Chapter 23 15. red dew

Tonight is a week after the banquet held by His Royal Highness Ali. If the ruby ​​is still not found tonight, His Highness Ali will leave Japan angrily and never provide Japan with the right to exploit oil. The lobby of the Japanese hotel where the banquet was held is now completely dark and quiet. The lotus petals in the central pool of the hall are all closed, making people feel that the whole world seems to be sleeping comfortably. Occasionally there will be a slight sound of water in the pool, probably carp playing in the water! On the walls around the hall, heavily guarded Western armored warriors stood everywhere, as if people were leaning against the walls.

At two o'clock in the morning, the entire hotel was silent, and everyone seemed to be asleep. Suddenly, a samurai in Western armor moved and made a noise, and then a man wearing a hotel service uniform came out of the armor. The man glanced around, then trotted across the hall to the entrance. He pressed the switch, and the art lights on the ceiling suddenly lit up. As soon as the art lights came on, the man immediately tiptoed to the central pool. He squatted near the floor where the manager Suita passed out last time, quietly staring into the pool. One second, two seconds... The white and red lotus petals that were sleeping peacefully just now began to bloom slowly.

Here we finally understand! The specially cultivated water lotus blooms by the light of the art lamps on the ceiling.Closed, that is to say, when the light of the art lamp is on, the petals will be opened automatically, and when the light is turned off, the petals will be closed. This can take quite a long time, because flowering and merging are very slow. The man squatting by the pool watched the lotus bloom anxiously. Suddenly, he seemed to think of something and looked around from time to time. It was more than two o'clock in the middle of the night, and no one would notice that the art lights in the hall were on.

After a long time, the petals of the lotus finally bloomed. The suspicious man carefully watched each white water lotus, and suddenly, he let out a cry of joy. In the center of a white lotus blooming by the pool, there is a red thing hanging there. Isn't that a big ruby?He shouted happily, and stretched out his hand towards the lotus... "It's a pity! Phantom monster." At this moment, a voice came from behind him. "who?" The suspicious man looked back with a gun in his hand. "Hahaha! That ruby ​​is fake. Yukiko has long since unraveled the meaning of red dew, so on the night of the banquet, the ruby ​​returned to the hands of His Royal Highness Ali. But in order to lure you here, we deliberately published it in the newspaper Reporting that His Royal Highness Ali was very angry. Hahaha! You should be obedient and get caught!"

The sound seemed to come from a warrior in Western armor. As soon as the suspicious man heard it, he fired, one shot, two shots...but the bullets of the pistol couldn't penetrate the hard armor at all. At this time, apart from the armored warrior who came out first, other armored warriors also came here from all directions, immediately surrounding the suspicious man. The suspicious man fired desperately, three rounds, four rounds, five rounds, six rounds, and finally he ran out of bullets. When he ran out of bullets, two people ran out of the armored warriors, it was Shunsuke Mitsuki and police officer Waitori.

The suspicious man turned around and tried to escape, the two of them immediately stepped forward to hold him down, and then Miko Shibasumi and Manager Kawaguchi also came out of the armor. After looking at the suspicious man's face, Miko Chaijin said firmly: "No, he is not Phantom Monster, he is a subordinate of Phantom Monster." This man is the one who used the campaign advertiser to lure Mikoshiba into the building last time. Although he failed to catch the phantom monster, the ruby ​​of His Royal Highness Ali finally returned to him. On the night of the banquet, the phantom monster disguised as Manager Kawaguchi took advantage of the lights out and everyone was frightened by Henry Matsuzaki's performance, and quickly stole His Highness Ali's ruby.

But when he pushed Suita Administrator down and wanted to escape, the ruby ​​in his hand accidentally fell into the petals of the white lotus. After the fluorescent light by the pool was turned off, there would be a short period of time when the light flashed weakly. That's why the administrator Suita saw the lotus flower shining like red dew before he passed out. In fact, it was the reflection of the ruby ​​lost by His Highness Ali. of light. Yukiko is a smart and cunning girl. After hearing the word "red dew" mentioned by the administrator Suita, she suddenly thought of lotus.

So that night, after the art lights were turned on, they carefully inspected the water lotus, and successfully found His Highness Ali's ruby. His Highness appreciated Yukiko's wit very much, and quickly discussed with Minister of Foreign Affairs Fujikawa about the signing of the oil exploration rights. On that day, Yukiko attended as a lucky god! On the other hand, Administrator Suita's condition is also surprisingly mild. Because he saw the red dew, he asked His Royal Highness Ali's ruby ​​to be retrieved quickly. Therefore, Minister of Foreign Affairs Fujikawa specially issued a certificate of appreciation to him.

Later, the administrator Suita also quit his job as an administrator and went to work in the warehouse of the New Daily News. The only worry is, will Phantom Stranger settle down? Next, will he commit another crime?