"Miss Yoko! Mr. Akikawa!"
A girl's shout came from the side.
Akikawa Kyousuke turned around when he heard the sound.
Then he saw Mouri Ran, Suzuki Sonoko, and Itakura Misaki quickly running toward him.
After hearing Suzuki Sonoko's voice, Okino Yoko quickly reached up to wipe her eyes and then moved away from Akikawa Kyousuke.
However, this scene was clearly seen by Mouri Ran and others, who were rushing over.
The two girls looked at each other and both saw the surprise in each other's eyes.
"Ran, did you see that just now?"
Suzuki Sonoko said in shock, her cheeks red.
"I saw Miss Yoko hugging Mr. Akikawa just now, and she seemed to be crying."
Mouri Ran also widened her violet-blue eyes, and shyness and extreme surprise appeared on her delicate cheeks.
Is this really the famous star Okino Yoko they know?
"Miss Yoko, Mr. Akikawa, what exactly happened?"
Akikawa Kyousuke's agent, Miss Itakura Misaki, quickly ran over.
It was obvious that her physical strength wasn't as good as Mouri Ran's and Suzuki Sonoko's, and she was breathing heavily as she spoke.
"I don't quite understand the situation either."
Akikawa Kyousuke showed a confused expression and looked at Okino Yoko.
Okino Yoko fixed her blue eyes on Itakura Misaki and asked softly:
"Why is Miss Itakura with Miss Mouri and Miss Suzuki?"
When Okino Yoko asked Itakura Misaki, her tone was as gentle as always.
But still.
Itakura Misaki was stared at by Okino Yoko's still red eyes, and she felt like she had done something wrong and was afraid to look Okino Yoko directly in the eye.
She had promised Okino Yoko's advice and didn't allow Akikawa Kyousuke to continue having contact with Suzuki Sonoko and the others.
As a result, she had broken that promise.
At that moment, the sound of fast footsteps was heard again.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Sera Masumi running quickly.
Behind Sera Masumi was Conan, a primary school student in a suit and tie, along with a group of officers from the Metropolitan Police Department.
The cute girl sighed in relief after seeing that Okino Yoko and Akikawa Kyousuke were safe and sound.
She didn't waste time, looked at Akikawa Kyousuke, and went straight to the point.
"Mr. Akikawa, I heard that Takao Ohga invited you to meet him here. What's going on?"
"This morning, after Miss Itakura and I watched the movie written by Oda, we ran into Mr. Ohga, who was also leaving the screening room."
"After Mr. Ohga met me, he invited me to come here at 1 p.m., saying he would introduce me to Director Hotta."
Akikawa Kyousuke's cheeks still showed confusion because he didn't understand the situation and told Sera Masumi the truth.
"Akikawa, are you saying that Mr. Ohga also watched the same movie we did?"
Conan, who had also listened to Akikawa Kyousuke's story, suddenly spoke up and asked Akikawa Kyousuke.
"Yes."
"Really!"
Although it sounds simple, Akikawa Kyousuke was invited by Ohga Takao.
But Conan still extracted a lot of key information from these two sentences.
"Miss Sera, do you remember the air conditioning in the director's private lounge?"
"Remember, our director's air conditioning was set to 32°C. This means the culprit wanted to accelerate the body's decomposition and the oxidation of the blood."
Sera Masumi nodded.
"In our judgment, our director was murdered between 9:30 and 11:10, and the killer wanted to mislead us into judging the time of death to be earlier."
"The killer's purpose in doing so must have been to create an alibi when committing the crime."
"And Takao Ohga watched the same movie we did, and had a clear alibi between 9:00 and 10:30, so his situation aligns with the behavior of the murderer who turned on the air conditioning!"
Conan nodded after hearing this.
Through Akikawa Kyousuke's words, he also confirmed another thing.
"It seems that Mr. Ohga had an impromptu idea after seeing Akikawa-kun when he left the screening room, so he chose Akikawa-kun as a target."
"His main goal is to blame Director Hotta."
After Conan finished speaking, he silently looked at Akikawa Kyousuke, who seemed surprised and confused by his words, and couldn't help but smile.
"Speaking of which, Akikawa really has terrible luck."
"Before, they considered him the murderer in the car accident, and then they almost killed him when he acted at the Empire Theatre last time. This time, he was attacked again by a stranger."
"What kind of luck is this?"
What Conan didn't notice was.
After hearing his analysis, Okino Yoko's eyes shifted slightly.
"Who are you blaming, Conan-kun? What are you talking about?"
Akikawa Kyousuke was shocked when he heard Conan's words and then asked Conan in a panic.
"Thanks to Mr. Akikawa, Miss Yoko stopped him in time. If he had really gone to meet Takao Ohga, I'm afraid they would have already killed him."
"Ah--!?"
Akikawa Kyousuke opened his mouth wide and stood there stunned for a moment.
Sera Masumi was about to continue speaking when she suddenly seemed to feel a penetrating gaze.
She turned her head slightly and saw Okino Yoko gazing at her gently.
There was no sharpness in her eyes.
"Miss Sera, what happened this time has nothing to do with Akikawa-kun, right?"
"And as a detective, it wouldn't be good to reveal the case to the general public, right?"
Okino Yoko's tone was gentle, as if kindly reminding Sera Masumi not to casually reveal the case information.
"It really doesn't matter much. Once Takao Ohga is caught, it will be enough to have Mr. Akikawa and Miss Itakura's testimony."
As Sera Masumi said this, she saw that Megure Juzo had brought the police to disperse the tourists.
"Miss Sera, are you saying that Mr. Ohga is in the exhibition room?"
Akikawa Kyousuke asked.
"Yes, didn't you set an appointment with Mr. Akikawa to meet here?"
Sera Masumi replied.
"Then why was there no answer when I knocked on the door just now?"
"And the room's door is locked and can't be opened."
Akikawa Kyousuke said with some confusion.
"What--?!"
Akikawa Kyousuke's words made both Sera Masumi and Conan shout in surprise.
Sera Masumi, who was about to walk toward the exhibition room, suddenly turned her head and looked at Akikawa Kyousuke with wide eyes.
"Mr. Akikawa, are you saying that Miss Yoko didn't stop you outside, but that you already knocked on the door and even tried to open it?"
If that's the case, then it's truly a miracle that Akikawa Kyousuke survived.
"Yes."
Akikawa Kyousuke nodded.
He looked at Sera Masumi and Conan, his delicate cheeks full of confusion.
"If Mr. Ohga is still in the room, why didn't he open the door for me?"
(End of chapter)