Chapter 86 The Perfect Murder in a Closed Room

Chapter 86 The Perfect Murder in a Closed Room

Chapter 86 The Perfect Murder in a Closed Room
"Hello, Kogoro Mori has been invited to visit--"

When I opened the door, I saw Kogoro Mouri standing outside with a cheerful look on his face.

Behind him, there are Xiaolan and Conan.

The reason why the other party appeared here was not because he was invited by Qinghai Chuantang.

Because she herself, in fact, came to visit Mr. "Kikumoto Hisaken" for some purpose.

Hisaken Kikumoto is a best-selling author of suspense and mystery novels.

The writing style is rigorous and meticulous, and one can feel what kind of person this is from the words.

After a brief self-introduction, we had a general understanding of each other.

"I didn't expect you to be the famous 'Sleeping Kogoro'. I've heard a lot about you."

"No, no. I didn't expect that Miss Tang, who looks so young, has already helped solve so many cases. She really has the style of me back then!"

The two of them were praising each other's business, which made people watching on the side feel a little embarrassed.

Conan looked around and asked in surprise, "Why hasn't Mr. Kikumoto come down after so long?"

"Conan!"

Xiaolan scolded quietly, then showed an apologetic expression to everyone: "Sorry, children are prone to being impatient."

Also present were Hisaken Kikumoto's first-grade son Motoshin, his second-grade daughter Yuki, and the maid Tanoizumi.

The two quiet children lowered their heads unconsciously when they heard each other say this.

Xiaolan realized that she had accidentally said the wrong thing and quickly apologized for her behavior.

And he said that what he wanted to express was not what they thought.

"Speaking of which, I also find it a little strange that the master hasn't come for such a long time. Because the master has always been a person with a good sense of time."

"Even breakfast must be served at 7 o'clock every morning, never a minute late or a minute early."

It sounds more like a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder of time concept.

"If that's the case, why don't you go up and call him?"

Facing Conan's question, Yuan Jin, who had been silent for a long time, explained: "Father hates being disturbed when he is reading."

"When I went there before, I was scolded for it."

But, after all, there are guests coming to visit this time.

Even if you are dissatisfied, you must suppress your emotions to avoid an unhappy ending.

The rules of communication between people have always been like this.

"Mr. Kikumoto?"

Tian Liquanmei knocked on the door, but there was no response.

After repeating this several times, Tian Liquanmei asked tentatively: "Mr. Kikumoto, are we coming in?"

I pressed the door handle to open it, but found that the door could not be pushed open and it didn't move at all.

Apparently, it had been locked from the inside.

But why is there no answer?

"I-I'll go get the axe right now!"

Tian Liquanmei was a little panicked, fearing that something unfortunate had happened.

When a small hole as thick as an arm was smashed open, Tian Liquanmei reached in and opened the bolt.

The moment the door was opened, Kogoro Mouri jumped out and stopped everyone.

"Don't move! Call the police immediately!"

The most taboo thing when encountering a case is to destroy and pollute the scene.

This can cause great trouble to the investigation and sometimes even lead people into a dead end.

I saw a pool of blood not far from the door.

In addition, there were bloodstains in front of the bookshelf and in front of the bay window, a total of three places.

Hisaken Kikumoto was lying on a recliner with his eyes closed, looking lifeless.

He had a stab wound near his heart.

The room and the door were locked, and no suspicious persons were seen.

So, this became the legendary impossible crime - murder in a closed room.

"I see."

After listening to everyone's stories, Megure Jusan nodded, but he didn't see anything.

He looked at Maori Kogoro, then put his hands on his shoulders and said solemnly: "With this method, as a detective, Maori brother, you will definitely be able to solve it perfectly and quickly."

"Of course. With me, Kogoro Mori, there is no case that cannot be solved."

After saying this, Kogoro Mouri burst into laughter, looking a little proud.

Indeed, this trick is the most deadly to profilers.

Because you never know why some seemingly unfeasible methods of committing crimes can eventually succeed.

For example, the case that left a particularly deep impression on her: the roller coaster murder case.

"Ah!"

Conan started to act cute again, pointing at the bloodstains on the ground and asking curiously: "Mr. Kikumoto died on the recliner. But why are there three bloodstains in this room?"

Kogoro Mori walked over and slapped him rudely.

"Children should not run around the crime scene!"

Xiaolan caressed his wound tenderly and blew cold air gently, trying to relieve his pain.

Watching this scene, Qinghai Chuantang could somewhat understand why Conan was unwilling to confess his identity to Xiaolan.

But the most important thing is that you will lose your benefits if you confess.
"Inspector Megure."

Gao Mu walked in with a transparent bag in his hand.

Inside was a bloody dagger that was found in the yard.

"It seems that this is the murder weapon."

Megure Jusan said this with certainty, then turned his gaze to Tian Liquanmei and asked, "Ms. Quanmei, have you found any suspicious people in the past few days?"

It is impossible for a little boy in the first grade of junior high school or a little girl in the second grade to commit a crime.

If Tian Liquanmei committed the crime, the police would suspect her first, which is too risky.

So the answer is obvious.

There must have been an outsider who came and killed Kento Kikumoto because of some dispute or reason.

As the saying goes: competitors are enemies.

Therefore, the murderer is most likely someone in the same industry.

The above is Megure Jusan’s inner speculation.

"A suspicious person?"

Tian Liquanmei thought about it carefully and nodded: "Come to think of it, when I was watering the flowers yesterday, I saw a tall woman walking out of the house."

"But her hair was too long and she was wearing a hat, so I couldn't see her face clearly."

Kogoro Mori seemed to have discovered some new world.

"In that case, the murderer must be that strange woman!"

Megure Jusan said with a blushing face: "But, Maori brother. If the murderer was her, she should have been discovered yesterday."

"You know, this morning, Mr. Kikumoto's son went to see him and was scolded."

Although there were some mistakes, it was nothing for Kogoro Mori.

So there was no embarrassment on his face, but instead he had a serious expression.

He said seriously: "Inspector Megure, of course I know. I am doing this just to show my fans how to eliminate wrong answers."

It's just like a multiple-choice question in math.

Although it is a headache, you must first eliminate the obvious errors, and then eliminate them one by one to find the final correct answer.

"F-fans?"

Megure Jusan and Takagi both showed surprised expressions, "Are you saying that Miss Tang is your fan?"

"Yes."

Qinghai Chuantang nodded and admitted with a smile: "My admiration for Mr. Mao Li is like the endless flow of the river."

Hearing this, Kogoro Mori was very satisfied, but he couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

I didn’t expect that although I am no longer a teenager, I am still charming.

Let others be impressed by your charm and fall into your talent.

Sure enough, sometimes it is a sin for a man to be too outstanding.

Looking at Kogoro Mouri laughing triumphantly at the side, Conan couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth: I didn't see any admiration on her face at all.

Takagi was about to say something but stopped himself, not knowing whether he should remind her to have less contact with Mr. Mori.

Otherwise, you will be haunted by death.
"Inspector Megure."

"What's wrong, Maori brother?"

Megure Jusan was a little confused. "Could it be that you have figured out the method of the locked room murder? But, shouldn't you fall asleep before solving a case every time?"

This made Megure Juzo deeply suspicious of the other party's reasoning.

Just like when we worked together before, he was always good at leading cases into a maze.

But when "Sleeping Kogoro" appears, his logical thinking is always clear, and every time he can make the murderer confess his guilt willingly.

"No, Memu Police Department."

Kogoro Mouri walked to the bay window and looked up.

"Although this secret room looks perfect, the technique is actually very simple."

Although the windows were locked, there was a crack in the skylight.

Megure Jusan immediately understood what he meant.

"Brother Maori, are you trying to say that the murderer escaped through the skylight? However, the gap is so small that even a child could not have passed through."

"of course not."

Maori Kogoro turned around and looked at everyone, revealing a confident smile: "The murderer. No, the mastermind, I should say, she is not here."

"Although she did kill someone, it was an indirect murder. That's right, the murderer was actually a monkey!"

Gao Mu was stunned and deeply puzzled.

"Monkey, monkey?"

"That's right!"

Maori Kogoro explained: "Ordinary monkeys may not be able to do all this." But trained monkeys can understand what people mean. "

"Let a well-trained monkey do the killing on my behalf. Plus, I have an alibi, so I won't be suspected anyway."

"After killing Mr. Kikumoto, the monkey escaped through the skylight, and then, as if in a provocation, dropped the dagger in the yard."

"The purpose is obvious, which is to tell us, 'Even if I put the murder weapon in front of you, you can't catch me.'"

"Without sufficient evidence, the police naturally cannot arrest him."

"So, the real mastermind accomplished the impossible crime - the perfect crime!"

Conan thought speechlessly: Isn't this the technique used in Pavly Yat's short story, "Silent Perfection"?

"Amazing! You are worthy of being Mr. Maori!"

Qing Haichuantang smiled and clapped his hands, "In fact, I think it might be okay for a parrot to kill someone. In the mystery novelist Uchida Goro's "The Sound of the Organ at No. 13", this technique was used."

Kogoro Mori nodded approvingly and hit it off with him immediately.

"As expected of Miss Tang, your ideas are exactly the same! In fact, I think that if we wrap tape around the dagger and let the goat eat it, it would be a perfect method of committing a crime!"

Xiaolan looked at the conversation between the two and felt very confused.

"Strange, why do the two of them seem to get along so well as soon as they meet?"

The two of them are actually just praising each other in business.

But Conan didn't say this.

The goat thing, I remember it was mentioned in a mystery novel, but I forgot which one it was.

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(End of this chapter)