Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 183 Conan in the Secret Room (Part 5)

The three people currently considered suspects are still arguing with Officer Yokomizo, but after communicating for a while, this case is becoming more and more like an accident.

Seeing Kogoro Mouri sitting on the chair at this time, Conan thought the time was right and was about to open the watch anesthetic gun, but was discovered by Toru Amuro.

"Hmm? What are you doing, Conan?"

Conan was startled by this sudden face-touching behavior. Just as he was about to stammer an explanation, the acrobat also came over.

"Is this a new watch? But the dial seems to be broken."

Conan immediately followed the acrobat's words and explained, "Yes, that's right. I just found out that there's something wrong with the dial of this watch. I'll go check it out right away."

Conan ran to the side and secretly observed Amuro Toru's movements, feeling distressed: It was really difficult to make the sleeping Kogoro appear smoothly in front of this man. After all, he was a member of the Black Organization, codenamed Bourbon.

If he finds out that I was the one who shrunk into a child because of the organization's drug, even if Vermouth hides the truth, it will be useless. Then the fact that Haibara turned into a child might also be exposed...

Conan was in a state of confusion at this moment. The truth was right in front of him, but he was unable to uncover it. It felt really terrible.

In order to let everyone know the truth behind the case, Conan had to hint at it bit by bit.

"Hey, do you use ice when making Chinese cold noodles?" Conan asked following the conversation.

Xiaolan replied: "Yes, we will use ice water to quickly cool down the cooked noodles."

Maori Kogoro was a little impatient: "Hey, don't say such irrelevant things."

"Because ice, doesn't it melt?"

"Isn't this a matter of course?"

"In that case, what I'm saying is, if the vase is made of ice, then it will fall down by itself if it melts."

"Stupid, that vase is made of copper, how could it melt?"

The acrobat smiled and said, "I see. Just put ice in the vase and wait for it to melt, and the vase will fall off the bookshelf by itself. Is that right, Mr. Maori? This must be a plan you and Conan made in advance to test us."

Maori Kogoro was stunned for a moment, then he laughed out loud, adhering to the principle of pretending if possible, "No, that's right, I've discovered this method a long time ago, I just wanted to test you."

Officer Yokomizo wondered, "If that's the case, with so much ice going into the vase, it would be easily discovered by someone."

Amuro Toru shook his head and said, "No, I can carry it even with nothing. When they were making Chinese cold noodles, those three people were wearing tennis uniforms. The pants and skirts of tennis uniforms have large pockets designed to hold tennis balls, which is definitely more than enough to hold all those ice cubes."

"But if that's the case, how did the body get to the door?"

Conan continued, "Isn't ice very slippery?"

This time it was Sonoko who reacted: "I see, I see. Think about it, wasn't there a tennis racket underneath the body? If we put ice underneath the racket, we could slide it around and move the body. The curved marks on the net are proof of that."

"It's really worthy of being called Yuanzi." Xiaolan clapped her hands.

Officer Yokomizo scratched his coral head. "But if that's what you said, there should be water stains on the floor from melted ice, and there should also be water on the body's pants. But we didn't find any of those."

Conan reminded everyone again: "It would be great if there was ice that could melt without leaving anything behind."

The acrobat clapped his hands. "Isn't that dry ice? Circuses often use dry ice to create various smoky stage effects. Dry ice is actually solid carbon dioxide, and it disappears without leaving a trace."

Conan's eyes lit up, and he followed the acrobat's instructions and performed: "So that's how those stage effects are created. It's amazing."

Xiaolan hesitated a little: "But, there doesn't seem to be a place to store dry ice in this villa, and dry ice can't be touched directly with your hands."

Amuro Toru spoke up: "Mr. Ishikuri brought it in himself. He took the whole ice cream cake he was going to eat for lunch to his room. There must have been dry ice in the box."

"I believe the perpetrator first struck Mr. Ishikuri with the copper vase, placed several blocks of dry ice under the racket, and then threaded a rope through the frame of Mr. Ishikuri's racket. After placing the ice-filled vase, he left the room and used the rope to move the body to the door, finally retrieving the rope and completing the operation."

Xiaolan exclaimed, "No wonder my toes felt cold when I passed that room. That's because the dry ice was placed next to the door."

"Hehe, so that's how it is. I already know who the criminal is." Kogoro Mouri sat in the chair with a confident smile on his face.

Conan was stunned for a moment. He was a little worried that Kogoro Mouri might say something wrong.

But obviously, with Conan's help, the Maori elimination method did not work this time. Maori Kogoro successfully said the name of the real murderer: "The first person to get up and go to Mr. Ishiguri's room, and the person who had enough time for the ice and dry ice to melt was only you, Miss Momozono Kotone. I think there is no other criminal besides you."

"Please wait a moment, Mr. Maori." Officer Yokomizo said anxiously. "Is this all right? Can't you just act like your normal self?"

Mouri Kogoro: "Huh?"

"Is that the sleeping position?"

Conan's eyes widened: It's rare that he's seriously reasoning, yet...

[Acrobat: Haha, this is so funny! Now the police think they can't solve the case without Kogoro Mouri in a sleeping pose.]

[Prophet: Is this a special theorem?]

[Priest: After all, under normal circumstances, the person he identified is unlikely to be the murderer.]

[Spellcaster: This time, Conan was there to remind him. If Conan hadn't been there to interfere, he would probably have fallen into the same trap of elimination.]

After a light cough, Maori Kogoro reviewed Miss Taoyuan's crime process and said, "In short, this is Miss Taoyuan's locked room murder plan. But your trick can't fool a famous detective like me."

Then Kogoro Mouri laughed his standard laugh, which made everyone around him smile.

Sonoko: "It always feels weird when he moves around while reasoning."

Xiaolan: "That's what I mean."

Acrobat: "Is this perhaps a habit that every famous detective has?"

Amuro Toru: "Well, that's how Mori-sensei solves cases."

[Prisoner: This devilish laughter makes me laugh every time I hear it.]

[Mechanic: It's hard not to support.]