At this point, everyone could confirm that the poker card murder case was a copycat.
Chief Shiratori asked Maori Kogoro,""Mr. Mao Li, may I ask if any of your acquaintances have nine in their names?”Because Shi Hongshu, whose name had ten in it, was already dead, the murderer's next target would definitely be nine.
"Nine?" Kogoro propped his chin on his hand and racked his brain to recall. Finally, his eyes lit up. He clapped his hands and shouted,""I remember now! It was Mr. Xu Shengyi. There was a nine in his name!”
Hearing this name, Ye Ling thought to herself," As expected, what was supposed to come still couldn't escape. "Xu Shengyi, is he the super rich man who opened a hotel in Tokyo Bay?"”
" I know him too," Takagi agreed." He's been on the news every day recently." He had opened the hotel at the bottom of the sea. Through the glass, he could directly see the fish in the water. Many people were looking forward to the opening of his hotel.”
"If I remember correctly, the hotel's name is Aqua Crystal. The internet calls it the Crystal Palace.”Inspector White Bird added.
"Anyway, let's go over and take a look first. The criminal's next target might be him.”Ye Ling suggested.
Kowuro seemed very puzzled." But I'm not familiar with him. I only helped him find a cat."”
" It doesn't matter if we're close or not. The criminal might just be killing him to make up the numbers…"
Hearing Ye Ling's words, everyone could not help but tremble. They remembered what Zemu Gongping said when he was arrested. The person the murderer wanted to kill was hidden among the thirteen targets, and the others were just there to make up the numbers…
……
Once again, Xiaolan and Conan set off in Kogoro's car. Yeh Ling and Haihara Ai were still in the doctor's car, but this time, there were two more police officers, Takagi and Shiratori.
Because Tokyo Bay was very close, it didn't take long for them to arrive. After getting out of the car and standing on the shore, he could see the magnificent buildings that were exposed to the sea from afar. They did not look like hotels, but more like sci-fi facilities.
" He's really a tycoon..." Ye Ling couldn't help but complain in her heart.
"So beautiful!" Xiao Lan gasped in admiration from the bottom of her heart when she saw such a magnificent building.
Only then did everyone realize that there were already many people on the shore. They seemed to be heading to the Crystal Palace. Ye Ling glanced at them and confirmed that they were all extras from the anime. Their names all had numbers in them.
However, Ye Ling only remembered this. She had long forgotten their names.
The guests who had arrived earlier saw Ye Ling and the others getting off the car and could not help but mutter.
"Hey, hey, why are there so many people here?”
"Yeah, how many customers did Boss Xu invite?”
"It's boring if there are too many people.”
Inspector White Bird walked forward and showed his police badge. He said,"I'm sorry, I'm Shiroyari from the police department. I have something to ask you.”
When they saw the police badge, they were all shocked." Police?”
Among them was a woman with dyed hair who looked very sexy. She was also the only woman. She asked Chief White Bird,"Why are the police here? Did something happen?”
" It's like this..." Chief White Bird told them about the poker card attack.
After listening, they all said that they had learned a little about it from the news. The woman asked again,"What does that have to do with us? Didn't the news say that the criminal had been caught?”
"The criminal has indeed been arrested, but now a copycat has appeared and continued to kill Mr. Shi Hongshu, whose name has a ten in it. We suspect that the criminal's next target is Mr. Asahi Katsuyoshi.”"Since you're here, it means that you all know Mr. Asahi Katsuyoshi, right?" Inspector White Bird asked them.”
Everyone nodded and introduced themselves at the police's request.
The sexy girl was called Nana Koyama, and she was a model. The uncle holding the single-lens reflex camera was called Yongming, a photographer. The blonde foreigner in his forties was Peter Ford, a news commentator who often appeared on television. The man in the white suit was called Minoru Nishina, a writer.
After hearing the introduction, Ye Ling pretended to be surprised." Eh? You all have numbers in your names.”
After Ye Ling's reminder, everyone noticed this. Dr. A'li exclaimed,""It's true!"
Xiao Ai thought about it carefully and found that it was indeed so. The word 'Nana' in Japanese was pronounced the same as 'sei', while Edo Yongming was six, Peter Ford's' Ford 'was homophonic with the English' four', and finally, Minoru Nishina was two.
"In that case, there are numbers in my name too.”Uncle Mao Li was suddenly afraid and muttered to himself,""Maori Kogoro, also known as five…"
"My name is White Bird Ren Sanlang, also known as San.”Inspector White Bird echoed.
In this way, he had gathered all the numbers from two to seven. He was only missing one. Lan seemed to have realized something and said nervously,""Shinichi…Could the last one be referring to Shinichi?”
Conan's body trembled. Indeed, if he hadn't shrunk, he would have heard that such a case would definitely come, so that one was probably pointing at him. However, Ye Ling shook her head and said,""That's not right."
Everyone looked at him. Xiao Lan asked,""What?"
" One is indeed Kudo Shinichi," Ye Ling replied." But if you say one is the last number, then you're wrong." Don't forget, there was a number that was even smaller than one.”
Xiao Ai finally reacted. She looked up at Ye Ling and said the number," Zero... but the number zero doesn't exist in poker cards.”
"Who knows what the prisoner is thinking?”Ye Ling smiled.
"So, other than the missing Kudo Shinichi, the rest of the numbers have been gathered.”Detective Takagi swallowed and said nervously,""Is this really a coincidence? Why do I have a bad feeling…"
……
Just as everyone was talking, a Rolls-Royce suddenly drove over and stopped in a nearby parking lot. Everyone looked in that direction. The driver got out of the car and opened the door. A man in his sixties came out of the car with a cigar in his mouth. Because he had been on TV recently, everyone recognized him. He was Mr. Xu Shengyi.
Ye Ling was a little surprised to see him, but she soon understood.
In the anime, Xu Shengyi should have been killed by now, but now that he had caught the criminal in advance, the plot had changed, and Xu Shengyi was still alive and well. So, to be honest, he was the one who saved his life…
Of course, Xu Shengyi knew nothing about this. Seeing that everyone was still standing on the shore, he said apologetically,"I'm sorry. I was delayed by business matters and made you wait for a long time. Why don't you go in first?”
"It's fine. We're just here to chat with the police.”
"Hmm? The police?" Xu Shengyi looked at the unfamiliar faces in the crowd in confusion." Eh? Detective Mao Li is here too? The visitor was a guest. If there was anything, they could talk in the hotel. This was not the place to talk.”
Inspector White Bird nodded. Since Xu Shengyi was already under his watch, he didn't need this much time.
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