The famous criminal in the world of Conan

Chapter 183 The murderer is among you

"Based on the testimony of Brother Maori and several people present, we preliminarily determined that the victim was pierced in the right lung by some kind of needle-shaped object or cone-shaped object. He has now been sent to the hospital for emergency treatment."

Hakubamatsu listened to what Inspector Megure said and nodded.

He thought silently for a while, then asked Officer Megure,

“Is this power outage man-made?”

Hearing Hakubamatsu's question, Inspector Megure was slightly stunned.

Before he could even open his mouth to speak, Maori Kogoro and Conan answered in unison,

"Yes."

As soon as the words came out, the two looked at each other.

Conan was still thinking, is this the tacit understanding between father-in-law and son-in-law?

Who knew that Maori Kogoro punched Conan on the head again.

"jump!"

"hateful!"

"Don't talk nonsense and cause trouble, little brat!"

Kogoro Maori said viciously.

After this punch, Conan didn't dare to speak and could only look at Kogoro Mouri with a resentful look.

I only heard Maori Kogoro continue to say,

"Cough cough."

"Inspector Baima's guess was correct. This power outage was indeed caused intentionally."

what? !

Inspector Megure had a face full of question marks.

Why didn't you tell me just now?!

Kogoro Mori responded by saying, You didn't ask just now.

Listening to what Kogoro Mori said, Hakuba Matsu thought to himself, it is indeed so.

After all, everything happened in darkness, which means that this might be an environment that the murderer must have prepared for.

From this point of view, the emergence of darkness can only be the intentional control of the murderer.

but......

He has this understanding, but judging from Kogoro Mori's usual performance, he should not be at this level.

Although it is possible that he usually hides his incompetence, there is no need to reveal it in this case.

so......

“Are there any devices left at the scene?”

Hakuba Matsu continued to ask Kogoro Mori.

"Ah? Ah! Yes."

Maori Kogoro was a little surprised, then he reacted and replied,

"At the location of the switch, there was a fishing line with a ring around it. The lower end of the fishing line was connected to a weight. Under the weight, there was a puddle of water."

It turned out to be the case.

Bai Masong thought that it seemed that this device could indeed be used to achieve fixed-point switching.

Maori Kogoro continued,

"The principle of this device is that there is ice under the weight. When the ice melts, the weight of the weight will pull the switch, causing the switch to turn off and the house to lose power."

After he said this, everyone present understood.

Only Conan sneered with disdain.

Damn Uncle Maori!

This is clearly what I told him, but he just kept it to himself!

Conan's expression was seen clearly by Bai Masong.

He was saying, why is Kogoro Mouri so powerful today, he has actually figured out a timing device, it turns out he stole Conan's idea.

but......

Bai Masong thought about it and the birth of this device seemed to indicate one thing.

While Hakuba Matsu was thinking, Inspector Megure had already started questioning Maori Kogoro.

"Brother Maori, who do you think installed this device and attempted to kill Ms. Uemori Michi?"

"Um, well..."

Maori Kogoro thought about it and analyzed seriously,

"Soon after the power outage, everyone heard a window breaking, and the kitchen door was open at the time."

"So, I think the criminals must have invaded here from outside!"

After listening to Kogoro Mouri's analysis, Inspector Megure nodded repeatedly. He was just thinking about responding when he heard what Hakuba Matsu said.

"wrong,"

Bai Masong said lightly,

"I think the murderer is not an outsider, but most likely someone who was in the kitchen at the time."

what? !

Bai Masong's words immediately caused an uproar here.

"W-what do you mean?"

After hearing what Hakuba Matsu said, Yashiro Kazueda thought that he was going to become a suspect and became anxious.

"Are you saying that we want to kill Michi?"

Bai Masong glanced at her coldly and said nothing.

Officer Megure calmed Yashiro Kazue down.

"Ms. Yashiro, please don't worry, we should just investigate now."

Then, Inspector Megure asked Hakuba Matsu,

"Brother Bai Ma, why do you think so?"

"It's simple,"

Bai Masong explained,

"Because of the timer device."

A shutter device?

Everyone was confused, but Conan seemed to understand something.

I only heard Bai Masong continue to say,

"The device only has one purpose, which is to pull the switch on behalf of the criminals."

"Then the question is, why couldn't the criminals pull the switch at that time?"

"Is it possible that he was not in the engine room at the time, or that he was in the kitchen and couldn't get away?"

This this......

Everyone listened to Bai Masong's words and fell into deep thought.

However, Maori Kogoro retorted,

"Matsu-chan, that's not right."

"Is it possible that the criminals from outside set up this timer because they were worried that there would not be enough time to pull the switch?"

"Then, he came to the yard in person, and when the device he had set up was activated, he immediately broke in through the window and assassinated Ms. Mori Michi?"

Kogoro Mori's words suddenly made others feel that they made sense, and others hoped for this result.

After all, if we look at it this way, they can't be the murderers.

"Not too possible,"

Bai Masong shook his head again and denied it.

"If the outside criminals are worried about time, there is a simpler and safer way."

"That is to destroy this power-closing device."

"As long as the criminals destroy it directly and make it unable to recover in a short period of time, they can ensure the smooth progress of their actions."

"This simple method is much easier and more brutal than making a simple timing device and then hiding outside and waiting."

After hearing what Bai Masong said, Inspector Megure frowned.

"It seems that the murderer is very likely to be among those present."

Inspector Megure's final summary words have basically set the tone for the current investigation.

Therefore, everyone present felt insecure and seemed very worried, fearing that the police would mistake them for criminals and arrest them for no reason.

"In that case,"

Bai Masong asked Officer Megure,

"Have you investigated the relationship between these people and the victim?"