Conan Moslin

Officer Sato took her aside to take a statement.

"Ms. Kuriyasu, I don't know what the death information I just told you means, but there was an eyewitness who saw you and Mr. Sugiura Ichiro clashed in an alley yesterday." Officer Sato opened his notebook and asked about what happened. "So, I need to ask you about your schedule today and what happened yesterday."

"What were you doing around 17:30?"

"Preparing for the last performance of the magic show, I need to adjust the props for the last performance myself."

"How long does it usually take you to debug a prop?"

"Half an hour to an hour."

"What about today?"

"About forty minutes."

"Was there anyone present when you were adjusting the props?"

"Teru Mikami and several others from our magic troupe are assisting me. Do I need to call them over?"

"I understand what Ms. Li An said. We will verify it with others as soon as possible." Officer Sato remembered it very seriously. She didn't really believe that this gentle-looking girl could be the murderer, but personal emotions should not be brought into work. She said something to another officer, who saluted and left.

"Yesterday afternoon, Sugiura Ichiro and you had a conflict near Beika-cho 2-chome, right?"

"Ah, this... I want to know what the witness saw?" Li An suddenly asked, "In addition to Sugiura Ichiro following me yesterday, there was another person."

"Besides, I just solved the death message. The murderer is Miss Kato." Li An put on a smile on his face and completely changed the subject of yesterday. "Actually, it's not easy for me to say... After all, judging from those letters, I am still a suspect."

She knew that this information was not only directed at the real murderer, but also at her.

"Ms. Kuriyasu, you..." Officer Sato was stunned for a moment. Just as he was about to continue asking questions, he heard Kudo Shinichi's confident voice not far away.

"I already know who the murderer is!" Kudo Shinichi spoke immediately after he sorted out his thoughts. His face was filled with a confident smile and the sharpness unique to young people. "I have cracked the message that Mr. Sugiura left before he died!"

The smile on Li An's face widened a lot. She was not a person who liked to waste words, so it seemed that she didn't need to continue.

"It was no coincidence that Mr. Sugiura used all his strength to move to the telephone. He grabbed the telephone line to tell the investigators that the person who killed him had called him.

"And the three-letter message, KID." Kudo Shinichi paused, "The letters are arranged vertically. In fact, the I is not I, but "——". The overall meaning of this message is k——D. The D is an abbreviation of a word, which means double, which is actually the gesture of Mr. Sugiura's right hand. In other words, this message means two Ks. To put it bluntly, what you can generally think of is the romanization of the names. If you write down the romanization of these people, it will be like this."

Kudo Shinichi asked the police officer for a piece of paper and wrote down a list of names.

"Kuwahara Hiromi is Kuwahara Yumi; Morimoto sh? is Morimoto Sho; Kat? saeko is Kato Saeko; and Ms. Kurian is Kuroba kuri an.

"Among these four people, only Ms. Kato Saeko and Ms. Kuriyasu have two Ks in their Roman names."

"But, Ms. Kurian," Kudo Shinichi turned to look at Kurian not far away. Because there was a distance, he did not expect her response, "Since it was the first time I met Mr. Sugiura Ichiro yesterday and there was a conflict, how could I have his phone number?"

“So actually, Mr. Sugiura was only targeting one person from the beginning to the end.

“There is only one truth!

"Ms. Kato Saeko, you are the murderer!" Kudo Shinichi pointed at the murderer with high spirits.

Everyone's eyes were on the girl in Morimoto's arms. She had her head down and her shoulders were shaking, but now she raised her head, revealing a tearful and smiling face.

"Ichiro Sugiura! He-he deserves to die! He dragged so many people into the abyss!" Kato Saeko pushed Morimoto Sho aside, walked towards Kuwahara Yumi, and gave her an even brighter smile, "Yumi, I will help you get rid of this damn bastard."

Kuwahara Yumi's shy face turned pale. She raised her head and looked at her best friend, her good friend, and said, "You... Saeko, why are you..."

"Matsui was killed by him." This very plain sentence shocked Kuwahara Yumi extremely, and Morimoto Sho's face turned ugly.

Morimoto Xiang explained: "Aliang, he was an accident..."

"Morishiro Sho, you are such a complete coward! This is what you said to me when you were drunk! Every word is engraved in my mind, don't you remember?" Kato Saeko became even more agitated, her tears seemed to never dry up, "When Sugiura was doing something, you were by his side, why didn't you stop him? You didn't know... you didn't know..."

Looking at Morimoto's stiff face, Saeko cried, "He is... my benefactor..., and he is also Yumi's favorite person... That day... I wanted to wish him and Yumi to finally be together..."

"Saeko..." Yumi sobbed, "You... are so stupid..."

Apart from the crying, the room was almost silent.

"Reporting to the officer, the bloody shirt has been found. It is a women's raincoat!" The investigator saluted and reported, "After investigation, it was found that Miss Kato Saeko bought the raincoat at a convenience store last night. At the same time, only the fingerprints of Mr. Sugiura Ichiro and Miss Kato Saeko were found in the room, and no one else's."

Kato Saeko was a little shocked. She looked at the fallen body and said nothing.

"No matter what, you shouldn't kill anyone. This will ruin your life." Kudo Shinichi said in a deep voice. The young detective who loved Sherlock Holmes couldn't understand it at this time.

Saeko remained silent.

Officer Megure sighed and said, "Take her away."

"Ms. Li An, thank you so much to you and your friends. Also, I really like your magic show. I don't want to see you anywhere other than on the stage. I really hope... I can still have a chance to see your performance." When she put on the handcuffs, she cast her gaze at Kuroba Li An, a smile appeared on her tearful face, and she uttered these words.

Before leaving, Officer Sato cast her eyes on Li An. She... might have cracked the information earlier than Kudo. After all, she only listened to her explanation briefly for a few minutes on the road.

At this time, Li An walked to Yuko's side. She looked at Saeko, whose face was covered with tears but still smiling, and sighed in her heart, thinking of what she had said before, "How many people have he dragged into the abyss!"

"Yuko, notify [Ming] to check on Kato, Sugiura and Matsui." Kurian whispered to Yuko in code.

Yuko Sora looked at the poor woman who was handcuffed but still smiling with a serious look and nodded.