Great Swordsman Ke Xue.

Chapter 551: Famous Detectives Gathered Together 2
Conan's voice made everyone look at him, and the maid was obviously not unfamiliar with the name Heiji. Instead of asking in confusion, she just shook her head.

"No, although this name is indeed on the guest list that the host gave me, Mr. Hattori seems to have a midterm exam soon, so his mother called and declined the invitation."

Conan was obviously a little surprised, but he seemed to have thought of something. He turned around and looked at Shimizu Koji, then his mouth twitched speechlessly and he became quiet again.

Koji Shimizu could probably guess that it was probably because the incident a while ago where Hattori Heiji and Kazuha almost died was finally exposed and he was placed under house arrest. Otherwise, Koji Shimizu believed that Hattori Heiji would definitely not want to miss such an interesting thing.

After the maid finished speaking, she seemed to remember something and suddenly poked her head out to look at Shimizu Koji and Xiaolan who were standing behind the detectives.

Finally, her eyes locked on Shimizu Koji, "Smith Marseille, are you Mr. Shimizu Koji?"

Chima Kōdai and Mogi Harushi, who were confused, turned their heads and looked at Shimizu Koji. There was surprise and confusion in their eyes. It was obvious that they knew nothing about Shimizu Koji.

"Well, it's me."

"I'm really sorry, you're here on behalf of Mr. Kudo to attend the invitation, and I'm on the phone. Please forgive me for my impoliteness just now."

"Ah, that doesn't matter. Compared with these famous detectives, I'm indeed not that impressive." Shimizu Koji smiled, showing unprecedented approachability and amiability.

This made the other three people, especially Kaito, except Chima Kyouyo and Mogi Harushi, feel a little confused.

This was not the first time he had seen Shimizu Koji smile like this. Last time at the auction, when he was carrying something out and was blocked by the door, Shimizu Koji patted him on the shoulder and he had the same smile on his face.

Hiss, he won't be asked to do some strange hard labor again. Returning the stolen things before they are even warmed up, that kind of thing, no!
After the maid's introduction, the other two detectives were still curious about Shimizu Koji, but they didn't pay too much attention to him. If it was Kudo Shinichi himself, they would be happy to make friends with him, but he was just a junior that Kudo Shinichi valued, so they had no interest in him.

Mogi Haru looked around and said, "Where is your detective-loving master now? The master you just mentioned seemed a little vague -"

Mogi Haruki's eyes were shining, as if he wanted to see through the maid completely, but to his disappointment, when the maid heard his question, she did not make excuses as she did before, but instead showed a strange expression.

"This, in fact, even I still don't know. In fact, I haven't even met him yet. So I didn't answer Mr. Maori's question just now. I'm sorry."

"Didn't you get the guest list?" Conan asked curiously.

"Hey, I did get it, but I got it when I finished the maid interview. And the interview process, now thinking about it, is also very strange."

The maid lowered her head as she spoke, probably feeling a little regretful in her heart. But judging from the fact that she did not give up this job, the salary must be quite generous~.

"My name is Ishihara Aki. Because the job pays well, many people signed up for the interview. However, the actual interview was only conducted on a computer in this house. From beginning to end, I never met the owner of the villa."

"Wait, if you say that, then you were the one who took over for Kudo and communicated with Hattori?"

Ishihara Aki glanced at Maori Kogoro, shook her head, and continued, "In fact, the owner communicated these details to me through mobile phone and email, including the fact that Mr. Maori Kogoro wanted to bring two family members with him."

"Then the voice from the cell phone must have been disguised, like an electric current, right, Ms. Ishihara?" Shimizu Koji said softly with a smile. Ishihara Aki was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "That's true."

"It seems that he is a coward who hides his head and shows his tail, just like this villa, he wants to hide in a corner where no one can find him."

Koji Shimizu's comments were very sharp. If the owner of the villa heard them, he would probably fly into a rage and kick him out on the spot.

For this reason, Mogi Haruki and Chima Kyouyo also took a serious look at the young man Shimizu Koji for the first time. Although they could guess that the voice on the phone would change, the young man Shimizu Koji reacted a few seconds faster than them, which was worthy of attention.

"It's really interesting. I think I'm already eager to try it." Chima Kyouyo glanced at Mori Kogoro and Mogi Haruki standing beside him.

Kaito certainly wouldn't respond to her, but Mogi Harushi straightened his back and said confidently with a look of arrogance, "Actually, when I saw that weird handle on the door, I was so excited~~."

handle?

Everyone paused when they heard this, and Xiaolan, who was at the back, turned around and looked at the handle on the door. Unlike the door knocker outside, the handle inside was just a normal golden cylindrical handle, which was very common in European-style villa buildings.

The weird thing was also clearly visible: there was something like a water stain, like a water arrow, splashed near the door handle.

"What is this? How did it get there?" Xiaolan was a little curious, because when she looked closer, she saw that it was definitely not a water stain that had not dried up.

"Be careful miss, I think there might be some bloodstains of history." Harufumi Mogi said lightly.

"Eh?!" Xiaolan's face suddenly changed and she covered her mouth, but she still didn't quite believe it, because Mogi Haruki's tone sounded more like he was teasing her.

"No, Mr. Mogi, you must be kidding me, right?!"

"No, he's telling the truth~." The one who answered Xiaolan was not Mogi Haruki, but a voice coming from the stairs.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a woman in a white coat and protective gloves holding a bottle of spray and doing some kind of test on the handrail of the stairs.

"If nothing unexpected happened, this bloodstain should have been splashed onto the handrail at a 45-degree angle. In addition, in addition to the bloodstain on the door, there are bloodstains on the wall and dripping bloodstains on the floor. Although they were all wiped by someone at the time, almost every place in this annex has traces of blood. The blood here is definitely not just from one or two people."

The woman turned around and seemed to be looking at everyone. However, before both sides could greet each other, a discordant voice sounded from upstairs.

"What a brilliant analysis~, luminol, I didn't expect you to bring something like this here, former prosecutor, Ms. Gunda Ikumi."

Ikumi Qiangda was a little confused for a moment, but when she turned around and looked at the boy in the blue suit slowly walking down the stairs, her expression relaxed.

"It's my honor to have you praise me like this, Master~." Her eyes were slightly teasing, and it was obvious that the word "Master" was not as sincere as it seemed.

(End of this chapter)