After organizing his words in his mind, Mouri Kogoro began to talk about what happened.

"Today I received an invitation from Director Motoki. He said that he had received a threatening letter. The letter said, 'Stop the performance immediately, otherwise, you will see a terrible tragedy.' He invited me just in case.

I'm here to investigate this matter." Mouri Kogoro said.

While talking, Mouri Kogoro took out the threatening letter and handed it to Aoki Song.

Aoki Song took an evidence bag, put the threatening letter in it, and took a look at it. It was indeed what Mouri Kogoro said.

Seeing that Aoki Song was already aware of the matter, Mouri Kogoro continued: "After I read the threatening letter, I asked Director Motoki if he had any clues. Director Motoki didn't have any clues. He just minded his own business and asked Miss Shoko.

Do you know when the rehearsal will start?

At that time, Director Motoki also complained that Ms. Shoko had just become famous on TV and started to act like a big name. He also said that he had no clues about the threatening letter, but everyone was very afraid, so he invited me.

He also said not to interfere with their performance, and left the auditorium after saying that. At this time, Xiaolan and Conan came over. They also brought news that my teacher, Mr. Heihachiro Shiota, also came over."

Then Mouri Kogoro's expression changed, and he was a little embarrassed, but he still said: "At this moment, I suddenly heard Miss Shoko's scream. I thought something had happened, and I quickly ran towards the place where the sound came from.

passed.

But I didn't expect... I didn't expect... I didn't expect that the teacher wanted to molest Miss Xiangzi, but she was restrained by Miss Xiangzi. Miss Xiangzi seemed very excited at the time and complained all kinds of things.

Everything is wrong, and the most outrageous thing is a bad director like Director Motoki. When will it be Director Motoki's turn for an actress like her to know that she is acting, and she is still partnering with her boyfriend who has broken up with her? She seems very impatient.

, was in a bad mood, and then left the lounge at that time.”

Later, when his teacher touched Mao Lilan's buttocks, and Mao Lilan accidentally hurt him, Maori Kogoro had no shame or mood to continue talking, so he skipped this point directly. "Then Miss Xiangzi and the others began to move on the stage, in order not to

I was a little far away from disturbing them, so I didn't hear what they said.

Aoki Song looked at the other people on the side and asked, "Is there anything wrong with what Mr. Uda said?"

Director Motoki still had that slightly shaky expression on his face and said, "Didn't you date Shoko before? But recently, because Shoko became famous on TV, he broke up with you."

Mouri Kogoro said, then pointed to a young lady wearing a maid outfit and said: "I remember hearing that Miss Eiko was very unhappy with Miss Shoko and said, 'Who does she think she is!'"

In response to this, Aoki Song could only twitch the corner of his mouth again, expressing his understanding of Mouri Kogoro's concealment. Who made Shiota Heihachirou, a perverted old man, his master, and this matter has nothing to do with this case.

Aoki Song was thinking silently in his heart while writing down these details in a small notebook, although he had already recalled the modus operandi of this case and who the murderer was.

The material of this stack of paper is the same material as the threatening letter received by Director Motoki that Kogoro Mouri gave him before.

After hearing this, Director Motoki immediately retorted fiercely: "If this play is aborted, the person who will be most troubled is me as the director!"

Upon hearing this, Aoki Song immediately looked at the three people Director Motoki was talking about, but his brows immediately wrinkled, "Miss Eiko?"

When Uda Yuichi heard this, his expression changed and he looked at Director Motoki.

At this time, the young lady with glasses on the side, who was also a backstage staff member, suddenly said weakly: "Well, officer, I remember that before Yingzi brought the kettle and water cup out, the entire plate was taken from the side of the stage.

"

Aoki Song listened on the side, silently complaining in his heart [Here it comes, here it comes, it’s time for everyone’s favorite part again, traditional arts, breaking news about each other, and trying to undermine each other. Hurry up, work harder, get everyone’s information out

Explode.]

This is unacceptable.

"Detective Maori, please stop saying a few words before you have any evidence." Aoki Song stopped the quarrel between the two, mainly because each of the two people had a louder voice than the other, which was annoying to hear, especially Aoki Song at this time.

It requires mental activity.

If you directly identify who the murderer is and what the method of committing the crime is, people will definitely be suspicious.

Mouri Kogoro suddenly got stuck when he heard this.

"Really?" Director Motoki put on an expression that made people want to slap him, and said with a bit of a mean tone: "Eiko, ever since the heroine's seat was taken away by Xiangzi, you have been saying:

She holds a grudge, I'm not wrong."

Hearing this, Uda Yuichi said disdainfully: "I heard you talk so nice, but in fact, you know what is going on."

At this time, the somewhat cheap director Motoki started to reveal the news again, "By the way, I remember Xiangzi once asked me to exclude you. Do you have any grudges?"

"No problem, it does take about half a minute from eating the poison disguised as sugar to picking up the water glass and drinking water." Director Motoki confirmed.

"Before we find evidence, we can't draw any conclusions." Aoki Song glanced at Mouri Kogoro and said, "Maybe Miss Eiko suddenly felt anxious?"

Seeing that the topic suddenly came to him, Tateoka Junichi quickly waved his hand and denied it: "Although I prepared it, I definitely did not poison the cup."

After reading the script, Aoki Song looked at Eiko Uda Yuichi and others and said: "The plot in the script is: Mr. Uda and Miss Shoko sit down around this table to commit suicide, and then Miss Eiko, you bring the water and take it.

After coming down, Mr. Uda and Ms. Shoko took the poison, drank water, and then they died. Isn't that right?"

"Police Department, when we found Miss Eiko, she was hiding something in the lounge. After our search, we found this." He handed the thing to Aoki Song.

"I understand." Aoki Song then said thoughtfully: "It seems that only the water glass Miss Xiangzi drank was poisoned."

Nakade Eiko was caught in the act by a criminal, and at this time, she was also shattered. She directly admitted: "Of course, you are not the same. You said that it would be fine if that woman died.

.”

Aoki Song took it and took a look. There was a stack of paper in the evidence bag. There were traces of writing with a ball pen on it. From those traces, it could be barely seen that it was a threatening letter.

Director Motoki did not do anything bad and was not afraid at all. He smiled at Uda Yuichi's revelations and said, "The two of us argued about it all to make the whole show better."

After hearing this, Mouri Kogoro immediately looked at Eiko Nakade with an unkind expression and said, "You are the one who killed me, as expected."

But there are still necessary procedures. In addition, how to use existing clues to implicate the real culprit is also a technical job, and it depends on these details.

It was not until after the performance that the lights came on, and everyone realized that Miss Xiangzi was not acting, but had actually been poisoned to death. After confirming that Miss Xiangzi was not breathing, we immediately called the police."

Everyone present looked around, but no one saw Hideko Nakade.

"Understood!" Saito accepted the order and immediately led a few people to the backstage quickly.

"I was indeed the one who wrote the threatening letter. I didn't believe that the heroine was robbed by Shoko, but I did not kill Shoko." Nakaide Hideko said excitedly.

After several experiences in this area, Mouri Kogoro was able to express all the key points perfectly, but this time he missed something on purpose and was pointed out unceremoniously.

Director Motoki was unkind to Uda Yuichi, so don't blame Uda Yuichi for being unkind to him. Uda Yuichi immediately broke the news: "You are not the one who disdains Shoko's performance at all. You argue with her almost every day."

Mouri Kogoro promised to show off his abilities in front of his teacher. Hearing this, he immediately expressed his opinion and said: "I think the murderer is Miss Eiko who secretly drugged and killed people while acting. After the incident,

I told everyone not to move, but she must be feeling guilty and afraid of being found out, so she ran away."

"It seems that the threatening letter received by Director Motoki was probably written by Miss Eiko."

Upon seeing this, Aoki Song turned to Kazuma Saito and ordered: "Take someone to find Miss Eiko immediately. There are police officers guarding the front and back doors. She should still be in the theater."

Hearing this, Aoki Song analyzed: "Those who eat the cyanate compound will almost die immediately, without even half a minute to attack. In other words, the person who was poisoned should not be the bag of 'poison', but Miss Xiangzi who drank it."

of water.”

Upon hearing this, Nakaide Eiko felt as if she had found a treasure, and said happily: "Yes, that's right, Mr. Tateoka actually prepared the kettle and water cup for me."

After finishing speaking, Aokisong looked at everyone and asked: "Who has touched the cup and water Miss Xiangzi drank?"

Aoki Song looked at Uda Yuichi and asked: "At that time, you took the 'poison' first and then drank the water, right? How long was the interval?"

Next came the formal rehearsal. At that time, Xiaolan and I were sitting in the auditorium. The lights all around were dim. Only the lights above the heads of Miss Xiangzi and Mr. Uda were on. Everything was carried out according to the script.

Several people nodded, that's right, that's right.

[In other words, whether Uncle Maori did this intentionally or not, Uncle Maori can often use various seemingly speechless and outrageous words to make suspects hate each other, and then he can easily identify the suspects with murderous motives. ]

Aoki Song nodded upon hearing this, then looked at the person next to him and asked, "Is there any error or omission in what Detective Maori said?"

At this time, the criminal from the Forensic Division came over and reported: "Police Department, we extracted the remaining water from the water cup that the victim drank. There is cyanic acid reaction in the water."

Although Eiko Nakaide was not present, the follow-up investigation had to continue, and it was impossible to interrupt the investigation because of her alone. Therefore, Aoki Song looked at Kunio Kase and Yuichi Uda and asked: "Is there anything wrong in the order that Director Motoki said."

Aoki Song immediately took out the threatening letters and compared them, they were exactly the same.

Everyone looked at each other, and finally Director Motoki said: "Kunio Kase, who is in charge of props, is responsible for preserving the water cups and kettles. In this play, Miss Eiko will bring up the kettles filled with water and the empty water cups, and then Mr. Uda will pour the water."

Put it into the water glass, hand the water glass to Miss Xiangzi, and finally Miss Xiangzi drinks it, the order should be like this."

When Director Motoki heard this, he immediately said with a playful expression and tone: "That's not necessarily true."

Most people were still very afraid of the police officers, and when they saw Aoki Song's stern face, they did not dare to continue the quarrel.

"Besides the water in the water glass, is there any other place where the cyanic acid reaction has been detected?" Aoki Song asked.

"No!" the two said.

Aoki Song didn't want to be put in a sack and then sliced ​​into pieces in the future.

"No, we tested the victim's lips and fingers, and found no cyanic acid reaction. In addition, there was no cyanic acid reaction in the kettle and another water cup," replied the criminal from the forensics department.

After hearing this, Eiko Nakaide immediately retorted loudly: "I told you, it's not me, the confused detective."

Aoki Song ignored Mouri Kogoro, but looked at Uda Yuichi and said: "Judging from the current situation, Mr. Uda is more suspicious. After all, it was you who handed the water glass to Miss Shoko."

Uda Yuichi has never done this before. He is a star and his heart has been trained for a long time. He did not panic at all when faced with Aokimatsu's remarks. Instead, he calmly retorted: "Baga, that's a bunch of nonsense. Besides, I don't know what to say.

There was no motive for killing Xiangzi."

Just when Director Motoki and Uda Yuichi were arguing, Saito Kazuma suddenly came over escorting Eiko Nakade, holding an evidence bag in his hand.

"Okay, shut up. It's not you who argue about who the murderer is. It's the murderer who has definite evidence to identify him." Aoki Song said with a cold face.

After hearing this, Uda Yuichi thought for a while and said: "It will take about half a minute. We are playing a drama about true love dying in love. Naturally, it must be beautiful. How can it be beautiful if it is in a hurry? Of course it must be calm and leisurely."

Hearing this, Aoki Song looked at Hitomi Sasaki who was standing aside and asked: "Miss Hitomi, you are Miss Shoko's assistant. Do you know if there is any grudge between Miss Shoko and Mr. Tateoka?"

Hitomi Sasaki said with some embarrassment: "I heard from Miss Shoko that Mr. Tateoka once peeped at Miss Shoko changing clothes."

"So, he has a grudge because of this." Mouri Kogoro turned his attention to Tateoka Junichi again and began to doubt him.

Although Nakade Eiko seems to be a bit suspicious, people tend to bully the weak and avoid the strong. Seeing that Nakade Eiko's attitude is so tough, he refuses to admit that he poisoned Oide Shoko. After seeing the truth exposed many times, he knelt down and cried bitterly.

After the prisoner confessed, Mouri Kogoro could not help but shake his reasoning just now.
Chapter completed!