Ye Gengyi left the living room, took back the umbrella from the entrance, and walked through the corridor to the backyard of the villa.
Pushing open the thick wooden door, the sound of patter of rain obviously doubled in volume.
In front of him was a road paved with cobblestones of various colors, leading directly to the circular swimming pool in the center of the yard.
Thanks to the wooden fence on both sides of the road, the courtyard is well separated from the surrounding greenery.
Therefore, after Ye Geng took a few steps forward, from the end of a path on the right, he saw the butler Segawa Hatakero, who was also holding an umbrella and opening the sliding door of the garage.
The latter was still wearing the black and white swallowtail deacon uniform.
However, probably in order to avoid getting his clothes dirty during the maintenance of the car, he even wore a dark-colored apron on his chest.
Judging that the other party didn't seem to notice this, Ye Geng retracted his gaze and continued walking towards the scene of the death.
The closer you get to the swimming pool, the stronger the characteristic rancid smell of mud, animal excrement, and moss on branches and leaves becomes.
Tiny raindrops fell into it, causing mottled ripples on the concave and convex areas of the water.
"It seems that this place has not been cleaned or used since the death of Ouhei Denggo when he drowned..."
Ye Gengyi's eyes fell on the scale on the wall on one side of the swimming pool.
Based on the location where the body was found in the photo, I came up with a relatively simple method of killing without having to think too hard.
That is to tie up Okudaira's hands and feet, and let him stand in a pool with a water height of 8 to 10 centimeters just above his height.
As a result, under the trend of survival instinct, Okuhira Tōgo could only push his feet hard and try to keep his body balanced until the moment of exhaustion.
However... the method of committing the crime is too intuitive and clear, which means that anyone can do it.
Although judging from the current results, the influence of any party from the organization, CIA and FBI cannot be ruled out.
After all, to a certain extent, after killing someone, as long as the murderer is not caught, it can still have the effect of concealing the truth from others.
However, if you connect that unnecessary pair of gloves with the clues that Okhira Takugo drowned in the swimming pool in his yard...
"Is it revenge?"
When Ye Geng thought of this possibility, he sighed silently: "It would be great if that boy Conan hadn't appeared before. It was really a waste of time..."
His thoughts didn't stay on this matter for too long when there were footsteps behind him.
…
Conan, Mouri Kogoro and their group, who had just paid homage to Okuhira Dōgo, came to the yard.
The failure to get more information about Swindler from Eiko Okudai obviously made the young detective particularly depressed.
Unintentionally, from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a black figure holding a blue plastic umbrella. He was standing in front of the swimming pool and looking at this side, and suddenly he was in a daze.
Oh, I almost forgot, Brother Gengyi went to the toilet before...
Not to mention, because this excuse has a certain timeliness, he left the second floor and went straight to the backyard swimming pool. Before seeing Ye Gengyi, he really didn't think about why the other party didn't show up for so long.
(?_?)...Is it an illusion? The way this kid looked at me, why did he deserve a beating?
Ye Gengyi held his left hand in his pocket, paused for a moment, and waited until a group of people came to him.
"Zangyi, so you are here." Mouri Kogoro took the lead in greeting him.
"Um."
Ye Gengyi nodded lightly, without mentioning why he didn't go to the second floor to find a few people. Instead, he pointed to a piece of brick with unknown adhesive solidified in the swimming pool, and said: "I have already observed it. This is the corresponding photo. The location where the body of the deceased was found.”
"Oh? Let me take a look..." Mouri Kogoro responded, leaned over to observe, and then sighed without any nutrition: "This place is really dirty."
A group of people gathered around the edge of the swimming pool.
Okuhira Eiko still had a gentle smile on her face and said:
"Yes, the swimming pool has not been used since Tuigo drowned here a year ago."
This unabashed attitude made it obvious at a glance that there was no slightest affection between her and Okuhira Tōgo.
"It's really nostalgic. I used to swim in this swimming pool..."
When Yingyou came to the escalator, he also bent over and looked inside.
However, the words he said made people feel awkward no matter how they sounded.
It's okay to express nostalgia at the scene of someone else's death. The key is that the content is actually about having fun.
Thanks to Okuhira Eiko being a stepmother, if Okuhira Kakuzu, who has been thinking about her son all the time, came to hide, he might just kick you down.
Um? Wait, kick it down... that's not a bad idea.
Ye Gengyi calmly glanced at Hondo Yingyu, who was looking down with his butt sticking out, and then his eyes fell on Conan, who was not far away from the unlucky high school student.
In the pocket, a thin needle without anesthetic was pierced out of the fabric, and under the power of the yellow machine mimicked by the nanorobot, it turned into a palm-sized crossbow.
However, Ye Gengyi had not yet found the right time.
However, our hall Yingyou made a mistake first.
His right hand holding the escalator slipped and he stumbled to the side unprepared.
this……
Ye Gengyi only hesitated for half a breath, then turned slightly sideways, and while everyone's attention was attracted to the main hall Yingyou, he hit the frame of Conan's umbrella with his arm.
There is an umbrella blocking the view.
When Conan realized that the umbrella in his hand seemed to be caught by something, Hondo Yingyu's back had already hit him in the face.
"Conan! Classmate Yingyou, are you okay?" Mao Lilan hurriedly stepped forward to help.
"Are you injured?" Ye Gengyi leaned over to watch as if nothing happened, while his eyes inadvertently glanced at a photo floating down in the swimming pool.
Was it thrown on purpose?
Otherwise, with the weight of the photo, even if it accidentally slips out of your pocket, it will just fall to your feet.
Is it possible that this kid also noticed the killing method and wanted to use the method of deliberately losing items to remind him according to the situation?
Interesting, let’s take a look... Ye Gengyi thought.
"It doesn't hurt very much..."
Here, Bentang Yingyou waved his hand and refused Mao Lilan's support, and stood up with some embarrassment.
nonsense! That's because I'm cushioning you...
Conan was angry, but he was helpless in the face of his 'nemesis', Yingyou.
I was still careless. I originally thought that the distance was enough to watch the fun, but in the end I saw the fun as myself...
However, the wind wasn't very strong just now. Why did the umbrella tilt directly that way?
He looked around doubtfully, but in the end he couldn't find out the truth.
"It's really unbearable!"
Here, Mouri Kogoro looked at the two people with mud on their clothes with empty eyes, and said: "That's why I want to say, since you guys have finished taking your things, go back to me quickly! If you stay here, you will only know Adding to the chaos.”
"But, the rain seems to be getting heavier and heavier," Yingyou scratched his head with a look of helplessness on his face: "When we came here, we took Teacher Ye's car, and we went back like this..."
"It's better to go inside and change into clean clothes first. It won't be good if you accidentally catch a cold." Okuhira Eiko smiled and waved her hand, "But Yingyou, you are still as reckless as before..."
"I'm so sorry." Yingyou continued to giggle and scratch his head.
