Conan: Another Famous Detective

Akira Hanomiya told Yui about the woman in red, the tragedy of Satoko twelve years ago, and the strange things in the villa.

"Oh? The woman in red?" Yu Yi said with some surprise: "I have also heard about this case from the seniors in the bureau, but the murderer has not been caught until now. Do you think this murder is related to the woman in red? ?”

"It may be related." Akira Hanomiya said calmly: "I, Sera and Conan once discussed this issue when we were looking for clues in the forest."

"We all feel that these strange things are probably done by insiders. As for the woman in red, it is possible that it is just a cover."

Yui raised her eyebrows slightly: "So, the murderer is probably among the high school classmates of the deceased, right?"

"From our point of view, yes." Yu Gongming nodded.

"I understand," Yui stood up: "Then I'm going to ask those people now, and you guys should come together. Although the chance that you are the murderer is very low, we still need to confirm the circumstances before and after your crime."

"No problem." This was his duty. Naturally, Yu Gongming had no objection, and the others did not object.

Later, a group of people followed Yui to the restaurant, where Zhumei and others were already waiting.

"Okay, everyone!" Youyi said loudly: "It is now confirmed that the incident occurred after lunch. Could you please explain your whereabouts after lunch?"

"Okay!" Zhumei said first: "We all have our own things to do after lunch, because we come here to gather here every year, so we have formed a fixed work arrangement."

"Hakutani is responsible for cleaning the toilets and bathrooms, Sumika is responsible for the corridors and rooms, Rentian is responsible for going to the convenience store to buy the daily necessities needed for the past few days, and I am responsible for everyone's meals."

"Damn it! If I hadn't gone to the convenience store at that time, Bogu might not have been killed!" Rentian hammered the wall hard, with a look of reluctance.

"Next is us." Hanemiya Ming said: "Me, Conan and Sera went to the forest to look for clues, but our luck didn't seem to be very good, and we found nothing for the time being."

"When we returned, we met Mr. Rentian and we came back together."

Shiliang added: "At that time, he also gave us very cold drinks. We drank the drinks and saw that he had brought a lot of things, so we helped share some of it."

"Because we met in the forest near the convenience store, the drink was just bought, so it was very cold." Ren Tian explained.

"How far is the convenience store from here?" Yui asked.

"It's about one kilometer away. It's quite remote here." Ren Tian replied.

"One kilometer..." Yui thought, calling the police and asked them to go to the convenience store to confirm the situation.

"As for us girls..." Meng Yu gestured to Xiaolan and Yuanzi: "We started to help Miss Chengxiang clean the room after dinner, and Miss Chengxiang and we even went into the bathroom once."

Yu Yi's expression changed slightly when he heard this: "Have you been in before?"

"That's right!" Chengxiang replied: "When I passed the bathroom in the middle of cleaning, I saw steam coming out of the bathroom. I thought it was Bogu who helped put the hot water in, so we went in to take a look together."

"Have you noticed the hiccups in the bathroom at that time?" Yui asked.

"Yes." Xiaolan replied: "There was no one else in the bathroom. In order to test the water temperature, we also opened the lid of the bathtub. There were no tomatoes in the water at that time."

Sumika continued: "After that, we spent some time cleaning. After the cleaning was completed, we planned to go to the bathroom and take a comfortable hot bath together."

"Then Miss Sumika discovered the tomatoes floating on the surface of the bathtub!" Sonoko said with a lingering fear on her face.

"Afterwards, we heard the screams and went to the bathroom. Because I noticed that Mr. Hakutani didn't make any movement, I felt something was wrong, so I groped in the bathtub for a while, and then found Mr. Hakutani's body." Hanomiya Ming said calmly.

"Can't you all see Mr. Bogu's body before pulling him up?" Yui asked with some confusion.

"Yes." Seriang nodded: "Because the surface of the bathtub was blocked by tomatoes, and because of the addition of bath salts, the water turned green, and the body was pressed with dumbbells. The murderer probably didn't want the body to be removed. Come up.”

Yui said thoughtfully: "So, the murderer should have sunk Mr. Bogu to the bottom of the water first, and then covered the tomato. In this way, the time of the crime can be reduced to the time between you two entering the bathroom."

"When you are ready to take a bath, what is the order in which you enter the toilet?" Conan suddenly asked.

"Miss Chengxiang went in first." Mengyu replied: "However, Ms. Chengxiang was only wearing a bath towel at the time. If she was holding a bag with so many tomatoes in her hand, we should be able to notice it."

"Hmm~" Yui nodded slightly and continued to ask: "You should have been together since you first entered the bathroom, right?"

"That's right! We all cleaned together after that! No one left during the process!" Yuanzi said with certainty.

"What about before you entered the bathroom for the first time? Did you clean it together?" Akira Hanamiya asked.

"No." Xiaolan shook her head: "The three of us are in charge of the rooms on the first floor. Miss Sumika was previously in charge of the rooms on the second floor."

Chengxiang said, "But then I felt that it would be faster for four of us to clean together, so I went to the living room and asked them if they wanted to join us. From now on, we will clean together."

"Before this, Miss Sumika was cleaning the second floor alone." Xiaolan said: "Because when we were cleaning, we heard the sound of the vacuum cleaner running, and the sound of hitting the wall or something."

Yui looked at Zhumei: "Miss Zhumei is the only one left now. What were you doing at that time?"

"Huh? I was clearing the dishes and preparing for dinner at the same time." Zhumi replied.

"Are you alone?" Yui asked.

"Yes, I was the only one, but I talked to them through the kitchen door!" Zhumi replied.

"Oh? Is this happening?" Yu Yi looked at Xiao Lan.

"Yeah! We were cleaning the living room opposite the kitchen, and Zhumei asked us through the kitchen door what we wanted for dinner. I also asked her if she needed help, but she said no," Xiaolan replied.

"At least Zhumei was indeed in the kitchen when we were in the living room." Meng Yu also said.

"But, you should clean other rooms after that, right? Will Miss Zhumei take advantage of this time to come out to kill people?" Yui still had some doubts.

"Impossible!" Chengxiang shook her head repeatedly: "Zumi knows very well that I am a person who even cleans the corridors carefully. We often pass by the corridors when we are cleaning, how dare Zhumi sneak out and kill people!"

Yu Yi felt a little confused when he heard this: "Then who is the murderer?"