Chapter 934 (Please Vote and Subscribe!!!)
"I'm so sorry!"
At the door of the hotel, the proprietress who came after hearing the news bowed deeply to everyone:
"Last night it was due to negligence in our store that the night guard accidentally fell asleep, which led to such a horrific case!"
"careless"
Sakaki grinned:
"You think it was an accident?"
The landlady glanced at the waitress in a plain kimono, with three vertical wrinkles between her eyebrows, looking very stern:
"Aiko, did you drink the drink the guest gave you?!"
"No, no!"
The waitress named Aiko shook her head in fear:
"You are not allowed to touch customers' belongings without permission. This is the store's rule. I have worked in the store for 5 years and I have never violated it once!"
"That's what she said."
The landlady looked into Sakaki's eyes and said calmly:
"The store does not allow waiters to eat food given by customers, just to prevent some customers from drugging drinks or food. All the food we eat is processed by the kitchen."
"In that case."
Crossing the counter, Sakaki picked up the water glass placed next to the waitress's hand, turned around and handed it to Ishimoto Kyoukichi:
"You shouldn't mind if the police analyze the ingredients of this water glass and let the police extract and check the drug residue in her blood."
"Of course not."
The landlady said expressionlessly:
"Our hotel will definitely cooperate with the police investigation."
While the police were testing the blood components of the waitress, Sakaki began to ask the waitress for her statement:
"What time did you start on duty last night?"
"12 o'clock."
Aiko sat on the chair, grabbing the kimono on her knees with both hands, and replied solemnly:
"I'm specifically responsible for night duty and breakfast. Because the hotel closes after 12 o'clock, I usually don't see many guests."
"Um"
Biting off the pen cap, Sakaki recorded this information and continued to ask:
"What time did you fall asleep?"
"I can't remember clearly, it seems like"
While thinking hard, Aiko said uncertainly:
"It seemed to be around 1 o'clock in the morning. Before I fell asleep, I heard the sound of the door closing in the bathroom. We only entered the bathtub to take a bath at 12 o'clock after the guests had left."
"So, you went to the bathroom between 12 o'clock and 1 o'clock?"
"Well, I entered the bathroom to take a shower at 12:05, sat behind the counter at 12:25, handed over to others, and officially started my shift."
Aiko remembers these two points in time very clearly.
"Will the hotel door be locked after 12 o'clock?"
"Yes, once locked from the inside, it cannot be opened from the outside. You must use a key to open the door."
Aiko took out a bunch of silver keys from behind the counter and said:
"The keys are placed behind the counter, and the spare key is in the hands of the proprietress."
"Um?"
Seeing that there was more than one key, Sakaki raised an eyebrow:
"What are the keys for except the key to the front door?"
"The keys to the doors, windows, vending machines, restaurants, and kitchens of the staff dormitories are all kept at the front desk."
Cracking his fingers, Aiko counted them one by one:
“This makes it easier for everyone to access.”
"Have you eaten anything since you started your shift?"
Kidd on the side asked directly the key points:
"Who did you see in the half hour before you fell asleep?"
"Drink some brown sugar ginger water"
Rubbing his hands together, Aiko looked very nervous and did not dare to look at the landlady next to him:
"I haven't been feeling well lately, so the kitchen cook cooked it for me before get off work."
"As for the guests, I met a lot of them. The famous Maori detective came down and bought a bottle of juice. He came over to chat with me and chatted for a few minutes. During this period, several guests passed by the corridor one after another."
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Mouri Kogoro, Moori Kogoro again!
Sakaki wanted to complain, why is he everywhere?
I got drunk and stayed up most of the night. I went to the hotel counter and talked to the waiter.
Thanks to him for doing it!
Mao Lilan's chest rose and fell while he was listening. He lowered his head in shame and at the same time felt angry.
Two words, shameful!
No matter how old I am, my daughter can kick telephone poles, let alone go out on the street to make soy sauce, and even goes to chat with young girls.
It's as if he can tease her.
"Autumn bean sack."
Conan, who was looking down in thought and completely ignoring Kogoro Mouri's 'evil deeds', suddenly asked:
"You sat down at 12:25, but the kitchen made you brown sugar and ginger water. Didn't the kitchen turn off the fire at 12 o'clock?"
"Ahem."
The landlady cleared her throat and said:
"At the end of the day, the kitchen will cook a late-night snack to reward everyone. In addition, there is cleaning to do. Generally, the kitchen will not finish until after 12:30."
There is no problem with this. Sakaki hit his head with the pen and said while looking at Aiko:
"How long have you been chatting with Kogoro Mouri?"
"About 5 or 6 minutes."
Aiko thought:
"I don't know why, but there were a lot of customers in the corridor at that time. They were all drunk and went straight to the vending machine. By the time they left, it was already 12:45."
"You remember it very clearly."
Sakaki narrowed his eyes and said:
"Something must have happened at that time to prompt you to strengthen your memory."
"Ah, ah"
Aiko's body trembled, his eyes dodged, and he hesitated:
"No, no, is it wrong to remember clearly?"
“According to scientific research, when a living being has a sense of tension, emotional fluctuations, slight nervousness accompanied by excitement, fright, or concentration, the memory of that period is often clearer than at other times.”
Looking at Aiko faintly, Sakaki asked in a calm voice without any emotion:
"Besides, you just showed obvious concealment actions. I hope you understand that two people were killed in your hotel last night. If the case cannot be solved as soon as possible,"
"Aiko!"
The landlady frowned and scolded sternly:
"12:45, what happened!"
The room suddenly became quiet. Everyone looked at Aiko. She was struggling for a long time before she couldn't resist the pressure and said:
"It's Anan. He got off work. When he saw Detective Maori chatting with me, he rushed up angrily and started a little argument. It wasn't really an argument. We didn't argue. We were all quite harmonious."
"Who is Anan?"
With his head lowered, Aiko stopped talking again.
"He's the assistant cook in the back kitchen. He just came here this spring. I'm afraid he made the brown sugar ginger water that Aiko mentioned just now."
The landlady glanced at Aiko coldly and said:
"During business hours, dating is strictly prohibited in the store. Aiko, this is not the first time you have made a mistake. I also caught you chatting with Anan at noon the day before yesterday!"
"Yes, sorry"
Aiko lowered his head deeply, as if he really knew he was wrong.
After asking this, Sakaki finally understood the ins and outs.
Aiko is hiding something, and the facts she conceals are of great help to the case.