Conan's Exorcist Detective

Chapter 72: Accidentally triggering the law of benefits from falling (Please subscribe first!)

At the door of Room 8 of Liushuiting, a waitress in a purple kimono fell to the ground at the door with a terrified expression.

Haruhiko looked into the room and saw Kaneda Keizo lying on his back on the coffee table with a dagger stuck in his heart. The blood had stained a large area of ​​his suit red.

Sato Miwako walked over to examine the body, then turned and shook her head at him: "He's dead. Miss, please call the police and inform everyone present not to leave."

The waitress agreed and left the scene as if running away.

At this time, the guests in other rooms also noticed what was happening here and gathered around to watch the fun.

Haruhiko stood at the door, stopping people who wanted to go in to watch the fun and take pictures.

At this moment, six or seven burly men with fierce looks came over. The man in the lead had a long scar on his neck.

"I'm sorry, a murder has occurred here and you can't enter the room for the time being." Haruhiko stopped the other party from breaking in.

The man stared at Haruhiko with a terrifying look, as if he wanted to overwhelm him with his aura.

Haruhiko was not afraid at all, and looked at the man calmly.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense, as if a fight would break out at any moment.

"Uncle Kawatani? Why are you here?" Sato Miwako's surprised voice sounded from behind her. She walked up to the man and bowed respectfully.

The man named Kawatani also smiled on his fierce face and looked at Miwako as if she were his own daughter.

After the introduction, Haruhiko learned that Mr. Kawatani was a colleague of Sato Miwako's father, who had often taken care of her and her son after her father passed away. He happened to be here with his subordinates for team building today.

Kawatani said to Haruhiko, "That's great. You weren't frightened by my aura. I'd like to know what you would do if I insisted on rushing in."

Haruhiko smiled and said, "Then I have no choice but to fight to the death."

Kawatani nodded in satisfaction: "Very good, I hope that in the future, when Miwako encounters danger, you can be as brave as you were today."

Miwako Sato interrupted, "Uncle Kawatani, we just met."

Kawatani was stunned: "Is that so? I think your mother is already choosing a date for the engagement."

Miwako Sato: "My mom?"

At this time, Mrs. Sato came over from behind the several big men. She seemed to have drunk a lot of wine again: "Meihezi, this is the acquaintance I mentioned."

"Mom, come on, if you had told me it was Uncle Kawatani earlier, I would have gone to say hello too." Sato Miwako complained.

"I just want you young people to communicate more." Mrs. Sato held her daughter's arm. She didn't seem to be frightened by the sudden murder. She was worthy of being the wife and mother of a detective.

The other guests and hotel staff who were watching nearby were also attracted by this group of people discussing their daughter's marriage at the crime scene, as if they were more excited than seeing the corpse.

Detective Kawatani's men took out their police officer IDs and helped maintain order at the scene.

However, since they are not Tokyo Metropolitan Police, and Sato Miwako's official reinstatement has not yet been made, they still have to wait for someone from the local Metropolitan Police Department to arrive.

However, we can first conduct a simple investigation of the scene and collect clues.

All guests were temporarily prohibited from entering or leaving the Liushui Pavilion. After the initial excitement wore off, most of the guests chose to return to their rooms to continue dining, but the topic of conversation invariably turned to the secrets of certain murder cases.

Haruhiko's frown as he stared at the corpse made others think he was searching for clues on the body, but in reality, he was recalling details about the case.

After all, there are so many episodes of Conan, it is impossible for him to remember all the information.

Suddenly, Miwako Sato tugged at his sleeve, motioning him to come out.

Haruhiko followed her out of the crime room, and the smell of blood in the air gradually turned into the faint scent of Miwako's perfume.

Haruhiko's eyes unconsciously fell on her fair and slender neck. He thought that she didn't look like a criminal police officer who had been fighting on the front line for many years. She was no less beautiful than the models in those fashion magazines.

Just as he was daydreaming, Sato Miwako suddenly stopped.

Haruhiko failed to brake and crashed into the car face first.

Miwako's nose almost touched his lips, and the hot air from her mouth sprayed on Haruhiko's face.

At this time, a waiter came out of the guest room and saw the two people's ambiguous posture. The waitress was slightly surprised and walked past them with her head down. The expression on her face seemed to say: I didn't see it, you continue.

Sato Miwako instantly distanced herself and glared at Haruhiko: "What are you doing?"

"Who told you to stop suddenly?" Haruhiko said with an innocent look on his face.

Meiwako adjusted her mood and got to the point: "Have you found any clues?"

Haruhiko thought for a moment and said, "The murderer is most likely a guest at the restaurant."

Sato Miwako nodded in agreement. "But how did he commit the murder? According to the waiter's testimony, after the deceased entered Room 8, no one else went in. If he tried to get in through the window, since everyone had their windows open, they would have been seen by the guests in other rooms. Not to mention that if he tried to get in through the water, there would definitely be traces left in the room."

Haruhiko actually knows that Professor Iwama is the murderer, but in order to make him confess, he needs to find some key evidence. Moreover, in this situation, if he directly names the murderer without investigating, it may seem strange to others, so he decides to pretend to investigate.

"The murderer must have known some route we don't know about," Haruhiko said firmly. "Do you have the right to question the people at the scene?"

Miwako thought for a moment and said, "I think most people will cooperate. After all, I am also a local detective."

Haruhiko nodded, and the two of them began their investigation from Room 1.

A drunk guest in a room said: "What? The murderer passed by the window? Impossible, I was staring at the view outside the window."

A superstitious lady in a certain room said, "I don't think I saw anyone suspicious. But rumors about fox spirits have been trending again lately. Could it be a fox spirit?"

A familiar young girl in a room asked, "Ms. Sato's leg healed so quickly? I was so scared yesterday... Eh? You're dating your boyfriend right after being discharged from the hospital?"

Miwako Sato recognized that the other person was a nurse from Beika Hospital, and she ran out of the room in embarrassment.

Haruhiko asked the nurse a few more questions before coming out and seeing Miwako leaning against the wall in the corridor with an awkward expression on her face.

This is not surprising, because the room is not soundproof, and the voices of people talking in the room can be clearly heard by the two people.

"Is this the detective you mentioned who sprained her ankle while making out with her boyfriend in the hospital ward?"

"Keep your voice down, someone will hear you." The nurse quickly stopped him.

"I didn't expect her to be so beautiful. I don't know why she fell for that guy. She seems very ordinary." said another man in the room.

Haruhiko was upset and planned to rush in and "reason" with the other party.

Sato Miwako quickly grabbed him and said, "Can you please be more steady? We are solving a case."

Haruhiko deliberately panted heavily to express his dissatisfaction, and Miwako stroked his chest with her hand like petting a cat.

At this point, the nurse's best friend said, "I guess he's really good at something. Criminal police work is very stressful, so it's inevitable that they need to release some stress occasionally."

Meiwako's face turned cold and she was about to rush in to find the woman to "relieve some stress."

Haruhiko stopped her and said, "Can you please be more steady? We are solving a case."

Miwako's chest muscles were heaving violently under her white kimono. Haruhiko wanted to calm her down in the same way, but he was afraid that she would take her anger out on him, so he pushed Miwako to the corner of the corridor, where it was quieter.

"What should I do? It seems that I haven't found any useful information." Miwako frowned.

Haruhiko thought for a moment and said, "If we're talking about suspects, the two companions of the deceased are the most likely. Let's go ask them."

Miwako felt that Haruhiko was right, and the two of them walked towards Professor Iwama's Room No. 2.

I opened the door and saw that there was no one in the room.

After asking around, I found out that the two men were called to Detective Kawatani. I guess the police also felt that these two men were the most suspicious and wanted to conduct a surprise interrogation. They might also be worried that the murderer would escape.

Haruhiko said that if that was the case, let's investigate in the room.

In fact, he remembered the murderer's method of creating an alibi, which was to use the window as a trap. So he went directly to the window and pretended to observe for a long time. Suddenly, he said, "Huh? What is this?"

There was a hole as thick as a needle's eye on the wooden frame of the Japanese sliding window, and there were signs of water damage around it.

"It's a bit strange, is it some kind of mechanism?" Sato Miwako came closer.

Haruhiko turned his head slightly, and Miwako's profile appeared before him. The tip of her nose was covered with fine beads of sweat, and the hair around her ears was also soaked with sweat. It seemed that walking around in this kimono was still very hot.

"It might be the mechanism that controls the opening and closing of the window," Haruhiko said.

"So these two people are indeed suspicious?" Miwako speculated.

Haruhiko nodded and said, "I suddenly had an idea. Let's go to the wooden boat and take a look."

Haruhiko pulled Sato Miwako to where the food delivery boat was docked.

There are more than a dozen wooden boats of various sizes parked here, but because of the murder, the store has stopped serving food, and guests can only eat the food in their rooms.

Sato Miwako looked puzzled: "What are you doing here?"

Haruhiko: "If the murderer really entered the victim's room by water, I think this might be one way."

"No way? If we were sitting on the boat, we'd definitely be seen by the people in the guest room."

"What if we hide in the planks?" Haruhiko walked over to the largest boat. "If you're smaller, you can probably get into the space between the planks."

Sato Miwako's eyes lit up: "You mean Professor Iwama?"

Haruhiko smiled and nodded. Miwako Sato excitedly stepped directly onto the wooden boat. With her entire body on top, the boat's waterline only dropped slightly, fully proving that Haruhiko's reasoning was feasible.

She half-crouched at the stern and lifted the wooden board. Sure enough, there was a large space inside, enough for a thin person to hide in without being discovered.

"It really works." Sato Miwako waved her hands excitedly, like a child who had found a treasure.

Haruhiko: "Alright, come down quickly. Let's go talk to Professor Iwama and get to the bottom of this."

Sato Miwako nodded and prepared to jump back from the boat, but she seemed to have forgotten that the clogs she was wearing were not suitable for jumping back and forth on this kind of terrain, so she accidentally...

"Ouch, it hurts." Miwako fell onto the wooden boat.

"Are you okay?" Haruhiko asked with concern.

Meiwazi said aggrievedly: "I think my foot is sprained again."

Haruhiko was speechless: "Then don't move, I'll come and save you."

As he spoke, he jumped lightly onto the boat. The waterline of the wooden boat dropped a little bit, but it still remained afloat.

Haruhiko looked down at Miwako who had fallen down in the cabin. Her face was filled with pain and her kimono was disheveled from the fall.

After all, it was a wooden boat for delivering food, and the space was too small, so Haruhiko could only pull her out of the mezzanine of the wooden boat first: "Give me your hand, I'll pull you up, don't use your injured leg for support."

Miwako handed him her hand, and the warm and soft little hand made Haruhiko's heart flutter.

Then he adjusted his mind, firmly placed his feet on both sides of the boat, and pulled up Sato Miwako.

Just like the rule in Japanese comics that benefits will always come after a fall, although the person who fell was not Haruhiko, an unexpected situation still occurred.

The waist rope of Sato Miwako's kimono accidentally got caught on the machine that controlled the wooden boat in the mezzanine.

Haruhiko pulled so hard that the plain kimono on her body fell apart with a "crash".

The strong chest muscles wrapped in the chest wrap, the delicate and charming collarbone, the small and cute belly button...

Haruhiko didn't know where to look for a moment.

But soon Miwako Sato helped him make a "choice".

She screamed and subconsciously wanted to protect her chest with her hands, but she forgot that both of her hands were being held by Haruhiko.

then……

Haruhiko was pulled by a huge force and fell onto the small wooden boat.

The wooden boat suddenly bore the impact of the two people falling, swaying twice and splashing a lot of water.

Perhaps he accidentally touched the motor switch when he fell, and the wooden boat started slowly and moved slowly along the route for delivering vegetables.

When Haruhiko struggled to get up from his chest muscles, the boat was about to reach the window of Room 1.

He was horrified and said, "Quick, press the stop button behind you."

It would be terrible if someone saw the two of them like this.

Being misunderstood by others is secondary. The most important thing is that there are many male guests in the guest rooms. Although he and Sato Miwako are just pretending to be a couple, he still doesn't want her to be taken advantage of by other men.

Haruhiko felt that it must be his sense of justice that was at work.

After all, Miwako is a criminal police officer, and she can calm down quickly even in such an embarrassing situation.

In a very short time, she analyzed the series of situations that might occur if the boat was not stopped.

Miwako stretched out her finger and pressed the button on the motor that said "Stop".

"Click."

There was no response.

Miwako Sato pressed the button on the motor frantically, but the wooden boat continued to move forward and was about to reach the window of the first room.

Meiwazi's voice was filled with tears: "It's broken, what should I do?"

In fact, they could have avoided being discovered by simply jumping off the wooden boat. However, when people are panicking, their thinking ability decreases, especially after such an exciting incident. This caused both of them to fall into a mental dead end, relying only on instinct to think about how to stop the boat.

It was too late for Haruhiko to speak at this time. He thought quickly and put his hand on the back of Sato Miwako's head, letting her hide in the interlayer of the wooden boat.

Plus, with her body blocking the view, people in the guest room shouldn't be able to see her.

Sure enough, the older man who had been drinking earlier looked puzzled when he saw Haruhiko: "Eh? Aren't you the detective from earlier? Why are you delivering food?"

"I'm investigating the case." Haruhiko said.

The drunk brother nodded: "Is that so? When will the wine I ordered be served?"

Well, it seems that this guy is completely drunk.

As the wooden boat passed the room, Haruhiko grabbed Sato Miwako's hair and lifted her up: "Hurry up and put your clothes in order."

Sato Miwako began to tie the waist string of her kimono in a daze. Just when she was halfway done, she arrived at the next room.

Before she could react, Haruhiko put his hand on the back of Sato Miwako's head again.

"What are you doing... um..." Miwako was forced to crawl into the mezzanine of the wooden boat.

The aunt's surprised voice came from inside the house: "Young man, have you found the fox demon?"

Haruhiko smiled and said, "Not yet. If I do see it, I'll definitely tell you."

As they were talking, a boat passed by the aunt's window.

Haruhiko picked up Miwako again and sorted out her clothes.

After two attempts, Miwako's kimono was finally restored to its original state.

"How is it? Are you okay?" asked Miwako. She was forced to do two squats and was slightly panting.

"It's okay... No, it's my hair." Haruhiko suddenly realized that although her clothes were neat, her hair was a mess.

Miwako: "Hair? How about your hair, um..."

Miwako Sato was pressed under him again.

The young nurse in the guest room asked, "Huh? Why are you on the food delivery boat?"

"I'm investigating a case."

"Oh, where's Ms. Sato?"

"Wait for me where the boat docks," Haruhiko said.

As they were talking, the boat had already passed by their window. Haruhiko vaguely heard the nurse's best friend suddenly say, "I guess the police officer must be hiding in the mezzanine at the bottom of the boat."

Others: "Ah—you're so perverted."

Miwako Sato struggled to stand up, quickly tidied her hair, and then showed an expression on her face that said, "If you dare to press the back of my head again, I will fight you to the death."

Haruhiko shrugged, "Okay, that's all right this time."

At this time, the small wooden boat finally arrived at the window of Detective Kawatani's room. Haruhiko saw Mrs. Sato, Professor Iwama and his companions were also there.

Everyone stared blankly at the two people standing on the wooden boat.

Haruhiko was afraid that they would get suspicious, so he took the initiative to interrupt and said:
"Officer Sato and I have already figured out the murderer's method of committing the crime. He used this wooden boat to sneak into the victim's room silently, and then..."

His speech was a bit long, and before he finished, the wooden boat had already passed by the window.

The people in the room looked confused.

Only Professor Iwama looked pale, with cold sweat on his forehead.

Although the controller of the wooden boat carrying Haruhiko was broken, it could still operate at the set level, and the wooden boat circled around and returned to the dock.

Haruhiko and Sato Miwako got off the boat and went to Detective Kawatani's room.

Detective Kawatani came up and asked, "You said you have solved the murderer's modus operandi?"

Haruhiko: "Yes, the murderer is Professor Iwama."

Miwako Sato also had a cold face and looked at Professor Iwama with a cool expression.

At this time, Mrs. Sato walked over to her daughter and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Did you take off your kimono just now? Could it be..."

Miwako Sato's body softened, thinking it was all over. The murderer hadn't confessed yet, but her mother had solved the case first.

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