The famous criminal in the world of Conan

Chapter 322: Underground Wine Cellar Secret Room Solution

"I have identified the murderer. It is Mr. Nonaka Takeo."

Bai Masong said to Hattori Heiji,

Afterwards, he briefly talked about the characteristics of the three suspects. After listening, Hattori Heiji and Conan nodded repeatedly.

"As for the evidence..."

Bai Masong hesitated for a moment, and first asked Hattori Heiji,

“That clothesline should be clean, right?”

Hattori Heiji was stunned for a moment, then reacted.

"Yes, it is clean. If you put it that way..."

Bai Masong also nodded, and then looked at Inspector Megure.

"Officer, did our people find anything when they searched the yard earlier? For example, towels, handkerchiefs, tissues, etc. that were stained with alcohol?"

"Well..."

Inspector Megure is responsible for coordinating the overall situation, but he doesn't care much about these small details.

He called in a forensic police officer.

"When you were in the yard before, did you notice..."

The forensic police officer recalled and shook his head.

"No, we have basically searched the entire yard and found nothing of the kind."

"Yeah......"

Bai Masong narrowed his eyes. If the possibility that all the forensic scientists were rubbish was ruled out, then the thing the murderer used to wipe the clothesline should still be on him.

It doesn’t matter. Even if he threw this thing away, we will definitely find it if we search the villa carefully.

However, if that happened, he would have to teach those idiots in the forensics class a lesson again when he returned.

"Officer Megure, you can call Mr. Nonaka Takeo over now and search him. He is the murderer. The evidence should be a handkerchief or something like that. It is very likely that we can find it on his body."

Inspector Megure was stunned. He didn't expect that Brother Hakuba would solve the problem so quickly this time.

However, it is a good thing that the case can be closed as soon as possible.

He immediately said to Takagi Wataru seriously,

"Takagi, did you hear me? Search Nonaka Takeo immediately. If you find the evidence that Inspector Hakuba mentioned, you can arrest him directly!"

"Yes!"

Takagi Wataru responded and ran out immediately.

Officer Megure couldn't help but ask,

"Brother Bai Ma, how did this secret room come into being? And it turns out that Takeo Nonaka has never entered this villa?!"

"Officer Megure, Mr. Nonaka does not need to enter this villa."

Bai Masong said lightly,

"He could have thrown the body of Mr. Kusaka Shohei directly into this wine cellar through the window."

"Outside the window?"

Inspector Megure looked confused.

Seeing this, Bai Masong said,

"Then let Hattori show you."

"Ah I?"

Hattori Heiji pointed at himself and greeted him.

No, I've just been standing here listening for a while, why do you want me to demonstrate it myself?

Although the technique is simple, it would still hurt if I fell.

"If not you, then who?"

Bai Masong glanced at him coldly, then looked at the people around him.

Hattori Heiji followed Hakuba Song's line of sight and looked around.

Well, he seems to be the most suitable one in this circle.

With Inspector Megure's physique, he's afraid he won't be able to fit through that window. Kogoro Mouri is an old man in his 40s, and he'd probably be in serious trouble if he fell.

Since Xiaolan and Kazuha are girls, they don't dare to let Song Ge demonstrate. Conan is a child and not representative, so Takagi Wataru went out again.

It seems like it’s just... me?

Hattori Heiji looked confused, and then was pulled out from the back by the expressionless Hakuba Song.

Hakubamatsu took Hattori Heiji to the courtyard outside the villa, next to the cellar window.

"Inspector Megure, Mr. Nonaka's method was like this at first."

Bai Masong squatted down and said to Officer Megure inside,

"He first knocked on the window here to attract the attention of Mr. Kusaka Shohei."

"Then, he used some topics that Mr. Kusaka Shohei was interested in to lure him out."

"He killed Mr. Kusaka Shohei with a rope in this courtyard."

"At this point, he would not go back into the house, but would use a certain technique here."

As Hakumasong said this, he took two clotheslines from the side and asked Hattori Heiji to lie on them.

After doing all this, Bai Masong continued to speak towards the wine cellar,

"Mr. Nonaka Takeo's technique is the clothesline. The reason why he knocked on the window to get Mr. Kusaka Shohei to come out was also to keep the window open."

"As long as this window is open, Mr. Nonaka Takeo can use his skills."

"The method is to use two clothes drying poles as support, fix the body like a stretcher, and then carry the body in, like this."

As he spoke, Hakuba Song exerted a little force with both hands and pushed the stretcher made of clothesline by Hattori Heiji into the room.

"Of course, in order to ensure that the stretcher and the body can be connected together, Mr. Nonaka should have used some fixing techniques, such as connecting the body's belt to this clothesline."

Bai Masong added that at this time, Hattori Heiji also sat on his clothesline stretcher and entered the wine cellar.

"boom!"

"Ouch! It hurts!"

Hattori Heiji covered his butt and groaned in pain.

Although his butt was uncomfortable, he felt even more uncomfortable if he didn't reason, so he also spoke up.

"By the way, since the shelves of the wine cellar and the window are on a slope, the clothesline can slide down directly. It doesn't require much strength. It doesn't require a non-human like Brother Song to do it."

"Oh, I see. Then, those broken bottles were also caused by the body tripping when it came down?"

When Inspector Megure saw Hattori Heiji fall to the place where the deceased Kusaka Shohei was originally, he suddenly realized what had happened.

"good."

Hattori Heiji confirmed Inspector Megure's idea.

However, Officer Megure asked again,

"Then how did the window get closed? It wasn't open when we came in."

“This is also very simple.”

Bai Masong's calm voice came from outside the window.

"All you have to do is use a piece of string to hook the window latch from the outside and give it a tug, like this."

Bai Masong said this and demonstrated it with his own hands, and the window was indeed closed.

All of Inspector Megure's doubts were resolved. At this time, Takagi Wataru, who had gone out earlier, also brought back good news - Nonaka Takeo was indeed carrying the handkerchief stained with red wine. Although no one knew why he didn't throw it away, this handkerchief was obviously the most favorable evidence.

Afterwards, as usual, Inspector Megure led the team to withdraw, and everyone else went back home.

Before leaving, Hattori Heiji did not forget to remind Hakuba Matsu,

"Brother Song, don't forget to ask for leave. We're going to the Mermaid Island in two days."

"Can't forget."