"According to my judgment, it may be caused by a bomb installed on the toilet door."

"Yes, it's a murder without a specific target..." Megure nodded.

"There was a victim," the forensic officer continued. "According to eyewitnesses, he was an employee of Mantiantang Company, Mr. Nakajima Hideaki. His body was blown to pieces, and we can't make any inferences based on the remains."

Megure understood the general situation. He turned his head and looked at the other two employees of Mantantendo, as well as Conan and Winnet.

"Okay, I want to ask you, have you seen any suspicious people?"

"This..." Takeshita was slightly panicked.

Conan didn't notice this. He took a step forward and said to Megure:

"I know, Officer."

Conan's performance made Winnet feel a chill in her heart.

"Ok?"

"Before Uncle Nakajima went in, there was a very tall uncle who went in."

"Are you telling the truth, Conan?"

"Well, he was wearing black. I think he might be from Kansai."

"Why do you say he is from Kansai?"

"Because when I was buying juice, I heard him talking on the phone. His accent sounded like someone from Kansai, and... he stayed in the bathroom for quite a while before coming out, so he probably wasn't peeing!"

"If that's the case, this tall man might be the criminal who placed the bomb... However, he might have been lucky enough to open the other toilet door and avoid the explosion." Megure made a judgment.

At this time, the president of Mantiantang Company walked in from outside.

"Can I excuse me for a moment?"

"President!" Ueda and Takeshita said in surprise.

"President?" Megure muttered and walked in front of the president.

"Yes, my President Ishikawa of Mantiantang," President Ishikawa said, opening the suitcase he carried with him and taking out an envelope, "In fact, three days before this event, I received a very strange letter."

"What strange letter?"

Megure took the envelope, pulled out the paper and unfolded it. Inside was a threatening letter made up of words cut from newspapers: Please cancel the press conference, otherwise I will take appropriate measures.

"This is a threatening letter!" Megure opened his mouth wide and looked at Ishikawa seriously, "Why didn't you notify the police when you received this letter?"

Ishikawa apologized, "I'm sorry, I just thought the letter might be meant to scare me."

During their conversation, the forensic officer walked up to Megure and presented him with evidence.

The emblem of the Mantiantang Company.

"This is?"

When President Ishikawa saw it, he quickly explained: "That's our company's emblem."

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"However, the amount of bombs is really astonishing. Even this nickel-plated iron plate is flattened." Megure looked at the iron plate.

As he raised it, Conan also saw it, and his eyes lit up immediately. Because the iron plate was flattened toward the outside of the suitcase, the bomb was not installed on the toilet door, but inside the suitcase. Only the impact from inside the suitcase would cause the iron plate to become like this. In other words, the perpetrator of the explosion was Tequila who left the suitcase inside!

But why did he stay in the building and not escape?

"Inspector Megure!" Conan called out to Megure, "I saw that tall man carrying a suitcase exactly the same as President Ishikawa's and walking into the bathroom. And when he left the bathroom, he didn't have the suitcase in his hands."

"That's right! If the explosion was caused by the inside of the suitcase, the iron plate would bend in this way!" Megure suddenly realized what was going on. He called Takagi who was on duty nearby, "Takagi, immediately find this tall man in black clothes and bring him here for questioning!"

Seeing this, Winette naturally realized that Tequila was being targeted by Conan.

She guessed that the reason was that Conan was attracted by the scene where Tequila took the suitcase, because the suitcase was the equipment of the employees of Mantiantang, and Tequila's equipment seemed unusual. Conan followed Tequila and eavesdropped on their conversation. He probably heard Nakajima's name from Tequila, so he directly believed that Tequila was the real murderer of Nakajima.

This is the most obvious answer on the surface. She helped the real murderer deepen the misleading, but it also shows that the truth is hidden beneath the surface, invisible, like a wick burning in a cold flame - existing in an abnormal place.

It turns out that there is a gap between children and real detectives.

Tequila did not put up any resistance under her orders. He was not to be armed in trading missions, especially those that took him to and from public places. Winnett had also told Clyde to remind him that he did not have any suspicious items on him, only the key to the suitcase that Nakajima Hideaki had handed to him personally.

He restrained his temper and followed a "weak" policeman to the "fat police chief". He looked down on them in his heart - they were just a bunch of good-for-nothings, and he despised them from the bottom of his heart.

Tequila believed that a large part of the increase in crime came from the incompetence of the police. Therefore, when he walked to the explosion site, he was always filled with a sense of superiority, which made him stand straight, as if looking at them with his nose up.

Takagi walked up to Megure and reported: "Officer, I have brought him here."

"I'm not the perpetrator of any bombing. What exactly do you want?" Tequila said righteously. His size and aura made Megure feel ashamed.

"Sir, please cooperate with the investigation. A serious explosion occurred at the scene. According to eyewitnesses, you entered this box not long ago."

Megure gritted his teeth. The man in front of him was like a wall, tall and strong. If he resisted, a few police officers alone might not be able to subdue him.

Tequila was being watched closely, like a 360-degree camera with no blind spots, and his cold gaze seemed to want to find the person who reported it and take revenge on him. In fact, he just wanted to find someone who looked like Abby. However, besides the staff of Mantiantang, there was only a high school girl and a woman who looked like a blind person.

Abbey couldn't be a high school student, nor could she be blind, he thought, and gave up the idea of ​​finding out her identity.

The safer his boss is, the safer he is. He understands this simple truth.

Gao Mu was embarrassed and opened his hands to stop Tequila, saying: "Sir, please cooperate."

"Although I went into the bathroom, I didn't plant any bombs," Tequila replied.

"But the bomb was in the box you were carrying when you came in. How do you want to explain this?" Megure stated to Tequila in a serious tone of "don't quibble", blocking his path of action.

"box?"

Tequila was startled. Now he knew who had reported him. "You little brat!" He gritted his teeth and looked at Conan like an angry lion. Mao Lilan walked into the scene, hugged Conan, and looked into Tequila's eyes with a wary look.

Tequila did not make a move. He knew the current situation, the police were still there, and with Winnet's guarantee, he did not intend to hide anything and followed his superior's orders.

He took out the business card Winnett had prepared in advance. The business card was made of special paper with a texture and a silver hot stamping process, which indicated the pseudonyms used by the company and Tequila to the outside world.

Megure took the business card and felt its luxury. He had also heard of the company's name, which was a recently emerging intelligent scientific research enterprise.

"Inspector, I'm only telling you one person," Tequila bowed and whispered to Megure, "I came here today to make a deal with Mr. Nakajima. I wanted to buy his list of top talents. I wanted to recruit some of the talents on the list to my company. However, after we exchanged the number plates at the storage room, what I got was not right."

"The box was stuffed with heavy objects. There was no keyhole as Nakajima mentioned. To prevent unnecessary trouble, I informed Nakajima directly and asked him to check his box."

"Do you have any evidence to prove what you said?" Megure asked.

Tequila handed over the keys.

"You can check Nakajima's suitcase. And if this key can open a box like the one that contained the bomb, can it prove what I said?"

Megure nodded. If this was true, this was not a random murder, but someone deliberately wanted to murder Nakajima. Although the box fell into the hands of Mr. Busan, it finally achieved its original purpose.

Conan, who was standing aside, poked his head out like an eagle cub trying to get out of its nest, trying to get some information.

Winnett observed his reaction as if he were a guinea pig.

How could a child who had just experienced an explosion stand there so calmly? Conan was not a baby who could not remember anything.

Officer Megure called Takagi over and said, "Go to the front desk and check Mr. Nakajima's suitcase. Also, find the same suitcase as President Ishikawa's."

After he finished giving the instructions, he said to everyone present: "Please move to the hall." Then he took out the walkie-talkie and contacted Chiba who was evacuating the crowd, asking all the people who came to attend the press conference to gather in the hall.

Investigate the suitcase! ?

After hearing what Megure said, Conan understood.

Although he did not hear Tequila's explanation, he could easily determine the place of the transaction from the scene where Tequila took the suitcase away.

It's a perfect place for transactions where you can just exchange number plates without anyone suspecting anything!

Storage place!

Conan rushed out before anyone else did, heading straight for the storage area. Winette followed closely behind him, and saw Conan hanging his shoulders in front of the table, asking questions to the waiter.

It seems that even the sleeping detective is not needed.

Or is it that there is already a little famous detective solving the case?

The development of the situation made Winnet feel a little excited.

This boy was indeed unusual, able to unravel the case, find clues, and investigate. He had both intelligence and the ability to act, but he was just investigating based on the information she was willing to give him, like prey climbing along a spider's thread - he didn't know what the result would be.

She arrogantly imagined his look of despair as he neared the end, and she also had a special hope that he could exist as an opponent, adding some small obstacles to her arrangements, or even subverting her actions.

He will never succeed.

However, everything is possible.

Beyond possibility, if someone does something, it may be possible to achieve a miracle.

People throw coins into the donation box, light three or seven candles, or kneel down to thank God for his happiness, hoping that he can protect him from disasters, avoid revenge, or achieve something. They are all part of praying for miracles.

Although Winnet tried her best to eliminate the element of chance in her plan, she paradoxically hoped for it to happen - if everything developed as she expected, like the marks left by the rolling wheels, she would feel bored, very bored. Whether it is a script or a novel, only the development that is unexpected but within common sense will make people feel a sense of "I guessed wrong" and "I was deceived" from the bottom of their hearts. And under this feeling, it is impossible to have resentment, but rather appreciation for its arrangements and tricks.

She doesn't mind a detective giving her surprises, provided he has enough wisdom and ability.

When you are hostile to villains, you must always be prepared to lose your life.

Unqualified detectives are the first to fall.

……

Conan talked with the staff and got the following information:

Tequila was the only one who came to the storage area to pick up her luggage.

This means that his trading partner has not yet received the item.

it is good!

The items being traded might contain information about gin, vodka, and that organization!

Find them, then point them out to Tequila and make him spill all the information!

Conan made plans.

At this time, Takagi found the receptionist, and Megure had also come out and walked to the counter, asking the front desk staff to confirm the type of suitcase and list the corresponding number tags for the items to be sent.

"No. 97, No. 99, No. 124."

Number 124?

Conan, who was eavesdropping, widened his eyes.

他记得毛利小五郎的号码是96号,小兰的是100号,而满天堂的工作人员按顺序排列应该是97、98、99三个序列。

No. 124 should be the suitcase used for tequila trading.

As a result, Mr. Nakajima, who was doing business with him, became the most likely suspect of planting the bomb. But how could he be killed by his own suitcase?

Could it be that! ?

Am I starting thinking in the completely wrong direction?

Wait, Tequila left the suitcase in the bathroom, and Mr. Nakajima arrived on the scene to confirm the contents…which means it’s different from what they originally agreed on.

The murderer was not Tequila or Nakajima himself, but someone else who had swapped his number plate and had the same suitcase as his - someone between Mr. Takeshita and Mr. Ueda!

Megure followed and shouted: "Guests with numbers 97, 99, and 124, please come over!"

Ueda, Takeshita, and Tequila came over.

Seeing this, Conan knew that Tequila had told Inspector Megure everything.

Why is that?

Doesn’t the content of the transaction need to be kept confidential?

Conan saw that Kogoro Mouri, who was in better spirits, had followed him. During the free time, Mouri also understood what had happened.

Well, now there is no need for him or his uncle to show up. As long as the suitcase is opened, the truth will basically be revealed.

"Could you please open your suitcases?" Megure said.

Tequila opened the suitcase, which was full of US dollars; Ueda opened it as if nothing had happened, and there were some office supplies inside; Takeshita was worried and was reluctant to open the suitcase.

"Mr. Takeshita!" Megure shouted.

"Yes Yes……"

Takeshita slowly opened it, and inside was a document. Conan quietly slipped to Megure's feet, wanting to check what was in the suitcase.

Tequila grabbed Takeshita's collar and lifted him up: "So you are the one who put the bomb in the suitcase!"

He was very angry. If it weren't for Abis's warning, he would have opened the suitcase to check, and then he would have been blown to pieces like Nakajima without even a single bone left.

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