Chapter 603 The Disappearing Weapon
Everyone stood at the door of their respective rooms. Yuya, Inspector Megure, and Takagi Wataru began their investigation from Box No. 1.
The guest in Box No. 1 is the white-haired Kunio Tamai.
Kunio Tamai came here to sing after fishing.
Yuya's eyes lit up: "Mr. Tamai likes fishing?"
Tamai Kunio was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, but..."
Yuya excitedly held his hand and said, "I also like fishing. Can we discuss our experience sometime?"
Kunio Tamai had a confused expression on his face and subconsciously looked at Inspector Megure.
Inspector Megure coughed forcefully and squinted at Yuya: "Brother Kamiya..."
Youya touched his head embarrassedly: "Sorry, I was a little excited when I met someone like you..."
The other people who had been watching this side all showed speechless expressions.
Miyano Shiho curled her lips and said, "I can't catch any fish again..."
Mao Lilan smiled awkwardly: "Don't say that, I heard that the important thing about fishing is not the result, but the process of fishing..."
Miyano Shiho smiled disdainfully: "It's just the sophistry of the air force guys."
In Box No. 1, Yuya's expression suddenly changed when he saw Takagi Wataru open the fishing box, revealing several big fish inside.
Takagi Wataru exclaimed: "We caught a lot of fish!"
Tamai Kunio explained somewhat awkwardly: "Actually, most of these are fish bought in supermarkets."
"Huh?" Inspector Megure and Takagi Wataru looked at him in surprise, but Yuya had an expression that said "I understand".
Kunio Tamai explained: "Actually, my fishing rod accidentally fell into the river while I was fishing, but I promised my family that I would catch a lot of fish, so..."
Yuya: ...I feel betrayed by my fellow fishermen.
Inspector Megure opened the box containing the fishing rod and found it was empty.
Tamai Kunio continued, "If I go back too early, my family will definitely get suspicious, so I come here to kill time and go back when it's almost time."
There was nothing in the items that could be used as a blunt weapon. As for the fish, if they were frozen, they could kill people, but there was no ice or blood in the fishing box, and the fish were still alive, so these fish could not be used as weapons.
Next is Box No. 2.
Kyota Honma said that the company was about to hold a karaoke competition, so he came here to practice singing. He was afraid of being embarrassed by being seen by his colleagues, so he deliberately found a store far away from the company.
Inspector Megure's eyes fell on a pack of cigarettes on the table and he picked it up: "You bought a whole pack?"
Honma Kyouta said: "Yes, I am a heavy smoker..."
"Excuse me, let me take a look." Inspector Megure said as he poured out all the cigarettes. After a careful look, he shook his head and said, "Cigarettes really aren't considered blunt instruments."
Yuya glanced at the other items on the table, and there was nothing that could be used as a blunt weapon.
Next was Box No. 3 where Yuya and the others were. Again, there was nothing that could be used as a blunt weapon except for two maraschinos.
Watching Takagi Wataru playing with the maracas, Inspector Megure couldn't help but lower his eyes: "Well, this thing can't kill anyone..."
Finally, we arrived at Box No. 4 of Arimoto Kenji, and there was nothing similar except bottled Coke.
However, there was no sign of the Coke having been frozen, so it could not be used as a weapon.
In this way, all the boxes were checked, and nothing was found that could be used as a blunt object to kill someone.
At this time, Chiba came back with the developed photos.
"Inspector, something unexpected was found in the deceased's camera."
"Something unexpected?"
Chiba spread the photo on the table. Yuya glanced at it and his eyes narrowed involuntarily.
Suzuki Sonoko next to her shouted in panic: "What's going on? Why are all the photos of us? It's so disgusting!"
Ran Mouri and Shiho Miyano also showed expressions of disgust. Anyone would feel uncomfortable knowing that they were being secretly photographed, right?
Conan and Yuya exchanged glances: "It seems that this person is indeed not from the FBI. If he is here to monitor and protect Hondou Eisuke, there is no need to take photos like this. Moreover, most of the main shots of these photos are on Suzuki Sonoko."
Conan whispered: "It seems that your guess is correct. This person is very likely the kidnapper."
Considering that Suzuki Sonoko is the daughter of a wealthy family, it is more likely that this man is a kidnapper.
Others couldn't help but talk about it: "It seems that this matter has nothing to do with us."
You Yuan Kenzhi said: "Indeed, I don't even know what this person looks like."
The other two said they felt the same way.
Inspector Megure said: "So, even if you passed by the deceased, you wouldn't know who he was?"
Honma Kyouta agreed and said, "Even if I run into him, it would be in the corridor or the bathroom at most, but so far I have only seen these people here."
Tamai Kunio agreed very much, pointing at Hondou Eisuke and saying loudly: "After all, the most suspicious person is that boy! He found out that he was being followed, and he killed the person in anger!"
Hondou Eisuke was shocked: "It wasn't me, I didn't kill him!"
Suzuki Sonoko was very dissatisfied. She grabbed the photos on the table and pushed them in front of Tamai Kunio and said, "What are you talking about? Look carefully, the protagonist of these photos is me! Not this rustic high school boy!"
Hondou Eisuke was speechless for a moment. He didn't know whether Suzuki Sonoko was speaking for him or saying that he was unsophisticated.
"This..." Tamai Kunio was speechless, but immediately argued, "But, if you don't look at the photo, you don't know who the deceased was following, right? Maybe the boy thought that person was following him?"
"You!" Suzuki Sonoko was furious. She waved her hand excitedly and several photos fell out.
One of them happened to fall at Kyota Honma's feet, and Conan bent down to pick it up.
Kunio Tamai complained to Inspector Megure: "Inspector, it's about time you let us go, right? It's already 7:30 and my family is still waiting for me..."
Seeing that Conan picked up the photo, Kyouta Honma didn't care and took a few steps forward to agree, "Yes, Inspector, it's getting late."
On this side, Youya picked up other photos and scanned the ground. He happened to see Kyota Honma's walking posture and was stunned.
At the same time, Conan's eyes were fixed on Kyota Honma's left foot.
The two looked at each other and saw the same speculation in each other's eyes.
Youya thought about it for a moment, and an idea suddenly came to his mind. His eyes quickly fell on the vending machine at the end of the corridor.
He walked over and looked it up and down, and indeed found what he wanted.
Conan walked up to him, lowered his head slightly, and a ray of light reflected from his glasses: "It seems that our speculations are consistent again?"
Yuya's mouth curled up slightly: "Ah, the murderer is that person."
The two men looked down at the same time and said in unison: "As for the murder weapon, I guess that was used, right?"
After saying that, the two looked at each other and smiled as if they had seen through the truth.
Yuya put his hands in his pockets, walked up to Inspector Megure and said, "Inspector, I think I know the truth of the case."
Inspector Megure was shocked. I have no clues yet, and you already know the truth? He subconsciously said, "You know it again? No..." Realizing that he had said something wrong, he quickly pretended to cough and asked, "So, brother Kamiya, who is the murderer?"
The others also looked at Yuya, their faces showing anxiety but also some anticipation.
Yuya smiled faintly: "That's right."
Inspector Megure's eyes narrowed, and he said in a deep voice: "Brother Kamiya, who is the murderer?"
Yuya glanced at everyone, and finally stopped at a certain person. He slowly raised his hand and pointed at him firmly: "The murderer is you, Mr. Honma Kyouta!"
"What?" Everyone subconsciously looked at Kyota Honma.
Honma Kyouta's face was panicked for a moment, and he said with an ugly expression: "Ah? You said I'm the murderer? Please, I haven't even seen the deceased, why would I kill him?"
Yuya pinched his chin and said, "Although I don't know what grudges there are between you, but considering that he might be a kidnapper...it's very likely that someone around you was kidnapped by him and was killed, right?"
Kyouta Honma's face suddenly changed.
Inspector Megure interrupted and said, "Wait a minute, Kamiya, let's not talk about this matter for now. I want to ask about the murder weapon. There was no object in Mr. Honma's box that could be used as a blunt weapon, right?"
Yuya smiled faintly: "Of course, because the murder weapon was indeed a blunt instrument when the murder was committed, but after the murder, it changed its form and disappeared."
"But, at this moment, it is still in this karaoke shop."
Inspector Megure frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly said, "I know, it's that bottle of carbonated drink, right? As long as the drink inside is frozen into ice cubes, it can be used as a blunt weapon to kill people!"
Arimoto Kenji showed a panicked expression: "Police, Police Chief, please stop talking nonsense!"
Yuya waved his hand and said, "Wrong answer, Inspector Megure. Mr. Arimoto left the room at 18:05, and we checked the box at 19:30. With air conditioning, an hour and a half is not enough for the ice in the drink bottle to melt, and the plastic bottle did not deform."
"Eh?" Inspector Megure blinked his eyes. Did he guess wrong? Feeling a little embarrassed, Inspector Megure asked impatiently, "So what is the missing murder weapon you mentioned?"
Yuya raised his eyebrows: "In fact, Inspector Megure should also have this murder weapon on him."
"Ah?" Inspector Megure was confused. He knew that he couldn't have a murder weapon on him. Brother Kamiya must be referring to something else. "What are you talking about?"
"It's not just Inspector Megure. I think everyone here should be wearing one," Yuya glanced at everyone and received a lot of puzzled expressions.
Yuya smiled, fumbled in his pocket for a while and took out something, then opened his palm in front of Inspector Megure: "This is it."
Inspector Megure was stunned: "Coin?"
When Yuya heard that the murder weapon was a coin, the people around him showed funny expressions.
You Yuan Kenzhi laughed and asked directly: "Brother, your joke is quite funny. How can a coin kill someone?"
Yuya was not angry at all, instead he smiled and said, "Indeed, if it was just a few coins, it would hurt at most, but what if I said it was dozens or even hundreds of coins?"
"Eh?!" You Yuan Kenzhi was stunned, and the others thought about it and their expressions changed slightly.
Seeing this, Youya smiled and said, "It seems that everyone has figured it out. That's right, if a sufficient number of coins are stacked together, they will become a very heavy copper block. Mr. Arimoto, if it is a copper block, it should be able to kill someone, right?"
You Yuan Kenzhi nodded blankly: "Yes, indeed..."
Takagi Wataru asked, "But who would carry so many coins with them? And we didn't find any when we checked the box just now."
Yuya said: "Of course you can't find it, because the murderer spent the coins after committing the crime."
"Consumed, consumed?" Takagi Wataru was dumbfounded. He suddenly thought of something and turned around to look.
Inspector Megure turned around and looked at the scene. His eyes widened in surprise: "A vending machine that sells cigarettes?!"
But he had other questions: "But what did the murderer put the coin in to commit the crime?"
Yuya said, "The same thing the murderer used, anyone would use."
He looked down at Conan: "Conan, do you remember how Toyama fought off the criminals when Hattori was attacked in Osaka some time ago?"
Conan smiled slightly: "As I remember, Sister Heye put stones in her socks and threw them at the gangster, hitting him on the head."
"Socks?" Inspector Megure frowned.
Yuya smiled slightly and looked at Kyouta Honma with a cold expression: "Am I right, Mr. Honma?"
Inspector Megure raised a question: "But, other people also have socks, right? Why do you only suspect Mr. Honma?"
Yuya smiled faintly: "Because I noticed that his walking posture was slightly awkward, and then I observed his shoes and found that his left foot was obviously swollen compared to his right foot. I guess he wore the socks used to wrap coins on his feet to hide the bloodstains left after the crime."
Inspector Megure looked down but didn't find any difference, so he had to bend down and check it himself, and found that it was exactly as Yuya said.
He said with some emotion: "As expected of Brother Shen Gu, you can even see such a subtle difference."
Yuya smiled slightly, "Sharp observation is the most basic quality of a detective."
“After killing the victim, Mr. Honma rushed to the vending machine and exchanged all the coins for cigarettes.
In that case, he probably didn't have time to clean the coins one by one, and there should be a lot of coins stained with the deceased's blood and Mr. Honma's fingerprints, which would be enough to serve as irrefutable evidence of his murder."
Inspector Megure looked at Kyouta Honma with a sullen face: "Were you lying when you said you didn't know the deceased?"
Honma Kyota was silent, and Yuya said, "Of course, if he had never seen the deceased, how could he say that he could only meet in the corridor and the bathroom? Doesn't this mean that he knew very well that the deceased was a man?"
Honma Kyouta gritted his teeth and sighed after a long while: "How could I forget the face of that kidnapper!"
"Kidnapper?" Everyone looked surprised.
Youye was also stunned. He didn't expect that he had guessed it right. The deceased was a kidnapper.
A year ago, the deceased kidnapped Kyota Honma's four-year-old son. After learning that Kyota Honma had called the police, he became resentful and killed the child.
However, the police did not find the murder weapon, and ultimately could not prosecute due to insufficient evidence.
Kyota Honma suspected that the kidnapper had killed his son in the same way as himself. In order to avenge his son, he followed the kidnapper and finally killed him in this karaoke bar.
Before being tortured away, Honma Kyouta looked at Suzuki Sonoko with emotion: "His next target is you, little girl, right? But you have a friend with such keen observation skills, so I'm sure you can find out in advance."