For six people, they spent almost all the money that Mouri Kogoro won from playing mahjong on one meal.
Mao Lilan expressed support, thinking that this was better than Mao Li Kogoro losing all his money on horse racing and playing mahjong.
Mouri Kogoro didn't mind at all. On the way back after the meal, he excitedly imagined that he would have a good luck tomorrow and win twice as much money for his meal.
"I think you are dreaming," Mao Lilan said, "How can anyone always win?"
"If it doesn't work out, I'll ask Shang Feichi to come with me!" Mouri Kogoro rolled up his sleeves and said with high spirits, "I don't believe that any of us will win money!"
Mao Lilan said with a black line, "Don't lead Brother Fei Chi into trouble anymore, gambling is illegal!"
"How can that be considered gambling?" Mouri Kogoro said with a proud look on his face, "It's just a few friends getting together to play mahjong for fun. While passing the time, we made a few bets. Those who lost the bet paid the winnings as promised. If you give someone a little bit of money, even if it’s not money, it can be other small items. It’s not considered gambling at all!”
Conan laughed in his heart, slandering that a certain uncle was about to die. Before Mao Lilan turned black with anger, he changed the subject, "Speaking of which, the food in this restaurant today is really good, and there are actually small... You can order the steamed buns and they taste great!”
Mouri Kogoro thought of tonight's food and immediately changed his focus, "Yes, their food is really good, and the raw spring rolls are even more delicious."
Mao Lilan spoke for her favorite food, "Fried noodles taste good too."
Koshizu Nanatsuki also joined the food chat group, "Meatball soup is also delicious."
"Then another day..." Conan wanted to chat about food again, but suddenly he saw a middle-aged woman talking to the patrol officer in front of him, and his attention was attracted, "Isn't that Patrolman Tateno?"
"Did something happen?" Mao Lilan stopped and looked around, "On the way together at night, we suddenly encountered an incident. This situation seems very familiar..."
"We just met the night before yesterday," Koshimizu Nanatsuki said, walking forward, "It was about Mr. Xiangyue who fell down the steps and died. Conan went on a trip that day and was not with us. However, this time, It’s not necessarily an incident, there are so many incidents happening!”
Chi Feichi: "..."
But there really are so many incidents happening.
"It's hard to say," Maori Kogoro glanced at Chi Feichi for half a month, "After all, Feichi..."
"After all, the teacher is a detective and can easily be called upon by events." Chi Feichi interrupted forcefully.
"Yes, a famous detective like me..." Mouri Kogoro suddenly paused, "Wait, Fei Chi, do you mean to say that I am the God of Plague?!"
"You said it yourself, God of Plague." Chi Feichi responded.
Don't think he doesn't know, his teacher just wanted to complain about him as the 'God of Plague'.
While a group of people were talking, they also came closer.
The middle-aged woman and the patrolman standing together stopped talking and turned to look at the group of people.
"Ah, it turns out they are Mr. Mori and Miss Koshimizu," the young male patrolman quickly recognized the two celebrities in Mihua Town, as well as Chi Feichi and others, and greeted him with a smile, "Mr. Chi, Xiaolan Miss, and...you are Conan, right? Good evening."
Not only did the male patrolman know a group of people, but a group of people also knew the patrolman in charge of the 5-chome area of Yoneka Town.
There would have been intersections in the lives of both parties, and the patrolman Tateno Hisamio was known to be serious about his work and friendly to others. Not long after Koshimizu Nanatsuki lived in the 5th-chome of Yoneka Town, he had already heard about Tateno Hisamio.
And Chi Feichi not only heard Koshizu Nanatsuki say it, but also heard it from Mouri Kogoro's 'Mayu' earlier.
In short, Hisao Tateno has always had a good reputation among the public. Recently, there has been news that Hisao Tateno will be transferred to the Criminal Department of the Mihua Police Station.
"Yes, we just came back from a dinner party at the family restaurant over there. Patrolman Tateno, did something happen here?" Mouri Kogoro asked proactively.
Tateno Shou Mi'o smiled, "It's not a big deal..."
"It's obviously a big deal!" The middle-aged woman next to her interrupted with dissatisfaction, "Recently there are some unscrupulous people here who always mess up the place where garbage is placed. I'm asking the police officer to patrol at night. , Catch that bad guy!"
When Tatsuno Hisamio saw the woman looking at him, he hurriedly explained, "This area is our key patrol area. As you can see, I have been stepping up patrols around here recently, so..."
"Wow!"
A nearby family heard the sound of the wooden door being pushed open suddenly. A woman wearing a hoodie put her hat on her head and carried a backpack on her back. She staggered out of the courtyard. As soon as she reached the street, she suddenly Kneel down on the ground, put your hands on the ground and breathe.
Seeing this, Mao Lilan and Koshizui Nanatsuki quickly stepped forward to check on the woman's condition.
"Are you okay?" Mao Lilan came to the woman's side and knelt down to help her, "Please cheer up!"
Koshizui Nanatsuki saw the blood stains on the back of the woman's hands and sleeves. He was stunned for a moment before carefully observing whether there were any wounds on the woman's body. "Are you injured somewhere? Or..."
Conan ran after him and found blood on the woman's sleeves and back of her hands. He frowned and looked at the woman's pale face.
The woman looked up at the group of people gathered around her and stammered in panic, "Someone is dead in there."
"What did you say?!"
Mouri Kogoro's expression changed. After he came to his senses, he and Tatsuno Hisamio followed Conan and ran towards the yard of that house.
Chi Feichi and Haibara Ai were not in a hurry and followed them slowly. When they walked in, Conan, Mouri Kogoro and Tatsuno Sumi'o were already gathered in a room.
This is a Japanese-style building, and the room is also covered with tatami mats.
An elderly man fell to the ground, with a large stain of blood underneath him. Scattered around him were a fallen table, plates, a mobile phone, a box of overturned sugar, a bloody knife, and a bloody and broken knife. There was a big hole in the mat.
Mouri Kogoro and Tateno Hisao Mi'o squatted in front of the man and said solemnly, "No, he is already dead."
"Mr. Mori, I'm leaving it to you," Tatsuno Hisamio stood up and took out the walkie-talkie from his waist, "I want to confirm if there are any suspicious people in the room first, and I'll be back right away!"
After saying that, Hisao Tateno turned around and left the room, nodded to Chi Feichi who was standing at the door, took the walkie-talkie, and walked deeper into the corridor, "Report to the headquarters, I am Patrolman PB Tateno, No. 5-chome, Yoneka Town..."
Koshimizu Nanatsuki walked to the door, watched Tatsuno Hisamio leave, and then looked at the crime scene in the house. When he saw the body, he was stunned for a moment before saying, "Xiaolan and I helped the young lady into the yard. Take a rest, the lady who talked to Patrolman Liye before is also accompanying them outside. Is this... a dead person? "
"Yes," Mouri Kogoro stood up and looked around. "The signs of the fight were obvious. There were resistance wounds on the deceased's arms. The knife suspected to be the murder weapon was also dropped here. Someone should have broken in here and killed him."
Conan stood aside, pointed to the floor under the index finger of the deceased's right hand, and reminded, "Uncle, look here!"
On the floor, there was a letter 'k' drawn in blood, with the last stroke just under the index finger of the deceased's right hand.
Mouri Kogoro quickly stepped forward to check, "K? Is it a pre-death message?"
"Mr. Mori, there is no suspicious person in the house," Tatsuno Hisamio walked from the corridor to the door, "And the back door and windows of the kitchen are locked from the inside of the house and have not been opened. I have reported it to the headquarters, and the police The police officers from the Criminal Investigation Department will arrive in more than ten minutes!"
"That's it..." Mouri Kogoro looked at the situation in the room, "Then we will protect the scene and wait for the police officers from the Criminal Department to arrive. Now let's wait in the yard outside the door. I also want to take a look. Look at the lady who just left here."
A group of people left the room and went to the courtyard.
Mao Lilan and the middle-aged woman accompanied the young woman and sat by the flower bed near the courtyard gate.
The hat on the young woman's head has been taken off. Judging from her pale face and trembling fingers on her hands, she may not be willing to approach the house with the corpse.
Mouri Kogoro wanted to ask what happened, but the young woman seemed to be frightened. She just repeated 'I didn't do it' and 'When I came here, he was already like this', and couldn't tell the specific details. Condition.
Having no other choice, Mouri Kogoro turned to the middle-aged woman to inquire about the identity of the deceased.
This time it went smoothly.
After Moori Kogoro's description of the deceased's appearance, the middle-aged woman confirmed that the deceased was Ooka Zenkichi who lived here, and also told a lot of information about the deceased.
I am in my sixties this year. I live alone on weekdays. I heard that I work as a security guard at a large supermarket in Cupido...
He also talked about what happened tonight.
The middle-aged woman said that she was chatting with Mrs. Nakajima of 4-chome on the street outside. It was just after six o'clock, and the deceased passed by the intersection to go home. Not long after, a middle-aged man who looked like an office worker came to Ooka's house. , and left in a hurry in about ten minutes. Twenty minutes later, the young woman with blood on her sleeves also entered the Ooka family's yard. Then Mrs. Nakajima left. When she saw Patrolman Tateno, she and Patrolman Tateno started talking, and what happened after that was what Mouri Kogoro and his group saw when they arrived nearby...
"Inspector Tateno said that the back door and windows of the house are locked from inside the house," Mouri Kogoro touched his chin, "Mr. Ooka only saw two visitors after he came home at six o'clock, that is, Said that the murderer who killed him was among these two people... That man sounds suspicious, but he has already left, so this is very difficult to handle. "
Koshizui Nanatsuki and Chi Feichi stood aside, turned to look around, and complained to Chi Feichi in a low voice, "Since just now, I have felt that something is wrong. I can't tell what it is, but it just feels a bit awkward..."
When Conan heard this, his ears immediately perked up.
From just now, he also felt that something was wrong, but he suddenly couldn't think of it.
(End of chapter)
