Conan's other me

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"At Café Poirot, after I mentioned to them that I was a fan of Poirot, Ms. Sonoko arranged for me to come to watch the rehearsal."

Toru Amuro glanced at Sonoko, and then explained to everyone who was a little surprised, "Ms. Sonoko's Suzuki Foundation happens to be the sponsor of Hasto's record company."

Of course Xiaolan and Sonoko knew about this, but what surprised them was Azusa Enomoto behind Amuro Toru.

"Miss Azi, are you here too?" Xiaolan said.

"When Poirot was talking about this, you didn't seem to be interested." Yuanzi was also a little confused.

"Although I didn't show it in the store, I am actually a fan of Hasu!" Azusa Enomoto held Amuro Toru's arm, "So after get off work, I followed Mr. Amuro here!"

"I was shocked! Just when I was about to enter, she suddenly stopped me. It took a long time to explain to the staff before letting us in." Toru Amuro said, turning to look at Subaru Okiya, "But what surprises me even more is that you are here too, Mr. Subaru Okiya. Thank you so much for last time. Do you still remember me?"

"Of course I remember. Are you still delivering express delivery?"

"Ah, um..." Toru Amuro was stunned for a moment, "That's right. Occasionally, I help with delivery from the store..."

"Well, that sounds interesting."

Hey, hey, how interesting is this...

Feng Yuan complained in his mind, paying attention to the conversation between the two people.

Although he had previously told Mr. Subaru all the details about the night when he played Subaru Okiya and met Toru Amuro, Maplehara was still a little worried about whether he would spill the beans.

Fortunately, Subaru-san remembers it quite clearly.

Next, Subaru Okiya and Toru Amuro started chatting about some uninteresting topics, and Kaedehara turned his attention to Azusa Enomoto.

He didn't go to Poirot Cafe as often as Conan, so he wasn't as familiar with Azusa Enomoto as Conan was, but he still felt that Azusa Enomoto seemed a little weird.

For example, is she already so close to Toru Amuro...

Haiyuan has never held his arm like this...

Although it is indeed a bit weird for elementary school students to do this.

But having said that, this kind of situation where someone didn't come to talk but ended up showing up often happens when facing Kidd.Under normal circumstances, that person is probably pretending...

"Then you three loyal fans can stay here." Sonoko's voice interrupted Fengyuan's thoughts.

Since there are classes at Didan High School tomorrow, Sonoko, who is not very interested in Botu, doesn't want to wait any longer and prepares to leave.

So does Xiaolan.

She pulled Conan involuntarily, and at the same time looked at Fengyuan, who was a few steps away from her, "Then, Conan, Xiao Kong, let's go back together, too?"

"Ah, wait!" Before Fengyuan could say anything, Conan expressed his dissent, "Hey, Sister Azusa!"

"Huh?" Miss Azusa Enomoto looked at Conan.

"Do you like Botu because he plays the guitar very well? Sister Azusa, you are also a master of guitar!"

"Yes, of course." The other party responded happily.

"Huh?" Xiaolan was a little confused, "Miss Azusa, didn't you say you've never touched a guitar?"

"That's right," Sonoko agreed, "It was the last time we came to invite you to join the band."

"Ah, um..." Ms. Azusa Enomoto looked a little embarrassed, "I felt so embarrassed about joining the high school girl band, so I just blurted it out. I'm sorry."

After this interruption, Conan also successfully broke away from Xiaolan's hand and gained a brief freedom.

Fengyuan stood next to Conan, avoiding his eyes and mouthing to him: "Belmod?"

Conan nodded.

He has been in contact with Azusa Enomoto much more than Kaedehara, and he also knows that Azusa Enomoto doesn’t know how to play guitar at all, so he immediately noticed something was wrong when he heard Azusa Enomoto say that she was a fan of Hasu.

Conan then gestured towards Subaru Okiya.

The fact that Akai Shuichi is still alive cannot be exposed to Belmode.

Over there, Subaru Okiya was chatting happily with Toru Amuro about Hatsu's songs.

"I'll go." Feng Yuan said.

After all, he and Okiya Subaru were neighbors, so he had more reason to whisper to Okiya Subaru and persuade him to leave.

But just when Kaedehara took advantage of the gap between the two people's conversation and was about to pull Okiya Subaru aside to talk, he then noticed some minor commotion at the entrance and the sound of hurried footsteps.

In walked two uniformed firefighters.

"We are here for a fire inspection." The person walking in front seemed to be in a hurry and walked directly to the door inside the venue. "Please let us confirm the equipment."

"Ah, you guys..."

"Wait a minute, you can't go in yet."

The agent, Ms. Yuancheng, tried to stop them, but the other party ignored them and opened the door directly.

Then their footsteps stopped.

Then came the screams.

The two firefighters seemed to have seen some terrible scene. They took a step back and fell to the ground.This kind of performance made other people realize that something was wrong and hurried over there.

Maple Plains is no exception.

When he walked to the door, he saw a man carrying a guitar hanging there by a rope on the stage, more than three meters above the ground.

That's Mr. Potato.

After coming back to their senses, Conan, Subaru Okiya and Toru Amuro immediately rushed into the venue and ran towards the scene.

Feng Principle did not follow immediately, but stopped here first to observe the reactions of everyone around him.When you first see such a scene, you would usually think it was a homicide.

"Ah, wait a minute, Conan!"

Beside Feng Yuan, Xiaolan noticed that Conan also ran in, and Xiaolan subconsciously wanted to rush in and pull Conan back.But then her wrist was grabbed by "Enomoto Azusa", that is, Belmore.

"No, angel, you can't go in!" Belmore blocked him, "You are not suitable for this blood-stained stage."

"God, angel?" Xiaolan was stunned for a moment.

"Oh," Belmore, who had reacted, smiled to make up for what he had just said, "Xiaolan, you have always been very innocent, haven't you?"

"Is it a joke that heaven, angel and innocence are homophonic words?"

"In short, leave the investigation of the case to them!"

Belmode said, looking at the three people in the venue.

Already entering the venue, one is Bourbon, who has the best insight in the organization, and the other is Kudo Shinichi, a high school student detective who was transformed into a child after taking drugs... one of them.

There is another one who I don’t know who…

but…

"Xiao Kong," looking at Feng Yuan who was still standing there obediently, Belmore bent down and asked kindly, "don't you go and take a look?"

"Eh?" Fengyuan looked a little surprised, "Sister Azusa, you should still call me Fengyuan like before."

"...Don't be ridiculous, you are still a child."

Having been deceived by Conan just once, and finally covering it up, Belmore had to be a little more vigilant.

"Oh... I must have remembered it wrong, but Sister Aziz is really awesome. She actually knows that I am also interested in the case..."

"..."

"Then I'll go too." Fengyuan turned around and walked towards the venue.

Xiaolan wanted to hold Fengyuan back, but failed. Then she thought that Conan had already gone in anyway, so she decided to forget it.

And here, when Feng Yuan came in, Conan and the other three people had already gathered near the body.

Judging from the scene, it was obvious that Mr. Botu was already dead, so Conan and the others left him hanging until the police arrived before putting him down.

Even before he got there, Maplehara could notice that there was nothing under Mr. Hasato's feet, and there was nothing to raise him up.In fact, judging from the height of the body off the ground, it didn't look like suicide at all.

"There must be more than one criminal, right?" Toru Amuro apparently thought the same way. "If it were one person, it would require a lot of strength."

"Don't you think so, Mr. Okiya?" Then he looked at Subaru Okiya, "When I met you last time, I already saw your excellent reasoning ability." "Where is it." Subaru Okiya He said modestly, "I'm just a graduate student who likes mystery novels."

Several people then separated to look for clues.

The other end of the rope hanging Mr. Botu was tied to the seat in the front row of the auditorium. The end of the rope seemed to have been cut, and a hole seemed to be drilled into the edge of the rope.

Maplehara noticed a very thin kite string on the ground, but Conan also noticed it and was investigating along the kite string, but Maplehara did not follow it.

Toru Amuro noticed a folding chair leaning against the wall on the side of the stage. There was a roll of rope and a toolbox next to the stool.He bent down and carefully observed the rope. Judging from the cut in the rope -

"What are you doing?" Amuro Toru turned around and asked.

When he was thinking, he noticed a beam of light, and when he looked over, he found that the child named Sora Maplehara was sticking his head out, holding a watch-shaped flashlight to shine on the gap between the chair and the wall.

"See if there is anything hidden on the back of this chair."

Maplehara explained, "Judging from the cuts in the rope, this roll of rope should be part of the rope used for hanging. If put together with this roll of rope, this stool should also be useful, right?"

"Yeah..." Toru Amuro was slightly startled.

However, he was not dazed because of these words, but because he thought of Belmode's words again.

This kid is indeed very smart...

As expected of twins…

"But the angle is a bit small, so I can't see very clearly. I don't know what's in the box." Fengyuan retracted his gaze and looked at Toru Amuro in a cute way, "Let's wait until the police uncle comes and take a look, right?"

He came here without gloves today.

Moreover, he has actually seen what he should have seen.

On the other side, Conan also followed the kite string and found a baseball tied to the kite string.

That was about all the clues they found at the scene.

Soon, the Megure Police Department and Officer Takagi arrived at the scene.

After a while.

"To summarize the testimony," the Megure Police Department said, "Between [-]:[-] and [-]:[-] pm at the presumed time of death, the only people who were not seen were Mr. Busch and Ms. Madoka."

"Wait a minute!" President Busch objected, "Didn't I say it? My stomach feels uncomfortable and I have been squatting in the toilet!"

"I, I was also running around in the concert hall, giving instructions to the staff!" Ms. Yuancheng also defended, "Because I had to tell the staff that these people wanted to watch Botu's rehearsal."

As she said this, she gestured to Fengyuan and the others.

"And if you want to doubt it, shouldn't you doubt him?"

President Busch pointed at reporter Kajidani who was stopped by a police officer. After learning the news, the reporter tried to break in again, "That's the magazine reporter who bought the staff's jacket and sneaked in!"

"Hey, let me go!" Reporter Kajidani kept struggling, "Wasn't Bozu killed? At least let me take a picture?"

"Before that," Megure Police Department asked, "Is what Mr. Busch just said true? Can you tell me the specific time?"

"Yes, I bought a coat from the staff and entered this hall. The time was before [-]:[-] in the afternoon, probably around [-]:[-]. If you think I am lying, just ask that person Well done to the guy who sold me the coat!”

"It would be strange if that were the case," Officer Takagi looked at his pamphlet. "The time when Ms. Madoka was missing was around [-]:[-] to [-]:[-], and Mr. Busch was missing between [-] and [-] o'clock. Fifteen points. In this way, it is impossible for three people to conspire to hang the victim."

"Excuse me," Conan asked aloud, "does any of the three of you play baseball?"

Xiaolan quickly pulled Conan, trying to stop him from "interfering" with the police's investigation of the case, but the three people still answered the question.

“I played football all the way through college.”

"I-I played a little tennis when I was in middle school..."

President Busi and Ms. Madoka replied in turn.

"I'm a ghost member of the mountain climbing club," Kajidani reporter said. "Speaking of baseball, Hatsu played all the way to high school. It is said that he was a very good outfielder and almost made it to Koshien!"

"That was probably the one given to him by the members of the baseball club when he graduated from high school," Ms. Madoka said. "It said 'Go hard and become a musician!' on it, and Botu has always carried it with him..."

"As expected of his ex-girlfriend, he knows so well. From then until Botu debuted and became popular, you were dating him, right?"

Reporter Kajitani then looked at President Busu, "So, the one who wanted to get involved in this beautiful manager's love affair, but was rejected, is this Mr. President, right?"

"This was all so many years ago..."

"What's the matter!"

"By the way, do you know where Mr. Botu's cell phone is?"

"Nothing was found in his lounge or belongings." Officer Takagi added following the Megure Police Department's questioning.

"Botu always kept his cell phone in his breast pocket..."

"Really?" Officer Takagi put away the manual, "I'll go take a look..."

Officer Takagi said he was going to take a look, but in fact he was naturally going to direct others.But this also requires leaving here temporarily.

As soon as he took two steps, he felt his clothes being gently pulled. When he looked down out of habit, he saw Feng Yuan.

"What's wrong, Sora?"

"Did you notice that stool by the wall?"

"Oh, um, thanks to your reminder, the forensic officers saw the stool and found nothing strange, but we still plan to take it back for fingerprint testing..."

"...Didn't you find anything strange?" Fengyuan suppressed the desire to complain and said calmly.

"Yes, yes. Could it be that we missed something?"

"You probably only looked at the front of the chair," Feng Yuan said softly, "There is something stuck on the back of the chair."

That's a contact lens.

Officer Takagi quickly ran back and asked someone to check the stool carefully again, and then asked someone to search the pocket of Mr. Boto's body to see if there was a mobile phone.

Watching Officer Takagi run away, Maplehara couldn't help but sigh, and then began to think.

After thinking for a moment, Fengyuan took out his mobile phone and started sending an email.

"Haiyuan, do you know of any way to hang an adult man up very high with just one person?"

Although there are four detectives here, I should be able to figure it out if I think about it slowly, but it is almost time for dinner, and Feng Yuan still decides to send a message.

And that's how he started.

He then described the tools that might be used on site.

After a few seconds.

"Have you encountered another murder case?"

"Yes." Maplehara typed back, "After all, I came out with Conan."

"Then there's no need to save dinner for you?"

"It will be solved soon. Maybe we can go back earlier than originally. As long as you can answer the question I just asked."

"Mr. Detective is really lazy. Unfortunately, I don't know either."

While typing and replying to the message, Haihara Ai walked to the living room and then sent another message.

"But I can help you search on the Internet. The same goes for lifting heavy objects, right?"

"Yes, thank you." Fengyuan typed back.

The next reply I got was a disgusted expression.

I feel a lot better...

"You guys are not chatting with your Haiyuan, are you?" Conan's voice came from beside him, "You are so leisurely at this time..."

"I want you to manage."

"Then what?" Conan then asked, "What did you just say to Officer Takagi?"

(End of this chapter)