Conan Moslin

"Everyone was in their rooms at the time of the incident, but no one can prove it."

"That is to say... when Ms. Sayama and the others were attacked in the elevator, you have no alibi, right?"

The tour group members who had rested for a short while were called down again, and they were all full of resentment.

However, facing the police officer, he had no way to vent his resentment.

"Please wait a moment, Mr. Policeman..." Maeda Satoshi frowned slightly, "I have been following your instructions and staying in my room without going out."

“Does this need to be proven?”

"That's right...we are staying in the room too..."

"Are we not so stupid as to ignore the police?"

"That's it."

Maori Kogoro thought for a moment and asked, "Kuroba, Xiaolan said you guys have been waiting for her at the elevator entrance. Did anyone go to the 12th floor from the elevator?"

"Everyone who came to the elevator saw me and Ai." Li An gave his alibi as usual, and then answered the question, "The elevator did not stop on the 12th floor."

Dr. Agasa: "Kuroba said he would wait for Xiaolan to come upstairs together, but he never came. I was resting in my room and was just woken up."

Following the previous interrogation order, Maeda was next: "So, Ms. Akiko, you and Mr. Maeda were in the same room. Can you confirm whether he is in the room?"

Conan on the side immediately retorted: "How could she have the time? We came down immediately after the incident in order to report to you that we encountered the Duke of Darkness!"

He turned his head to look at Xiaolan and Sayama: "Really?"

Mao Lilan nodded: "Yes."

Seeing that he couldn't get any more information out of them, Officer Yokomizo decided not to waste any more time: "In short, the police will search everyone's room."

"Can we start with Maeda?"

"can."

Come on, let's start from room 1901.

There is a sofa, coffee table, TV, wall table with paintings, and floor-to-ceiling windows. The overall layout has not changed much.

Conan moved a stool and opened the window of the house. A strong wind immediately rushed in, turning Kogoro Mouri into a fool.

"What are you doing!"

"I...I want some fresh air in!"

Kogoro Mori closed the window, gritted his teeth and looked unfriendly.

Brat!

Xiaolan and Heiyu are less troublesome and won't disturb his work.

The worry-free Kuroba Kuriyasu used Kogoro Mori's room card to open the door of Room 1903.

There was no light on in the room and the bedroom door was ajar. In the gray-blue night, only slight sobbing could be heard.

"Who?"

"Don't be afraid, it's me."

Li An's gentle and reassuring voice came from the living room, followed by an orderly knock on the door.

"So...Xiaolan, can I come in?"

"Ah."

Mao Lilan, who had no idea how Li An entered the room, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

Li An entered the room after being allowed to do so.

The bedroom was still dim, and the moonlight shone quietly through the window, outlining the simple outline of the room through the window bars.

There are two single beds, with a bedside table and bedside lamp in the middle, and a painting above them.

Xiaolan sat alone on the single bed and looked up at the door.

Sister Li An's tall and thin figure stepped out of the darkness into the moonlight.

She still had a gentle and decent smile on her face, and was looking at him with sparkling eyes.

"Sister Li An..."

"You don't seem very happy?" Li An comforted him softly, "Don't worry, I'm not going to ask you the reason."

Looking at her eyes that seemed to see through everything, Mao Lilan felt that she seemed to have known everything for a long time.

In the elevator, only someone as careless and reckless as Conan who was only focused on investigating would not have noticed the strange behavior between her and Miss Sayama.

It was as if she had guessed long ago that someone as reckless as Kudo Shinichi would eventually get into trouble.

"Sister Li An." Mao Lilan lowered her head somewhat dejectedly, with deep confusion in her voice, "I... I don't know what to do..."

"Is it this tonight?"

"No, more than that..."

She has always been a cheerful person, but she doesn't know when the confusion and emptiness began to occupy her heart for a long time.

She didn't know what to do next, nor how long this situation would last.

What happened tonight was just a prelude.

Li An and Mao Li Ran sat opposite each other. She unconsciously opened and closed the pen in her hand, but the sound of the pen closing had an unusual pattern.

Mao Lilan needed a deep talk, but tonight was clearly not the right time.

"So today...what are you going to do?"

"I……"

"You found a problem, someone you know made a mistake, right?"

"Don't know what to do?"

"In that case, don't be impatient... How about thinking from the perspective of someone you are very familiar with?"

"Kudo Shinichi..." She read out this name that was very familiar to Mao Lilan, with standard pronunciation and patient guidance, "What would a detective boy like him think?"

What would Shinichi think? Mao Lilan thought carefully.

She seemed to have asked him the same question.

His answer…

"I won't pretend! Besides, I'll be running around in a hurry at this time."

"I will look for clues everywhere and try my best to prove that my good friend is not the real murderer!"

Her thoughts turned back to the past, and Li An's voice exploded in her ears along with past memories.

As clear-headed and calm as ever, as gentle and determined as ever.

"Covering up is useless. Only solid evidence can prove that your trust is not false."

"If they violate your trust, it's always their problem."

"Maolilan."

She heard her full name clearly.

No nicknames, no embellishments.

"You must have heard this kind of sermon from many people...right?"

"But other people's advice is always just advice. It's what others say, not what you think."

"So...how do you want to do this?"

……

"For the sake of caution, please take the contents of your pockets out."

Verifying the items on the person's body should have been checked during the interrogation, but I don't know why it was done now.

Conan entered the house and opened the window. He looked up and down, determined the location of Jiang Yuan Shinan's balcony on the 21st floor, and wondered if he could go up from this room.

Mr. Jiang Yuan's room was locked from the inside, so it was considered a secret room.

The only way to escape is the balcony.

Or maybe... Conan suddenly thought of the torn transparent tape on the anti-theft buckle of room 2102.

If this is done...it seems possible.

Things seem to be getting more complicated.

"How is this going?"

Conan turned around and found that something seemed to have been searched out of Miss Sayama.

"This is a common sleeping pill. I put it in my pocket because I have been suffering from insomnia recently."

"Can't you?"

"Let me see it too, please!"

Conan jumped off the chair and Officer Yokomizo handed him the sleeping pills.

"Well, let's go to the next room!"

Dr. Agasa stood at the door of 1902 and led several people to swipe their cards to open the door.

"Strange...where is Miss Kuroba?" Officer Yokomizo looked around but did not see any sign of Kuroba Kuriyasu.

Across from her, Huiyuan Ai, who was standing at the door of Room 1903, pushed the door open and poked her head in: "Sister Li An, it's time to check the room."

"coming."

Inside the house, Kuroba Kuriyasu reached out to Xiaolan.

"Let's go together."