"Okay! Got it!"
On the second floor of the aquarium, on the artificially piled rock field, everyone pulled up Moriyama Hiromichi's body with ropes.
As soon as the body was put down, Conan and Hattori Heiji hurriedly ran forward and took a closer look. Behind Hattori Heiji was his childhood sweetheart.
"The body has completely cooled down and it has been a long time since he was killed."
"Hey, did any of you call the police?" Mouri Kogoro looked at his phone and asked the security guard and the aquarium deputy director Harada Shotaro behind him.
"Yes, Detective Maori, we have already called the police before." A security guard replied.
"Well, my mobile phone has no signal at all right now..." Mouri Kogoro muttered and put the mobile phone back into his pocket.
"Ah, so did our mobile phones. It was just restored for a short time before. We took advantage of that time to call the police."
"The signal is so poor. Is your signal tower undergoing maintenance today?"
"This is not within our scope of responsibility, so we don't know much about it..."
"Hey hey hey, can't you?"
On the small stool behind the rock field, Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Lilan sat together, holding their chins and looking at Maori Kogoro who was chatting with the security guards.
"I always feel like uncle is not very reliable. Why did he start chatting with the security gentlemen next to him..."
"Hahaha, dad is always like this when handling cases. Don't worry about Sonoko, just leave it to dad and Hattori."
"Oh, it's true. I finally went out to play once, but I encountered another murder. Could it be that I, Suzuki Sonoko, was possessed by some god of death?"
Suzuki Sonoko sighed quietly, with a sad expression.
"It would be great if Aying was here now. She can solve the case much faster than uncle... By the way, Xiaolan, Aying hasn't come back yet?"
"Well, the little kingdom where Sister Ying lives only has one overseas flight a week, so it will take another two days to come back." Mao Lilan replied.
"That's Andrew, right? I heard that Onymar, who was captured by the police two days ago, seems to be from this small kingdom?" Suzuki Sonoko asked curiously.
She had also heard about the police's arrest of Onymar at Tokyo Tower the night before.
But because the police did not release specific details, she also knew that it was under the leadership of Princess Andrew that the police found Onymar and finally arrested him.
As for the follow-up, I heard that the princess has left Japan, but Onymar was detained by the police because of his criminal behavior. He is probably going to jail in Japan...
"Oh! The door is open, that's just right!"
While the two were talking quietly, a very familiar voice sounded outside the Iwaba door, and then the classic police trio of Megure, Sato and Officer Takagi walked in together.
"Officer Megure? You are finally here!" Mouri Kogoro looked back at Officer Megure and said with a smile.
Officer Memu looked at him, but his expression was not very good.
"Brother Maori? If I remember correctly, we just met yesterday, right?"
"Yeah, what a coincidence, haha..."
"You, alas..."
Sighing deeply, Officer Megure, who was already numb, said nothing more. He stepped forward to look at the body of Hiromichi Moriyama and got straight to the point.
"How is it? How is the situation? I heard that the person who was killed was the president of Moriyama Company?"
"It was a homicide." Next to the body, Hattori Heiji stood up and replied: "There is a deep depression on the upper back of the deceased's head, which should have been caused by being hit by a heavy object.
In addition, the deceased's knees, elbows and clothes near the hips all had tears caused by severe friction. I think these were caused when the deceased was killed on the rock field and then thrown down the rock field by the murderer. Of course Maybe there are other possibilities too.
Finally, the body of the deceased was very stiff. It is roughly estimated that the deceased was killed at least ten hours ago. The more specific time will have to wait for the investigation of the police forensics department..."
"Oh, you are..." Officer Megure looked at the high school student in front of him who spoke with a Kansai accent. He felt a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
"Hattori Heiji, a famous detective in Kansai who is as famous as Kudo Shinichi."
Hattori Heiji smiled faintly, while Conan beside him rolled his eyes.
[Hey, hey, it’s now this time. Do you still need to emphasize that last sentence? 】
"Remember, you are the son of Inspector Hattori, right?"
Recalling the identity of Hattori Heiji, Officer Megure nodded without saying much. He looked at Moriyama Hiromichi's body again and raised his hand to touch his chin.
"He was killed again...I heard that Clover Villa is holding a first anniversary party these days, right? The president of Moriyama Company was suddenly killed at this time, and I didn't know about this commemorative party..."
"The memorial service will continue as planned. Please don't worry about this, officer."
Before Officer Megure finished speaking, a middle-aged woman in gorgeous clothes walked into the rock field led by several security guards. Next to her was Suzuki Ayako.
"Sister!" Suzuki Sonoko quickly waved her hand.
"Yes." Suzuki Ayako just nodded slightly towards her and smiled slightly.
"Madam, who are you?" Officer Memu asked quickly, realizing the middle-aged woman's unusual identity.
"Mieko Moriyama, Hiromichi Moriyama is my husband." The middle-aged woman said.
"Oh! It turns out to be Mrs. Moriyama. Sorry, regarding your husband, we..."
"No need to say more, officer."
Interrupting Officer Megure's words somewhat forcefully, Mieko Moriyama said:
"I just want to tell you that the Moriyama Foundation has invested a lot in this commemorative event at Clover Villa, so we have no reason to stop it at this time, even if the person killed is my husband..."
Having said this, the beautiful woman's face showed a moment of sadness, but immediately she adjusted her expression again and continued:
"I have just asked the security personnel of Clover Villa to block the news of my husband's murder, and only announced that my husband is ill and unable to attend, and that I will host this memorial meeting.
Of course, I will not stop your actions. The police can continue to investigate in Clover Villa. I only hope that you, police officers, can cooperate with me and not claim that the deceased is my husband, at least until the end of this memorial meeting. Get the word out about my husband's murder. "
"I understand, Mrs. Moriyama, I will report your request to my superiors," Officer Megure replied.
"Um."
Nodding her head, Mieko Moriyama seemed to be leaving. She looked at Ayako Suzuki beside her and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Miss Suzuki, I didn't expect that this would happen and I would cause you trouble..."
"It doesn't matter. It's you, Mrs. Moriyama. Please forgive me."
"Thank you. Then Miss Suzuki, what's next..."
"I'll just stay here, you don't have to worry."
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(End of chapter)
