Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 90 Diplomat Murder Case

Ikemura residence.

The time is 4pm.

Hattori Heiji got out of the car with an uncomfortable look on his face, put his hands in his pockets and looked at the diplomat's magnificent house in front of him.

"Why do I have to come along? It's like I've already lost to you."

He was unexpectedly drafted into the army temporarily.

It was totally different from his plan.

"There's nothing I can do," Gao Mo briefly flipped through the file provided by the woman along the way. "None of the detectives in the agency are here. If you want to gamble with Kindaichi, you have to be a little sincere, right?"

The woman's name is Kimie Ikemura, 50 years old, and she is the second wife of the famous diplomat Isao Ikemura.

This time, she was helping her husband by hiring a detective to come to her home.

The commission was to investigate the character of the stepson's girlfriend.

"Investigating women is a hassle," Hattori Heiji said, feeling a bit overwhelmed. "Aren't you a detective yourself?"

"I'm just a washed-up idol, not a detective. I'll be relying on you later."

"hateful."

Hattori Heiji's face became even more depressed.

The non-detective was still pretending to read in the study.

And that terrible kendo training...

Why would Kudo Shinichi rent a house to such a person?
"What is your relationship with that Kindaichi?" Hattori Heiji turned around and asked.

"Distant relative."

Got it...

"Come in with me first, my husband will talk to you in detail... Also, don't mention the matter of commissioning a detective later, as my husband will be easily gossiped about." The woman's attitude was always so cold and strong.

"I understand. It will be troublesome if it turns into a scandal."

Hattori Heiji calmed down and followed first.

He just wanted to complete this commission as soon as possible, as a way of saying hello to Kindaichi in advance.

And Kudo Shinichi...

This time he must make a breakthrough in Tokyo no matter what.

He is as famous as Kudo Shinichi in Osaka, but few people know him when he comes to Tokyo.

It’s really infuriating.

He had to prove himself.

"call!"

Gao Mo did not follow immediately, but looked up at the sky above the house from outside the door.

Invisible black clouds covered the area, with a red light faintly visible in the middle.

The breath of death...

This place has become or is about to become a murder scene.

Speaking of which, the diplomat incident seems to be the case in which Hattori Heiji first appeared.

Conan transforms back into Kudo Shinichi for the first time to solve a case...

Is this the one?

"What's wrong?" Hattori Heiji turned around and urged, "Why are you still standing there? This is your job!"

"You go see the client first. I need to go to the bathroom."

"what?"

"lady."

At the entrance of the Ikemura family, a middle-aged housekeeper opened the door to welcome guests, but when he saw it was the hostess, he quickly stepped aside.

"These are..."

"They want to visit the master for something," Ikemura Gongjiang walked into the room with a cold face, "Where is the master?"

"The master should be in the study."

A young man and woman came out of the living room next door. The beautiful woman, who was probably in her 20s, had medium-short curly hair and looked gentle and lovely.

It was the stepson's girlfriend that the commission required investigation, Katsuragi Sachiko, 24 years old, who was studying at Touto Medical University.

I am even more beautiful in person than in the photo.

"Mom, are you back?"

"You, why are you here?!" Ikemura Kimie seemed frightened.

"I asked her to come," explained the thick-browed stepson Takayoshi Ikemura beside him with a smile, "I don't think you have any right to stop me from dating Sachiko, so I brought her here to see Dad..."

"How presumptuous!"

Ikemura Kimie was so angry that his face turned blue, and his already bad complexion became even worse.

"How many times do I have to say this? You two can't be together, and you..."

Ikemura Gongjiang turned to his stepson's girlfriend and scolded her: "Please make one thing clear, I don't think you can just call me mom!" "I'm sorry..."

Katsuragi Sachiko was so frightened that she lowered her head and dared not say a word, a trace of pain flashed across her pretty face.

"Don't worry about her, Sachiko," the thick-browed stepson gritted his teeth and glared at his stepmother's back, comforting his girlfriend, "As long as Dad agrees, it's fine. Who does she think she is?"

"What are you doing?"

Hattori Heiji's brows twitched.

The atmosphere in this family feels weird.

"Huh?" The stepson's eyes suddenly fell on Hattori Heiji's face, and he opened his mouth in surprise, "Could it be that you are that high school detective..."

"Cough cough!"

Hattori Heiji adjusted his hat with a smile.

It seems that there are still people in Tokyo who know him.

"Kudo Shinichi?" The stepson with thick eyebrows asked in surprise, "Why are you coming to my house?"

"Please!" Hattori Heiji's smile froze, his head grew bigger, and he pulled off his hat. "Look carefully! How on earth do I look like Kudo Shinichi?!"

"Yes, indeed, Kudo Shinichi isn't that evil, so who are you?"

"I am as famous as that kid..."

"Don't waste time," Ikemura Gongjiang frowned at the stairs, "Can you hurry up?"

"You go up first."

Gao Mo nudged Hattori Heiji and asked the butler beside him, "Excuse me, where is the bathroom?"

"Go this way, on the left side of the corridor."

"Thank you."

After being directed by the housekeeper, Gao Mo and Hattori Heiji, who was following the hostess, walked away past each other, and finally glanced briefly at everyone present.

Not so good.

It seems like a good request is about to turn into a troublesome incident.

If he is labeled as a plague god, who will dare to look for him in the future?

"Hurry up!" Hattori Heiji shouted from the second floor. He was very annoyed to see Gao Mo's hesitation.

The diplomat's family is very strange, and Gao Mo is also strange.

Are all people in Tokyo like this now?

"By the way, ma'am," the butler asked before entering the kitchen, "do you want to prepare some sweet soup?"

"Ah."

Ikemura Gongjiang nodded indifferently, and after discovering that the study door was locked, he knocked on the door and called out in confusion.

"Hubby, I'm back, hubby?"

"Wow!"

Toilet.

Gao Mo was originally just looking for an excuse to avoid being contaminated by the smell of death, but since he was already there, he decided to go to the toilet.

I had just washed my hands and before I could dry them, I heard a noise upstairs, followed by Ikemura Gongjiang's terrified cry.

"Husband?! Cheer up, husband!!"

"What's the matter, ma'am?"

"Dad!"

"No one is allowed in, he's dead!" Hattori Heiji shouted, "Call the police! Everyone, wait in the living room until they arrive! You too, Mrs. Ikemura!"

"Who are you?"

"High school student...Osaka's famous detective Hattori Heiji!"

Osaka Kuroiji put on his baseball cap again, his expression extremely serious.

……

2th floor.

When Gao Mo walked into the study and saw the scene, Hattori Heiji was looking for clues on the ground.

An opera was playing on the bookshelf in the room, and the singing was melodious.

A bald, fat man was lying behind a desk, seemingly sleeping peacefully. When I got closer, I found that his lips had turned purple and he was no longer breathing.

A murder has occurred, but the aura of death does not seem to have completely dissipated.

"How did you get in?" Hattori Heiji said seriously. Seeing Gao Mo, he quickly ordered, "Help me keep an eye on those people first. I suspect the murderer is among them."

Gao Mo didn't move closer to the body: "Are you sure so soon?"

"Of course, the deceased died of asphyxiation caused by a poison that paralyzed his nerves," Hattori Heiji confirmed. "Based on the residual warmth of the body, the lack of livor mortis, and the absence of rigor mortis... the murder took less than 30 minutes, and the killing took place in a closed room..."

As he spoke, Hattori Heiji lowered his eyelids in depression.

"Why am I telling you this? Anyway, just keep an eye on those people until the police get here."

(End of this chapter)