Chapter 218 Maori Kogoro: You two are really filial
Soon, Takagi Shigeru found the most recent diary, which was three days ago.
[Today the waiter suddenly said something inexplicable to me. Maybe one of the three people found out that I was staying here? But it doesn’t matter. I can just change to another hotel.]
The diary ends here. This is the last diary left by Itakura Taku.
Maori Kogoro immediately looked at the three clients with suspicion: "You three are really suspicious!"
The three of them immediately showed nervous expressions.
Seeing that there was no further content in the diary, Conan took the initiative to step forward and said, "Officer Takagi, let me help you put the floppy disk back to its original location."
Takagi Wataru was stunned for a moment and nodded.
Conan was delighted, but just as he took the floppy disk out of the computer, it was taken away by Inspector Megure.
"To be on the safe side, let's hand it over to the forensic team and let them check if there is any other useful information."
Conan suddenly became anxious. If the floppy disk was taken away by the police, it would be difficult for him to get it back.
No, I have to solve this case quickly and prove that this floppy disk has nothing to do with the case before I can get it!
At this moment, the forensic officer made a new discovery.
After he took off Itakura Taku's socks, he found that there were marks left by the socks on one of its feet, but not on the other. There were also marks left by scratching with the feet, but it seemed that he scratched too hard and the skin was scratched by the nails.
Conan frowned. He didn't think that was a mark left by itching.
How could a person who is tied up and waiting to die have the leisure to take off his socks and scratch his itch?
There must be some deeper meaning behind this!
He walked around the room quickly, scanning the layout of the room, and soon saw the Go board near the chair.
Conan's pupils were dilated due to his anxiety. He stared at the chessboard and soon showed a smile that showed he was confident of winning.
So that's it, the murderer is that man!
"Takagi, hand the diary over to the forensic team for inspection." said Inspector Megure.
Takagi Wataru responded and put the floppy disk into the evidence bag.
Conan became anxious. No, he couldn't let him send the evidence bag away!
He tugged at the hem of Mao Lilan's coat and whispered a few words in her ear.
Mao Lilan looked at Conan in confusion, then nodded.
Conan quickly hid behind the bed and pointed the anesthetic gun at Kogoro Mouri's neck. With a "biu" sound, the anesthetic needle shot in.
Maori Ran watched Maori Kogoro fall backwards while gurgling, and then she sat down against the bed. She frowned but in the end said nothing.
Ever since Ran Mouri knew Conan's identity, Conan has become more unscrupulous in anesthetizing his father-in-law, sometimes even doing it right in front of Ran.
She was worried that anesthesia would cause harm to her father's body and wanted to give herself physical anesthesia, but Conan firmly stopped her.
The anesthetic needle was specially made by Dr. Agasa. It only made Kogoro Mori fall asleep for a short period of time and had no side effects (you must be kidding!). But after that palm strike from Ran Mori, Kogoro Mori might never wake up again if he wasn't careful.
So let him shoot with an anesthetic needle.
Kogoro Mouri: You two are so filial!
When Inspector Megure saw Kogoro Mouri leaning against the bed and looking asleep, his eyes lit up. Wasn't this the familiar state of "Sleeping Kogoro" that he was familiar with?
"Brother Mori, do you know who the murderer is?" Inspector Megure looked at Kogoro Mori expectantly.
"That's right, and it was Mr. Itakura who told me." said Kogoro, the spirit behind Maori Conan.
"Ah?" Inspector Megure was confused. How could a dead person tell you who the murderer is?
Mao Lilan showed a frightened expression, thinking to herself that if Shinichi solved the case, why did he say it was so scary? Didn't she know that she was most afraid of ghosts?
This one has to be recorded, so we can settle the accounts together later! Mao Lilan silently made another note for Conan in the little notebook in her heart.
Conan felt a chill on his neck, but he was too anxious to think too much. Besides, with Ran Mouri's protection, no one would see him hiding behind the bed, so he immediately started to reason quickly.
"I'm talking about Mr. Itakura's ankle. Why was there a sock mark on only one of his feet? That's because the murderer waited until Mr. Itakura died, and when he returned to the room, he saw that Mr. Itakura only took off one sock, which looked very unnatural, so he helped him put the sock back on."
"So, why did Mr. Itakura take off his socks? It's because you can't pick up something with your socks on."
"Get something?" Everyone in the room looked confused.
Takagi Wataru couldn't help but look around the chair. The only thing that Itakura Taku could touch with his feet was the Go board.
Takagi Wataru asked tentatively: "Could it be this game of Go?"
"That's right, Mr. Itakura clamped the chess piece between his feet and left his death message on the chessboard!"
"Death message?" Inspector Megure was shocked, and hurriedly walked to the Go board to observe, but he could not see anything, and could not help but look at Maori Kogoro, "Brother Maori, in my opinion, this is just an unfinished game of Go, does it have any special meaning?"
"In that case, I would like to trouble the inspector to cooperate with me in doing a few experiments. This will make it easier to explain.
First, please ask Officer Takagi to hand over the floppy disk to Inspector Megure."
Takagi Shigeru handed the things to Inspector Megure as instructed.
"Inspector Megure, please sit down at the table and turn on your computer."
After Inspector Megure sat down, he looked at the laptop and did not do anything, with big beads of sweat on his face.
Turn on the computer? How? Open the lid? Isn't it already opened?
Finally, he stood up suddenly, holding the laptop, and yelled, "Turn on the computer..."
He suddenly regretted why he had to cooperate with Brother Maori. Wouldn't it be enough to let Takagi Wataru come? Didn't Brother Maori know that he was a computer idiot?
Takagi Wataru was stunned to see Inspector Megure about to smash the computer, so he quickly stepped forward to stop him and whispered in his ear: "Turn on the computer, which means turn on the power."
Inspector Megure suddenly realized that he knew how to turn on the power, so he found the power button and pressed it.
"Then, transfer the interface in the floppy disk to the desktop where you process documents, and then save the data to a blank floppy disk."
Inspector Megure stared at the computer screen blankly, his expression a little dazed: "Open, transfer, save?" What is this saying? Why can't I understand a word of it?
Gao Mushi laughed dryly. He just found out today that his boss didn't know how to use a computer. He had no choice but to step forward and hold the mouse. He operated it while explaining: "It's just to copy the data in the floppy disk to the blank floppy disk."
"Oh! Oh!" Inspector Megure widened his eyes and looked at Takagi Wataru's smooth operation with a surprised expression.
Seeing the "Copy Completed" prompt on the screen, he couldn't help but look down at Maori Kogoro: "Brother Maori, you are not doing this to tease a computer idiot like me, are you?"
"Then the last step is to turn off the power of the computer."
Seeing that Brother Maori ignored him, Inspector Megure couldn't help but snort: "I still know this!"
He pressed the power button again, but the computer did not respond. It did not shut down as he expected. He could not help but mutter, "Why is it not responding?"
Takagi Shigeru couldn't bear it anymore, so he helped Inspector Megure to operate it: "This is how you turn off the power..."
Takagi Shigeru held the mouse, opened the start menu and clicked shutdown, and the screen quickly went dark.
"I see!" Inspector Megure showed a look of sudden realization, "You don't just press the power button?"
Takagi explained patiently, "No, laptops are not turned off with the power button. Desktop computers are not turned off with the power button either... Anyway, in order to prevent accidental power failure and data loss, the power button is designed to be turned off by long pressing. The normal shutdown is done using the shutdown button in the system."
Inspector Megure nodded blankly: "I see."
"That's right. Only people who are used to using computers would know what just happened." (The background time of Conan is at the end of the 20th century. At that time, the author was still in elementary school. The system was generally 95, and computers were rare things, unlike now.)
Inspector Megure lowered his eyes and asked unhappily, "So, what do you mean by asking me to do this?"
"People who don't use computers won't understand the terms I just used. So, you should be able to see the death message on the chessboard, right?"
Inspector Megure squatted in front of the Go board with a question mark on his face: "Takagi, do you understand?"
Takagi Wataru had the same question mark face: "I don't understand at all."
"Hey, isn't this chess game too weird?" Xu Bei suddenly spoke.
"Hmm? What do you mean?" Inspector Megure and Takagi Shigeru couldn't help but look at Sugai.
Xu Bei pointed at a certain chess piece and said, "Look here, the black pieces are surrounding the white pieces. According to the rules of Go, the white pieces should be taken away, but the chess piece is still left there. Isn't this a clear violation of the rules?"
"Breaking the rules?" Inspector Megure was stunned, and his face suddenly became serious. "If that's the case, then this game of chess really has a deeper meaning?"
"But what does it mean?" Inspector Megure stared at the chessboard and fell into deep thought.
Conan looked over and confirmed that everyone else's attention was on the chessboard. Then he whispered to Mao Lilan: "Ran, it's now!"
Ran Mao Li nodded seriously, put Conan behind her, and protected him as she slipped to the computer and took the floppy disk with the copy of Itakura Taku's diary.