Conan Moslin

What could be more shocking than the death of the Duke of Darkness?

It was the Duke of Darkness who was killed by someone within the tour group.

From the beginning, everyone in the tour group looked unhappy.

Since it has been confirmed that this is a murder case, there is no way to escape the record this time.

Li An was not surprised, after all, this was the expected result.

Officer Yokomizo called people and selected several empty rooms for police investigation and placed the deceased Mr. Ehara in the hotel's office.

The office staff who suffered an unexpected disaster: ???

Now, everyone in the group was separated.

The police investigation officially began.

First, please welcome Kuroba Kuriyasu.

Kogoro Mori avoided the question and stood behind listening.

"...Ahem, let me check again." Officer Yokomizo coughed lightly and picked up the notebook.

"Ms. Kuroba Kuriyasu, you are 20 years old this year, and you are the current leader of the Nevernight Magic Group. You are a magician by profession, but the information you have...are you still in college?"

"It's a gap year. I have a year and a half off." Li An added, "Major in psychology."

"These are the study materials I asked my classmates to send to the magic troupe. Someone from the troupe sent them to me."

"Oh, you mean the person who delivered the information? He had something else to do and left a long time ago."

Psychology is not a magical subject. It has an extremely large knowledge system, and before theory and practice can be combined, a large amount of text and knowledge accumulation is required.

It is one of the pillars that Li An needs to learn illusion, and it is also an important part of it.

If she wanted to, it wouldn't be difficult to quickly move on to the next stage within a limited time.

Just one tricky question:

Her original tutor, an old man from the Kongmu family, had been missing for several years when she enrolled.

I did find some news recently and passed on the message, but...

The tutor refused to go to work, so she couldn't force him to do it, right?

Let's get back to the topic and continue the interrogation.

In response to Kuriyasu's supplement, Officer Yokomizo nodded to show his understanding: "Ms. Kuroba and Mr. Ehara Tokio have never met before. It was only this afternoon that she was harassed by him and a conflict occurred."

"The front desk on the first floor scratched the base of the palm with a ballpoint pen. The wound has been examined. The witnesses were the front desk staff, Mr. Maori, and the rest of the tour group except Dr. Agasa."

The officer standing behind him handed over the evidence bag: "The ballpoint pen has been taken."

Yokomizo: “Is it this pen?”

Li An: “That’s right.”

Yokomizo: "So where was Miss Kuroba between 9 and 10 tonight, especially during the last fifteen minutes or so?"

Li An glanced at the time on the clock hanging in the room, as if recalling something.

"At nine o'clock, I was at the Emerald Bar on the second floor, chatting with two friends I had met before. When I walked in, Mr. Maori and Ms. Kamijou Hideko were also there."

Officer Yokomizo looked at Kogoro Mori behind him and immediately got a positive answer.

"Around 9:40, I sent two friends out of the bar and came back to ask Mr. Maori when he would return to his room, but Mr. Maori was sleeping soundly and I did not wake him up."

Kogoro Mori touched his nose awkwardly.

“Can you confirm this time?”

"Murasawa-san has been keeping an eye on the time. They have to leave tomorrow and can't stay too late."

"I understand."

Li An paused for a few seconds, organized his words and continued: "Then I talked to Miss Kamijou, who had been chatting with Mr. Maori before, about the tour group. She quickly suggested going out for some fresh air."

"So I asked a waiter to take Mr. Maori back to his room when he was free, but he said he couldn't leave his post without permission and suggested that I go to the service desk on the first floor to ask for someone."

There is no way. If you can't move Kuroba Kuriyasu of Sanada Kazuzo, you naturally can't move Mori Kogoro either.

Moreover, Mr. Maori was heavily drunk at the time, and Li An really didn't want to move.

"After explaining the situation on the first floor, I checked the time. It was about 9:51."

"I was with Ms. Kamijou Hideko for the next ten minutes or so. I remember it was very windy at that time."

"When the incident happened, we were near the flower bed outside the main entrance of the restaurant, on the other side of the building. We rushed over when we heard the noise."

The time connection is quite tight, and there are witnesses at several times.

Maori Kogoro made the final conclusion: "Officer Yokomizo, there is nothing wrong with what Kuroba said."

"I see."

"Next!"

Dr. Agasa walked in holding Haibara Ai's hand, and Grandpa Terai followed behind them as a witness.

Li An stood up and gave up his seat but did not leave.

Kogoro Maori paused and continued listening.

Avoid, avoid.

"Nine to ten? After dinner with Terai, I've been in his room. Oh, it's room 1904!"

"We're talking about improvements to a toy I made before! If I can finish making that toy, then..."

Dr. Agasa was talking while Terai Kōnosuke was covering his face.

"I know!" Officer Yokomizo stopped talking urgently. "I know. So what about this little girl?"

"Dr. Agasa and Grandpa Terai are chatting in the bedroom, and I'm watching TV outside." Huihara Ai looked serious, her voice was childish, but her tone was as calm as ever, "The TV was showing the twin towers of Nishitama City, and..."

At nine or ten o'clock in the evening, a little girl of seven or eight years old was sitting in the living room of a hotel watching the news?

Officer Yokomizo's face was filled with shock, but he never stopped writing.

Terai testified: "They are right. I have been here all this time."

"I...I know."

"……Next!"

Kuriyasu took Ai, Professor Agasa and Grandpa Terai and left quietly.

Conan finally got the admission ticket, and Mao Lilan followed in.

"Sister Li An, do you have a pen with you?"

Before leaving, Li An took the pen out of his wallet and handed it to him.

The person sitting on the sofa at this time was Maeda Satoshi.

Maeda Satoshi: "At 10 o'clock in the afternoon, Xiaolan, the little brother and I were at the observation deck admiring the sea view."

"It was just past 10 o'clock when I separated from them."

Mao Lilan's face was full of confidence: "Everything he said is true! Dad!"

Hearing his daughter's words, Kogoro Maori's eyes became wise... no, sharp.

Officer Yokomizo: "Well, Mr. Maeda, you should be the one checking the watch, right?"

Maeda Satoshi sighed, “Yeah.”

"Okay, I got it, next one!"

The atmosphere suddenly became charming.

"My alibi is perfect, right~"

"Because at nine o'clock, I was in the bar with him all the time~"

"Isn't that right? Great Detective..."

Kamijou Hideko raised her eyebrows and looked at Kogoro.

"Ah? Yes, yes..."

Conan drifted past the table in a gloomy voice: "But didn't uncle get drunk in the end?"

“That’s true…” Kamijou Hideko muttered guiltily.

Officer Yokomizo covered his face with his notebook and said in a sullen tone, "What about around 9:45?"

"I can't remember the exact time... I was probably talking to Ms. Kuroba Kuriyasu about the 'Duke of the Dark Night' in the tour group. I wanted to go out for some fresh air, so I asked her to leave." Kamijou Hideko said seriously.

Maori Kogoro's fumed brain finally started to function normally: "So, you have been with Kuroba Kuriyasu all this time, right?"

"Yeah, that's right."

"What happens after you get out?"

"I followed Miss Kuroba to the front desk and asked someone to take you, Kogoro Maori, back to your room, and then we walked outside and talked."

"Well... So, where were you at ten o'clock when the incident occurred?"

"On the other side of the building...about where the flower beds are."

"No one else should have seen it."

Officer Yokomizo nodded, echoing what Kurian had said before.

"Next!"……

"Next!"……

"Next... Eh? It's over already?"