Chapter 2879-2891 [Loss of a beloved gun x2]
"That is to say, if they want to turn on and off the lights in the room, they can only go into the room and press the switch themselves." Conan laughed and continued what his two companions said, "In this way, the three contestants are completely clear of suspicion!"
As soon as the words fell, there was no echo.
Conan raised his head and met two silent gazes.
Conan: “…”
The fake elementary school student looked at Osaka, then at Jiang Xia, and her heart, which had been forced to calm down, began to throb again: Forget about Hattori, but why don't you agree with this point of view? - Nod, nod quickly!
Next to him, the Kansai detective had no idea that a hateful Tokyo colleague was ignoring his reasoning ability. Hattori Heiji sighed, ignored this unreasonable fan, and started reasoning on his own.
He walked to the window and looked at the heavy curtains in the room. "I remember that when the crime happened, the baseball star was right above the murder scene and pulled open the curtains in that room... Do you think he used some kind of mechanism to remotely control the opening and closing of the curtains?"
"No." Conan came back to his senses. Baseball stars are not his idols. At this time, he returned to his normal level:
"While waiting for the police to arrive, I had already checked the room. There were no traces of ropes or wires on the curtains, and the walls and railings were normal. It should not have been installed with a mechanism, but was pulled open manually."
Jiang Xia nodded: "And when I pulled the curtains, a corresponding figure appeared by the window. That figure was clearly human-shaped and was still moving. It didn't look fake."
Conan paused, and continued, "If we ignore the straight-line distance and only consider the round-trip distance, the person closest to the murder scene is actually Ray Curtis.
"Even so, after he pressed the light switch in the lower right corner of the room, it would take at least 10 seconds for him to run to the murder scene - but in fact, everyone saw that from the time he turned off the light to the time the gunshot rang out, it was only three seconds."
Conan said confidently: "Although Ray Curtis is a football player and can run faster than most people, he can't be that much faster. And he has an old injury on his left knee, so he is even less likely to be the murderer."
After hesitating for a moment, he said impartially, "The baseball star also strained his tendon in an exhibition match recently, and he also couldn't run to the scene. Although the boxing star was not injured, he runs slowly, and the room he was in charge of was the farthest from the crime scene.
"So I think we can rule out these three and focus on finding the other real culprits! - For example, Mr. Yamada and Mr. Yamaguchi. I believe that if we investigate seriously, we will definitely find a breakthrough from them."
After he finished speaking a long string of gibberish, there was still no response.
"..." Conan smiled.
Conan's smile froze.
Conan took a deep breath and said, "Let's go and find those two suspicious guys."
"Why are you walking?" Hattori Heiji grabbed his collar and dragged him back. He stared at the mini detective suspiciously:
“Those two guys may be suspicious, but you also know that the three stars who are from the United States, like the deceased, have the most sufficient motive for murder.
"Although they have an alibi, you have solved many cases and know how much water there is in an alibi when acting alone.
"Under normal circumstances, you would have definitely taken the opportunity to argue with them, but now you are actually helping them to get away with it—just because the other person is your idol? Where are your principles as a detective?"
Conan pushed his hand away: "It has nothing to do with idols or not. I am reasoning seriously. Think about it. Even if Mr. Lei bursts out with physical strength and rushes to the door of this room from the room in the lower right corner within three seconds, he still has to open the door to confirm the location of the deceased."
As he said this, as if to prove his words, he opened a cabinet beside him.
Amid the noise, Conan said, "This will definitely take another 2-3 seconds. Anyway, none of the three of them have time to do it..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he looked at a mop placed diagonally in the cupboard and was suddenly stunned.
Hattori Heiji also had an association. He stepped over Conan and took out the thing that shouldn't be there: "Why are there cleaning supplies in the hotel cupboard?"
Conan intuitively felt that something was wrong, and he said dryly: "This room has just been built, maybe the cleaner in charge of cleaning forgot it here..."
Before he finished speaking, there was a jingle and something fell out.
The two were startled and looked down, only to see that as the mop was taken away, an old pistol was pulled by it and fell to the ground.
Jiang Xia: “…”
He looked at the pistol mixed in the mop, then looked at the cat eating next to him: I told you to hide it more secretly, who told you to hide the gun in the mop?
The eating cat meowed innocently: Isn’t this the most secluded place?
A psychic fell silent.
Another gun disappeared, like a curse from the Grim Reaper when he was in a bad mood.
...But forget it, this was originally the murder gun used to solve the case, and the caliber is different from the gun used by the tooth grinder. If the detectives can't find it, they will probably have to worry about it for a long time, delaying the opening of the next case.
Jiang Xia: “…” And although the way the gun appeared was not what he had expected, the purpose of hiding the gun was achieved - there was a body search and smoke detection, so the strange colleague had something to do, and he probably wouldn't be too bored tonight.
The only pity is that his gun was taken away by the police...
Just as I was thinking about it, the Kansai Detective and the Kanto Detective started arguing nearby.
Hattori Heiji looked at the switch at the door, then at Conan: "With this mop, you should understand - the other two may not be able to commit the crime, but Ray Curtis can easily..."
"Easy what?" Conan interrupted him, "He doesn't have that kind of thing on him, and there's nothing like that in the room."
"Stop fooling yourself." Hattori Heiji clicked his tongue, "Listen to what you said tonight - such a small tool, he can hide as many as he wants..."
"Stop talking nonsense, he can't be the murderer! - Jiang Xia hasn't said anything yet, how can you make a conclusion so early?" Conan finally couldn't help but shouted, "I will definitely prove his innocence, just wait!"
With that, the angry pupil turned and ran out.
Hattori Heiji looked at his back and sighed sympathetically: "I never thought that the murderer would be his idol..."
Halfway through his words, he realized something was wrong: "Wait, what do you mean by 'Jiang Xia hasn't said anything yet, how can you make a conclusion so early'?!"
Hattori Heiji rolled up his sleeves and said, "What does this kid mean?!"
(End of this chapter)
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