Stay away from Conan

Chapter 466 The truth about the murder case

"Yes! This is indeed possible!"

After listening to Shinichi's explanation, Officer Megure couldn't help but suddenly realized.

"Officer Megure, there is blood inside the cardboard box."

As Shinichi explained, he opened the box and checked it, then pointed at the blood stains inside the box.

"Um."

Officer Megure couldn't help but nodded seriously.

"However, according to this statement, everyone who came here at that time may have committed the murder, but it still cannot be proved that Miss Meimei is the murderer... Kudo, the most important thing is, do you have any evidence that can point to the murderer?"

Officer Megure asked again.

"Yes, you said that, so what evidence do you have to prove that I killed Hualian?"

Meimei looked at Shinichi with evil eyes and said.

“This is something I’ve never been able to figure out before.”

Shinichi couldn't help but said:

"Since the prisoner sent a threatening letter and wanted to threaten Miss Hualian, why did Miss Hualian die from the weapon she carried? Theoretically, it is impossible for the prisoner to face Miss Hualian with his dagger empty-handed. Right? So, I had doubts about the cause of Miss Hualian’s death before, thinking that the murderer had forged the real cause of Miss Hualian’s death.”

As he said that, Shinichi helplessly recalled the matter of asking Gao Yuan to retrieve the video before, and then continued:

"But then I discovered that Miss Hualian had indeed died from that dagger, and I realized that my reasoning had reached a dead end."

"If that's the case, then you have no evidence..."

Hearing this, Meimei couldn't wait to speak out, but Shinichi immediately answered:

"But when I found something behind the pillar, I understood that the murderer was armed."

"What!"

Officer Megure asked hurriedly:

"Kudo, what on earth is this?"

"It's mercury!"

Shinichi suddenly said:

"Behind that pillar, Mr. Akechi and I discovered the presence of some mercury. I think the murderer put the mercury into an empty paint bucket here and used it as a weapon. But in the end, the murderer did not He successfully used this weapon to kill Miss Hualian, but during the dispute with Miss Hualian, he just took the other party's dagger and killed her. "

"Mercury? Where is Mercury now?"

Officer Megure asked hurriedly.

"It's in that wooden box!"

Shinichi pointed to the wooden box where Amano Shoichi used to put the puppets and said:

"One of Mr. Amano's puppets has a mechanical puppet that can somersault down the stairs on its own. There is a tube inside the puppet's body. The slow movement of mercury in the tube changes the center of gravity of the puppet. This is what this puppet uses. A kind of mechanism to realize the action of turning somersaults alone.”

"oh--"

Officer Megure extended his voice in surprise, and looked at Shinichi with an expression of reverence.

"When I saw mercury residue on the pillar, I guessed that the murderer probably took out the mercury in the puppet and used it as a weapon..."

"But doesn't this further prove that Amano is the murderer!"

It’s so beautiful that I can’t help but admire it.

"So, what were you doing sneaking here just now?"

Shinichi suddenly said:

"You want to destroy the evidence left on the puppet after the police leave and before anyone notices the evidence you left?"

Saying that, Shinichi continued:

"Moreover, Miss Meimei, don't you know? Mercury is a silver-white liquid metal, but it can evaporate at room temperature. It can easily evaporate into the air at room temperature and cause harm. It has begun to evaporate at 0°C. Then A large amount of mercury was taken out of the puppet. If you are facing the mercury, you should have inhaled a lot of mercury vapor... Mercury vapor is more poisonous than liquid mercury! "

Hearing this, Shou Meimei's eyes suddenly widened and she was a little at a loss.

"As for whether you have inhaled mercury vapor, you can know by just checking. And if Miss Hualian's body can also be found to have inhaled mercury vapor, it can prove that you all had close contact with mercury at that time! "

Shinichi made the most crucial point.

"Meimei...what he said...is it true?"

At this time, Meiling, who had been standing next to her, looked at Meimei in disbelief and said.

In response to this, Meimei seemed to struggle internally for a moment, but finally she resigned herself to her fate and said with a wry smile:

"Obviously, it's all Hua Lian's fault..."

"W-what..."

Seeing Meimei's confession, Meiling was panicked and froze on the spot.

"It was Hua Lian who took the mercury out of the puppet and poured it into the empty paint can. He planned to use this as a weapon to kill me, and then used the three cardboard boxes to hide my body... In this way, as long as Put the mercury back into the puppet, and the murder weapon will disappear, and my death will become an unsolved case..."

Meimei said disappointedly:

"She said, 'Since you want me to die, I can only let you die first'...I just...while fighting with her, I accidentally killed her with her dagger... …”

"So, you turned around and used the tools she prepared to perform such a drama?"

Hearing this, Shinichi couldn't help but ask.

"kindness……"

In response, Meimei nodded:

"I was so panicked at the time... After I hid her body temporarily, I didn't know what to do, but my mother told me that Hualian was missing. There was no other way. I could only pretend to look for her. I was thinking about what to do... Finally, I thought of using the contents of the threatening letter..."

"no!"

At this time, Amano, who had been silent until now, finally spoke:

"That's not the case! I made Hualian's body look like that!"

"What!"

In response, Officer Megure and others couldn't help but shout loudly.

"At that time, Hualian, who was stabbed by a dagger, escaped from the elevator room and came to the corridor. I happened to see her... But by then, Hualian had already died... I saw Meimei's panicked look. , then..."

Amano said hysterically.

"In other words, Miss Meimei accidentally killed Miss Hualian, but you happened to meet her. In order to protect Miss Meimei, you tied a kite string to Miss Hualian's body and pretended to kill someone exactly according to the threatening letter?"

Officer Megure asked seriously.

Amano nodded, lowered his head and fell silent.

Seeing this, Officer Memu couldn't help but sigh, then looked at Shou Meimei and asked:

"But why did you change that letter to look like a threatening letter? If it weren't for that letter, none of this would have happened, would it?"

"Because...whether it's the honor she won on the stage or Amano...these all originally belonged to me!"

Meimei said this, her expression suddenly became ferocious.

"What? Is it yours?"

Officer Megure said in surprise.

"That's right."

Meimei nodded:

"Because I was the first to enter the world of beauty contests. But no matter what Hualian does, even if she enters the industry later than me, she can catch up with me in an instant and then surpass me... The violin is like this, the piano is like this, even Beauty pageants are also…”