Conan: Developing business in Kexue World

Chapter 174 - A Moment of Life and Death - Intensified Heart Pain
A male employee objected, "However, this is unlikely. Because before wearing the mascot, the minister gave us the suit and trousers for safekeeping."

"But……"

"I still find it suspicious."

The male employee said: "Don't say that. The minister is also working very hard in order to seek auspiciousness."

"What, wearing that mascot 'wink' a few times, can it be auspicious?"

"It's okay at first, but it's a disappointment if it keeps going like this."

The two female employees kept complaining.

Shinichi interjected: "Excuse me, if it's convenient, can you let me see that mascot?"

Everyone came to the storage room behind the restaurant stage and saw the mascot.

It was a pink humanoid doll with a big head, two eyes like snail tentacles protruding from the head, and a huge green and white mouth underneath.The body is also fat, with arms hanging on both sides and only three fingers.There are two green buttons on the belly, and the feet are large and also green in color.

"Oh, is this it?" Officer Megure asked.

Takagi said with a high EQ: "It's really a special design."

The short-haired female employee said, "How about it, isn't it cute?"

Xinyi laughed dryly and asked, "Who is planning this reception?"

Female employee with short hair: "It's Minister Oba."

Xinyi put his hand into the doll's mouth and pressed the mechanism, the tentacles on the head clicked and blinked, as if winking at you.

I understand, it turned out to be the case.Shinichi wiped the sweat from his forehead and stood up.

Mumu asked: "How is it? Do you have a clue?"

"Well, probably." Xinyi put his hands in his pockets.

A group of people opened the curtain and walked out. Shinichi wiped his sweat and asked, "Do you think this restaurant is a bit hot?"

Mu Mu turned back: "What nonsense are you talking about? I still feel that the air conditioner is so strong that I am shivering."

"Eh~? But I'm sweating." Uh--Xinyi was stunned on the spot, and there was another sharp pain in his heart. He clenched his chest tightly and exhaled heavily.

Please, are you right?Are you kidding, Xiaolan is still waiting, at this time, she must not change back, absolutely not!
"Brother Kudo?" Mumu turned around and saw Shinichi holding his chest in pain.

Takagi also watched with concern.

At this time, a police officer came over and reported: "Police department, Mr. Oba did not detect any gunpowder smoke reaction."

"Really?" Mu Mu was very troubled.

Gao Mu said: "So, the murderer should be an external criminal for the purpose of money?"

Meguro ordered: "Okay, investigate any suspicious people who enter or exit this building."

"Yes."

"No need~" Shinichi was very weak. He was sweating profusely and his body was very uncomfortable, but he still gave his own reasoning: "There is no need for that at all. The murderer is already in our hands. It's time for us to get out." .It's time to solve all this, the mystery of the truth."

Looking at Shinichi who was gasping for breath, Megure asked with concern: "Brother Kudo, are you really alright?"

Shinichi didn't answer, and asked someone to move the mascot doll costume to the scene.

After a while, Police Officer Megure brought the suspect back to the scene of the murder. Takagi even pushed Satoru Ohba to bring him back to the scene. Sakurako Tatsuya also followed with a frown. The three employees who found the president's body at the beginning also followed. exist.

Oba Satoru protested: "What are you doing? I've already investigated it just now. Don't you know? I don't have a smoke reaction at all. I didn't kill anyone. Why do you treat me as a suspect who killed the president?"

"Don't be angry yet." Mu Mu hurriedly comforted.

"You can also help me talk." Oba Satoru said to Tatsuya Sakurako beside him: "How could I be a murderer?"

Chenji Yingzi frowned, and also proved: "Yes, I can prove that Mr. Oba was with me the whole time when the incident happened. Of course, when he went to change the mascot, he did leave for a while, but that The locker room is a secret room. And there were other employees there at the time, and he would never have escaped from there, or traded with someone."

"What do you mean, am I lying to you?" Chen Ji Yingzi asked Mumu angrily.

Mu Mu looked helpless.

"You are wrong." At this time, Shinichi spoke, "We all agree that you have been inseparable from Mr. Oba tonight."

Xinyi changed the subject, "Even at the moment of the murder! You are also by his side."

"Wait! What do you mean, did I conspire with Mr. Oba to kill my father?" Tatsuya Sakura raised her eyebrows.

Shinichi denied, "No, I just said that the murder happened around you, and you didn't notice it at all."

Xinyi put one hand in his pocket, and said to himself: "Because you just closed your eyes, turned your back to the elevator door, and kissed Mr. Oba, naturally you will not realize it."

Chen Ji Yingzi was stunned.

Shinichi stepped forward, scored twice, put his left hand around Tatsuya Sakurako's head standing at the elevator door, and said, "He held you like this with his left hand, blocked your ears, and kissed you on the side. At the same time, press the button of the elevator."

Shinichi pressed the elevator button, and the elevator door slowly opened, and he made a gesture of pistol toward the inside, "The moment the elevator door opened, your father was also killed at this moment."

"It's still through Mr. Oba's hand!" Shinichi turned to Oba Satoru and said.

Shocked, Sakurako Chen looked at Satoru Oba.Oba Satoru looked indifferent.

The elevator doors closed slowly, and Mu Mu asked a question.

"However, even if he plugs her ears and shoots with a pistol equipped with a silencer, if a person falls to the ground after being injured, at least there will be some noise, right?"

Xin Yidao: "Yeah, I think she should have heard a little bit of the sound. That's why, Mr. Oba, he arranged the moment of shooting a few seconds before the reception."

"Because, at the beginning of the reception, there will be loud noises such as paper firecrackers and fireworks. As long as the left hand covering his ears is removed at the same time, the weak sound before will not have any special sound at all. impression."

"Of course, he hugged her left hand. Naturally, he didn't let go until he was sure that the elevator door was completely closed."

After Shinichi finished his reasoning, Oba Satoru said with a smile: "Hmph, your young man's reasoning is quite interesting. But there is still a big loophole in your reasoning. The president is not feeling well, so he plans to go to the hospital early When I got home, he had already taken the elevator downstairs, so how could he still stay in this elevator? You wouldn't say that he stayed in the elevator because he was waiting to be shot by me, right?"

"You're right. In fact, the president didn't go downstairs at all. He was indeed waiting for you in the elevator." Shinichi turned his head to look at the doll costume in the corner, and said with a smile, "And he was waiting for you to put on the mascot. Afterwards, come to this place to meet him."

Shinichi turned around: "I miss you, I'm afraid that's what I told the president. 'You pretend to go home first, and secretly put on a mascot here, and the staff at the venue will be surprised when they see it'." Designed event, right?"

Officer Mu Mu said: "Then, the murderer's clothes are very messy, not just for relaxation, but waiting to change into doll clothes?"

Xindao: "Well, that's right."

"So that's how it is." Eyes resting on their chins, "If the elevator is in standby, it won't make a ding-sound at all. There is a possibility."

Xin Yidao: "Besides, this is a special elevator for the company. Mr. Oba has privately measured that no one will approach this elevator until tonight's reception is over."

This ruled out the possibility of external criminals murdering and extorting money because of money.But there is one more question.

Sure enough, Oba realized, "What about the gunpowder reaction? If I were the murderer, there should be a gunpowder reaction."

Xin put on the gloves, "I know, you always like to play 'wink', right?"

"what?"

“This was what other employees told me. They said that every time you play a mascot, you must dress as a 'wink'. This gave me an inspiration. You don't dress as a 'wink' for good luck, but Hide something in its eye for convenience."

Xinyi walked to the corner of the mascot, and opened the other eye of the mascot, which could not wink. Sure enough, there was a transparent plastic bag hidden inside. After opening, there were a pair of gloves and four rubber bands inside.

Xindao: "You first put gloves on your right glove, cover the pistol with a plastic bag, tie it tightly with a rubber band, and then put it in the inner pocket of the jacket. Not only is it easy to put on and take off, but also when shooting, It also doesn’t leave a smoke reaction on clothes, and bullet casings don’t drop on the ground to be recycled.”

Takagi asked: "However, if he wants to put on and take off this set of equipment by her side, will he still be discovered?"

"That's right, if that's the case, it's really easy to see through." Xinyi nodded at the police officer beside him.

The police officer took out the walkie-talkie and said, "Please turn off the lights, please."

The lights in the elevator room went out.

Xin Yidao: "As long as the lighting in the stairwell is dimmed in advance, this worry can be reduced by half. Moreover, as long as Miss Chen has a necklace at this time, she just needs to take her to the bathroom to put on the necklace. Go, you can easily throw the pistol down the trash line by the bathroom without leaving her."

"That's why when Mr. Oba blocked her ears with his hands and touched the earrings, only his left hand was empty."

Xinyi came forward with a plastic bag and said, "In other words, as long as you take it for a test, you will know immediately. This plastic bag must have your fingerprints on it."

Uh——Xinzang felt a sharp pain again, and Shinichi's complexion got worse and worse, and even in the dark, Satoru Oba who was opposite him could see clearly.

Oba Satoru suddenly smiled and said, "Hmph, you said there are my fingerprints on it? Of course there will be. Because..."

Satoru Ohba looked like a villain, "I did touch that plastic bag, and I did it with my subordinates." He turned around and confirmed to the male employee who had stopped the female employee from discussing.

"what?"

(End of this chapter)