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Chapter 1555 The Missing Miss
  This was roughly the situation before Oiso Nagami's death.

"The situation is generally understood."

After hearing the news, Karasawa looked at everyone and asked, "Then I would like to ask, was there anything strange when you left the road and discovered Oiso Nagami?"

"The two hotel attendants who started to notice something strange in the pool said that when they checked the pool ten minutes ago, there was nothing there."

"In addition, after Manager Toshima found the body of the eldest lady jumping into the swimming pool, he said that there was glass in the swimming pool." Sera Masumi followed closely and echoed: "That's about it."

"Dr. Aso, how about the autopsy report?"

After hearing everything that happened before Oiso Nagami's death, Officer Megure looked at Aso Minoru who was inspecting the body and asked.

"The deceased was definitely drowned. The estimated time of death is between 12 o'clock and 13 o'clock." Aso Minoru nodded.

"But I still don't understand something."

Officer Megure said this and looked at the swimming pool next to him: "The depth of this swimming pool is not so deep that she cannot stand. Why did she drown in such a shallow swimming pool?"

"Perhaps it's because she's carrying an oxygen tank on her back." Laito Sanomaki heard this and explained: "And to make it easier to find the necklace, she also hung a heavy object around her waist."

"At that time, the eldest lady said she wanted to carefully search the bottom of the swimming pool." Toshima Ensaku said.

"In other words, after driving you out, I will search the swimming pool for the whereabouts of the necklace?"

Officer Memu nodded when he heard this and said: "If this is the case, it will be really dangerous if there is no one around if an accident occurs.

Since this is the case, there is a possibility of accidental death. "

"Indeed." Takagi said this and looked at the diving equipment next to him: "The more likely situation is that the deceased was diving with a heavy oxygen bottle and suddenly encountered an emergency of leg cramps.

Then this sudden situation made her panic and accidentally let go of the oxygen respirator in her mouth, and she started to choke on water.

It is not impossible to drown under such circumstances. "

"I don't think that's the case."

At this moment, Karasawa suddenly said: "I remember Conan and the others just said they were concerned about something, one of which was that there was nothing in the swimming pool ten minutes before the body of Nagami Oiso was found.

The two waiters over there should be able to prove this, right? "

"That's right." The waiter nodded after hearing this: "The two of us and Manager Toshima and the other three have been investigating the whereabouts of Miss Yongmei.

But after arriving at the swimming pool, I found that the eldest lady was not there at all.

But when we came to the swimming pool ten minutes later, we found that the eldest lady had somehow appeared at the bottom of the swimming pool. "

"This scene is indeed a pity." Officer Megure nodded after hearing this.

"Then I wonder if you still remember what time it was?" Takagi asked.

"I remember it was around 2 p.m.," one of the waiters said.

"Hey, isn't the presumed time of death between 12 noon and 1 pm!?" Officer Megure was shocked when he heard the news.

"The time of death does not change, so the answer is actually obvious."

Karasawa said: "Someone killed Nagami Oiso between 12 noon and 1 p.m. and hid her body. Then at 2 p.m., it was in the middle of the body dumping swimming pool."

"Then, given our situation at the time, is there any way to do this without anyone noticing?" Officer Megure looked at Toshima Ensaku and asked.

"I think it's unlikely." Toshima Enze replied after hearing this: "At that time, most of us were scattered in various places in the hotel to search for the whereabouts of the eldest lady.

It seems a little impossible to move the body away from the sight of so many of us."

After hearing the manager's words, Oiso Hamaka and Sanomaki Raito also nodded in agreement, obviously holding the same view.

"Not only that, there is a receptionist at the entrance and exit of the swimming pool who is responsible for confirming the information of the people entering."

Toshima Enzai explained: "If a suspicious person comes in and out with the body of the eldest lady, he will definitely be discovered."

"In other words, the swimming pool was actually a large secret room at that time." Sera Masumi said with a smile.

"And the glass fragments in the swimming pool are also very concerning." Conan on the side said: "Manager Toshima was also injured in the foot because of the glass inside."

"That's right, I jumped down to salvage the eldest lady with Mr. Zuoma, but I didn't expect that there was glass at the bottom of the water." Toshima Enzai said: "But when we were looking for the necklace with the eldest lady, there was still glass in the swimming pool. no."

"Officer Megure, I am a little concerned about the glass fragments. It may be related to the prisoner's trick to hide the deceased."

Tangze suggested: "Drain all the water in the swimming pool, and let's carefully check the situation inside the swimming pool.

I suspect there may be other clues that we can't see right now. "

"Well, just do as you say, brother Karasawa." Officer Megure nodded, and immediately ordered Takagi: "You ask the hotel staff and ask them to pump water."

"Understood!" Takagi nodded when he heard this, then turned and left immediately.

The water was pumped very quickly. After everyone stood by the pool and waited for a while, they saw the water level drop, and the scene inside the pool was quickly revealed.

Everyone scanned the bottom and soon discovered a large number of glass fragments near the entrance and exit stairs of the swimming pool.

"Why are there so many shards of glass?"

Officer Megure followed Tang Ze and others down to the bottom of the swimming pool. He looked at the fragments on the ground and said in surprise: "It's all broken into pieces. Looking at it like this, it should be difficult to see the original appearance without putting it back together."

"It's the sink."

The three of them spoke in unison. After speaking, they found that the other two people had also said the same thing to them, and they couldn't help but look at each other and smile.

"Sink?" Officer Megure asked in surprise.

"The lock piece that Takagi is holding in his hand is not flat, but a three-dimensional corner part of the box, and there are four "L" shaped pieces."

Karasawa put on his gloves and quickly picked out two shaped pieces, and then roughly put them together on the ground, and a cube shape was revealed.

"It really is!"

Although the four corners in the air were not supported and were placed on the ground by Karasawa, as long as he thought about the assembled parts, Officer Megure could see that it was a rectangular sink. “But I’m getting more and more confused.” Officer Megure held the fragments and said in surprise: “Why is there a sink at the bottom of the swimming pool, and it’s all broken.”

At this moment, a forensics officer came over with evidence: "Officer Memu, we found a very long fishing line stuck at the drain of the swimming pool."

"Fishing line?" Officer Megure looked at the fishing line wrapped in the other person's hand and asked, "Approximately how long is it?"

"About 50 meters," the forensic examiner said.

"So long? It seems like what you said, Brother Karasawa, it was a trick used by the criminals." Officer Megure said.

"Ms. Hamaka, what is the style of the necklace Miss Nagami lost?"

Hearing Officer Megure's words, Takagi seemed to have thought of something and quickly looked up at Oiso Hamaka by the swimming pool and asked.

"My sister's necklace is very thin, but it is inlaid with many petal-shaped diamonds." Oiso Hamaka said after hearing this.

"If that's the case, could the criminal use pieces of glass and fishing line to disguise it as a necklace, and then do something with it?"

"But in this case, there is no need to use such a long rope." Officer Megure looked suspicious, obviously feeling that Takagi's words were not very reliable.

"But if you tie one end of the fishing line into a circle and then glue it to glass, you can pretend to be a diamond in the water and lure the deceased to where you want to go." Takagi expressed his reasoning with confidence.

"Well, if that's the case, it's not impossible." Officer Takagi was a little skeptical at first, but after listening to Takagi's reasoning, he found that this reasoning was unexpectedly reliable.

"You continue to investigate the situation inside the swimming pool." After the officer finished his instructions, he looked up at the three suspects: "As for us, let's go and question the three people who are involved with the deceased."

After coming up, Karasawa looked at the three people present and said, "I just heard Sonoko and the others said that before the deceased Oiso Nagami was looking for the necklace, there seemed to be some conflicts between you."

"Contradiction or something"

Toshima Enzai waved his hands repeatedly and said: "I am just too stupid, so the eldest lady dislikes the way I put on sunscreen."

"My nail scratched my sister." Oiso Hamaka quickly explained.

"Although I was helping her apply it in the end, she suddenly lost her temper." Raito Sanomaki quickly explained.

"I originally thought that the prisoner secretly took away the necklace when he was helping her apply sunscreen." Officer Megure was surprised when he heard this: "I didn't expect that all three of you actually helped."

"After all, sister, she originally liked to do that kind of thing." Oiso Hamaka said quickly after hearing this, but her words shocked everyone present.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Oiso Hamaka quickly explained: "Sister, she likes to play pranks, such as asking men to help zip up the back of the skirt, or saying that she has a fever and asking him to help touch her forehead.

After that, she secretly observes the other person's reaction and takes pleasure in it. This is also the cute side of my sister. "

"cute."

Hearing Oiso Hamaka's words, Karasawa was speechless. In the words of his hometown in later generations, this rich young lady had a bit of a bad temperament.

"Well, he is the type that girls will hate." Sonoko heard Oiso Hamaka comment directly.

"Would girls do this?" Sera Masumi asked Sonoko with a surprised look on her face, as if she had opened her eyes after learning a little bit about the opposite sex.

"Sero-san is also a girl, right?" Xiaolan smiled helplessly after hearing Sera's pure words.

"Sister, she is a very persistent person in everything, so it's not surprising that he would kick us out and look for me himself," Oiso Hamaka said.

"Well, I will treat her more willful aspects as her personality and accept them in full." Raito Sanomaki said.

"Is this really true? We just heard your conversation."

Sera Masumi said with a playful smile: "Miss Yongmei suddenly lost her temper. It seems that she suspected that you two were secretly having a tryst in the hotel and that you planned to get half of the family property.

As for you, Mr. Manager, you provided a place for the two of them to have a tryst, so you must have been blamed as well. "

"Indeed, this is the most likely reason to form the motive for murder." Officer Memu nodded in agreement after hearing this.

"This is a misunderstanding!" Raito Sanomaki said quickly after hearing Officer Megure's words.

"It's just that my sister is overthinking it!" Oiso Hamaka also denied it with a serious face.

“Actually, it’s because Yongmei’s birthday is coming soon.”

Raito Sanomaki explained: "So we decided to celebrate my sister's birthday in her favorite suite in this hotel."

"Such as favorite decorations or dishes." Toshima Enze said: "Of course the most important thing is to surprise him, so I didn't let Miss Nagami know."

"But my sister saw us discussing things in that suite, so he misunderstood and said such things angrily." Oiso Hamaka nodded in agreement.

"Nagami has been very jealous since a long time ago." Laito Sanomaki said, "Nagami and I were high school classmates, and we have been dating since then."

"But Miss Nagami really likes that room, so it's normal to be so angry." Toshima Ensaku said.

"Oh? You like it so much?" Officer Megure asked in surprise.

"She even kicked out the reserved guests before and lived in it by herself." Oiso Hamaka said.

"So we have no motive to kill her at all. We just need to explain those misunderstandings clearly!" Raito Zuomamaki defended while looking at Karasawa and others.

Oiso Hamaka repeatedly echoed: "Yes, we just plan to help her celebrate her birthday!"

"If you don't believe it, then ask other hotel staff!" Manager Toshima Ensaku said directly: "When we decorate the room, we also need to find other employees to help decorate the room. "

"We will confirm this with the hotel staff later."

Officer Takagi already believed it after hearing this. After all, the three of them looked as usual and were not afraid of questioning at all. It was obvious that this was the truth.

However, the investigation still depends on the evidence, so Takagi still plans to investigate it himself.

"Then the current focus of the investigation is the movement trajectories of the three of you after being driven away by Miss Yongmei."

Tang Ze pondered for a moment and then smiled and said: "I think the two ladies at the front desk of the swimming pool should still remember this, so let's go and ask next."

(End of this chapter)