotel building.
"I just asked around. It's not officially open yet, so the elevators here are all out of service." Hattori Heiji walked up the spotless stairs, walked to a room, and opened the door. "So the murderer had to run back and forth."
Jiang Xia nodded and glanced at Conan: "The switch and lighting equipment have not been tampered with. There is no timing device."
(End of this chapter)
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