Conan: Another Famous Detective

"Oh? What's that gentleman's name? What does he look like specifically?" Officer Henggou asked excitedly.

"His name is Dao Xie Masahiko, he is a pretty good-looking young man..." The waiter looked at him with a look of reminiscence.

"Then, is Mr. Taoist Association in the room now?" Officer Henggou asked.

The waiter thought for a while and said, "Probably not. I saw them going out at seven o'clock in the evening, but after that, I was busy with other things for a while, so I'm not sure whether they came back."

Officer Henggou touched his chin and continued: "Then which room do they live in? Is there a telephone installed in the room?"

"They don't live together. Miss Lixiang lives in room 408, and Mr. Dao Xie lives in room 410 next to her. Each room is equipped with a telephone." The waiter replied.

"Well, you call the Taoist Association's room and have a look." Officer Henggou said.

The waiter looked at the lobby manager again.

"Just do as the police officer said." The lobby manager said.

Seeing this, the waiter picked up the front desk phone and started dialing.

After a while, she put down the receiver and turned to look at everyone: "No one answered the phone."

"Hmph! It seems that this guy's suspicion is getting bigger and bigger." Officer Henggou looked slightly cold.

"If it was really him, then he abandoned the car and ran away, and he probably hasn't returned to the hotel yet. Maybe we can go to his room and have a look?" Yu Gongming suggested.

"Yes! Can we go to room 410?" Officer Henggou's eyes lit up and he looked at the lobby manager.

"This... this involves the privacy of the guests, I'm afraid it's not good, right?" The lobby manager on the side was a little confused.

After a pause, he continued: "Can you tell us exactly what happened? If the matter is serious, we are not incapable of being accommodating."

"Oh, that's it..." Officer Henggou briefly explained the case to the lobby manager, and finally said:

"So we believe that Mr. Taoist Association who lives in 410 is suspected of committing a major crime!"

"I see. I didn't expect that Miss Yamashita would encounter such an unfortunate thing." The lobby manager sighed angrily.

"After all, the matter is very important. I hope the manager can be accommodating. If you are worried, you can go up with us." Yu Gongming said with a smile.

The lobby manager hesitated for a while, and finally nodded: "Okay, I'll go up with you, wait a minute, and I'll get the spare key."

The lobby manager said, walking towards a room.

After a moment, he returned and nodded slightly towards Officer Henggou.

"Then please lead the way." Officer Henggou said solemnly.

"Oh, by the way." Yu Gongming looked at the waiter again: "Please don't talk nonsense about our coming here."

"If you see Mr. Dao Xie coming back, can you contact the manager by phone to let us know?"

The waiter looked at the lobby manager again.

"No problem!" The lobby manager nodded.

It may involve aggravated injury or even homicide. The lobby manager can only choose to cooperate with the police, otherwise if something happens later, he will be in big trouble.

Moreover, he has been in this industry for many years, and he deeply understands that in a service industry like theirs, the police must not be offended.

If the police find any reason to check you from time to time, your business will be difficult.

Therefore, even if the boss knew that he did this later, he would not say anything.

Even if it turns out that the guest named Dao Xie is innocent, it will be relatively easy to fool him, and the consequences of offending the police will be much lighter.

Not long after, the lobby manager took a group of people into the elevator and arrived at the 4th floor. After walking through a corridor, they finally stopped in front of the 410 door.

"Knock on the door." Officer Henggou signaled to the lobby manager, and everyone else spread out to both sides of the door to avoid the peephole's view.

Although the murderer has most likely not returned to the room, it is not 100% certain that this Taoist Association is the gangster.

If someone doesn't answer the phone, maybe it's because he happens to be taking a shower?

Therefore, out of caution, Officer Henggou decided to ask the lobby manager to knock on the door instead of entering the room directly.

The lobby manager nodded, came to the door and knocked on the door.

Boom, boom, boom!

"Hello, is anyone here?"

For a long time, no one responded or opened the door.

"In this case, just open the door and go in." Officer Henggou said.

The lobby manager nodded, took out the key and opened the 410 door.

A total of four people entered the room: Officer Henggou, the lobby manager, Akira Hanomiya, and Conan who followed him voluntarily.

"Eh? This kid..." The lobby manager looked at Conan with some confusion.

"He is an important witness in this case. In order to protect his safety, I took him with me. Don't worry about it." Yu Gongming said casually.

"Oh, that's it." The lobby manager suddenly understood and stopped delving into it.

Yu Gongming glanced around.

This is just an ordinary single room, and the decoration is the standard of a three-star hotel.

The bed and bedding had obviously been used. There was a black travel bag placed on the small sofa in the corner of the room.

Officer Henggou, Akira Hanamiya, and Conan walked towards the travel bag in unison.

Officer Henggou directly opened the zipper of the travel bag.

"Let me do it, I'm better at restoring things to their original state." Yu Gongming said.

"Okay!" Officer Henggou agreed and stepped aside.

Yu Gongming put on his gloves and took out the things one by one.

A change of clothes, a roll of tape, some cash, and a white pill bottle with no label on it, which seemed to contain some kind of liquid.

This is all the items in the backpack.

Yu Gongming picked up the white medicine bottle, opened the bottle cap, put his palm on the mouth of the bottle and fanned it gently.

He frowned slightly and handed the bottle to Officer Henggou: "Officer, please smell it."

Officer Henggou took the bottle in confusion and sniffed the mouth of the bottle like Akira Hanomiya.

"This... seems to be some kind of anesthetic... it seems to be able to make people faint?"

"The width of this tape is consistent with the tape that sealed Miss Yamashita's mouth when we found her." Conan also said.

"However, the current evidence can only be said to increase his suspicion, but it cannot be called irrefutable evidence." Yu Gongming shook his head slightly.

"Then let's keep looking and see if there are any other clues!" Officer Henggou said enthusiastically.

Although the evidence is not very sufficient, he has already seen the dawn of solving the case!

With any luck, we can solve the case tonight and bring the murderer to justice!

Several people began to search the room again.

However, apart from the contents of the backpack, several people found no other clues.

"What a pity." Officer Henggou sighed.

"It's good to have the current progress. When the Taoist Association is monitored, the fox will always show its tail." Yu Gongming's mentality is quite stable.

"Yes, that's true." Officer Henggou's expression softened a little.

At this time, the lobby manager's phone rang.

He answered the phone, said "um" and "ok" twice and then hung up.

"Two police officers, that Taoist gentleman has returned to the hotel!"