The next day, in front of Jinlai Cinema.

On this day, Didan Elementary School, which had not had any serious classes for a few days, was on holiday again.

And this holiday was rare and there were no outings. Conan came out of the cage and had nothing to do for a while.

So, Dr. A Li, a senior nanny, gave him a bunch of free movie coupons and asked him to take several children from the Junior Detective Team to the cinema for a pleasant day trip to the cinema.

Of course, this was not pleasant for Conan:

"Gomera! Gomera!"

Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta, the three friends shouted with great determination:

"It's rare for us to come out to play, so we must watch the Gomera series!"

"Um...but aren't we a young detective team..."

"The detective team should watch "Onimaru Murder Case", a mystery movie like this, right?"

Conan wore a black line and worked hard to speak out for his hobbies.

But his single-minded views are obviously no match for the fierce public opinion:

"No mystery movies..."

"When you go on vacation, you must watch a movie that is relaxing and enjoyable!"

"and..."

The friends said confidently:

"We have 3 votes here, Conan, you only have 1 vote."

"I'm going to watch Gomera today - the cinema has re-screenings of the Gomera trilogy, which is enough to watch for a whole day!"

"One, a whole day?" Conan's mouth twitched:

Is his precious whole day going to be ruined by watching a children's movie like this?

"Huiyuan, and brother Lin Xinyi..."

Conan, who is at a disadvantage in the election, still wants to fight to the death.

He placed his hope on the other two companions present who had not expressed their opinions yet.

These two are both adults.

You wouldn’t choose a movie for kids, right?

"Gomera." Lin Xinyi replied without hesitation.

He reacted a little and added: "I mean, today's protagonist is you, so let's watch some movies that children like to watch."

"..." Haiyuan Ai rolled his eyes helplessly.

She immediately agreed unconditionally: "I also want to see Gomera."

"Okay!" the friends encouraged excitedly.

The vote was 5 to 1, and Conan no longer had any room to struggle:

"Okay, let's look at Gomera..."

He walked into the cinema dejectedly.

Lin Xinyi, Haiyuan Ai, and the three children from the Youth Detective Team also walked in immediately.

This cinema is not too big in scale, and although the decoration is high-end, it has an old-fashioned smell everywhere.

Such old and small cinemas have obviously been slowly eliminated in the fierce market competition.

When Lin Xinyi and others came in, they saw that there were only two staff members at the front desk, and there were even fewer guests who came to watch the movie. They could almost be counted on one hand.

There are also tripods, wires, and various construction tools in the corner. It is not only about to be renovated, but also about to be relocated and demolished.

But these problems naturally have nothing to do with Lin Xinyi.

He is just a customer and has no need to worry about the fate of an old movie theater.

In fact, the fewer people there were in the cinema, the more relieved he felt:

"With fewer people, it shouldn't be that hard to guess the murderer and the victim..."

Lin Xinyi looked at the several guests and employees in the hall silently, but in his heart he was very impolite, thinking about the hideous scenes of them killing or being killed.

There's no way...Who let Conan be here?

He didn't come here to watch a movie today.

It was only when he heard that Conan was on holiday again and organized some "holiday activities" that he became extremely worried and skipped his job at the Metropolitan Police Department to work as a nanny for a group of children.

If something happens today, maybe I can stop it in advance.

No matter how bad the situation is, we can start the investigation as soon as possible after the incident and gain a time advantage.

If nothing happens today, then...

Then treat today as a date with your girlfriend.

Lin Xinyi lowered his head and glanced at the little Miss Haiyuan beside him - she was holding his hand and looking up at the poster of Gomera on the wall.

Although the helplessness in her eyes already revealed her almost non-existent expectations for this movie.

But looking at the slightly raised corners of her mouth, her interest didn't seem to be low.

Speaking of which, this was their first time watching a movie together.

"First think of a way to investigate the possible 'hidden dangers' in this cinema."

"If nothing happens, just concentrate on watching movies with Shiho."

With this thought in his mind, Lin Xin concentrated his attention and carefully observed the guests and staff present.

This is not an easy task.

Most of the time it depends on luck.

And just when he was about to get closer and try to discover some signs that might trigger the case through eavesdropping and chatting...

Suddenly there was a loud noise in the hall:

"Hey...Hey, Boss Muramatsu!"

"Since there aren't many guests, we might as well stop delaying it."

"Let's close the doors today and demolish this shabby movie theater!"

A middle-aged man with a fierce face started making a lot of noise as soon as he entered the door.

He had a cigarette in his mouth, blowing out choking smoke, coupled with that ferocious smile and ugly face, he looked like a villain who attracted hatred.

The person he called "Boss Muramatsu" was an old man on crutches, whose identity was naturally the owner of this movie theater.

"Mr. Zhang Tian...cough cough cough cough..."

Looking at the 6 or 70-year-old boss Muramatsu, he coughed violently and said in a difficult tone to the unkind Mr. Zhang Tian:

"As promised before, yes, it will be demolished tomorrow."

"Today is the anniversary of our cinema, and I hope we can run it well on this last day."

Old man Muramatsu looked a little pitiful as he whispered his request.

But Mr. Zhang Tian just sneered:

"Haha...there are only a few guests in total, what else is there to commemorate?"

"It's really deserted, tsk tsk... If I had known better, I should have spent less money and bought it."

"enough!"

A tall staff member stood up from the side.

He cursed at the aggressive Mr. Zhang Tian with a look of disgust:

"Obviously it was you who arranged for the gangsters to come over and destroy the place, so there were so few customers, right?"

"You rogue businessman!"

"Hey, hey... don't talk nonsense." Mr. Zhang Tian spread his hands arrogantly: "You said that I arranged those gangsters, but you can provide evidence?"

"You!!" Several staff members present turned pale with anger.

"Okay, okay... don't say anything anymore." Boss Muramatsu came out a little lonely to smooth things over:

"Our old cinema has been gradually losing customers..."

"I took the initiative to sell this cinema. It doesn't matter whether Mr. Zhang Tian makes trouble or not."

After hearing this, Lin Xinyi roughly understood the relationship between the characters:

Mr. Zhang Tian should be a real estate businessman, and Boss Muramatsu's movie theater was not doing well, so he intended to sell it.

In order to suppress the purchase price, Mr. Zhang Tian hired local gangsters to come and cause trouble, and at the same time urged Muramatsu's boss to sell the theater and agree to demolish it.

This plot...

It seems familiar?

When Lin Xin looked at Mr. Zhang Tian, ​​his expression suddenly became strange:

He remembered that the former director of the Miwa Art Museum, Ochiai, killed the owner of the real estate developer, Manaka, because he did not want the museum to be acquired by a real estate developer.

Also, the last time producer Kamei wanted to disband the Gomera crew, he was taken away by Mr. Matsui, the actor in Gomera's leather suit.

With these two lessons learned, let’s take a look at what Mr. Zhang Tian did...

Look at Conan next to him who looks innocent. He has experienced so many times but still hasn't noticed the problem.

Today’s case is easier to discover than any previous case:

"The 'victim' seems to have been identified..."
To be continued...