Rebirth of Conan as a Detective

The second night of the Lucia Pavilion passed, very unexpectedly, nothing happened that night, or the murderer temporarily canceled the operation for some reason.

The most likely reason is that they sensed the movements of Gao Cheng and Gao Yuanyao.

However, it is conceivable that the murderer is probably already quite anxious, after all, there are only a few days before the deadline for the competition.

After solving the code puzzle, Gao Cheng has two guesses about the murderer, one is one of the five candidates, and the other is the housekeeper Tashiro or the maid Tong Jiang.

After flirting with Gao Yuanyao, Gao Cheng put his doubts on the two people behind, which was also based on the purpose of Hengsheng Yamanouchi.

If the five candidates are all sacrifices, the murderer can only be someone else, and it was arranged by Hengsheng Yamanouchi from the beginning.

The first is Butler Tashiro. Considering the butler’s dissatisfaction with not being eligible to inherit the inheritance, the old butler may not necessarily kill the candidates, unless Yamauchi let the butler know the meaning of the code before he died, and carried out Some kind of commitment hint.

The other is the maid Toe Soko.

"Boom—!"

Before the bell rang at 10 o'clock in the morning, Gao Cheng walked down the ladder from the window of the bell tower reception room to the big clock. After the bell rang, he immediately found a hidden compartment on the edge of the big clock, and there was only a letter inside. The letter, with the words of Yamanouchi Hengsheng's suicide note written on it.

Gao Cheng was not in a hurry to open it, and first carefully checked the condition of the envelope. The seal was stamped with the seal of Hengsheng Yamanouchi, and there were faint traces of being opened.

"The person who solves the riddle posed by Eternal Sage in Yamanei and knows the location of this second suicide note will be the one who inherits my inheritance. The right to inherit is limited to the following five people, Shenming Zhongzhi, Meiyuan Kaoru, Youyue Laimeng, Takada Koji, Inukai Takashi...

"However, when the deadline for deciphering the code is up, and the five people who have the right to inherit are all absent, the inheritance will be given to the person who unlocked the code, and it is no longer limited to candidates."

After reading all the content, Gao Cheng sealed it again and put it back in the secret compartment.

The method that Yamanouchi Hengsheng used to control the murderer's killing has been found. The problem is how Yamanouchi Hengsho can be sure that the murderer will know the content of the second suicide note before several candidates.

Surely won't know until the lawyer plays the tape, which would have been better than hasty killing.

The other thing is why Yamanouchi Hengsheng is sure that the murderer will choose to kill. Although the inheritance is very attractive, not everyone can do it, and it is still in the presence of his famous detective.

The image of the maid Tongjiang Xiangzi flashed in Gao Cheng's mind.

From the time the video was played to the present, the 10 o'clock bell has been rung 4 times in total, and the murderer went to the big clock to find the second suicide note only the first time, that is, the time before Shenming Tadashi was killed. starter

At that time, everyone was in the restaurant preparing to watch the pre-dinner video, even the housekeeper Tashiro was present, and the only one absent was Tongjiang Sangko.

Even though Tongjiang Xiangzi looked the least like a murderer, Gao Cheng didn't hesitate at all when he became suspicious.

It is not normal for a young girl in her prime to be willing to come to such a remote mountain to work as a maid, and the reason for worshiping the Yamanei Hengsage or wanting to learn may not be true.

What is relatively lacking is the complete motive of Tonge Sangko. The motive that can prompt the girl to kill should be much more complicated than that of Tashiro Butler.

In addition, no matter who the murderer is, the most critical evidence cannot be found. On this island in the middle of the lake, which is isolated from the outside world, many investigations cannot be carried out, whether it is fingerprint sampling or a large-scale search of the entire villa. can't do it

Even a few corpses were still in the room. Fortunately, the temperature is not high now, so there is no need to worry about the smell for the time being.

In other words, there are only two options left for him, either to set a trap for the murderer and let the murderer jump out by himself. This has a high chance of success, but it will definitely take a lot of time. give him time.

That guy may not necessarily pay attention to any evidence. Once he starts to doubt, he will probably act immediately.

The second choice is to force the murderer to confess his guilt. It is the most difficult choice. It is almost impossible to achieve under the current conditions, but no smart detective would handle it like this...

At lunch time, everyone gathered in the restaurant of the villa again. Gao Cheng was still trying his best to sort out all the useful clues, and still wanted to make the second choice.

Perhaps because nothing happened last night, Kaoru Umezono, who was still panicked, looked much better and felt a sense of relief, but because of this, she paid more attention to the unsolved puzzles. Inukai Takashi, especially towards Gao Cheng, obviously became more hostile, secretly complaining why the murderer didn't deal with such a famous detective first.

Of course, the fact that the murderer skipped Baotian Guanger and killed You Yue Laimeng made her very suspicious.

In the face of a huge inheritance, a famous detective is not trustworthy...

Lunch was spent in a fairly quiet atmosphere, and then it was still time for after-dinner coffee. Since it was not dinner, Umezono Kaoru didn't think too much about it. He habitually added sugar to the coffee, and only stopped when he wanted to drink it. He looked strangely at Gao Cheng, who hadn't touched his coffee, and the masked man who was always mysterious.

"What, what's wrong?"

No one responded to Kaoru Meiyuan, only Xiao Ai raised her hand and yawned, looking at Gao Cheng who kept calm and the masked man on the other side from the corner of her eye.

She had actually heard what happened last night, it was easy for her to pretend to be crying and pretending to be asleep, but also because of this, she stayed up almost all night with Gao Cheng.

"Hey," Kaoru Meiyuan put down her coffee cup and said with a stiff smile, "Isn't it just noon now? Did someone put sleeping pills in the coffee?"

Inukai Takashi looked at this big-chested and brainless woman speechlessly: "If the murderer can't commit crimes at night, there are only other times, and everyone may relax their vigilance during the day, which may be more dangerous than at night..."

As Inukai Takashi said, his eyes fell on Gao Cheng and the masked man.

"I paid special attention to the meal yesterday. The possible problem is the coffee after the meal. You need to add sugar before drinking it. When Mr. Tashiro brought the sugar over, I carefully observed the situation at that time. The only thing that didn't add sugar was Detective Kido and Mr. Rosyth, Detective Kido didn't even drink coffee, is that right?"

Seeing that Gao Cheng and the masked man didn't respond, Inukai Gao Zhi's eyes became more and more fiery.

"If sleeping pills were added to the coffee or sugar, the murderer would certainly not be able to drink it. If he himself fell asleep, how could he kill someone?"

"But the murderer did not kill anyone last night..." Kaoru Meiyuan hesitated.

It is true that Gao Cheng, Xiao Ai, and the masked man may not have been drugged, but this may also be intentional by the murderer. Also as a candidate, Inukai Takashi's words are not enough for her to believe.

"I didn't kill anyone," Inukai Takashi said with a smile, "But it may be that something happened suddenly. After all, not everyone has been given sleeping pills. If they are found out, it will be a big trouble, especially if the other party is a celebrity. detective……"

Meiyuan Kaoru looked at the masked man in surprise: "Don't you think Mr. Rosyth is the murderer?!"

"I'm just guessing like this," Inukai Takashi reasoned. "Think about it, everyone, if it goes according to the plan, what method will the murderer use to kill people? There are no secret passages in everyone's room, and the doors and windows are locked. , only Roses, who took the lock frame key, can easily use the spare key to open everyone's doors..." ァ新ヤ~⑧~1~中文网ωωω.χ~⒏~1zщ.còм

"But, but his room is blocked from the outside, and there is no secret passage..."

"That's what he said, right? No one has confirmed it."

Gao Yuanyao folded his arms in silence, and only glanced at Inukai Takashi after reasoning, neither denying nor admitting.

In fact, he was also very curious about how the murderer would kill with the lock frame key in his hand.

Since there was no movement last night, it can only be explained that the murderer may be the butler Tashiro who originally kept the key...

"There is only one murderer," Gao Cheng thought for a while, then suddenly said, "There is no need to doubt Mr. Rosyth."