Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 112: The Detective Agency Hostage Incident (Part )

Just when Sawakuri Isao, with a crazy look on his face, was about to shoot, Conan spoke again on the phone.

"Please wait a moment. I did say that the person Ms. Mihong called a rat was Ms. Guangjing, but I never said that she was the murderer of your sister."

This statement shocked everyone present. Ze Lixun was a little incredulous: "But didn't you just deduce that the last person to go to my sister's room was this woman?"

Conan then explained to Ze Lixun: "According to your reasoning, the murderer drugged your sister and then cut her wrists and put her in the bathtub, disguising it as suicide. After confirming your sister's death, he sent you a text message saying 'Goodbye', right?"

"After receiving the text message, you felt strange and rushed to knock on your sister's door, but no one answered. So you went to the public balcony next door and broke the window of her room to get in. The murderer, who was hiding in the room, took advantage of you to check on your sister and escaped through the balcony."

"That contradicts the tenant's testimony. He saw Ms. Guangjing running out of the main door of the room, so your sister was still alive at that time."

Ze Lixun, who had reacted, became anxious again: "Then tell me which of these three people killed my sister?"

Conan asked Sawakuri Isao if he had read his sister's famous work, and then got a negative answer.

So Conan, who had come up with an idea, started to make up a story. He told Sawakuri Isao that the book told the story of a policeman who could never catch a serial killer, but finally discovered under the guidance of the god of death that the killer was actually himself.

Thanks to the inspiration from Jack's dual personality case, Conan wiped the sweat from his forehead while making up stories.

[Little girl: To this day, Mr. Jack is still shining beside Conan.]

[Jack: It seems I left quite a deep impression on him.]

[Photographer: Jack, why don't you consider working for me? With your looks, you'd definitely be able to produce some great photos.]

[Perfumer: Indeed, Joseph is the only one working diligently here right now. As DM's subordinate, you should share the boss's worries.]

[Jack: Okay, I don’t have anything to do lately anyway.]

"After learning the truth, the police officer was condemned by his conscience and ended his own life."

"Your sister must have mistaken herself for the protagonist when she was reading the book, and saw the apparition of the Grim Reaper. It's not hard to imagine what happened next."

Under Conan's instigation, Sawaguri Isao believed that his sister really committed suicide. Just when he was shaken and released the bomb detonator, Xiaolan and Sera attacked at the same time.

Xiaolan kicked the pistol in Sawakuri Xun's hand away, Shiliang attacked from behind and locked his throat, and Lucky also pounced on him and hugged his legs tightly. Sawakuri Xun was restrained in place.

"Hurry up and attack!" Shiliang shouted to the police who were waiting outside the office.

The police who received the signal rushed into the office and arrested Sawakuri Isao. Conan, who heard the news, was relieved.

"But this matter isn't over yet," the little girl said, her chin in her hand. "Ms. Weihong didn't commit suicide, and the murderer probably isn't Ms. Guangjing."

"Yes, the next step is to reveal the truth of this case."

Inside the office, everyone was congratulating themselves for surviving the ordeal. Shiliang ran to his phone and complained, "That was a real shock, but it's finally resolved. After all, I haven't read Ms. Weihong's book."

"Um, well, I've actually read the book," Lucky raised his hand. "The content is completely different from what Kudo-san said, so Kudo-san's explanation was probably intended to reassure Mr. Sawakuri."

"What?" Kogoro Mouri was shocked.

Conan continued, "Yes, that was something I made up in an emergency. However, the murderer of Ms. Weihong is indeed among the three of them."

"First of all, there is no problem with the three animal names corresponding to the three ladies. However, Ms. Guangjing, who left the room last, is not the real murderer."

"Ms. Guangjing originally wanted to use Ms. Weihong's restroom, but there was probably another person hiding in the restroom at the time, so she hurriedly chased Ms. Guangjing away."

"That's right. The real murderer hiding in the bathroom is the second person to enter the room, Ms. Tangdi, known as the Fox."

Conan pointed out the biggest evidence, which was that the edge of Ms. Tang Di's signed book was very smooth and neat, obviously different from the other two, because the book was stained with blood when it was held in Ms. Weihong's hand.

Lucky picked up the book and flipped through it. "Ah! Sure enough, there are dried bloodstains on the pages."

Ms. Yudi sighed and told the truth. It was indeed she who killed Ms. Weihong. The reason was that the book was co-authored by the two of them, and after Ms. Weihong published it, she immediately became a Naoki Prize-winning writer.

Originally, Ms. Tang Di was not jealous, but when she wanted to publish her own book, the people from the publishing house told her that their writing styles were too similar and hoped that Ms. Tang Di could be Ms. Wei Hong's ghostwriter.

This was unacceptable to Ms. Tangdi. She discussed it with Ms. Weihong several times, hoping that Ms. Weihong could explain this to the publishing house, but she was rejected repeatedly.

Finally, the angry Ms. Tangdi decided to kill Ms. Weihong, but when she picked up the book, she couldn't help but think of the good times when they worked together to create it.

After listening to Ms. Tang Di's monologue, the little girl couldn't help but sigh, "So, things involving interests are really complicated. But I heard from Uncle Norton that when Dad wrote novels based on other people, he didn't seem to ask the people themselves for their opinions. Fortunately, the uncles and aunts didn't care much."

Conan was thoughtful after hearing this: he had looked through Uncle Orpheus's manuscripts, and those novels with prototypes of characters were marked, such as "Faceless Remains", "The Thorn of the Thistle", "Sweet Home", "The Thirteenth Gift" and "Queen Bee".

[Joker: I have to say, Orpheus, you really can write.]

[Gardener: So doing experiments is your main job, and writing novels is your side job?]

[Philanthropist: When will I write my autobiography?]

[Explorer: If Conan knew that these were not "novels based on facts" but "fictional literature," he would probably be shocked.]

[Entomologist: You weren't afraid of enemies coming after you wrote this.]

[Composer: You haven’t finished writing “Death White Horse” yet.]

[Novelist: I'll add your screenplay to the novel outline now.]

[Composer: You!]

Afterwards, when Sonoko learned that Kudo Shinichi solved the case in front of Xiaolan but did not meet with Xiaolan, she complained directly: "This guy should at least go and see you directly."

Xiaolan smiled and didn't continue the topic: "Speaking of which, Xing finally found a new part-time job."

"What kind of job is it?" Shiliang came over curiously. She thought the boy named Axing was quite interesting.

"Uh, it looks like a maid cafe?" Xiaolan looked at the text message sent to her by Lucky with an expression of disbelief.

Conan & Sera & Sonoko:?