Chapter 21 13. Two managers

Yu Zichai stood where he was, his heart trembled violently. He clearly heard the rattling sound of the closet, as if someone was moving, and when he listened carefully, it was a low and painful moan. Because of the sudden incident, Yuzi Chai Jin was also a little bit surprised, not knowing what to do. Then, he summoned up his courage and walked carefully step by step to the closet. "Who? Who's there?" After Yuzi Chaijin finished speaking, he heard someone answer, the wardrobe continued to make rattling sounds, and the moaning sound became louder and louder. Seeing this, Miko Chaijin immediately opened the wardrobe door forcefully.

Suddenly, a bald man with a beer belly rolled out of the closet. Needless to say, he was of course Manager Kawaguchi. Manager Kawaguchi was wearing a knitted shirt and suit pants, his hands and feet were tied behind his back, and something was stuffed in his mouth. "Ah! Manager Kawaguchi!" Immediately, Miko Chaijin took out the contents of his mouth and loosened the ropes on his hands and feet. "Thank you, detective boy." Manager Kawaguchi chattered nonsense. "Damn! What a tragedy..." While cursing, Manager Kawaguchi rubbed the painful joints of his hands and feet with his palms.

"Mr. Kawaguchi, when were you locked in the closet?" "When? About six o'clock in the evening! Because His Highness Ali's banquet is about to start, I came back here to change clothes, but unexpectedly, I was attacked by the villains hiding in the room..." "Ah! So, you didn't show up at His Highness Ali's banquet!" "Of course! How could I be there! When I was about to change clothes, I was hit from behind with a stick, and then I lost consciousness." "It's over! Then the manager staying next to His Highness Ali tonight must be the phantom monster."

Miko Chaijin once pulled the beard of the manager in front of him before the banquet to make sure that he was not a fake. Unexpectedly, after that, the Phantom Monster disguised himself as Manager Kawaguchi. Manager Kawaguchi took out the suit from the closet and continued: "After I woke up, I found myself locked in the closet. If you came later, I think I might have suffocated in it... Miko Shibajin, thank you very much. By the way, have you been there tonight? What happened?" Manager Chuan hurriedly fastened his tie and asked worriedly. "Yes, the phantom monster appeared at the banquet disguised as you tonight."

"What? Disguised as me?" "Yes, and he also stole His Highness Ali's ruby." "What? His Highness Ali's ruby ​​was stolen!" "Not only that, but Minister of Foreign Affairs Fujikawa was almost killed!" "What did you say? Foreign Minister Fujikawa was almost killed?" "Well, but that Foreign Minister Fujikawa is a fake." "You... detective boy, what are you talking about? I can't understand a word." "It doesn't matter if you don't understand. Mr. Kawaguchi, what I want to ask you is, have you invited Henry Matsuzaki, a clown from the Tamiya Circus, to perform at the hotel?"

"Who is Henry Matsuzaki?" "He's a Tamiya circus clown." "What happened to the Tamiya circus clown?" "Manager Kawaguchi, do you really not know him?" "Of course I don't! Detective boy, I really don't understand what you're talking about! Ah! You're giving me a headache." Manager Kawaguchi put on his suit and ran to the hall with Miko Shibasumi. As soon as the jester saw him, he raised his handcuffed hands, pointed at the manager, and said: "Ah! It's him! He's the one who hired me at the circus..."