Conan’s Corpse Picker

 Chapter 20472047【Case closed】

The staff lounge is next to the Mirror Room.

A group of people returned to the Mirror House. Jiang Xia took them in through the exit and stopped at a fork in the road.

He pointed to a side road: "This is the fork in the road where the body is. If you want to see the body, we must pass where we are now."

“Indeed.” Mumu Police Department was confused, “So what?”

Jiang Xia stopped talking and went to see Maya Hashimoto.

 Hashimoto Maya: “…”

 Thank you for your help, but I really don’t want to be a detective.

Unfortunately, as an undercover agent assigned next to a detective, he couldn't say this at all.

Anyway, I had already been slapped by reporters and took pictures just now, and my sense of presence was already as high as it could get. Maya Hashimoto wiped her face and started thinking about it.

Then he continued what Jiang Xia had just said: "The exit can be clearly seen from here, so after tourists reach this location, they usually leave directly from the exit. No one will pass by the dead end where the body is."

 Curacao clapped his hands silently, looking impressed by his reasoning. The others didn't hear her make a sound, but when they saw someone clapping their hands, they all followed suit.

 The reporters were also affected by the atmosphere and took two more photos of Maya Hashimoto.

 The mascot in the distance moved its head, snorted, and let out a laugh that could be called schadenfreude.

 Hashimoto Maya: “…”

 There is indeed no good person in the organization!

Jiang Xia gave the new assistant enough room to develop, and then continued with a deep sense of merit and fame: "In other words, the place where the body is located is a very good hiding spot. As long as you don't encounter people who are too curious and get to the exit. For guests who don't want to leave, the fact that there is a corpse in the mirror room will not be exposed.

“The murderer must have investigated the maze route here in advance. After choosing a hiding spot, she put on a disguise and entered the mirror maze with the deceased.

"When the two met, the murderer tried to lure the deceased to the blind corner and killed him. After confirming that the deceased was dead, she rummaged through the deceased's bag and left in a hurry wearing a disguise.

“After that, the murderer only needs to throw away his windbreaker and top hat in a nearby public toilet, then rush back to the Mirror Room in his original appearance, and wait in line to enter.”

“When she entered the field again, she did not go to the exit, but quickly came to another location.”

Jiang Xia led a group of people around in the maze and stopped at another dead end.

　　　The police department was already dizzy: "Where is this?"

 Curacao and Toru Amuro glanced at the other side of the mirror and vaguely understood something.

Jiang Xia knocked on the mirror with her finger: "Behind this mirror is where the body was before. There is a gap between the top of the mirror and the ceiling - the murderer only needs to use this gap to take the buzzer she just took away from the deceased's bag. Throwing the alarm over will trigger the sound immediately.

“The sudden sound of the alarm sound in a closed scene, and the characteristics of the buzzer alarm being activated when it encounters an impact, will make people mistakenly think that the time of the crime is the time when the alarm sounded.

"At that time, the five people in the museum were attracted by the alarm and came to the dead end where the deceased was. From this location to the scene, it takes the most detours, plus the time to enter. The murderer should be the last one to enter the museum. A Qiu Yuan and the young lady rushed to the scene." Qiu Yuan and the young lady froze when they were hit by a hammer.

Maya Hashimoto was no less surprised than she was.

Maya Hashimoto: "..." If I remember correctly, this Miss Akimoto must have a job. The only one out of the four who didn't have a job was Makimura Akumi.

 So he had always firmly believed that Akimi Makimura was either the deceased or the murderer, and he had been secretly guarding against this woman... Who knew that he had guessed wrong again.

 …It’s better not to make random guesses in the future, and protect everyone equally. Fortunately, Qiu Yuan and Na had no intention of attacking innocent passers-by, otherwise they might have stumbled and been hit unfortunately.

Not only Maya Hashimoto, but also everyone else’s eyes were focused on Akimoto and Na for various reasons.

Akimoto and Na originally wanted to argue, but she didn't expect that she was photographed by the detective assistant when she went out. Now even the windbreaker, hat and gloves were found. Thinking of the evidence that might be left on it, she could only clenched her fists tightly and gritted her teeth and said, "I was the one who killed him."

Hanawa Mika was extremely shocked: "Do you really have a grudge because of that admissions exam..."

Akimoto and Na suddenly glanced at her: "So you reported my motive to the police?"

 Hanawa Mika: “…”

She covered her lips in embarrassment and smiled: "Well, I was rushing to talk at the time, but it happened to happen..."

Qiu Yuanhe sneered tiredly: "Forget it, anyway, I had planned to let you take the blame for me before, and I also mentioned Zhu Shi's motive for the murder just now."

 Makimura Zhumi: "???"

 The plastic friendship has completely withered away.

However, Akimi Makimura had also exposed Hanawa Mika’s motives before, and probably knew the psychological activities of her friends at the time.

 So now instead of resentment, curiosity and doubt prevail. She looked at Akimoto and Na: "But didn't you pass the exam and get the offer? It's so hard to find a job, why do you have to sacrifice your future?"

 “Because I can’t forgive her!”

Qiu Yuan and Na clenched their fists tightly, with anger on their faces: "Her father is the president of a bank branch and has business dealings with my father. Or to put it more clearly, her father is holding the lifeblood of my father's company. .

"I have given in to her in everything since I was a child, but I don't want to give in to something as important as work, which is a life-long matter. So when I was interviewed by Toyo TV a while ago and Xiaofeng Yuan and I became competitors, I still performed according to my own strength, without any trace of Release water.

"It was a cruel exam in which only one person was hired out of nearly a hundred people, but I was confident that I could win based on my strength. My level of broadcasting is on par with Madoka Xiaomine, but I also know French and English. I I'm pretty sure I'll be the winner in the end.

"I was filled with the joy of getting a new job, but I didn't notice my father's ugly face when I went for the interview. At that time, he asked me to cheer up in a complicated tone, but I thought he just didn't sleep well at night. So uninspired.

“After that, I won the exam, but my father’s company unfortunately went bankrupt due to a break in the capital chain. After he fell ill, I learned from his employees that this was because the bank where Madoka Xiaomine’s father worked refused financing.

“Before that exam, President Xiaofeng personally approached my father and said that the condition of financing was that I should refuse the interview to make way for his daughter. But my father did not agree.”

 (End of this chapter)