Chapter 138 Birds and Light

After leaving all the mess to the hardworking "cleaner", Suemitsu Sosuke quickly "slipped" back to the bedroom and slept until the next morning.

The noisy sounds outside were blocked by the door, so he simply pulled the quilt back, turned a deaf ear to the things outside the window and prepared to sleep for another night.

In the living room downstairs, Tsukiyama Asari stood at the door of the kitchen, barely holding back the yawn that was about to come out.

The kitchen was a mess, and there were many people. As the owner of the cafe, he couldn't sneak in like the detective kid to listen to the situation, so he simply stood outside and browsed the forum, trying to cheat to see what was going on inside.

But I didn't expect that what happened just now, before the manga was updated, ended after Suemitsu Sosuke went back last night.

[I couldn't tell for a moment whether it was a candy-flavored blade or candy in the shape of a knife. I spit out two mouthfuls of blood while eating. It seems that I have become accustomed to it haha...]

[It's candy! It's really candy. Don't worry, sisters! We travel together. The lanterns are extinguished. The former teammates have also returned. Isn't this candy! Give it all to me! ! ]

[Really? I'm an honest man, don't lie to me]

[Hehe, the bad cat Sumitsu, you can do whatever you want just because you're the captain (shaking head)]

[It feels like the way they get along is a little different from the police academy team, but it's quite similar. Thank you old thief for not arranging a 6-50 plot for the police academy team... (putting his hands together) At least six people are still fine, it's too bad that only one is left! ]

No... Maybe they were planning to do something with only one left, but luckily I was skilled enough to pull a few back.

Tsukiyama complained inwardly, he poked his head in the door for a long time, and finally heard the content of the conversation inside.

"It's cut again." Shibbakami Shoichiro's loud voice came from inside. He cursed, "This time they even took away the wire outside. There's no way to repair it."

Cut the wire again? !

How can this guy be so persistent.

"By the way." Tsukiyama Asari suddenly remembered something, and reached out to pat the shoulder of Date Kou who was right in front of him, "After talking to the people at the hotel yesterday, didn't they put a camera on the window? Maybe we can capture something."

"I almost forgot about this. I'll go now..."

"No need." Okiya Subaru walked down the stairs and interrupted the man. In his hand, he was holding the camera that he had installed on the second-floor side window and was pointing it at the back door. "I've just taken a rough look and nothing was captured."

"Nothing was captured?!" Yi Dahang frowned instantly. He took the camera and said, "Thank you. When we released the video last night, except for the blind spot on the far right blocked by the window frame, we could capture anyone coming in from other places. The backyard is so wide, and he could have just walked through the blind spot..."

"Team leader." Kenji Hagiwara just came out. He took the camera from the man, flipped through it, and then whispered, "It could be... Anyway, call Miss Toyokawa first."

Then, he gave a look to a few people and shouted to the kitchen, "Don't say, your hotel is too bad. The power lines have been cut off twice in three days. Are you going to be robbed next?"

"Sorry, it's our fault, but..." Asakawa Nami apologized quickly.

"But what? Where is your boss? Call your boss out." The man with half-long hair acted very fiercely. Tsukiyama Asari, who was watching from the side, felt that the little girl in front of him was about to cry with fear, so he quickly gestured to others to be more cautious.

"Let's go to the lounge inside and wait for her. When she comes down, ask her to come over." Hagiwara Kenji frowned and said, turning around and going to the lounge on the first floor where he had previously bandaged Kasugawa Shugo.

"I'm sorry." Date Kou stroked his hair and said to Asakawa Nami, who looked worried, "He's just like that. He gets angry quickly, but this matter is indeed a bit too much. It's originally a closed hotel, and there are always problems with the ingredients. No one can stand it."

After saying that, he turned around and caught up with Hagiwara Kenji who was leaving. Tsukiyama turned his head inside again, and the others all turned into evil faces with annoyance and dissatisfaction, only Okiya Subaru still had a squinting look.

The man twitched his lips, looking at this group of guys whose acting skills soared when they encountered a case, turned his head and whispered in Okiya Subaru's ear, "Mr. Okiya, do you want to go with us?"

"Of course." The pink-haired man pushed his glasses and smiled, "I am very interested in cases and reasoning."

None of you detective comic characters are not interested in cases and reasoning. Tsukiyama Asari complained in his heart, but nodded with a smile on his face, and walked into the lounge with the other party.

When the two men pushed open the door, they were talking about something inside. Conan Edogawa was sitting next to Toru Amuro, looking up and listening attentively. He saw the blond man next to him suddenly darken his face after the door rang, "What are you doing here?"

"This is a public area, Mr. Amuro." Okiya Subaru smiled, "I'm just a tourist who likes reasoning, and I want to see how a few policemen reason about the case."

He had seen Kenji Hagiwara, Jinpei Matsuda and Kou Date in previous cases, so it was normal for him to know that they were police officers.

It felt like a punch hitting cotton. The blond-haired and dark-skinned man frowned. Just as he was about to say something, the little boy next to him suddenly exclaimed, "The person who cut the wires was so awesome. He was not caught on camera at all!"

"In this way, the possibility of an insider committing the crime is even greater." Zhu Fu Jingguang touched his chin and replied helplessly. He seemed to be completely accustomed to this kind of situation. "Wait until the boss lady comes..."

Before he finished speaking, there was a sound of a door handle being turned outside. Several people hurriedly looked outside, only to see that the boss lady mentioned by Zhu Fu Jingguang just pushed open the door.

"I heard from Nami, I'm really sorry for letting your hotel...eh?" Toyokawa Norika bowed quickly after closing the door, but when she looked up, she saw three people holding up their police badges. Her eyes widened and she was stunned, "This...this matter, has my hotel violated the law?"

"Sorry, sorry, we have to let you come in this way." Hagiwara Kenji waved his hand and soothed her in his childish eyes, "Don't be nervous, sit down and listen to us. Do you remember the camera you put on the second floor last night?"

After explaining several times and letting Toyokawa Norika watch the video in the camera from beginning to end, the proprietress frowned, "That person is hiding from the camera?"

"Yes, although it's not nice to say this, it's very likely that this was done by someone inside."

These words came along with the sound of a sudden knock on the door, which startled the proprietress. She cleared her throat and went to open the door that she had just locked at the request of several people. Unexpectedly, she bumped into a pair of eyes that looked misty because of their light color.

"Good morning, Ms. Toyokawa." He was holding a tray with a large teapot and several cups. After placing the things in his hands on the table, Asuka Kiri sat down next to the others naturally. "Here is the tea for Ms. Asakawa. She said breakfast is ready. After the conversation, we can go to the restaurant on the second floor to eat."

Hagiwara Kenji nodded, and felt a little guilty for the other party's responsible attitude even in such a situation.

"But..." Ms. Toyokawa continued the previous topic, "Didn't I also do it? Why do you only tell me?"

"Because of the angle of the camera, a part of the screen next to your door was captured." Matsuda Jinpei took the camera, turned it to the front and pointed it to the other party, "Plus, the windows of the rooms next to each other here are all on the side, no matter where you go out, it will be recorded."

"So that's how it is, this eliminates my suspicion." Toyokawa Norika took the camera and looked at it, "But... I really can't think of who did this."

The footage was now loaded on the forum, and Tsukiyama Asari was drinking black tea with his head down, and he found that while everyone else was in deep thought, his and Asuka Mizuki's background board's slacking off behavior was infinitely magnified.

[Hahaha, the boss lady's pupils are dilated. In front of her are three policemen, two public security officers, a welfare worker, a death god elementary school student, and Asari, who has the maximum force value. The worst criminal in history is about to be born! ]

[Boss lady: What kind of people did I entertain! ]

[Why is Honey Bear gone? After being sanctioned yesterday, are you too embarrassed to go out now? (Shugo's private marathon.jpg)]

[I report! What's wrong with you two! Hahaha, why are you drinking tea (Asari Xiaowu sitting in the corner drinking tea screenshot.jpg) It's too obvious among a group of serious detective characters. Because there are other policemen here, you are not prepared to participate at all! ]

[Asari: I'm here for vacation, don't disturb me (blowing tea leaves)]

What's wrong with being idle? It's vacation time now!

Tsukiyama Asari closed the forum, then righteously reached out to take the sugar cube jar next to the camera that several people were watching, and added two sugar cubes to his own tea.

"Excuse me, how many people are there in the hotel now?" Date Kou beside him had already taken out the small notebook he always carried with him from his pocket, and placed it on the table to record the information he had collected so far. "I remember saying there was a doctor before? It seems that I have never seen one."

"The guests in the hotel now are only your group and Doctor Seto. He is here to see Grandma Mizuhara. The rest are all employees here." Toyokawa Norika said as she recalled, "Besides me, there are four employees you have met here. They are Shoichiro Shibagaki, who is in charge of the kitchen and meals, Chiki Satake, who is in charge of cleaning and front desk work, Nami Asakawa, who is in charge of cleaning and service, and the former manager Ena Mizuhara."

"Former manager...?"

"Yes, I bought this hotel from Grandma Mizugen three years ago. At that time, she was injured in an accident and urgently needed a very expensive surgery. After the injury, she could no longer run the hotel, so I bought this place, and the other employees were hired one after another afterwards."

"Have you ever had any conflicts with them?" Hagiwara Kenji asked, tilting his head. While speaking, he took the black tea that Tsukiyama Asari had poured for everyone and took a sip. Because he was too concerned about the case, he didn't pay attention to the temperature. The scalding tea made him gasp. Matsuda Jinpei dodged to the side with disgust.

"To be honest, although we have only known each other for three years, we have a very good relationship and get along well. Usually, conflicts are small and will be resolved immediately." The proprietress put her curly long hair behind her ears and opened and closed her lips with bright red lipstick. "The winter here is very long and snowy. Usually, the mountain will be closed when it snows heavily. We are the only hotel on the whole mountain. Usually, we can only see each other. When we are not working, we will get together to kill time. I really can't imagine who would do it... ...this kind of thing."

Edogawa Conan frowned, and told the others the reasoning that Kasugawa Shugo told him yesterday, minus some details about the man's identity, "So it's possible that it was someone from outside. This behavior is a bit like revenge. Some guests would get really angry if they saw that accidents kept happening at the hotel. If this continues, the hotel's business will definitely not be able to continue."

But if you're willing to stay on the snowy mountain just for this, isn't it a bit too much? But no matter which possibility it is, it can't be ruled out.

Conan Edogawa tried to look at the beautiful proprietress, "Sister Toyokawa, besides the staff here, have you ever had any enemies with anyone?"

"Well... a lot."

"A, a lot?!" Even Kenji Hagiwara couldn't help but stutter. He looked at Miss Toyokawa in front of him, who was dressed brightly but had a good personality. He couldn't think of why she had enemies with so many people.

"The location of this hotel is very good. It has taken away the business of many people in the town. Those who came to cause trouble were all scolded away by me. Everyone is more or less unhappy. And there is my ex-husband..."

"Huh?! Is Miss Toyokawa divorced?" Conan Edogawa was stunned, and then he realized why he felt that this proprietress looked familiar. Her temperament is really similar to that of the ace lawyer Eri Kisaki. The boy then realized that his reaction was too intense and apologized quickly.

"It's okay, it's okay, there's nothing to be embarrassed about." Looking at the boy in front of her, Toyokawa Norika couldn't help but cover her mouth and laughed, "Come to think of it, I was also blinded by love at the beginning. After getting married, I found out that he was a guy who would do anything for profit. In the end, he even chose to use illegal means to make huge profits. He even wanted to take action when I persuaded him to surrender, and threatened me with violence not to call the police."

"Ms. Toyokawa..."

Unexpectedly, the boss lady in front of them had encountered such a thing before. Several policemen frowned. Before Morofushi Kagemitsu could say anything to comfort them, Toyokawa Norika spoke again.

"So, I hit him on the head with a vase until it was bleeding, and then I called the police right away." She shook her curly hair that she had spent a lot of money to perm, and laughed, "That guy is still in jail for the bad things he did before, and those guys who were in cahoots with him hate me for it. I received a lot of things like this when I just got divorced."

Everyone's eyes turned into small eyes after hearing this.

"Well done!" After Ida Kou reacted, he waved his fist vigorously, "That's how it should be. Forbearance will only make the other party become more aggressive!"

"Ms. Toyokawa." Okiya Subaru touched his chin and spoke, "If the freezer was placed outside, would you go out to check in the middle of the night?"

"Huh? If the freezer was outside..." Toyokawa Norika imagined this scene and nodded, "Well, I should set an alarm to go out to check on time to avoid any mistakes. Before replacing the new freezer, the old one broke down during the mountain closure period, and I have been checking it all the time."

She was not afraid of snowy nights or the dark. The clerks would be busy all day, and it would be too much work to ask them to get up on time in the middle of the night to check. At that time, she took the job on herself.

"In that case, is it possible that the person wanted to take advantage of this, and then..."

After understanding what the other party meant, Toyokawa Norika's face turned pale. She thought for a while, and stood up with a somewhat flustered expression, "I remember that I received a few strange express deliveries before!"

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7.5 Revised

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