stonecrandall Chapter 384: Running Towards Dusk 31
Chapter 384: Running Towards Dusk 31
Everyone saw the red liquid that Nishikawa Mika mentioned in the room of the deceased Yokoyama. The shower was turned on and thrown into the bathtub, causing the water in the bathtub to overflow. There was a lot of red bath additives in the bathtub, so the overflowing water was not diluted, and the red liquid that overflowed on the ground looked very much like the color of blood.
Maori Kogoro thought for a moment and asked, "Did Miss Nishikawa go to Mr. Yokoyama's room again during this period?"
Nishikawa Mika shook her head, "No."
"Why did Miss Nishikawa go to Mr. Yokoyama's room again at around 9:30?" This time it was Hattori Heiji who asked the question.
Nishikawa Mika said softly: "Before this, I had been preparing a midnight snack."
As she spoke, she glanced at Butler Beidao, and the others followed her gaze and looked at Butler Beidao.
Butler Kitajima knew what everyone wanted to hear, so he explained without hesitation, "Originally, Nishikawa and Kokubo were supposed to prepare the midnight snack together, but because it suddenly snowed, I asked Kokubo to be on standby to deal with the game clues outside that were obscured by the snow, and I stayed in front of the surveillance camera to observe."
After hearing the surveillance video again, Akikawa Sarana noticed that everyone else looked very normal. She thought that Butler Kitajima had already explained the surveillance video to them when they went to see the explosion site.
But they don't know that.
Amuro Toru interrupted their conversation, "Surveillance? I heard Mr. Kitajima mention surveillance before. Can you tell me what surveillance is?"
"It's the monitoring of the game clue prompt points."
The speaker was Maori Kogoro. He said to Amuro Toru, "Mr. Kitajima just showed me that the surveillance cameras are all outside the villa, not inside."
"So that's how it is." Amuro Toru nodded and said nothing more.
Butler Kitajima then continued, "It's probably because I called Kokubo away to help Nishikawa, so she had a lot of work to do preparing midnight snacks by herself, so she was a little late."
Mika Nishikawa nodded quickly. That was why she called Mr. Yokoyama at that time.
Amuro Toru held his chin in his hand, "Mr. Kitajima, can I watch that surveillance video again later?"
Butler Kitajima glanced at Maori Kogoro, then nodded, "Okay, Mr. Amuro."
Next, Kogoro Mori took the lead, and Toru Amuro and Heiji Hattori were the assistants. The three of them asked about everyone's timeline. Within the preliminary confirmed time of Seiji Yokoyama's death, everyone had sufficient alibis.
For a moment, the hall fell into silence. Everyone looked at each other, and no one spoke.
After a while, Sakai Kyoko, who had barely spoken except when questioned, spoke up, "Could it be an accident? Mr. Yokoyama woke up and wanted to take a bath, but because he was still drunk, he accidentally drowned in the bathtub."
Seeing that everyone stopped thinking and looked at her, she chuckled, "For example, the bath additive that was poured too much, is it possible that he poured too much because he was not awake yet? And the vomit in and around the bathtub and the overheated bath water..."
She paused deliberately, as if to give everyone time to think, "Is it possible that he choked to death on his own vomit?"
It has been confirmed that Seiji Yokoyama was killed. Neither Toru Amuro nor Conan said anything. It has also been basically confirmed that he killed him. Hattori Heiji wanted to say something, but he suddenly felt something was wrong.
He looked at Conan, who had hardly said a word since he came back. Conan seemed like a real child at this moment, even his eyes were much more childish, which was completely different from his usual performance at the crime scene.
Hattori Heiji was a little confused, and because of this confusion, he stopped what he was about to say.
Kogoro Mori listened to what Kyoko Sakai said. Now they can only roughly confirm that Seiji Yokoyama died of suffocation, but they are not completely sure what the cause of suffocation was, so it is also possible that he died by accident.
Apart from occasionally speaking a few words pretending to ask about something he didn't understand, Conan had been quietly observing those people after returning to the villa, especially the ones he discussed with Akikawa Sarina and Amuro Toru when he came back.
After careful observation, he did find something wrong. Although the other party was very careful, Ochi Eri did occasionally look at Miss Akikawa, especially at the beginning when Miss Akikawa was angry, Ochi Eri had a momentary change of emotion.
He knew what the emotional change in Ochi Eri was at that moment, because he had also been frightened by Miss Akikawa like that, and that look was so much like Gin!
All the situations can be confirmed, that person should be Ochi Eri, as for the rest of the people... Conan, who was standing next to Mao Lilan as a child, glanced at Sakai Kyoko who had just guided Mao Li Kogoro to think in an unexpected direction...
There is definitely something wrong with these people!
If Akikawa Sarana knew what Conan was thinking at this moment, she would immediately applaud Conan. These people really have problems.
As early as when Kogoro Mori just started asking these people for their alibis, Natsuho Niino's investigation materials had already been sent to her.
It was similar to what she had guessed before. The lottery was tampered with this time. Except for Sanyutei Shu, Ling, and Kazuha, the rest of the people were all specially selected.
Yes, even the lottery ticket that Mouri Ran drew this time was manipulated by the backstage. Although Akikawa Sarana felt that with Mouri Ran's luck, she would have won it even without the backstage manipulation.
With this investigation result, based on Akikawa Sarana's understanding of the behavior of those people in the organization, she has figured out who the organization's people are targeting.
The target is Kogoro Mori...
Akikawa Sarana lowered her eyes and took a sip of the black tea that Butler Kitajima and the others had just brought over. She looked at everyone through the surveillance camera.
Susu is already helping her investigate all the information about the people present. She has also asked Susu to contact Morobushi Kagemitsu and tell him what happened here, asking him to protect Kisaki Eri and Dr. Agasa who are still in Tokyo.
No matter what the reason these people continued to investigate Mori Kogoro when they already had Bourbon, it proves one thing: both Bourbon and Mori Kogoro have re-entered the organization's sight.
[Oh, by the way, Hoho, please send another secret email to Vermouth, using the email address I often use to contact her, and tell her that someone is investigating Maori Kogoro again.]
If she and Vermouth act at the same time, they should be able to find out who sent this person.
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After the detectives asked for proof of absence, Akikawa Sarina also received an email reply from Vermouth through Tongzi. Vermouth did not say anything else in the email, but only reminded Akikawa Sarina, "Okay, be careful."
And Akikawa Sarana also knew from this sentence that Vermouth had understood what she meant, and that the word "OK" was a reply to her.
Although she knew before that Vermouth would definitely take action, Akikawa Sarana didn't feel relieved until she saw her say "yes".
No matter what happens in the villa before the snow stops, Belmodei will be there to back her up.
Without any worries, she and Ling can just go ahead and do things.
Black shadow...ha, she must pull this so-called black shadow out of the dark and stinking ditch. She wants to see what it is.
Amuro Toru, who was thinking about the case, noticed the change in his girlfriend. He glanced at everyone in the room, leaned close to her ear and asked, "Are you feeling unwell?"
Akikawa Sarana knew that there would be no more clues here, and she didn't want to stay in this hall any longer. She needed a safe environment to communicate with Zero, so she leaned towards him weakly, "I feel a little uncomfortable, a little headache."
Hearing her say this, Amuro Toru touched Akikawa Sarana's forehead with concern, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, you don't have a fever."
Ran Mouri and Kazuha Toyama also heard the conversation between the two people, and they both looked at Akikawa Sarina with concern, who seemed a little listless.
Although the movement between them was not big, it attracted the attention of others.
Ochi Eri stood up, her tone gentle but full of concern, "Are you feeling unwell, Ms. Akikawa? Can I help you take a look?"
As she spoke, she walked towards them.
Although they guessed that she was the one in the organization, Toru Amuro and Sarina Akikawa did not refuse Eri Ochi to diagnose her.
Conan walked a few steps to the side and stood next to Kogoro Mouri, quietly watching Eri Ochi who was checking Akikawa Sarina's body. At this time, everyone was worried about Akikawa Sarina's condition, so it wouldn't seem too abrupt if he followed suit and stared at her.
Ochi Eri carried a small stethoscope with her. She briefly examined Akikawa Sarana who was leaning against Amuro Toru's arms, and then said to the two people, "It's okay, it should be a cold. Miss Akikawa can take one of the cold medicines in the medicine box in the room. Have a good sleep at night, keep warm, don't catch a cold and avoid fever, you should feel much better tomorrow."
"Okay, thank you, Doctor Ochi." Toru Amuro nodded to Eri Ochi, the worry on his face not diminishing at all. He looked up at Kogoro Mori, "Teacher Mori, I'll take Sarina back to her room to take medicine and rest."
Maori Kogoro nodded to him and told him to take the people back to their rooms and take good care of them. Butler Kitajima also said that he would send hot water to their rooms later.
Toru Amuro directly picked up Akikawa Sarina, who looked very uncomfortable, and before going upstairs, he inadvertently looked at Conan who was standing in a blind spot behind Kogoro Mouri.
After returning to the room and confirming that the room was still safe, Akikawa Sarana got up directly from the bed, completely different from the sickly state she had just been in downstairs.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Although he was sure that the room was safe, Amuro Toru still lowered his voice.
"It's okay. You did such a good job of protecting me from the cold. How could I possibly get sick?"
Akikawa Sarana also lowered her voice. She took out her cell phone, which contained an email she had received not long ago from Niino Natsuho. The email was sent at the time when Akikawa Sarana was pretending to be sick downstairs.
She handed the phone to the person in front of her, and Toru Amuro took the phone and quickly read the email. The messages in the email were basically what Akikawa Sarina asked Niino Natsuho to do during that period of time, and it was changed to what Niino Natsuho did after she found out something was wrong.
Of course, she didn't have to do this, but her previous unconcealed behavior in front of Zero had hinted to Zero that she should still hide her abnormality a little, so this time she asked Tongzi to send this email just as a token of her respect.
After reading it, Toru Amuro smiled faintly, "This way, we have a lot less things to worry about."
"Leave it to me to confront her after you're 100% sure."
Akikawa Sarina told Amuro Toru what she had been thinking before, "I'm going to test who she belongs to."
"Okay, I'll be responsible for notifying Conan." Toru Amuro did not object to Akikawa Sarina's proposal. It would be best for Sarina to do this. If he went, it would seem a bit deliberate.
But he still reminded her worriedly: "Be careful and keep your gun with you."
Akikawa Sarina patted his hands and said, "Don't worry, I not only carry a gun with me, but I also carry the anesthetic needle made by Dr. Agasa. She doesn't look like she is very good at physical skills."
She would never be careless or relax when facing people from the organization. Those who had been betrayed by her in the past should have a deep understanding of this. Although they did not lose their lives, they suffered before falling into the hands of the police.
After finishing the discussion, Toru Amuro got up and took out the cold medicine from the medicine box. At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
Knowing that it should be the butler who had just said he would bring them hot water, Toru Amuro adjusted his facial expression and walked towards the door.
Akikawa Sarana also took this opportunity to lie back on the bed, pretending to rest with her eyes closed.
Toru Amuro opened the door and saw the butler, Mr. Kitajima, at the door. "Mr. Amuro."
Just like in the afternoon, Amuro Toru took the tray from Butler Kitajima at the door. Although it was still a teapot, this time it was filled with hot water. "Thank you, Mr. Kitajima. Thank you for your trouble."
Butler Kitajima shook his head at Amuro Toru, "Mr. Amuro, you are too polite. Do you still want to watch the surveillance again as Mr. Amuro said before?"
Amuro Toru nodded, "I'll go downstairs to find Mr. Kitajima after Sarina takes her medicine and goes to sleep."
"Okay." Butler Bei Dao responded, then said goodbye and left. Before turning around, he casually glanced at the open door and the open medicine box he could see from the door.
Toru Amuro acted as if he didn't see his action. He smiled and the others turned around and left before closing the door.
He opened the teapot and smelled it. After he didn't smell anything wrong, he put the teapot next to the medicine box.