Chapter 1808 The Upside Down Room
August 26, Saturday, evening, Mei Dai Restaurant.
After coming out of the screening room, it was already opening time, and I ate a lot of refreshments and snacks, so dinner was waived.
The seven members of Miyamoto's family and Hondo Eisuke went to work directly. Hondo Eisuke was already familiar with the work, but there were still problems, so he was still doing work such as arranging seats and laying tablecloths.
Asking him to move things, for fear of being thrown away, is not a matter of money, but a matter of time and volume of aftermath.
While working, Yamazaki talked about future problems with Hondo Eisuke by the way.
"Excuse me, but if you really want to stay at Mei Dai Restaurant for a long time, I suggest you move to live nearby, otherwise you will not get enough sleep during school."
"This..." Hondo Eisuke was a little dazed, obviously not thinking about this issue.
Yamazaki said: "It's best, you come back on weekends and consecutive holidays, and the Maori Detective Agency is also there. This will not affect your studies. Of course, all this is up to you."
"Oh." Hondo Eisuke scratched his head and thought for a while, then agreed to Yamazaki's suggestion. ...
Sunday, August 27, cloudy.
Under Huiyuan's call, the young detective team decided to go outdoors and play baseball.
Haibara felt that he had eaten too many refreshments while watching a movie yesterday and needed to consume calories. ...
On the open space under the river embankment, the river breeze blows, and it doesn't feel steamy or stuffy, and it's quite comfortable.
The pitcher is Genta, the batter is Mitsuhiko, the infielders are Ayumi and Haibara, and the outfielder is Conan.
Genta pitched, Mitsuhiko swung his bat with his eyes closed, and sent the ball flying.
"Conan!"
"Edogawa-san."
Under the urging of everyone, Conan went to chase the baseball, and finally stretched out his feet to put the baseball on, and received the baseball steadily after a header.
"Very good."
"Conan is amazing."
"Think of it as football."
"Catch the ball with your glove, it's not football!"
Compared to Genta, Ayumi, and Haibara, Mitsuhiko made a serious protest.
Yuan Tai also realized the problem, "Really, Conan, you must fight seriously!"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Conan had a headache, and there was nothing he could do. Because he likes to play football, his feet react faster than his hands.
Substitution, pitcher Motota and batter Mitsuhiko switch positions, pitcher Mitsuhiko, batter Motota.
Mitsuhiko threw the ball, and Genta sent the ball flying with a hard blow.
In the wind, the baseball flew high, as if it was about to ride the wind and go home.
Seeing the ball fly over the embankment, Conan was dumbfounded after chasing it, Yuantai, why don't you use so much force.
Panting, Conan ran up the embankment, watching the baseball fly into the skylight of a house.
"Wow!"
It seems that some jar is broken.
Conan stroked his head, what's the matter!
Seeing that the situation was wrong, the four of Huiyuan ran up, and were a little dumbfounded after understanding the situation.
Yuan Tai was complacent, "Wow, I actually shot so far."
Ayumi said: "I hope it won't be a very vicious grandfather, Genta, you have to apologize."
Yuan was too honest, "Well, I must apologize properly."
Mitsuhiko said, "I hope it's not some valuable antique, otherwise I'll lose a lot of money."
"Huh?" Yuan was too stupid.
Haibara threatened, "Currently, the most expensive vase auctioned in the world has already exceeded tens of billions of yen."
"No, isn't it?" Yuan Tai broke down, tears came out.
Conan said with a smile: "Okay, don't think about it, the result will be known only by asking the people who live there."
Conan led the team to ring the doorbell, but no one answered the door.
Haibara tried to open the door, but found that it was not locked.
"In this case, it should be at home.
Ayumi asked back: "But why no one came to answer the door?
Mitsuhiko guessed: "Could it be that the people in this family were knocked out by a baseball?"
Conan said: "If this is the case, there is no way to be sure if you don't go in and have a look." Then he went in, "Excuse me."
Ayumi worried: "Conan, is it really okay to go in casually?"
Mitsuhiko guessed: "Conan, is this an illegal intrusion into a house?"
"There's nothing you can do in this situation." Hui Yuan followed in, "Excuse me."
Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko looked at each other and followed in together, "Excuse me."
Ayumi looked at it and said: "Hey, this room seems very strange."
Yuan Tai said: "Yeah, I always feel very awkward."
Huiyuan pointed out: "Can't you see it? The mini cars, mini dolls, and books on the shelves are almost all upside down."
"Yes, but why is this happening?" Mitsuhiko wondered, "Is it because the ball fell, causing the abnormal phenomenon of space-time distortion?"
"How can such a thing happen? It's too exaggerated. It just happened to fly in through the open window of this house." Conan couldn't help laughing, "Besides, the baseball should have fallen into this room."
There is a sign hanging in that room, writing, do not disturb.
After Conan knocked on the door, there was still no answer.
When I opened the door, I saw a fat man wearing home clothes and glasses lying on the ground, surrounded by broken porcelain.
In front of the man is a desk, one of the drawers has been pulled out very long; behind him is a shelf with a row of vases on it, one of which is broken, and there is another empty space between the vases.
Conan stepped forward to check, shook his head and said, "He's dead."
Yuan Tai suddenly imagined, "Could it be, could it be that the ball I hit hit the vase on the shelf, and then the vase fell on his head..." Tears poured out as he spoke.
"Idiot," Haibara said, "your ball is still on the shelf, and so is the broken vase. This is another vase."
Yuan Tai was afraid: "Really? Didn't it come down from the shock?"
"Although judging from the fragments of the vase scattered around the body, it should be hit on the back of the head by a vase," Conan said, "but judging from the degree of stiffness, he should have been dead for an hour or two, so it has nothing to do with Yuanta .”
"Genta, that's great." Ayumi was happy for him.
Mitsuhiko wondered: "Could this ball have traveled to two hours ago?"
"No, won't it?" Yuan was too entangled.
"There is no such thing at all, don't worry." Conan said helplessly, "And this vase doesn't seem to be worth much, Yuantai, you can rest assured."
"That's great." Empress Dowager Yuan patted her badge in fear and breathed a sigh of relief.
Haibara asked Conan, "Hey, what do you see?"
Conan said with a smile: "It's very simple, someone smashed him to death with a vase from behind him, just when he was looking inside the drawer of the desk."
Ayumi asked, "How did you know it was when you were looking at the drawer?"
"There are indentations at the connection between the desk and the drawer, and it is still oblique. This is evidence that the deceased was attacked from behind and his body was pressed against the drawer when he fell," Conan said. "Of course, the most important thing is the drawer. There are fragments of vases, too."
Yuan Tai said: "So that's the case."
Mitsuhiko thought about it: "Opening the drawer is usually to find something in it, or when you want to get something out, you will look in. I don't know what it will be."
"It should be something small and hard to find, or something big and hard to take out." Huiyuan said, "But I'm even more strange about the room next door."
"Yeah, the books on the shelf, the car models, and the dolls are almost all upside down." Conan pondered, "If it was done by the criminal, what is his intention?"
At this moment, two men ran in, the one in his fifties at the front and the one in his thirties at the back.
The man in his fifties shouted: "Hey, what are you guys doing here!"
"Ah, the original? Isn't it the original that fell there?"
"Originally, originally, originally."
The man in his fifties stepped forward to call out, but seeing no response, he immediately shouted at his peers: "What are you still doing, call the police and an ambulance!"
"Ah, yes, I'll go right away." The man in his thirties responded and ran away.
"Okay, you guys also leave this room quickly." The man in his fifties drove the boy detective team out of the room.
At this time, a white cat ran over.
"it's so cute."
"Don't touch my cat!"
Before Ayumi and Haibara reached out their hands, the man in his fifties screamed nervously, which shocked everyone.
"Ah, cough," the man in his fifties showed a smiling face, "Okay, get out, and I'll explain the situation to the police when they arrive."
Yuan Tai said angrily: "I know, I know, it's true."
Mitsuhiko said dissatisfied: "Who the hell is he?"
Ayumi said angrily: "That's right, there's no need to talk like that."
Conan's heart skipped a beat. This guy didn't go to check the situation of the deceased just now. He just asked his companion to call an ambulance and the police. Now he said the police because he knew that the person was dead?
So, when did he know about it? ...
Conan didn't know whose hands this incident would fall into. For convenience, Conan notified Maori, so as not to notify his parents when he got it.
Soon, ambulance personnel and police officers arrived, as did Mori, Yamazaki and Hondo Eisuke.
"Ah, you are the famous detective Mori Kogoro, right? I am editor Shimagi." Editor Shimagi handed over his business card.
"Hello, hello." Maori also sent a business card.
Editor Shimagi introduced: "This is Mr. Manda Nohisa, a novelist."
Maori said enthusiastically: "Mr. Wantian, I am your fan, especially the costume dramas adapted into TV dramas."
"Hi, nice to meet you." Wan Tian Nianjiu smiled.
Conan observed carefully and felt that his smile was a bit forced.
At this time, ambulance personnel and police officers came out from the scene.
The ambulance left, and police officers notified the Metropolitan Police.
After learning about the case from everyone, Mao Li pondered: "This is most likely a robber who broke into the empty door and did it after he found someone in the house."
Conan said: "Impossible, there is no trace of being turned over in the room, it must be an acquaintance who committed the crime."
Conan looked at Wan Tian Nian Jiu while talking, feeling that he was unnatural.
At this time, the criminal police from the Metropolitan Police Department arrived, led by Megure and Takagi.
"Maori, why are you here?" Mumu Police Department had a toothache.
"This time it was Conan and the boys who met." Maori said immediately.
Ayumi said, "We were playing baseball over there, and Genta hit the ball into this room."
Yuan Tai said: "We called the door, but no one answered, so we went in."
Mitsuhiko added: "We were afraid of the ball hitting someone, because we heard the sound of smashing things."
"Okay, you guys come in too." Mumu Police Department said helplessly. ...