A Detective: I Believe in Science

Chapter 225 Go find it, I put the key there

Fortunately, the mountain village police officer was very self-aware of his abilities, so he hurried out to make a call and called his colleagues to help.

"May I ask who you are, aren't you the assistant of the Maori detective?"

The hotel owner, Toda Yoshiro, came back to think about it at this time, and found that he seemed to have misunderstood, and this group of people didn't look what he thought.

"Cough...cough cough!"

Hearing this question, the uncle coughed twice pretending to be serious, and habitually pulled the tie around his neck, and then said with a serious face and a little bit of complacency.

"At this point, I can't hide it any longer. I'm not the assistant of that handsome and talented... Moori Kogoro."

Noah and the others next to the uncle have black lines all over their heads. This person is really shameless boasting about himself, and he can say such things.

"I am a famous Tokyo detective..."

"Mr. Maury!"

A sudden yell interrupted the uncle's performance, which made the uncle feel a lump in his throat, and looked up and glared at the person coming.

The mountain village police officer who walked in from the outside did not notice the uncle's emotional change, but told everyone that their Metropolitan Police Department had sent someone here, and they would be there in an hour.

At this time the uncle had already taken off his sunglasses, Toda Yoshiro instantly recognized his identity and said in horror.

"Another...another Maori detective, what's the situation?"

The mountain village police officer who met the boss began to introduce the uncle impassionedly, and told them the ins and outs of the matter, exposing that the hanging man in front of him was a counterfeit.

"Ah! This is really... so embarrassing, Mr. Maori, please forgive me!"

After listening to the story, Yoshiro Toda immediately bowed and apologized respectfully, because he still regarded Mr. Mori as an idol.

In the end, I didn't expect that the idol stood in front of me, and I didn't recognize it. It was really rude.

The uncle hastily stepped forward to help him up. This is his client, and he has to pay the commission fee, so he cannot be blamed.

"Let's investigate the crime scene first!"

……

The room was very clean, without any signs of fighting. Judging from the chessboard on the table below the corpse, the deceased was more likely to commit suicide.

Apart from the items that were originally brought in the hotel room, the only personal item was the box, and it wasn't brought by the deceased.

As for what was on the body, no one knew. They had to wait for someone from the Metropolitan Police Department to take pictures and collect evidence before searching.

"Can we open this box?"

Now all they can do is to check the sealed box. Out of procedure, the uncle asked the mountain village police officer.

"No problem, Mr. Mori, just investigate."

As a fan of Kogoro Mori, Officer Yamamura naturally did not refuse, and even offered to hand over a pair of disposable gloves.

The contents of the box were unexpectedly simple, only a sports newspaper from five years ago.

After the uncle checked it over and over again, he found that there was nothing unusual on it, it was just an ordinary newspaper.

The news published above is quite interesting. It talks about the record of the current Japanese sumo star Akagi Maru appearing in the public eye for the first time.

"Uncle, is this hair?"

Following Conan's pointing direction, the uncle picked up a few long hairs from the box.

"Is this the curse of the man in red?"

After seeing these few hairs, the innkeeper naturally remembered the letter and said in surprise.

After Xiaolan heard it, her face turned pale. She felt as if something was watching her around her, and it seemed that something was touching her arm. It was very real, and she really wanted to leave here.

"Xiao Lan, are you cold? Why are you shivering all the time? Standing next to the feather duster, isn't it itchy?"

……

After hearing Noah's curious inquiry, Xiaolan left the position just now in embarrassment. She had just retreated to the cabinet unconsciously because of fear, and bumped into a few feather dusters, no wonder her arms were hairy.

"How is it possible? The curse must be fake. I think these hairs must have been put in the box in advance."

As a detective with a firm scientific concept, Conan has always resolutely refuted these fictional ghosts and gods. In his eyes, ghosts and gods are just scaring themselves.

The uncle stared at the hair on his hand, his eyes became brighter and brighter.

"I think I know what's going on."

"Really, Mr. Mori, you are really amazing!"

The uncle's words attracted everyone's attention, and the mountain village police officer was even more excited. His idol was really powerful. He just came here for a while and solved the case.

Conan was a little dazed, he didn't know where he was, he didn't even have a clue, not to mention that he didn't find any clues, but then he realized that he suspected that the uncle should make up something else.

"Yes, this man committed suicide."

……

I really have your... Uncle.

Noah was speechless. Every time the uncle solves a case himself, suicide is a must. Even if there is no clue, he can make up a clue, just like now.

"The person pretending to be me must be in the same group as the man in red who came to deposit the box back then, and this person is likely to be the person who came to the hotel to pick up the letter the next day."

"The specific situation should be like this. Five years ago, these two men made a bet."

"They made a bet that a certain sports player would be a year from now, and these two are the long-haired corpse in red that was found before, and the other is the mustache that pretended to be me here."

"And the target of their bet is Akagi Maru, who made his debut five years ago and shined."

"I think the man in red probably said this to the mustache...

"My answer is in this. I will give the suitcase to the owner of the hotel, and give you the key, and then you can take it out after a year."

"May you be cursed and die written in that letter, probably because the man in red didn't keep his promise to Mustache and threatened to come to the hotel early to seek answers."

"Wait, Mr. Maury, how do you explain that there is only a sports newspaper in the suitcase?"

The question of the mountain village police officer did not disturb the uncle's thoughts. He had made up this question a long time ago... No, he thought it over.

"Isn't there still a few hairs in there? When a sumo wrestler cuts off his hair, it means retirement. I think the man in red at that time predicted that Akagi Maru would retire, because Akagi Maru was seriously injured at the time."

"And the other mustache bet is going one step further, for which they paid quite a lot of bets."

"Unexpectedly, when the one-year deadline was approaching, Akagi Maru miraculously reached the mark. This made the man in red unacceptable, fell into despair for a while, and finally committed suicide unbearably."

……

Although he knew that the uncle was talking nonsense, Noah had to sigh in admiration, because he believed it so little.

(End of this chapter)