Stay away from Conan.

As soon as these words were spoken, Osuga Hidehei suddenly stood up, his expression clearly shaken.

At the same time, seeing his reaction, other spectators, including the police officers, looked at him with solemn, puzzled and surprised expressions. For a moment, the atmosphere at the scene became extremely subtle.

And at this time, as a newly built building, the central air-conditioning here can achieve cooling very quickly after warming up, so that the temperature in the house can be significantly reduced.

Now, perhaps because the temperature was a little low, the women who were wearing sleeveless dresses felt a little uncomfortable and cold, so many of them began to hug their arms, shrink their bodies, and show that they felt cold.

Seeing this, Gao Yuan noticed that the slightly thin Hisui Shirozuka beside him was also beginning to feel cold, so he naturally put the suit in his hand over her shoulders.

So, Shirozuka Hisui said "thank you" slightly, and was about to continue to watch how this "farce" would develop, but she saw that in the audience, Osuga Yui seemed to feel a little chilly because of the sudden and obvious drop in temperature, and made corresponding movements to show she felt cold. Asabuki Akira on the side seemed to have not seen it, and was still wearing his dress without any reaction. Instead, Osuga Yui's manager handed her his coat.

For a moment, Gao Yuan and Shirozuka Hisui were surprised by this subtle situation, as if they had confirmed something -

However, even so, the two had no intention of stopping this almost farce.

After all, Suzuki Sonoko's commotion did reveal some news that Gao Yuan and Shirozuka Hisui had missed before, so it wouldn't hurt to listen to it.

"Uncle Osuga, you were not in the wings at around 7:45 when the first movement ended!"

At this moment, Yuanzi began to ask as if taking advantage of the victory. She was seen standing on the stage with her hands on her hips. She was trembling a little, not knowing whether she was excited or cold, but her expression was still very confident.

"No, that's because..."

  Now, facing this situation, Osuga Shuhei opened his mouth as if to defend himself, then sighed helplessly and said:

"Yes, I was not there at the time."

"what!"

Immediately, as these words came out, Officer Megure stood up quickly, looked at Osuga Shuhei with some seriousness, and also looked around at the other staff members around him:

"I didn't hear of such a thing when I asked just now! Are they covering up for me..."

"Perhaps, someone wanted to cover it up... but maybe, no one really noticed."

  In this regard, Ohsuga Shuhei said:

"Everyone is just focusing on the stage, so they naturally don't care about what's happening around them."

"Well, Mr. Osuga, could you please explain it to me?"

At this point, Inspector Megure naturally wanted to get to the bottom of it.

So, Ohsuga Hidehei gave an explanation:

It turned out that he left in the middle of the performance because he received a letter sent to his mailbox this morning, and the letter was signed by "Kusuda Rikuu".

In the letter, he asked Osuga Shuhei to meet him in the lobby of the theater at 8 o'clock in the evening. Otherwise, the man would conduct the interview in his own way.

As he said this, Osuga Shuhei also took out the letter printed out by the printer and handed it to Officer Megure for inspection.

"Oh, I wish I had informed someone beforehand... I was thinking about not causing unnecessary commotion and planned to handle it by myself, but it seems I was wrong."

Osuga Shuhei finally sighed.

"So, did you see Kusuda?"

After looking at the letter and being unable to see any useful clues on it, Inspector Megure continued to ask.

"No."

  Shaking his head, Osuga Shuhei said:

"I waited in the lobby until eight o'clock, but I didn't see the guy show up, so I went back to the stage." "Can anyone prove it?"

Inspector Megure continued to ask.

"Sadly, no."

Osuga Shuhei said with a hint of regret.

"Then, Uncle Osuga, the murderer is you after all!"

At this time, as new circumstances emerged, Yuanzi continued to reason with increasing pride:

"Since you know the dead are coming, it's only natural that you want to prepare everything in advance! So..."

——"Garden!"

Just as he was talking about this, Gao Yuan finally chose to take action. He walked up to the stage and followed Yuanzi and said:

"Thank you for your wisdom. New clues have emerged and we have finally solved the truth of this incident!"

As she said this, Shirozuka Hisui naturally walked to Gao Yuan's side, as if to tell Sonoko that the "we" Gao Yuan mentioned referred to Gao Yuan and her.

However, Sonoko obviously didn't think too much about it. When she heard Gao Yuan coming up to her and saying this, she thought that her reasoning was recognized by Gao Yuan. Just when she was about to brag about it with some pride, Gao Yuan turned to the audience and said to Inspector Megure:

"Well, Officer Megure. Now, I will reveal the identity of the real criminal!"

"The real criminal?"

  Hearing this, Inspector Megure and Sonoko were both stunned:

"Brother Akechi, are you saying that Mr. Osuga is not the real criminal?"

"Of course."

  Gao Yuan nodded and explained:

"Mr. Osuga is just a suspect who was used by the murderer! However, this actually shows that the criminal who can do this actually knows Mr. Osuga quite well!"

Inspector Megure was a little confused when he heard this, then he looked at the letter he had just received from Osuga Shuhei, and then he suddenly realized -

"Is it possible..."

"That's right, the letter asking Mr. Osuga to meet Mr. Kusuda in the lobby at 8 o'clock was not sent by Kusuda, but by the real murderer!"

Gao Yuan said this in a decisive tone, then he paused before continuing:

  "Of course, the whole thing still needs to be analyzed step by step. First of all, the most suspicious point is why the murderer chose this place as the crime scene. In any case, it is difficult to escape successfully after killing someone in the enclosed space of a musical theater. Moreover, this is a newly built theater. Outsiders may not even understand the structure here, right?

"So if the criminal was an outsider, they wouldn't consider doing it in a place like this. So, the criminal is someone from the band...

"But if they were members of the band, they would have been on stage at the time of the crime, so it would have been impossible for them to commit the crime...

"Inspector Megure, and everyone here, I'm sure you all think the same way, right? This is understandable.

"However, among the members of the band, there is actually one person who is special. It is this person who has the time to commit the crime and can wait until the crime is completed before going on stage.

"Yes, the real murderer is actually——

"Mr. Asabuki Ken! It's you!" (End of this chapter)