Detective Conan: Orange-flavored summer

Chapter 56: The Attack in the Wine Cellar

"Think about it slowly. Really, you called me out just to say these meaningless words."

Then, Shangguan Qianxia looked at Huiyuan Ai and said with a smile: "Let's go back."

Haibara Ai nodded coldly and turned to walk into the restaurant. Shangguan Chinatsu had a smile on her face all the time. Seeing that Haibara Ai ignored her, she was not angry and followed Haibara Ai slowly.

"Hey, Mr. Sawaki suggested going to the wine cellar. Do you want to come?" Xiaolan came to the passage and said to them in confusion.

Shangguan Qianxia smiled and nodded, and replied: "Of course."

"Conan?" Seeing that Conan did not respond, Xiaolan called his name.

"Ah? Sister Xiaolan, I want to go too." Conan came back to his senses and said quickly, then he ran quickly to Xiaolan's side.

In this way, they followed the main group to the wine cellar.

"It's amazing."

“It’s really spectacular.”

Inspector Megure and Uncle Mori exclaimed at the scene in the wine cellar.

"It's so cool." Xiaolan shrank her shoulders and said.

Sawaki Kouhei smiled and explained, "No, it's still too hot here. The ideal temperature for storing wine is around ten to fourteen degrees."

Then he turned to look at the thermostat on the wall and continued to explain: "It's seventeen degrees here, the temperature is still a bit high."

"Wow! Officer, look, these are all precious wines, Roma Conti, Speckled, Rubari, Cotterello, Roquefortti, so many!" Officer Shiratori excitedly said out the names of the wines one by one.

Shangguan Qianxia chuckled softly, she squatted down, looked at Huiyuan Ai, smiled at her and said: "Are there so many bottles of wine in the winery?"

Huihara Ai was confused at first, but then she realized what Shangguan Chinatsu was talking about. A smile appeared on her face, and she whispered, "Brewery? That's a great name you picked. It fits the organization very well."

"Uncle, officer!" Suddenly, Conan's voice resounded throughout the wine cellar.

When Inspector Megure and Uncle Maori heard this, they were both shocked and ran towards Conan quickly.

Shangguan Qianxia looked over there and raised her eyebrows. Huiyuan Ai smiled and said, "Let's go and take a look together."

Shangguan Qianxia and Huiyuan Ai walked towards Officer Megure. Suddenly, Shangguan Qianxia looked down at a wine cabinet and saw a crossbow inside. Shangguan Qianxia said with a little surprise: "Oh, I see this is the murder weapon."

Then she took out a glove from somewhere, took out a playing card from inside, and said to Officer Shiratori who came over: "It's an eight of spades." After that, Shangguan Qianxia handed over the playing card.

Upon hearing this, Officer Shiratori looked at the playing card seriously, took out a handkerchief from the inner pocket of his clothes, and took the eight of spades playing card.

Officer Shiratori frowned and looked at the playing cards in his hand, puzzled and said: "Is this a trap set by Asahi Katsuyoshi?"

"It's very possible, but this doesn't rule out Murakami Jō. However, Asahi Katsuyoshi is more likely to be the suspect now, after all, this is his family's wine cellar." Shangguan Qianxia said with a frown.

"If the murderer was not Murakami Jō, but Asahi Katsuyoshi..."

"Officer, let's get out of this building first."

On the way, Shangguan Qianxia always felt that something was wrong. She thought to herself, if the murderer was really Murakami Jō, where would he be now? She had never seen this person from beginning to end. Did he gather everyone here, hide in the dark, and then attack? No, no, that trap was too obvious. Even Conan couldn't hit the crossbow arrows shot from that position.

Then, Shangguan Qianxia looked at Zemu Gongping suspiciously, thinking secretly in her heart that the crossbow arrow shot from that height would most likely hit him near the waist, which would at most cause a minor injury.

The crossbow gave her the feeling that it was placed there intentionally, but she had no evidence to prove that he had placed it there on purpose.

As for this guy Asahi Katsuyoshi, he is now the most likely murderer besides Murakami Jyou. After all, who could just gather all the cards together, and he hasn't shown up for a long time.

"Strange, why is the door closed? Isn't this the entrance?" Officer Megure said puzzledly.

Officer Shiratori said affirmatively: "No, it is right here."

"If we're going back, can I get my coat first?" asked Nana Oyama.

"Please." Officer Shiratori responded.

Nana Oyamauchi, who was about to get her coat, suddenly saw the scene in the water, and then she let out a sharp explosion.

Everyone was shocked to see through the glass a dead body floating quietly in the sea, and on his chest was a playing card with the number on it being the nine of spades!

"Mr. Asahi!" Uncle Maori shouted loudly.

Shangguan Qianxia frowned even deeper. Now the most suspect is dead. Apart from Murakami Jō who has not appeared yet, who else could be the murderer?

She glanced around solemnly, observing everyone's expressions carefully. She thought to herself, a little unsure, "This shouldn't be the case. Did I make a wrong deduction?"

"The door won't open, officer."

"What?! I'm here to ask for support!" Officer Megure took out a mobile phone from his inner pocket.

Then he saw the no signal status displayed on the mobile phone and said angrily: "Damn it, there is no signal."

Uncle Maori ran to the landline, picked up the receiver and put it to his ear. After a while, he hung up the phone and said angrily, "It's been cut off, baka."

"Officer, I'll check the emergency exit."

"Hey, Xiaolan, why do you want to go to the wine cellar?" Shangguan Qianxia walked calmly to Xiaolan and said puzzledly.

Conan also pricked up his ears and listened.

Xiaolan heard this and explained, "It's like this. Mr. Zemu found a piece of paper on the floor of the dining table. This piece of paper was left by Mr. Asahi Katsuyoshi, saying that he would be late and asked Mr. Zemu to go to the wine cellar to get his favorite wine."

On the ground? Shangguan Qianxia looked down at Conan. She remembered that Conan's drink fell to the ground and he ran down to pick it up.

Conan met her gaze and shook his head slightly, indicating that he didn't see anything on the ground at that time.

Shangguan Qianxia looked at Zemu Gongping intentionally or unintentionally, and thought to herself, Conan shouldn't lie to me. He is obviously a wine taster, why would he eat the peppers in the kitchen?

It’s so delicious and he doesn’t take small bites but big mouthfuls. Is there something wrong with his taste buds?

Conan clearly didn't see the note when he went to pick up the drink, so why did he take the note out from under the table? Did he stage all this himself? But I have no evidence, no conclusive evidence at all.

(My brain was very confused when I wrote this chapter, so please be gentle with me!)

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