Chapter 675: Impossible Crime Committed by a Witch?

Chapter 675: Impossible Crime Committed by a Witch?

During the meditation, no other discoveries were made, so Kogoro Mori and his companions came to Yoshiki Hirasaka's room again.

Youya was standing at the door, watching the forensic officer busy inside.

"Brother Kamiya, what's the situation?" asked Inspector Megure.

"Inspector Megure, you are here? Did you find anything during meditation?" Yuya asked.

Inspector Megure shook his head: "At present, it seems that the room is a perfect secret room. There is no useful information yet."

Youye curled his lips. There can't be a perfect secret room in this world. As long as it is man-made, there will be traces left.

He glanced at Conan, who also shook his head calmly.

You couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Although Conan was a little worse than himself, even he didn't find any clues. It seemed that the murderer was well prepared this time.

Inspector Megure interrupted and said, "Okay, Kamiya, let's leave that side alone for a while. Have you found anything here?"

He glanced around the room and immediately noticed the large amount of shredded paper at the door: "What is this?"

Yuya explained, "These are the posters of Miss Xiao Huang that we used in the séance last night. There were about a dozen of them, but as you can see, they have all been torn into pieces."

Inspector Megure couldn't help but frowned: "Was it done by the murderer? But why would he do such a thing..."

Youye spread his hands and said that he didn't know either, but it was most likely related to the method of murder. If it was just to vent anger or something like that, there was no need to go to this extent.

Inspector Megure: "So, this room is also a secret room?"

Yuya nodded and pointed to the door hinges and the crowbar on the ground: "Yes, I kicked the door at that time, but it was quite strong and did not fall down. Later, Mr. Park Zhimu brought a crowbar. I was worried that it would destroy the evidence, so I didn't continue to kick the door and used the crowbar instead."

Inspector Megure lowered his eyes and complained: "Why didn't you consider destroying the scene when you kicked for the first time?"

Yuya touched his head embarrassedly: "Ahaha, isn't this an emergency? What if Mr. Ryosaka can still be saved... And I control the angle of my power, so even if the door is kicked open, it will only hit the wall and won't destroy the layout of the room..."

Inspector Megure glanced at him: "Then you are quite amazing..."

"It's okay, it's okay."

"I'm not complimenting you!"

Inspector Megure sighed and asked Chiba Kazunobu in the room: "Have you found out the cause of death?"

Chiba Kazunobu trotted over and said, "It should be cyanide poisoning. It probably got mixed into the red wine. We need to run tests to find out the details."

"Where's the key?"

Chiba Kazunobu looked at the table in the corner of the room: "I have searched the room, but still found nothing. Now there is only that place left..."

A forensic officer walked to the table, opened the drawer, searched inside, and found two keys under a book.

After testing, one of them was confirmed to be the key to this room.

Inspector Megure nodded slightly: "The other key should be the padlock of the meditation room, right? Chiba, go check it immediately."

"Yes!" Chiba Kazunobu took another key to confirm.

Youya looked at the key and said, "This key looks like it was made in a foreign country. It's quite difficult to copy it in China. It's likely that there is only this one."

He squatted down and checked the door lock, and said, "It looks like this door lock requires a key whether it is locked from the inside or from the outside.

In addition, the windows were locked and had iron decorative panes on the outside, so there was no way to leave without destroying them.

As for the ventilation fan on the door, it can only be opened about 10 centimeters, so the only entrance and exit to the room is this door, and the key is in the drawer, and even the drawer is locked.

That is to say…”

Inspector Megure replied in a deep voice: "Is this room also a secret room? Where is the rope? Is it the weapon that strangled Akiko Utakura?"

The forensic officer said, "Although it still needs a detailed examination, it should be the murder weapon."

Maori Kogoro suddenly laughed: "I see, I already know the method of this secret room very well!"

"What?" Inspector Megure, including Yuya and Conan, all looked at Kogoro Mouri in surprise.

Maori Kogoro: "It's very simple. The murderer of Akiko Utakura is Mr. Hirasaka. After committing the crime, he came back here, locked the door and key, and then drank the poisoned red wine..."

Inspector Megure suddenly realized: "I see, this is indeed possible."

Maori Kogoro added proudly: "Maybe the murderer who killed the editor half a month ago was also Mr. Hirasaka."

Yuya immediately objected: "But didn't Kira leave a message at the scene? And today too..."

Maori Kogoro said disdainfully: "That must have been sent by Hirasaka-sensei using Ms. Akiko's text message, just to make everyone think that the characters in the movie have come to reality and then commit murders one after another."

Yuya said with empty eyes: "Then there is no need to set up this room as a secret room, right?"

Maori Kogoro raised a finger and said, "His work is called Black Magic Girl, right? The main character, the witch, is also called KIRA. The KIRA in the message must also be referring to that witch. He wanted to set up the scene to look like an impossible crime committed by a witch using magic!"

Yuya frowned slightly. This reasoning made sense to some extent, but: "So, has Uncle Kogoro figured out the secret room technique between meditations?"

Maori Kogoro's proud look froze for a moment: "This... this..."

Yuya said with empty eyes: "Also, if the murderer is really Mr. Hirasaka, what is the motive for the murder?"

Maori Kogoro choked and said with his eyes wide open: "Only Mr. Hirasaka has the key to the padlock. We saw him lock the door after the séance with our own eyes, so he is the only one who can enter the meditation room."

Yuya curled his lips and pinched his chin in thought.

Assuming that Kogoro Mori's reasoning is correct, Hirasaka Yoshiki is really the murderer and committed suicide, but why did he need to set up the room as a secret room?

Even if you want to set it up as a secret room, wouldn't it be more convenient to keep the key on you? Why do you have to put it in a drawer and lock it?

and···

Yuya glanced at the ground, and the torn posters made him more concerned.

Yuya's intuition told him that there must be some connection between these unreasonable things.