The famous criminal in the world of Conan

Chapter 272 The Body in the Elevator

Time soon came to evening.

Conan turned back into Kudo Shinichi and brought Xiaolan to a high-end hotel as he wished.

Kudo Shinichi listened to Hakumasong's advice and used his father Kudo Yusaku's gold card to purchase a private room where he would not be disturbed.

In addition to him, the entire team protecting Detective Date A Live is also in place.

Bai Masong came to the banquet hall of this high-end hotel, where a small company team-building event would be held tonight. It was also the place with the largest flow of people tonight.

As we all know, cases are likely to occur in places with high traffic.

The purpose of Bai Masong's trip is to prevent problems before they happen. Once a case occurs, he will solve it at the speed of light and not let the case disturb their date.

Sitting at the table in the banquet hall, Bai Masong looked at the time with one hand and held the headset with the other, calling out in a low voice,

"Hattori, Ai-chan, Doctor, how are your preparations going?"

"Brother Song, your sister and I are already in place."

Hattori Heiji's voice came from the headset.

He and Haibara Ai were now sitting two rooms next to where Kudo Shinichi and Xiaolan were dating.

During this trip, Haibara Ai's main task is to recover Conan, who is about to become smaller after the effect of the drug wears off.

And Hattori Heiji, his task is to be the sway man.

That is to say, he is on standby and ready to act. If Haibara Ai needs help, he will go to help. If Hakuba Song is difficult to deal with, he will also go to solve the case.

"I don't have any problem on my end either."

Dr. Agasa was sitting in the car outside the hotel, talking somewhat boredly.

His task is to provide support. Once Conan becomes small and is in any danger, he will immediately pull Conan away.

After hearing everyone's responses, Bai Masong said calmly into the headset,

"Okay, everyone, proceed according to the original plan."

"clear."

"OK."

"receive."

.......................................

An hour passed.

In order to continue sitting here, Bai Masong ordered something symbolically.

He shook the red wine glass in his hand and heard the conversation between the people at the next table.

"Something happened. I heard someone died in the elevator."

"Did you call the police?"

"I must have called the police."

"I heard that he used a pistol."

"Ah? Is gun control so lax now?"

"Hey, you know what, it seems like the one who died is our president."

"Ah? How could that be? Wasn't the president still with us earlier?"

"I do not know."

......

Well, something really happened.

Bai Masong showed a helpless look on his face, but also a look of being prepared.

He put down the wine glass in his hand, asked everyone where the crime occurred, and walked towards that place.

Not long after, Bai Masong arrived at the crime scene.

When he arrived here, the area around here had been cordoned off by the police.

Looking inside through the gaps in the crowd, as expected, Inspector Megure was inside with Shiratori Rensaburo and Takagi Wataru.

Perhaps Inspector Megure and Hakuba Song had a tacit understanding. When Hakuba Song looked at him, he also happened to look over here.

"Brother Bai Ma!"

When Inspector Megure saw this, he was immediately very happy.

I was just worried that no one would solve the case after Brother Hakuba returned home, and now he has come so well. This is great news for Inspector Megure.

Bai Masong also squeezed into the crowd and then crossed the cordon.

Officer Megure grabbed Hakuba's hand and said with a little enthusiasm,

"Brother Bai Ma, why are you here today?"

"I made an appointment with Hattori Heiji to have a meal, and we just happened to run into this situation."

Bai Masong said in a flat voice.

This was the explanation he had discussed with Hattori Heiji and others.

Of course, it’s not used to deal with Inspector Megure.

Instead, he was thinking that if something went wrong with Kudo Shinichi during the date and he turned back into a human, Hattori Heiji would rush in to pick him up.

The excuse he used was that he and Bai Masong came here to eat, and happened to see the two of them, so he thought of coming over to say hello, and then he used the excuse that they had something going on between men to borrow Kudo Shinichi away for a while.

In order to unify the tone, Bai Masong also used this reason at this time.

"Oh, that's such a coincidence."

Inspector Megure smiled.

Of course, he actually had some other thoughts in his mind.

He was thinking whether Brother Bai Ma had encountered a little too many cases recently. The previous times it could be attributed to the fact that he and Brother Maori came together, but this time Brother Maori did not come, and it was only him.

Otherwise, can you introduce to Brother Bai Ma some temples that he often visits?

When Inspector Megure thought of this, he shook his head and tried not to think about these random things.

"Takagi, please brief Inspector Hakuba on the situation at the scene."

Inspector Megure thought that there was still important work to do, so he immediately instructed Takagi Shigeru.

"OK,"

Takagi Shigeru took out his police handbook, looked at it and said,

"Inspector Hakuba, the deceased this time is Taiji Tatsumi, he is 58 years old and the president of an amusement equipment company."

As he said this, he pointed to three people nearby.

"The three people who found the body are all employees of Taiji Tatsumi's company. They were planning to take the elevator back to the company to get some things they forgot to take, but who knew they would find the body like this."

"What do you mean by the things you forgot to take?"

Bai Masong asked casually.

"They said the things they forgot to take were bouquets for a party. The reason they said was that today was the 20th anniversary of their company and they were holding a party here, so they needed these bouquets."

"According to the investigation, their companies are located on the 24th to 36th floors of this hotel, a total of 13 floors."

"Um,"

Bai Masong nodded.

"It seems that the company is doing well."

Being able to rent 13 floors of office space in such a high-end hotel for office use means that the business must be in very good condition.

"Yes,"

Takagi Wataru said affirmatively,

"The old employees of the company all said that their president has always been known for his decisiveness in business. Since he founded the company 20 years ago, the company's finances have continued to thrive. He is a very capable person."

Takagi Wataru and Hakuba Matsu chatted for a while, then talked back.

"The elevator where the body was found was actually their company's dedicated elevator."

Hearing this, Inspector Megure couldn't help but ask,

"Why is the president here at this time? Shouldn't he be celebrating with everyone in the banquet hall?"