Chapter 389 Stealing from the Kitchen (Ch 389)

Hearing what Asahi Katsuyoshi said, Shijing Lihua smiled. Let Uncle Asahi owe the master a favor? It sounds good.

So Lihua smiled and said, “Of course, I am willing to be your witness.” Then she said to Wangyue in a joking tone, “Mr. Wangyue, you don’t have to worry that Uncle Xu won’t keep his word. If he dares, I will let my father make the decision for you. So you don’t have to be polite to him~”

Because Yotsuga Rika is essentially still a free person, except that she has an additional instruction to obey Mochizuki’s orders, so she can still joke with Mochizuki.

“Well, in that case, I won’t be polite. But I don’t need Boss Xu’s help right now, so I’ll look for him later if I need anything.” With Wangyue’s current power, Xu Shengyi might not be able to help him. But at least this would give him an extra boost.

While they were talking, Kogoro had already stepped forward to check the mechanism, and soon he made a discovery.

“Brother Megure, look, there is a crossbow hidden on the shelf over here, with a weight hanging on the trigger.” Kogoro held the crossbow in one hand and picked up a playing card in the other, “There is also a playing card with the 8 of spades here.”

“Well. This mechanism is quite simple.” Megure is an old detective after all, and he understood it at a glance.

027 Although the weight was hanging on the trigger, because there was another line connected to the nail, the gravity was borne by the nail and the trigger was not triggered. After Boss Xu hooked the line, the nail was pulled out and the trigger was triggered by the falling weight.

“Huh? Uncle, why is the playing card the 8 of spades?” Conan was the first to notice something was wrong.

Everyone looked at the poker cards in Kogoro’s hand and realized that something was wrong.

Kogoro was stunned for a moment, “Oh, right? Why is it the 8 of Spades? Isn’t Boss Asahi the 9? Could it be that this mechanism is aimed at someone else, but Boss Asahi came here by coincidence… No, that’s not right! The 8 of Spades is Sawaki Kouhei, but Sawaki died a long time ago, and there is no 8 among the guests today.”

“I understand.” Mochizuki knew the plot, so he worked backwards and quickly figured out the answer. “This mechanism should have been set up before Zemu Kouhei died.”

Megure found it hard to understand, “But number 8 is Sawaki Kouhei himself!”

“Yes, it was him. Who says the murderer can’t attack himself?” Mochizuki asked back.

Inspector Shiratori suddenly realized, “I see! Sawaki Kouhei wanted to pretend that he was attacked to eliminate his own suspicion.”

Megure also understood that this was a self-torture trick! He had arranged the mechanism in advance, intending to use this performance to clear the suspicion, but he did not expect to be killed beforehand, but his layout was still left.

Xu Shengyi said, “It seems that this is just a false alarm. The criminal is not in the hotel. Let’s all go to the restaurant. There are so many people together. Even if the criminal comes, we don’t need to be afraid.”

“Yeah. That makes sense.” So everyone returned to the restaurant.

Xu Shengyi opened a glass of red wine and poured it for everyone. When he saw Conan and Xiaolan, he slapped his forehead and said, “I almost forgot that there are children here. They can’t drink. I’ll go to the refrigerator in the kitchen and get you some drinks.”

“No, I’ll get it, because I’m going to drink too.” Mochizuki said. R law stipulates that people become adults at the age of 18, but they can only drink at the age of 20… But this has nothing to do with Mochizuki not drinking. Mochizuki is a Z countryman, and R law does not apply to him. He simply doesn’t like drinking.

“I’ll go with you.” Xiaolan stood up.

Conan wanted to follow them, but after thinking carefully, they were a couple, why should I join in the fun? So Conan said nothing – Conan no longer had any idea about Xiaolan.

…

Wangyue and Xiaolan came to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator. There were many kinds of drinks in it, so they took some Coke and orange juice. “Wangyue, what do you want to drink?” Xiaolan asked.

“I’ll just drink Coke.”

“Okay, then we drink Coke, and Conan can drink orange juice. (aeff) I heard that drinking too much Coke will lead to calcium loss…” Xiaolan is such a person, she is especially considerate of others. (To read the exciting novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

“Wangyue, what are you looking at?” After Xiaolan took out the drinks, she found that Wangyue was looking at the cupboard.

Wangyue picked up the bottles and jars in the cupboard and said, “There are a lot of seasonings here. I’m just taking a look.”

“Really? There are so many seasonings, most of which I have never seen before.” Xiaolan is a girl who can cook, and naturally deals with oil, salt, sauce and vinegar often, so she also picked up these bottles and jars curiously and observed them.

Seeing how interested she was, Wangyue said, “Take it if you like it.”

“Ah? This is someone else’s thing, how can I take it away?”

“What’s the matter? I’m Boss Xu’s savior. What’s wrong with taking a few bottles of seasoning?”

Xiaolan burst out laughing, “Forget it, if I want it I’ll buy it myself. Let’s go back to the restaurant.”

“Okay.” Wangyue closed the cupboard door and left the kitchen with Xiaolan and returned to the dining room. However, Xiaolan didn’t see that Wangyue put a small bottle of pepper into his pocket when he turned around.

This is certainly not stealing, detective work… how can it be called stealing? This is borrowing.

…

After returning to the restaurant, Mochizuki quietly cast an illusion and took the opportunity to check Shishido Nagaaki’s pockets. He found a very small remote control in his pocket with a button on the top.

Obviously, this is not a TV remote control, but a bomb remote control. In order to avoid accidental touch, there is a transparent cover on the top, and the button can only be pressed after the cover is opened.

“Sure enough, I brought the remote control with me.” Wangyue said to himself.

These bombs should also have been installed by Sawaki Kohei, and Shishido Nagaaki simply borrowed his things after his death.

In addition to the remote control, Mochizuki also found a metal can in Shishido Nagaaki’s pocket, which was as long as a sausage and as thick as toothpaste. This is a portable oxygen cylinder commonly seen in movies and TV dramas, which can be used by pulling it to both sides and biting it in the mouth.

“Is this his escape tool?” As long as he stays away from the bomb when it explodes and has an oxygen tank to save his life, a person who is good at swimming does have a 95% chance of escaping. (Ask is Ke Xue)

Mochizuki would naturally not let Shishido Nagaaki’s plan succeed, so he took the bomb remote control and put the bottle of pepper that he had stolen… ahem, borrowed, into Shishido Nagaaki’s pocket.

Well, one for one, very fair.

After doing all this, Mochizuki lifted the illusion, and no one realized there was anything strange.

Next, Mochizuki waited there silently. He was looking forward to the scene where Shishido Nagaaki would be so angry that he would take out the “remote control” after being exposed. That must be very interesting.
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