Behind a load-bearing column in the hotel lobby.
Sera Masumi stuck her head out and watched the group of three people walking to the second floor.
"It's such a coincidence that we met... However, today is not the time to say hello formally, so let's call my mother first and tell her that there are no vacancies at the Aipido Hotel..."
She took her phone out of her pocket.
At this moment, there was a loud noise from the direction of the parking lot outside the hotel, followed closely by a belated scream.
What happened? !
Sera Masumi was startled for a moment, then quickly turned her head and looked warily at the door of the hotel.
According to the plan, I should come to the hotel to rent a room first, observe the environment, and then contact my mother to have someone move in quietly.
Could it be that something went wrong and those guys came after me?
It is obvious that Sera Masumi, who has such thoughts, has not gotten used to the crime rate in this criminal city.
Considering that I have to contact the disciple of Sherlock Holmes next...
call out--
As his thoughts deepened, Sera Masumi suddenly felt a black shadow passing in front of his eyes.
Look intently.
I saw this time's target, Edogawa Conan, running out like a wild dog following the direction of the screams.
Hey...wait a minute...
Sera Masumi stretched out her hand to try to keep him, but it was too late. After feeling depressed for a moment, he hurriedly followed.
…
Here, Conan was running wildly in the parking lot marked 'Slow down'.
Pass through cars blocking your view.
He saw three middle-aged people, one man and two women, whom he had met in the hotel lobby before, and a young man with a cracked forehead lying motionless in the parking space.
The splattered blood had already turned one side of the man's face completely red.
No shoes on…
The pupils lost focus, and there was no sign of twitching in the facial muscles. He fell directly to death...
Conan already made a basic judgment through visual inspection.
At this time, the middle-aged woman named Shuchuan suddenly pointed upward with a look of horror and shouted:
"Ah! Someone! There was a suspicious figure on the roof just now!"
Rooftop, falling, committing suicide...
Coherent thoughts popped into my head.
Conan quickly raised his head and looked up, but unfortunately he saw nothing. He asked the middle-aged woman:
"Do you remember what that person looks like?"
"Uh..." Shuchuan hesitated for a moment: "I only vaguely saw the clothes. Maybe he is someone I know."
Was there a fall from a building?
Sera Masumi did not follow very closely. She first avoided Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko who came to the parking lot with hotel security.
I found an angle and inspected the murder scene with my own eyes.
Here, Conan skillfully arranged for Mao Lilan to call the police. After saying not to let anyone get close until the police arrived at the scene, he immediately called the three witnesses at the scene and went to the roof of the building together.
Shiliang Zhenjun: "..."
Even their personalities are really similar... and no matter what, it's probably impossible that the boy who looked the same age as me could have given birth to such an old son...
Think again about my mother who suddenly became smaller.
The truth went so smoothly that it was almost ready to come out.
Calm down, calm down... We need to confirm first what is the relationship between them and the organization that killed my brother and then persecuted my mother...
Masumi Sera squatted in the grass in the green belt, patted her cheeks with her palms, and rubbed them vigorously a few times.
After calming down, he got up and chased into the hotel again.
At this time, Conan and the three witnesses had already gotten into the elevator.
Sera Masumi decisively found the other security guards in the lobby, informed them that a murder had occurred in the parking lot and someone had called the police, and asked them to help keep an eye on the elevator and safety stairs when he went to the top of the building to prevent the real murderer from escaping.
After taking precautions, she and one of the security guards came to the elevator and waited.
the other side.
Since a series of recent incidents failed to catch the real culprit, Conan ignored them in his anxiety.
The elevator goes directly to the top floor.
Conan leaned on the suddenly opened elevator door and almost tripped. Only then did he realize that both the front and rear doors of the elevator could be opened.
It's for the convenience of connecting buildings...
He stabilized his body and ran towards the rooftop.
The other two followed closely behind, leaving only the middle-aged woman named Shuchuan. She seemed to be worried that the murderer was still on the rooftop, and was unwilling to leave the elevator with a frightened look on her face. After being persuaded by the two, she Then he followed out.
The door to the rooftop was unlocked.
After Conan saw this somewhat familiar scene, the nerves in his cheeks throbbed and he instinctively slowed down.
Fortunately, after careful observation, there was no one else on the rooftop except a few of them.
Haha... No matter what, it's impossible for that guy to follow me here...
Conan quietly breathed a sigh of relief and went straight to the wall where a piece of clothing and a pair of shoes were placed.
The probe looked down and found that this was directly above where the deceased fell.
"Is it suicide?!" The middle-aged man was a little surprised.
"Then what happened to the figure that Ms. Shuchuan saw?" said another middle-aged woman with a somewhat fat body.
"Could it be that the top blew up in the wind and I saw it wrong?"
Shuchuan said, already crying:
"It's all my fault. If I hadn't insisted on making Mr. Uizumi apologize, he wouldn't have committed suicide by jumping off the building..."
"No," Conan murmured subconsciously: "This shouldn't be suicide..."
"But 'himself'..."
Sera Masumi added the last half of the sentence and said to a certain detective boy who turned to look at her: "Is what I said correct? Little brother Conan."
"Huh? Uh..."
Conan choked and looked at Sera Masumi with careful eyes... Didn't this guy leave? When did you catch up?
"You said it was homicide?"
The three witnesses had various expressions of astonishment.
"Did you see someone push him out of here?"
"That's not true."
Sera Masumi looked away from Conan and turned to look at the three of them:
"I just heard from you guys that the deceased who fell from the building seemed to be drunk... Hey, don't look at me like that, I didn't eavesdrop, it's just because of my job that my hearing is very good. "
Hearing... very good? What kind of profession is that?
Hearing this, Conan was shocked and confused.
Because no matter how he looked at it, this kid was only in high school at most...
"Tell me, why didn't he commit suicide? His shoes are clearly placed here neatly..."
Here, three witnesses are still asking questions.
"That's your preconceived idea."
Sera Zhenzhen said, "I have seen many suicide scenes so far, and almost all the bodies were wearing shoes. But in today's situation, it should be said that it was influenced by movies or TV series, so the shoes were placed After the ground is tidy, he jumps off the building and commits suicide..."
This guy has seen many suicide scenes by jumping off buildings?
Who is he...
Conan put his hands behind his back with caution.
"You think so too, right?"
Sera Masumi changed the topic and suddenly lowered his head to meet the wary gaze of a certain detective boy.
"Ah...oh..."
Conan cautiously took a half step back, worried about getting another slap or the like, and said:
"Even if the deceased took off his shoes after watching those movies and TV shows, it is impossible for him to easily put his coat on the wall that is constantly blown by the wind in his drunken state, and also arrange his shoes so neatly .”
(End of chapter)
