Conan reborn as a detective

Chapter 877 Clues to One-hit Kill

"That was when I was at the door of Mr. Noto in Room A," the driver explained, "Because the calling bell rang, I went to the door of Room A, but was scolded by Mr. Noto, saying that he hadn't called me...

"At that moment, the door of Room B next door opened, and Mr. Murohashi looked towards us, as if he was still on the phone with someone."

The train is still speeding through the countryside, leaving behind a long trail of white smoke. In this special crime scene, the criminal is doomed to be unable to escape, but first he needs to solve the trick puzzle, and then the victim Murohashi is on this car. The reason for the murder.

"That's right," in Room A of No. 8 car, a horse-faced bearded man with deep eye sockets, Neng Deng Taizer, was one of the people Gao Cheng had met on the platform before, and said to Gao Cheng and others, "My Sometimes I heard Mr. Murohashi's voice through the door, because I didn't expect him to live in the room next to me, and I was surprised, because I heard that Room B seemed to be cut by some detective..."

"Yes, is it?"

Mori Kogoro asked, "But why did you lie and say you didn't ring the bell when you obviously rang it?"

"I really didn't press it, it was the driver who came here somehow..."

"Actually," the commander explained, "only the light in room A is broken, so when the bell rang, I knocked on the door of Mr. Noto's room because none of the lights were on..."

Gao Cheng looked up at the call light above the door.

If you ring the bell inside, the call light will turn on, which is similar to that on an airplane, except...

"Why is only this light broken? Should it be checked at the beginning?"

"Well," the captain said in distress, "there is a truck behind the first-class compartment, and there are spare light bulbs in it, but this time I couldn't find it."

"Is the driver Mr. responsible for the various inspections before departure?"

"Yeah, like the tap water in the room, two or three conductors are responsible for checking it... Speaking of it, it seems that the uniforms of the conductors are missing."

"Is there such a thing?"

Gao Cheng frowned in thought.

That is to say, the prisoner is very likely to pretend to be a conductor and tamper with it...

According to the conductor, when the train passed through the tunnel, he first talked to Noto in Room A because of the call bell, and then the bell rang again after the doors of Room A and Room B were closed. This time it was Room E. After the light came on, the driver ran over immediately.

Jasmine Izuba, who lives in room E, is the fashionable woman who appeared with the bearded man Noto before. She wears two big hoop earrings, and her eyelashes are particularly pulled, but her personality is a bit bad. In the words of the captain, she is a delicate princess. .

The reason why Izumi rang the bell was because he heard a strange sound in the room, but he was looking for the driver but he was not allowed to enter the room. After complaining, he found an alarm watch in the gap of the sofa.

"I called him here to complain! I found this thing after the incident!" Chubo Moli yelled at Gao Cheng who came to her door, "I can't stand others invading my domain!"

"Oh," Mori Kogoro concluded after hearing the words, "Does it mean that Mr. Che Zhang stayed alone in the corridor, but he never saw the suspicious person entering Room B where the victim was?"

"So," the driver suddenly remembered, "When I heard Miss Bo's complaint, the farthest door of Room B was opened, and it seemed that someone was peeping through the door..."

"The farthest door should be Noto-san's room A?"

"Well, and before seeing that suspicious person, the maid in room D just used a wheelchair to push Ms. Xiao Mino out to the other side, maybe she saw something..."

"The door to Room A?"

Ms. Xiao Mino is an old woman wearing a hat and veil, and her face under the veil vaguely looks like an old witch.

"We didn't see any doors open when we passed by, and of course we didn't see any suspicious people."

"Yes," the maid continued, "only Miss Deba's door was open."

"That's weird..."

Conan thought about it: "Before we got to room B, we happened to pass by the old lady and the others at the entrance of car No. 8, and we didn't see the door of room A open. Did the driver really see the door of room A?"

The driver said distressedly: "There should be nothing wrong. Although the light was very dark at the time, by the way, Mr. Anton from room C also came to check the situation before you guys came, maybe he saw it."

"Mr. Anton?"

In room C, Gao Cheng saw the man with glasses at the station before, the clerk's glasses and the Hitler-like mustache under his nose were particularly eye-catching.

"Yeah," An Dongyu responded, "Because Ms. Deba's roar was heard in my room, I came out to check. I thought something happened. I don't know if the door of Room A is open or not." It's clear, because I didn't look over there, and the train just entered the tunnel at that time, and the light was very dark..."

Gao Cheng's cold hair stood up unexpectedly, his thinking speeded up suddenly as if stimulated, and when he left room C, he looked back at the man with glasses.

Sometimes there will be this unique reaction to the prisoner, indicating that he has already felt that there is something wrong with this man.

In fact, it was a little strange when I was still on the platform.

this man...

Gao Cheng looked at Conan who was deep in thought: "When you came here, did you see Mr. Anton going out?"

"No," Conan replied after waking up, "At that time, he was already in the corridor, but it seems that he just closed the door of Room C..."

"Is that so?" Gao Cheng thought for a while, stopped the driver and asked, "Mr. Driver, are these passengers regular customers?"

"Yeah, they are the first regulars to book this first-class car every year, and they always book the same room every time."

"why?"

"I said," the uncle stared suspiciously at the captain, "is it you? Let the prisoner sneak into room B. Although it is a secret room, it actually has a secret door leading to the next room. That's why every time Book the same room again!"

"Ah? There is no hidden door in the car?!"

"That means all the passengers gathered in Room B just now, and everyone shot the victim! Isn't that right?"

"Isn't that ridiculous?" the driver yelled, "What the hell are you talking about?"

"It's written like this in my script!" The uncle scolded loudly, "Admit it honestly!"

"You're talking about the script for Murder on the Orient Express..."

Gao Cheng rolled his eyes and pulled the uncle away, and continued to ask the driver: "Is there any special reason for those people? It happens every year."

"Yes, yes," the driver quickly explained, "This Suzuki Express was built 5 years ago. I heard that the first-class carriage was specially made by Suzuki Jiroji, a capitalist friend...

"Although it is a first-class car, it is actually more spacious, because the capitalist is a loyal fan of the Murder on the Orient Express, so he wants his family to experience this mysterious train."

"Then, those guests just now..."

"That family was caught in a fire at the birthday party one month before the first train operation, and almost all of them died. Only Ms. Xiao Mino, the maid and 4 guests were rescued. The one who counts as family members is the aunt of the deceased capitalist. Ms. Xiao Mino." The driver added.

"Are those 4 guests just a few people?" Mori Kogoro said in a deep voice, "If this murder is revenge related to that fire, it will become more and more like the murder on the Orient Express. I, Mori Pororo... ..."

"Anyway," Gao Cheng interrupted, "Let's investigate the fire again. The police at the place where the incident happened should have information on the rescued people."

Before questioning the bearded man in Room A, Gao Cheng returned to Room B where the incident happened.

Because of his relationship with the dining car, his understanding of the incident is destined to be less intuitive than Conan's.

But there is no doubt that several seemingly unrelated situations at the time of the incident are related to the case.

First room A, then room E...

From the beginning to the end, it should be to avoid the sight of the captain in the corridor. After leading the captain to Room A, because the door of Room B blocked the view, the prisoner could just enter Room B. When the captain rushed to Room E, the prisoner took the opportunity Leave room B.

Moreover, the prisoner should have known that Miss Deba would not let the captain enter the room, so he specially set up a certain method to deceive the captain's vision.

Generally speaking, the prisoner should be the person who often reserved rooms in this carriage and was very familiar with other people.

Gao Cheng narrowed his eyes slightly.

I'm afraid that the person who was talking to the victim at that time, the fat man with the goatee, was the prisoner. He called the victim to open the door, and then went directly into Room B to talk to the victim on the pretext that the signal in the tunnel was not good.

The only question is why the captain didn't see the prisoner leaving Room B.

Furthermore, the mystery of the secret room in Room B is almost like magic...

Generally speaking, it is not possible to hang anti-theft chains outside, even if the anti-theft chains are hung, hands can still be inserted through the door crack.

Gao Cheng leaned closer to the door lock to check.

He had confirmed repeatedly before that there were no special traces of using tools on the door.

As for tampering with the anti-theft chain, for example, the chain is actually broken, and it is only stuck in an inconspicuous place. It is not impossible, but at that time it was Sera Masumi and Conan who forcibly broke the anti-theft chain. If there is a problem, you should be able to detect it immediately. .

unless……

Gao Cheng put his hands together and followed Conan.

Another possibility is the use of preconceived notions.

The more common psychological traps in magic are to use the preconceived notions of the audience, and what the eyes see is not necessarily the truth.

Yes, generally speaking, it is impossible to hang anti-theft chains on the outside... This is generally speaking, if the anti-theft chains are artificially lengthened, the situation will change.

On the surface, it seems that there is not much difference, but in fact, you can put your fingers into the crack of the door to hang the anti-theft chain.

In room B, including the torn part, there are 6 anti-theft chains in total, while the other rooms...

"The fire five years ago?" The bearded man in Room A looked at the few people who came over again, and asked in a daze, "What does that have to do with me?"

"It's useless to pretend to be stupid," Mori Kogoro snorted, "Just now we have called the Shizuoka prefectural police where the incident happened to confirm, your name is on the fire survivor list, right, ex-self The officer of the guard, Mr. Noto Tetsu, who was a friend of the capitalist who died in the fire and was a kendo friend?!"

The bearded man was sweating on his face: "Yes, that's right. In fact, I didn't deliberately hide anything. The wound on my face was left at that time..."

"Then can you tell me what you brought?" The uncle asked, "I heard that you seemed to carry something when you came here. Is it a prop for setting up a secret room or something?"

"It's just an ordinary bamboo knife in there!" The bearded man hurriedly turned around and took out the bag to defend, "Look, I made an appointment with my friend in Nagoya to try it out!"

"5 knots." Gao Cheng bent down to check the anti-theft chain of the door and said.

"Huh?" The uncle looked at Gao Cheng inexplicably, "What five knots?"

Gao Cheng didn't respond to the uncle, but frowned and looked at the rest of the room: "Let's go, room C is next."

"I said Kido kid, it's not over yet... Hey!"

"That's right," the man with glasses in Room C said to Gao Cheng who came to find him, "I was rescued with Mr. Murohashi in that fire, because no one asked me, so I didn't say anything about it."

"Well," Mori Kogoro was very annoyed at Gao Cheng's unauthorized actions, and checked in Room C, "What's in that big black bag in your room?"

"It's a painting commissioned for appraisal, but it's a pity that it's a fake..."

"Can we check it out?"

"Yes, yes, but..."

"It's so heavy." Mori Kogoro took out the frame from his black bag, unexpectedly feeling a little strenuous.

"That's right, because the frame is made of pure gold." The man with glasses explained.

"Pure gold..."

The uncle twitched his eyebrows.

"By the way, what is your relationship with the capitalist who died in the fire?"

"Oh, that gentleman is a collector of famous paintings. I once asked him to introduce many paintings to him, but most of them were burned in that fire..."

The man with glasses stood beside him, paused and asked again: "Well, was Mr. Murohashi really killed? Because it's a secret room..."

"Yeah, although I don't know the method of the chamber of secrets, it should be homicide." The uncle stroked his beard and said, "It's possible that the victim deliberately set up difficult problems. It seems that you are all lovers of deduction, right?"

"Yes, everyone is interested in Murder on the Orient Express."

"Oh……"

Conan looked at the man with glasses, and after checking the black bag, he said to Kogoro Mouri, "Then it's Ms. Xiaomin and the others..."

According to his judgment, the current master and servant in room D may not be himself, but the Kaitou Kidd and his assistants who will visit the site for the gem exhibition later...

"It's no longer needed." Gao Cheng said suddenly after checking the anti-theft chain in the room.

"Eh?" Conan was stunned.

"The one who can complete this crime," Gao Cheng turned his gaze to the bespectacled man in a daze, "is only one person."

……

"What's wrong?" Toru Amuro looked at the scenery of mountains and rivers flashing outside the window in carriage No. 6 and called, "Why did you interrupt the plan?"

"Indeed, that woman's daughter, Akai Shuichi's younger sister, is a good bait, but..."

In another room, Belmode, who had already lifted his disguise, closed his eyes.

"Hey, are you scared?" Bourbon knew that Belmode was almost killed by Akai in New York, and frowned, "So didn't I say that? You just need to dress up as Akai Shuichi and approach her." , the rest is up to me..."

"Sorry," Belmode opened his water-green eyes, "it's not Akai."

(End of this chapter)