"Yes," the administrator smiled and sighed, "That was when Mr. Motomachi was still alive. He seemed to have brought Mr. Chi to find some photos and asked someone to make a copy of the photos. Later, Ms. Elizabeth passed away. Well, he worked hard for two days before sending the photo to the room to Mr. Chi."
"What pictures are they looking for?"
Conan pretended to look like an innocent and curious child, wondering if it was related to this incident, "Were they the only two people here at that time?"
For example, Chi Fei came here for another purpose. He and Motomachi Seizo were investigating something. But just after they found important clues, Motomachi Seizo died...
In that case, he would have to consider whether the direction of the investigation of the incident should be changed.
The administrator recalled, "That day, Ms. Elizabeth, Ms. Tsurumi, Mr. Oyama, and Ms. Anko who had left were all present. It seemed that Ms. Elizabeth was taking them to visit Egamihara. Mr. Chi suddenly mentioned some photos, and they We came here together, and since Mr. Motomachi received it personally, I don’t know what kind of photo it is.”
"Yeah……"
As soon as Conan heard that there were so many people present, he knew that his guess was wrong. If it was a secret discussion or investigation, it would be impossible to bring so many people. It should be just to take some photos. "By the way, that was something Ms. Elizabeth didn't bring before her death." How many days? She actually took Brother Chi and the others to visit Jiangshenyuan in person? "
"It was probably two days before Ms. Elizabeth passed away," the administrator sighed. "In fact, Ms. Elizabeth had been ill for a long time. During the two days when Mr. Chi and the others came here, they seemed to suddenly become more energetic. Some people speculated that this old man was over 100 years old. Will it be possible to create another miracle? Some people say it was just a flashback, but Ms. Elizabeth died at the end of her life and did not suffer much when she died..."
Conan nodded, thinking that it was reasonable to "return to the light", so he didn't take it to heart and sat down at the table to open a copy of the newspaper and read through it.
During this period, the hotel manager came once, brought afternoon tea and a plate of snacks, and left without further interruption.
Haiyuan Ai sat aside, drinking afternoon tea leisurely. After Conan read all the copies of the newspaper, he said, "I remember Mr. Dashan mentioned to us that they had already investigated the Sophia incident. newspaper, and you deliberately didn’t go back to your room and came here to secretly read it again. Do you suspect that there is something wrong with them?”
"Please, I just want to see if I have overlooked anything," Conan raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, "I won't go back, I'm just worried that Yuanta and the others will pester me and ask questions. Now I don't understand the murderer's killing methods at all. , I really am not in the mood to explain anything to them... By the way, since Yuantai saw me coming in the lobby on the first floor, why didn't they come over? "
"The doctor and I guessed that you were not in the mood to deal with them, so we told them that Brother Fei Chi was sleeping in the room. It would be very dangerous to leave Brother Fei Chi alone, but we can't leave anyone behind, so why not leave him alone?" They are waiting for you in the living room of the suite to bring you back with clues. You have temporarily delayed them," Haiyuan Ai reminded with some gloating, "So if you don't gain anything, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get rid of their entanglement. So, you can watch it again. Have you found these newspapers?"
"No, it is worth noting that someone witnessed several teenage children escaping at that time. This has been discovered before. Also, it only said that Sophia's body was found, and it did not mention the baby's body. Based on the police force in those years, it should be assumed that Sophia's son was burned to death together, but Mr. Miura also said that during that period, Elizabeth often helped Sophia take care of the child. The child was probably with Elizabeth on the night of the fire. It was a fluke. Escaped..." Conan said, got up and walked to the bookshelf, looked at the books on it, found a photo album from the dust traces, and took it back to the table, "After that, for some unknown reason, Elizabeth concealed his return. The thing about life is that after decades, he heard some secrets about his mother's death from somewhere, and thus took revenge on the detective team back then. This is what he had thought of before."
"Calculating the age, that child should be in his sixties now. There are many people of this age in Jiang Shenyuan." Haibara Ai thought and looked at Conan who was flipping through the photo album. "Father Sakuragi has been taking care of Miss Tsurumi. It is doubtful, but it may be that his personality is like this. There should be no clues in the photo album. The child was only about one year old at that time. Even if there are photos, they are only from the baby period. It is difficult to guess who he is now through the photos. Even if you leave it to a doctor and use software to create his sixty-year-old appearance, it is unlikely that you will get accurate results..."
"Yeah, I don't expect there to be any clues in the photo album. I'm just a little curious about what photos Brother Chi is looking for. It's not bad to put the case aside for the time being and let my brain cool down. And this photo album has been stolen recently. After taking it down, it should be..." Conan stopped flipping through the photo album and looked at a black and white photo on it. He found that it had been copied and printed recently, and he pulled out the photo out of curiosity.
Haiyuan Ai turned her head and looked over, just in time to see the signature on the back of the photo, "Huh?"
"What's wrong?" Conan turned over the photo and looked at the signatures of '.Field', 'Michell', 'Xiumi' and the date '1952.5'. He was a little surprised. "I remember Brother Chi said that his grandmother His name is..."
"Anastasia Hersel Field, the abbreviation is...Field..." Haihara Ai read it out softly without missing a beat. She looked closely at the lazy and concubine-like woman in the photo, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but show up. With a smile, "So domineering, it's completely different from my godmother's style."
Conan looked at the black and white photo in his hand and transformed into a curious baby, "Then the other two people..."
"This man is probably Brother Fei Chi's grandfather," Haiyuan Ai looked at the soft-looking man in the photo, then lowered his gaze and looked at the boy in the photo and said, "As for this child, I'm not very sure. .”
"It seems that the three of them are very close. They look like a family." Conan looked at the hands of the woman and the boy in the photo and asked curiously, "Isn't Mrs. Kana an only child?"
"I don't know, my godmother didn't mention it." Haiyuan looked at the three people in the photo. "When this photo was taken, my godmother was not born yet. This boy should be about ten years older than her. If he He’s my godmother’s brother, so my godmother doesn’t have to worry so much about inheriting the Field family’s inheritance, right?”
"Because we haven't heard of any other heirs in the Field family, everyone assumes that Mrs. Gana is the only daughter. However, counting her age, Mrs. Anastasia was probably about forty years old when she gave birth to Mrs. Gana. A century ago, very few people gave birth to their first child at the age of forty." Conan looked at the boy in the photo and asked seriously, "And don't you think this photo is a bit strange?"
"Strange?" Haiyuan Ai looked up and down at the person in the photo, not even missing the background. .
"I'm talking about this boy's eyes," Conan reminded, frowning, "When I first saw the photo, I thought his eyes were strange. If you look carefully, you will find that his eyes have no focus or focus. focal length."
"You want to say that because the older children in the family have physical defects, it is reasonable to let the younger daughter inherit the family business, right?" Haiyuan Ai thought deeply, "But I have never heard of Brother Fei Chi and My godmother mentioned that there is such a person in the family, and I have never heard anyone say that my godmother has a brother. Isn’t that strange? "
Conan thought that Chi Feichi seemed to be walking freely in the dark after his incarnation in July, and he became more and more suspicious that the boy in the photo had a close relationship with Chi Feichi. Then he thought about some of Chi Feichi's previous behaviors, and couldn't help but smile, "It's very strange, I I think my previous guess was half right, Brother Chi might have another purpose in coming to Jiangshen..."
Suddenly, Oyama Mi and a girl came to Jiangshenyuan. It may be that Chi Feichi and the girl had known Elizabeth for a long time and came to visit Elizabeth who might not be able to survive this time. But Chi Feichi came here to find this photo and let him Motomachi Seizo left the photocopy and took the original photo with him. He had previously asked to go to the library to investigate, and indeed walked out of the Egamihara historical celebrity notebook collection area...
He suspected that another purpose of Chi Fei's late visit to Jiang Shenyuan was to trace the traces of his ancestors. Is that reasonable?
But it probably has nothing to do with this case.
The two discussed it for a while. When Conan put the photo album back on the bookshelf, he found that there was a book on the other side that had been taken out recently. He stepped forward and took out the book, "The History of Jiang Shenyuan's Opening of Port?"
"Did Brother Fei Chi read it at that time?" Haihara Ai was speechless at the curiosity of a famous detective, and even more speechless at Conan not investigating the case and turning to investigate Chi Feichi, but when he stepped forward and saw After seeing the traces on the bookshelf, he changed his mind, "Looking at the dust on the bookshelf, no one has touched it for at least a month. This book cannot be read by anyone other than Brother Chi."
"Yes," Conan opened the book, looked down at the content and walked back to the table, "The administrator said that only Brother Chi has been here recently, probably in the past few days. Judging from the traces, this person is one older than Brother Chi. I’ve been here for many months… Huh?!”
"This is..." Haiyuan Ai saw Conan's expression froze and leaned over in confusion, "Jiang Shenyuan's previous city gas pipeline route map?"
Conan stared at the old drawings tucked inside the pages of the book. He put the drawings and the book on the table solemnly. After opening the drawings, he pointed to a location above, "This is the Egamihara Elementary School where Mr. Toda died. It was originally a In rich people's houses, the gas pipelines used to pass through the basement. At that time, the gas pipelines should have been used for lighting. However, after the city was connected to electricity, the gas pipelines were abandoned. But what method could the murderer use to get Mr. Toda to do so? After falling asleep, then inject tap water into the basement through the gas pipe, wait until the tap water reaches a certain height, and then inject the scent of elderflower into it..."
"This is a hotel," Haiyuan Ai pointed to another location. "There are also gas pipes passing through them. They are only concentrated in some directions on the first floor. The murderer can block the pipes in other directions and inject some kind of flammable gas into the pipes. Explosive gas, fill Mr. Motomachi’s room with that gas, and then just wait for Mr. Motomachi to light it when he smokes.”
