Conan's sprint had just started when he was caught by Mao Lilan with quick hands and eyes.
Mao Lilan first appeared in a stage play today, and then suddenly heard that there was poison in Shiraishi's drink cup. She was a little nervous at this time, and her reaction was much faster than usual.
Conan failed to escape successfully, but as for breaking away from her...
Even Kudo Shinichi may not be able to do something, and his current body cannot be relied upon.
Conan had no choice but to compromise, start the sentence with "Brother Shiraishi said", and kidnap Mao Lilan to chase the cleaner.
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Shiraishi finished cleaning up the scene, washed his hands, and was torn for a moment between "going home and reading magazines" and "boosting the friendship level". He took out his mobile phone and asked Mao Lilan where they were now.
Suzuki Sonoko said she wanted to help and stayed with Shiraishi.
But in the end, besides helping Shiraishi get his password-coded water bottle, Suzuki Sonoko didn't have time to do anything else.
When Shiraishi was washing his hands, she looked at the water cup in her hand that had at least three locks hidden in it. Thinking of its origin, and then thinking about today's Coke, she suddenly felt that Shiraishi was really ill-fated.
In the future, maybe I should find an excuse to invite him to the shrine and have a romantic date witnessed by the gods. If I put more money into the incense box, I wonder if the gods can help connect a peach blossom line, hehehe.
The message Shiraishi sent received a reply quickly, and Mao Lilan said that the two of them were now in the square near the school gate.
Basically every building in the school has a dedicated tool room.
Just now, Conan chased in the direction pointed by Mao Lilan and found a building.
The door to the tool room on the first floor was not locked, and there were very slight fresh scratches on the inside of the door lock.
This allowed Conan to temporarily rule out the possibility that the school employee forgot to lock the door, and believed that the murderer pretending to be a cleaner had pried the door open.
As for whether the insider deliberately broke the door to clear himself from suspicion, we will discuss it later. Judging from the current clues, it can at least prove that this person had premeditated it.
Nothing useful was found in the tool room, only a relatively new cleaning truck with painted wooden handles.
Conan looked carefully around the handle and saw no fingerprints or other marks. He tried to hold it himself, and the fingerprints were clearly left on it - it seemed that the person had worn gloves or had consciously erased the fingerprints.
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Looking around again, there is no cleaner's uniform in the room, and the plan to extract hair from it and find Dr. Ali to use black technology to trace it cannot be implemented...
Conan wiped off his fingerprints on the cleaning car and discovered with a headache that the murderer had a strong sense of anti-tracking.
...That's right. After the man found out that the murder plan was shattered, he didn't run away in a panic. Instead, he pretended to be a cleaner in an orderly manner. He first sent them tools for cleaning up the aftermath, and then returned the cleaning truck to its original position leisurely. Why?
I think the psychological quality is not bad either.
Conan frowned and thought: If you start from the stage, connect a line to this building, and then extend the line to the school gate, and they didn't meet anyone on the way here, the murderer may have gone in the direction of the school gate.
Conan chased after him without giving up, then looked at the sea of people in the square and sighed.
The place is vast, and when the school festival is held, it becomes a place where people from all walks of life set up stalls, and it is as lively as a market.
The stalls of students and graduates take up a lot of space. There are many snacks and toy stalls, so there are many people coming.
Conan struggled to squeeze into the crowd, trying to pass through the crowd, climbed to a higher statue, and looked down to see if there was any strange person wearing a cleaner's uniform.
On the way, he met Shiraishi and Suzuki Sonoko who had rushed nearby.
Suzuki Sonoko had several snack bags hanging on her hands, and she was quite happy after seeing them. She didn't feel nervous about tracking down the murderer, so she stretched out her arms and let them pick whatever they wanted.
Shiraishi was looking at the nearby shooting booth. After looking at it for a while, his eyes turned to the trap booth.
Conan followed his gaze for a moment and immediately guessed what Shiraishi was thinking.
——If the murderer wanted to get rid of the troublesome people and strike again in order to get rid of them once and for all, he would probably be observing the situation as if nothing had happened.
The murderer had just used potassium cyanide and would subconsciously avoid eating even if he could ensure that the toxin was not on his hands.
So he will definitely not go around the food stalls, but will go to the toy stalls - even if he is not in the mood to play, he will at least pretend, otherwise in such a lively festival, a person standing nearby will be very conspicuous
, which is not in line with the meticulous character he showed before.
...As expected of Shiraishi, he discovered this flaw so quickly.
Although he could deduce Shiraishi's thoughts in reverse, if he was directly asked to think about it on his own, it would be difficult for him to think of it in the first place.
Conan looked serious and added this knowledge to his knowledge base - in addition to IQ, detectives also need the accumulation of experience. A detective who has read hundreds of murder cases must be completely different from a detective with only IQ.
different.
Thinking like this, Conan followed Shiraishi's train of thought and quickly skipped the food stalls to look elsewhere.
Soon, he noticed a unique stall, his eyes lit up, and he ran over.
As soon as he ran away, Mao Lilan was afraid that he would get lost or be crushed by the crowd, so she hurried to follow him.
Shiraishi noticed Mao Lilan's actions, looked away, and followed him inexplicably.
...Conan suddenly rushed so fast. Did he find some clue?
Belmode really didn't leave, but chose to stay and tease her two little angel babies?
Shiraishi walked over and saw Conan stopped at the edge of the square, in front of a bungalow covered with black cloth.
There are three wooden signs hung on the black cloth, two large and one small like couplets. The sign on the left says "Entrance", the sign on the right says "Exit", and in the middle there are several large red characters written horizontally - Screaming Sick Building.
...looks like a hospital-themed haunted house.
Two boys who looked like students were standing at the door soliciting customers. A few tourists approached out of curiosity. They chatted with them for a few words and then quickly waved and left.
The two boys were very disappointed.
But soon, one of them saw a group of four people walking this way.
He quickly put on a professional smile, but after seeing Shiraishi, his expression paused and he secretly poked the other one with his elbow.
The other one also looked up, and then the two of them gathered together and murmured for a while, then smiled with eight teeth again and walked towards the four of them.
The boy with shawl hair looked at Shiraishi and spoke first: "Are you a detective? I saw you in the newspaper that reported the case of Kimura Tatsuya. You should have solved many murder cases."
"..." Shiraishi nodded with a professional smile, thinking how many fans Kimura Tatsuya had. As a detective who doesn't like to wash his hands and has a sharp tongue, his popularity seems to be too high.
Another boy wearing glasses added, barely answering his doubts: "There is a character based on you in Miss Shinname's book. Recently Kimura Tatsuya took over the TV series adapted from her novel, which she mentioned in the interview.
you."
Mao Lilan was a little happy next to him: "Brother Shiraishi is now considered a celebrity." Maybe the client who came after hearing the news could also boost the performance of Mao Li Detective Agency, which would double the joy.
When no one was paying attention to him, Conan lifted up the black cloth, walked into the haunted house with determination, and turned on the flashlight on his watch.
This place is very convenient for hiding people. What if the murderer sneaks in...