In the corridor, the master and the apprentice lit cigarettes and smoked quietly while looking at the snow-covered mountains in the distance.
Conan and Haiyuan Ai followed to the door, but did not come forward. They stood alone and were distracted, leaning against the wall.
Mouri Kogoro looked back and muttered silently, "Two followers who are like door gods..."
Haibara Ai:"……"
Uncle Maori, please speak nicely.
Conan: “…”
He was following Chi Feichi because he wanted to know in time what Chi Feichi had discovered. It had nothing to do with the uncle!
Mouri Kogoro withdrew his gaze and smoked while looking at the snow-covered mountains in the distance. His eyes staring at the snow-capped mountains changed from casual at first to solemnity and then to confusion. He suddenly turned around and said, "Fei Chi, what you wrote down are for me."
let me see."
Chi Feichi took out his notebook, opened it, handed it to Mouri Kogoro, and continued to look at the snow-capped mountains.
When you are with Conan, you must not only be careful about not having food to eat, but also be careful about not being able to sleep.
Staying up all night on one case, one case on another, just like Gin's group of people, never willing to maintain a healthy routine, Mouri Kogoro went out to smoke, probably to dispel sleepiness.
Fortunately, he slept at noon yesterday and is not sleepy at all now...
Maori Kogoro looked at the indifferent face of Chi Feichi who was smoking. He took the notebook speechlessly, looked down at it, and muttered, "I really don't understand, how can you be so popular with children, but you and Xiao Ai
Don’t worry, the two cursed paper figures we saw at Kimonosode Shrine should have been placed there by the murderer this time, alluding to Miss Asuka Shibasaki and Miss Ema Anzai who will be killed tonight, and Kimonosode
God doesn’t matter…”
Chi Feichi did not expect that Mouri Kogoro would suddenly forgive him, and was a little surprised, "I'm not worried."
Maori Kogoro:"……"
Shut up, it’s rare for him to care about his apprentice, so why can’t he pretend to be touched and deceive him?
“I’m not worried either.” Huihara Ai also expressed her position.
Maori Kogoro:"……"
Go away, let him go away.
The four of them fell silent again. Mouri Kogoro looked down at the records in the notebook, "It seems that Mr. Bando is the most suspicious. He has no clear alibi at all."
"There were no footprints left on the snow because the murderer used wooden boards to alternately move on the snow," Chi Feichi said directly. "That's why Miss Anxi's footprints were shallower than the footprints next to them. Conan also found that the same snow
The compacted area also extends under the eaves of the back door to outside Miss Akechi's window."
"What are you thinking about?" Mouri Kogoro handed the notebook back to Chi Feichi speechlessly, reached out to take down the cigarette he was holding, turned and walked into the room, "How could it be possible for Miss Eri to be such a gentle person?
He's a murderer."
"But……"
Conan was about to explain, but found that Mouri Kogoro had no intention of listening to what he said, and went directly to the saloon. When he turned around, he found that after Chi Feichi put the notebook back in his pocket, he seemed to have no intention of leaving, and was still standing in the corridor.
smokes.
Huiyuan Ai walked to Chi Feichi and looked down at the snow in the courtyard, "Still have no clue?"
Chi Feichi turned to look at Conan who was walking over, "Teacher, this case will be solved soon."
Conan was stunned for a moment and couldn't believe it, "Uncle Maori?"
"He should be going to confirm what you said," Chi Feichi looked past Conan and looked at Mouri Kogoro, who did not stop when he reached the saloon and went to the back door. "Probably he will also go to the open-air hot spring...
"
Conan immediately turned around and ran outside, "I'll go take a look!"
Seeing that Chi Feichi was unmoved, Haiyuan Ai asked in a low voice, "Do you understand what is going on? Don't you want to tell me?"
“I have no plan,” Chi Feichi leaned against the pillar in the corridor, his eyes serious, “I want to wait to hear the teacher’s reasoning.”
An hour later, at dawn, the Yamagata Prefectural Police also rushed to the hotel.
Mouri Kogoro and the Ogura station policeman explained the situation, handed the evidence to the Yamagata Prefectural Police, and also asked the Prefectural Police to take the body away for autopsy.
However, after explaining the situation, Mouri Kogoro asked the others to meet at the open-air hot spring. At the same time, he whispered a few words to the police officer who arrived and headed to the open-air hot spring, ready to start reasoning.
Haka Toichi, Akechi Eri, Honda Yoriko, Fukatsu Harumi, Ikefeichi, Conan, Maori Ran, Haibara Ai, all gathered at the women's bath in the open-air hot spring.
"Mr. Mori, you said you already know who the murderer is?" Harumi Fukatsu looked at Kogoro Mori standing by the hot spring and asked, "Isn't this a curse placed on them by the kimono sleeve god?"
“Mr. Maori!” The police officer who led the team in the morning walked over quickly, “Everything is ready as you said!”
"Okay, everyone, please be patient. Next, I, Mouri Kogoro, will reveal the truth about this serial murder incident to everyone." Mouri Kogoro stretched out his hand to straighten the collar of the suit jacket he put on, with a serious look on his face, "
The police have confirmed that the murder weapon used to kill the two victims was the magic knife, and the towel found in the bathtub was confirmed to have only the blood of Miss Ema Anzai. The murderer should have gone to the warehouse to kill Miss Ema Anzai first, and then
Come here with a murder weapon and a towel to kill Ms. Asuka Shibasaki... That's what I originally thought, but this is actually a trap set by the murderer, and the order of the murder is exactly the opposite!"
“Exactly, exactly the opposite?” Fukatsu Harumi was surprised.
Eri Akechi frowned and answered, "That means the murderer first killed Miss Asuka Shibasaki and then killed Miss Ema Anzai?"
"Why did the towel stained with Miss Anzai's blood appear here?" Banko Tokyo was confused, "Did the murderer send the towel again after committing the crime? But why did he do this?"
"Of course it was to allow me to misjudge the order of death of the two victims and to establish my alibi. I previously judged that Miss Anxi was killed first because the towel and the murder weapon were here. But if the murderer does not need to come back here, just
How can we let the murder weapon and towel come here by themselves in the hotel room?" Mouri Kogoro said, looking up at the snow-capped mountains next to the open-air hot spring.
There is a hotel room built in the mountains not far away, and two policemen are looking out of the window.
“Mr. Mori, everything is ready!”
“Okay, then I’ll trouble you!”
Mouri Kogoro shouted to the other side and explained, "I asked two police officers to find two wooden boards, and put the knife and towel simulating the murder weapons on the wooden boards with snow balls..."
Behind the upper window, two policemen placed two wooden boards with snow clumps on them on the snow outside the window and released their hands.
The two wooden boards immediately slid down the snow, slid to the eaves around the hot spring, and fell into the hot spring with a pop.
"It's actually like skiing. Put the murder weapon and towel on the sled and go from the room above to the hot spring. At about 10:50, we heard a popping sound in the men's bathroom next door. It should be this.
"Mouri Kogoro looked at the hot spring water, "After entering the pool, the snow on the knife and towel was melted by the hot water, and the knife just sank to the bottom of the water, and the blood-stained towel floated on the water."
"In other words, the murderer's order of committing the crime is that around ten o'clock, he first kills Ms. Shibasaki Asuka who came here, then takes away the murder weapon, pretends to go back after taking a bath, and then goes to the warehouse to kill Miss Asuka Shibasaki.
Miss Anzai Ema there, the reason why there are only Anzai Ema's footprints on the snow is because the murderer also used wooden boards to cover Miss Anzai Ema's footprints, and he stepped on the wooden boards to move. He only needed two boards.
, he could go to the warehouse to kill Miss Anzai Ema. After that, the murderer used two wooden boards, took the murder weapon and a towel stained with Miss Anzai's blood, returned to the window of his room without leaving any footprints, and climbed into the house.
When you get to the room above, use the method just demonstrated to bring the murder weapon and towel to the open-air hot spring," Kogoro Mouri said, looking at the crowd, "Am I right? Teacher Eri!"
Akechi Eri was stunned on the spot, looking at Mouri Kogoro blankly.
“Eri, Teacher Eri?” Honda Yoriko turned to look at Eri Akechi in surprise, “How is it possible...”
Akechi Eri came back to her senses with a smile on her face, "It is indeed a wonderful reasoning. Even if it is written into the reasoning, it is still an amazing case. As Mr. Mori said, I had time to commit the crime, but, Mr. Mori,
There are many holes in your reasoning. When you found the body before, did you see any wooden boards in the pool?"
"Well..." Mouri Kogoro scratched his head and sweated profusely, "This..."
Hello, hey...
Conan's half-moon eyes, can't the uncle complete a reasoning by himself? He was so handsome just now, but he also saw through the key points, "Uncle, it would be great if there was a wooden board that could not be seen by everyone, so that your reasoning can be realized.
!”
Mouri Kogoro felt that Conan was mocking him and was extremely irritable, "Nonsense! We are not blind, how can we not see things like wooden boards?"
Eri Akechi chuckled, "Mr. Mori, then..."
"Kimono belt," Chi Feichi answered aloud, reminding his teacher that it was not easy, so he might as well add, "The temperature outside has been very low these two days. Just fold the kimono belt soaked in water into the shape of a wooden board and put it on the
After being outdoors for a few hours, the kimono obi can be used as a wooden board. When the kimono obi slides into the hot spring with the murder weapon and towel, it melts in the hot water and floats to the surface, just like the kimono wrapped and covered with Ms. Shibasaki's body.
The belts got mixed up."
The smile on Akechi Eri’s face froze.
Mori Kogoro looked at Akechi Eri, "Ahem, that's right..."
"But Mr. Mori," the "but" this time was the police officer who led the team, "When you came to the open-air hot springs before, there were no kimono paper figures at the entrance to the women's hot springs, right? Then when you came over at 11:30 and found the body,
A kimono paper figurine was placed at the door, how did Miss Eri put the paper figurine at the door?"
Conan couldn't give the answer directly like Chi Feichi, so he had to behave childishly and waved his arms, "When we came here, Teacher Huili asked the shop owner to buy a cake. At that time, I really wanted to eat it, but Teacher Huili
I don’t plan to share it with me. Although there must be dry ice in the cake to keep it cool and it won’t go bad if it can’t be eaten by one person. But I really want to eat it too. Share it with me. If you finish it quickly, you don’t need dry ice.
Save it..."
Hint, crazy hint.
Hints with failure...
“You kid, you still want to eat cake at this time?” Mouri Kogoro looked at Conan and couldn’t stop talking about the cake. He gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, preparing to punch Conan.
"I know!" Mao Lilan saw other people looking at her and looked at Akechi Eri, "Could it be that they used dry ice? They used dry ice to stick the paper figures to the ceiling above the door, so we didn't see the door when we came.
There was a paper man. After the dry ice melted little by little, the paper man fell to the ground. Because dry ice was used, there would be no water stains on the paper man or on the ground. When I picked up the paper man last night, the paper man was cold and cold.
But it's not wet, probably because of the dry ice..."