Conan Rick's Investigator

"Let's go!"

Led by Sera, the group walked away from the city hall.

And at the edge of the wall of the side entrance of the city hall about twenty meters away from them, Qin Zhibo was quietly watching them go away.

"call……"

Finally left.

Just 15 minutes ago, Qin Zhibo had just followed the guidance of the Searching Object Spell and arrived near the London City Hall, when he saw Mao Lilan and his group wandering at the door of the City Hall.

Three of them are relatively familiar, the Maori father and daughter, and Dr. Agasa.

As for the short-haired girl, judging from the personal information floating above her head, her name is "Masumi Sera", and she should be Mary's daughter.

In other words, when he and Mary met at Baker Street yesterday, Masumi Sera said that the Japanese friends she met were actually Conan and his group.

How could it be such a coincidence?

Sera Masumi and Conan and the others are friends. Did they go to the same junior high school in Japan before?

Moreover, this group of people did not look like they were traveling, because they all looked serious and did not take pictures or check in.

Most importantly, Conan and Kuroba Kaito are not here either.

Kuroba Kaito must have been called to Brichester by his own phone. Judging from the time, it has been a while since he arrived.

Conan should have gone with him.

But since Kuroba Kaito didn't call him back for so long, there was only one answer.

Then something happened.

No-prize guessing: When Conan visits a strange place, what is likely to happen?

Answer: People will die.

Thinking of this, Qin Zhibo touched his forehead regretfully.

I shouldn't have let Kuroba Kaito take Conan there!

I'm sorry!

Ingalls!

There was no time to mourn the passing of Ingalls, and the next step was to warn Judy Hooper.

In fact, the time when the stars return to their positions is just auxiliary information. If you know it, you can at least make some mental preparations in advance.

But if you don’t know, it won’t have much impact.

Because as long as Pandora, the Stone of Life, is safe, the zoo organization will have no way to fulfill Nevlen Ka's reincarnation prophecy.

Qin Zhibo withdrew his thoughts and watched Maoli and his party disappear from sight before walking out of the hiding corner.

After passing the security check at the main entrance of London City Hall, Qin Zhibo entered the lobby on the first floor.

In order to reflect the British government's "people's enjoyment" concept, the first floor and top floor lobby of London City Hall are open to the general public and are called the "London Living Room".

Among them, some exhibitions are held on the first floor from time to time, such as painting exhibitions and photography exhibitions.

The hall on the top floor often holds various forms of large-scale events and can accommodate up to 200 people.

There are no exhibitions in the lobby on the first floor today, and only ordinary tourists come here to hang out.

Qin Zhibo strolled in the lobby on the first floor, looked around, and soon found event promotion posters in the lobby on the first floor and the top floor in front of the visitor elevator.

Two of the promotional posters are eye-catching.

One is a promotional poster for the comeback performance of the world's number one illusionist, Günter von Goldberg II.

Günter himself showed half of his face, and a dark golden spider lay in the darkness of half of his face and half of the poster next to it.

The other is a performance by the famous British magic troupe, the Hooper Thaumaturgy. Judy Hooper is seen demonstrating her grandfather's fire magic in the poster.

These two...

Qin Zhibo frowned slightly and murmured in his heart.

Günter von Goldberg II, although known as the world's number one illusionist, is actually a killer organized by the Zoo, codenamed "Spider".

However, Qin Zhibo knew that this man's real name was Edward Chandler, and he controlled an American technology company called "New World".

Spider went to Japan under the order of the organization and wanted to kill Kaitou Kidd, but instead he was set up by himself and Kuroba Kaito, and was arrested by Detective White Horse.

Because Hakuba had also been tracking down "Spider" in Europe before, and he suspected the world's number one illusionist.

Unfortunately, on the way to the Metropolitan Police Department, Spider was rescued by a group of armed gangsters. At the same time, Günter von Goldberg II also announced the suspension of performances and disappeared for a while.

Now it seems that he has gotten rid of all suspicions and has come back again...

But the venue for the comeback performance was unexpectedly chosen to be London's City Hall. Could it be that he had already guessed that the "Scarlet Tears" was Pandora, the Stone of Life?

Qin Zhibo glanced at the bottom of the poster and saw that the two performances were at the same place, but at different times.

Günter von Goldberg II's illusion show is tonight.

The performance of the Hooper Thaumaturgy Troupe is tomorrow afternoon.

Although the performance times of the two are different and they should not meet together, you still need to be careful.

It's just that this time tomorrow afternoon is not very good.

Qin Zhibo is going to go "fishing" with Mary, also in the afternoon.

It seems that the only option is to let Kuroba Kaito come over then...

Qin Zhibo withdrew his gaze, just as the tourist elevator next to him opened and a group of people came out.

He took the elevator with other tourists and reached the top floor.

Currently, only a part of the top floor is open near the elevator. Visitors can overlook the London scenery outside through the glass curtain wall.

The lobby area inside is wrapped by wall panels, forming a separate area.

There is a sign on the front door saying "No one allowed to enter".

Qin Zhibo put on the magic extractor, closed his eyes, and confirmed again that Judy Hooper was inside now.

It's probably rehearsal time for the Hobo Thaumaturgy Troupe, and the show is being rehearsed inside.

No idlers allowed in?

Can the investigators be idle?

No.

So, Qin Zhibo pushed open the door in front of him.

……

University of Brightchester, Institute of Astronomy.

On this side of the case, after a period of inquiry and investigation, astronomical research

All 17 members of the institute were cleared of suspicion.

Since the working hours of the Institute of Astronomy are at 9 o'clock in the morning, most researchers stay at home during this time in the morning, and family members can testify.

There were also a very small number of people who went out on the streets, but they did not come within the confines of the University of Brightchester. There were other witnesses who could testify.

As a result, the investigation of the case instantly reached a deadlock.

Conan held his chin with one hand, feeling surprised that this was the first time he encountered such a situation, that so many people actually had alibis.

If this were in Japan, there would be at least three people with no alibi...

And all three of them had issues with the deceased...

And one of them is the murderer...

In addition, the White Horse Detective also asked about interpersonal relationships.

The deceased Ingalls had a relatively withdrawn personality and basically did not have much contact with others, so it was hard to say that he had any quarrels with anyone.

Except for Bert, who was in the same office with him, even if they didn't speak to each other, they would always look down and see each other.

But Bert also has an alibi.

Bai Ma looked at Bert and asked seriously, "Did you notice anything unusual about the deceased before he was killed?"

"Any little thing will do..."

Bert's expression was slightly condensed, as if thinking.

Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes lit up.

“I remember now!”

"Just two days ago, someone came to see him!"

Hearing that there seemed to be a turn in the case, Conan and Kuroba Kaito over there quickly turned their heads and focused their attention here.

"What kind of person?" Bai Ma asked.

A flash of memory flashed in Bert's eyes. "It was a woman..."

"Ingles and the woman were talking downstairs at the time. I only glanced out the window on the second floor and couldn't quite make out what the woman looked like."

"But after Ingalls came back, I asked him out of curiosity..."

"He said it was an old classmate of his."

old classmate?

Detective Baima and Conan's expressions were shocked at the same time, and they immediately identified him as a suspect in their minds.

Because if it is an old classmate with a relatively close relationship, it just fits the characteristic of knowing that the deceased has a habit of drinking coffee.

Hakuba looked like he had grasped a lifeline, his eyes tinged with excitement. "And then? Did he mention the specific period of time he was a classmate of yours?"

Bert shook his head. "No...but when I looked out the window, I heard the woman say she hadn't been back here for a long time."

It’s been a while since I’ve been back here…it’s obvious I’ve been here before.

They are college classmates!

Detective White Horse and Conan immediately reacted in their minds. Detective White Horse waved his hand and asked his police officers to go to the school to investigate the list of Ingalls' classmates during college.

Watching the policemen leaving, Conan still had some doubts in his heart.

An old classmate whom I haven't seen for a long time should have no motive for murder.

It can't be the motive of holding a grudge for decades, right?

Moreover, the murderer was obviously after the deceased’s hard drive, and he probably had nothing to do with an old classmate whom he hadn’t seen for a long time...

Unless the deceased lied?

That person is not his classmate, but someone else?

……

In about half an hour, the police had obtained all the information about Ingalls' university days from the archives of the University of Brightchester.

Including information about his major classmates, class classmates, club classmates, etc.

There are hundreds of women in total.

Such a huge amount of work also made Conan speechless.

When will this investigation be completed?

Not to mention the huge number of people, if these people survived until now, they would be 4

If you are over 0 years old, the information on the document will definitely be very different.

The Hakuba detective who often lives in England is very accustomed to this way of investigating cases. He asked the police to follow each person's phone number and this was not Conan and Kuroba Kaito's area of work, so the two of them could only sit on a chair beside them, staring at the numerous student information in a daze.

During this period, Kuroba Kaito quietly took out the diary he had just brought from the drawer and looked through it.

It's said to be a diary, but nothing specific is actually recorded in it.

This is more like a notebook recording a nihilistic dream, telling the illusory dream things in the first person——

I often have a recurring dream on full moon nights.

I dreamed of the full moon rising from the sea, in the middle of the distant sea, and the reflection of the moon on the sea...