Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 100 Cold-blooded Tycoon Families
Conan lay on his back in the corridor, his eyes vacant, feeling like he wanted to die.

耻辱
The great detective has never been so insulted.

Tears were about to well up in her eyes, but the resilient elementary school student immediately wiped them away.

Han Xin also experienced the humiliation of crawling between someone's legs.

As long as your heart remains steadfast, none of these things matter.

Fortunately, Natsukawa didn't know what Conan was thinking, otherwise he would definitely have told him.

Han Xin was in a terrible state in the later stages of his life; he couldn't beat anyone.

“He’s dead!” Kogoro Mouri said gravely, withdrawing his arm that had been checking his pulse.

"No one else came in, right?" he asked the Suzuki butler, who was still slumped in the corridor.

"No, no, is the master really dead?"

Xia Chuan gave him a strange look. "Didn't you say he was dead first?"

The Suzuki butler was momentarily speechless, unsure how to begin.

After a moment, he stood up and said, "Should I call the police?"

Conan had just told him to call the police, so the only way to cover up his embarrassment was to leave quickly.

"Go ahead." Xia Chuan narrowed his eyes, watching the other person stand up and leave.

"The key was in the outside, and it should have been locked from the inside. The housekeeper opened the door with the key."

Xia Chuan fiddled with the keys a few times with a handkerchief, then looked down at the ground.

A bright pink flower by the door was particularly eye-catching.

“These are flowers unique to Yamato Island.” Yamato Natsue, who had just arrived, frowned slightly, as if she had thought of something, and hesitated to speak.

If I remember correctly, this flower should belong to Takeshi Hitomoto.

Xia Chuan waited a few seconds but didn't hear from Hatsue Hiramoto about the origin of the flower.

It seems that in this newlywed's eyes, her husband is more important than her grandfather.

At this moment, the rest of the Bokumoto family gathered. After learning of Bokumoto Gozo's death, their expressions remained indifferent. Although they knew their father (grandfather) was dead, they showed no sadness.

Xia Chuan even saw a slight smile curl up at the corner of Hitomoto Akie's mouth.

Reality.

"I remember Xia Jiang gave Xiao Wu one of these flowers when he left the island, right?"

Mariko covered her mouth and chuckled, craning her neck and glaring at Takeshi with her large and small eyes: "Could it be that you killed your father?"

Then she nudged Akie Hiramoto next to her, signaling the two of them to gang up on the other.

"I think it was Xiao Wu who killed him. After all, Xia Jiang was deeply loved by Grandpa. Now that Grandpa is dead, he can immediately get a large sum of money, which is much faster than working."

Although Akie Hakumoto said this, she felt a little strange inside.

Didn't we agree to wait until we got back to Tokyo before making our move? Why did that old man Kenzo Masuyama suddenly change the script?

Takeshi Yamamoto covered his chest with his hands, looking terrified. However, the woman's sharp words were equally effective, and he was soon forced back against the wall.

It wasn't that he was afraid to fight back, but there were three men watching him intently, and he was afraid that if he made a move, he would be attacked by them all.

Xia Chuan silently watched the drama unfold, while casually covering up the bloodstains that had been wiped away from the floor beneath his feet.

Conan: "Uncle Natsukawa, hurry up and lift your foot, lift your foot!"

Xia Chuan looked down and saw Conan lying on the ground, crying bitterly.

Upon closer inspection, I realized that I had stepped on Conan.

Xia Chuan lifted his foot.

He really didn't mean it.
However, he's been lying there for ten minutes now. Is he planning to extort money from Uncle Mori?
How greedy! He already swindled Uncle Mori out of his little cotton-padded jacket, and now he's even...
Xia Chuan lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't see you lying on the ground at all."

"It's nothing." Conan shook his head, not caring about it. "Uncle Natsukawa, could you move aside a bit? I need to check the carpet."

"What did you find?" Xia Chuan asked.

Conan glanced at Kogoro Mouri, noticing the unfriendly look in his eyes, and then waved his hand, saying, "No." He'd better investigate secretly himself.

He was afraid that if he opened his mouth carelessly, he would give Uncle Mori a reason to punch him.

Children shouldn't be too much like Anya; it's better to be well-behaved.

Since Conan wouldn't say anything, Natsukawa didn't press him and continued to watch the show.

At this moment, Takeshi was surrounded and Natsue could not stop him by herself. She could only watch as her newlywed husband was being held up by her second uncle and brother-in-law.

"Of course I'm not making this up. I overheard you talking to the old man just now."

Mariko Hatomoto narrowed her eyes, her gaze gleaming with a cold light.

"You are the son of Zaijiro Yuu, whose company was acquired by the old man ten years ago, right? Ten years ago, your father committed suicide by jumping off a building because the company was acquired, and your mother followed him a year later. You are Zaijiro Takehiko, the son of Zaijiro Yuu who was sent to the orphanage back then!"

Then she turned to look at Hatsumi Hitomoto: "You really are the old man's sweetheart, finding a husband who has a grudge against him. I wonder if you did it on purpose."

The ethical disputes within the Houmoto family continue, but I won't go into detail here.

Takeshi Hiromoto was locked in a dark room, and neither Conan nor Kogoro Mouri stopped him, but that doesn't mean they were certain the other was the murderer.

The investigation is ongoing.

Conan was the first to notice the suspicious points.

Right where Xia Chuan had just stepped, there was a spot where blood had been wiped away.

The murderer must have wiped away the bloodstain, but why didn't they notice the fallen flower next to them after wiping away the bloodstain?
Totally unreasonable.

This looks more like someone deliberately framed him.

Uncle Mori also came out after examining the body.

"The deceased died from excessive blood loss due to a stab wound to the abdomen. No murder weapon was found at the scene. The time of death was approximately half an hour ago, which is about half an hour after everyone returned to the room after being scolded."

Kogoro Mouri touched his hair and said with a troubled expression:

“Apart from Miss Xia Jiang, Mr. Xiang Er, and Butler Suzuki, everyone else is a suspect at this time. This makes it a bit difficult to investigate. Hiromoto Gozo has basically cursed everyone, so it's hard to say who did it. Everyone is a 50/50 suspect.”

"Uncle Mori, there's blood outside the door. It looks like the murderer wiped it away."

Kogoro Mouri glanced down at the corpse inside and, based on the information, made a rough deduction.

"The deceased was probably stabbed when he opened the door, but did not die immediately. He then locked the door and died from excessive blood loss."

Conan nodded; otherwise, there was no way to explain why the door was locked.

But why did the murderer wipe away the bloodstains at the door?

It's impossible that the flower wasn't discovered while wiping away the bloodstains.

Instantly, Conan's suspicion of Takeshi Hiramoto plummeted; this murder was likely a setup to frame him.

Suzuki, Shoji, and Natsue were all at the restaurant at the time of Gozo's death, so these three can be ruled out.

Everyone else could be the murderer.

Good heavens, they're all family members of Hiromoto Gozo.

After locking Takeshi in a small dark room, the members of the Hiromoto family left, leaving Hiromoto Gozo's body lying there all alone, with no one giving it a second glance.

No one even thought of taking a cloth to cover their father (grandfather).

Because of the blow, Hatsue Hitomoto was a little depressed, so Natsukawa asked Yoel to accompany her to a restaurant to calm down and catch her breath.

Only Natsukawa, his two companions, and Suzuki's butler remained at the scene.

As the butler, Kenji Suzuki has to cooperate with the detective to solve the case and find the murderer who killed the master.

"There's really no kinship between big families," Kogoro Mouri remarked with some emotion.

Natsukawa didn't pay attention to what Kogoro Mouri was saying; his gaze was fixed on Conan.

This guy was like a robot vacuum cleaner, meticulously cleaning the scene and searching for crucial clues.

Suddenly, Conan looked curious and grabbed something from the scene.

(End of this chapter)