Chapter 244 Why doesn't this murder follow a routine?
Conan and Hattori Heiji ran over one after another, looked inside the door, and saw a large corpse lying across the room.
A knife was thrust into the corpse's heart and something was nailed to its chest.
...He actually died?
Conan was a little surprised for a moment.
He always felt that when Bai Shi was around, passers-by would not die so easily.
But after thinking about it, he realized that people's thoughts and emotions are complex and changeable. No matter how powerful Shiraishi is, he can't always accurately guess the criminal's timing.
It is completely understandable that the rescue failed.
What's more, this time is different from the past.
In the past, Shiraishi would first collect intelligence and then go to the scene specifically to prevent crimes.
But this time, Shiraishi was just traveling to relax.
I came to join the Sherlock Holmes Tour, and it was because of my sudden invitation that things turned into what they are now, and it was completely justified.
...And now, instead of why Shiraishi and the others failed to prevent the crime, what should be more concerned about is who the murderer is and where Shiraishi and others are.
Other Sherlock Holmes fans in the restaurant quickly gathered around.
This group of people are very interested in mystery novels, and they usually collect relevant information from newspapers. They are much more courageous than ordinary people. Moreover, they initially thought that this was a mystery question and answer prepared by the boss.
Conan and Hattori Heiji had seen more corpses and were more experienced. They stopped the people who were about to enter the room to look for clues, carefully approached the corpse, and confirmed that the deceased was Tojuken who also came to participate in the Sherlock Holmes journey.
"Hurry up and call the police. By the way, give us your phone first." After inspecting the body, Hattori Heiji looked at the bewildered hotel staff.
The employee whispered: "I gave my cell phone to the boss... The boss always locks the cell phone in the cabinet, and only he has the key."
"Then go find Mr. Kanaya." Hattori Heiji was not too disappointed. He calmly walked to the table to see if the landline on the table could be used.
Although according to his experience, the phone lines are usually cut off at this time...
However, what Hattori Heiji didn't expect was that the number was actually dialed.
This phone actually still works!
However, the moment the call was connected, Hattori Heiji accidentally glanced to the side and his pupils shrank sharply.
He dropped the receiver, quickly walked around the table, and looked at Boss Jingu who was lying on the ground: "Hey, are you okay?"
As he spoke, Hattori Heiji felt for his pulse.
I originally thought that the person must be cold, but this touch was not only a routine check for life and death, but also to press the person's hardness and estimate the approximate time of death based on other circumstances.
But I didn't expect that the person was still angry.
...This murder case is really strange.
Mao Lilan had already recovered.
She caught the phone dropped by Hattori Heiji, and called the police clearly and quickly using words that made the police want to praise her.
Conan chased Hattori Heiji and went around the table.
He also checked the vital signs of Boss Jingu, and after making sure that he was fine, Conan looked at the large open window and the small patch of wet ground in front of the window, frowning, thinking about what happened here.
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The police have received the report and will rush here immediately.
But the mountain road is very long, and it will take some time before they arrive.
The two detectives began to investigate the scene as usual.
Hattori Heiji borrowed a camera and asked people to find other guests while taking photos to collect evidence.
Although there is a string of muddy shoe prints from the side door to this room, it cannot be ruled out that the footprints were forged by the murderer to confuse the public, and the guests are also suspected.
While Hattori Heiji was taking photos, Conan pulled the hotel clerk and asked her to call up the surveillance cameras in each room, so that some innocent people could be eliminated based on the time of Tojukento's death.
However, he was soon disappointed.
"The surveillance in guest rooms is actually fake. We are mainly in the hotel business. If we install cameras and bugs in our rooms, we will be complained by our guests."
The employee explained, "It would be too troublesome to install them before the event and take them off after the event, so the boss prepared a batch of fake cameras to deter the contestants."
"..." A group of people were speechless.
"But..." the clerk pointed to the corner of the room, where an ornamental potted plant hung, with a strange metallic luster faintly revealed among the green leaves:
"This surveillance is real. The boss installed it specially because he was afraid that "A Study in the Scarlet Letter" would be stolen from the safe."
Boss Jingu knew very well that the people who came to participate in the Sherlock Holmes tour were all ardent fans. He was afraid that someone would not follow the right path and learned to pick locks to steal books, so he installed this.
When Hattori Heiji heard this, he immediately asked her to call for surveillance.
The surveillance is on Boss Jingu's computer, and there is no password set on the computer.
If there is surveillance in the room, everything will be easier.
Even if the prisoner killed someone from a distance, or used some bizarre method to make the deceased look like he committed suicide, there will definitely be enough clues left in the surveillance.
However, things once again exceeded Conan and Hattori Heiji's expectations.
——There are no precise techniques and no incredible images.
Just when Toshiken was arguing with Kanaya's boss, a slovenly man suddenly burst in from the door. The man raised his knife and chopped it down with one blow.
This case... is so ordinary that it seems like there is nothing to think about at all.
The only unusual thing is the identity of the murderer.
Hattori Heiji recognized him at a glance: "Numabuchi Kiichiro! He actually escaped here!"
Conan has also read the news about this fugitive and knows that he has mental problems. It is not surprising that he suddenly kills someone.
It was a rare opportunity to take part in a Sherlock Holmes trip, surrounded by people who were good at reasoning. However, the murder that occurred here turned out to be just an ordinary intruder killing...
Just as he was thinking about it, Conan glanced at Hattori Heiji next to him and suddenly approached the screen, as if he noticed some details.
Conan followed and took a closer look, and saw an additional person beside the dim door in the surveillance screen.
The man looked at Kiichiro Numabuchi for a while, then raised his hand and threw something over. A few seconds later, Kiichiro Numabuchi staggered and fell.
"Is this the person who is with you?" Hattori Heiji pointed at Shiraishi walking through the door on the screen and asked Mao Lilan.
Mao Lilan responded, and Conan next to her also nodded with a complicated mood.
Conan saw Shiraishi's throwing action, and saw Kiichiro Numabuchi suddenly fall to the ground, and quickly realized that Shiraishi was probably using the kind of tranquilizer ball that Black Cat often used.
...Shiraishi actually carries something like this with him.
However, it would be nice if it comes in handy.
He continued to look at the surveillance camera. He guessed in his mind that the reason why Numabuchi Kiichiro was not seen now must be because he was taken to the police station overnight by Shiraishi and Black Cat.