Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 269: Xiao Golang in the Bar (Part 5)

Maori Kogoro began to play steadily: "I understand, Inspector Megure, I know who killed Shuji Hosuda."

"Is it true?" Inspector Megure was a little surprised. After all, Kogoro Mouri had not yet "got into the mood" today.

"Yes, I think the murderer is the customer who had a dispute with the victim. Although that customer has left, if he took away the poison needle he had prepared after the crime, then it is not surprising that we can't find the murder weapon in the store." Kogoro Mouri nodded as he spoke, looking like he had made a very clear analysis.

Seeing that Maori Kogoro was about to mess up again, Conan immediately started speaking using a voice changer: "Although I thought so at first, it's not the case."

This left Inspector Megure speechless: "Why are your words so incoherent?"

"No, no, just now..." Just as Kogoro Mouri was about to deny it, he was knocked down by an anesthetic needle.

Jack also considerately kicked the chair next to him so that Kogoro Mouri, who was spinning around in a daze, could sit upright on the chair in front of the bar.

Seeing that Maori Kogoro was getting into the groove, Inspector Megure immediately changed his expression: "Here he comes. Maori's reasoning shouldn't be a problem this time."

Conan, hiding behind the camera, could only speak out his reasoning with a speechless expression: "The criminal's method of committing the crime is actually very simple. All he needs is a film box, water, and a hot spring tablet."

"Well, first, please ask Officer Takagi to buy the things I need. They should be available at the nearby convenience store."

Before Officer Gao Mu could even run out the door, a pack of hot spring tablets was handed to him: "Use mine. I just happened to have bought two packs when I went out, so I'm going to use them when I get back."

It was Jack who spoke. Conan looked at the two packets of "rose-flavored, fresh fragrance" hot spring tablets in Jack's hand and fell into deep thought.

He bought this to cover up the smell of blood on his body, that's for sure! Conan screamed in his heart for thirty seconds.

[Photographer: What did you buy this for? I remember there was soap in the manor.]

[Jack: But this can be used for bathing, which is quite interesting.]

[Acrobat: Do you have something specifically for bubble baths?]

[Crying Clown: Stop it, I still remember the last time you used up a whole bar of soap to create a lot of lather in a public bathroom!]

[Zizhichang: So much so that the jump ball in the next day's ranked match was filled with foam? It covered my face, and I thought it was some new special effect...]

[Acrobat: Sorry!]

[Dancer: Okay, I was saying that day that no matter how you held the factory manager back, he was still able to fall down instantly. It seems like there was something wrong with the explosives.]

[Factory Manager: You know what? That foam ball instantly gave me a lot of fire, but I had almost no control over it. At most, it blocked my vision.]

[Jack: How come I haven't encountered such a good thing?]

[Knight: What is the leader of the Nine Prison Gates fantasizing about? Take my strategic foresight!]

[Jack: I will activate my ban slot and ban the Knight, Antique Dealer, and Crying Clown.]

[Forward: Hey, hey, is it finally my turn?]

[Mechanic: Hello.]

[Batter: Hello.]

[Prophet: Mr. Jack, weren't you a little careless in banning?]

[Jack: Tired, destroy it.]

Conan stepped forward to act as Kogoro Mouri's assistant and started the experiment. He first poured one-third of water into the film box, then threw a small piece of hot spring tablet into it, and then turned the film box upside down. In this way, after two or three minutes, the film box would fly into the sky.

"I call this method the Flying Rocket Box. As long as the hot spring ingot comes into contact with water, it will produce a large amount of gas, and then the gas will push the film box to fly." Conan continued in the voice of Mouri Kogoro.

"Also, if the scent of this hot spring tablet is grapefruit, then it would explain the smell that Miss Yuxi has smelled in the store these days."

Miss Youxi sniffed it and said, "As expected, since I used rose-scented hot spring tablets, there is a rose scent at this time."

"Ah, could it be that those two or three bangs I heard before were..."

"Yes, the murderer conducted several experiments here beforehand," Conan continued. "The murderer wanted to see if he could successfully penetrate the ceiling of this store by placing the murder weapon on a film canister and firing it."

Inspector Megure was a little bit incredulous: "Put the murder weapon on the film box? But the murder weapon is as big as an ice pick."

Officer Takagi nodded in agreement. "Even if the film canister has a lot of thrust, it probably won't fly high if it's strapped to a weapon."

"Because the needle of the hard dart can be removed and weighs only about 18 grams, it is definitely not difficult to make it fly. The murderer also placed clay on the bottom of the film box to fix the needle of the dart."

"And to conceal the device, the killer deliberately used a rolled-up poster to cover it. This way, even if there's some deviation during launch, it'll still reliably reach the ceiling."

"I see. This device is similar to a blowgun used for hunting, using the airflow to push the needle forward." Jack smiled playfully.

Conan's heart trembled: Did Jack directly think of this dangerous weapon?

However, the reasoning still needs to continue: "So, I am right, the criminal is you, Mr. Kogure Monpei, who bought the hard darts as a birthday present for the victim."

"If it were you, you would have been able to coat the dart's needle with poison beforehand and put it in the box. And using the poster as the bazooka's mechanism means only you, the person sitting closest to the poster, would have the opportunity to operate it."

"I believe Mr. Kogure deliberately lost the game while the other two went to play billiards after the victim passed out, so he could be alone with the victim. Then, while covering the victim with his coat, he took the poison-coated dart needle and forcefully stabbed the victim in the neck."

"Then, you removed the needle from the dart and replaced it with another dart needle you had prepared in advance. The original needle used for the attack was then sent up to the ceiling using the device you had just used."

Jack nodded in agreement. "I see. After a crime is committed, the police will indeed conduct a thorough search of the crime scene, leaving no corner of the ground untouched. However, the same cannot be said for the ceiling. After all, most people tend to think that the murderer would throw evidence on the ground, not into the air."

Conan continued, "That's right. Moreover, to activate this device, you just need to take advantage of the time when the other two are not paying attention, such as when they are confirming whether a certain person is a celebrity."

"Of course, this operation is best carried out after ordering a full bottle of champagne. You set up the device while the other two are watching me, and then just pop the champagne cork almost in sync with the rocket launch."

"That way, you can get the champagne spray onto the poster, covering up the wetness it's going to get, and you can also wipe up the foaming spa tablets that were left on the table."

"As for the evidence, the places where the poster got wet should have retained the scent of grapefruit."

Inspector Megure picked up the poster, sniffed the wet end, and nodded: "Indeed."