"In short, the murderer is someone among us. Although we don't know what his purpose is, trapping us here is equivalent to him catching a turtle in a jar. As long as we work hard to investigate, we will definitely be able to find out the clues of the murderer.

Find him out. So now, please answer my questions!"

With such a calm speech, Kogoro actually took control of the situation for a while. Perhaps due to his status as a famous detective, everyone present chose to follow his arrangements——

"First of all, last night, did anyone see the shop owner after he introduced the event itinerary?"

First of all, Kogoro asked this question——

After all, since meeting the store owner Hiroyuki Kanaya for the first time last night, Hiroyuki Kanaya has not appeared in front of everyone all day today.

However, regarding this issue, everyone looked at each other in confusion. You looked at me and I looked at you. It seemed that no one had seen the shop owner after that.

In response, Kogoro couldn't help but look at the waitress Hitomi Iwai and asked her:

"You must have seen Miss Hitomi, right? After all, the shop owner also has to eat!"

"I haven't seen him either. The master is on a diet recently, so he eats healthy food in his room."

Hitomi Iwai also denied this. Suddenly, Kogoro felt embarrassed and touched his chin, thinking:

"Damn! Isn't it true that the whereabouts of the whole day have been unknown, and I don't know when the person was killed, and the body fell off the cliff and was burned..."

As he said that, Kogoro looked around helplessly and suddenly noticed the monitors installed in every room——

"By the way! There is a monitor! As long as the monitor has captured something..."

"Sorry, that's false."

However, before Kogoro could be happy, Hitomi Iwai poured a bucket of cold water on it, extinguishing the possibility of investigating the time of the shop owner's death through the monitor——

"That is a fake monitor that is set up every year when this event is held to prevent guests from cheating."

"Fake……"

Faced with this situation, Kogoro had no choice but to do so.

"But we still know that the murderer let the shop owner, or the body of the shop owner, get into the car around 3:30, and then started the car. Therefore, it was impossible for me and the five people who stayed in the restaurant for those hours

Take action……"

Hattori Heiji said, looking at Ran, Conan, Toba Kento, Oki Ayako and Iwai Hitomi, and then continued:

"So, the murderer can only..."

"Hey! Doesn't that mean that the murderer was someone among the five of us who was not in the restaurant at the time..."

Regarding such a statement, Fujisawa Toshiaki pointed at himself, Maria Toda, Nanako Shimizu, Ikuo Kawazu and Kogoro who were in the same situation as him with an innocent face.

"Don't count me in."

In this regard, Kogoro said helplessly.

But at this moment, when the atmosphere was slightly awkward, Oki Ayako suddenly came up behind Hattori Heiji and asked in a low voice:

"By the way, did you find the one you were looking for just now?"

"No, none were found."

Subconsciously, Hattori Heiji replied.

"Oh? Humph!"

However, as this answer appeared, Oki Ayako suddenly snorted coldly, and then seemed to be unable to bear it any longer, burst out laughing, which surprised everyone present——

"a ha ha ha!"

"Ayako..."

Quite unexpectedly, Toba Kento looked back at Ooki Ayako who suddenly burst out laughing, and asked in surprise.

"I already know! The tactics used by the murderer... and the decisive evidence!"

After putting away her smile, she took out a cigarette, held it in her mouth, Ayako Oki lit it with a lighter, and then said proudly.

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was stunned.

Among them, Hattori Heiji, who knew that Ayako Ogi reacted like this after asking her questions, realized——

It was her own answer that confirmed something for her, and that was why she said such a thing!

In other words, Oki Ayako knew what she was looking for at that time, and at the same time, the answer to this question concealed a very crucial clue...

But at that time I just wanted to confirm...

Wait a moment!

So, what was that guy thinking at that time?
Chapter completed!