Chapter 193

Outside the building, Nishihara Tadahiko used family affection and success rate as a breakthrough point, and finally convinced the stubborn Baifu. In the banquet hall, the police's investigation of the case finally reached a point of exhaustion, and they could not find any clues at all.

As time went on, the patience of the guests quickly wore out, and anxious expressions appeared on their faces. They all said that they had other things to do and did not want to stay here any longer.

Date Kou glanced at Morobushi Kagemitsu covertly. The other party was still a suspect in disguise as a waiter. His every move was under police surveillance and his movements were very restricted.

As a good friend who had studied together in the police academy, he knew that Morobushi Jingguang was also very good at investigating cases and collecting clues, otherwise he would not have been selected by the Ministry of Public Security to carry out such a dangerous undercover intelligence gathering mission right after graduation. Unfortunately, as one of the suspects, Morobushi Jingguang, like Hoshikawa Kazuaki, was not allowed to directly participate in the investigation of the case.

However, Morofushi Kagemitsu's attention at this time was not entirely focused on the case itself, but he also paid some attention to Conan who was running around the scene.

From the beginning, Morobushi Kagemitsu was not like others who thought that Conan was just influenced by his guardian, Kogoro Mori, and was just playing a detective game. Even his seemingly innocent but actually meaningful questioning skills and his sensitivity to small clues were far superior to Kogoro Mori, who seemed very unreliable.

Combined with Hoshikawa Kazuaki's advance warning and Morobushi Kagemitsu's own observations and judgments, he was very sure that this child named Edogawa Conan must be much more powerful than he appeared, and was a true little detective.

Before being identified as a suspect, Morobushi Kagemitsu had already identified several suspects through secret investigation. And now Conan's series of investigations are targeting the suspects that Morobushi Kagemitsu had previously guessed. It should be said that he really deserves to be called a little detective, and he actually found the suspect.

There was obvious admiration in Morofushi Kagemitsu's eyes as he looked at Conan.

But the young detective was now... checking the suspect's belongings? It was fine to check the old housekeeper and Mrs. Kamimura, but why was he so fussing over his own belongings? Those were just the standard equipment for applying for a waiter here. Could he be trying to find out his identity information from them?

Zhu Fu Jingguang was at a loss for words, thinking that the young detective was indeed as curious as Xingchuan and Ming said. However, there was indeed a clue that the young detective had not noticed yet, and he could remind him and see how far this young detective could go.

Morofushi Kagemitsu deliberately stepped forward, squatted behind Conan, and asked curiously:

"What are you doing, kids? Are you also learning to solve crimes like a Maori detective?"

Conan was startled by the sudden sound behind him, and even the disposable gloves he had just taken out fell to the ground. He turned around and smiled at Morobushi Kagemitsu in front of him:

"Ahaha, yes, it was Uncle Maori who asked me to come over for an inspection. I'm just Uncle Maori's assistant."

After saying that, Conan remembered that the man in front of him was a member of that organization, and he must not let him be interested in Uncle Maori, so he added:

"Uncle Maori wants to find out the truth quickly so that we can go home earlier. He also has to go back to watch the horse racing."

This way, it seems that Uncle Maori is just a bad adult who likes to bet on horses. He doesn't have such a strong curiosity, and he will not take the initiative to pay attention to any weird clues related to the organization, right?

Morofushi Jingguang agreed with his statement with a smile, and then casually mentioned:

"But kids, you have to be careful when playing detective games. Look at you, the outside of your cuffs are stained with oil. Could it be that you accidentally rubbed them when you were drilling through a sewage pipe or something like that? This is too dangerous."

Conan was stunned for a moment. How could he have crawled through a sewage pipe? He looked in the direction that Morofushi Kagemitsu pointed, and sure enough, on the outside of his cuff, he found a small light-colored stain, as if it had been rubbed with some lubricating grease.

Why are there such traces?

That’s right! It was at that time!

Conan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he suddenly remembered what happened when he first met the old butler. He originally wanted to sneak out of the banquet hall because he heard the guy who seemed to be a member of the winery in front of him meet with Xingchuan and Ming in the eavesdropping device. But he didn't expect that when he was about to touch the door handle, the old butler suddenly lifted him up from behind, making him completely lose the chance to sneak out, and he only touched something sticky.

After that, the old housekeeper was so hurt by my collision that he handed me over to Xiaolan for care. Until the end, I never had the chance to touch that sticky door again. So the stain on my cuff could only have happened to be there at that time.

However, as the waiter in front of me said, in such a high-end banquet, the service staff will definitely check all the facilities in advance, and will definitely maintain them carefully during the banquet. It is impossible to leave the banquet hall door with sticky things on it alone. Otherwise, these service staff will definitely be taught a lesson.

So, what was that strange grease I was exposed to, and why was it there?

Conan had a feeling that if he could figure this out, the case would be solved completely. He was about to run to the door to check it himself when no one was paying attention, but he stopped the impulse before taking a step.

I can't reveal it now, at least I can't let this member of the organization see what I'm thinking. So Conan raised his innocent smile again and said in a childish voice:

"I just rubbed it on my sleeve by accident, but I forgot where it was. Oh, waiter brother, how can you have such sharp eyes? You actually saw the stain on my cuff right away. The color of the stain is so light that I couldn't even find it myself. Brother is really amazing!"

Morobushi Jingguang still accepted the hypocritical admiration from the young detective with a smile, but he felt a little complicated. As a sniper who once ranked second only to Rye Whiskey in the organization, it was natural that he had good vision and observation skills. However, he was able to find out that those traces came from a common lubricant at the first time because he often used similar grease to maintain certain mechanical products in the past.

And coincidentally, when Zhu Fu Jingguang returned to the banquet hall just now, he also noticed the traces left by the melted fat on the door, and after combining it with other clues, he immediately determined the identity and method of the murderer.

However, it is not convenient for me to say too much due to my identity, and the little detective in front of me happened to have come across this clue, so I just gave him a hint. I believe that with his intelligence, he will quickly figure out who the real murderer is, right?

The only thing Morofushi Jingguang wants to know is, after finding out who the real murderer is, how will the little detective in front of him explain the truth to the police so that it will not be regarded as a child's prank?

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