" This image…" Conan and Mr. Maori were shocked when they saw the surveillance footage." Is this the heavenly punishment hanging in front of the victim?”
Kurosaki secretly clicked his tongue and stole a glance at Director Ochii. He really didn't expect this old man to be so awesome. Even though he was so old, he was still so agile even after wearing a medieval armor. He could even lift that fatty with one hand.
"He probably wanted to imitate that painting, so he used this method to kill people.”
Mr. Mao Li wasn't completely useless, although he wasn't as good as Conan.
"The murderer is very bold." " If someone sees you dressed like this, it'll definitely cause a commotion," Police Chief Mu Mu said.”
"That's why there's a no-entry sign on the corridor leading to the room where the murder happened.”Xiao Lan said," It was around four o'clock. But by five o'clock, the sign was gone.”
"Then, the time of the crime should be around four-thirty.”Police Chief Mu Mu glanced at the time on the monitor." The murderer must have put down this sign, put on the armor, and sneaked into this room to kill the boss of Shinaka.”
"Then, the murderer must be an insider of the art gallery.”
Uncle Mao Li rubbed his chin and said with certainty.
"Look. This recording." Conan suddenly climbed onto the control panel." Before the murderer jumped towards the boss, the boss seemed to have done something?”
"Nani?"
After Detective Conan rewound the video, everyone realized that the boss of Shinjuku seemed to have written something on a note before he died. Fortunately, the note was still in the hands of Boss Shinjuka.
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" Kubota…??"
They took out the paper from the corpse's hand and tried to read the contents of the paper.
"Nani? Why…Why did you call my name?”
"Maybe he put on that armor to avoid being photographed by the camera.”Mori-san and Police Chief Twilight walked towards Kubota together.
"No…it wasn't me!"
Kubota's face had already turned pale from fright. Murder was no laughing matter.
"Then, tell me, where were you at the time of the crime?”
Police Chief Mu Mu grabbed the note in his hand and asked.
"I was alone in the office at that time, doing what the director asked me to do!”
"Ah…I did ask him to do something.”
"So, no one saw you?”
"How is that possible? I…I didn't have the motive to kill Boss Shinjuka!”
At this moment, the employee who reminded everyone to pay attention to the camera walked up.
"Hiding it is useless! Kubota! You secretly sold the art here, and the boss of Shinjuku is asking for a huge amount of compensation from you, right? Kubota!"
Wa Tian waved his hands and kept retreating." It really wasn't me! This has nothing to do with the murder! I didn't kill Boss Shinjuka!"
Conan was lying on the ground looking around when his eyes suddenly lit up. He saw a ballpoint pen that had fallen under a statue.
“！！！？”
Conan, who was about to call the police, looked up and saw Kurosaki standing behind him with a smile. He was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.
"Aha…Brother Heize! The ballpoint pen is here."
The frightened Conan quickly laughed and pretended to be crazy.
"Tara…"
Hei Zemu squatted down and took the ballpoint pen, turning the tip of the pen out. When Conan saw this scene, he fell into deep thought.
"Strange. If this was the pen used by the victim, how could someone have the time to turn the pen back before they died?”
Conan stood behind Hei Zemu and listened to him talk to himself. He seemed to have thought of something.
Yes…something was wrong. Only…this Hei Zemu fellow, is he saying this for me to hear?
"Also, in the videotape, Boss Shinaka's expression and actions were very strange. It was as if he had seen something unexpected and wanted to modify it…It was really nerve-racking.”
Kurosaki said as he walked over and handed the ballpoint pen to the police.
"Ah…Did you find a ballpoint pen? Brother Heize, do you have a clue?”
"I'm sorry…not yet…"
Seeing that Kurosaki was talking to Police Chief Megami, Conan was shocked and secretly ran to the monitoring room.
"Brother Heize…can you show me that?”
Hei Zemu turned his head, but he did not know when Conan had run back. He was pointing at the note in the evidence bag in his hand with an innocent face.
"Aha…no problem. Did you find anything?"
Hei Zemu handed it to Conan with a smile on his face. He looked at Conan with an expression of sudden realization.
However, if he wanted to deduce the murderer, Hei Zemu had to give him more clues.
"Ah…this is really nerve-racking. A good vacation was gone just like that. Fortunately, there was no artwork stained with blood.”
As he watched Hei Zemu walk away while muttering to himself, Conan's mind flashed as he looked at the blood-stained wall.
There was no mistake! That armor was a replica, which was why the director ignored the rude Kubota at that time. Moreover, since there were cards on the wall over there, there must be a work of art. That meant that the murderer had moved it away in advance to protect the artwork from the blood…
It was indeed someone from the art gallery…No! This was a complete set of evidence to make sure that Mr. Kubota didn't have an alibi! The only person who could do this…was the director! If my deduction is correct, the murderer's hands might be…
Conan looked around and his expression suddenly changed.
" Ah..." Conan suddenly grabbed a writing board and shouted," I can't take it anymore! The toilet…the toilet…Uncle, where is the toilet?”
" Ah... the toilet... there's a staircase on the right outside this room. It's at the end of the stairs..." Director Ochiai thought for a moment and tried to explain as much as possible.
"I'm not sure if you just use your mouth to say it.”Conan put down his writing board.
" Alright…" Director Ochiai took the writing board, took out a ballpoint pen from his pocket, and was about to draw on it.
"…" Director Ochiai's expression changed.
"Why did you stop drawing? Oh…Uncle, you already knew that this pen couldn't draw…But it's so strange. Since you knew that this pen couldn't draw anything, why did you bring it with you?”
"What!"
Maori Kogoro took out the note and looked at it, looking enlightened.
"If a ballpoint pen can't write, then the marks on it should be the marks of someone trying to cross out something. The murderer must have written the words beforehand, and not the real boss!”
"Eh? But... why did Boss Shinjuku have that note?”
"Hehe…that's simple. The murderer only had to say,"Look at the note at the back, the murderer's name is written on it." However, when the boss picked it up, he realized that it was not the murderer's name, but Kubota! Shocked, the boss picked up the ballpoint pen on the table, wanting to cross out the name and write down the real murderer's name.”
Uncle Mao Li had a serious look on his face. Although it was Conan who provided a lot of clues, Uncle Mao Li's deduction was not bad.
" But…that was a pen that the murderer had left behind beforehand, so Boss Shinjuka threw it away later…"
" This is actually a trap that the murderer used a ballpoint pen that cannot be written and a silent tape to lead us to a deduction that is different from the real situation!”
As soon as Uncle Mao Li finished speaking, he immediately revealed his long tongue and laughed loudly.
"But it's very strange. The pen found at the scene can be used to write.”
"No…this was replaced by the murderer. After all, no one would turn the tip of the pen into the pen before they died. The tip of the pen we found at the scene was inside.”
At this time, Heizemu appeared at the right time. Although he had given the bulk to Uncle Mao Li, the police had to be involved.
"In other words, the person who has the pen that can't be written should be the murderer.”Mori-san stroked his chin." That is, Director Ochiai! You're the murderer, aren't you?"
"It's just as you said, detective.”Director Ochiai sighed." Maybe you think this is stupid. He wants to destroy this sacred art gallery, so I have to get rid of that demon. Also, I'll punish Kubota for selling his works.”
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"What a sad story.”Hei Zemu sighed slightly." Although his methods were too extreme, the director's people are not bad.”
"Yes…Unfortunately, this place is about to close.”Xiao Lan sighed.
"Shut down? Who said it was going to be closed? I'm going to buy this place and start over!”
Mao Li and the other two were shocked." You want to buy this place?”
"Yeah…it's not that expensive anyway, about four billion yen.”
Just…4 billion…just?
Heizemu's Hummer roared and left, leaving Conan and Xiaolan with twitching mouths. As for Uncle Mao Li, he was almost dumbfounded.
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