Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 167: The Dark Mysterious Train (Part 5)

Xiaolan brought the topic back to the locked room murder case: "Is this a real murder case?"

As Sera examined the body, he replied, "Yes, someone shot this gentleman in the temple and killed him."

The reporter walked in, camera in hand: "Do you mind if I take a few photos? I think it will be helpful for collecting evidence later."

After examining the body, Sera made way and the reporter took several photos of the scene.

Xiaolan was very confused: "We clearly saw that this room was locked with an iron chain just now, and we broke the chain before entering, so could this person have committed suicide?"

"There are no burn marks around the temples, which means it wasn't suicide," Shira pointed out. "How the chain was put there is still a mystery."

Sonoko also raised her own question: "It might be that he held the gun away before shooting."

"Impossible." The novelist walked into the room and examined the gun. "This gun has a silencer installed, which makes the barrel extremely long. Shooting yourself with such a long gun at a distance should be impossible."

"And there are traces of gunfire on the sofa opposite." Conan said, pointing to the bullet holes on the sofa opposite.

"The killer probably wanted to get gunpowder residue on the victim's sleeves and make it look like suicide, so he had the body holding the gun and pretended to shoot the sofa across from him," Sera added. "The killer must have had some gunpowder residue on his body as well."

The reporter examined the photos he had just taken and said, "But the train lacks the equipment to test for smoke reactions. Besides, if it's just this level, the residue can be removed by washing your hands."

The novelist added: "As for clothes stained with residue, they can be discarded through the car window and then changed into similar clothes prepared in advance."

The reporter and the novelist looked up from their thoughts and found that everyone was staring at them.

"What's wrong?" The novelist looked at everyone with confusion.

Xiaolan sighed: "I just feel that you, Mr. Orpheus, and Ms. Lamb seem to have a good understanding."

Sonoko also said, "It's like we have a telepathic connection!"

The reporter smiled slightly. "Really? Actually, I also feel like Mr. Orpheus and I hit it off right away."

The novelist nodded to the reporter. "My pleasure, Ms. Lamb."

Although the atmosphere was very subtle, Conan had already seen from the novelist's lonely eyes that this Ms. Lamb was most likely not Mrs. Delos, and might even be a front put up by the Oritis organization.

[Reporter: Look at the way Conan is looking at us. Is he starting to have wild thoughts again?]

[Novelist: I think we both acted pretty well. He probably wouldn't have noticed.]

[Hongdie: Should I follow Maori Kogoro to the scene?]

[First Mate: No need for that. Let them handle their own reasoning show. We'll just focus on keeping an eye on the Black Organization's movements.]

[Forward: Oh no, I've been seen.]

[Spellcaster: No, William?]

[Prisoner: He was mistaken by several passengers as a stuntman performing a show in the train car. It made me laugh to death. I was recording it with my camera.]

[Postman: Wow.]

[Forward: Delete it, delete it!]

[First Mate: No matter what, quickly get rid of the ordinary people and come join us.]

Shira walked out of the room and said, "No matter what, one thing that can be confirmed is that the criminal is still on this train. He will definitely not be able to escape."

Conan turned around and said to Genta and the others, "Anyway, you should go back to the room with Xiaolan and wait."

The three little ones protested: "But we also want to help in some way."

Conan's expression suddenly became serious: "Don't come here and meddle in other people's business! Before I come back, you must lock the door of the room, and don't open it no matter who knocks!"

Then, realizing that his tone was a bit too harsh, Conan tried to justify himself: "I mean, the murderer might still be wandering around on the train, which is too dangerous."

The novelist nodded and instructed the little girl beside him, "Then Alice, go back to your room with everyone else. I'll be back as soon as I'm done here."

"Okay," the little girl said goodbye to the reporter before leaving. "See you later, Ms. Lamb!"

The reporter also smiled and waved to the little girl.

At this time, the other passengers in carriage No. 8 also gathered at the door, discussing the matter in a lively manner.

"What's going on? Why is it so noisy here?"

"Are you going to release a new puzzle?"

Sera explained, "No, this is a real murder case."

"A real murder?"

"horrible."

"I can't stand real corpses. The smell of blood is really unpleasant."

Shiliang quickly explained the situation to the conductor: "In short, Mr. Conductor, please stop the train immediately and tell all passengers not to leave their rooms until the police arrive."

The conductor immediately hurried to start the radio.

At this time, Haibara was leaning closely against Xiaolan. She felt that a dangerous aura was getting closer and closer. Then she saw the scar made up by Vermouth and Akai passing by the group. Maybe it was due to psychological factors, she always felt that the gloomy gaze was examining herself.

"Huh? You're on this train too, Mr. Amuro." Xiaolan's voice interrupted Haibara's spreading panic.

"Yes, because I was lucky and got the ticket." Amuro Toru replied calmly. "I just saw Mr. Mori in the restaurant car."

Sonoko got excited when she saw the handsome guy: "Hey, Xiaolan, who is this handsome guy?"

"This is the detective I told you about, the one who wanted to be my father's apprentice."

"So it's him. Hello, my name is Suzuki Sonoko."

"Please advise me." Amuro Toru politely responded to Sonoko, then asked, "It seems that there was an accident in the car just now. Do you know what happened?"

"Because a murder just happened, Sera and the others are still investigating at the scene."

"In that case, it would be better to ask Mr. Maori for help."

After thinking for a while, Amuro Toru asked a few more children: "Hey, kids, did you see a man with a lot of neon lights tied to his body passing by the train? He was also wearing a pair of roller skates on his feet."

Mitsuhiko shook his head: "I've never seen that before."

Yuantai: "If we really meet such a strange person, we will definitely remember him!"

Little girl: "But we've never seen anyone dressed like this before."

Ayumi: "Covered in neon lights? Are you going to put on a show on the train?"

Mitsuhiko: "No, maybe they thought it would be interesting to use neon lights when the train passes through the tunnel."

The children's conversation drifted further and further away, but Huibara still hid behind Xiaolan and remained silent.

Seeing that the children could not provide any valid eyewitness evidence, Toru Amuro quickly ended the topic and prepared to go to carriage No. 8 where the accident occurred to take a look.

The door to the room behind them opened a crack. Okiya Subaru looked at the people outside and said with emotion: "It seems that even God is on our side this time."

In the room, besides Subaru Okiya, Yukiko Kudo who came to help was sitting on the sofa on the left, and the first mate and the sorcerer were sitting on the sofa on the right.

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