Rebirth of Conan as a Detective

"Uh……"

Gao Cheng didn't expect that his identity would be exposed in person.

It seems that next time I have to pretend to be Kuroba Kaito. Compared with Okita, Kaito is usually much more low-key, and just relies on Kidd's vest to go out.

Looking at Wenyue Hualian who mustered up the courage to ask, Gao Cheng continued to ask about the situation of the troupe, but he didn't get much information. He only knew that the previous relationship between the members was copied and written into this drama script by Hongchuan.

In other respects, Wenyue Hualian only said that she didn't know much about the troupe when she wasn't usually in it, and she didn't know if this woman was hiding it on purpose or if she really didn't know.

"script……"

When leaving the restaurant, Gao Cheng got a copy of Aplodi's performance script, but he still couldn't see much, since the troupe members already knew about it.

Since the troupe didn't gain anything, they could only try to investigate the line of "Santa Claus with a red beard".

"Santa with the red beard is dead?"

"yes."

In the boathouse cafe, the chatty boss was very impressed with the red bearded Santa Claus, and started chattering before Gao Cheng asked too many questions.

"I also heard from the owner of the hotel, Xuecun, that he died a year ago. One day when the waiter was cleaning the room, he was found dead on the bed...

"Speaking of it, I'm really a weird person. I don't care if I wear red, and I painted all the hotel rooms red. If I live in that kind of room for 10 years, most people will go crazy, right?"

The owner of the cafe shook his head and sighed: "It happens to be 10 years tomorrow, and the owner of Xuecun wonders if he will restore the room to its original state, because the room has been left unused."

"Not in use?" Gao Cheng asked, "Why? Is there something wrong with that room?"

"That's right," the hotel owner said mysteriously, "There was a taboo past in that room 315. About 100 years ago, the person who built this alien hall died on the bed in that room. It's like a curse, and now no one dares to live there."

"Someone has already lived in it..."

Gao Cheng muttered and took a sip of his coffee, paying more attention to the clue of "Santa Claus with a red beard".

Sakata Kojiro apparently also found this clue,

So I managed to move to that room.

"By the way," the owner of the coffee shop suddenly remembered, "Speaking of the strange thing, that person added a lot of sugar to the coffee, and complained that the sugar in our shop was not sweet no matter how much sugar was put in. I felt a little nervous. It's unbearably sweet..."

"granulated sugar?"

Gao Cheng took another sip of coffee, indeed, it was very sweet without adding much sugar.

"Is there anything else strange?"

"Well, when I think about it, people often call him, and each time it's a different person, who seems to be very busy," the cafe owner recalled, "but the hotel said that he stayed in the room all year round... Oh, and also, I heard that room 316 next door has been booked by various people since he moved in, and he refuses to change rooms."

The hotel owner did not provide many clues.

However, the weirdness of this red-bearded Santa reminded Gao Cheng of a certain possibility.

Paint the room red, add a lot of sugar to the coffee... Crazy fixation on a certain color, or abnormal taste, are common symptoms of heavy drug users.

Perhaps the real identity of the red-bearded Santa Claus is a drug dealer and a serious drug addict.

"Thanks, boss."

Although the two cases did not make much progress, and even the criminal's method of killing Bandai Suzue was unclear, Gao Cheng felt that the red-bearded Santa Claus who died a year ago was the most critical part of the whole case.

"You're welcome." The cafe owner was wiping the cup, and when he raised his head, Gao Cheng had already opened the door and left.

During the investigation, he was more like the famous detective Kido Takasei, but unfortunately he couldn't help much.

...

Gao Mu arrived in Hakodate in the afternoon, and there was no one to pick him up, so he rushed to the Yirenkan Hotel and went to Room 215 to meet Gao Cheng.

"Threatening letter?"

Gao Cheng flipped through the case materials brought by Takagi, saw the threatening letter like a murder announcement, and finally understood the reason for the joint investigation between Hokkaido and Aomori County.

"On the way here, I received the case information provided by the Aomori prefectural police. Officer Mugure asked me to give it to you as soon as possible." We are investigating a drug trafficking route, and the clues point to Bandai Suzue and Nijikawa Yukio who were killed here, so it is easy to join this joint investigation.”

"I see."

Gao Cheng was not too surprised. After suspecting that the red-bearded Santa Claus was a drug dealer, he asked the owner of the hotel Xuecun carefully.

Both Bandai and Hongchuan have lived in Room 316 in the past, and the frequency is not low. Combined with this case, it is not difficult to understand the connection between them.

The red-bearded Santa Claus obviously has no job, but he has a lot of cash in his hands. Obviously, he trades drugs through Bandai and Hongchuan, and the troupe itself is relatively easy to sell drugs.

But in this way, Redbeard's death a year ago is worth studying.

Judging from the fact that the murderer committed the crime under the name of the red beard, it is very likely that it has something to do with Bandai and Hongchuan.

But what is the point of the threatening letter? Yesterday, they deliberately destroyed the costumes again, causing the police to step up their vigilance...

Combining the information brought by Takagi and everything that has happened so far, Gao Cheng feels that there is a pair of hands behind him manipulating the development of the case, and everything that seems unreasonable and meaningless has a specific purpose.

"What do I need to do next?" Takagi asked.

He didn't sleep all night yesterday, and only found out in the morning that he had come to Hokkaido to support Gao Cheng. On the way, he quickly learned about the case and knew that 2 people had been killed so far, and the police hadn't made any progress yet.

"Let's cooperate with the local police investigation first," Gao Cheng put down the information and thought about it, "tell me if there is any movement, if possible, find a way for me to enter the stage hall to see it on the spot."

The investigation of the red beard line has been almost completed for the time being, and Takagi is already in place, and it is time to officially solve the case.

He believes that no matter how difficult and complicated the case is, there must be traces to follow, because the more criminals design, the more traces they leave...

"Ah Cheng," Sonoko shouted back to the room, "The hotel is ready for dinner... Huh? Officer Takagi? Didn't Officer Sato come with you?"

Takagi wiped his sweat and said, "Officer Sato has other tasks..."

Originally, he was on a mission with Sato.

Going downstairs from the stairs, on the other side is the blocked stage hall. Gao Cheng took a look and found that the police were watching closely. It might not be easy to go in to check the situation.

We can only watch Takagi play.

"There are a lot fewer people today," Yuanzi sighed, "At this time yesterday, those people were still discussing the mysterious night reasoning..."

"There is no other way. Most people will not stay in the hotel where the homicide happened." Gao Cheng paid attention to Gao Mu who was going to hand over to the police and responded to Yuanzi casually.

"That's right, this hotel is already weird enough..."

There are two statues on both sides of the stairs in the front hall, Medusa with snake hair and Perseus, the hero who got rid of Medusa. The garden couldn't help complaining while waiting.

"Why put a statue here, it will be scary at night, right?"

"Medusa……"

Gao Cheng's gaze paused on the statue.

When he came here yesterday, he noticed these two statues. Judging from the shape, they should show the scene of Medusa turning into stone.

Medusa is a monster in Greek legend, who can turn everyone who sees him into stone with his eyes. Finally, Perseus ground the shield like a mirror, allowing Medusa to see himself and petrify.

"The strange thing should be the orientation of Medusa." Gao Cheng observed.

Perseus on the left is facing Medusa on the right, but Medusa is not facing Perseus...

He stepped forward and tried to move the statue, but found that the statue was tightly connected to the base, felt subtle mechanical movements, and quickly stopped his movements.

Interesting, it is actually an institution.

Gao Cheng's proficient level "Organ" played its role and instantly clarified the situation.

If he guessed correctly, it should be a switch like a secret room and a secret passage. This is not uncommon in the Alien Hall. After all, the owner who built this place had many enemies.

"No way, Kido," Takagi said distressedly when he came back after handing over, "I'm going to go out with the Aomori prefectural police tonight, and the Bupo police are in charge here."

"I see," Gao Cheng nodded, "Let's go eat first."

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