Conan: I can hear the murderer's voice

Kogoro, who was busy picking up girls, hung up the phone guiltily when he saw his daughter calling.

The young nurse at the side asked worriedly:

"Mr. Maori, is the phone call okay?"

The famous detective, surrounded by many beautiful nurses, had a bright smile on his face:

"It was a reporter who wanted to interview me. He kept pestering me even though I had rejected him many times. Sigh, the life of a celebrity is so hard."

Mao Li boasted while holding the nurse's hand:

"By the way, where was the case just now?"

Meanwhile, inside the hotel.

Xiaolan looked at the screen showing the rejected call, her brows filled with worry.

[Why did Dad suddenly come to this hotel from the hospital? ]

[His leg injury has not healed yet, and the call was rejected]

[Will there be any danger? ]

Lin Xuan certainly would not let the girl continue to worry, he confirmed with the boss:

"Excuse me, has the plaster on Detective Maori's leg been removed?"

The man had a puzzled look on his face:

"Plaster? What plaster? What are you talking about?"

Now Lin Xuan can be sure:

"The Maori Kogoro who came to the hotel is an imposter, and we just happen to be acquaintances of Maori Detective."

"The sleeping Maori Kogoro recently broke a leg and is still lying in a hospital bed."

He looked at Shancuncao again:

"Did you bring your ID?"

The detective nodded:

"Of course, I always carry my police ID with me."

After saying that, Shancun showed his ID to the boss.

Although he hadn't figured out the situation yet, Shancun Cao at least understood that he would not suffer any loss if he listened to Lin Xuan.

"What? He's an imposter?"

The boss had an expression of disbelief on his face.

[But I have already given him the box with the curse from five years ago to investigate.]

"Damn it, he pretended to be my dad and made me so worried!"

The detective's daughter is ready to take down the con man.

Lin Xuan asked again:

"The imposter is still in the hotel, right? Can we ask him to come out and meet us?"

The police officer had already shown his credentials, so the hotel owner certainly didn't dare to refuse.

"Wait a moment, I'll go call someone."

At the end of the hall there is a cabinet specifically for shoes. The guest room area of ​​this hotel is mostly made of old wooden structures. In order to protect the building, both guests and employees must take off their shoes before entering.

The boss put the shoes in place and went upstairs to call someone with a suspicious look in his eyes.

At first Conan didn't take this little episode seriously.

[It is likely that someone wants to use the uncle's title to commit fraud]

[It's his bad luck that we also came to this hotel]

But after a while, the innkeeper came back in a panic without even bothering to put on his shoes.

He gasped for breath and said with a look of panic on his face:

"Mori, Kogoro Mori is dead!"

[But I wonder if I could encounter a murder case just by hitchhiking at a hotel? ]

Lin Xuan couldn't help but look at Conan with admiration.

[As expected of a Death God Elementary School Student, he dies wherever he goes]

The boss led the group to the second floor of the hotel and walked towards the room at the end of the west side of the corridor.

Standing at the door, you can also see the hanging body in the guest room, which makes the dim room even more depressing and eerie.

The corpse was hung under the chandelier with a rope around its neck. The counterfeit was similar in size and height to Kogoro Mouri, and even had the same hairstyle and mustache.

"Mr. Mori!"

Shancuncao knelt down directly, his eyes moistened and his voice choked with sobs:

"You are a famous detective, how could you be so depressed as to commit suicide?"

"Mr. Maori, your passing makes me feel endlessly sad. May you be happy and at peace in heaven."

Xiaolan coughed awkwardly after seeing the face clearly:

"Officer Yamamura, it wasn't my father who died."

"Ah? Isn't it Mr. Maori?"

Shancun Cao then stood up and looked at the corpse carefully.

"Although he is 80% similar, he is definitely not Mr. Maori."

At the same time, the innkeeper was anxiously looking for something in the room.

"Box! Where's the box?"

"What?! It's opened?"

"He was killed by a curse!"

Finding the half-opened suitcase under the table, the innkeeper reached out to take it.

But Lin Xuan grabbed the box first and asked:

"What's in it?"

The boss said fearfully:

"I, I don't know."

Lin Xuan put the box directly on the ground and opened it in front of everyone.

Inside was a yellowed newspaper with something damp inside that had soaked the paper.

Lin Xuan opened the newspaper again, and found a ball of wet hair!

"Curse, curse!"

The boss was horrified:

"Yes, it is indeed the curse of the man in red!"

Xiaolan was also frightened.

Just then, two uniformed hotel employees came out into the corridor.

The hotel staff were also shocked to see the hanging body:

"Mr. Maori? How could this happen?"

"Put Mr. Maori down now!"

[Although all places touched by fingers have been wiped, fingerprints may still be left on places that you didn’t pay attention to]

[Take the initiative to help put down the body. Even if fingerprints are found, you will have a reason to defend yourself! ]

The murderer blew himself up again.

Although his idea was good, he was stopped by Lin Xuan at the first step:

"Please stay outside and do not come in and disrupt the scene."

Of course the murderer refused. He pretended not to hear the warning and tried to force his way in.

Of course, Lin Xuan would not tolerate this, so he directly ordered Shancuncao:

"Stop it, don't let anyone else in."

"By the way, contact the police station and ask the medical examiner to come and perform an autopsy."

Apart from the boss, there are only two employees left in this hotel: Masao Jimbo and Eiji Kamagawa.

Seeing the thin man blocking the entrance to the guest room, Jin Baoben was about to push him away.

However, Shancun Cao directly took out his police officer ID:

"I'm a detective from the county headquarters! Stay outside!"

The murderer was stunned.

[The criminal police arrived so quickly? ]

Both the time the body was discovered and the speed at which the police arrived were faster than the murderer expected.

This made him feel a little nervous.

[Damn it, my 1 billion yen is still missing]

Soon, other police officers and forensic doctors came to provide support.

The body was put down, and Conan immediately came to the conclusion after seeing the obvious marks of strangulation on the neck:

[Although I don’t know why he pretended to be his uncle, this is definitely not suicide]

[Instead, he was killed by someone and pretended to be hanging himself]

There were other guests staying in the hotel, and the arrival of the police made them think:

"I heard that someone died. It was a guest living in the room at the west end of the corridor on the second floor."

"Isn't that Kogoro Maori? He even signed an autograph for me."

"What? The sleeping Maori Kogoro died?"

"Some criminal must have retaliated and killed the detective!"

In order to prevent rumors that her father was dead, Xiaolan had to explain to the whispering crowd that the dead person was an imposter.

At the same time, Shancun Cao and several police officers were respectfully accompanying Lin Xuan to question the hotel staff.