Chapter 241

Can Toru Amuro prove that Shota Uemura stayed in the lounge and did not go out during the time when the victim was killed?

Hoshikawa and Ming looked at the smiling Amuro Toru with doubt, and the suspicion in their hearts became more and more obvious. Didn't this guy always stay with the members of the organization before? When did he go to do the cleaning work of a waiter seriously? And he behaved very strangely from the moment he showed up. What is Amuro Toru planning?

In response to Inspector Megure's questioning, Amuro Toru readily admitted, "Yes, I did meet Mr. Kamimura in the lounge. But I had other work to do, so I didn't stay in the lounge for too long. I left quickly after I finished cleaning."

Amuro Toru looked at Uemura Shota with a smile on his face. He didn't care that his face suddenly turned stiff and angry. He continued to say to Officer Megure, "As for what Mr. Uemura did after I left, it's not something a small waiter like me can know."

Inspector Megure nodded and continued to ask, "What time is it then?"

Amuro Toru put a finger on his chin, blinked innocently, and said sincerely, "Well, it was about ten minutes before the deceased was found? Then I left, and only came back here after patrolling the corridors on other floors, and just in time to see the police gentlemen rushing over."

It was the first ten minutes after the deceased was found! So, what happened in those ten minutes?

Also, how credible is Toru Amuro's testimony?

Xingchuan and Ming remembered clearly that before entering the restroom, they took a special look at the corridor outside. At that time, there was no one in the corridor, and there was no sign of a cleaning truck passing by.

I went into the bathroom, communicated with Kagano Satoshi in my mind, and then received a call from Amuro Toru as Bourbon. It took me about ten minutes to wash my hands and walk out of the cubicle!

After ten minutes, he found Yuta Uemura's body outside the screen of the toilet cubicle. Was it a coincidence? No! This was a trap that had been planned long ago. Hoshikawa Kazuaki even smelled a familiar smell from the script.

Toru Amuro, or should I say, Mr. Bourbon, the organization's intelligence ace, what on earth are you planning?

Xingchuan and Ming's lounge was next to the banquet hall, and everyone quickly found it and opened the door. The reporter was waiting in the lounge, idly browsing her phone. When she heard the voice, she immediately raised her head and was about to speak, but when she saw so many people coming, she was stunned.

"Mr. Xingchuan, are you planning to bring so many people to accept my interview? This is a bit inappropriate."

Xingchuan Heming coughed awkwardly and explained, "That's not the case. I actually want to ask the reporter to testify for me that I was interviewed with you before I went to the bathroom."

"I see. Of course I can prove it."

The female reporter showed a professional smile and glanced at Xingchuan and Ming's face. However, the next second, her eyes suddenly stopped at Xingchuan and Ming's chest, and her expression became subtle. Then she asked in an exaggerated tone with hesitation:

"But Mr. Hoshikawa, what happened to your clothes? Did you get into a fight while going to the bathroom and even lose a button?"

Xingchuan and Ming's expressions froze, and they immediately realized that they had fallen into a trap!

Inspector Megure's voice rang out at the right time: "Brother Hoshikawa, didn't you just say that the button on your chest was torn off by the deceased when you were leaving the banquet hall? How come the reporter who has been with you all the time doesn't know about this? Or did your button actually get torn off when you went to the bathroom and had an argument with the deceased before he died?"

Xingchuan and Ming's faces immediately turned ugly.

At this point, what else did he not understand? From the initial interview with the reporter, to the unexpected encounter with Yuta Uemura with his buttons ripped off in the corridor when he was leaving the banquet hall, to the discovery of the body by someone else, and the revealing testimony of the reporter after he returned to the lounge.

It was all arranged in this way, one thing after another, just to frame me for murder.

But what about Yuta Uemura? As the last person to die, why did he get involved? He even lost his life in the end. This behavior obviously exceeded his previous mentality. Was he deceived, or was he just being used by someone he trusted? Then who was using him?

Hoshikawa Kazuaki looked at the cousin in the crowd, Kenichi Uemura, who claimed to be Yuta Uemura's best friend and brother.

The other party had spoken to Yuta Kamimura on the phone, and the police also found more than one call record in the two people's mobile phones, the time of which happened to be two time periods before and after when they and Yuta Kamimura bumped into each other in the corridor.

Could it be that the man used that phone call to first instigate Yuta Kamimura to deliberately tear off his buttons, and then after Yuta Kamimura succeeded, he asked him out and found an opportunity to kill him, and finally put the blame of the murder on himself?

Xingchuan Heming looked sharply in the direction of Uemura Kenichi, but he saw that he had no intention of looking at him at this time. He even seemed a little absent-minded, and kept rubbing his fingers anxiously with his head down.

He looks like he's always worried that something bad might happen, and it doesn't look like he has the energy to put in the effort to harm himself.

Could it be that he was actually being instructed by someone? No, judging from his condition, it was more like he was being threatened, and was in a state of fear of the unknown at any time.

Xingchuan Heming closed his eyes slightly, took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, trying to keep his brain as calm as possible to face the next crisis. Since coming to the Conan world, he has encountered many troubles and even faced life-threatening situations. However, today's case is definitely the most troublesome one, no doubt about it.

Hoshikawa Kazuaki looked at Officer Megure with a serious expression and said in a low voice: "Officer Megure, this button on my clothes was indeed pulled off by Yuta Uemura when I was passing through the corridor. And I accepted the interview with this reporter afterwards. I didn't contact anyone during the interview, so there is no one else who can testify for me. As for this reporter——"

Hoshikawa Kazuaki looked at the innocent female reporter on the sofa, then looked away with some disgust. He then continued in a mocking tone, "If there is nothing wrong with her eyes, maybe she has amnesia?"

While Inspector Megure was still pondering the truth of what Hoshikawa and Akira said, Maori Kogoro had already reacted. He pointed at Hoshikawa and Akira in surprise and said in disbelief, "Hoshikawa! You wouldn't really kill someone, would you?"

Xingchuan and Ming frowned and looked at him: "Mr. Maori, did you believe the testimony of that reporter so easily? Didn't you think that she might be lying about this matter?"

Maori Kogoro subconsciously turned his head to look at the female reporter, and the female reporter also noticed his gaze, then smiled and winked at Maori Kogoro. Maori Kogoro immediately seemed to be injected with chicken blood, and his whole body stood up straight, and he immediately said loudly with his neck stiff, "How could such a beautiful lady's words be lies!"

Xingchuan and Ming were choked by him again.

The crowd that had gathered outside the restroom had now gathered outside the lounge again. The party that originally belonged to the Uemura family was completely ruined. Uemura Shouta said to Officer Megure with a sullen look:

"Mr. Police Officer, since we have found the murderer of Yuta, please take him away as soon as possible. I really don't want any unnecessary incidents to happen at the Kamimura family's party."

"Well, there are still some doubts that haven't been clarified, and Brother Hoshikawa hasn't admitted it, so we can't be sure who the murderer is." Inspector Megure answered with some embarrassment.

Conan had promised Hoshikawa and Akira that he would not get involved, so he had been staying quietly beside Ran Mouri from the beginning. But in this situation, Hoshikawa and Akira were framed and could not produce any evidence, and Amuro Toru had been watching for some reason, and seemed to have no intention of helping to find the truth. Conan could not bear it any longer, so he had to use the same old trick, pulling the hem of Ran Mouri's clothes behind her, and asked in a curious tone of a child:

"Sister Xiaolan, there's so much blood on the body, it looks like it hurts. When that Uemura brother was killed, he must have screamed in pain."

Mao Lilan recalled the body she had just seen at the door of the bathroom, and couldn't help but sigh: "Yes, that Mr. Uemura Yuta is really pitiful."

However, Conan looked at everyone present and said loudly: "Huh? But it's so strange, the bathroom door was clearly open the whole time. If Brother Kamimura was really killed at the bathroom door, then people passing by in the corridor at that time must have heard the screams inside. But why didn't the new head of the Kamimura family who arrived later, or the others who came later, hear anything?"

Everyone was immediately attracted by the question raised by Conan, and they all began to think about it in confusion. However, Hoshikawa and Akira immediately turned around and glared at Edogawa Conan fiercely. Conan knew that he was in the wrong, so he smiled at Hoshikawa and Akira in a flattering way, and then hid behind Mao Lilan with a guilty conscience.

Hoshikawa and Ming withdrew their gazes, then glanced at Amuro Toru secretly.

Toru Amuro immediately noticed the gaze of Hoshikawa Kazuaki, and his sharp eyes swept over at the same time, but when they met Hoshikawa Kazuaki's gaze, they became deep and complex.

A trace of pain appeared in his eyes, but he immediately restrained himself and for the first time he took the initiative to look away.

Xingchuan and Ming also lowered their eyes after seeing this, and finally confirmed their guess.

Why was it that I didn't notice anything happening outside when I was so close to the body in the cubicle? Why was it that the time I walked out of the cubicle was so coincidental, just on the sensitive line of ten minutes?

Because at that time, whether it was the time when he left the cubicle or his attention to the outside world, it was controlled by someone. And the person who controlled him was Toru Amuro.

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