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Chapter 358 Captured, Heads

"Well..." Takahashi Mubai was about to struggle a bit more and start to say something.

But Conan immediately interrupted him: "You mean, if you're the murderer, how did you manage to make the body fall after you left the crime scene?"

"Indeed, considering the wind direction caused by the location of this manor, the southwest wind could not possibly blow the body of an adult placed on the railing backwards downstairs."

"This problem is even simpler."

"I noticed something was wrong when I went downstairs to examine the body—there were large chunks of snow inside the body's suit."

“From the time the body was found to the time when Mr. Sato Seiyu and I arrived at the crash site, it was absolutely impossible for so much snow to accumulate in such a short period of time.”

"The lining of the body's suit jacket was also open, but the hem was not pulled out of the trousers."

"Tell me, who would unbutton their pants without pulling the hem out of their pants? Wouldn't that be uncomfortable?"

"Then there's only one use for it, which is to collect snowflakes."

Conan slowly lifted Kogoro Mouri's hand and pointed it out the window: "As you can see, the blizzard is really heavy right now. You can gather a small snowflake in just two or three seconds if you stick your hand out. Not to mention the open lining of a suit jacket. It's only a matter of time before the accumulated snowflakes pull the body down from its balance point."

"...Hmph, utter nonsense!" Takahashi Mubai shook his hand, gradually recovering from his panic: "Then how did I manage to kill someone and lock the door without a key? Do I have superpowers?"

"Of course not!" Conan smiled slightly.

"It's not some superpower, and the method is very simple: it's just snow!"

Kogoro Mouri's outstretched hand twitched slightly, pointing to a small piece of carpet in Sato Seizawa's room: "This is the evidence!"

Takahashi Mubai was stunned for a moment, then realized something, his face turned pale instantly, and his legs went weak, causing him to collapse to the ground.

"It seems you've already realized that."

"When you committed the crime, you must have put ice on the doorknob, right?"

“I noticed it too. There’s something really interesting about the doorknobs here… Xiaolan, go press the doorknob, and remember to put a cloth under it.”

Xiao Lan nodded and did as instructed.

"Everyone, look at the doorknobs inside the room."

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the doorknob inside the room moved up and down as Xiaolan pressed it from the outside, as if an invisible hand was pressing it.

"It's an internal and external linkage, isn't it?" Yuanzi seemed to understand something as well.

"You placed a compacted block of snow on the doorknob beforehand, and held the doorknob in place from the outside of the house so that the snow wouldn't slip off. After leaving the crime scene, you just needed to let go, and the snow would naturally slip off and hit the lock below, locking the door from the inside."

"Because the structure is very simple, even if it doesn't work the first time, you can try a few more times."

"If I'm not mistaken, you probably wanted the residual heat in the room to melt the snow so that no one would notice it."

"But your cleverness backfired..."

Upon hearing Conan's words, Takahashi Mobai seemed to have his bones removed, chuckled twice, and changed the subject.

"Yes, that's what I think, but I forgot one thing."

"To get rid of the distinctive strong smell of fixative in the room, I opened the floor-to-ceiling windows beforehand."

"The melted snow had re-frozen into frost on the carpet. I thought it wasn't very noticeable, but you actually noticed it."

"As expected, Mr. Mori is indeed a great detective."

These words, indistinguishable from a confession, confirmed that Takahashi Mobai was indeed the murderer of Sato Seize. Matsushima Wanqing, enraged, couldn't help but slap Takahashi Mobai: "I know you're jealous of him because I didn't choose you and married him instead, but why did you ruin my life! I was secretly supporting you, and you clearly knew it was me supporting you!"

It seems that because Sato Seizawa is already dead, Matsushima Wansei blurted everything out at this moment.

It turns out that Matsushima Bansei abandoned her first love when she was young in order to marry into a chaebol family, and that first love was none other than Takahashi Muhaku.

Takahashi Mubai's expression was also unpleasant. He glared at the woman and said, "Jealous? Hmph, who would be jealous of a slut like you?"

Before Matsushima Wansei could get angry, Takahashi Mubai continued, "I...I did it for Ms. Matsushima Wansei..."

"Huh? Me?" Matsushima Wanxing, who had been enjoying gossiping about her sister, was taken aback.

“Yes, Miss Wanxing, I like you…” Confessing in such a situation was a bit strange, but Takahashi Mubai still said it: “For your safety, I can become a murderer.”

"Actually, I overheard something today... about Sato Seizawa's illegitimate child."

Sato Seiyu shifted his feet uncomfortably.

Matsushima Wanxing's expression stiffened, and Conan noticed that she glanced at the girl following behind Sato Seiyu out of the corner of her eye.

“After you used this information as leverage to threaten him and were rejected, I stayed at the scene and saw everything.”

“That guy, Sato Seizawa, plans to kill you to cover up his secret… I can’t just stand by and do nothing…”

"So you killed someone?" Xiaolan shouted angrily.

"..."

"No." Matsushima Wanxing also understood what had happened, and her expression was somewhat complicated: "I was too greedy, trying to use this to blackmail him into giving me the Sato family's shares."

"Miss Wanxing!" Takahashi Mubai was a little anxious, wondering why Matsushima Wanxing had said it out loud, especially in front of her sister.

"Haha, it's alright." Matsushima Wanxing smiled with some relief: "I don't remember when it started, but the scheming and intrigue never stopped."

"But I never expected that someone would actually go to such lengths for me..."

"Miss Wanxing..."

"Alright!" Sato Seiyu stepped forward, interrupting their conversation, and forcefully grabbed Takahashi Mubai by the collar: "Whatever you have to say, we'll talk about it in prison!"

After saying that, he tore off the decorative strips of cloth next to him and tied Takahashi Mubai up.

Meanwhile, Mori slowly woke up, noticed the current situation, scratched the back of his head and laughed: "Looks like I've solved another case!"

Xiao Lan playfully punched her father: "Can't you read the air?!"

Before Xiaolan could finish speaking, the corridor lights suddenly went out.

A few seconds later, the lights came on again, and a head appeared out of thin air on the carpet.

It was none other than Chu Ke's head... or rather, the dismembered head in the portrait.

A piece of paper floated down from the sky.

[Part of the key]

[Gift from Kidd]

(End of this chapter)