SailorStar9: With Chapter 125 uploaded, I present Chapter 126 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?

Disclaimers: I do not own Sailor Moon or Detective Conan, I only own this plotline and the pairing.

Pairing: Established!Furuya Rei/Mizuno Ami

Chapter 126: The Man Crushed by a Dinosaur


Time passes...

Megure's team was called in after Shida Nobuhisa was crushed by the Beika Dinosaur Museum's brachiosaurus skeleton.

"He was crushed by a dinosaur." Mitsuhiko noted, the Detective Boys were standing outside the barricade tape. "Detective Takagi, is this an accident?"

"Actually, we don't know anything yet." Takagi admitted.

"You're saying this second exhibition hall was closed the whole time?" Megure questioned the museum employees.

"The exhibition isn't for a while." Kuchiki Yoshito replied. "All the exhibits were under construction. We're in the middle of temporarily assembling this brachiosaurus."

"The director was just assigned to this museum last month." Naito Tatsuki added. "He was rather excited about it. It's possible he came to check on the exhibits."

"I can't believe he got caught in this accident." Katsuragawa Yua noted.

"About that, we determined the wires supporting the fossil were cut by someone." Megure supplied.

"It would take a lot of time to cut all these wires." Kuchiki pointed out, surveying the cut off wires.

"That's why we believe the culprit cut most of the wires beforehand and cut the last one when the director arrived." Megure stated. "The tool we believed was used to cut the wires were right next to the collapsed fossil."

"According to reception and security, nobody entered or exited the building or grounds before or after the fossil collapsed." Takagi supplied.

"What were each of you doing when the fossil collapsed?" Megure questioned.

"The host had nothing to do with it." Ayumi cut in. "He was onstage the whole time."

"Katsuragawa Yua-san, you were alone in the office the whole time?" Megure started questioning.

"Yes." Katsuragawa responded.

"And Kuchiki-san?" Megure pressed.

"I was in the museum's prep room." Kuchiki answered. "I was preparing the fossils for display alone."

"Which means the two of you don't have alibis." Megure pointed out. "We'll talk to each of you in greater detail."


Elsewhere...

After taking a look at the museum's floor plan and returning back to the central exhibition hall, Conan finally pieced together what happened when Genta pointed out the stain on Ayumi's dress and the hidden evidence in the cardboard box backstage.


In the second exhibition hall...

"Inspector Megure, are you sure Kuchiki-san is the culprit?" Professor Agasa started.

"He has no alibi, and he left something at the crime scene." Megure replied.

"The thing is, I find that hard to believe." Professor Agasa stated. "Kuchiki-san has spent his lifetime researching dinosaurs and loves them from the bottom of his heart. I can't imagine him destroying that."

"Everyone else in the museum has an alibi." Megure reminded.

"Especially the show's host, Naito-san." Professor Agasa agreed. "You could say your alibi was perfect."

"The dinosaur show was really fun." Conan ran in. "You were onstage the whole time. But you were only seen onstage for a few seconds."

"Naito-san was first seen at the start of the show." Professor Agasa continued. "What if he had exited the stage immediately afterwards and gone to the director's office?"

"I was commentating the whole time." Naito protested.

"Your headset was wireless." Professor Agasa stated. "You could've gone to the director's office while speaking."

"Isn't there only one show a day?" Haibara inquired. "There was a lot of confetti. We found one piece in the hallway in front of the director's office. Maybe it fell after getting stuck on you."

"You returned to the stage shortly afterwards." Professor Agasa added. By briefly showing yourself, you gave the audience the impression that you were onstage the whole time. You disappeared into the smoke and exited the stage once again. This time, you went outside and headed to the rear entrance of exhibition hall 2 where the fossils were kept. You used the sound effects of the dinosaur show to mask the sound of the falling fossil. After spilling the coating agent on the floor, you returned to the stage and ended the show. There were pieces of fossils near the rear entrance of the exhibition hall. They must've stuck to the bottom of your shoe when you stepped on them before falling there."

"The fossils collapsed after the show ended." Naito objected. "It's just his imagination that I killed him."

"Isn't this your show costume?" Genta presented Naito's stage outfit.

"There was a sound system remote in the pocket." Mitsuhiko added. "You used it to play the sound of it falling after the show ended to make us think the fossil fell in that moment."

"Call forensics." Megure ordered. "Have them examine the director's office and the rear entrance to the exhibition hall. Naito-san, we're going to examine the bottom of your shoes."

"It was perfect." Naito sunk to his knees. "So why?"

"Because, you were acting a little weird, onii-san." Conan spoke. "You suddenly defended the clerk and explained Kuchiki-san's actions. You were eager to frame Kuchiki-san. One other thing: there's a stain on your costume's pocket. You kept the coating agent in your pocket. For whatever reason, it leaked. When you helped Ayumi-chan up during the show, you created a stain on her clothes."

"Director Shida was going to kill me." Naito sneered. "Shida and I were actually working together. I used the money I had to help him acquire this museum. Once he became director, he said he wouldn't pay me back. So, I killed him before he could kill me."


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