Chapter 190: The Physical Evidence of the Classmates’ Association

On Saturday, July 27th, in the evening, Benkei Onsen Hotel.

In Room 201, in the corridor outside Horikoshi Yumi's room, Mori identified Nakamichi and Shi as the murderers, Omura Jun and Ayaki, as well as Yamazaki, Midaiko, Sonoko, Ran and Conan, were all listening Maori reasoning, and Nakamichi Kazushi's justification.

After hearing Maori's words, Nakamichi Kazushi smiled and said, "What are you talking about? After I finished playing with you, I returned those things."

"Five years ago, I was the one who rented the table. No one looked at the table tennis equipment. If I want to rent it, I just need to go to the front desk and pay the hotel owner to set a time. Is it finished on time? Is there any compensation for worn out items? It all depends on the self-consciousness of each person." Mao Li said, "You can go to a meeting with the hotel owner, say that the rental is over, compensate for the balls we broke, and then secretly use the billiard equipment. In this way Come, the hotel owner can still testify for you that you really returned the things."

Nakamichi Kazushi said: "I went to take a shower after returning the things. What you said is completely groundless."

"You are wrong. Although you and Yumi can't be clearly identified, it is absolutely unmistakable that someone went to the billiard court to play billiards after we left." Maori said, "I don't know if you have noticed, For the convenience of management, the boxes, rackets, balls, and nets all have numbers that match the table, and each box contains twelve rackets, two cylinders of twelve balls, and a net.” Then ordered , "Yamazaki, go and see how many balls are left in the No. 1 box. I remember we broke three in the afternoon. Judging by Yumi's sweating, it is possible for her to break one or two balls." of."

"Understood." Yamazaki said and went.

"I'll go too." Conan broke free from Lan's grasp as he spoke, and followed.

Maori said, "Let's wait a minute."

After going downstairs, Conan smiled and said, "Uncle is so amazing, this time."

"Because Aunt Yumi is his good friend." Yamazaki said with a smile.

After walking for a while, Conan asked, "Have you thought of any flaws?"

"Still not." Yamazaki said.

Soon after, Yamazaki and Conan went back to report that a ball was missing. They also notified the hotel owner and asked her to help keep the scene on the other side of the court intact so that the police can collect evidence.

Nakamichi Kazushi asked with a smile: "What does it mean if one ball is missing?"

"You know, why do I confirm that Yumi played on table one?" Maori said, and then replied, "Because you brought the box on table one, you put it on the net, and the racket is You handed out the balls, and you took out the balls, all of which have your fingerprints on them. And the racket you distributed to Yumi must have never been touched by us, that is to say, after the racket was used by Yumi, As long as the fingerprints on it are wiped off, no one will know whether Yumi has touched the racket, and there will be no missing fingerprints."

Nakamichi and Kazushi asked with a smile, "Could it be wrong for me to help divide the rackets?"

Maori went on to say: "You can also take out broken balls, wipe them and throw them away. These are all things that can be dealt with, but there is one thing you can't deal with, and that is the ball table." Then he asked , "There must be fingerprints left by Yumi inadvertently on the No. 1 ball table. What did you do with it? You wiped it, and then you are going to tell the police whether it was wiped by the staff or not, and wait for the staff to help. Where are you cleaning up?"

Seeing Nakamichi and Zhi's complexion changed,

Mao Li said: "I think you are afraid that the staff will not wipe it properly, so go clean it yourself, and wipe the table No. 1 and table No. 2 together." Then he laughed, "It's a pity, because of Mei Daizi's relationship." , The daily work in this hotel has completely stopped, which has caused a big flaw in your plan, not only the set of underwear has not been washed, but the pool equipment and table have not been cleaned. "

"Ha," Mei Daizi laughed softly, "it seems that I did a good deed."

Yuanzi laughed softly: "Accident, this is a complete accident."

Lan whispered, "Quiet!"

Nakamichi Kazushi said: "Xiao Goro, we have no way to do fingerprint identification. I think we should wait for the police to come to discuss this matter."

"Well, what kind of exercise does Yumi do, let's put it aside for now," Mouri said, and then asked, "Then, according to the fact that Yumi's underwear was wet with sweat, Yumi did strenuous exercise before she was killed. Do you agree?"

Nakamichi Kazushi said: "Yes, this is a fact, I agree."

"Okay then," Mori said, "Yumi took off around evening..."

"Wait a minute," Nakamichi Kazushi said, "Kogoro, no one knows what Yumi did after we separated. Maybe Yumi put that underwear in the dry cleaning machine this afternoon."

"It seems that Hezhi, you haven't done any housework," Maori said with a smile, "If you took it off at three o'clock and put it in the laundry room dry cleaning machine, then in this big summer, there are people from the afternoon to the present. After more than seven hours, the underwear is dry. You know, there is no central air conditioning here. It is very hot in the laundry room when no one is there. Now they are still wet, which can only mean that they were taken off later " Then he said seriously, "That is to say, we judged that Yumi's death time was after three o'clock, which is completely wrong."

Omura Jun immediately asked in surprise: "Huh? So, the Yumi I saw after five o'clock is her in person?"

"Yes, there are no ghosts in this world at all. At that time, Yumi was still alive, and she would have been staring at the court, probably waiting for Kazushi." Maori said, "They should have made an appointment to talk about private matters , and He Zhi proposed to play billiards, which made her very angry, so she got awkward and didn't follow along. Then she kept staring at the court, waiting for He Zhi."

Nakamichi Kazushi smiled and said, "If I had an appointment with Yumi, I wouldn't go to play with you guys." Then he said seriously, "Now it seems that, as you said, we got Yumi's death time wrong. "

Ayajo Noriko asked, "So, when was Yumi killed?"

"At half past six, when the fireworks show started," Mouri said, staring at Nakamichi and Kazushi, "you shot and killed Yumi with the sound of the fireworks."

Nakamichi Kazushi said, "At 6:30, I took a bath in the large public bath."

"In the afternoon, we were in the billiards room. The people in the hotel, including the hotel owner, were in the back kitchen. At that time, someone shot in Yumi's room, and everyone might not have heard it. But it has been proved that Yumi was still alive around five o'clock. "Maori said, "and from the evening..." Then he asked, "By the way, Yamazaki, when you went to return the table, where did you find the hotel owner?"

"The front desk," said Yamazaki, "when I was renting, I knew she was in the back kitchen, so I went there to find her. I made an appointment for two hours. When I checked out, I couldn't find her in the back kitchen, so I asked The staff, they said that the boss said that he was too old before five o'clock and couldn't take it anymore, so he went to the front desk to rest."

"In this way, if there is a gunshot after five o'clock, the hotel owner will not be able to hear it. And the time for setting off the fireworks is only half past six, and the time for the first shot is predictable." Maori said , "So you can only shoot at that time." Then he glanced at everyone, and said, "At that time, only Yamazaki, Mei Daiko, Yukio and Noriko, and you, Kazushi, stayed in the hotel. And Yamazaki and Mei Daizi have been in the back kitchen all the time, and there is a clear proof of their absence."

Ayajo Noriko held Yukio Ayajo's arm and said, "Yukio and I soaked in the hot springs in the open-air bath."

Yukio Ayajo smiled and said, "It's useless for the two of us to testify against each other."

Nakamichi Kazushi said: "Don't worry, we are just discussing. Yumi committed suicide. The possibility of homicide has yet to be verified."

"I think you came to Yumi's room immediately after we finished playing and left, and you probably said to her, 'You've been in the air-conditioned room all afternoon, come with me to the billiard court to exercise and sweat.' Yumi would say, 'No, I'm going to watch the fireworks.' And you will say, 'Just play for a while, and then go to a hot spring. When the fireworks show starts at 6:30, I will accompany you on the balcony while watching the fireworks outside. Having dinner together for one last romantic moment,'" Maori said, before asking, "I guess that's pretty much what you're saying?"

"How is it possible, you think too much," Nakamichi Kazushi said with a smile, "Yumi and I broke up a long time ago, and Yumi herself said so."

"Is it broken? I don't think so. You met Yumi in Mihua Town yesterday, so you had the opportunity to pick up the gun. Yumi didn't go to work until almost midnight yesterday. She should be talking to you. However, it didn’t work out, so it was delayed so late. And you are going to get married now, so the thing you want to talk about in secret should be to completely end the relationship between you.” Mao Li said, “So, you Once you say it, Yumi will definitely agree."

Nakamichi and Kazushi asked with a smile, "Do you suspect that I picked up the gun?"

"You are more than 1.7 meters tall, and your bald head can reflect light, why can't you be suspicious?" Mao Li asked, "Do you have an alibi?"

Zhongdao Hezhi shook his head and smiled, "No."

"You should have been around there at that time, right?" Maori said, "With your body shape, it's easy to find out."

"Yes, I ran into Yumi yesterday and had lunch together." Nakamichi Kazushi said with a smile, "But it doesn't prove anything."

"You controlled the playing time, leaving only a little time for Yumi, so that her muscles could not recover. When she went to the hot spring, you secretly returned the billiard equipment, and by the way, the racket and the racket that Yumi touched. Wipe the ball clean, then take the bad ball, take a shower, change clothes, then go back to the room to get the hidden gun, and wait behind the door. Yumi soaked in the female soup and changed the wet underwear , changed into a loose yukata and returned to the room. When you wait for Yumi to enter the door, walk over, follow her, and talk to her while walking into the room together." Mao Li said, "At this moment, the sound of fireworks rising into the sky, You seized the opportunity, put the gun on Yumi’s head and shot. Then she died immediately, but Yumi’s body that hadn’t fallen down, she turned into the appearance of falling backwards facing the gate, and then you put You put the pistol with your fingerprints in Yumi's hand, let her hold the gun, put her index finger on the trigger, and make her what we see. And when you are about to come out of the room, just touch Ran and Conan came up to wake up Yumi, so you went down from the balcony, took a towel from the bathroom, pretended to have just taken a shower, and went around in front of Ran and the others. Then you ran back from the fireworks display In the hotel, go to the female soup to deal with Yumi's underwear, go to the billiard court to wipe the table, of course the bad balls have been thrown away, and finally you go to the big bath hall, take a serious bath, and wash off the gunpowder residue on your body .”

Ayajo Noriko asked in surprise: "Kogoro, you said that Yumi went to the female bath at that time?"

"Yes." Maori said, "Hezhi never thought that you would stay in the hotel, so he was surprised to see you, and then he first told you the formula, and then chose the big bathhouse as his bathing place."

Nakamichi Kazushi asked: "Your reasoning is that you believe that Yumi did not commit suicide, but homicide. Is that true?"

"I can't think of anyone who would do strenuous exercise before committing suicide, then take a shower, change clothes, and send the clothes to dry cleaning," Maury said.

"I can't think of such a person, but it doesn't mean there is no such person." Zhongdao Hezhi smiled, and then asked, "You also believe that it was not an external criminal, and you believe that I am the murderer, isn't that true?"

Maori asked rhetorically: "Is it necessary for the external criminals to arrange this suicide scene, and is it necessary to deal with other things?"

Nakamichi Kazushi asked with a smile, "Maybe he wants to disturb the police investigation?"

"This is a pretty perfect arrangement, and there are people who can meet Yumi without wearing underwear, and you appeared near the scene of the missing gun yesterday." Mao Li asked, "Hezhi, combined with these conditions, the murderer is not you who is it?"

"Then what about the evidence?" Nakamichi Kazushi asked with a smile, "Kogoro, do you have any definite evidence?"

"Uh..." Maori was stunned.

Yamazaki and Conan looked at each other and shook their heads together, that is to say, no evidence was found.

"Kogoro, that means there is no evidence?" Nakamichi and Kazuhiro said with a smile, "Okay, I think the discussion can be over here, everyone go to rest and prepare to accept the police investigation. It's past 11:4 It's ten minutes, I think the police will arrive soon." Saying this, he wanted to take the lead and leave.

"Ah!" Mei Daizi suddenly yelled, "No, I forgot the time." Then she said to Nakamichi and Kazushi, the Ayagi couple and Omura Jun who wanted to leave, "Wait a minute, mother has a letter to let me know." I'll leave it to you." Then he ran back to the room.

"Faith?" Zhongdao and Zhi asked in surprise, "At this time?"

"No way!" Lingcheng and his wife said together with Omura Jun.

Maori asked, "Yamazaki, do you know about this?"

"I don't know at all." Yamazaki replied shaking his head, then smiled, "But now I guess something."

Maori asked, "What is it?"

At this time, Mei Daizi ran back with her bag, and she smiled embarrassedly: "Mom asked me to give you the letter at half past eleven, but I dozed off after listening to the story just now. I forgot, sorry." He opened the bag and took out a stack of letters.

Twitching the corner of his mouth, Maori asked, "11:30? Why did Miko say that at this time?"

"Mom didn't say anything." Mei Daizi said, "First of all, it's from Uncle Mao Li." She said and gave Mao Li a letter.

"Huh?" Looking at the envelope protruding from a place, Maori asked, "What's in it?" He tore open the envelope and poured the contents into his hand.

Inside was a piece of paper and a plastic bag. Looking at the contents of the plastic bag, Maori said in surprise, "This is..."

"Bullet!" Nakamichi Kazushi said in surprise, and his face immediately turned pale.

Seeing that Zhongdao and Zhi's face changed drastically, Maori asked, "Is this the bullet in that gun?" Then he asked in surprise, "There won't be your fingerprints on it, right?"

"Just kidding," Nakamichi Kazushi forced a smile, "this doesn't prove anything."

After looking at the piece of paper, Maori was taken aback, then looked at Nakamichi and Hezhi and said seriously: "Hezhi, you should surrender yourself."

"Are you kidding me?" Nakamichi and Kazushi yelled, grabbing the paper from Mao Li's hand, but after just one glance, he was stunned, and the paper fell to the ground.

Yamazaki picked it up and looked at it, and said with a smile: "This is an appraisal certificate. It says that there are two fingerprints on the bullet. One of them is of course Uncle Nakamichi Kazushi, and the name of the other person will not be mentioned. , everyone doesn’t know him, but everyone knows what he did, he is the bank robber yesterday, and his fingerprints are also left on this bullet.”

"What!" Everyone present shouted in surprise.

"This is the best evidence," Maori said, "Hezhi, what else do you have to say?"...