Stay away from Conan.

After Conan activated his leg-strengthening shoes, he first stepped directly onto the toilet in the bathroom, then used his enhanced leg strength to jump up, first came to the partition wall of the bathroom, grabbed the upper end of the partition wall, climbed onto the partition, and then jumped hard, directly jumping most of his body into the ventilation duct with the pipe opening opened -

Then, after successfully jumping into the opened vent of the ventilation duct, Conan quickly grabbed both sides of the duct with his hands and successfully supported his body, with his lower body suspended under the ceiling, while his upper body was already lying in the duct. As long as he continued to support himself with his hands, Conan would be able to climb into the duct.

However, at this moment Conan did not immediately crawl into the pipe completely. Instead, he lay down first and put his ear against the wall of the pipe, trying to listen if he could hear someone crawling in the pipe, in order to determine whether the murderer escaped from the scene through this ventilation duct, so that Mitsuhiko and Genta did not encounter the murderer.

As a result, it was obvious that Conan's guess was correct. After he got close to the pipe and carefully felt the movement coming from the pipe, Conan immediately discovered that there was indeed the sound of someone moving in the pipe!

So, immediately, Conan took out his detective badge and told Mitsuhiko and the others about the criminal's situation in the ventilation duct. Then he looked at the deep duct, thought for a moment, and then made up his mind and decisively crawled into the duct.

The murderer used the ventilation duct to escape. Naturally, no one had seen what the murderer looked like, and it took time for the police to arrive. By the time the murderer escaped out of the duct, no one could be sure whether the murderer had already run out of the hotel.

Therefore, now that we can be sure that the murderer is in the pipe, if we take this opportunity to chase him, is it possible that we may run into the murderer?

At least, it's good to see the murderer's appearance!

Although it was risky to do so, he thought that in this narrow pipe, he would have an advantage over an adult man. In addition, he also had the secret weapon of a watch-shaped anesthetic gun. Even if he ran into the murderer directly in the pipe, he would be able to fight. He might even take the opportunity to arrest the murderer directly!

So, Conan thought of this and chose to follow the pipeline to chase the murderer...

……

At the same time, after Genta and Mitsuhiko went out to call Kogoro Mori, their actions were naturally noticed by Ai and Takato, who were also present and had come here with them.

Therefore, after realizing that an incident had occurred in the hotel, Xiao Ai's heart could not help but "shock". She did not expect to encounter an incident again this time. So at this time...

Xiao Ai looked at her sister who was acting as Gao Yuan. In the face of something happening, her sister was afraid...

Before Ai could react, "Takato" played by Miyano Akemi, after seeing Mouri Kogoro take action because of what Genta and Mitsuhiko said, she decisively followed him up and walked towards the bathroom on the floor where the banquet hall was located.

Ai naturally had nothing to say about this. After all, Ayumi was by her side and she couldn't let any flaws show. So Ai and Ayumi followed Gao Yuan's footsteps and went to the bathroom where the incident happened, and joined Maori Kogoro and the others...

……

"A murder occurred at the Mika Hotel, and the criminal is escaping through the ventilation duct...

"What! Conan is chasing the murderer in the pipe!"

After reporting the situation on the scene to the police, Maori Kogoro heard the police's surprise at Conan's behavior on the other end of the phone. Maori Kogoro, who was also trying to climb up the bathroom partition and get into the ventilation duct, couldn't help but say:

"I don't know either, those two kids said so, I didn't know Conan followed me here!

"However, Officer Megure, I can indeed hear someone moving in the ventilation duct...

"Inspector Megure, I'll go up and bring that guy down right away!" At this moment, because Conan had actually run into the ventilation duct to chase the murderer before he arrived, Kogoro Mouri was anxious and angry. He was worried about Conan's safety and wanted to crawl in and bring Conan down himself.

However, Miyano Akemi, who was watching this scene from the side, had a serious expression on her face. She spoke so that Kogoro Mori and Inspector Megure on the other end of the phone could hear:

"Mr. Maori, I'm afraid that's not a good idea... Even if you go over there now, you may not be able to catch up with Conan, and in this ventilation duct, I'm afraid you may not be as agile as Conan.

"Besides, the ventilation ducts are interconnected. Even if we go in, we may not be able to find Conan's location immediately..."

"You're right!"

Inspector Megure on the other end of the phone felt that Gao Yuan's statement made sense, so out of consideration for all parties, Inspector Megure said to Maori Kogoro:

"Brother Maori, don't be impulsive! Our police will arrive at the scene soon! Now that we have confirmed that the murderer escaped through the ventilation duct, and there are many exits of the ventilation duct in the entire hotel, we cannot guarantee that the murderer will leave from that exit, so..."

"I understand! I will immediately ask the hotel not to let anyone leave from now on!"

Hearing the voice of Inspector Megure coming from the hands-free phone, "Gao Yuan" immediately took over the call and hurried downstairs to prepare to ask the hotel staff to seal the door first and not let anyone leave the scene until the police arrived.

At the same time, Ai and the others learned that Conan had actually run into the ventilation duct to chase the murderer, so they also tried to contact Conan using the detective badge. After all, just now, Conan also used this detective badge to explain to Genta and the others that the murderer might have run into the ventilation duct.

However, after several attempts, no one was able to contact Conan through the detective badge.

"It seems that the material and structure of the ventilation ducts caused signal shielding... Now, even if Edogawa found something in the ducts, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to pass the news directly..."

In this regard, looking at the direction of the ventilation duct on the ceiling, Xiao Ai said with some worry in her heart -

One can only hope that Edogawa can subdue the criminal in this pipe with the doctor's inventions...

In this case, Xiao Ai can only hope so. After all, the murderer used a dagger to kill the victim, and it was left on the victim. It seems that it is possible that the murderer does not have any other weapons on him now...

……

"Oh no...it looks like something happened in the hotel...

"But, in this case, what should I do?"

At this time, when Akemi Miyano pretended to be "Gao Yuan" and came to the front desk to communicate about blocking the entrance and exit of the hotel, the real Gao Yuan, who was here to complete the check-in procedures, was stunned at this moment... (End of this chapter)