The Split-Actress in Conan's World

"what!!!"

The shrill scream broke the tranquility of the autumn night and also brought Lin Chiyu back to his senses.

I tapped the screen, and the phone lit up dimly, showing the time at nine o'clock and two minutes.

It was about the same as his estimate.

Lin Chiyu was not surprised.

But obviously, other people don't have the same calmness as him.

The adults who were drinking put down their glasses in a daze, startled by the sound.

The girls downstairs also shouted over here a few times with confusion, asking about the situation, and it seemed that they were also alarmed.

Although he was drunk, Detective Kogoro Mouri's instincts were still there. He made a decision quickly, dropped his wine glass, got up, and ran out the door.

Even Conan and Hattori Heiji were a step slower than him.

Monk Ryuen, Saijo Taikawa and Mizuo Harutaro seemed to realize the seriousness of the matter. They hurriedly cleaned up the table, stood up and followed him out.

After a while, the private room was empty.

Only the moonlight was left to keep him company.

Lin Chiyu sat slowly for a while, filled the wine glass, but did not drink it. Instead, he put it on the table, then stood up and walked to the window.

There was a lonely table on the terrace downstairs, with some snacks on it. It was a table set up by a few girls.

It seemed that they were also attracted by the shouting and ran to see what was going on.

Lin Chiyu thought about it and turned on the flashlight on his phone.

Then he shone his light towards the equally lonely figure on the bank of the Kamogawa River.

Officer Ayanokouji seemed to notice that the light around him had inexplicably become brighter. He turned his head in confusion, but was dazzled by the flashlight. He frowned and raised his hand to block it.

Lin Chiyu calmly turned off the flashlight, then turned it on again, and then turned it off again.

So back and forth.

Officer Ayanokouji was speechless. Who dared to tease a serving police officer?

But when he found some patterns in the rhythm of the flashlight turning on and off, his impatience dissipated a lot.

Rin Chihaba was using the light to send Morse code.

We can't let him scream loudly and unceremoniously, can we?

That's the kind of thing only a greenhorn detective would do.

......

"The deceased, Sakura Masazo, was an antique art dealer, 51 years old, and had a store on Teramachi Street."

"The crime scene was located at the entrance of the basement warehouse of this izakaya called 'Sakura House'. From the situation at the scene, it seemed that the deceased was looking for something inside."

"The fatal wound was on the left carotid artery. The knife mark was sharp and the blow was fatal. The murderer's method was very sophisticated. The victim had no time to react. There were no signs of a fight at the scene."

"The buttons on the deceased's coat were roughly ripped open. It seems that the murderer wanted to find something from him. Moreover, the time was very tight and there was not even enough time to unbutton the clothes. The valuables on his body, including his wallet, bank cards and the brand-name watch on his wrist, were all still there. It should be possible to rule out robbery as the crime."

Officer Ayanokouji squatted beside the body, made a brief note of the situation in his handbook, then took out his cell phone and called the police station for reinforcements.

When Rin Shakuha came down the stairs, he saw several adults gathered around the corpse and watching Officer Ayanokouji's investigation, while Hattori Heiji and Conan, contrary to their usual behavior, stood at the door of the warehouse, touching their chins in the same posture.

Hattori is not quite sure, but Conan should have been thrown out by Uncle Mori. Rinshakuha is very confident in his reasoning.

"If an outsider came in, the door of the pub would have made a noise of being opened, and the mama-san should have noticed it."

"And we knew that Mr. Sakura Shozo was downstairs, which was a reasonable premise for the crime."

"That is to say, those friends of Sakura Shozo who knew where Mr. Nishijo, Mr. Ryuen, and Mr. Mizuo, they are all possible perpetrators."

Conan had sharp observation skills and remembered the details he had jotted down earlier: "They all went out to use the restroom on the way."

"Next to the toilet is the staircase leading to the basement. If I pretend to go to the toilet and then take advantage of this time to kill Mr. Sakura who is in the warehouse..."

“Time may be urgent.”

"But it just fits the situation of the corpse, doesn't it?" Hattori Heiji felt that there was nothing wrong with this direction of locking in the suspect.

"But it is worth noting that when Mr. Mizuo went out, Miss Chiga Ling accompanied him." Conan pondered.

Hattori Heiji spread his hands: "It seems that all dancers do this."

“So we also have to consider the situation of two people committing an accomplice.”

"That's true." Hattori Heiji nodded.

Rin Chiyu stood on the stairs and watched the two men talk about the situation in detail.

"Let's go." Hattori Heiji put his hands in his pockets, turned around and was about to go upstairs, just in time to see Rin Shakuha.

"Eh?" Conan looked at him in confusion.

"Stop pretending. I saw everything clearly when you took that thing." Hattori Heiji glanced at him.

Then Rin Chiyu saw Conan take out a key from his pocket with a wry smile.

...Could this have been dug out from a corpse?

Rin Chiyu was silent for a moment.

"Brother Rin, come along too. If I'm not mistaken, this key should be the key to the antique shop opened by Mr. Sakura." Hattori Heiji invited.

Seeing the two of them, one big and one small, acting so naturally, Lin Chiyu couldn't help but start to reflect on whether there was something wrong with him.

"So...have you ever considered what to do with the police investigation after you take the key away?"

As if he didn't expect him to ask this, Hattori Heiji was stunned for a moment.

"They should have a way to unlock it, right? Besides, our investigation is faster than theirs, so we can just secretly return it later, right?"

He thought for a moment and added, "Just like what we did on Ye Sancai's ship before."

"..."

There was no police intervention on the ship at that time. Can it be the same now?

However, Lin Chiyu is not that pedantic, he just feels that it is a bit inappropriate. Since these two think it is a big deal, then let it be.

Anyway, when the time comes, he can hand over these two criminals, and he will still be the pure and innocent little Lin.

"Let's go, I remember Teramachi Road is not far." Rin Chiyu turned and went upstairs.

When he came, it was Mr. Guifang who drove the car, but it seemed that Mr. Guifang did not drive the car back, but parked it at the door for him to use.

Taking the keys from the driver who was waiting on the side, Lin Chiyu let him go and play by himself.

He opened the car door and sat in the driver's seat.

From this point of view, being a driver in the Fujiwara family is quite easy, as everyone likes to drive themselves.

Teramachi Street is indeed not far away, it is right in Pontocho, but it is not by the Kamogawa River, but a few streets behind, and the straight-line distance is only one or two kilometers.

However, Kyoto's traffic planning is indeed very anti-human, with all kinds of one-way streets and winding intersections. It took them fifteen minutes to reach the door of Mr. Sakura's shop.