Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 19 I was just defending myself.

Natsukawa looked at Conan and saw that the other was resting his chin on his hand, deep in thought. Then he looked at his own Anya, who had stopped crying and was now looking at Tanaka Tomofumi with indignation.

“In that case, I’ll go up and apologize to Mr. Tanaka’s brother. The children did disturb your peace. Also, I can pay a housekeeping company to clean your house.”

Everyone thought this was perfectly reasonable and a sincere apology, but Tanaka Tomofumi's expression changed:
“My brother is asleep. You just went up to check on him, so there’s no need to ask him to come down. And there’s no need for a housekeeping company or anything like that. I’ll take care of it myself.”

“That won’t do. If you’re wrong, you have to apologize.” Natsukawa gave an apologetic look. “If Mr. Tanaka’s brother doesn’t want to come downstairs, I can go upstairs to apologize.”

"Yes! Anya should apologize too."

Anya's voice was quite loud, and it seemed she had deliberately amplified it.

She put her little hand to her mouth, making a megaphone shape, and then shouted loudly at the stairs, "Uncle Tanaka, Anya was wrong, can you forgive Anya?"

Inspector Megure was speechless. This child didn't seem to be apologizing at all, and he was the same way when he was crying just now. It was so fake.

"Ania, keep your voice down, that man is very fierce!" Ayumi clearly understood and was somewhat worried.

Genta and Mitsuhiko felt the same way, but they were also a little hopeful that the old man upstairs would be woken up. After all, such an old man was really annoying, and if they could annoy him a little, their mood would be much better today.

Conan seemed to have thought of something, but something seemed to be missing.

Something went wrong. He had been guarding the front door before the police arrived, making sure no one was coming or going. Now the body isn't in the bathroom, and it wasn't moved out of the house through the second-floor window. Where could it be? The murderer must have used some special method; there must be something fishy going on here.

Moreover, the murderer is very likely the two brothers, Kazuyuki Tanaka and Tomofumi Tanaka.

One of them was taking a shower before they arrived, so it's very likely he was the one who cleaned the room; the other went home after they arrived, so it's very likely he was waiting outside the back window on the riverbank to meet his older brother and throw the body into the river. These possibilities are all plausible.

The head, which is twice the size of the hips, begins to spin at super-high speed.

Seeing that Conan hadn't quite grasped the point, or rather, hadn't found the right approach, Natsukawa couldn't help but offer another reminder.

"I was speaking so loudly and Mr. Tanaka's older brother didn't respond. Could something have happened? I've learned first aid and other emergency procedures."

When he said this, Natsukawa looked at Tanaka Tomofumi with a slightly provocative expression, which was clearly revenge for making Anya cry.

You'll be done for once I make you angry.

However, Tanaka Tomofumi did not notice Natsukawa's little trick; at that moment, he was trying to find an excuse to get these people to leave quickly.

"I'll help explain to my brother. You should leave quickly. My brother has a terrible temper, as you probably heard."

Tanaka Tomofumi's expression softened considerably, but his face twitched and he was sweating profusely, suggesting he had a different thought in mind.

At this point, Conan also realized something.

This Tanaka Tomofumi seems to be reluctant for others to have contact with his brother.

why?

Combining what Natsukawa had just said, Conan's complicated thoughts suddenly cleared up.

That's definitely right!

"Inspector Megure! Is Uncle Tanaka Kazuyu really still alive?"

Conan asked this question in a dazed and innocent way.

As soon as these words came out.

Tanaka Tomofumi's face changed drastically, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

Inspector Megure was clearly surprised by what Conan said. At the same time, he also noticed the strange expression that suddenly appeared on Tomofumi Tanaka's face. Could it be...?
Without saying a word, Inspector Megure stepped onto the stairs to the second floor.

"Officer, I'm going to sue you for disturbing the peace. Do you have a search warrant? You can't go up to the second floor without my permission."

Tanaka Tomofumi still wanted to struggle.

But Inspector Megure completely ignored him at this moment.

Just as he was about to chase after him, Xia Chuan hooked his arm around his. "Mr. Tanaka, I think you should let your brother come down so I can apologize to him."

The smiling face looked like a demon to Tanaka Tomofumi. It was this person just now. If he hadn't insisted on seeing his brother, he definitely wouldn't have been exposed.

And that weird kid in the blue suit and shorts, and that pink-haired crybaby—it's all the fault of those three.

That's it. When the police went up to check, they found that it was certain that his brother was dead.

"It's all my brother's fault, he was wrong. And all of you, it's all your fault, otherwise no one would have known that I killed my brother."

Tanaka Tomofumi's head slumped slightly, his glasses suddenly reflected light, and his voice was so soft that it was hard for others to hear.

“Father,” Anya called softly.

Xia Chuan gently stroked Anya's small hand to reassure her.

Tanaka Tomofumi suddenly raised his head, looking at Natsukawa and Anya, whom he was holding, with a ferocious expression.

These two people definitely played a major role in getting me to this point.

"go to hell."

He raised his hand, and somehow found himself gripping a dagger upside down. "Watch out!"

Conan's eyes widened in fury. Activating his leg-enhancing shoes at this point was too late; he didn't even have time to aim the tranquilizer dart, so he could only offer a warning.

Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko stared blankly, their expressions showing fear, but their minds were blank, and they didn't know what to say.

The Metropolitan Police Department officers were even more incompetent at this point; they didn't notice Tanaka Tomofumi's actions at all, as they were currently restoring the first floor.

Tanaka Tomofumi only dared to take action because he had a clear understanding of the situation.

Once Inspector Megure comes downstairs, his arrest is a foregone conclusion. He might as well take revenge on this father and daughter who have been bothering him for so long.

"what!"

A piercing scream followed by a loud bang brought Inspector Megure, who had just confirmed Tanaka Kazuyu's death upstairs, rushing down the stairs in a panic.

His body was rather bulky, and his movements as he went downstairs were large, but he was very fast and had a unique agility.

Just after he turned the stairs, he saw that a hole had been smashed in the wooden wall directly opposite the stairs, and from his angle, he could clearly see Tanaka Tomofumi lying sprawled on the ground inside the hole.

Even though it's a wooden wall, it doesn't have to be like this, does it?
Tanaka Tomofumi's eyes were tightly closed, his expression was painful, and his mouth was wide open with saliva dripping from it. Judging from the condition of the wooden wall, he must have smashed it.

Inspector Megure was completely bewildered. He had only been upstairs for less than thirty seconds, so what had happened downstairs?

"Inspector Megure, I was only acting in self-defense."

Tanaka Tomofumi's ability to pass through walls was naturally due to Natsukawa's doing.

Seeing Inspector Megure come down, Natsukawa shrugged and said helplessly, "He started it. Everyone here can attest to that."

Although the other person's voice was very soft, he was very close and naturally heard it.

Given his self-discipline as a spy, wouldn't it be normal for him to turn the tables and launch a counterattack?
She actually thought of attacking him? She's really out of her mind.

Inspector Megure was speechless as he called his officers to carry Tanaka Tomofumi away. He was unconscious; what was the point of leaving him there?

"What exactly is going on?"

Inspector Megure remained silent for a long time before finally asking a question.

Xia Chuan shrugged; he wasn't a detective. He turned to look at Conan.

Washing machine, it's your turn to step in.

It was Conan who just made the suggestion that the person upstairs was dead, and Inspector Megure followed Natsukawa's gaze and looked at Conan as well.

The case is gradually becoming clearer. It seems that Tanaka Tomofumi murdered his own brother and then staged the entire affair, playing both roles.

The only strange thing is why Tanaka Kazuyu's voice could still be heard upstairs when they were making noise downstairs. Tanaka Kazuyu should have been dead by then, right?

Although Inspector Megure couldn't understand these things, Conan clearly did.

He had recovered from the shock of Natsukawa kicking Tanaka Tomofumi away, and under everyone's gaze, he had walked to the telephone.

"The sound we heard earlier was probably not from Tanaka Kazuyuki, but from a telephone answering machine."

As he spoke, Conan stood on tiptoe and pressed a button on the phone.

"Hey! You guys are so noisy! Can you please be quiet?"

A loud human voice came from the phone.

"Hey, that was the voice just now, exactly the same as the old man upstairs."

Yuan Tai was extremely shocked.

He remembered clearly the sound of Tanaka Kazuyuki's roar, which was caused by him breaking things.

"As long as the audio is recorded in advance and the phone's ringtone is turned off, when the sound comes on, he can simply use the portable phone and the telephone to make the answering machine at home run automatically."

Conan, hands in his pockets, seemed oblivious to who his opponent was, and looked at Inspector Megure with smugness in his eyes.

The Junior Detective League members were all staring at Conan with shining eyes.

Only Anya pursed her lips. After spending some time with him, she knew that Conan was now seventeen years old, just a little short.

She's seventeen; isn't it normal for her to be able to solve the mystery? If she were seventeen, she definitely could too.

Anya was still young and naive, unable to comprehend Conan's idea of ​​shrinking after taking the drug. She only thought that the reason he wasn't growing taller was probably because he was sick.
"I see. Then why did the TV upstairs turn off automatically?" Inspector Megure asked again.

"There's probably more than one TV remote. Judging from Mr. Tanaka Tomofumi's preparations, he probably didn't make this decision on a whim; he likely prepared another remote in advance."

After hearing this, a police officer tactfully reached into the pocket of the unconscious Tanaka Tomofumi and pulled out a small black remote control, along with a mobile phone.

"Conan is really smart, he doesn't seem like a six-year-old boy at all." Inspector Megure exclaimed sincerely, "It seems that even a child becomes smarter after spending so much time with Mouri."

Conan could only respond with an awkward yet polite smile.

Who's been with whom for a long time? Uncle Mori is just his mouthpiece!

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