The world of science is unscientific

Mouri Kogoro: "..."

Is there something wrong with this guy?

Upon learning that Kogoro Mouri is Eri Kisaki's husband, the bewildered detective was completely stunned. "Then...then...you are the murderer?"

“No way,” Yamamura Misao said regretfully, “How can this be? How are we going to deduce that the sleeping Kogoro?”

Yusuke Suzuki thought to himself, "What kind of reasoning is this?!"

Am I reasoning about myself?

Sure enough, Kogoro Mouri couldn't hold back any longer and shouted, "How can I deduce anything if I'm the murderer?!"

"You admit it?"

"What did I admit to? I admitted to? You're just trying to annoy me, aren't you?"

The officer standing nearby quickly stepped forward and reminded him, "Officer Yamamura, given the situation, shouldn't we ask Mr. Mori to come to the police station as a person involved in the case?"

“If Mr. Mori doesn’t object…” Yamamura Misao looked at Kogoro Mori and said in a low voice.

The bumbling detective was quite cooperative, going out first, while the bumbling police officer lamented that they probably wouldn't see the famous mystery this time.

"So Attorney Fei is going to be his pre-trial lawyer?"

Seeing that Ran Mouri didn't quite understand, Attorney Shiozawa explained, "This system of lawyer accompaniment exists to prevent the police from conducting improper interrogations."

However, Eri Kisaki directly refused, and Kogoro Mouri was equally adamant, saying that he couldn't ask for more.

“Then I will be your defense attorney,” said Hoji Saku, “mainly because I don’t believe Mr. Mori had any motive to kill her.”

Yusuke Suzuki kept a watchful eye on him.

This guy's statement... is a bit self-destructive.

Everyone present looked very serious, but Saku Hoji was quite relaxed and even volunteered to act as his defense lawyer. According to the laws of Conan, the probability of him being the murderer increased several times over.

Seeing that Kogoro Mouri had left, Eri Kisaki quickly asked the remaining two lawyers to leave as well.

She looked at Suzuki Yusuke, "Yusuke, do you have any leads on this case?"

“It’s certain that the teacher couldn’t have killed anyone,” Yusuke Suzuki said, pointing to the landline on the table. “If he had been drunk and had murderous thoughts, the teacher, in a state of agitation, would have pulled the phone cord off, but the landline is still there in good condition.”

“That’s the first point. The second is the teacher’s cell phone,” Suzuki Yusuke said as he walked up to Yamamura Misao. “When we entered, we found the phone at the door, and there were no signs of a violent struggle at the scene.”

Therefore, the probability of the phone being thrown here is very low; it's more likely that the murderer intentionally wanted the person outside the door to hear the noise.

"The third point is my teacher's hands. From the first time we came here to the second time, only about 30 minutes had passed, but there were no marks on my teacher's hands. If he was wearing gloves, we should have been able to find them at the scene."

After saying that, Ran Mouri exclaimed in admiration, "Yusuke-nii is amazing!"

Yusuke Suzuki was also in a bind. He had said in the morning that he wanted to keep a low profile, but unexpectedly, Kogoro Mouri was taken away as a suspect.

“Your wife must have figured it out too,” he chuckled. “I think you should handle this case. You deliberately stayed behind instead of acting as the defense lawyer, probably to avoid any appearance of impropriety. Besides that, you probably also wanted to investigate clues and clear your teacher’s name, right?”

After saying that, Suzuki Yusuke gave Mouri Ran a wink, and she immediately understood and offered her assistance.

"So that's what you think, Mom. Then you'll be the one to save Dad."

Upon hearing this, Eri blushed again and stammered, "Officer... Officer Yamamura, could you please lend me your gloves?"

“I have some here.” Suzuki Yusuke pulled out gloves from his pocket, including a small pair, which he had prepared especially for Conan.

"Come here, Conan."

Conan took the gloves, looking deeply moved.

Yusuke specially prepared gloves for me! I'm so happy!

Chapter 84 Case Solving

Soon, Conan pulled a crumpled piece of paper from the trash can, on which was written the character '林' and the number '2'.

“This is Ritsuko’s handwriting,” Eri Kisaki said, taking the paper and glancing at it. “Could this be referring to Attorney Hayashi, who will be her partner in the next court appearance?”

"Attorney Lin?"

"Oh, I see. There was a case before where Ritsuko asked me to introduce her to a lawyer partner, but I haven't told her about recommending Attorney Hayashi yet."

Eri Kisaki frowned. "I never told Attorney Hayashi that we would be staying at this hotel."

“He said he learned it from Mr. Shiozawa,” the waiter said as he came in. “I’m sorry, but I was the one who transferred Mr. Lin’s call to this room today.”

“Mr. Lin made two phone calls tonight. I was able to contact the person successfully the first time, but there was no response the second time, so I came to this room to ring the doorbell. I came twice.”

"You came twice?"

Yamamura Misao quickly pulled out his notebook and started taking notes.

“After I rang the doorbell the first time and didn’t get a response, I told Mr. Lin that she must have already gone to bed, but Mr. Lin said that she might have been taking a shower and that’s why she didn’t hear me, and that I had to come up and call her again.”

The waiter truthfully explained what he had seen: "But this time when I came up, there was a 'Do Not Disturb' sign on the door, along with a handwritten note that said, 'I'm sorry, please tell him I will definitely give him the money.'"

"What did Mr. Lin say?"

"Mr. Lin said he just wanted to change tomorrow's appointment time from 2 pm to 4 pm."

2 PM?

Yusuke Suzuki suddenly realized that the note recorded the time of his appointment with Attorney Hayashi, but the contents of the handwritten note were very strange and completely unrelated.

He said, "I think the murderer probably didn't expect the teacher to be here when he committed the crime. In desperation, he simply used the teacher as a scapegoat. Perhaps the murderer initially wanted to fake Ms. Ritsuko's suicide."

"That thing on the door..."

“That’s right, it must have been done by the criminal. He saw the waiter come up, quickly set up the scene, and then left, leaving behind a sign and a handwritten note.”

At that moment, a policeman came over and spoke to Yamamura Misao in a low voice.

"Officer Yamamura, you must have found Mr. Mori's fingerprints on the phone line, right?" Suzuki Yusuke asked Yamamura.

"That's right, so it seems the murderer is Mr. Mori!"

Yusuke Suzuki: "..."

Conan was also stunned, and hurriedly ran to the door, "Look at this... Huh?"

"Are you looking for that thread?" Eri asked, puzzled. "I've already handed it over to the forensic team."

"What line?"

Yamamura Misao felt he had missed something.

Are you serious? Suzuki Yusuke once again felt the power of a muddle-headed detective. His subordinates knew everything, but he, as the boss, knew nothing. In that case, could the security of Gunma Prefecture really be guaranteed?

After explaining, Eri Kisaki leaned against the wall. "I have a general idea of ​​the killer's locked-room method. All we need to do is tie the broken chain back together with a thin thread, but we still can't find any evidence."

Hearing this, Suzuki Yusuke felt that he could start to slack off. His teacher's wife's reasoning ability was not bad either, and she felt that she was even better than the bumbling detective.

But after waiting for a while, he found that Conan had not made a move.

This won't do. It's almost 4 a.m., are you not going to sleep or not?

Yusuke Suzuki picked up a pre-order menu. "I'm hungry, Conan. Do you want some?"

Sure enough, Conan felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and his mind was instantly opened.

After half an hour.

Eri Kisaki ran into Norifumi Saku, who was returning, at the downstairs entrance. After chatting for a while, she said, "I have a few questions that I really can't figure out, and I wanted to ask for your opinion, which is why I asked you to come here, since you are best at criminal cases."

After saying that, Eri Kisaki took Norifumi Saku's arm in a seemingly affectionate manner, "Let's go."

This...is it a honey trap?

Yusuke Suzuki devoured a bowl of beef rice, marveling at his teacher's wife's cunning. Meanwhile, Misao Yamamura had already arranged for police to hide in various rooms.

Midway through, Eri Kisaki made an excuse to make a phone call and asked Norifumi Saku to leave first.

Ok?

What's the house number?

Saku Norifumi was completely bewildered by all the identical rooms. Then, his gaze fell on two servings of beef stew placed at the door of one of the rooms.

This is the place.

Knock on the door.

Conan's large head appeared from inside the door, and Eri Kisaki arrived shortly after.

After a round of reasoning, Saku Hoji laughed and said, "Since you have no evidence to prove that I did it, there's really no need to ruin your undefeated myth for a case you're not sure about."

“But you already admitted it when you came here,” Eri Kisaki said, displaying the confidence she had in court. “Mr. Saku, how did you know this was Ritsuko’s room?”

"That's because I saw something on the ground..."

Saku Norifumi was stunned on the spot.

"When you were setting up the secret room, the waiter came up and saw the number '2' on the note on the table and the words 'beef shredded rice' on the reservation menu next to it. He naturally connected it with Ritsuko's reservation."

"That's why you left that handwritten note, so that the waiter wouldn't bother you again."

Eri Kisaki reasoned word by word, while Norifumi Saku tried to continue his sophistry, "Did I just say beef shredded rice? Actually, I came in based on the house number."

Just then, Suzuki Yusuke arrived and heard Bakuro speak.

The house numbers have all been removed!

“Besides,” Eri Kisaki smiled confidently, “didn’t you notice that the chain lock in this room isn’t broken?”

Saku Hoji was at a loss for words. Even lawyers sometimes run out of arguments, but he still wanted to try one more time.

"However, as long as I don't admit that I said those things, you have no direct evidence. So, how do you plan to convince the police that I am the murderer?"

As soon as he finished speaking, all the room doors in the corridor opened.

Yamamura Misao, who was standing right across from the door, laughed and said, "I heard everything you just said. I could see it clearly through the peephole."

Other police officers also appeared, some with recording pens and others with cameras.

"We can all testify!"

Saku Hoshi: "..."

Let it end, he doesn't want to struggle anymore.