Being in Detective Conan, being officially part of the organization is just too awesome!

Chapter 926 Gin: I've got everything back.....

It's not that I don't trust Gin's investigative abilities............................

Just to clarify beforehand, Lin Jiayou has 100% trust in Gin's abilities................................

The reason he needed to hear the investigation process and results again was simply to better implement subsequent actions.

Gin was naturally aware of this as well...

He didn't speak directly to Lin Jiayou, but instead looked at Vodka beside him and gave orders...

"Vodka, you tell me..."

"Ah I?"

Vodka was suddenly called out by his older brother and was a little confused..........................

Wait, you two were arguing over there, how did you suddenly bring me up?

I'm just an honest guy, happily watching the drama unfold....................................

"Hurry up, don't waste time.............................."

Gin urged again.........................

Vodka's investigation had been following him closely, so he must know the details of the process....................................

Besides, Vodka was the one who introduced Cherry to this task in the first place, so having him continue the story is perfect...

"Okay, okay..........................."

Vodka nodded repeatedly, not daring to delay in the slightest...

He instinctively opened his laptop again and then clicked on a few files.............................

There was no other way; all his skills lay in the computer. He would record any clues or information he obtained during missions.................................

If you let him explain first, he'll just keep reading from the document.

It's a bit of a shame that this presentation came so suddenly; Vodka hadn't even had time to prepare the PowerPoint slides...

"Hmm..."

After a moment of contemplation, Vodka began to recall the events while looking at the notes on his laptop, saying...

"This time, we started our investigation based on the key clues we got from Cherry—'Tanabata' and 'Kyou'.................................."

"Following our elder brother's instructions, we focused our investigation on the places these six unlucky fellows visited each year on Qixi Festival over the past five years..."

"First, there's that unlucky guy, Jinno Shuhei. Five years ago, on Tanabata (the seventh day of the seventh lunar month), he went to..."

"Let's get to the important points..."

Lin Jiayou immediately called a halt when he heard that Vodka was about to launch into another long-winded speech..................................

If we don't stop now, what if he goes on and on about all the places the victims visited on Qixi Festival, and then starts explaining his investigation logic...?

Damn, it's getting dark...................................

"Okay, okay.............................."

Vodka nodded repeatedly.

Then, he quickly tapped the keyboard twice to bring up another file............................

"In conclusion, our investigation through our peripheral members in Kyoto ultimately led us to..."

"Three years ago, these six unlucky guys all went to Kyoto!"

"And they all stayed at the same hotel..."

Not bad, not bad........................

Lin Jiayou thought to himself.

The organization's efficiency was indeed much faster than that of the Metropolitan Police Department in a short period of time...

"Therefore, based on these clues, we can see that..."

Vodka then drew another conclusion.

"'Tanabata' refers to the Tanabata Festival three years ago, and 'Kyoto' refers to Kyoto................................"

"Then, the organization members over there also casually checked what happened in Kyoto on Tanabata three years ago....................................."

"Finally, we discovered that this hotel in Kyoto had suffered a fire three years ago on Tanabata (the seventh day of the seventh lunar month)..."

"In this fire, all the tourists on the lower floors escaped successfully, but one tourist on the top floor was trapped by the thick smoke and died because he couldn't catch the elevator in time......................................."

"Her name is Nanako Honjo................................"

"I see............................."

With Vodka's prompting, Lin Jiayou had basically remembered most of the plot................................

He also thought of a corresponding character when he heard the name Nanako Honjo.........................................

"So it was someone close to her who chose revenge, is that right...?"

"good,"

Vodka nodded and continued to manipulate the computer, displaying two images.

"During our investigation, we discovered two suspicious individuals..."

"One of them is Nanako Honjo's boyfriend—Kosuke Mizutani..."

"The other person is Nanako Honjo's older brother—Kazuki Honjo............................"

"At the same time, we have also deciphered the true meaning behind the strange mahjong tiles left at the scene by the murderer..."

Vodka went on and on...

Lin Jiayou listened, his brows furrowing slightly...

Does mahjong tile have any real significance?

If he remembers correctly, this mahjong set doesn't seem as straightforward as it appears; even Conan seems to have fallen into some traps...

"Are you sure you've done it correctly....................................."

As Lin Jiayou spoke, he looked at Gin......................................

He knew that this kind of mental task was beyond Vodka's capabilities...

He was worried that Gin had also fallen into the trap...............................

"If you misunderstand the meaning of the mahjong tiles, you might lose everything..."

"Oh..........................."

Gin gave a cold laugh.

That laughter seemed to say—who do you think you are.........................

He sneered as he pulled a memory card from his pocket...

"Tequila brought it back herself..."

"Hmm, then it seems there's no mistake..."

Lin Jiayou nodded slightly.

Now that the memory card has been retrieved, it means they weren't mistaken about the murderer's identity...

"I'm not like those ordinary police detectives..."

Gin scoffed.

"They might think that the vertical line on the back of the mahjong tile represents the elevator, and the number on the front of the tile indicates each person's position in the elevator..............................."

"But they didn't consider............................"

Neither Honjo nor Mizutani Kosuke were present at the time.

"Neither of them could possibly know the exact location of everyone..."

Therefore, there are two meanings that mahjong tiles can express in the world—

"The vertical line in the background refers to the elevator door, a metaphor for the elevator that caused Nanako Honjo's death..........................."

"And the dots at the front, and the strange letters written on the back, actually refer to celestial phenomena................................"

"Our peripheral members in Kyoto investigated and found that Nanako Honjoi liked stargazing, so it's not surprising that the murderer would use that as a marker..."

"And according to the star chart that Vodka retrieved, the locations of the deaths of these victims closely match, or even exactly match, the positions of Polaris and the Big Dipper..."

"Then, the only possible culprits are Honjo and Itsuki..."