After Mouri Kogoro finished taking the photo, Chi Feichi put the things into the evidence bag and handed them to the Ogura police station.
When the four of them returned to the hotel, it was already past three o'clock in the morning. They saw the proprietress who had been staying in the Japanese-style living room in the store. They didn't see anyone else, so they simply asked the proprietress first and asked some questions about the hotel reception.
The landlady recognized the knife as the murder weapon and pointed out that it was the 'magic knife' placed in the hotel's shrine.
The hotel staff also saw the activities of Akechi Eri and others to some extent, and said that Mao Lilan and others did not come to the Japanese-style living room, but were in the saloon.
"So you are here..."
Mouri Kogoro arrived at the saloon and glanced around to confirm the number of people.
My daughter is here, Haibara kid is here, Honda Yoriko is here, Akechi Eri is here, Saka Tokyo is here, Fukatsu Harumi is here...well, they are all here.
Honda Raiko turned around and explained, "Eri-sensei said it's more comfortable to sit here."
Mao Lilan turned to look at the people coming in to confirm the number of people.
Her father is here, Brother Fei Chi is here, Officer Ogura is here...well, where is Conan?
"Dad, where is Conan?"
"Huh?" Mouri Kogoro turned around and looked around, "Didn't that brat Conan follow you?"
"He walked towards the courtyard on the way," Chi Feichi walked to sit on a bench in front of the window and took out a notepad and gel pen without surprise, "Probably went to the toilet, now let's confirm Everyone’s activities from 10 to 12 o’clock in the evening.”
Conan should have gone to check the thickness of the snow.
Such a little kid would not easily attract attention when he suddenly and quietly ran out of the corridor. If he hadn't been paying attention to Conan, he probably wouldn't have known when Conan fell behind.
The others turned to look at Mouri Kogoro.
When it comes to questioning after a crime, detectives have more say.
"Ahem..." Mouri Kogoro didn't have time to worry about where Conan was running. He straightened his expression and said seriously, "Please cooperate with me! First of all, Mr. Eri, when we met you, you had just come from the open-air hot spring. Come back from taking a bath, right? Then what time did you go to the outdoor hot spring?"
"Yes," Akechi Eri nodded, "I went to the outdoor hot spring around 9:30 and left at about 10 o'clock."
"Then have you met Miss Asuka Shibasaki?"
"When I came back from the outdoor hot spring, she happened to go to the outdoor hot spring..."
Haiyuan Ai stood up and sat down next to Chi Feichi. He watched Chi Feichi write down everyone's activity time in a notebook. He found Feichi sticking his little head out of the collar of his yukata to read the notebook, and resisted pulling Feichi out. The urge to open.
No, wait until Fei Chi has finished shedding his skin before putting it on...
Mao Lilan thought about where Conan had gone. She wanted to go out to search but had to stay and wait to answer questions. She was sitting on pins and needles until she saw Conan coming, and then she felt relieved.
Conan lowered his head in thought, walked to Chi Feichi, and looked at the information recorded by Chi Feichi in his notebook.
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9:30 Tokyoichi Saka is in his room. Akechi Eri arrived to take a bath in the open-air hot spring. Honda Raiko went to the saloon to sort out the interview content and stayed in the saloon.
9:45 Honda Raiko saw Asuka Shibazaki passing the saloon and heading to the outdoor hot spring.
10:00 Akechi Eri left the open-air hot spring and saw Asuka Shibasaki arriving.
10:20 Honda Raiko saw Akechi Eri coming back in the saloon.
10:25 Yoriko Honda saw Ema Anzai going to the back door in the saloon. At the same time, we went to take a bath and met Akechi Eri in the corridor.
10:30 The note Anzai Ema received stated the time to meet at the ancestral hall.
10:40 We arrived at the open-air hot spring. The female hot spring had a sign saying it was reserved. Xiaolan, Xiao Ai, and Fukatsu Harumi went to the entertainment center to play table tennis.
10:45 Fukatsu Harumi left the entertainment center and went back to take off the contact lenses she was wearing.
10:50 A strange noise comes from the female bath.
10:55 Shenjin Chunmei returns to the entertainment center.
11:00 We finished bathing in the men's bath and went to the entertainment center to find Xiaolan, Xiaoai, and Fukatsu Harumi who had not yet started bathing. During this period, Xiaolan did not see anyone else passing by the entertainment center to go to the open-air hot spring. At the same time, Akechi Eri arrived at the hotel lounge to discuss matters with Honda Yoriko.
11:15 As soon as Tokyo arrived at the social hall, he joined the meeting between Honda Raiko and Akechi Eri.
11:30 We left the entertainment center and headed to the open-air hot spring.
The body of Asuka Shibazaki was found around 11:40.
11:55 Go to the hotel to look for Anzai Ema, and see Honda Yoriko, Akechi Eri, and Saka Toichi having a meeting in the saloon.
12:05 Go to the back door to the ancestral hall and find footprints in the snow.
12:10 The body of Ema Anzai was found in the ancestral hall.
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Conan couldn't help but pay attention to the words in the notebook.
Chi Feichi's handwriting is still so beautiful, the horizontal and vertical lines are straight but not rigid, each stroke has an indescribable charm. It is a joy to read such a large article... Hey, solving the case, solving the case is important!
"We found a knife suspected of being a murder weapon and a blood-stained bath towel at the open-air hot springs," Kogoro Mori asked, and then told the others, "According to the boss's wife, the knife was previously placed in the hotel's shrine. The magic sword and the bath towel belong to Anzai Ema. Although it is not yet certain whether the blood stains on the bath towel belong to Miss Anzai Ema, the murder weapon should be the same one. In other words, the order of the murderer's crime should be 10 After 1:30, he went to the warehouse and killed Ms. Anzai Ema and placed the kimono-sleeved Hannya paper doll. After that, he brought a knife and towel to the open-air hot spring. At the same time, the murderer also brought a stapler and knocked him unconscious with a stapler. After taking Ms. Shibasaki Asuka in the bath, he killed her with a knife. Finally, the murderer abandoned the knife, stapler, and towel in the open-air hot spring, put down the kimono-sleeved Hannya paper doll at the door of the female bath, and left there."
Conan looked at the timetable compiled by Chi Feichi and thought.
According to this view, Saka Toichi did not have an alibi before 11:15 pm, and had enough time to commit the crime. Moreover, the signature on the note asking Anishi Ema to go to the warehouse was Saka Toichi.
After meeting them, Eri Akechi can go from the corridor to the ancestral hall to kill Ema Anzai. If he wants to kill Asuka Shibazaki in the open-air hot spring, he has to pass by the social hall and the entertainment center where Ran is, and use the wooden planks to alternately move from the courtyard. You can avoid passing by the saloon and leaving footprints on the snow, but if you want to reach the open-air hot spring on the cliff, you must pass through the entertainment center and cannot climb over the snow-covered mountain. Xiaolan did not see Akechi Eri. passing by. Furthermore, if they heard the strange noise from the girl next door, 10:50 was the time when Asuka Shibazaki was killed, then Eri Akechi would not be able to kill someone within 10 minutes and rush back to the saloon to meet Yoriko Honda.
Harumi Fukatsu stayed with them after 9 o'clock. During this period, she only left the entertainment center from 10:45 to 10:55. She went back to the room alone to take off her contact lenses. This time could make strange noises or kill Shibazaki. Asuka, for example, first hid her framed glasses somewhere, put them on before going out to kill someone, and pretended that she had gone back to her room to change her glasses. However, Harumi Fukatsu did not have the time to kill Ema Anzai, and it was even more impossible for her to put the murder weapon after killing Ema Anzai. He was taken to an open-air hot spring and killed Asuka Shibasaki.
Honda Yoriko has been staying in the saloon since 9:30. Although he did not meet other people and was alone, there was enough time to commit the crime. However, if someone passed by the saloon during this period and found that Honda Yoriko was not there, The lie that Honda Raiko told will be exposed, and Honda Raiko cannot be sure whether other people will go to the saloon when she leaves to commit the crime, so the possibility of Honda Raiko committing the crime is also low.
At present, the most suspected person is Tokyo Kazuchi, but this time the murderer can think of a way to leave no footprints on the snow, and he thinks it will not be that simple.
And his discovery also pointed to the murderer being Eri Akechi...
"However, Xiao Ai and I have been staying in the entertainment center since 10:40. If anyone wants to go to the outdoor hot spring, we will definitely see it, but we have not seen any suspicious people passing by the entertainment center," Mao Lilan replied He turned his head and looked at Huiyuan Ai, who was sitting with Chi Feichi, "right? Xiao Ai."
Hui Yuan Ai nodded, "Not only the human figures, but also the shadows of ghosts were not seen."
Mao Lilan: "..."
At this time, she was a little scared to talk about whether it was a ghost or not.
If ghosts kill people, then it is true...
"Yes," Mouri Kogoro touched his chin, "and apart from the footprints left by Miss Anzai Ema when she went to the warehouse, there are no footprints of the murderer on the snow, which is also very strange..."
"Is there a curse from the kimono sleeve god?" Fukatsu Harumi asked nervously.
"No, it can't be..." Mao Lilan shrank against the back of the sofa, always feeling unsafe without a living pillow in her arms.
No……
Conan mentally denied the possibility of 'Kimono Sleeve God cursing people'. He leaned close to Chi Feichi's ear and whispered, "Brother Chi, I was outside in the yard just now and walked around along the eaves, from the back door to Mr. Eri. The footprints left in the snow in front of the window were only five centimeters deep at most, while the footprints left in other places were more than ten centimeters deep. After we went to the ancestral hall to collect evidence, it snowed again, and another layer accumulated in the areas not covered by towels. Snow, it is normal to leave footprints of more than ten centimeters, so..."
Haibara Ai listened to the side and took over in a low voice, "Eri-sensei may be the murderer. After she met us in the corridor, in order to avoid being seen by Miss Honda who was staying in the saloon, she turned out of her window. Go out, use some method that will not leave footprints, go to the ancestral hall, kill Miss Anxi, and then use that method to return to the room, so there are footprints with wrong depths on the snow leading to the window of her room, but then she How did you kill Miss Shibasaki? She didn’t have enough time to commit the crime, and Miss Xiaolan and I did not see any suspicious figures passing by outside the entertainment center.”
"Yes," Conan frowned and thought, "The way to leave no footprints is to build a wooden board on the snow and move, but the time of the crime..."
He couldn't figure this out.
"Anyway, it's already past four in the morning. In another hour, the police from Yamagata Prefecture should arrive here. Everyone, please stay here for the time being," Mouri Kogoro ordered, looking at the people sitting on the bench and Chi Feichi, who was talking quietly with two children, said, "Feichi, I'm going outside to smoke. Do you want to come with me and get some fresh air?"
"good."
Chi Feichi chose to abandon Conan of the crime team, closed his notepad, and followed Mouri Kogoro to the corridor outside.
Conan raised his eyes and watched Hui Yuan Ai follow him. After thinking about it, he followed silently.
