Chapter 213 Pass for the Mysterious Train
As for the results of the subsequent part of the investigation, it was not convenient for Fengyuan to ask directly, so he did not know about it for the time being.
But that doesn't matter.
Because Officer Takagi needed to report the progress of the investigation to the Megure Police Department who arrived later. At that time, it was equivalent to reporting the progress to Maplehara.
Downstairs in the apartment, the Megure Police Department was checking for clues near the area where the deceased fell to the ground. Officer Takagi said hello to attract attention, and then took his police manual and started to talk about the progress of the investigation from the beginning.
Fengyuan already knew the previous part, so he didn't pay attention to listen. Instead, he went downstairs and looked directly across the road.
Haihara Ai was leaning against the car door, crossing his arms and looking this way.
After unraveling the trick used by the prisoner, Haibara Ai and Okiya Subaru did not follow up the investigation, but returned to the car to wait for him.
After meeting Haibara Ai's eyes, Maplehara turned back and listened intently to Officer Takagi's account of the situation.
Delaying the case would only make her wait longer.
"How about you sit in the car and wait?" After a while, Subaru Okiya, who had been half-lying on the seat with his eyes closed and concentrating, looked up at Haibara Ai outside the car, "Will you catch a cold?"
"It's okay," Hui Yuan Ai shook his head slightly to refuse, "Children are strong enough not to catch colds..."
"Since you're not worried, why not just go over and have a look?"
"I'm not worried, the case will be solved soon..."
She had just seen Kudo's astonished expression that only existed for a brief moment, so the next part should only be the reasoning part.
And now that what he wanted to see has been seen, Haiyuan Ai's interest in the case has dropped by half, so there is no need to follow him.
In fact, she was still a little curious about Okiya Subaru's identity.
She knew that Subaru Okiya was actually Shuichi Akai, but she didn't think Kudo would trust him just because he was the FBI...
So there must be another reason, and it is a reason that Kudo feels he cannot tell himself yet...
"Have we met before?" Hui Yuan Ai suddenly asked.
"Why do you ask?"
"Intuition. Have you seen it?"
"How long ago do you mean?"
"A year ago, or two years ago." Huihara Ai continued to test.
"...You're just a kid."
"Yeah, I'm just a kid."
Hui Yuan Ai replied casually and stopped talking.
She was still looking at Maplehara across the street. He was talking to someone on the phone, and then followed Megure Police Department and others back to the apartment building.
Okiya Subaru also closed his eyes again and fell into deep thought.
Two years ago…
He left the organization just two years ago.
While he was undercover in the organization, he had "dated" with Miyano Akemi for a period of time, so from the beginning he was convinced that Haibara Ai was Miyano Akemi's sister, Miyano Shiho.
However, he has never been able to determine the true identities of Sora Maplehara and Conan Edogawa.
Miyano Shiho's performance is one of his entry points.
Although there were not many opportunities to see her, like now, she almost only had that one person in her eyes. Even though she was afraid of the cold, she stayed outside the car just to see the other person clearly...
That night in the car, the two men still held hands...
Therefore, Kaedehara Sora must have turned into a child at about the same age. After all, Akemi's sister doesn't look like someone who would be interested in real children...
The person who helped her in disguise, the so-called "Sister Yukiko" in Sora Kazuhara's words, her attitude towards Haibara Ai was also very subtle...
Therefore, Kaedehara Sora is Kudo Shinichi-if Edogawa Conan does not exist.
It’s really hard to understand…
Okiya Subaru sighed slightly.
…
On the other side, a few minutes ago, Maplehara was listening to Officer Takagi reporting the progress of the investigation to the Megure Police Department.
"So you went to the room of those three people."
Megure Police Department said, "Did you see the foam of the beer, the heat on the coffee cup, and the smoke from the cigarette?"
"Yes, if one of the three people is the prisoner who pushed President Katsumoto down, and then blends into the crowd of onlookers, he must rush here immediately after pushing him down. If he is seen by others as soon as possible, he can be seen by others as soon as possible. When questioned afterwards, he emphasized that he came only after hearing the commotion."
"But you were the only one who saw the foam, heat and smoke, right?"
"We are taking pictures." Fengyuan interrupted.
"S-Sora!" Police Officer Megure subconsciously glanced at Feng Yuan's face before reacting.
"It was taken using the camera function of the mobile phone..."
"Wait a minute," Police Department Megure looked at Officer Takagi, "Did you take him to the suspect's room?"
"Yes, yes... Kudo Shinichi asked him to tell me..."
"Oh... Kudo brother..."
Megure Police Department no longer hesitated, but took Officer Takagi's cell phone and looked through the photos, "So when you took the photos, where were the two people left?"
"After opening the door to the room, I asked them to wait at the entrance," Officer Takagi replied, "so they couldn't go back to their rooms to forge something."
"So, President Katsumoto fell from the balcony of his room on the 26th floor of this apartment building. Can you be sure?"
"It's certain. The entrance and balcony doors are open, and just after the email was sent, the president also called someone from the decoration company on his landline."
"Decoration company?"
"The new carpet in the president's room last night seemed different from the one when ordered. He even complained on the phone while measuring the actual length of the pile on the carpet.
Just when I was making this call, the doorbell of the room rang. The president said something and then called again and hung up the phone. Therefore, President Katsumoto was in his room until he fell from the building, and the person who came to visit him must be the prisoner. "
New carpet...
What a coincidence…
Maplehara thought for a moment and heard Police Megure ask Officer Takagi: "How long does it take to get from their room to the president's room?"
"Those three people all live on the third floor. It takes about seven minutes to get to the president's room on the 26th floor. I tried running up the stairs myself, and it should be right!"
"Stairs? Don't you want to take the elevator?"
"There is a surveillance camera installed in the elevator. I went to the management office to watch the video. Around 7:30 in the morning when President Katsumoto fell, the three people were not photographed. So if the prisoner was among them, he should have left without a camera. stairs."
"So that's it, first go to the president's room and ring the doorbell, push the president down after entering the room, and then leave the room, plus the time you enter the room of the three people after the incident, if any of these three people If there are prisoners, the room will be empty for at least ten minutes."
"Yes, if that were the case, the foam, heat and smoke would all disappear."
"But why would the president send you this kind of email?" Memu Police Department asked the three people standing aside.
"Because of the lawsuit!"
"All three of us plan to sue President Katsumoto!"
"At the beginning of next month!"
Mr. Ogino and the other three replied one sentence at a time.
"Prosecution?"
"You must have heard of it, right? Last week, a popular actress committed suicide by jumping off a building."
"Yes," Officer Takagi nodded, "The reason why she committed suicide was that the kissing scene with her dangerous lover was secretly filmed and exposed, right?"
"I took that photo..." Mr. Ogino said.
"The report was written by me..."
"Then I compiled it and published it in "Weekly Great", and it turned out to be a report like that..." This is Tsukihara Kaori.
"It turned into that?"
"Yes, the photos and reports are all fabricated! The photo was of the two before they hugged each other, not a kiss."
"As for the man in the photo being a member of a violent gang, it's even more nonsense. He was a stuntman and was injured while filming a movie that day."
"But isn't that actress already engaged to a young congressman? Even a hug would be too..."
"No! That man is actually the half-brother of the female star. She told him that she was getting married, so he hugged his sister to celebrate!"
"What!? Why on earth!?"
"We knew the truth before printing. This report was originally planned to be deleted, but President Katsumoto took it upon himself to publish the report and rewrite the content. He also made a line like 'popular female stars playing with fire late at night before marriage' title!"
"The publication day of the magazine happened to be the day before the press conference where the female celebrity and the congressman announced their engagement, so the magazine sold very well," Mr. Ogino took over what Ms. Tsukihara said, "Her brother was also attacked by fanatical fans and was killed. He was seriously injured and is still lying unconscious in the hospital."
"Of course the marriage was settled, and she was so disheartened that she chose to commit suicide."
"But if you tell the truth right away, wouldn't you know that it's all nonsense?" Officer Takagi asked.
"How can you say this! Her brother is the illegitimate son of her father and his lover!"
"I guess he expected this, so the president felt free to publish this inaccurate report."
"And, he also signed our names on that report privately, which we will never forgive! So last night the three of us jointly sent an email to that man!"
"Say that we have evidence that you fabricated that report, then give up!"
"We will definitely sue you until you are completely defeated!"
"So that's it," Megure Police Department suddenly realized, "After the president saw your email this morning, he replied to that email."
…
ski facility.
Conan was about to call and ask about the situation in Fengyuan when he felt his cell phone ring.
This was an email, but before he could read it, he heard his phone ringing.
This time it was a phone call.
Maple Plains called.
"Hey, let me tell you, when can you and Haiyuan arrive?" Conan said directly into the phone, "We are about to start skating..."
"Come on, we'll go there after we finish solving the case..."
"Case, case?" Conan was stunned for a moment, "Where are you?"
"...You don't want to come over, do you? But I'm sorry, the case has been solved."
"……"hateful.
"I just sent you an email. Please send me the content of the email in the name of Kudo Shinichi... so that I can convince Officer Takagi... Anyway, that's it, thank you."
"Hey!" Conan, who was curious about the case, quickly shouted to the phone, but found that the phone had been hung up, "Really..."
Although he was a little depressed, Conan quickly took out another mobile phone and started typing.
Soon, Maplehara on the other side received an email from Kudo Shinichi. He glanced at it twice and walked forward, pulled Officer Takagi's clothes, looked at the email to him, and then forwarded it.
"We have to investigate anyway," Maplehara then looked at the Megure Police Department, "Why don't we do an experiment?"
The "alibi" of the three people were easy to reproduce experimentally. The Mumu Police Department felt that it was very reasonable, so the group went to the third floor again and prepared to reproduce it in place.
The first person to come is still Mr. Ogino's room.
Mr. Ogino helped provide beer, and Officer Takagi poured a few glasses of beer and put them on the table. Police Department Megure used his watch to count the time, and Mr. Sodezaki and Miss Tsukihara were also watching.
"Well..." After a while, Police Department Memu looked at the glasses of beer on the table, "Basically all the foam disappeared in about six minutes..."
"Should we wait another minute?" Fengyuan said, "When we came in, it was almost seven minutes!"
"Hey, the bubbles won't reappear again..."
"Yeah...but the email said there will be a miracle..."
"Email?" Police Department Megure looked at Officer Takagi suspiciously.
"Ah, that's the email Kudo just sent me." Officer Takagi explained to the Megure Police Department in a low voice. The email also said that he hoped they could keep it confidential.
"I don't know whose subordinate you are..." Megure Police Department glanced at Officer Takagi unhappily, "Forget it, it's only one minute anyway..."
"Yes, yes...Ah, by the way," Officer Takagi looked at Mr. Ogino, "By the way, did you see or hear anything when you left the room?"
"I was walking downstairs when I heard Sodezaki's voice below me. The guy kept a chain of keys hanging around his waist that jingled when he ran."
"I did hang the keys on my waist..." Mr. Sodezaki lifted up his coat and showed the key chain on his waist.
"That's it... Okay, it's almost time, let's go next - huh?" Police Department Megure said, turning to look at the beers on the table, and found that there was a lot of foam in one of the beers, "This, How is this going?"
Others also showed surprised expressions, only Mr. Ogino's face looked a little ugly. He had been staring at the beer, so he noticed what had just happened.
"It's salt," Fengyuan shook the small salt shaker in his hand, "I sprinkled some salt in it that I found in the kitchen."
“Will sprinkling salt into beer create foam?”
Officer Takagi glanced at the email on his phone, "Yes, as long as it is granular matter that can sink in the beer, anything from sugar to sand will do. The main reason is because these things will sink when they sink. A large amount of air is brought in and carbon dioxide is emitted, forming a bubble."
"I-I see..."
"This method is also often used when taking advertising photos of beer. Because it looks more delicious if there is a lot of foam."
"As a photographer, you should know this method, right?" Police Department Megure looked at Mr. Ogino.
"B-but...how could I have any salt at that time..."
"Brother, isn't that what you took out when you entered the room? Although you blocked the front intentionally, you can tell by looking at the other bags? That's a return gift for attending a funeral...salt to ward off evil spirits."
"So that's it, you used that salt!" Police Department Memu suddenly realized.
"Yes, it should be."
Officer Takagi echoed, then looked at the email on his phone and read:
"While you were packing up the contents of the kicked over bag, you secretly took out the evil-proof salt and put it into your pocket, then broke the bag and secretly sprinkled the salt in before we looked at the beer glass.
So we saw a glass of frothy beer! But I think that was a temporary solution you came up with when you had an idea. Even if you throw away the bag of anti-evil salt, there will still be grains of salt left in your pocket...
And if you want to push someone off the balcony, there will be some physical conflict. Considering that you need to leave the president's room as soon as possible, you can just carefully check the carpet that the president just changed yesterday, and you should be able to find the time between last night and this morning. , the hair and other traces you left when you went to the president's room. "
Mr. Ogino quickly chose to confess.
The evidence kept by Mr. Ogino and intended to be used against the president was stolen by Mr. Ogino's assistant and given to the president. In anger, he pushed the president down.
The case is over.
Since they didn't waste much time and the doctor's side had just started skiing, Maplehara and the others drove to the ski resort to meet the doctor and the others and spent a relaxing day.
In the next few days, Didan Primary School returned to its normal state, with no classes for several days in a row. On this day, the doctor decided to take the young detective team on a long-awaited camping trip.
On the road, in a Scarab.
"I almost forgot, yours."
Maplehara took out a well-made ring from his pocket and handed it to Conan, who was sitting on his left.
"Ah?" Conan was stunned for a moment, took the ring and glanced at the words engraved on it, "A pass for the mysterious train?"
"It's the ticket for the Suzuki express train we are going to take together next week. The doctor just received it this morning!" Mitsuhiko said.
"You just need to show this ring to the driver, and you can get on the bus after a beep!" Ayumi also had an expectant expression on her face.
"It is said that that train is still a steam train, just like the Orient Express..." Haiyuan Ai looked out the window with his chin propped up, "I hope there won't be any murders like in Christie's novels."
She was apparently referring to the story in Agatha Christie's book Murder on the Orient Express.
"It's hard to say whether there will be a murder," Maplehara glanced at Conan, "but I'm sure there will be an incident."
"Hey, hey, are you trying to say that I'm the bad guy?" Conan replied angrily, "You were the one who encountered the case last time..."
Really, the Mumu Police Department now thinks I’m a bad guy...
It's just that the detective and the case are obviously attracted to each other...
"Ah sneeze!"
Conan couldn't help but sneeze.
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