Rebirth of Conan as a Detective

Chapter 1136 Red beard santa

The night snow is blowing, and hotel guests either go to the town to experience the Christmas atmosphere or stay in the room to solve the mystery. However, as time goes by, the lights in the hotel room are turned off. Only the theater hall where the crime was discovered has a police vigil.

This night was very special, until late at night, the members of the troupe could not fall asleep.

“Jingle Bell!”

The phone rang in the room of the script writer Yukio Hongkawa.

“What? It turned out to be you,” Hongchuan Yukio smiled triumphantly when he heard the voice on the other side of the phone, smoking a cigarette, “What? Have you finally figured it out? Don’t worry, that old witch is gone, I will take care of you in the future. …”

The cold wind in the small town late at night, Hongchuan Yukio walked to the swimming pool behind the hotel tightly wrapped in his coat, shaking with cold.

“What are you thinking of when you call me to such a place?”

Hongchuan found a place to take shelter from the wind, looking at the icy swimming pool in front of him, his thoughts drifted to other places.

Soon you will be able to roll the sheets in the warm quilt. It is not easy to wait for this day. The death of that guy in Bandai is still a bit good…

…

In the early morning of the next day, Gao Cheng was awakened by a loud noise. He looked at the garden where he was still sleeping on the bed, and then at the blanket he was wearing.

After coming back last night, he had been searching for relevant information about the Aprodi Theatre Company on the Internet, and unknowingly fell asleep in a chair…

Christmas Eve is the day after tomorrow, and then he and Yuanzi will return to Tokyo. There is not much time left for him, so the case must be resolved as soon as possible.

“What’s wrong outside?” Yuanzi rubbed his eyes and sat up and stretched out in a daze.

“It seems to be the police again…”

Gao Cheng went to the window and opened the curtains.

I don’t know when the pool was surrounded by police officers. A corpse was floating on the water among the broken ice. The forensics staff was conducting the final evidence collection. Many other residents also discovered this scene, and they were at a loss. Taken.

“Isn’t the episode of Mysterious Night performed last night? This…”

“Is it a real incident?”

“terrible……”

The atmosphere of the Ijinkan Hotel finally changed, and the reasoning fans who were keen on solving puzzle games before involuntarily converged.

The one killed in the swimming pool was the troupe scripter, who dominated the entire troupe together with Bandai Suzue, and had a mysterious relationship with Yukio Hongkawa.

Police at Bupo Mingmei lit a cigarette at the scene and frowned at the few remaining members of the troupe who had heard the news: “Didn’t you let you stay in your room? How could he come to this place?”

“No, I don’t know…”

Wenyue Hualien bit her lower lip and stopped talking.

“Forget it, it has nothing to do with you,” Bupo Mingmei shook her head, “Hongchuan even our police deliberately avoided…”

Gao Cheng stood on the periphery, observing the scene through the forensics staff, and found a card on the corpse of the swimming pool with a red beard Santa Claus head painted on it.

I don’t know what it means, but judging from the police’s expression, it should be left by the prisoner.

Leaving his name on the scene of the murder seemed to be related to the reason why the police came to the foreign museum.

“I’m really sorry, guests who haven’t eaten breakfast yet, we have already prepared breakfast in the restaurant, please taste…”

In the inner courtyard of the hotel, the gray-haired owner Yukumura Kouzao came forward to personally receive the tourists who were talking about it.

Obviously, the Mystery Night event cannot continue. Many guests have packed their luggage and are ready to leave. No one wants to be really involved in the murder case.

When Gao Cheng walked into the restaurant, he only heard the clash of tableware. The chatters lowered their voices and whispered, appearing extremely cautious.

I vaguely heard someone mentioning Santa Claus with a red beard. The man was a former resident of the Alien Hall. He was quite famous in the neighborhood because he was wrapped in bright red clothes all over his body, and even his hair and beard were dyed red. It appeared on Christmas Eve again, and it was called “Red Beard Santa”.

The weirdest thing is that this red-bearded Santa appeared 10 years ago and then spent 10 million yen to buy a room in the hotel, Room 315.

Room 315?

Gao Cheng thought that the room where Sakata Kojiro lived was 315, but he scanned the restaurant but did not see Sakata.

This high school detective should have known about Santa Claus with a red beard from the beginning, right?

There are only 4 actors left in the troupe, and they are gloomy and see the devil, Wenyue Hualien, and the puppeteer and the clown.

Among these people, only Wenyue Hualien looks normal, and the others are not very good at communicating…

Gao Cheng’s eyes fell on the beautiful actress Wen Yue Hualien who was alone in the corner.

Wenyue Hualien’s complexion didn’t look very good, it seemed like she hadn’t slept all night, she would hold the spoon and don’t know what she was thinking, even Gao Cheng approached her without paying attention.

“Miss Hualien,” Gao Cheng asked, “Can I sit here?”

“Huh?” Wenyue Hualien raised her head, looked at Gao Cheng’s familiar face and said in a daze.

“I came from Tokyo specifically to watch your performance,” Gao Cheng introduced himself, “My name is Okita Soji.”

“You, hello,” Wenyue Hualien didn’t seem to be very good at communication, she smiled reluctantly and lowered her head, her voice softly said, “Sorry, let you down…”

“No, Miss Hualien’s performance was great, and this time the matter has nothing to do with you, Miss Hualien.”

Gao Cheng observed Wenyue Hualien carefully while talking.

On the police side, Wenyue Hualien became the biggest suspect, because both the motive and the time for the crime were quite sufficient.

In addition to being often bullied by Bandai, Wenyue Hualien was also coveted by Hong Chuan, which was indeed suspicious in theory, but because of this, Gao Cheng felt that Wenyue Hualien was the least suspicious.

Judging from the two cases that have occurred, the murderer must have been conspired by Zhou. If Wenyue Hualien is the murderer, there is no reason for the police to be so suspicious.

No matter how bold the criminals are, they should find a way to divert the attention of the police before committing crimes.

“Actually,” Wenyue Hualien said embarrassedly, “I have already planned to give up being an actress…”

“Hey?” Gao Cheng said in amazement, “You are already very famous now? Even if you don’t stay in the troupe, going out to make a movie is a way out.”

“No,” Wenyue Hualien shook her head, “I was not good at showing up in front of people. The reason why I joined the troupe is also because…”

“because?”

“Because of something.”

Facing Gao Cheng’s probing eyes, Wenyue Hualien stopped talking and did not continue.

No matter how good temperament it is, it is impossible to talk to the people who have just met.

Gao Cheng expressed his understanding Although “Cowboy” has related idioms, it is out of fashion. He doesn’t like to dig others’ privacy, so he changed the subject and asked, “Does Hualien hate Ms. Bandai? The relationship does not seem to be particularly good…”

“No. Teacher, she is just like that before every performance,” Wenyue Hualien denied. “I was originally an orphan. I was raised by Teacher Bandai. The teacher is like my mother. She is actually very gentle. of.”

Gao Cheng recalled the old witch-like face of Bandai Suzue.

Why doesn’t it seem to be related to gentleness…

“You should…” Wenyue Hualien took a peek at Gao Cheng, paused, and asked hesitantly, “Isn’t it Okita?”

“Why do you ask?” Gao Cheng wondered.

“I saw Okita before when I went to perform in Kyoto,” Wenyue Hualien bit her lip, moistened her eyes, and seemed to be determined. She looked at Gao Cheng expectantly and asked, “Detective Joto, I know you are that famous detective. Kaohsiung City, please, please catch the murderer of the teacher!”

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