At this time, the expressions on the faces of the four successors were all subtle. It was obvious that they had all heard of the name Mouri Kogoro.
And this behavior of writing his thoughts on his face naturally aroused Hattori Heiji's vigilance.
After he realized that something was wrong with the atmosphere, he glanced at a few people and asked:
"What's wrong? You seem to be surprised by the identity of this detective uncle?"
"The reaction is indeed suspicious..."
Hearing this, Yamamura Cao immediately closed his eyes and took a closer look.
Inufushi Akira, who was the first to bear the brunt, sweated a little and hurriedly called the other three successors to explain the whole story.
It turned out that the deceased Shinichi Kudo had told them before he went to Tokyo that he had entrusted a familiar police officer to solve the mystery of what happened at the Inubushi family. However, they never expected that the person who came would actually be The famous sleeping Kogoro.
"So, we should probably ask where you four were this morning."
Ye Gengyi found a loophole in their words.
Of course it's not intuitive, but sideways.
Before Kudo Shinichi's death, two heirs had already been killed. Judging from Inubushi Yukihime's address to Yamamura Misao as 'the previous police officer', their family had little or no interaction with Gunma Prefecture's people on weekdays. Dealing with the police.
In this way, when the two of them met, Inufukako's attitude towards the name Kudo Shinichi and her blunt statement that a criminal police officer had come to investigate specifically were rather strange.
It's obvious that Kudo Shinichi didn't have a good relationship with them. To put it simply, they wouldn't be sad even if they heard that the other person died.
But they did not regard Yamamura Cao as a police friend recruited by Kudo Shinichi, which shows that they have probably met Kudo Shinichi recently and learned some information from him that is not convenient to disclose.
And what news is inconvenient?
The four of them teamed up to kill?
...The possibility is very low, so low that they will directly ask Yamamura Cao if he is a friend of Shinichi Kudo in the police community.
Then only they had contact with each other before Kudo Shinichi's death, and deliberately concealed it in order to avoid being regarded as suspects.
As expected, Ye Gengyi's question made the expressions of several people who had not yet relaxed become tense again.
I know I can't hide it.
The four heirs of the Inubushi family had no choice but to admit that they had indeed gone to Tokyo to find Shinichi Kudo early this morning. They originally planned to persuade him to come back to the Inubushi family, but the other party's cautious and silent attitude at that time seemed to treat them as if they were The murderer of the first two successors.
Naturally, they broke up after not talking for long.
"In other words, it is possible that the real murderer knew that Mr. Shinichi had approached the police and was worried that more secrets would be revealed, so he killed him... right?" Hattori Heiji said, staring at a few people.
"The news of Shinichi's death was learned from the mouth of Saki who was responsible for staying at home to take care of our mother after we came back here."
Inufukako added: "She said that the person who called her home claimed to be the police from Tokyo, because the police said that they are still looking for the murderer of Shinichi... We just don't want to be unjustly accused for no reason!"
"Then the four of you have been together since you went to Tokyo?" Mouri Kogoro asked.
"No," Inubushi Yukihime knew that if she continued to hide it now, she might be directly regarded as a suspect by the police, she also said quickly: "We will only be together when we go, and we will be separated on the return trip."
Isn't it clear that one or more of the four suspects killed Kudo Shinichi and then asked the female maid to create a suicide scene?
So, what exactly is Megure Thirteen investigating in Tokyo?
Hmm... It seems that I suddenly understand the reason why the crime rate in Mika Town is high and the detection rate is low...
Ye Gengyi thought for a moment from the police's point of view, and after a few seconds, he shook his head without leaving any trace.
...is not important anymore.
Because, regardless of whether the police were able to locate the suspect in advance, this trip was necessary for him who had decided to look for the magic dog half a day ago.
However, the words have been spoken.
Here, Inufukako, who has a straightforward personality, also asked quite simply why Shinichi should be linked to the deaths of the first two heirs.
Hattori Heiji replied:
"Although it is not 100% certain, Mr. Shinichi who was killed had a pearl that was originally embedded in his tie clip in his mouth at the time."
pearl? !
Suddenly, the four heirs once again showed their expressions of 'I'm suspicious, come and suspect me'.
So, how did a family that showed emotions so easily kill three heirs in a row without revealing any flaws?
Oh, the person who investigated the first two 'accidents' was Yamamura Cao, the police officer of Qunma County. That's okay... Ye Gengyi silently withdrew his gaze, turned to the four successors, and extracted the key points:
"It seems that you have concealed a lot of things."
"Oh no……"
Inubushi Yukihime explained: "Actually, there was a small steel ball and a table tennis ball next to the death scene of Hotaji-nii and Miagako-san. Because they happened to like playing small steel balls and table tennis, everyone thought that those two Something fell out of their pockets..."
"They are all spherical objects," Hattori Heiji analyzed: "So, the pearl in Mr. Shinichi's mouth is most likely not a pre-death message, but a serial murder notice deliberately left by the murderer. "
"Could it be..."
"That's right too..."
Mao Lilan, Yuan Shan and Ye looked at each other, and their voices sounded a little trembling.
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
Conan, who had not spoken for a long time, immediately asked the two of them.
The two girls said almost in unison: "After Miss Saki was sent away in the ambulance, we found a marble rolling down next to the dog's grave!"
It seems that the marble was carried on Inufusaki from the beginning, and it happened to fall out of his pocket when he was carried into the ambulance.
Ye Gengyi recalled the environment around the tomb and confirmed that he did not see marbles or other objects at that time.
"Did you get it back?" Conan asked.
"No, no..."
Mao Lilan was slightly embarrassed, "I was a little scared at the time. After waiting for the ambulance, I came back with my father. The marble should still be in place now."
"In that case, let's go back and take a look at the marble."
Hattori Heiji looked at Yamamura Cao and said: "Mr. Police Officer, can you please come with me? There happens to be something I want to ask for advice."
(End of chapter)
