Ke Xue: I picked up a bottle of sherry at the beginning.

"Oh!" Maori Kogoro slammed his fist into his palm, suddenly realizing, "I remember now, I did see it on the news."

At the same time, he also recalled some tabloid analysis of the incident.

——Some people said that the wanted criminal who was dismissed by the Izumo boss left a strange sentence when he left, "This is not what we agreed on."

In addition, it is very unnatural that he is an experienced wanted criminal but is scared away by an unarmed boss.

Therefore, some critics suspect that the robbery was actually an incident directed and acted by the Izumo boss himself in order to gain popularity during the mayoral campaign.

……

Late at night, in the early morning, when everything was quiet, the Beidouxing-3 passed through the darkness and headed straight for a tunnel.

Shiraizumi Masu was lying down to rest during the slight shaking, but Kudo Yukiko still did not sleep. She just leaned on the seat and looked out the window.

In the Beidouxing social car, it was already past 4 a.m. and many people were still awake. The big boss who complained that the compartment was too small also stayed here, sitting alone by the window smoking a cigar.

Amidst the smoke, the figure of a strange man wearing a hat and sunglasses suddenly appeared on the window.

Boss Izumo was stunned for a moment, and when he turned around he only had time to see the black muzzle of a gun.

"boom--!"

"Boom!"

Quan Yi opened his eyes in a daze, vaguely hearing the sound of cars mixed with gunshots and screams, followed by a burst of noise outside the door, and several consecutive gunshots close at hand.

"Ah!" Yukiko was startled after hearing the gunshot.

Shiraizumi Mashi immediately woke up and reached out to hold Yukiko in his arms.

"Don't be afraid, I will protect you."

"Yes, Bai-kun."

Yukiko felt very safe in Shiraizumi's arms. She really needed a strong and secure man like Shiraizumi to fill the void in her heart.

Shiraizumi Masu stayed with Yukiko and waited for a while. Only when he heard the voices outside calling for the police did he open the door of the box and go to the scene with Yukiko.

At the entrance of the Seikan Tunnel, when Shiraizumi Masu walked into the social car, the police on the train were verifying the scene.

Mr. Izumo was sitting by the window, with a bullet in his head, leaving a blood spatter and a bullet mark on the glass window. His cigar fell to the side, and his eyes were full of astonishment and fear.

"Based on the driver's license and business card found on the deceased, the victim is Keitaro Izumo, who lives in Furuichi City, Tokyo. He is the owner of a large jewelry store that was previously robbed." The police officer reported to his superiors.

"Oh?" The middle-aged officer in charge, with a weathered beard, leaned in to check on the victim. "Is that the jewelry store owner who single-handedly drove off the armed robber?"

"Yes," the police officer explained, "According to the witness, the murderer suddenly ran up behind him and fired a shot."

"What happened next? Where did the murderer go?" the police officer continued to ask.

"The murderer ran past our room," Maori Kogoro stood up and said, "After firing a few shots into his own room and breaking the glass, he fled out the window."

The police officer looked at Uncle Maori in confusion: "Who are you?"

"Huh? You don't know me?" Kogoro Mouri pointed at himself in confusion.

"Hmm, I seem to have seen you somewhere," the middle-aged police officer glanced at the old man, "Are you the sleeping detective... Detective Maori Kogoro?"

"It's me." Kogoro Mouri was quite proud that he could meet a policeman who knew him in another place.

According to witnesses, the murderer was the strange man that Kogoro Mouri met in the aisle, and the murderer was also related to a previous jewelry store robbery.

At this time, Conan ran to Yukiko and asked: "This incident is exactly the same as the plot of my father's unpublished novel that I read when I was a child... But I can't remember it clearly, Mom, do you still remember it?"

Yukiko said, "Of course I remember. That's why I came here. But please keep your voice down and don't let anyone know about our mother-son relationship."

Conan said: "Oh, then, Sister Yukiko, please tell me the plot of my father's novel."

Yukiko said: "Conan, you are a child now, just sit aside and wait obediently, leave this to me and Shiraizumi Masu."

Conan pouted in dissatisfaction: "Damn it... Sister Yukiko, please stop looking down on me."

Yukiko held her forehead. This son was really not easy to take care of. He still didn't learn his lesson. Shinichi was a child now. It was just his meddling that caused the trouble. He should know that he was wrong.

Seeing that Yukiko ignored him, Conan took out his phone and called Kudo Yusaku, but the call was not connected.

In this case, Conan can only rely on himself.

As the police investigated, they found that the glass in the murderer's room was broken, and the only other thing worth noting was a pistol left in the room.

"He fired six shots inside the train, and there are still bullets in here," the officer said, weighing the pistol. "Would a murderer just abandon the pistol like that while fleeing? Maybe he took advantage of the chaos and ran to another car."

"How is that possible?" Maori Kogoro retorted, "The murderer closed the door just one second before I ran into this car!"

"It just looks that way, right? There were no lights on in the corridor at the time, so it's normal to have misremembered things when someone was shooting at you."

Although the other party is a famous detective, the police officer still refuses to believe Maori's testimony.

"What?" Kogoro Mouri was very unconvinced.

"Anyway, check the nearby carriages first."

The police officer did not argue with Kogoro Mouri. He ignored Kogoro Mouri and took his men to knock on the door of the next carriage.

"Dong dong!"

"Excuse me, I'm Nishimura from the Hokkaido Prefectural Police. A case just happened on this train..."

The murderer lived next door to the victim's boss, the wife of Izumo, a fat woman named Izumo Azusa. She was sleeping soundly at the time of the crime and was in a bad mood after being woken up by the police, but she was soon shocked by the news of her husband's death.

Other suspicious figures include the man who was scolded by the Izumo boss during the day, Kagoshi Toshinori, the manager of the Izumo jewelry store, an ordinary passenger named Aoba Toru, and the mayor of Furuichi City, Ishizuchi Akishiro, who happened to be on vacation.

Officer Nishimura checked the boxes of several people: Mrs. Izumo brought a hunting rifle for practicing clay shooting, Mr. Kagoshi helped Mr. Izumo carry fishing gear, Mr. Aoba brought a mask and bamboo sword prepared for a kendo competition, and Mr. Ishihammer brought golf equipment.

Officer Nishimura's face became increasingly grim as he failed to find the missing murderer. Although he asked his subordinates to mobilize all police officers to search other rooms on the train, no matter how careless the witnesses were, they would not have failed to see the murderer running to other carriages. The only possible place the murderer could be hiding was in carriage B.

Everyone was very confused, even Conan couldn't figure out what was going on.

At that moment, "Officer Nishimura!" A police officer hurried to Car B, "In the tunnel... a male corpse was found in the tunnel! It seems to be the murderer!"

The police had carried the body to the tunnel entrance. The face could be seen through the moonlight. It was the strange man they had met before, except that he was not wearing a hat or a mask.

"He got hit on the head. Probably didn't jump out the window properly. What a fool... Huh? This is a fake beard and wig..."

Officer Nishimura tore off the wig while examining the body. When he saw the true face of the body, he was suddenly shocked: "This guy is Asama Yasuji!"

"Asama Yasuji?" Maori Kogoro looked at the bald man with a fierce face after he took off his disguise. "Isn't Asama Yasuji the professional robber who failed to rob the jewelry store before?"

"Yes," Officer Nishimura said solemnly, "It used to be a trio, but after one member died, we lost contact. I didn't expect their reappearance would end like this. Well, even though they're dead, at least we know the identity of the murderer, and we can get the train moving again."

Kudo Yukiko asked quietly, "Bai-kun, is this the end of this incident?"

Shiraizumi Masu said, "Sister Yukiko, I should be asking you. You said the murderer was a copycat, and he was imitating Kudo Yusaku's unpublished manuscript. You have read Kudo Yusaku's manuscript, so you should know."

Yukiko said awkwardly, "The person who stole Yusaku's manuscript was Asama Yasuji, but Asama Yasuji is dead now. The content of the manuscript is completely different."

Shiraizumi Masu said: "Sister Yukiko, I don't know what to say to you. You dare to stop the murderer alone instead of Kudo Yusaku."

Yukiko said sheepishly, "Isn't that right...I asked you to come, Bai Jun."

Bai Quanyi said: "I will resolve the incident, and you must compensate me well afterwards!"

Yukiko said, "I know."

Yukiko is now desperate. At worst, she will just agree to be Shirazumi's girlfriend. When Kudo Yusaku is not around, she will let Shirazumi accompany her. Shirazumi himself doesn't mind anyway, so why should she mind?

45. Feeling safe in Baiquanyi’s arms

As the sky brightened, on the way to their destination, Sapporo, Maori Kogoro gathered everyone in the social car of the Hokutosei. According to him, "What will be performed next on this luxurious train is the famous reasoning of the sleeping detective Maori Kogoro!"

"I want to talk about the motive. The key to solving the mystery lies in what Asama said a week ago when he robbed Mr. Izumo's jewelry store: 'This is different from what I said before.'"

Uncle Maori stood beside Mr. Izumo's body and snorted, "If that robbery was planned by Mr. Asama and Mr. Izumo together, then everything would fit together."

Uncle Maori reasoned excitedly under the gaze of the crowd, "If I'm right, Mr. Izumo specifically asked Asama to steal the jewels, and told him that if he returned the jewels, he would share the huge insurance money with him."

Officer Nishimura questioned, "But Mr. Izumo pressed the alarm when the crime happened, so we chased him away without letting him steal anything, didn't we?"

"That's because Mr. Izumo never intended to let him take the jewelry from the beginning," said Uncle Maori, his eyes sharp, with the air of a great detective. "Mr. Izumo wanted to use the robbers to boost his chances in the next mayoral election! Asama was just being used. Asama is a professional robber, so even if he's caught, it won't be a problem..."

Unfortunately, Mr. Izumo didn't expect that Asama hadn't been caught, and he even threatened him to take this train. Fearing retaliation, Mr. Izumo probably planned to make another deal with Asama, so he insisted on taking the Hokutosei No. 3...

Mr. Asama was shot dead by Mr. Izumo because of a dispute over the division of the spoils. Asama, he died after accidentally falling from a car while trying to escape..."

The police accepted Kogoro Mori's reasoning and the case was closed.

Kudo Yukiko asked quietly, "Shiro-kun, is Maori Kogoro's reasoning correct?"

Bai Quanyi said: "It's not that simple."

Kudo Yukiko asked: "Then who is the real murderer..."

Bai Quanyi said: "The real murderer is very cunning. I will find a way to lure him out. Let's go back to the box and rest."

Kudo Yukiko said, "Aren't you going to continue the investigation?"

"You don't need to worry about the investigation." Shiraizumi Masu answered irrelevantly. "Get some rest first, Sister Yukiko. Tomorrow I'll take you on a nice trip in Sapporo."

Kudo Yukiko said, "Who wants to go out with you? I have no such plans."

Baiquanyi said: "It's not easy to come here once, are you planning to return to Tokyo immediately?"

Kudo Yukiko thought about it and felt that what Shiraizumi Masu said made sense. It would be boring to go home alone, so she might as well do as Shiraizumi Masu said.

In the carriage, Shiraizumi Masu held Yukiko in his arms.

"Bai Jun, why are you hugging me?"

"Sister Yukiko, can I hold you while I sleep?"

"Bai Quanyi, don't push your luck. I'm not a woman you can manipulate!"

"Okay, stop being so arrogant and go to bed."

Shiraizumi Masu looked at Yukiko tenderly, and Yukiko was bewitched by Shiraizumi's deceptive eyes, and gradually fell asleep in Shiraizumi's arms with peace of mind. She felt very safe in Shiraizumi's arms, which was something that Kudo Yusaku could not give her.

"Sapporo! We've arrived at Sapporo Station!" The station announcement suddenly sounded, and the train slowly stopped at the station.

After saying goodbye to Mori and his group, Shiraizumi Masu took Kudo Yukiko's hand and followed the crowd to the platform. Instead of leaving the station, he waited at the edge of the platform.

"Bai Jun, why are you doing this?" Yukiko asked in confusion.

"I'm just sitting back and waiting for the murderer to fall into my trap." Bai Quanyi said confidently.

The station broadcast sounded again, announcing the arrival of a train.

On the track, another train entered the station and slowed down as it approached Quanyi.

A pair of black hands reached out from the crowd towards Bai Quanyi. The murderer silently came up behind the young detective... Blood-stained hands gently pushed against the unprotected back, and blood stained the platform red...

"That's enough, Mr. Jiayue." Baiquan Yi turned around and grabbed the hand that pushed him.

"What——" Jia Yue was shocked.

"Mr. Jiayue," Bai Quanyi said to him blankly, "Reality is not fiction. It's time to stop."

"Ah?" Jia Yue broke out in a cold sweat and laughed dryly, "What are you talking about? What novel? I just came over to say hello..."

"You're imitating the criminal methods in the novel. I've seen through them all, Mr. Kagoshi." Shiraizumi's gaze passed over Kagoshi and landed on the tackle bag and a suitcase. "It was you who murdered Mr. Izumo and Asama Yasuji in the car."

"How could I be the murderer?" Jia Yue stammered, a look of panic flashing across his face. "Asama shot our boss in the social car and escaped through the window. People saw him. The police also said that Asama fell into the tunnel at that time..."

"It's very simple," Quan Yi stated, "The person who shot and killed Mr. Izumo was just you in disguise. I'm afraid you prepared the same disguise in advance, with the intention of framing Asama.

As for the method, you used fishing gear to create the illusion of escaping into the room and jumping out the window. The evidence is the traces of tape on the inside of the door and on Asama's body's pants... You did all this according to the method in the novel, and you should be very clear about it."

Quan Yi walked past Jia Yue and went to where his luggage was placed.

In addition to the fishing tackle bag, there is also a travel bag, which should be Jiayue's hidden luggage.

Ignoring Jiayue's changing expression, Quan Yi directly opened the travel bag and found a windbreaker, a hat and a pair of sunglasses, all of which were the same disguise props as Asana.

"Mr. Jiayue, why are there these things in your luggage?"

"This is..." Jia Yue swallowed his saliva and said stumblingly, "I don't know... someone must have framed me and put me in there..."

"It's useless, Mr. Jiayue," Quan Yi said coldly, "No matter how much you deny it, it's useless. The murderer can only be you. No one else has the chance to frame you..."

"Why, why?" Jia Yue lowered his head, his expression changing as he looked at Quan Yi in confusion. "How do you know? That novel has clearly never been published. It's an unfinished novel by my favorite author..."

"Is it possible that your favorite writer is nothing compared to me?"

"How is this possible! There is someone more powerful than Mr. Kudo. I don't believe it." Jia Yue knelt down directly.

Bai Quanyi said calmly, "Go and turn yourself in, Mr. Jiayue. No matter what the reason for the murder is, you can't continue to make mistakes."