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178. Salt

After the police arrived.

The forensic personnel took photos of the body while conducting on-site investigation.

"I already know the way to discover the body." In the living room of Room 402, Officer Meguru said: "But as soon as you open the door, you hear the sound of red wine glasses and plates breaking, so it is really incredible that someone hastily escaped from the scene. At that time, the room on the lower floor was just under construction, so it would shake slightly, right?"

The waiter nodded, "Yes, according to the hotel's regulations, construction starts at 9 a.m. every day."

Officer Meguri: "Brother Maori, it happened to be around 9 am when you entered this room?"

"Yes."

"If this is the case, just put the wine glass and plate in place where it is easy to fall off by the table in advance, it may fall to the ground due to the shaking of the construction." Police Officer Memu is also an old man.

Conan suggested: "Otherwise, we will all put our phones at the desk to try it out."

After accepting his proposal, everyone put their phones on the table.

"Brother Chen Xing?" Conan looked at someone.

Chen Xing looked at Takagi Shi, who was ready to beat the table and was eager to smash the phone, touching the phone in his pocket, and felt a little reluctant to let go.

Shiliang Zhenchun glanced at him speechlessly, and simply reached out to his arms.

"The latest phone." She raised her eyebrows and circled her fingertips.

"No wonder I'm reluctant to let it go." Kogoro Mouri was somewhat envious.

"It shouldn't be broken." Conan smiled.

Shiliang Zhenchun looked at someone and shook his phone and signaled: Can I put it?

Chen Xing had no choice but to nod.

After putting all the phones on, Takagi shouted, "I'm going to knock," and punched the table.

Chen Xing couldn't help but rub his ears.

A few mobile phones fell to the ground, but fortunately, his mobile phone was stubbornly staying on the table.

Conan said: "It's strange that half of them fell to the ground, but the other half was still on the table."

Takagi Suk suddenly realized: "Yes, even if there is a shaking, you can't predict which side you will lean towards in advance, so it won't all fall."

"So that's it." Officer Memu touched his chin, "Even if he put the tableware on the table in advance, the chance of falling to the ground is only half, and it is difficult to use as a method of crime. Moreover, the construction time may not be exactly 9 o'clock."

"That's right." Kogoro Mouri is used to being hindered.

The waiter said: "For this, the construction time should be fixed at 9 o'clock, because the project progress is a bit behind, and the hotel has been asking the operators to speed up."

Officer Meguri: "Even if that's the case, I'm not sure whether it's on time."

The waiter shook his head and said, "No, regarding this, because a customer once complained to the hotel that the construction time was 1 minute earlier than usual, so it was said that the operator used the hotel clock to adjust the time to every minute."

"1 minute?" Officer Meguri was shocked. Are all the guests so strict?

"Even so, we opened the door at 9 o'clock, which should be just a coincidence." Kogoro Maori said: "Speaking of all, the door would be opened at that time because Mr. Kori took a lot of time to find the waiter. The reason why he went to find this waiter was because Mr. Kori discovered that Mr. Horita had sent him a text message."

He looked at Officer Megumi, "Actually, Mr. Guli received that text message an hour before he discovered it. If he had discovered it quickly, we would have entered this room earlier."

Officer Meguri thought, “Is there no gap to use the crime method?”

Kogoro Mouri nodded, "Yes, so after the murderer found out that we entered the room, he hurriedly escaped, and it was also at that time that he broke the tableware."

While he was talking, Conan suddenly looked at Takagi Shiro who was brushing his palms, "What's wrong with you, Officer Takagi?"

"No, when I knocked on the table just now, something seemed to be stuck in my hand." Takagi Sugh grabbed the gripper, "Is this salt?"

"Salt?" Conan's eyes suddenly realized, and he understood again.

--As long as you use salt, what Officer Meguri said and the coincidences mentioned by Uncle Maori, all of this can be natural.

Then, he heard someone say, "When I just knocked on the wine glass and the plate landing on the table directly above, the side edge of your little finger accidentally got salt?"

Shiratsumazu grabbed Takagi's wrist and said with a smile as if she knew it.

Chen Xing lowered his eyes and looked at the back of her pants. The tucked phone screen was on, obviously in the state of talking.

Conan also noticed this, "Sister Shiliang, you seem to be explaining in detail to whom you can listen to."

"No." Shiliang Matsuku immediately turned around and pressed his phone into his pocket. "I am the type who keeps asking and answering questions and clarifying my thoughts."

As she said that, she smiled at Chen Xing, who was also looking at her, "You said yes, earth-shaking?"

"I don't know." Chen Xing replied.

Shiliang's expression froze. His tone was as light as white water noodles. Aren't we friends? Has this guy always spoke to his friends in this tone? Wouldn't he be beaten?

Who can tolerate it? You should break up with friendship!

While she was thinking about it, Mari Akai on the other end of the phone couldn't help but cough, half of them were so angry that she changed the subject to it?

...

"After that, did this bottle of red wine ordered by Mr. Horita who stayed in this room?" asked Officer Meguri.

The waiter nodded, "Yes, because he said he had made an appointment with someone to meet, I also brought two servings of wine and two red wine glasses."

Officer Meguru looked at the guide Kuri Hanhei, "Who is the person he made an appointment with?"

Gu Li Shenping shook his head regretfully, saying that he was not aware of it.

Officer Memu pondered for a moment, his fat face collapsed, "But, this room is really hot."

Takagi agreed, "It's true that although it's a bit cold today, it's not necessary to turn on the heating."

"If it is to confuse the presumption of death of the body, the bedroom where the body is located should also be on very strong heating." Kogoro Mouri reasoned and walked to the bedroom, "but the windows are always open here, which makes people feel cold."

"So brother Maori, did you really see someone running away from that window, right?" Officer Meguri confirmed again.

"Yes, I can see clearly." Kogoro Mouri pointed his head.

Seeing his bright big eyes and serious expression, Officer Megumi chose to believe in his brother.

Conan was also making some confirmation at the corner of Chenxun's clothes.

Chen Xing met his gaze and nodded.

Conan frowned, "When talking about this, when I opened this door, a gust of wind blew over."
Chapter completed!
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