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"You are surrounded!"
"Surrounded?"
Everyone could hear the blatant sarcasm in the Duke of Darkness's tone. He opened the French doors to the balcony, and—
A draft swept through the room.
Conan suddenly remembered something and shouted:
"He's trying to escape from the balcony!"
"Stop him now!"
Officer Yokomizo was momentarily stunned. Did he escape from the balcony?
How to escape?
This is the 21st floor!
Seeing how ignorant and unsophisticated the Izu police were.
Conan cursed under his breath.
Haven't these guys seen it with their own eyes or watched it on TV?
Doesn't Kaito Kid know?
There are many talented and extraordinary people in this world!
If this Duke of the Night is truly a complete imitation of the wicked phantom thief from my father's novels—
So walking among skyscrapers as if on flat ground is an easy thing for him.
Just like Kaito Kid!
Conan watched as the Dark Duke walked step by step onto the balcony.
He lightly leaped onto the railing, then turned around, the eerie smile on his mask still gracing his face, as if mocking everyone's incompetence.
A somewhat frantic voice rang out:
"Gentlemen!"
"See you later~"
Under the stunned gaze of everyone.
The Duke of Darkness stretched out his arms and fell backward!
"and many more!"
Conan rushed over.
Heiji Hattori, Makoto Kyogoku, Kogoro Mouri, and Inspector Yokomizo followed closely behind.
however--
When they arrived on the balcony...
The Duke of Darkness's body had completely collapsed.
Then--
Suddenly plummeting!
The crowd could only lean over the railing and watch helplessly as his cloak fluttered in the Izu crosswinds.
Like a bat hunting at night~
"wrong!"
Conan instantly sensed the problem.
As the Duke of Darkness was about to fall to the ground, he did not take any action.
Keep in mind that at that height, even Kidd would have a very difficult time deploying his hang glider. If he didn't do something now, he would definitely fall to his death!
"That location—"
Heiji Hattori also discovered the problem.
and--
He also discovered an even more shocking place.
The direction in which the Dark Night Duke fell was directly above the bronze statue that killed Egawa Tokio!
So what about the effect of crosswinds?
Isn't it said that crosswinds around hotels can cause falling objects to deviate from their direction?
Could my reasoning be wrong?
that's it--
All eyes were on the Dark Duke, who was about to be impaled on the statue when—bang!
A cloud of smoke exploded, obscuring the view.
"Listen up, everyone downstairs!"
Officer Yokomizo picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted, "Keep your eyes glued to that plume of smoke! Don't look away for a second! Wait for the Dark Duke—"
He didn't finish his sentence.
The smoke dissipated faster than expected.
It vanished in the blink of an eye.
however--
The Duke of Dark Night also vanished without a trace!
"Damn it, he got away!"
Conan angrily slammed his fist on the railing.
"Officer, our previous reasoning might be wrong!" Hattori Heiji frowned, carefully choosing his words.
"Duke Dark Night didn't make any movement when he fell, but he fell directly above the bronze statue that stabbed Jiang Yuan Shi'nan to death. So, it's very possible that the crosswind didn't have that much of an impact on the fall, and Jiang Yuan Shi'nan might really have fallen from this room!"
Conan nodded secretly.
They thought what he said made a lot of sense.
As everyone just saw.
The way the Dark Duke fell was almost identical to the way Ehara Tokio fell, as described by witnesses.
Therefore, it can be used as a reference point.
He almost landed on the bronze statue, so it's possible that Tokio Egawa fell from his room onto the bronze statue!
"Officer, can we go back now?" Hideko Kamijou asked as Natsume's performance ended.
"Furthermore, you need to send people to protect us tonight, since we don't know if the Dark Night Duke will return!"
"I know~"
Officer Yokomizo was extremely troubled.
This was originally just a simple murder case; with Kogoro Mouri involved, it should have been solved quickly.
However, now a real Dark Duke has suddenly appeared.
This made the case much clearer.
But where do we go to catch the murderer?
"Everyone, go back first. Don't worry! I'll have someone guarding your door!"
Inspector Yokomizo waved his hand helplessly. Everyone in the detective tour group was there when the Dark Duke appeared; they all had alibis.
Now we don't need to search any rooms anymore. Let's check if there's any hotel surveillance footage to see how that Dark Duke escaped!
Conan and Heiji Hattori were still somewhat unwilling to give up.
however--
They could only go back to rest first.
After all, the murderer has now been basically identified as the Dark Duke, but they can't catch him, so what's the point of staying here?
Uncle Mori led Conan away.
Meanwhile, Hattori Heiji was about to call Kazuha.
But she found that she had already left with Hideko Kamijou and Akiko Sayama, completely ignoring him!
Kazuha returned to her room.
He thanked the two older sisters very politely.
After they left.
Without saying a word, Kazuha dragged out Hattori Heiji's suitcase, threw it in front of him, and then slammed the door shut!
"Why is this woman so angry!"
Hattori Heiji scratched his head in confusion, but didn't pay much attention.
I picked up my suitcase and went back to my room.
Meanwhile, Akiko Sayama returned to her room, only to find that Satoshi Maeda had already arrived before her.
The two exchanged a glance, and Akiko Sayama said:
"Let's rest, Acong~"
"it is good!"
Maeda Satoshi didn't ask anything, and Sayama Akiko didn't say anything either. The two tacitly avoided discussing the day's events and turned off the room lights.
Kogoro Mouri's room.
He forgot about the case as soon as he got back to his room.
I turned on the TV and started watching Yoko Okino's late-night variety show, "Yoko Okino's 10-Minute Outfit Tips."
However, Conan doesn't have that much leisure time.
He was still thinking about the Dark Duke. To be honest, he was now feeling a little scared. The Dark Duke's absurd and playful style of doing things, as well as his superb agility, was just like something out of his father Yusaku Kudo's book!
So weird!
There is also a data card containing the Dark Night Duke virus.
With this—
The Dark Night Duke now had a reason to kill Jiang Yuan Shi Nan!
Moreover, if this Dark Night Duke is truly a one-to-one imitation of the one in the book, even if he is cruel and ruthless and kills without hesitation, he should not lie. After all, the Dark Night Duke in the book never lies!
but--
Where did he come from?
How come I've never heard of this before?
Conan racked his brains, but still couldn't find the answer!
.....
Let's go back to the moment Xia Ye jumped from the 21st floor.
Summer leaves fall gently in the sound of the wind.
However, whether it was the original screenwriter making things up or it was the wrong season, the crosswind below the 20th floor was much weaker, and it was not even in the same league as the strong wind around the 40th floor. It couldn't move his body at all!
This means that if you fall from two different locations, namely Tokio Ehara's room and Akiko Sayama's room, it is possible to land in the same location.
never mind!
Xia Ye was too lazy to think about it anymore.
Anyway, the matter is more or less resolved.
Just as Xia Ye was about to be stabbed in the butt by the long sword held aloft by the bronze statue, a cloud of smoke exploded, and Xia Ye instantly disappeared into the smoke.