Conan: Tennis Boys' Scripted Murder

Suddenly, everyone's eyes were focused on Masaharu Motoyama. If he didn't have a reasonable explanation, it would be very suspicious.

Since Nose Rizo's cause of death was being stabbed in the abdomen and causing excessive blood loss, this is more likely to be a homicide rather than a suicide.

Although Motoyama Masaharu didn't expect to arouse other people's suspicion so quickly, he didn't panic and immediately gave the reason he had thought of a long time ago: "Ah, Nose told me before that he has been receiving threatening phone calls from a weirdo who claims to be Ancient Jaguar. I wondered if he had an accident, so I called the police first and then analyzed it."

The police continued to ask: "Does anyone else know about this?"

"Nose is a strong person. Most of the members of the team are his juniors. He won't tell them about this. We should be the only ones who know about it."

Motoyama Masaharu was afraid that what he said was too absolute and would arouse the police's suspicion, so he added the word "should".

He was afraid that the police would point the finger at him, so he immediately explained his alibi, "Officer, I just heard you say that Nose was murdered around 9:30, and I didn't have the time to commit the crime.

I was filming in Miyazaki yesterday. The only flight from Miyazaki to Okinawa was this morning between 8:15 and 9:50. When he was killed, I was still on the plane.

However, am I a celebrity? I used a pseudonym when I took the plane. I was afraid that someone would recognize me, so I disguised myself. Maybe no one could tell it was me.

I called Nengshi from the hotel's landline at around 7pm last night and he gave me the hotel and room number I was staying in. If you don't believe me, you can check it out."

The police officer in charge of the case this time, adhering to the principle of rather killing someone by mistake than letting the criminal go, arranged his men to verify the case.

The information obtained was consistent with what Motoyama Masaharu had told him.

As a result, Motoyama Masaharu's suspicion was greatly reduced, and the case came to a stalemate. The police could only turn to the threatening phone call mentioned by Motoyama Masaharu.

It started to drizzle again, and the local police invited them to the Metropolitan Police Department to make a detailed statement.

Everyone sat at a table. Maori Kogoro also thought of something at this time and asked, "Mr. Motoyama, I remember that you were also a professional baseball player before. You and Nose joined the team at the same time, and you also won the Rookie of the Year and Rescue King awards."

Hearing Kogoro Mori's praise, Shoji Motoyama gave a complicated smile.

“Yes, but it was my health that caused me to have a problem. In my second year in professional baseball, I injured my shoulder and my condition declined. In my fifth year, I simply chose to retire.

My current job was introduced by Nose, so I have been responsible for interviewing Nose for the past few years. "

Once he finished his explanation, Conan became even more suspicious that it was he who did it.

Conan approached Maori Juzaburo, "Brother Maori, did you find anything?"

Conan was very impressed by Maori Jusaburo's brilliant reasoning yesterday, and he wanted to ask for his opinion.

But Maori Jusaburo looked uninterested. He didn't like murder cases at all and had no interest in reasoning. He knew that he was able to come up with those inferences yesterday because of the golden finger that helped him cheat.

He was full of energy today, not falling into a deep sleep. His mind was like a mess. He vaguely felt that Masaharu Motoyama was strange, but he just couldn't understand what was wrong with him.

"Hey! I lost this game. I think Mr. Benshan is a little suspicious, but I can't find any loopholes in his words."

Conan didn't quite believe it, but after carefully observing the expression on Mori Jusaburo's face, it didn't seem like a fake.

Was yesterday an accident? Or does Brother Maori really have to fall asleep to be able to reason? But the reason why Uncle Maori and Sonoko are known as the sleeping detectives is entirely because of him behind the scenes!

Conan couldn't figure out whether what Maori Jusaburo said was true or false, but now was not the time to figure it out. He should expose the arrogant murderer's lies and make him receive the punishment he deserved.

"Terasai, I forgot to take something in the car, can you give me the key?"

Masaharu Motoyama wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of the bucket of tennis balls in the car. He always felt that this thing would get him into trouble.

Little did he know that Conan had seen all his actions, and he followed him secretly as soon as he went out. When he was about to reach out to touch the bucket of tennis balls, Conan's voice sounded from behind him.

"Uncle, can you pass me that flight schedule?"

"Okay, little brother."

Motoyama Shoji knew that he had no way to destroy the evidence, so he had to say to Maori Kogoro and the others who came out: "It's already noon, Mr. Maori, do you want to have lunch with us?"

"Okay, okay. I'm hungry. You guys should finish your meal first and then solve the case."

The keys were in Masaharu Motoyama's hand, and he was the one driving this time.

When they arrived at the restaurant, Masaharu Motoyama had just parked the car when his phone rang. He signaled to Kogoro Mori and the others that they could go eat first.

As soon as he entered the restaurant, Conan gave Kogoro Mouri several clues, making him suspect that Shoji Motoyama was the murderer.

First, when they were at the airport, although Masaharu Motoyama arrived later than them, it was obvious at a glance that he came with them.

It was also mentioned that taking a detour is actually faster than taking the main road.

Kogoro Mouri was not so stupid as to be hopeless. He immediately understood the hint in Conan's words and contacted the police to tell them that he knew who the murderer was.

On the other side, Masaharu Motoyama, who naively thought he could get rid of the last piece of evidence, smiled with relief. He picked up the tennis ball bucket and took a taxi to where he parked.

He was just about to open the trunk and put the tennis ball bucket and his tools together when he heard a familiar voice coming from behind.

"Uncle, you have to hold talks in Okinawa today and tomorrow, why don't you return the room card to the front desk? The room card you showed the police is not a one-time use, is it?"

"Little brother, I still have work to do in Miyazaki, so I didn't check out."

"But you also need to be in Okinawa tomorrow. Why don't you check out first and book a room the day after tomorrow? This means you already knew that tomorrow's conversation couldn't go on, right?"

Motoyama Shoji didn't want to answer this question and was about to force Conan to shut up when he saw Kogoro Mouri and the police walking towards him.

"Why are they here? Do they know that I am the murderer? Impossible, I haven't given away anything!"

As he walked, Maori Kogoro explained to the police: "The person who killed Mr. Nose was Mr. Motoyama."

"Mr. Maori, you can't wrongly accuse me! I have an alibi!"