Chapter 195

Being pointed out as the murderer of the master of the house, the old butler's face suddenly turned red with anger.

"Nonsense! How could I possibly do such a thing? And I've already said that when the power went out, I was standing far away from the stage. How could I have accurately found the location of the head of the family and killed him in such a dark environment? Did you find the syringe? If not, don't make random accusations! Could it be that Master Xingchuan wanted to use this method to clear himself of suspicion?"

Officer Megure also reminded: "Brother Xingchuan, you said that the old housekeeper was the murderer, do you have any evidence?"

"There are many things to say about evidence, but in order to make it clear to everyone and to convince the butler, I will start with the sudden darkness."

The voice coming from the inside of Xingchuan Heming's collar was full of strong confidence. Although it was the same as his usual voice, the tone and momentum were completely different. Zhufu Jingguang narrowed his eyes and observed carefully, but still could not see anything abnormal about Xingchuan Heming.

A person's temperament and tone are not static. If a person's sudden sense of presence and the temporary sense of achievement from pointing out the way things are in front of everyone can indeed make his tone of voice different from usual, the same is true for temperament. However, Morobushi Kagemitsu remembered very clearly that he saw the child named Conan collecting evidence in the banquet hall with his own eyes. Why was it that the one who made the inference in the end was Hoshikawa Kazuaki who had been standing there in a daze?

Without knowing the information, Morobushi Kagemitsu would not make any subjective evaluation of the scene before his eyes. That's why he suddenly spoke out to test it before, and now he is observing carefully, all to find out what is going on. But at least one thing is certain, the sudden rise of the famous detective Maori Kogoro must be directly related to the child named Edogawa Conan.

Conan Edogawa didn't know that he would be able to be peeped into a corner of the secret by Morobushi Kagemitsu because of such a small connection. At this time, he was concentrating on reasoning as Hoshikawa Kazuaki.

"First, let's talk about why the banquet hall had a power outage. According to common sense, if the service staff knew that an important banquet would be held here, they would definitely check the corresponding facilities in advance to ensure that the banquet could be held normally. However, the fact is that someone secretly changed the power supply line here, which led to the subsequent power outage.

However, normally, even if the power supply lines are changed, a power outage does not necessarily occur, let alone being able to time it exactly when President Kamimura is speaking on the stage, which is a very convenient moment to take action.

Therefore, in order to ensure that the power outage was at the right time, the murderer must have used some method, such as remote control, to instantly overload the circuit of the modified part at the required time, causing the entire line to be affected. As a result, the power supply box tripped, and the entire banquet hall was instantly plunged into darkness. And this brief darkness was the best opportunity for the murderer to act!"

The surrounding policemen immediately turned their eyes to the angry old butler, and the guests around them also began to whisper. Yi Dahang stroked his chin and thought:

"So, I remember that among the personal belongings seized from the suspect, there seemed to be an air conditioner remote control. That was taken from the housekeeper."

Officer Chiba also nodded and said, "We can check whether there is an air conditioner connected to the circuit network connected to the modified circuit. Although this cannot be conclusive evidence, it can prove that this idea is correct."

The police immediately went to recheck the circuit. The news came quickly. The line that was confirmed to have been modified recently was indeed connected to an air conditioner, and it was the air conditioner that was directly responsible for the temperature control in this banquet hall.

“It is indeed so!”

Under the table, Conan's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a confident smile that showed he was determined to win. Above the table, Xingchuan and Ming lowered their heads, and in a corner where no one noticed, their eyes slightly curved, revealing an expression of mutual approval.

Not far away, Morobushi Kagemitsu, who had been paying attention to the reactions of Hoshikawa and Akira, suddenly noticed that although Hoshikawa and Akira had been sleeping with their heads down, the frequency of their chests and shoulders suddenly changed slightly. It seemed that Hoshikawa and Akira smiled slightly, causing their breathing to become short for a moment, and then quickly returned to normal.

Ordinary people would not notice it, but in the eyes of professional undercover agent Morobushi Kagemitsu, the reaction of Hoshikawa and Akira was too obvious. Rather than being amused by themselves, it was more like being amused by other people's ideas. So, it was the child named Conan who caused the emotional changes in Hoshikawa and Akira? Strange, how are they connected?

But why did you laugh? Which of these lines of dialogue should make you laugh at the same time? Or is it that the subsequent reasoning process will be funny when you talk about it?

At this moment, Morofushi Jingguang suddenly began to wonder if he had been undercover for too long and that there was a generation gap between him and the current high school students!

However, Inspector Megure, who was already accustomed to Kogoro Mori's reasoning process, adapted well to Conan's detailed explanation and even asked cooperatively:

"What do you mean by 'as expected'? Could it be that, Brother Xingchuan, you have already guessed that the air conditioner connected to the modified circuit will be directly responsible for this banquet hall?"

Conan was obviously used to Inspector Megure's cooperation, and he was not surprised at all when he heard this. Instead, he continued to persuade him:

"Inspector Megure, why don't you think about this? Why did the sensor emergency light, which should have been automatically activated after the power outage, take a full five minutes to turn on normally? And within these five minutes, President Uemura, who was standing on the stage, happened to be murdered?"

Inspector Megure was also stunned for a moment, and asked tentatively:

"You mean, the murderer can even predict the time to turn on the sensor-activated emergency light? But that's impossible. The emergency light turns on completely by its own sensor. It's impossible to control it directly from the outside through a remote control like an air conditioner."

"No! It's possible. As long as the murderer sets up the mechanism in advance, for example, insert a small piece of grease into the sensor of the emergency light in advance. Grease is an insulator. As long as the murderer finds a suitable position, the emergency light will not detect the result immediately when there is grease isolation, so the emergency light will not turn on immediately.

The grease will gradually melt at temperatures above room temperature and will no longer provide insulation. The emergency light detects that the power has gone out and turns on immediately.

According to my guess, the tool used to increase the room temperature in a small area and cause the grease to melt was the air conditioner that was temporarily activated by the murderer. The air conditioner was very close to the emergency light, using maximum power to heat rapidly, and was connected to a modified power line, so it was easy to cause a short circuit in the line.

After the short circuit, the air conditioner lost power and the room temperature gradually dropped. During this time, the grease had melted slowly. The melted grease now dripped into the embossed pattern on the main entrance of the banquet hall."

Inspector Megure was dumbfounded and immediately asked the police to verify. They quickly came to the conclusion: the door was indeed covered with dripping grease, and it was confirmed that it was indeed dripping from the sensor emergency light located directly above the door.

"No wonder I felt the temperature in the banquet hall was changing so quickly just now. I thought there was something wrong with the constant temperature system, but I didn't expect it to be a design issue."

Mao Lilan suddenly realized and then spoke in a low voice.

"So, the person who can freely control the temperature of the air conditioner must also be the one who designed this mechanism. At the same time, he is also the one who can accurately grasp the time of the power outage and kill President Uemura in the dark."

After figuring out the key, Maori Kogoro suddenly became energetic, so he stretched out his arm and pointed hard in the direction of the old butler, and shouted loudly:

"I knew it! The murderer is you, the old housekeeper of the Kamimura family! As a housekeeper, you must have known the layout and circuit distribution of this place when President Kamimura decided to hold the banquet. Naturally, you can also use your identity and position to set up this mechanism. Moreover, the police just found the air conditioner remote control from your personal belongings. Do you still want to deny it?"

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