Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 1397: The Dark Mysterious Train (Suspicion)

Kogoro Mouri walked quietly from one side of the corridor and made his opening remarks in a tone full of justice.

When the conductor heard this, he was so excited as if he had been granted amnesty that he said, "Great! I'll leave everything to you!"

Hearing the compliment, Kogoro Mouri immediately laughed out loud in ecstasy, making the same tongue-sticking expression as Venom.

Seeing this, Conan, Sera Masumi, and Qin Zhibo in disguise all gave him a half-moon look in tacit understanding.

Masumi Sera knows Conan's true identity, so she roughly guessed that "Sleeping Kogoro Mori" should be "sleeping" in the true sense.

After a few seconds, Kogoro Mori regained his normal serious expression and asked the conductor about what happened.

Taking advantage of this time, Qin Zhibo stood at the door of Room B at the crime scene, glancing into the room.

Since the body cannot be moved before the police arrive, the body inside cannot be taken out, and my current identity does not make it convenient to enter, so I cannot investigate the body and cannot trigger the prompt for the side quest.

But it doesn’t matter, since I can’t deduce and solve the case right now anyway.

Qin Zhibo just took a quick glance at the situation at the scene and quickly sorted out his thoughts.

This was a homicide, but the murderer planned to disguise it as a suicide.

He had just seen the deceased in the dining car. He was also one of the survivors of the fire five years ago.

Therefore, it is reasonable to speculate that the murderer should also be one of the survivors.

Among the six survivors, there are four left besides himself and the dead.

It would be impossible for the disabled old lady and the maid to commit the crime, so the only two possible murderers were left.

Qin Zhibo glanced at the man with glasses and the arrogant woman standing in front of him without leaving a trace.

Although the murderer has been identified, he should have disposed of all traces and evidence left after the crime.

The gunpowder smoke reaction can be cleaned away, and other tools used in the crime can also be thrown out of the speeding train through the window.

Moreover, while he was talking to the conductor, the deceased in the next room seemed to open the door and look out, with a phone in his hand.

This means that he was still alive at that time, but died soon after.

The person who had the opportunity to commit the crime at that time was...

While Qin Zhibo was thinking, Maori Kogoro, who had just learned about the incident from the conductor, came over.

"Mr. Noto, I have something to ask you about the case..."

"What were you doing in the room when the train entered the tunnel?"

"Oh, this..." Qin Zhibo straightened his back and said with a voice changed by a collar-shaped voice changer: "I was resting in my room at that time, and I heard Murohashi's voice coming from the next room. I was shocked."

Maori Kogoro nodded slightly, then continued to ask: "Since the call bell in your room rang, why did you lie to the conductor and say that you didn't press the bell?"

Qin Zhibo knew that with Kogoro Mouri's detective skills, he might use this incident as a reason to suspect him of being the murderer, so he immediately refuted it.

"I've already told you! I didn't call him at all. He came to see me without my permission..."

Conan, who was standing at the back, watched Qin Zhibo's performance and felt that the man in front of him was not lying, so he turned around and asked the conductor, "But as long as you press the call bell, the light at the door will light up, so the conductor should not be wrong, right?"

"Hmm..." The conductor groaned, "In fact, in this carriage, only the call light in Room A is broken. It won't light up."

"So if the call suddenly sounded and none of the call lights were on, I would instinctively think that it was Mr. Noto's room ringing, so I would run and knock on his door."

Qin Zhibo had not noticed the situation the conductor described before, because he had not used this service since getting on the train.

However, such a prestigious first-class carriage should not normally have equipment failures, and the situation was not discovered before departure.

"In other words, someone must have deliberately broken the call light in my room, with the intention of attracting the conductor to my side with just the sound of the bell without me pressing it."

"Eh?"

Kogoro Maori was puzzled and didn't react to what it meant.

But Conan and Sera, who were standing behind, immediately understood and their eyes suddenly lit up.

Shira crossed his arms and smiled, "It seems that this is a trick played by the murderer to lead the conductor to this side of the corridor, so that the conductor would not notice that he entered the deceased's room."

"Judging from the location of the rooms in this carriage, the only people who need to do this are the passengers in rooms C, D, and E..."

"In addition, the false reasoning puzzle was set up so that the deceased could return to his original room."

"Because if it weren't for Sonoko's arrangement this time, the deceased should have been a passenger in compartment B of carriage No. 8..."

Conan felt relieved as Sera said everything he thought of in one breath.

It saves me the trouble of beating around the bush to give hints to Kogoro Mori.

However, just from the fact that the call light was broken, it could be determined that it was a trick of the murderer to "lure the tiger away from the mountain", and the uncle in front of him was not simple either.

Conan carefully looked at the burly man in front of him. He looked very rough and his voice occasionally revealed impatience. He didn't look like someone who was so meticulous.

You really can’t judge a person by his appearance…

With the help of Qin Zhibo's suggestion and Sera Masumi's additional explanation, Maori Kogoro finally understood the principle behind it.

He turned to look at the passengers in rooms C, D, and E, but with the same eyes as if he were examining a criminal.

This made Miss Izumi in Room E very upset, and she immediately scolded, "Hey! What's that look? I'm not the murderer!"

Maori Kogoro saw that someone took the initiative to talk to him, so he asked directly: "Just now the conductor said that the matter in Room A was dealt with, and your room was called right after that?"

"Yup!"

Miss Izumi crossed her arms, looking very proud. "I called the conductor over because there were strange noises coming from my room. I called him over to ask how they checked the train. How could someone leave someone else's belongings in the room..."

Shiliang then took the initiative to ask: "Have you found the object that made the sound?"

"Well, it was a watch stuck in the gap of the sofa, and the strange sound was made by the alarm of the watch..."

Miss Izumi's words made Sera and Conan fall into thought.

If we think from the perspective of "luring the tiger away from the mountain", this should also be a trick used by the murderer.

But what is the specific purpose of doing this?

Also, how did the murderer accomplish the murder in a closed room?
"what!"

Suddenly, the conductor exclaimed and raised a finger, "I remember!"

"While I was talking to Miss Izumi, I saw a suspicious figure sneaking his head out from behind the door and looking around."

"what!"

Maori Kogoro's expression immediately became serious. He stood in front of the conductor and asked, "Who is that person?"

The conductor scratched his head and said, "I'm sorry, I only saw a silhouette...but the distance of that door looks like it's at the front end of the carriage."

"The first end?"

Maori Kogoro glanced at the five rooms in the corridor and finally stopped at Room A. "Is it Mr. Noto in Room A?"

Everyone's suspicious eyes turned to Noto, that is, Qin Zhibo, again.

This also made Qin Zhibo stunned. He had just cleared himself of suspicion, so how come it was turned back on him?
"Hey! I didn't open the door at that time, let alone look outside!"

However, Maori Kogoro seemed to have already determined the murderer's choice. He pinched his waist with confidence and said, "The conductor definitely couldn't have made a mistake. Besides, your room is right next to the deceased's room. Maybe there is a secret passage between the two rooms..."

"As for you breaking the call light and using the same ringing sound to attract the conductor, it was actually to shift the suspicion to someone else, as you just said, right?"

"But as you can see, I, Maori Bolang, will not be fooled so easily!"

"Hahaha~~"

Kogoro Mori, who seemed to be sure of victory, laughed out loud.

Qin Zhibo looked at the complacent Kogoro Mori and felt speechless.

This Maori elimination method is really powerful. The first person to be eliminated is myself...

However, this Maori elimination method is an unspoken rule known only to those who have been through the battlefield for a long time. These new faces do not understand these rules.

At this moment, the other people in the car had shocked expressions and were looking at him.

Anton: "Mr. Noto, are you really..."

Izuku: "But why?"

Compared to others who believed in Kogoro Mouri so much, Conan did not believe it immediately.

Although he did not have conclusive evidence to refute Kogoro Mori's point of view, he always felt that something was wrong.

At this moment, the maid who was pushing the wheelchair suddenly said, "Mr. Detective, my wife and I never opened the door, pressed the call bell, or went out during that time."

"Besides, our room is in Room D, which is not adjacent to Mr. Murohashi's Room B..."

"So this matter has absolutely nothing to do with us. Can we go back to our rooms?"

Hearing this, Kogoro Mouri turned to the conductor and asked if it was as she said.

The conductor nodded and replied, "During that time, I indeed never saw the door of Room D opened..."

"Okay then." Kogoro Mouri nodded in agreement.

"You can go back to your room, but if you don't have anything else to do, don't walk around for now..."

The maid did not respond, but slowly pushed the wheelchair and took the old lady in the wheelchair back to Room D.

Qin Zhibo took a deep look at the two people who were leaving, then turned to look at Conan who was still thinking intently with his chin held high. He also knew that this kid would be of no use in the short term.

It seems that I have no choice but to solve the case myself and clear my name.

Thinking of this, Qin Zhibo raised the corner of his mouth slightly into a smile and said calmly.

"Secret passages and the like... There's definitely no such thing in my room."

"Before the police's formal search warrant arrives, I can't cooperate with your request to enter the room and search it."

Hearing these ruthless words, Kogoro Mori was so angry that he gritted his teeth.

However, Conan, who was standing next to him, looked at the burly man in front of him and felt that the other person's temperament suddenly changed.

It's like a different person...

Qin Zhibo smiled, not caring about the consequences of angering Maori Kogoro, and continued speaking.

"But from what I just heard from those kids, it seems like a fake mystery occurred, which is why Mr. Murohashi was transferred to Car B, right?"

"And the child saw a prisoner who ran away after firing a gun?"

"I guess the shooter the kids saw was the one who killed Mr. Murohashi."

"I can have you take a video of the running from behind, and then show it to those kids for confirmation, so that we can confirm who the murderer is..."

Qin Zhibo's proposal made Maori Kogoro feel unhappy and he subconsciously wanted to reject it.

But Shiliang smiled, walked forward and said: "It sounds reasonable... Then let's do as you say, uncle."

"I think I'll just take a video of the run from behind. I think the passengers in other rooms should agree with that, right?"

Sera turned to look at Miss Izumi and Mr. Anton, who were still left in the hallway, and the two could only nod hesitantly.

As a result, a section of the corridor was soon cleared.

Noto, who was in disguise of Qin Zhibo, Anton from Room C, and Depo from Room E, started from the door of Room B and ran into the corner of the corridor.

Sera acted as the cameraman and used his mobile phone to take videos of the three people running.

Conan stood behind Sera, watching the three people running, while holding his chin up and recalling.

To be honest, I had already guessed that the murder was staged, so I didn't pay much attention to the criminal's escape posture.

However, the running postures of these three people are slightly different from the "criminals" in my memory at that time.

This is normal. After all, the murderer himself knows that this is to identify who the original "criminal" is, so he will definitely deliberately change his running posture.

After Sera finished filming the three videos, he turned around and asked Conan, "Conan, which of the three do you think is more like the 'criminal'?"

"Uh..." Conan stretched out his voice and shook his head, "Sorry, I can't see it..."

Shiliang smiled slightly, but didn't say anything. Instead, he stood up and said, "Then I'll show the video to other kids."

"Oh..." Kogoro Mouri responded.

After passing through the connection between the carriages, Masumi Sera continued walking towards carriage No. 7.

She walked along with her cell phone in her hand, her chin in her hand, thinking about the case.

It is indeed as Kogoro Mori said, the uncle in Room A is very suspicious, because his room is next to the deceased's room, and his reasoning IQ seems to be above average.

But I always feel that the uncle doesn't look like someone who would kill someone.

Besides, would a murderer take the initiative to propose this method of identifying the murderer?
Shira was thinking as he walked, and unknowingly forgot how many carriages he had passed through.

When she came to her senses, she found herself at the dining car.

not good!

That's going too far!

Shira quickly turned around and was about to go back, but saw a man walking towards him.

The man had a straight figure, was dressed in black, and walked with a brisk pace.

Eh?
When he saw that face, Sera's eyes were stunned for a moment.

(End of this chapter)