Ke Xue: Xiaolan delivers goods to your door at the beginning

"Is someone trying to get her?"

"No. She's simply possessed by something unclean. And it's extremely vicious, wanting to kill Yoko Okino."

What will happen to Yoko Okino?

"Her bad luck will continue, and her injuries will only get worse until she dies..."

The words spoken by Akako Koizumi were very serious, and she was not joking at all.

So Lin Xiaofeng continued, "When will Yoko Okino die?"

"How should I know? When the ghost decides to take her life."

"Miss Akako, I want to save Yoko Okino."

"me too."

Koizumi Akako and Lin Xiaofeng exchanged a glance.

"what--"

A scream suddenly came from the toilet.

Lin Xiaofeng immediately rushed out, and the people in the other rooms also moved at the sound, gathering at the entrance of the toilet.

"Yoko! Yoko! Are you alright?"

Yoko Okino's manager is named Sakurako Yonehara, and she recognized Yoko Okino's voice just by her scream.

People outside the toilet asked anxiously, but there was no response from inside.

Could Yoko Okino be the victim this time?

However, just as the man in the hotel was about to break down the door to check the situation, the bathroom door opened by itself with a click.

"Excuse me……"

"When I wanted to go to the toilet, a wooden board suddenly fell down and hit me."

"I've been..."

"Seems like you're having a really bad day?"

As Yoko Okino spoke, tears welled up in her eyes, and she collapsed to the ground, sobbing uncontrollably.

The manager, Sakurako Yonehara, quickly stepped forward and patted Yoko Okino on the shoulder, comforting her, "This is not your fault."

Yoko Okino, with tears streaming down her face, is heartbreaking.

But Lin Xiaofeng and Koizumi Akako, who knew exactly what was going on, chose to remain silent.

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps came from the stairs.

Everyone turned around and saw that it was Kogoro Mouri running up, panting heavily.

"Hu-hu-"

"Everyone!"

"Mr. Anzai is dead!"

No wonder Kogoro Mouri didn't appear immediately after Yoko was injured; it turns out he's getting old and has encountered a murder case.

500. Conan's utter admiration for Lin Xiaofeng

In front of the Beika Shrine, Lin Xiaofeng and Kogoro Mouri, who had instantly sobered up, arrived at the crime scene.

Although the open space in front of Mihana Shrine was now pitch black, the body was spotted at a glance by a small blue marker.

Kogoro Mouri ran forward and "politely" kicked Conan, who was protecting the scene, aside. He then began to check the situation and quickly started analyzing the case.

"The murder weapon was left lying nearby and there wasn't time to deal with it. In addition, Ran and Conan saw the suspicious figure here around 10:30."

"This means that Mr. Anzai was murdered around 10:30 p.m.

Lin Xiao briefly examined the corpse and determined its basic information.

Deceased's name: Anzai Morio. Time of death: 1 hour ago. Cause of death: Sharp object piercing the heart.

Ran and Conan noticed a suspicious person appearing in front of Beika Shrine at 10:30. The person ran away as soon as they saw the two of them, making it highly likely that he was the culprit.

However, Lin Xiaofeng's own autopsy results showed that he died an hour earlier, around 9:30.

Around 9:30, that's roughly the time when Anzai Morinao goes out.

At that time, Anzai Morio's American watch alarm went off first, and then he left despite his argument with Shimazaki Yuji.

Clearly, he had arranged to meet someone, and that person then murdered him upon meeting him.

Who is it?

After mentally reviewing the case, Lin Xiaofeng turned his gaze back to the corpse.

On the ground in front of Anzai Morio's right fingertip was a message written in the victim's blood, the investigation points on it gleaming in the night.

It means "stone lion," but the strokes of the character "血" (blood) are disjointed, suggesting it was added later. Removing two strokes from "コマイヌ" (komaine) makes "ニマイメ" (nimaine), meaning "handsome man" or "beautiful man." Removing two katakana characters from "ニマイメ" (nimaine) makes "マメ" (mame), meaning "bean wall."

Based on the order of the strokes in the blood-stained text, the first character written was Mamegaki, so the bespectacled production assistant on set—Mamegaki Taeko—is very likely the murderer.

Just then, Kogoro Mouri, who was standing to the side, chuckled confidently and expressed his opinion with self-assurance.

"Hmph, this case is surprisingly simple..."

"First, the knife used by the murderer was a prop used by the film crew during the day. Second, the message left by the deceased was 'stone lion'."

"The stone lions refer to the two stone lions in front of the shrine, which are a symbol of the shrine."

"In other words, the murderer is none other than Taeko Mamegaki, the granddaughter of the shrine's head priest and also a member of the film crew!"

You are the murderer!

Kogoro Mouri's deduction was flawless, complete with a confident smile and his classic gesture of identifying the murderer.

However, this theory was refuted by his own daughter as soon as it was proposed.

“But, Uncle, actually, when Mr. Anzai went out, he ran into Miss Taeko who was returning, and the two of them even brushed past each other…” Conan said.

"What did you say?" Kogoro Mouri muttered to himself, "But after that, Miss Taeko stayed in the living room and never went out again, so she couldn't have committed a crime..."

Kogoro Mouri underperformed (or so he did), drawing ridicule from everyone.

Just then, Koizumi Akako leaned close to Lin Xiaofeng and whispered, "Do you know who the murderer is?"

"Hmm, more or less," Lin Xiaofeng said casually.

"who is it?"

Koizumi Akako's life is not in the same circle as the Mori family, and she rarely sees murder cases, so at this moment she is quite curious about the murderer.

Lin Xiaofeng was also curious about Koizumi Akako's supposed sixth sense, so he asked her, "Use your sixth sense to guess who it is first."

Koizumi Akako silently scanned the crowd, not feeling any particular interest in anyone. She could only shake her head and say, "I am a witch, that's true, but I can't find out who the murderer is. Witches don't have detective abilities, okay? Alright, just tell me who the murderer is."

· ······Requesting flowers· ····

"Everyone!"

"Actually, Detective Mori was right. The culprit is none other than Ms. Taeko Mamegaki!"

Lin Xiaofeng's words shocked everyone present, and everyone looked at him in surprise, except for Kogoro Mouri, who was somewhat displeased.

What do you mean by guessing? I reasoned it out properly!

and……

"Hey! Didn't you hear what Ran said just now? When Miss Taeko came back, she brushed past Mr. Anzai, and then she never left the hotel again."

"That means she has a perfect alibi, and she absolutely cannot be the murderer!"

The wavering Kogoro Mouri reverted to his usual dismissive nature, while Ran Mouri, standing nearby, timely reminded him, "Mr. Hayashi, have you forgotten? When we were chatting in the corridor, we happened to run into Mr. Anzai going out."

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"Oh? Is that so?"

Lin Xiaofeng pretended to have just remembered, but the next second he said something that surprised everyone present even more.

"Excuse me, I believe it was Mr. Yuji Shimazaki who was out at the time..."

Click!

Upon hearing this, Conan felt a thunderclap in his mind.

Conan immediately looked at the key evidence he had used to judge that it was Anzai Morio: the American watch and clothes.

At this moment, Anzai Morio's coat and hat were neatly folded next to the corpse, not on his body.

Although the watch was properly worn on Anzai Morio's wrist, it was not stained with any blood.

In addition, I noticed that the blood-written characters on the ground were discontinuous after observing them myself…

At this moment, some seemingly trivial clues in Conan's mind finally connected.

However, Conan never expected that Lin Xiaofeng would see through Shimazaki Yuji's disguise at a glance.

And this was after drinking beer with the director and Uncle Mori for so long.

Conan looked up at Lin Xiaofeng, who was still deduce the truth beside him, and couldn't help but sigh again.

What incredible observational skills... There's a reason why so many women like Lin Xiaofeng. I also have the utmost admiration for Lin Xiaofeng.

501. It already belongs to the realm of the spirit world.

Lin Xiaofeng continued his analysis: "Actually, I could tell at a glance that the person was not Anzai Morio, but Shimazaki Yuji."

"It was Shimazaki Yuji who disguised himself as Anzai Morio and left, deliberately allowing himself to be seen to create an alibi for his fiancée."

"And the blood-written words on the ground are not 'stone lion', but the two characters 'Mamuki'. Shimazaki Yuji added two strokes to make it 'handsome guy', and then someone else added two more strokes to make it 'stone lion'."

"As for who this person is, it should be Nachi Shingo, right? Otherwise, there would be no need for anyone else to change the bloody words on this message."

Now that things had come to this, Nachi Shingo no longer concealed that he was the one who first discovered the body, nodding and admitting, "Anzai Morio and I did agree to meet here at 10:30, but when I got here he was already dead, and there was still 'Handsome Guy' left on it."

"I was afraid of being suspected, so I thought of using the principle of the matchstick game to change the handsome guy on it into a 'stone lion'."

However, just as the case was about to be settled, Yuji Shimazaki bravely stepped forward.

"It's not Douyuan!"

"I killed Anxi! And I disguised myself as him!"

"None of this has anything to do with Taeko!"

The lovestruck man wanted to take the blame, but before Lin Xiaofeng could continue to provide decisive evidence, Mameyuki Taeko stepped forward.

"I'm sorry, Yuuji."

"I'm sorry to have troubled you..."

“Detective, everything is as you said. I killed Anzai.”

When Inspector Megure arrived at the scene, he saw Yuji Shimazaki embracing Taeko Mamegaki, who was kneeling on the ground and crying.

Inspector Megure looked puzzled and asked, "Did I miss something?"

After inquiring about the details from those around me, I learned that Brother Lin had already solved the case.

Moreover, this time his good brother arrested two people to boost his sales figures. Yuji Saki is guilty of harboring a criminal, and Taeko Mamegaki is guilty of intentional homicide.

……

Back at the hotel, which had been packed with guests not long ago, there were not many people left.

In the living room, manager Sakurako Yonehara was still comforting Yoko Okino, whose eyes were red from crying.

Because Yoko Okino was unable to move around easily, and because she was in a bad mood and afraid of seeing corpses, she stayed at the hotel with her manager.

Upon seeing Lin Xiaofeng and Koizumi Akako return first, the manager asked in surprise, "Why are you back so soon?"

"The case is solved, so of course I'll come back."

Lin Xiaofeng asked casually, which piqued Yoko's interest. She asked, "Did Mr. Mori solve it? Who was the culprit?"

"I'm sorry, I solved the case. The culprit is Taeko Mamegaki."

Upon hearing this, Yoko Okino's eyes widened immediately, revealing a shocked expression.

"It's...Miss Taeko, how could this be?"