Chapter 485: Determined to Go Ahead with the Wedding
The people in the room were a little surprised to see Yuya and Miyano Shiho come in, but the bride was talking about the robbery that happened half a year ago, so they didn't say much.
According to the bride, half a year ago, on a snowy night, around midnight, she was awakened by a strange noise.
The light couldn't be turned on for some reason, so Yihuli had to take a flashlight to check the situation, and she saw a sneaky man wearing a hood.
The two of them staged a game of chase and escape in the dark, but when they escaped to the entrance, Yihu Li was still caught by the murderer.
Just as the murderer was about to raise his knife to kill someone, the groom Ping Zhenghui suddenly opened the door and came in.
Ping Zhenghui knew that Yihu Li was home alone that night, and he felt very uneasy for some reason, so he planned to come over and stay with her for the night. However, as soon as he entered the house, he saw the crime scene and without hesitation went up to him and started fighting with the murderer.
Yihu Li ran back to the room to call the police. When she returned to the entrance, the murderer was ready to escape, and before leaving he threatened to take revenge.
Shiratori Renzaburo couldn't help but sigh: "But you are really lucky that nothing happened."
Yihu Li said with lingering fear: "I'm fine, but he..."
Ping Zhenghui raised his left hand and smiled nonchalantly: "Maybe I accidentally twisted it during the fight. My wrist and thumb were both broken. I could barely move them until last week."
"But compared to life, broken bones are just a minor problem."
Yihu Li said with some sadness: "But if I had known that things would turn out like this, I should have gone there earlier."
"Over there?" Inspector Megure asked with some confusion.
Ping Zhenghui explained: "Her father said that since there are dangerous people targeting us, we should just leave Neon after we get married, so he bought us a villa in Hawaii."
Hawaii? Yuya couldn't help but look at Conan. Isn't that the legendary holy land where one can learn any skill?
Conan looked at Yuya strangely.
Youye smiled and glanced at the groom inconspicuously.
He had a hunch that the groom was most likely not a hero who bravely fought the murderer, but an accomplice of the murderer.
As for why... this is the world of science, that should be enough reason, right?
However, it is not easy to suspect others without any evidence now. Let's just wait and see what happens.
As they were talking, Yihuli mentioned that the groom's apartment had been broken into, but nothing was stolen, only the computer that should have been turned off was turned on.
Just as Conan and You were thinking about what was wrong with the computer, Inspector Megure's cell phone rang.
Chiba Kazunobu called to report that they found a charred body with a slit throat in an empty warehouse, wearing a suit and bow tie.
At the same time, the fingerprints of the serial robber and murderer were detected on the fingernails of the deceased.
Yuya was shocked. Wearing a suit and tie? There were fingerprints of the murderer? Could it be that...
He immediately asked the groom: "Mr. Ping, do you have a list of guests attending the banquet on your computer?"
Ping Zhenghui was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, Xiaoli and I compiled the list in my apartment."
Shiratori Renzaburo immediately understood: "Could it be that the body is someone among the guests who were supposed to be present?"
Sato Miwako's expression also changed suddenly: "Is the purpose to get an invitation letter?"
They didn't expect that the measures originally intended to prevent the criminals from sneaking in would instead lead to another innocent person being killed.
More importantly, the other party may have already mixed in with the guests at the scene.
Inspector Megure immediately ordered the wedding to be terminated and asked all irrelevant personnel to leave the venue immediately.
However, the groom, Taira Masaaki, disagreed with this and said that Inspector Megure had no actual evidence to prove that the murderer had arrived at the scene.
Shiratori Renzaburo tried to persuade them earnestly, saying that the murderer had escaped after making a threat half a year ago, and had turned on a computer that should have been turned off during the break-in. In addition, a guest who was suspected to be attending the wedding was killed. Putting this series of events together, didn't it prove that the murderer was planning to sneak into the venue and wait for the newlyweds?
But Ping Zhenghui still refused, saying that this would ruin his wedding and that of other newlyweds.
Just as the two sides were arguing, there was a knock on the door of the lounge, and a police officer came in with a gift box, saying that someone had asked them to give the box to the newlyweds.
The police officers had opened and checked the box beforehand and found that there was no dangerous goods inside but a camera.
The camera contains footage shot by Taira Masaki and Masuto Rei during their hot spring date trip. The person who filmed the video is a woman named Shimizu.
There was nothing special about the video, except that Ping Zhenghui placed the key above the street lamp outside the door, which is also where he usually places it.
Kogoro Mori couldn't help but suspect the woman named Shimizu, because she knew very well where the keys to the groom's house were placed. The keys were placed in such a location that anyone could get them as long as they knew the location.
But the bride, Yihu Li, did not believe him and retorted that Shimizu would never do such a thing. She asked the bride to call the police several times. However, the groom thought that the police would not care if nothing was missing from the house, so he did not take it seriously.
Yuya looked at the picture on the screen carefully, and suddenly noticed something out of place.
At the beginning of the scene, Ping Zhenghui was wearing a short-sleeved shirt when he opened the door. When he saw Yihu Li arrived earlier than the scheduled time, he went back to the room and put on a zippered jacket. At this time, his injured hand was actually outside the jacket.
You couldn't help but glance at Ping Zhenghui, thinking that this man was indeed very suspicious.
But this alone cannot confirm that there is something wrong with him. Maybe he is gifted and can easily put his broken hand through his coat?
There was nothing special in the video. At the same time, the groom said that he deliberately wrote the date on the information in his computer one day later, so that even if someone broke into the house and saw it, they would not know the actual time of the wedding.
Yuya said, "But now someone who is suspected to be a guest has been killed, which means that the other party already knows the time of the wedding. Although you said that there is no guarantee that the murderer came to the scene, there is no guarantee that he did not come, right? Since the information has the contact information of the guests, can't he contact anyone at random to get the invitation and the correct wedding time?"
The groom showed a hesitant expression, obviously Yuya's words were so pertinent that he had no reason to object.
"But... marriage is such an important thing, and it only happens once in a lifetime..." Ping Zhenghui was still a little unwilling.
Yuya felt that the focus of his reluctance did not seem to be the wedding.
Ping Zhenghui's statement made some sense. It was indeed very difficult to find another date to hold a wedding. Moreover, if they escaped this time, who could guarantee that the murderer would not come next time?
Conan raised his head and suggested: "How about asking the big brother and big sister to identify the guests attending the wedding? Anyone they don't know is most likely the murderer, right?"
Inspector Megure pondered for a moment and nodded, "Indeed, it is possible."
Miwako Sato agrees with this approach: "And there is no need to be face to face with the guests, just take a peek from the next room."
"Besides, if we abruptly end the wedding now, it might alert the murderer. It would be troublesome if he hurts innocent people impulsively. After all, he is a murderer who has killed six people..."