When the three of them walked out of the subway station and walked to the Noh Suiwa Dojo, Monk Ryūen and Taiga Saijo were also here.
According to the owner, Mizuo Harutaro, they were very depressed because they were regarded as suspects by the police at the tea house yesterday. They gathered together today to discuss clues in order to prove their innocence.
After Hattori Heiji came to the reception room, he took off his hat to reveal the bandage inside.
Immediately, Monk Ryūen, Taiga Saijo, and Harutaro Mizuo all looked at him with surprise and uncertainty.
Hattori Heiji secretly sighed, knowing that using such small means would not expose the real culprit, so he told the story of his attack last night.
"What?! The murderer of Mr. Sakura..." Mizuo Harutaro was surprised.
"Yes, that's why I took the liberty to come here and ask for Mr. Mizuo's alibi," Hattori Heiji explained: "Because the murderer was wearing a Noh mask of an old man. "Just so, I also want to ask, Ryu. Mr. Madoka and Mr. Saijo, is it inconvenient for you two to provide alibi? "
"Okay, let me talk first."
Mizuo Harutaro sighed: "After leaving the teahouse last night, I went straight back to sleep. However, because I am still single, I can't prove whether I was at home all the time after that."
"It's nerve-wracking. My situation is the same as his," said Saijo Ogawa, "because I also live alone on the second floor of the Teramachi Road bookstore..."
Monk Longyuan said: "I returned to the temple, went directly to the main hall to chant sutras, and then went back to the room to rest, so I have no witnesses..."
"That's it, then I have another question," Hattori Heiji said: "Have any of you practiced bows and arrows?"
"Are you talking about bows and arrows?" Saijo Taiga spoke first, "No."
"I once drew the Azusa bow on the stage of a Noh opera called 'Maple Leaf Appreciation'."
Mizuo Harutaro said: "However, it is a method used in sacrificial rituals. It mainly uses bow strings to make sounds."
"Me too, I have imitated drawing a bow to exorcise demons before," Monk Long Yuan said, "but I have never really practiced the skill of bow and arrow."
Conan couldn't help but said: "So, no one in the teahouse at that time knew how to use a bow and arrow?"
"So," Saijo Taiga touched his chin and said as if unintentionally, "Yamakura seems..."
"You said Ms. Yamakura practiced bow and arrow," Hattori Heiji asked in surprise, "But she wasn't there at the time, right?"
"Well, there was another proprietress who was at the tea house at that time..." Saijo Taiga waved his hand quickly, before he could explain.
Just then, the sliding door rang, and a girl in a yellow kimono walked into the courtyard.
"Sorry, everyone, I seem to be late." Qianhe Ling bowed to everyone.
"Oh, you're here." Monk Long Yuan hurriedly stood up and greeted him warmly, feeling as if he wanted to return to secular life.
"Huh?" Conan looked over there in surprise: "Is your sister Miss Chiga Suzu?"
"Yes, I am." Qianhe Ling nodded slowly.
"You didn't expect it. She is completely different from a maiko dressed like this." Monk Long Yuan smiled and continued to be attentive: "Come in and sit down."
Chika Suzu arranged her clogs and placed them on the steps.
After entering the room, I expressed my gratitude to several guests who came to the tea house last night to support me.
Hattori Heiji still did the same thing and directly asked Chika Suzu for her alibi.
Chika Suzu said: "Because there was a murder in the tea house, after the police left yesterday, I went to stay at Aunt Yamakura's house. Oh, by the way, her house is near the tea house..."
Of the 4 suspects, 3 had no alibi.
Immediately, everyone recalled the details before and after the crime.
I don’t know if it’s because Hattori Heiji made it too obvious to regard them as suspects, or because everyone really knows very little about the case. The only gain from the entire conversation is... nothing.
In the end, since Saijo Taiga had to go back to the bookstore to do business, the few people had no choice but to exchange simple courtesy and left the Noh Suiwa Dojo.
Because the direction back to Sannoji Temple was the same as that to Pontocho, Chika Suzu happened to be on the way with Yosaraichi and the others.
"A murder occurred in the tea house, which has a great impact on the business. If the murderer cannot be found soon, I may have to temporarily stay at Aunt Yamakura's house during the recent period." Chika Suzu's face looked more complicated. A sad look.
"Don't worry, we will solve the case as soon as possible," Hattori Heiji said some words of comfort and asked: "Actually, there is one more thing that I didn't ask before...that Aunt Yamakura, can she do archery?"
"Well," Qianhe Ling nodded, "Auntie is teaching me, but occasionally I still accidentally hurt Shizhen..."
Um?
Lost your pillow?
Could it be that what Mr. Saijo wanted to say just now was...
"Dingling bell~~~"
Suddenly, two cell phone ringtones rang almost at the same time.
Conan looked at Ye Gengyi and Hattori Heiji who had taken out their mobile phones, and for a moment he didn't know who was better to eavesdrop on.
Ye Gengyi didn't have any worries about this, because the call came from a gray-suited police officer from the Metropolitan Police Department.
"Hello?"
"I'm sorry, Mr. Ye..."
As expected, a useless voice came from the other end of the receiver, and he quickly repeated the reason why he was useless: "Mr. Mori seems to be not in the office, and his mobile phone cannot be reached, so I have to I’m calling to ask you to do me this favor.”
Ye Geng said 'hmm' and added: "If it's a loan, in order to avoid embarrassment, you can pretend to hang up accidentally."
"..."
There was obvious silence on the other end of the phone for five or six seconds.
Just when Ye Gengyi thought he had guessed correctly and was about to press the hang up button.
Takagi Wataru, who was choked by the answer, finally recovered.
He coughed twice and said quickly: "No, Mr. Ye! In fact, in the past two days, three people were killed in a temple in Nishikuni City, Tokyo. After investigation, it was found that they were all the people named 'Genji Hotaru' A member of a theft gang..."
"I'm in Kyoto now." Ye Gengyi said.
"I know..." Takagi Wataru lowered his voice subconsciously, "I heard Officer Shiratori say that you are also investigating the murder case over there, right?"
(눈_눈)...First he revealed to Ayanokōji that he was an expert from the Technical Association, and now he told Takagi Wataru about his stay in Kyoto. Did the plane head police officer say too much?
Moreover, I was just using the intelligence resources of the Metropolitan Police Department to investigate the organization's lost medicine, and at the same time, I was doing scientific research... Ye Gengyi was silent for a moment, and then said "Yeah".
"Mr. Ye, let me wish you all the best first, and then let's talk about this matter..."
Takagi Wataru said: "We found gloves, hats and scarves of the same color and style on the three deceased people... It would be okay if one person was wearing these three things, but it happened that three people each wore one. pieces..."
"Is it like Officer Baitiao is dead and his belongings are being divided equally?" Ye Geng said with a fishy eye.
"Eh?! So that's it, that's what happened!" Gao Mushe suddenly realized, and said quickly, "Thank you, thank you so much, Mr. Ye! I will tell the police department about this immediately, and keep in touch if there is anything else."
"Yeah, okay." Ye Geng hung up the phone.
"Is this Officer Takagi?" Conan asked hurriedly, looking over with big, expectant eyes.
"Well, it's him," Ye Geng nodded, and summed up the conversation concisely, saying, "I thought he was asking me to borrow money, but it turned out that he was asking me to discuss how to equally divide Officer Baima's belongings."
Conan: "???"
Shiratori Rensaburo... is dead...
When did this happen?
