Chapter 188: The Ghost of the Class Reunion

Saturday, July 27, at Benkei Onsen Hotel.

After ten o'clock in the evening, Jun Omura went back to his room to bring the camera, and Mori, Nakamichi and Kazushi started the identification work. Yamazaki, Ran, Conan, Sonoko and Mei Daiko, as well as Omura Jun and Ayajo couple stood outside the room together.

After taking the photo, Mouri broke Yumi Horikoshi's feet and said, "Her toes have started to become stiff." Then he pulled the bottom corner of Yumi Horikoshi's clothes and covered her feet.

Nakamichi Kazushi said, "So she has been dead for a long time."

Mori said: "In that case, I'll have another examination of the corpse spot." As he spoke, he stepped forward to pull Yumi Horikoshi's yukata away.

Nakamichi Kazushi said, "But Yumi is bleeding so much, I'm afraid...uh." He stopped at this point, because Mori pulled Yumi Horikoshi's clothes, and she was wearing nothing underneath.

"Uh," Mouri said, "Yumi didn't even wear underwear." He closed Yumi's yukata with a glance.

"What's going on?" Molly asked.

At this time, Conan said at Yumi's feet: "There is another thing that is strange. The yukata Auntie Yumi is wearing is big and long, which is different from the one she wore in the afternoon." On the corner of Yumi Horikoshi's feet, she also snapped Yumi Horikoshi's toes just like Mori.

"Crack!" A punch planted a big mushroom on Conan's head, and Mao Li said angrily, "Boy, this is not the place for you." He picked up Conan and threw him out.

Conan stretched out his hands in the air, wanting Yamazaki to pick it up, but standing at the door was Yamazaki and Omura Jun who was thinking about something with his head down.

Yamazaki did not go to pick up Conan, but took a step back with a smile and made way for him.

Conan immediately straightened his triangular eyes, then stretched out his feet to land on his own, and then stepped on the ground, but just as he laughed, he was brought down by inertia and fell on the ground in a very standard gymnastics posture. On the ground, he rubbed his nose quickly and got up, complaining at the same time: "You bastard."

At this time, Mori, who was checking Horikoshi Yumi's head wound, said: "It seems that the fatal wound was the gunshot wound, but it's a little strange that the bullet didn't penetrate..."

Conan immediately turned around and asked, "Uncle, what happened to the blood on the wall?"

Looking carefully at the back of Horikoshi Yumi's head, Mori said, "It should have been smashed when the head hit the wall, and then slid down the wall, becoming like this."

"Kogoro, look at the wound of this gunshot wound, there are burn marks on it, and her index finger is also on the trigger of the pistol," Nakamichi Kazushi asked, "So Yumi really committed suicide ?”

Omura Jun immediately asked, "Why do you say that?"

"When the gun is shot, there will be a hot blast of high temperature ejected from the muzzle along with the bullet. If the muzzle of the gun is in contact with the flesh at that time, it will leave burn marks." Maori said, "Now Yumi There are such burning marks on the wound on the head, that is to say, when the gun was fired, the muzzle of the gun was against her head. Generally, when the gun is raised to commit suicide, the muzzle of the gun is closely connected to the head .” As he spoke, he made a gun with his hand, and put his right index finger on his right temple.

Hearing their words, other people gathered in front of the door again, while Nakamichi Kazushi took out a blanket from the cabinet and covered Horikoshi Yumi's body from head to toe.

After listening to Maori's explanation,

Ayajo Noriko cried, "This is not true."

Yamazaki asked, "Uncle Mori, what's the result of the appraisal?"

"Judging by the stiffness, it's been almost seven hours," Maori said.

Omura Jun said: "Seven hours from now, it will be three o'clock in the afternoon."

Yukio Ayajo said: "That's when we and Yumi separated to play on the billiard court."

Nakamichi Kazushi said: "Based on the time, it should be that Yumi separated from us. After returning to the room alone, she shot herself in the head with the gun she hid."

Ayajo Noriko cried, "Yumi, why, why did you commit suicide?"

Yukio Ayajo said: "Speaking of which, Yumi once said something like 'Think about it, I really don't want to live anymore', maybe she couldn't think about it long ago, so she did this."

At this time, Conan touched Yamazaki, and Yamazaki asked: "Uncle Mori, Conan just said that Aunt Yumi's clothes are wrong, is that true?"

"Yes." Molly said.

"Then when, where, and why did she change clothes," Yamazaki said, "and she didn't even wear underwear."

Nakamichi Kazushi said: "From the traces at the scene, she should have put it on herself. The bloodstains flowing from her head to her body are very natural, and the back of the clothes also have creases caused by sliding against the wall, and there are no bloodstains. The clothes around the buttocks are very loose, and there is no trace of moving from side to side. These all show that after sitting down like this, Yumi has not moved." Then he asked Maori, "Is that so?"

"Well, that's it," Mouri said, and then added, "Wait a minute, so Yumi changed her clothes after she separated from us." Then he asked, "Koriko, Yumi is hanging out with you the hot spring?"

Ayajo Noriko said, "Yes."

"Then, you should know what kind of underwear she is wearing?" Maori said, "Come in and look for it. I want to know where it was changed."

"Okay." Ayajo Noriko said and went into the room and turned around.

"Lan, Sonoko, you two go to the women's bath and the open-air bath," Mouri said again, "Mei Daiko, go to the boss and see if Yumi has been sent there for dry cleaning. Although this is rare, But you can't say no." Then he asked, "By the way, don't tell the boss about this."

Lan, Yuanzi and Mei Daizi said together: "Understood." Then they left.

Yamazaki and Conan glanced at each other, they were both very strange, Mouri is now much stronger than usual.

Nakamichi Kazushi asked, "Maori, what are you?"

"If the underwear is in this room, Yumi probably committed suicide," Mori said. "Before committing suicide, she took off her underwear to take a shower, and then put on a loose yukata because she wasn't wearing underwear. Coming back, it makes perfect sense. Leaving clean and unfettered, it fits perfectly in the psychology of a suicide.”

Atsushi Omura asked, "What if it's somewhere else?"

Looking at the crowd, Mao Li held his chin and said: "If it is in other places, then the possibility of homicide will be greatly increased."

"Maori, you look at us like this," Yukio Ayajo asked in surprise, "Aren't you suspecting that we did this?"

"Don't guess, we just said that Yumi was killed around three o'clock in the afternoon, that is, after she separated from us. We played in the billiard room from three o'clock to six o'clock, and Lan and the others, although they were They arrived later, but they all acted together. Of course, it is impossible for us people to commit crimes." Nakamichi Kazushi said, "During this period of time, those who have left the billiard court can only rent tables and return them. Yamazaki, and Jun and Kogoro who went to the bathroom. In terms of time, Jun left at around five o'clock, but he came back in less than a minute. Kogoro left at At around 5:40, the time is less than three minutes, which is barely enough to run back and forth. He can't do it unless he keeps his gun on his body all the time. But we all know that Kogoro once fell when he was playing. This kind of yukata without pockets, if you fall, the pistol will definitely be found by us. And Yumi's death time is around three o'clock, so..."

"So, the only one who fits the time of the incident and has the time to commit the crime is me who rented a table after three o'clock," Yamazaki said, "I have no way to prove myself, I can only say that I have no motive."

"Of course it can't be you." Nakamichi Kazushi said, "If it was a homicide, it is very likely that someone from the outside did it." He walked to the balcony, opened the unlocked window, looked out and said , "Based on the terrain of this place, it's easy for outsiders to come in, and they don't need to go through the hall." Then he asked, "What do you think, Kogoro?"

Maori walked over and looked at the eaves under the balcony and said, "It's really easy to get in, and there's no lock here."

At this time, Conan said to Omura Jun: "Uncle, I have something to ask you."

"By the way," Maori stepped forward and asked, "Ah Chun, what are you hiding? Something has been wrong since you came back from the bathroom."

Omura Jun said hesitantly: "I, I..."

Grabbing Omura Jun by the collar, Mao Li asked, "Tell me, what are you hiding?"

"No, I didn't hide anything," Omura Jun said, "I just accidentally saw..."

Yukio Ayajo asked, "What did you see?"

"I saw it when I went to the bathroom from the billiard room," said Omura Jun. "Yumi, she..."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Maori said in surprise, letting go of Omura Jun, "it was past five o'clock then."

"Yeah, that's right, I saw Yumi who was dead at that time," Atsushi Omura said in fear, "I saw her look serious from the window on the second floor, staring at every move of the billiard court."

Yukio Ayajo exclaimed in surprise, "How could it be?"

Zhongdao Hezhi scolded: "Stop talking nonsense, this kind of thing is impossible."

"So, the Yumi I saw," Omura Jun said in fear, "maybe, maybe it's..."

Yukio Ayajo interrupted: "Don't talk stupidly, there are no ghosts in this world." Then he stepped forward and pressed Omura Jun's shoulders, and comforted him: "I think you are so tired that your head is blurred. That’s why I thought I saw something like that.”

At this moment, Ayajo Noriko came over and said, "No, I've searched all the places in this room, and I don't have that set of underwear."

"From this point of view, maybe he killed him." Nakamichi Kazushi said, "Kogoro, let's go down and ask the people at the hotel about the situation."

"Okay," Molly said.

Walking with Yamazaki at the end, Conan asked, "What do you think?"

"Do you think there are ghosts in the world?" Yamazaki asked.

"How is it possible?" Conan asked back, "You mean, Aunt Yumi was still alive at five o'clock?"

"That's what you said." Yamazaki smiled.

When they went downstairs, Sonoko and Lan came to report that they searched all the places where they could take a bath, including women's baths, men's baths, open-air baths, and men's and women's baths, but they didn't find Yumi Horikoshi's underwear.

At this time, seeing them gathered together, the hotel owner came over and asked, "What are you doing? Did something happen in the hotel?"

Nakamichi Kazushi asked, "Excuse me, did you see any strangers around three o'clock in the afternoon?"

"Well, around three o'clock in the afternoon, we were all helping out in the kitchen, and we didn't have time until the evening." The hotel owner said, "By the way, speaking of it, there was someone who was really suspicious in the evening."

Nakamichi Kazushi quickly asked, "Who the hell is that?"

The hotel owner said: "It's a young woman with a child. She looked in a hurry. After she came in, she went straight to the second floor without saying a word."

Zhongdao Kazushi asked again: "Does this woman have any characteristics?"

"Look, she's standing right behind you," the hotel owner said, pointing to Lan and Conan, "that's the two of them."

"..." Lan and Conan were speechless together.

"Ha...ha!" Sonoko burst out laughing immediately.

Lan pointed at Yuanzi and asked helplessly, "I came with her, okay? If it's suspicious, she should be there too, right?"

"Really? I didn't see you coming in together." The hotel owner said, then pointed at the garden and smiled, "This little girl came to look for me after she came in. I don't think there is anything suspicious about her."

"No, it can't be done." Yuanzi laughed loudly, "I have a stomachache."

The hotel owner said again: "By the way, I remember it was exactly half past six at that time, when the fireworks started."

Maori asked, "What's going on, Lan?"

"Dad, don't you remember?" Ran said, "I ran back to wake up Aunt Yumi because the fireworks were about to start.

Maori said, "Oh, it was that time."

"Afterwards, we walked to Aunt Yumi's room," Ran continued, "We planned to go to her room..."

Nakamichi Kazushi said, "I stopped them, because Yumi hates being woken up."

Maori asked in surprise: "Hezhi, why did you stay in the hotel at that time?"

"Because I was sweating playing billiards, I went to the large public bath first to take a shower," Nakamichi Kazushi said, "I felt a little awkward watching the fireworks with my sweaty body on my body." Then he said to Ayajo The couple said, "I remember, the two of you seemed to have gone to take a bath at that time."

Yukio Ayajo said: "Yes, the two of us went to the open-air bath for a soak."

Ayajo Noriko said sadly: "At that time, if we went to wake Yumi up to watch the fireworks, maybe Yumi wouldn't..." Then she started crying.

"What are you talking about, wife." Yukio Ayajo comforted immediately, "Yumi died when we were playing billiards. Even if we called her, it would be too late."

"Well, may I ask," the hotel owner asked, "What do you mean by dead?"

"We had a friend who was shot in the room," Maury said.

"What did you say?" The hotel owner exclaimed in surprise, and then asked, "Why don't you call an ambulance?"

Maori said: "It's too late now, we have already called the police."

"Well, you are looking for things like this," the hotel owner asked tentatively, "Do you suspect that the murderer is still in our Benkei Hot Spring Hotel?"

Mao Li quickly waved his hand and said, "Of course this is impossible. The murderer is someone other than us. You don't need to worry at all."

At this time, Mei Daizi's voice came from upstairs: "Brother, why did you run downstairs? I found that thing."

"Ah, you don't need to come down," Mao Li shouted, "we will go up immediately." Then he asked the hotel owner, "The police should have come here by this time, please wait here, is that okay?"

"Okay, that's no problem," said the hotel owner.

Nakamichi Kazushi said, "Let's go up."

"You guys go first, I'll go to the bathroom first," Mao Li said, "I feel like I'm getting drunk again, so I have to take a shower and wash my face." As he spoke, he staggered towards the bathroom.

Yamazaki said, "I'll go with you, Uncle Mori." He supported him as he spoke.

Conan said, "I'll go too." He wanted to leave, but Lan caught him.

Yamazaki said: "Lan, let Conan come with you. In case uncle gets drunk, let him notify you."

"Okay." Lan thought for a while and said.

After entering the bathroom, Yamazaki said with a smile, "Uncle Mouri, no one is following." He let go of Maori.

Conan said: "Uncle, it's too early to believe that it was done by external criminals..."

Turning on the faucet, Maori said, "Stop rambling, you don't need to make irresponsible remarks." Then he punched the wall and said angrily, "What do you mean by someone else? If it is a prisoner who enters from the outside Why should she pretend to commit suicide? The murderer is one of her own. In other words, the murderer is one of these people from the judo club. I don't know why he killed Yumi, and I don't know why he killed Yumi. How did you set up a trap, but this time I will never spare that guy, just wait and see, I must expose him."...