Science: The Little Shota of the Maori Family

"Have you searched them?" Hattori Heiji asked again.

Officer Otaki said, "I only did a simple body search, but the agent next to them was extremely long-winded. Or do you really suspect that the murderer is among these three people?"

Hattori Heiji nodded. "That's exactly what I thought. Ricca has long been suspected of match-fixing, which is why he was able to retire with an undefeated record. Ray was also exiled from European football due to suspected drug use. Mike divorced his wife because of an affair, but now he's married to a woman from Wano Country and is living a happy life. In short, their scandals all started with that reporter."

Officer Otaki asked in confusion, "How do you know he fabricated those?"

Hattori Heiji explained: "That's because they won the case against the reporter, and the result proved that all three of them were innocent."

"I see."

……

In order to solve the case as quickly as possible, Hattori Heiji came to the upstairs of the hotel again, and Maori Kogoro followed him to save face for his wrong reasoning.

Hattori Heiji looked around and analyzed, "The elevator in this hotel will be completely unusable before it opens. This means that if they want to move around here, they can only rely on the stairs here."

"That's right, and the rooms on each floor are in the same location." Maori Kogoro pushed open the door of one of the rooms, pressed the light switch, and continued, "Even the lighting switches are in the same place. Oh, right..."

He seemed to recall something: "I remember that Mike had opened the curtains of the French windows before. If he tied a wire to the edge of the curtains so that they could be opened by pulling them, then people from a distance could also..."

"That's impossible, uncle." Hattori Heiji rejected Maori Kogoro's reasoning: "I immediately checked the rooms he had been in after the incident. There were no signs of the wire being removed from the curtains, and there were no signs of wire being pulled or rubbed on the railings."

"Really?" Maori Kogoro scratched his head, looking troubled: "Could it be that the murderer is really not among these three people?"

Hattori Heiji continued, "Also, the people in the room had another five seconds to open the door after hearing the knock. Judging from the time, it's impossible for them to have committed the crime..."

As Hattori Heiji spoke, he casually opened a cupboard and a mop inside caught his attention.

"Strange, why is there such a thing here?"

"Huh?" Maori Kogoro came over, and seeing that it was just a mop, his interest immediately disappeared. He said, "Someone accidentally forgot to put it here!"

"That's it."

Hattori Heiji pinched his chin, his eyes suddenly turned and he looked at the switch on the wall, thoughtfully.

Kogoro Mouri waved his hand and was about to leave the room when his body suddenly stiffened and his eyes changed.

Toru Watanabe has taken control of his mind.

"Hattori, I think I really know the murderer's method." Maori Kogoro said: "Only he can do this."

Hattori Heiji uttered an "eh" and looked up. Seeing Maori Kogoro's serious expression, he was stunned for a moment, then said, "The technique you mentioned, could it be..."

Maori Kogoro nodded and said, "I think you should have understood. What we lack now is evidence. However, I think the evidence should still be in the hotel. As long as we look carefully, we will definitely find it."

Hattori Heiji smiled, and for the first time, he felt that they seemed to be on the same page: "Then let's look for it together."

……

Half an hour later.

At Hattori Heiji's request, Officer Otaki brought Ray Curtis and three others, as well as Ran, Toyama and Kazuha to the room where the crime occurred.

"Hattori, why did you call us here?" Officer Otaki asked Hattori Heiji in confusion: "Did 3.5 say, have you found anything?"

Hattori Heiji smiled, pointed at Maori Kogoro, and said, "Let Uncle Maori solve our doubts for us."

"what?"

Officer Otaki looked at Kogoro Mouri in confusion. In his opinion, this detective who sounded so famous did not seem to be as powerful as the rumors said.

But Hattori Heiji gave the stage to him. Could it be that he had misjudged him?

Maori Kogoro coughed lightly and said, "Actually, this technique is very simple. First, lock the guest room door and open it completely. Then, pull out the air vent in the bathroom and take out the mop. This way, you can position the air vent so that the room lights can be turned on at any time. Place the mop's wooden handle between the air vent and the switch, then empty the air vent, and you're done."

416. The End of Professional Athletes

"Next, all you have to do is kick the prepared football down the stairs. When it knocks over the mop, it will trigger a switch and light up the room. As for the curtains on the floor-to-ceiling windows, just draw them open beforehand. From outside the hotel, it will look like you walked into the room and opened them yourself. The only person who could pull this off is Ray Cartis, a professional football player."

When Kogoro Mouri pointed the finger of murder at Ray Curtis, everyone's eyes fell on him.

Maori Kogoro continued, "The rooms you were originally assigned to were the two below K's, and you had rigged the first-floor side room so you were supposed to be the second to arrive. After lighting the light in the first room, you headed to the second room and set your trap there. Then, carrying your gun and football, you walked up the stairs to the second floor and turned on the lights in the third, fourth, and fifth rooms."

"So, when Xiaolan 11 sees this outside the hotel, she'll remind you that the light in the second room isn't on. You'll use the intercom to tell her you're coming, then kick the ball down the stairs from the second floor. This will turn on the light in the second room on the first floor. Then, you can take advantage of this moment to kill Ed, who's waiting for you on the second floor, and then dump the gun at the scene. Finally, all you have to do is walk down the stairs and pretend to be shocked by the gunshot from the window of the second room. The people outside will naturally have the illusion that you've been staying in the room the whole time. Am I right?"

Ray Curtis was silent for a moment, then spoke in his not-so-fluent Japanese: "Your reasoning is very interesting, but sir, you seem to have forgotten one thing. It took less than three seconds from the time I turned on the light to the time I heard the gunshot. How could I have killed someone? I had to play football and then knock on Ed's door. I only had three seconds to wait for him to come out and open the door. I'm afraid..."

"So, you didn't kick the ball and then knock on the door," Maori Kogoro interrupted. "You knocked on the door and then kicked the ball. After knocking on Ed's door, you walked to the stairs and kicked the ball down as he opened the door. As you approached Ed, you confirmed with Xiaolan through the intercom that the lights were on, and then fired at the same time. In this way, even if there were only three seconds, it would not be impossible."

"Alternatively, if you tie a string to a mop and gently pull it, you can turn off the lights. That way, Rica on the fifth floor can do the same. But the murder scene is on the second floor, which is your area of ​​responsibility, so he couldn't have committed the crime without meeting with you."

Ray Curtis continued to defend himself: "But if I had fired a gun, the police would have been able to detect gun smoke reaction on my body, right?"

"The police usually only check for gun smoke reaction around the collar of the jacket." Maori Kogoro said seriously, "At most, they'll check the trousers, and rarely the inside of the clothes. If you take off your jacket before committing the crime, the gunpowder will only spray on your jacket and trousers. If you just put your jacket on before sticking your head out the window, and change your jacket and trousers when you return to the room to wait, the police will have no way of detecting the gun smoke reaction."

As he spoke, Maori Kogoro took out a needle from his pocket and said, "You used this needle to deflate the used football and then hid it in your shirt. Hattori and I found it in the trash can in the bathroom. As for the football you deflated, the hotel staff put it under the autograph table."

"But how can you prove that I was the one who released it?" Ray Curtis had not given up resisting.

Maori Kogoro looked at him deeply. "Actually, Ed has already pointed out that you are the murderer. The finger gesture on Ed's right hand is the same as when eating sushi. As for the belt on his left hand, it refers to the band. In sushi restaurants, the staff are used to communicating in code. Among the dishes in the restaurant, the band represents dish number 8, and this hint refers to you, who wears the number 8 jersey on the court. Also, the towel in the bathroom of this room is wet. I think you must have wet it when you washed your face, because gunpowder on the skin can be easily washed off with water."

Ray Curtis smiled and said with a certain confidence, "I'm sorry, Detective, none of the evidence you just mentioned is conclusive proof. This shirt and trousers are what I usually give to my agent as a precaution. I took them off just now because I was sweating, and I took them to the laundry right after taking them off. I think they should be in the hotel laundry center now."

"Where are your shoes?" asked Kogoro Mouri indifferently.

"Eh?" Ray Curtis was stunned: "Shoes?"

"Generally speaking, with an automatic pistol, the smoke will be emitted as the shell is ejected. With a revolver, the smoke will radiate out from the center of the gunshot, and the shoe surface will certainly not be spared."

Ray Curtis's expression began to change slightly.

Maori Kogoro looked at him with stern eyes: "When you committed the crime, you must have been wearing shoes, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have been able to kick the ball accurately."

Ray Katis subconsciously took a small step back.

Maori Kogoro continued, "If you haven't changed your shoes yet, then you should be able to detect a smoke reaction on them. That should be considered irrefutable evidence, right?"

Under a series of questioning from Maori Kogoro, Ray Curtis was finally speechless. He lowered his head and whispered, "That reporter actually used a fabricated report to force my wife to commit suicide. In order to take revenge on that guy, I made a plan. I told him that the report about my drug abuse would be a big hit, and asked him to meet me in Wano Country. In addition, in order to get rid of the pain of losing my beloved wife, I became... dependent on drugs..."

Officer Otaki sighed softly, stepped forward, put his arm around his shoulder, and said, "Let's talk about the rest when we get back together."

No one expected that the final truth would be like this. Lei's two companions watched Lei being taken away by the police. They never thought that one day Lei would actually become a murderer and really take drugs.

The two looked at each other, and saw helplessness and disbelief in each other's eyes.

417. Hospital

A clinic in Mihua.

The corridor of the emergency room.

Xiaolan looked at Maori Kogoro with a bandage on his arm, and said with a lingering fear: "Dad, you really scared me to death..."

Watanabe Toru breathed a sigh of relief with some helplessness.

Fifteen minutes ago, Xiaolan received a call from Kogoro Mouri, saying that he had been in a car accident. This scared Xiaolan so much that her face turned pale instantly, and she rushed to the hospital with Toru Watanabe.

When I arrived at the hospital and saw Kogoro Mouri, I found out that he was only slightly injured, and it was because Kogoro Mouri was drunk that he accidentally collided with the other person.

Kogoro Mouri scratched his head a little embarrassedly. After this happened, he naturally sobered up.

"I didn't think it was necessary, but the doctor insisted that I notify my family to come over."

Xiaolan glared at him and said, "That's because the doctor wants your family to keep an eye on you and ask you to drink less."

"Actually, I only drank a little..."

Xiaolan didn't want to listen to Maori Kogoro's explanation at all, and complained: "Xiaotuo and I didn't have dinner. Now we are starving, right, Xiaotuo?"

Watanabe Toru hummed twice, but still gave Maori Kogoro some face: "However, Uncle Maori is fine, which is a blessing in disguise."

"That's right." Maori Kogoro walked down the broken path: "Xiaolan, don't be angry."

Xiaolan puffed her cheeks and said, "From today on, I will supervise Dad drinking every day."

"That... that's not necessary." Maori Kogoro looked unhappy. Seeing Xiaolan frowning again, he quickly changed his words: "Okay, okay, I promise you, I will never drink too much from now on."

Xiaolan then relaxed her expression and said, "Okay, let's go back quickly."

At this moment, a stretcher was quickly pushed in from outside, with a woman accompanying the patient on both sides. She covered her face and cried, while cheering for the patient on the bed.

"Hubby, cheer up, husband..."

Watanabe Toru and the other two looked over when they heard the sound. As the bed was being pushed closer, Maori Kogoro couldn't help but ask, "Excuse me, what's wrong?"

The nurse pushing the bed replied, "There's an emergency patient. Excuse me, could you please help out a little?"

Because it was night, there were not many doctors and nurses in the emergency room.

"Okay, no problem." When the beautiful nurse asked, Kogoro Mouri agreed without hesitation, as if he had forgotten about his injured arm.

Several people pushed the patient into the observation room together.

The patient's wife covered her face and cried, "I have been away from home for work since yesterday. When I came back, I found him collapsed at the entrance..."

"Please calm down, ma'am." The nurse soothed the woman, then turned her gaze to Maori Kogoro and the others. "Well, I'm sorry to bother you. I'll go get the doctor right now. Could you please help take off the patient's clothes?"

"no problem."

Kogoro Mori agreed readily.

"Thank you so much."

The nurse bowed and quickly left the observation room.

"Um, sorry to bother you." The woman stopped crying and apologized to Kogoro Mouri and others.

"It's okay." Xiaolan waved her hand: "Then let's take off your husband's clothes first. Don't worry, everything will be fine."

"Uh-huh."

After the two took off the patient's clothes, the nurse brought the doctor over.

"Is this the patient?" The doctor looked at the patient's condition, then turned to the woman and said, "Madam, your husband...eh?"

He was stunned for a moment, showing a surprised expression: "Aren't you Dr. Kashiwagi?"

The woman called Doctor Kashiwagi was also stunned for a moment: "You...you are?"

The male doctor smiled and said, "I'm Otsuka. You mentored me during my internship."

Kashiwagi seemed to remember something and forced a smile: "Ah...it's you."

"Thank you for your care back then. Are you still working in that hospital now?"

Kashiwagi nodded with a dry laugh.

The male doctor added, "After all, it's a famous hospital with top-notch equipment. It's really enviable."

"Huh?" Hearing that the two knew each other, Maori Kogoro couldn't help but interrupt: "So, ma'am, you're a doctor too. Then why don't you send your husband to the hospital where you work?"

A flash of panic crossed Kashiwa's face, but he quickly regained his composure and explained, "Because, because that hospital is too far from my home, so I had to send my husband here first."

"Did you drive here?" the male doctor asked. "It must have been very difficult for you to carry your husband in and out of the car by yourself."

"This one……"

Kashiwa was speechless for a moment. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he quickly made up an excuse: "Because we are usually responsible for taking care of the patients. It's not a big deal to just hold my husband alone."

The male doctor seemed to accept Kashiwagi's explanation and said with a smile, "As expected, you are Doctor Kashiwagi."

"Then why don't you call an ambulance?" Watanabe Toru suddenly interrupted: "If you call the emergency number, it won't be so troublesome."

Kashiwagi was stunned for a moment, and finally came up with another excuse: "That's because the nearest ambulance sometimes takes about half an hour to find a hospital that can accept the patient."

The male doctor sighed. "Yes, the emergency personnel are indeed trying their best. By the way, is your husband suffering from a cerebral hemorrhage? This is serious. Nurse, send the patient to the CT room immediately."

"Really? Li Zhao?"

After receiving the doctor's instructions, the nurse pushed the mobile bed and took the patient away.

When the male doctor was about to leave, Watanabe Toru suddenly stopped him and asked, "Did the patient get hit in the face or get poisoned by drugs?"

"Huh? How is that possible?" The male doctor looked quite confident. "Although I can't say for sure right now, based on the patient's current symptoms, it's most likely a cerebral hemorrhage or a stroke."

"That's right."

Seeing that Watanabe Toru had no other questions, the male doctor nodded at Kashiwagi, then turned and left.

"Okay, it's time for us to go back."

Xiaolan said to Toru Watanabe and Kogoro Mori.