Chapter 538: The Incident of the Flower Arranger

On Friday, January 16, outside the Marina Hotel in Minato.

In the evening, many reporters gathered here, taking pictures of the famous cars parked at the entrance of the hotel, and the people who came down from them.

At around six o'clock in the evening, Mao Li brought Lan and Conan over from the station. Seeing this situation, he asked the two of them to wait outside and went in alone.

Lan looked at the people who went in one by one, and said excitedly: "It's great, all the people who come here are entertainers and athletes, all of them are celebrities."

Conan raised his triangular eyes and muttered, "What kind of art award is this so great?"

Lan said: "Mr. Okano is very good. When arranging flowers, the flowers are still in bud, and they will suddenly bloom in an instant, just like magic."

At this time, Mao Li came out from the side door of the hotel, "What do you think of me, tell you to let go and hear, but I was invited here and dare to arrest me."

The two waiters who pushed Maori out let him go, and waiter A said, "Sorry, guests, those who are not on the list cannot enter today."

Mori shouted: "You guys, don't you even recognize my name, Detective Mori Kogoro?"

Waiter B said, "I'm really sorry."

A reporter said: "It's the Maori detective." Then he immediately notified the higher-ups with a mobile phone that the Maori detective had appeared, and there might be an incident.

There are many reporters doing the same thing with him, and then they took pictures of Maori.

At this time, a woman came out of the restaurant and said, "I am Ozaki Tsui, and this gentleman is my guest."

"You heard me," Mori said proudly, "My name is Detective Mori Kogoro, but I was willing to move here because someone premeditated murder."

"Premeditated murder?" Hearing this, the reporters immediately ran to Maori.

"Detective Maori," Ozaki Tsui said helplessly, "come in with me."

"Sorry, sorry." Maori laughed dryly.

After entering the restaurant, Maori remembered that Lan and Conan were still outside, so he told Ozaki Tsui, and Ozaki Tsui arranged for someone to take them in from another side door. ...

guest office.

Ozaki Sui hung three pink flowers on the chests of the three Mori, and said, "Please come with me."

A moment later, Okano Toshika prepared the room.

Ozaki Sui introduced Mori to Okano Rikasuke who was putting on makeup.

"I'm sorry, Detective Mori, I'm busy now, so A Cui will entertain you." Okano Lixiang said.

After sitting separately, Ozaki Cui said: "Detective Maori, this is the threatening letter we received a few days ago." He handed over a piece of paper.

"The flower of death will bloom in the Seaside Hotel." Maori looked at the threatening letter and said, "These words were cut out and pasted on from other places, and there is no way to investigate." Then he asked, "Have you called the police yet?"

Ozaki Tsui said: "No, the teacher thinks it's just a prank."

Okano Lixiang said: "I think it's probably done by those who are jealous of my award, those petty people, I will not let them spoil my performance."

At this time, a middle-aged man came in, "I have heard that you received a boring threatening letter, but today's banquet is scheduled, it should not be changed because of this.

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"Don't worry, this is a banquet for me, and everything will go according to plan." Okano Lixiang stood up and said, "You should know this Maori detective, an expert in dealing with such problems." Then he said to Maori He introduced, "This is Manager Baimu, the supervisor of the hotel."

Maori said, "Hello."

Conan found that the flowers on Manager Baimu's chest were budding, which was different from the blooming flowers they wore.

"I've heard about you. Although you can solve the incident, you often make a mess of the client's affairs." Manager Shiraki said, "I hope you are not like this this time." Then he said to Okano Lixiang, "This time it will be fine Now, next time something like this happens, I hope you will tell me earlier, you have to remember that you represent not only yourself, but also our Baimu Group. "

"Yes, I understand." Okano Lixiang said with a bow.

"Then hurry up, some guests need you to say hello." Manager Bai Mu said, and then left.

"Damn it." Okano Lixiang kicked over the chair in front of him, "It's just a manager, what's the big deal."

"Teacher." Ozaki Tsui said worriedly, and then stepped forward to lift up the chair.

"I'm fine," Okano Lixiang calmed down, "As long as after tonight, someone will ask me to be a teacher, and then I will be able to get rid of the Shiraki Group and this guy. I feel disgusted when I see his face." Said Sit down and start to make up.

Lan changed the subject, pointed to a potted flower on the table and asked, "Miss Cui, this potted flower is so beautiful, but what is that bottle that looks like a fire extinguisher?"

"That's liquid nitrogen." Ozaki Tsui said.

Conan asked: "Is it the kind of thing that can freeze objects in an instant?"

"That's right, you know that too." Ozaki Tsui said, "But it's not that powerful."

"Is this the secret of Miss Lixiang's flower arrangement?" Conan asked.

"That's why, use the temperature." Lan smiled, and then asked, "Did Miss Lixiang think of this? She is really amazing."

"Yes," Ozaki Cui nodded, and then whispered, "To be exact, it was developed by the teacher."

Lan asked in a low voice, "By the way, why is there no makeup artist here?"

"It was the teacher who insisted on putting on the makeup by himself." Ozaki Tsui said with a smile.

At this time, Okano Rika stood up, "Okay, let's go out." Then he said to Maori, "Detective Maori, I'll leave it to you this time."

"No problem, leave it to me." Maori smiled. ...

Around seven o'clock in the evening, the lobby.

Maori took Lan and Conan around for more than half an hour, but found nothing suspicious.

At this time, waiter C came over in a panic, "Excuse me, are you a Maori detective? Can you come with me?"

"Okay," Molly said.

A moment later, outside Manager Baimu's lounge.

The waiter C said: "Because it's almost time, I came to invite Manager Baimu, but no one responded, then I tried to push the door, and the door opened, and then I saw Manager Baimu lying on the sofa in a strange way , and then I'll go find you."

"Strange looking?" Molly asked.

"You take care of yourself." Waiter C pushed open the door.

Manager Shiraki was lying on his back on the sofa, his tie wrapped around his neck like a rope.

"This is," Mao Li quickly stepped forward to check Manager Shiraki's neck, and said in surprise, "There is no heartbeat, he is already dead."

"Yes, sure enough." Waiter C was about to cry. ...

A few minutes later, the Mumu Police Department led a team to break through the reporter's blockade, entered the hotel, and came to the scene.

After the Mumu Police Department ordered the subordinates to go down to start work, they asked Maori angrily, "Hey, brother Maori, why are you here?"

"Well," Maori laughed dryly, "yes, there's a threatening letter."

"Asshole!" Mumu Police Department yelled, "Why don't you call the police on this kind of thing."

"I didn't let the police call the police." Okano Lixiang said, "I thought it was just a prank, to ruin my banquet."

"This is Ms. Okano Rika, a flower arranger, and the threatening letter was sent to her." Mori said.

The Mumu Police Department asked: "Then, Miss Lixiang, can you please cancel this banquet immediately?"

Okano Lixiang said: "This is impossible, this banquet is very important to me."

The Mumu Police Department said: "Listen to me, the murderer is still in this venue, and will attack the next target at any time."

"Of course I know this, but the person who will kill Manager Shiraki must be because of some commercial dispute, which has nothing to do with me as an artist, so no matter who dies, I will not cancel this banquet." Okano Lixiang Said, then bowed and said, "I'm going back to touch up my makeup, excuse me."

The Mumu Police Department asked: "Maori, Miss Lixiang?"

Mao Li said: "I have seen that Miss Lixiang has been meeting guests in the lobby."

At this time, the forensic personnel came to report, "The deceased was strangled to death with a tie around his neck after being unconscious. There is another strange thing."

"What?" Megure Police Department asked.

The forensic personnel said: "The flower on the chest of the deceased had a drug reaction."

"What?" Maori was taken aback, "You mean that the drug was applied on the flower." Then he asked, "But the flower is still in good condition, not a single petal is broken, it's not like the one that used to cover his face." It looks like, could it be that he came up to smell it by himself?"

The forensic officer said: "This is not clear."

Conan thought in his heart, wait a minute, I remember that when I saw Manager Shiraki just now, the flower on his chest was unopened, but now it is open, so, thinking of this, Conan turned and ran away.

A moment later, Okano Toshika prepared the room.

Conan found no one inside, and the door was not locked, so he opened the door and went in. After searching, he found an incubator filled with dry ice, a box inside, and a few pieces of ice in the box.

Conan fanned the smell with his hands and found a few tablets of frozen drug, and a few tablets of frozen prussic acid.

Sure enough, Conan thought, put the frozen drug into the unopened flowers, and when the flowers bloomed at a higher room temperature, the frozen drug would also melt and gasify quickly, which would make the The victim was inhaled. This is Ms. Lixiang's stuff. The only one who can control the flowering time is Miss Lixiang. Wait a minute, Miss Lixiang has been meeting guests in the lobby. How did she commit the crime?

At this time, the broadcast in the hall rang, and the banquet began. First of all, the winner of the World Art Award, ikebana Rika Okano, was invited to perform live.

No, the next target's flower might contain hydrocyanic acid. Conan hurried back to the hall, looking around for the person whose flower on his chest hadn't bloomed.

A few minutes later, Conan found that only Okano Lixiang's performance flowers on the rostrum were not open in the hall.

Conan murmured: "Could it be that I'm thinking too much, Ms. Lixiang probably won't commit suicide." But just to be on the safe side, Conan ran to the podium.

Not good, Conan smelled the faint smell of hydrocyanic acid in the air, and immediately rushed to the stage, under Okano Lixiang's surprised eyes, picked up the bottle containing liquid nitrogen, and sprayed nitrogen on those who were injured by themselves. Flowers that are opening as the temperature rises bring those flowers back to a budding state.

"Stop, stop, stop." Okano Toshika yelled desperately, "You little brat, you ruined my most important performance."

Conan pretended to be embarrassed and said: "I'm sorry, when I got the bottle, it suddenly squirted out."

"Damn it, why are you here?" Maori ran onto the stage to catch Conan.

Conan quickly retreated to the upper stage, out of sight of everyone, and used an anesthesia needle to bring Mao Li down, and let him sit on the upper stage floor.

At this time, the Mumu Police Department came over, and said in surprise: "This is the sleeping Kogoro." Then he asked in surprise, "Brother Maoli, have you found out where the clues to this case are?"

"That's right." Conan said in Maori's voice with a voice-changing bow tie, "Actually, it's my intention to interrupt the show." At the same time, he thought, uncle, there are so many reporters out there, I'll help you become famous, then the scapegoat Just make it hard for you to memorize it.

Okano Lixiang shouted: "You, what are you talking about!" Then he glanced at the gathered guests, "You ruin my banquet like this, I will not let you go."

"What if I save your life?" Conan said in a Maori voice, "When the closed petals bloom, your life will end."

The Mumu Police Department said helplessly: "Brother Maoli, can you explain it clearly so that everyone can understand it."

"Police, please ask someone to seal all the flowers used for flower arrangement. In order to prevent the air from seeping out, it is best to wrap two or three layers." Conan said in a Maori voice, "These flowers hide the mysterious death of Manager Shiraki. secret, now the weapon of an attempted murder."

"Okay." The Mumu police department immediately ordered the department to go down and do it.

"Whether it's killing Mr. Shiraki, the manager, or planning to kill Ms. Lixiang, they all use Ms. Lixiang's method of arranging flowers, that is, the tightly closed petals suddenly bloom. This method is carried out." Conan said in a Maori voice.

The Megure police department asked: "So the murderer is Ms. Lixiang? But, brother Mori, it makes sense to say that Manager Shiraki was killed by Ms. Lixiang, but does it mean that Ms. Okano wants to commit suicide here?"

"What nonsense are you talking about, I have been meeting guests in the lobby." Okano Lixiang said, "There are many people here who can prove my absence."

Conan said in a Maori voice, "That's right, Manager Shiraki was not killed by Miss Lixiang."

The Mumu police department asked: "Then who is this murderer?"

"This person is the one who prepared the flowers for Miss Lixiang's performance." Conan said in a Maori voice, "Miss Lixiang, I think you should be very clear."

"You mean A Cui." Okano Lixiang said in surprise.

"That's right, it's Miss Lixiang, your special assistant, Miss Ozaki Sui." Conan said in a Maori voice, "Because besides you, the only one who can arrange flowers on stage is Miss Cui."

Mumu Police Department asked: "But Miss Cui was also on the stage at the time. If she was the murderer, then the poisonous flowers she arranged would also poison herself to death?"

Conan said in a Maori voice: "The reason may be because of this magical method of flower arrangement. Miss Cui once said that it was only developed by Miss Lixiang."

"I originally wanted to die with Okano Toshika." Ozaki Tsui stood up, "Detective Maori is right, this magical flower arrangement method that makes tightly closed buds bloom is my sister's own hard work. It came out that Okano Lixiang was her student before, but Okano Lixiang found Shiraki as a patron and packaged her as the first person to create this method of flower arrangement. Of course, a powerful person in the art world It is a common phenomenon to squeeze out people without strength, but Okano Lixiang knows that with my sister around, she will never be able to get ahead, so she works with Shiraki and uses all kinds of despicable means to exert pressure everywhere, so that my sister will not go anywhere None of her work can be published."

The Mumu Police Department asked, "Then your sister?"

Ozaki Tsui said sadly: "She ended her life without nostalgia for life." Then Okano Lixiang said, "Okano Lixiang, you never loved these flowers at all, you just used them for fame and money Forget it, I became your assistant incognito, and only then did I truly understand this, so I couldn't bear what you and Manager Baimu did."

"Ha, ha..." Okano Lixiang laughed loudly, "I think you understand everything at all. This method of flower arrangement is the teacher's idea, but the teacher just came up with it. I am the one who applied for a patent for it. So in this world, except for me and people I approve, no one can use similar flower arrangements, including the teacher." Then he said, "I am very sad about the death of the teacher, but this is the competition in this world Cruel, winners can get money and fame, losers can only get sympathy, sometimes not even sympathy.” Then he said to the Mumu police department, “Take her away quickly, I want to continue my performance gone."

Afterwards, Ozaki Tsui followed the Megure Police Department. When he walked out the door, he heard the applause for Okano Lixiang in the hall, and Ozaki Tsui shed two lines of tears. ...

Later, Ozaki Cui was sentenced to ten years for murder and attempted murder. ...