My neighbor's name is Conan

"Okay." the boss replied.

While the boss was looking for it, Aoki Matsu explained to Yamamura So, "I remember Mr. Hozumi said that he received an email from that fan saying that he checked in at this hotel this morning."

"I see." After listening to this, Shancuncao looked at the boss and asked, "What was the result?"

"Well, these are the three guests who just came to stay here this morning." The boss placed the registration form in front of Aoki Matsu and Yamamura Cao.

Isamu Okuma, Tatsuzo Watanuki and a foreigner named Hans Buckley.

[Again, the classic three-choice game! 50 people were eliminated instantly.] Aoki Matsu pouted.

Seeing this, Shancun Cao looked at the boss and said, "Then please ask the three of them to come to the hall. Thank you."

"Okay." The boss responded and then went to call someone.

After these three people were called out, they all looked dissatisfied.

Aoki Matsu and Conan stood aside and looked at the three people.

"What's the matter? It's really annoying." The first person to speak was Okuma Isamu. He was a skinny young man with a long face and long hair. He wore a nose ring and had a unfriendly face. His eyebrows were inverted shaggy and his eyes were fierce. He did not look like a good person.

The second person to speak was Watanuki Tatsuzo, an old man with gray hair and glasses, and his eyes were a little hard to open. "Why are the police disturbing people in the middle of the night?"

Finally, there was Hans Buckley, a foreigner with blond hair and a full beard on his chin. "Excuse me, what can I do for you?"

"I just want to ask you three, where were you three and what did you do between 16:50 and 17:20 in the evening?" Shancuncao looked at the three people and asked, holding a small notebook and a pen.

Okuma said impatiently: "I'm sleeping in my room!"

Watanuki Tatsuzo said innocently, "I'm taking a shower."

Hans Barkley pointed outside the hotel and said, "I went for a walk around here."

"Then is there anyone who can prove it?" Yamamura Cao asked.

Okuma replied directly: “No!”

Watanuki Tatsuzo shook his head and said, "I am taking a shower in the bathroom in the room."

Hans Barkley also said helplessly: "I didn't meet anyone on the road."

While Aoki Matsu and Conan were observing the three people, Shinna Kaori, Suzuki Sonoko, Mao Li Ran and Sayuri were also staring at them.

"Sister Niina, let me ask you, do you think..." Suzuki Sonoko sneaked up to Niina Kaori and whispered, "Don't you think the man with the nose ring looks the most suspicious?"

Shinna Kaori looked at her.

Suzuki Sonoko continued, "The other party must not be able to read Chinese characters, so they asked us to sign in Roman letters."

"But if that's the case, then the old man is also very suspicious. It's possible that Chinese characters have too many strokes and are too small to read clearly, so he asked to write them in Roman letters." Mao Lilan interrupted.

"Maybe it's that foreigner. Some foreigners can't recognize Chinese characters at all and can only read Roman letters." Sayuri said.

But in this case, all three of them are suspects and there is no way to judge.

Shinname Kaori didn't say anything, but just kept her eyes on Aoki Matsu who was standing beside her.

"Well, among the three of you, has anyone watched the TV series "Red Maple Leaves in Winter"? " Yamamura Cao continued to ask.

"What the hell is that?" Okuma said with disdain and confusion.

Watanuki Tatsuzo also replied with a bewildered look on his face: "I have never heard of it."

Hans Buckley spread his hands. "Once winter comes, all the maple leaves will fall off."

"Really? You guys are pretending not to know even though you know it. But that's useless. If you're a loyal fan, you'll stick your head out just by hearing the theme song... Now it's time. Come on, let me show you 'Red Winter Maple Leaves'."

As he spoke, Yamamura So took out the portable TV that Aoki Matsu had given him after he came down the mountain and showed it to the three people. However, the TV was not playing a TV series but another program. "The competition is about to officially begin. The European Karate King Championship..."

"Huh?" The three people on the opposite side were stunned.

Shancun Cao was very confused when he saw this, "No, no way! How could a special program suddenly change to a special live broadcast?"

Okuma said with a look of disgust: "Hey, what do you want to do? Do you want us to watch a karate match?"

"I'm sorry." Yamamura Cao said somewhat embarrassedly.

But the live broadcast on TV was still going on, and the commentator was still diligently warming up the crowd. "He is the only player who has attracted much attention in this tournament! The proud prince of kicking in Japan - Kyogoku Makoto!"

"Ah. Let me have a look at this." The narration on TV immediately attracted Suzuki Sonoko's attention. She then snatched the mobile TV from Yamamura Sou's hand and stared at the screen.

"At the tender age of 18, he set a record of 400 fights without a loss. He is the arrogant boxing master - Kyogoku Shin. He is 184cm tall, weighs 79kg, and is from Izu, Japan..."

"Haha, Zhen!" Suzuki Sonoko was watching TV with a smile on her face.

Seeing Suzuki Sonoko's expression, Mao Lilan asked in surprise: "By the way, Sonoko, didn't you hear him mention this game?"

"He said that rather than letting me see him lose the game, he would rather commit seppuku to apologize." Suzuki Sonoko said with a headache: "That's why he refused to tell me."

"Seppuku... Seppuku!!!" Mao Li Ran was shocked. Was it necessary to be so exaggerated?

Conan was distracted for a moment when he heard this, and couldn't help but complain in his heart, "He won't lose at all!"

"Detective Yamamura." At this time, a detective from Gunma Prefecture came over and whispered in Yamamura's ear in a voice that Aoki Matsu could hear: "We have asked the production company of the TV series "Winter Maple Red", and they said that there is no assistant director named HODUMI in the crew."

"Huh!?" Yamamura Cao was stunned when he heard this.

The other party continued: "But I still asked them for a copy of the list."

Yamamura Cao took it and looked at it, and Aoki Matsu also took a look.

"Is there really nothing wrong with this list? It seems like there are dates mixed in!" Shancuncao said, "Look, it's at the bottom."

"However, if we believe what the production company says, it means that the victim is lying," the criminal reasoned.

"It's a lie!" Shancun Cao held his chin and said, "In that case, April Fool's Day, April 4st, is a day for deceiving people." At this point, Shancun Cao became excited, "In other words, the murderer fabricated a lie to deceive us."

"No, Detective Shancun...it was the victim himself who lied to us!" This detective has been driven crazy by Shancun.

Qing Musong shook his head, took the photocopied paper out of Shancun Cao's hand, took a look and said, "If the victim lied, then why did he lie? Even if he didn't say that, it doesn't seem to have any impact. We will still leave a message for him in the notebook of the Red Tree Hotel."

"Date? Yes, it turns out..." Conan had been standing quietly by the side, when suddenly a light bulb went off in his head and he deduced the truth.

Just as Conan was about to slip away to find the "truth", Aoki Matsu grabbed the back of his collar and said, "Conan, it's so late, where are you going?"

"I... I want to go to the bathroom." Conan was caught by Aoki Matsu and quickly used the excuse he often used.

"Xiaolan, take him upstairs to rest." Aoki Song handed Conan to Maoli Ran, and then said to the others: "It's getting late, you should all go back and rest early. Detective Yamamura, ask again tomorrow."

"Oh, okay!" Shancun Cao nodded. He had the same idea in his mind, but Qingmu Song was right next to him, so he didn't want to say it out loud.

"Ah, brother, aren't you going to check anymore?" Sayuri asked curiously.

"Let's check tomorrow. It's too late today." Aoki Song said, then pretended to look at Suzuki Sonoko casually and asked, "By the way, Sonoko, do you still remember the maple tree where you thought your handkerchief was stuck, but a fan tied a red handkerchief on it? I just found that I dropped something there. I will go up the mountain to get it back tomorrow."

Suzuki Sonoko nodded. "Of course I remember. That tree is quite a distance away from the woods near the rock that appeared in the last scene of the TV series "Winter Maple Red". It takes about ten minutes to walk there. It's possible that the tree also appeared in the TV series."

"I see. That's easy to find." Aoki Matsu nodded in response, then looked at Shinname Kaori and said, "Kaori, take Sayuri up first. I'll go see Detective Yamamura off."

"it is good."

After hearing what Aoki Matsu said, Conan stopped struggling because he already understood and Aoki Matsu had already deduced the truth.

Now I want to go fishing!

Aoki Matsu walked Yamamura Cao out of the hotel and then sat in the police car with him.

This behavior made Yamamura So stunned, "Inspector Aoki, you..."

"Hush!" Aoki Song made a hand gesture, closed the car door, and said to Yamamura So: "The murderer should be that Watanuki Tatsuzo."

Shancuncao was shocked when he heard this and immediately asked, "Why? Do you have any evidence?"

"Tatsuzo Watanuki is the participating cadre!" Aoki Matsu directly announced the answer.

"What! Are you sure?" asked Shancuncao.

Aoki Matsu nodded, "I'm sure."

Then Aoki Matsu explained: "I didn't identify him as the murderer because I recognized him as a cadre of the Nisanhui, but because of the victim's previous actions, there are many problems.

Since the first victim had made an appointment with the other party, didn’t they agree on a meeting time? If they didn’t agree on a meeting time, how could he be sure that the message we left at the Chishu Hotel would be seen by the other party?

Second, even if the other party had something to do, he knew that person would come back here today. But since he couldn't contact him, why didn't he come here himself? Isn't he afraid of waiting in vain until night?

Third, he did not tell us the other person's information at all, not even whether he was a man or a woman. It was obvious that this person did not care whether we could see each other. From this point of view, the victim was sure that the other person would see the message. Do you need to be so secretive when you are looking for a tree?

In addition, the other party said that he first saw a red handkerchief hanging on the branch and then recommended it to the "Winter Maple Red" TV series production company, which means that the red handkerchief was already hanging on the tree before that.

I think the red handkerchief is a sign. Maybe there is something buried under the tree, something shameful. Plus, I recognized the other person as a cadre who was attending the meeting..." Qing Musong gave a look that said "you know" to Shancuncao.

Shancuncao obviously didn't understand "What's wrong with him being a member of the mud conference cadre?"

Aoki Matsu rolled his eyes when he heard this. "The Neon Black Society has only been less arrogant in the past decade or so. Watanuki Tatsuzo is already an old man in his sixties. Do you think he has done anything shameful before?"

"It is shameful to eradicate the roots of the problem. Is this murder to silence the witnesses?" Shancuncao was not completely stupid and reacted.

Aoki Matsu nodded.

When Yamamura Cao saw Aoki Matsu nod, he immediately asked, "Inspector Aoki, what should we do next?"

"What should we do? Of course we should call for help and wait for the killer to come!" Aoki Matsu rolled his eyes and said, "If the murderer is really Watanuki Tatsuzo, then as a cadre of the Nisankai, he must not have come here alone, and the people from the Nisankai must be nearby.

In addition, the death message given by the victim was "April 4st", which is easy to understand when combined with hotumi. Because on August 1st, it was an old custom to pick rice ears and offer them to the gods, so August 8st also has another name, which is hotumi.

That's the thing about hotumi. Just try to write his last name 'Watanuki' as roman letters kawanuki, and it's easy to associate it with April 4st, because people in the past would pull the cotton out of their clothes around this day and wear them as summer clothes, which is kawanuki, that is, Watanuki Tatsuzo.

Even if my reasoning is wrong and the murderer is not Watanuki Tatsuzo, but because of what I asked Sonoko before, the murderer will definitely take action tonight. Otherwise, tomorrow, we go to the mountain to find the things buried in the ground, which will be disadvantageous to him. "

Upon hearing this, Shancun Cao quickly praised: "Good idea, I will make a call right away, set up a dragnet, and then catch the other party in one fell swoop!"

"Ok!"

……

After Aoki Matsu told Yamamura So and his deputy, well, mainly his deputy, what happened, he got out of the police car and returned to his room at the Akagi Hotel.

Aoki Matsu remembered that the old man Watanuki Tatsuzo seemed to have brought thirty-four people from the Mud Conference as helpers, and some of them were monitoring the Akagi Hotel.

Since it is impossible to locate Kyogoku Makoto's position, it is safer to let Brother Cao call for reinforcements.

Qing Mu Song did not sleep tonight. He received a call from the police officer guarding outside the hotel, saying that Watanuki Tatsuzo had left. He waited for a while and confirmed that the person who was watching here from the Ni Shen Society had also left. Qing Mu Song left the room, met up with the other party, and then headed to the mountain.

When Aoki Matsu arrived, the Nisankai and the police were fighting, so he rushed over to help, assisting the Gunma police in arresting Watanuki Tatsuzo and his men.