Maginot Line.
Construction began in 1928 and was completed in 1940. It cost a total of 5 billion francs. It was an iron wall built by France to resist the German army.
As a result, the German Army directly bypassed the Maginot Line and launched a surprise attack from behind, completely reducing the entire defense line to a display, thus becoming the second "French Miracle" after the "French Army Ceremony".
Today, the Maginot Line has become a well-known attraction that drives local tourism.
"Magino" is also used to describe difficulties that appear to be insurmountable, but are actually vulnerable and even lose their effectiveness.
"Hello, Europe's Maginot Line..."
When Qin Zhibo applied this word to Lei Katisi, everyone present's eyes widened, and the scene became tense for a while.
Especially Ray Catis, as a football star from Europe, he naturally knows what the Maginot Line of Defense means.
It means nothing can be prevented!
Ray Katis was angry inside, his mustache trembled and his eyebrows knitted together unconsciously.
But even so, he didn't dare to have an attack.
Because his physical condition had long been eroded by drugs, he had no choice but to lower his worth and go to the United States to play football.
As we all know, there is a fly in the ointment, so when playing football in the United States, the intensity of the game will be reduced, and it will also allow the body of drug addicts to adapt.
If he continues to suck, Ray Katis will have no choice but to find a weaker place to play.
Now that he was being mentioned as the "Maginot Line", Ray Katis knew what was going on and could only force out a smile.
"Sir, it's an iron wall, not Maginot..."
"Oh~" Qin Zhibo pretended to know just now and nodded suddenly, "Forgive me for not being very good at English."
Conan on the side looked at Qin Zhibo's poor acting skills and couldn't help but think about it.
Poor English?
It's okay to trick other people, but Conan knows that Qin Zhibo is a language expert who is proficient in Japanese, English, French, and Chinese.
And except for "Magino", everything else you spoke was clearly in Japanese!
Conan looked up at the two people. One was his favorite football star and the other was his trusted detective. It was really difficult to handle.
Qin Zhibo's hint about sushi just now pointed out that the unscrupulous reporter's message before his death was Ray Katis, who wore the No. 8 jersey on the court.
But even so, Conan still left some room in his heart.
Maybe a coincidence?
Or was it framed?
This possibility is very low, but Conan is willing to believe it.
He couldn't imagine that the football star he had been chasing for many years, the Ray Katis who fought hard on the football field, was actually a murderer.
But judging from Qin Zhibo's knowing provocation, Conan also confirmed Qin Zhibo's view.
Qin Zhibo is a detective with extremely strong observation and reasoning abilities.
When reasoning about the case, Qin Zhibo would not deliberately do such actions that had nothing to do with solving the case. He was a very pure person.
In other words, Qin Zhibo has determined that Lei Katisi is the murderer.
But why?
Why not just tell the truth?
As long as the pre-death information is released, and the police conduct a careful investigation of Ray Katis and check the smoke reaction, they should be able to identify the murderer.
Conan's eyes narrowed slightly, and his mind recalled the gentle side shown by Qin Zhibo in the last attack on a female idol.
In order not to make Mao Lilan sad, he did not tell the police immediately after learning that Yue Yexue was the murderer.
It was precisely because of Qin Zhibo's "show mercy" that Yue Yexue and Kaoru Kusano settled their differences, and Xiaolan's mood was not affected by this incident.
This time Qin Zhibo also unlocked the pre-death message at a glance, but he did not tell the police directly, but gave various hints.
Could it be...
Does he want me to end it myself?
Conan's eyes widened slightly after he suddenly realized it, and he looked at Qin Zhibo in disbelief.
This is obviously giving yourself a chance.
As a detective, instead of watching others arrest your favorite idol, it is better to personally prove whether the crime against him is true or not.
......Thank you.
Conan glared sharply and ran out of the room.
When Hattori Heiji saw Conan running away, he quickly chased after him.
"Hey, Conan..."
Unlike Conan, he has nothing to do with football, and he is even less familiar with Ray Katis.
He mainly wanted to ask, since Qin Zhibo had revealed the hints of his message before his death, would this reasoning showdown still count?
...
When Qin Zhibo saw Conan running away with an extremely serious expression on his face, he also knew that Conan was enlightened.
Now that Conan was busy breaking the eucalyptus, Qin Zhibo didn't want to go downstairs. Going down the stairs could easily cause abdominal injuries.
So, Qin Zhibo asked the hotel waiter for a chair, sat quietly in the corridor and drank tea.
Lei Katisi, who was not far away, was very wary of Qin Zhibo at first.
After all, referring to the "iron wall" as the "Maginot Line" seems to have a certain meaning.
But when he saw Qin Zhibo suddenly giving up and sitting on a chair drinking tea, he was even more surprised.
what happened?
Didn’t the detective figure it out?
Although Ray Katis didn't know what was going on, the mixed-race detective seemed to have begun to lie down.
He breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the only detective in the room who was still working.
I saw Mouri Kogoro, who was wearing a white suit, holding his chin, still thinking hard about the message before his death.
Suddenly, Mouri Kogoro had an idea and thought of "Answer".
"band..."
"3...san..."
"Band-san, that's right! It's Mr. Bando!"
Through transliteration, Kogoro Mouri came up with a very accurate name.
"Very well, all you need to do is find a person named Bando among the invited guests!"
When Ray Katis heard this answer, he breathed a sigh of relief. .five
try to find!
Let him find enough!
On the contrary, Qin Zhibo, who was listening attentively in the corridor at the door, was a little surprised.
Unexpectedly, Maori Kogoro was half-deceived by a strange combination of circumstances.
He got it right, but not completely, which led him to a completely wrong answer.
In fact, sometimes, Qin Zhibo felt that Mouri Kogoro was as wise as a fool and could occasionally answer the question correctly.
Even if you don't get the correct answer, you can always get the wrong answer accurately. This is also an ability.
This can also be seen from his rather strange character card, with erratic upper and lower limits.
But most of the time, Mouri Kogoro is more than mentally retarded.
...
On the third floor, Conan and Hattori Heiji came to the room where Ray Katis was responsible for turning on the lights.
In fact, even without Qin Zhibo's prompting, the unscrupulous reporter would have died in the area that Ray Katis was responsible for, and would have been subject to considerable suspicion.
However, because Ray Katis turned off the lights in the room on the third floor first, gunshots soon came from the fourth floor.
This tiny time difference became evidence to exonerate Ray Carter.
If the murderer was Ray Katis, he would have to find a way to turn off the lights in the room on the third floor on the fourth floor.
What is intriguing is that this third-floor room is facing the stairway leading to the fourth floor, which is a perfect coincidence.
Hattori Heiji and Conan divided the work and cooperated. Hattori Heiji, who was tall enough, confirmed whether the light switch in the room had a voice control unit or a timer switch.
Conan rummaged around the room for a while and found nothing unusual.
But when he walked out of the room, Conan glanced at the closet next to the entrance.
Conan was quite impressed by this kind of hotel room wardrobe.
Yusaku and Yukiko came back a while ago and pranked themselves with Dr. Agasa.
When I was trying to track down the secrets of the so-called "Black Organization", I hid in this closet and was teased by Yuzu.
Thinking of this, Conan casually opened the cabinet door.
There is a mop quietly placed inside.
Seeing the mop, Conan glanced at the switch of the light fixture and suddenly had an idea.
This is......
A murder plan springs into mind.
"Kudo, there's nothing wrong with this lamp..."
After checking the switch, Hattori Heiji turned around and saw the mop in Conan's hand, and his expression was stunned.
At this moment, what Hattori Heiji saw was not a simple mop, but a killing tool.
"Kudo, what you have in your hand is..."
"Found it in the closet..."
I found a mop pole in the closet. Is it in the river?
The two looked at each other and thought this was very Heli.
"If this was really done by that person, that thing should still be found on him..."
"Um, oh..." Conan had a very bad feeling in his heart. All the evidence pointed to what Qin Zhibo revealed.
But because Qin Zhibo had already revealed it, the blow to Conan wouldn't be that big.
Hattori Heiji looked at his good friend's disappointed expression and couldn't help but feel a little worried.
"Are you okay, Kudo?"
"...Well, it's okay, let's go find the evidence."
...
In the banquet hall on the second floor, the police were checking everyone’s sleeves for smoke reactions.
Mouri Kogoro stood at the door of the examination room and asked everyone who came out, "Are you Mr. Bando?"
This is a kind of persistent spirit from the uncle, which is touching.
Qin Zhibo sat on a chair and stared at Ray Katis in the crowd.
He had successfully passed the smoke reaction test and was chatting with two other sports stars.
In fact, Ray Katis' gun smoke reaction could be detected, but the police's gun smoke test was relatively "perfunctory" and only checked the cuff position.
However, there are also investigation points on Ray Katis's feet...
However, while observing Lei Katisi's every move, Qin Zhibo also discovered some new problems.
That is, he yawned frequently, and he looked so listless that he looked more like an addict than an athlete.
If this is the case, there seems to be a motive for the murder.
...
After a while, Ray Katis joined two other sports stars to find Officer Otaki.
"Mr. Police, I think we can leave now?"
"Both of them said they wanted to go back to the hotel, take a shower and relax..."
Ray Katis relied on the fact that he was the only one who could speak Japanese, and said that the other two wanted to go back to the hotel.
In fact, he wanted to go back and take some medicine to get better.
Drugs are like gangrene in the bones. Once they are on the body, they cannot be separated from the body.
This is not a psychological effect, but a physiological effect. If you stop smoking, you will feel unbearable pain all over your body.
Officer Otaki was a little embarrassed and spread his palms, "But if this is the case, it will be difficult for our police to carry out their work..."
Ray Katis replied: "But haven't we all passed the smoke reaction test?"
"If the police still have any questions, we live on the top floor of this hotel and can go up at any time.
Find us upstairs. "
Ray Katis was sensible and moved with emotion, which made Officer Otaki a little shaken.
There is an unwritten rule within the police that when handling cases involving foreign celebrities, the police must be cautious.
Especially since these three people are not from other places, but American sports stars.
"...Okay, if you have any questions you want to ask later, I'll come upstairs to see you."
"no problem."
Ray Katis responded with a smile, actually feeling relieved inside.
At this moment, he could only pretend to be relaxed on the surface, but in fact he felt uncomfortable all over.
My knees hurt, my muscles were sore, and my head felt sleepy, so I finally went back and smoked some to refresh myself.
But just when Lei Katisi was about to turn around and leave, Qin Zhibo came over.
"You can't leave."
"Huh?" Ray Katis was confused for a moment, "Are you talking about me?"
Qin Zhibo nodded.
After finally being able to leave, he was stopped again, making Ray Katis a little angry.
In addition, Qin Zhibo just called him "Europe's Maginot Line of Defense", which made him even more angry.
"Sir, may I ask why I can't leave?"
"You must give a reason, otherwise..."
Lei Katisi's tone was already angry, but Qin Zhibo remained unmoved and responded calmly.
"What else do you want?"
"Is the lawyer's letter a warning?"
Officer Otaki saw the two people's tense posture and quickly stepped in to mediate: "You two, don't be angry..."
At this moment, Hattori Heiji came over from nowhere and said, "Well, Officer Otaki, there is no need to worry."
"Uncle Qin actually just wants Lei to meet a fan, and has no other intentions."
"Really? Uncle?"
Seeing the confident expression on Hattori Heiji's face, Qin Zhibo knew that Conan had done everything well.
"Yes." Qin Zhibo showed a kind smile.
Lei Katis looked at the inexplicable and weird smiles on the two people's faces, and felt a little scared in his heart.
But after all, as long as I meet the fans, I can go back to my room to "work hard", so I can only agree.
"Since it's the fans who want to see me, then go ahead..."
In this way, Hattori Heiji led Ray Katis to the third floor.
...
Under the instructions of Hattori Heiji, Ray Katis slowly walked up to the third floor.
When we reached the stairwell on the third floor, a mechanism suddenly appeared in front of our eyes.
It was a mop pole held up against the wall, with another closet door pressed against the wooden pole.
Seeing this familiar mechanism, Ray Katis was startled and ran over to take it away.
But at this moment, a sharp shout came from the stairs behind him.
"thunder!"
"Catch the ball!"
Ray Katis turned around subconsciously and saw a football flying past the stairs.
He quickly raised his hands to block, but even though the angle of his hands was just right, his right knee shook uncontrollably, causing his face to catch the ball.
Under the heavy blow of the football, Ray Katis collapsed to the ground.
On the steps, Conan closed the foot strength-enhancing shoes with moderate strength adjustment and said.
"I didn't believe it at first..."
"What was once an iron wall has really degenerated into the Maginot Line."
