Conan: I'm just an ordinary novelist

The neighbor suddenly thought of something and said this.

Conan asked:

"So you went to the temple?"

"It's possible. You should know the answer by asking her brother. Wait for me. Before Cai Cai passed away, her brother came here several times. If he finds out that his sister is in trouble, I hope I can contact him."

From this, Conan could hear the brother's concern for his sister.

because of this,

The second most likely suspect has emerged.

If he guessed correctly, the person most likely to have committed this series of murders was Nanako Motogami's brother or boyfriend.

After learning about Mizutani Kousuke's appearance and Motokami Kazuki's contact information from his neighbor, Conan headed for the city where Mizutani might appear.

After leaving the apartment, Conan was thinking about editing and sending the messages to Yun Xianhe when he received a call from Hattori.

The other party's investigation results were the same as he had guessed.

The six dead and Sumire Shindou who was still in a coma.

These seven people exactly matched the list of guests staying on the sixth floor of the hotel at the time.

Then, Hattori brought another piece of news:

"The man named Mizutani also came here to ask the same question a year ago."

Conan was stunned when he heard the person on the other end of the phone say this.

From this point of view, the possibility that Kousuke Mizutani committed the crime is higher than that of Kazuki Motokami.

"But why? Assuming Mizutani is the murderer, what was his motive? Miss Motogami died in an accident."

"Hattori, how many elevators does that hotel have?"

"There was only one elevator, as far as I can remember."

"How many people can take it?"

"wait for me a while."

Having said that, Hattori hurriedly ran into the hotel elevator.

Above the emergency call button, it is marked:

"'Limited to seven people', is there anything wrong with that? Kou, Conan, oh, "

Suddenly, a group of passengers rushed into the elevator.

When the last person came up, the elevator sounded an overload alarm.

Hattori, who was trapped inside, said quickly:

"Ah, I want to go out, I want to go out! Haha..."

After squeezing out with a wry smile, Hattori looked at the elevator which had already started to indicate going upstairs and understood something in an instant.

He put the phone to his ear again and said to Conan on the other end of the line:

"I see, I understand Conan."

Conan on the other side also expressed his guess:

"Yes, on the day of the fire, I'm afraid Nanako was..."

"She was forced to leave the elevator she was already on. Because there was an eighth passenger who wanted to take the elevator, she was forced to..."

At this point, both of them paused, unable to continue.

This also explains why the first person to be killed, Junpei Jinno, had a single mahjong tile next to him.

Because the other person was the eighth passenger who squeezed in, and the rest were people who were already inside.

It can even be said that the first person to die was most likely the one who pushed Miss Motokami out of the elevator in order to get on the elevator.

As for the circle on the seventh cylinder that has not yet been drawn, it is probably the position where Nanako Motogami was originally in the elevator.

Moreover, this also explains the vertical line on the back of the mahjong tile.

"The shape of the mahjong tiles is the same as that of an elevator, both are box-shaped, and the black line in the middle of the back represents the elevator door."

But there is still something that cannot be explained - the letters on the back of the mahjong tiles.

"Indeed... Well, if the last circle on the mahjong tile represents Nanako, then the criminal should not kill again."

Hattori said this on the other end of the phone.

"I hope so...Anyway, I'll go try to find Mr. Mizutani first. Thank you, Hattori."

Conan responded, but his frown did not relax.

He remembered the inference Yun Xianhe made at the meeting.

At that time, Yun Xianhe said that the murderer was likely to kill two more people.

And now, according to the information they have.

If the murderer was not Mizutani Kousuke, but Miss Motogami's brother Motogami Kazuki, then the last person who died was...

"Speaking of which, where is Xianhe? Why isn't he with you?"

"He should be at the Metropolitan Police Department for a meeting now."

"what?"

"Inspector Megure asked him to go. To be honest, it's a good thing that Brother Xianzuru was there, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get such accurate information on the progress. Moreover, with him around, Inspector Megure and the others would be less likely to be led astray by Uncle Mori."

"Hahahaha!"

Conan complained with his half-moon eyes, and every time he thought of the scene when he guided Uncle Maori to solve the case, he shed tears of sadness.

Hattori on the other end of the phone was smiling happily.

After a while, Hattori asked again:

"Do you think Xianhe will be led astray by the uncle?"

"Shouldn't it be?"

·

"Ah! I figured it out!"

Maori, who was sitting next to Shiratori Renzaburo, suddenly stood up, walked quickly to the whiteboard, and patted the map on it:

"Look! These seven crime scenes are shaped like some kind of animal!"

Gao Mu asked in disbelief:

"Is it an animal?!"

Maori Kogoro confidently opened the marker, turned around and began to draw on the map:

"Just watch! If we connect the various scenes with lines like this, we should be able to see all of this!"

After finishing the painting, Maori turned around confidently and showed his masterpiece to everyone.

Everyone in the conference room frowned and stared at the matchstick drawing, trying to associate it with some animal in their impression.

However, no one could understand Kogoro Mori's thinking.

Seeing that no one spoke, Mao Li began to explain carefully:

“This long line is the neck, here is the chest, the front feet, the back, and then the back feet!”

To be more convincing, Maori tried hard to bend his calves backwards and raise them up, posing in the same posture as the matches and animals on the map.

After explaining the anatomy diagram (?), Maori Kogoro confidently tapped the whiteboard and said solemnly:

"In other words, this is comparable to Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster! The Loch Ashi Monster - Ashi!! Wow! Wow!"

At this point, Maori also imitated the water monster's roar twice.

Hearing him mention this name, Megure asked back in disbelief:

"Lucy?!, Ahem!"

Because he was too shocked, he was even choked by his saliva.

After listening to Maori Kogoro's analysis, Ogino Ayami was full of doubts and whispered to Yokomizo Shigeo who was sitting next to her:

“Is there really such a legend?”

When asked, Yokomizo Shigego tried to recall:

"No, I never heard of it."

Megure, who finally recovered, sighed.

He tilted his head along with the crooked map, complaining with his crescent eyes:

“I listened, but I didn’t understand.”

Luxi, what Luxi?

Brother Xianhe, why haven't you arrived yet?

Yamato Gansuke glanced at the other empty seat next to Shiratori Renzaburo, tightened his arms and said nothing.

Chiba nudged Gao Mu's elbow and asked in a low voice:

"Why isn't Xianhe-kun here?"