Conan: Another Famous Detective

"I see." Officer Memu nodded slightly and was about to ask the uncle when Conan's voice suddenly sounded:

"Eh? In other words, Mr. Kaura, you were just wandering around, right? Then how did you know that Miss Minazuki died while you were writing a romance novel?"

"Uh?" Huopu Jingwu's expression froze.

Conan continued to ask, "Is that right? Brother Hanomiya and Sister Sera noticed that Miss Minazuki's jaw had become stiff, so they concluded that she died about two or three hours ago."

"But Mr. Kaura, you came here when you heard the waiter's call. Why don't you think that Miss Minazuki died just now, but died while you were writing the novel?"

"Yes!" Shiliang also asked: "You can discover this without even touching a corpse. Do you want to consider transforming? Maybe suspense novels are also suitable for you!"

Huo Pu Jingwu's expression gradually became ugly.

"Oh? What's going on?" Officer Memu also looked over at this time, his eyes full of scrutiny.

Huo Pu Jingwu's expression changed, and then he made an excited expression: "Because she didn't come! She didn't come to my room on time. Originally, she should have sent some information I asked for two or three hours ago. !”

"But she didn't show up, so when I saw her body, I subconsciously felt that she had met with misfortune while I was writing the novel."

"Well!" Although Officer Megure still had doubts in his heart, this statement was indeed reasonable. He did not ask further questions for the time being, but looked at Takagi: "Then the time of death of the deceased was really two or three hours ago? ?”

"Yes!" Officer Takagi replied: "According to the forensic examination of the body, the time of death of the deceased was roughly two and a half hours before the body was found, that is, around 6:30 in the evening."

"Oh? Did that happen to be when you were having dinner in my room?" Houra Jingwu looked at his uncle.

"Uh! Yes!" The uncle nodded.

"Who are you?" Officer Megure asked.

"I am the teacher's editor-in-chief at Rimai Publishing House. Because the teacher ordered too many meals, he asked me and two other editors from other publishing houses to eat in his room."

"You have three manuscripts to write!" Officer Takagi said in surprise.

"Yes!" Kaoru Kyogo nodded: "Because the deadlines coincided with each other, I decided to see which editor took the most, and I would give priority to completing the manuscript for their publishing house."

"Is Mr. Houra dining with you?" Officer Megure asked.

"No." The editor shook his head: "The teacher said he wanted to think about the next plot, so he went to take a bath."

Officer Takagi thought thoughtfully: "In other words, it is entirely possible that he secretly left the room and then attacked the deceased?"

"That's impossible." The editor immediately denied: "Although a delivery person came to deliver the meal later, we could clearly see the door from the table where we ate. Even the meal fee was ours. I’ll help with the advance payment first.”

"So, I guess the teacher didn't even get close to the door during this process."

"Then how long have you been eating?" Officer Takagi asked.

The editor said: "We ate until half past seven, and I stayed next to the elevator and waited where I could see the teacher's door."

"The teacher will only leave the room when he hands the manuscript to the editor. Once he hands over the manuscript, he will immediately return to the room, so I think it is impossible for the teacher to slip out."

"Did you complete all the manuscripts during this period of time?" Officer Megure asked.

Yes. "Houra Kyogo said: "Actually, the three manuscripts have been roughly completed before. Only the third manuscript he was responsible for - "The Telephone, the Sea and Me" still has some delays. "

"So, at 8:30, I printed out the manuscript except for the last page and gave it to him, and then I went out to buy cigarettes, so that he could read it while he was waiting for me. There was nothing wrong with that. Bar?"

"That's right." The editor confirmed Huo Pu Jingwu's statement: "The teacher was walking towards the stairs with a wallet in one hand."

"Huh? Shouldn't we take the elevator?" Officer Megure was confused.

"It's more inspiring to take the stairs!" Kaoru Kyogo said: "And taking the stairs is also a good exercise."

The editor continued: "Later" when I was checking the manuscript, I suddenly heard the waiter screaming. Then the teacher called and said something seemed to happen downstairs. When I arrived, I saw the teacher and Several other people stood blankly in front of the door. "

Officer Megure frowned slightly: "Do you know anything about who Miss Minazuki has a grudge against?"

"It must be that threatening fax!" Houra Jingwu yelled, "It must be the person who sent that fax who killed Sui Wuyue!"

"Fax?" Officer Memu was puzzled.

The editor explained: "It's like this. Our editorial department received a fax this morning, saying that if the assistant is not allowed to leave the teacher, we will not give up."

"We are also investigating the source of the fax, but it seems that it was sent through a fax machine borrowed from a convenience store."

Kaura Kyōgo said angrily: "Because the photo of me and her shopping was published in a weekly magazine, and the title said [Mistress Suspense], my wife was so angry that she went back to her parents' house!"

"Because Sensei's works are all based on the theme of innocent love, Sensei's female readers are particularly disgusted with things like affairs," the editor explained.

"Then what is your relationship with Miss Minazuki?" Officer Megure asked. ,

"There is nothing wrong between us! She is a very good assistant! She can always provide me with inexhaustible novel ideas, which inspires me very much, especially the book "The Sea of ​​Telephones and Me", she is even more She put so much effort into it that it can almost be considered her work.”

"I originally planned to let her debut as an independent novelist next year, who knows..." Kyoura Kyogo covered his face with his hands, looking grief-stricken.

"My condolences." Officer Memu comforted him and continued to investigate the scene.

Not far away, Yu Gongming and others watched this scene silently.

"I thought it was something that could be easily captured, but it seems that it will take some effort." Yu Gongming said calmly.

"There's nothing we can do about it. Things can't always go as planned." Meng Yu comforted her with a smile.

"Let's go back to my room first. We need to sort out the case." Sera suggested.

"It really should be sorted out." Both Yu Gongming and Conan agreed.

Afterwards, the group of people got out of the cordon and prepared to return to Sera's room.

As a result, the cordon that had just been set up turned a corner, and everyone was immediately startled.