Detective Conan: Birth of the Demon Child

Kneeling beside Suzuki Seimei, Kurosaki Tamaka noticed his adorable, gloating expression, and her heart melted; a slight smile involuntarily crept onto her lips.

"Ding ding ding..."

Just as everyone was enjoying a sumptuous dinner, the landline phone in the lobby suddenly rang.

"Hello? Is this Second Aunt? What's up? Okay, I understand." Hiromi Yabuuchi answered the phone and talked for a while before quickly hanging up.

The person on the other end of the phone was Machiko Yabuchi. She was currently attending a party hosted by a friend, and the call was coming from there.

"Sister, what's wrong with Auntie calling?"

Hiromi Yabuuchi shook her head and said, "It's nothing. She said the firewood in the bathroom is ready and we can get it from the warehouse when we need it."

"Strange, do you really need to call back specifically for something like this?" Suzuki Haruaki frowned slightly upon hearing this.

Because Suzuki Seimei suspected that Yabuuchi Machiko might be the victim or the perpetrator in this case, he was particularly concerned about her behavior.

"Perhaps I'm being too suspicious!"

Even after dinner, Suzuki Seimei still couldn't figure out the real purpose of Yabuuchi Machiko's phone call, and could only conclude that he was being too sensitive.

Seeing that Suzuki Seimei and Conan had finished eating, Yukiko suggested with a smile, "Seimei, Conan, how about we take a bath together later?"

"I don't want it!"

Upon hearing this, Conan shook his head and refused without even thinking.

After all, Conan isn't a real child, and Suzuki Seimei knows his true identity. He doesn't want to be seen as a pervert by Suzuki Seimei.

"So unlovable~"

Yukiko was just teasing Conan and didn't actually intend to bathe with him. She smiled, picked up Suzuki Seimei, and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Seimei's the cutest! Let's go take a bath~"

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Upon seeing this, Kurosaki Tamaka's expression changed slightly, and she pouted somewhat unhappily.

You should know that serving Suzuki Seimei a bath was Kurosaki Tamaka's favorite daily job, but Yukiko took it from her.

However, Kurosaki Tamaka knew Suzuki Haruaki's personality; if he didn't want to take a bath with Yukiko, he would definitely refuse outright.

Since Suzuki Seimei did not refuse, Kurosaki Tamaka naturally did not dare to risk angering him by speaking up to stop Yukiko.

It's unbearable to repair!

"Yukiko-neechan, are we going to use this to take a bath later?"

Upon entering the spacious bathroom, Suzuki Haruaki's gaze was immediately drawn to the uniquely designed bathtub.

To be precise, it should be called a bath pot!

It was a large iron pot with a diameter of over one meter.

To put it simply, it's like cooking yourself in an iron pot.

"Seimei, bathhouses like this are quite rare these days. Aren't they interesting?"

"Yukiko-neechan, are we going to get boiled alive later?"

o(∩_∩)o Haha~

Yukiko couldn't help but laugh and said, "Of course not. If you feel the water is too hot later, just add some cold water."

More than half an hour later, Yukiko came out of the bathroom with a smile on her face, holding the rosy-cheeked little Suzuki Seimei.

Over the next few hours, everyone began to enter the bathroom and take showers.

For Kurosaki Tamaka and Conan, taking a bath in this kind of iron pot was a rather novel experience.

"Alright, now it's my turn to take a shower, Carlos, I'll leave this to you."

Yabuuchi Yoshifusa gave Carlos some instructions, telling him to keep an eye on the rest of the family in the living room, and then took a change of clothes to the bathroom.

"Ding ding ding..."

Shortly after Yoshifusa Yabunouchi left, the landline phone in the lobby rang again; it was Machiko Yabunouchi calling once more.

The reason Yabuuchi Machiko called this time was to say that she might not get home until after 11 p.m., so she asked Yabuuchi Hiromi to leave some hot water for her so she could take a shower when she got back.

Sitting in the lobby, Suzuki Seimei naturally heard the phone call from Yabuchi Machiko. He felt that something was not quite right, but he couldn't figure out what it was.

"It was so comfortable! Japanese baths are definitely the most comfortable!" More than half an hour later, after taking a bath, Yabuuchi Yoshifusa returned to the lobby with a rosy complexion.

"Then it's my turn to take a shower." After saying that, Keiko Yabuchi picked up her change of clothes and walked towards the bathroom.

"Ah ah ah..."

Not long after Keiko Yabuuchi stepped out of the hall, her terrified screams came from outside the door.

Chapter 130 Attempting to Harm Others Backfires (Fourth Update, Bonus Chapter for 200 Monthly Tickets)

"Keiko!"

Upon hearing his wife's scream, Yabuuchi Yoshiyuki rushed out immediately, followed closely by Conan and Suzuki Seimei, and the rest of the group also got up and ran out.

Yoshiyuki Yabunouchi rushed to Keiko Yabunouchi's side, helped his wife up from the ground in fright, and asked with a worried expression, "Keiko, are you alright? What happened?"

"Just now... I saw a man wearing sunglasses standing behind that wooden door, peeking at us."

"A man wearing sunglasses?"

Upon hearing this, everyone's expression changed simultaneously.

Normal people don't wear sunglasses in the middle of the night, so the mysterious man that Yabuchi Keiko mentioned is definitely not an ordinary person.

Conan looked around and quickly noticed something different in the yard. Pointing to the ancient well not far away, he exclaimed, "Look! The bucket in the well seems to have risen!"

Following Conan's pointing finger, everyone looked and saw that the wooden bucket, which should have been inside the well, had now risen to the very top, as if...

"husband?"

Upon seeing this, Hiromi Yabuuchi subconsciously looked at Hidekazu Yabuuchi beside her and cast a questioning glance at him.

"Yixing, come with me to take a look."

Yabuchi Hidekazu first gave his wife a reassuring look, then led his brother-in-law toward the ancient well.

"Brother-in-law, it looks like something is holding it back?"

"Hurry up and pull it up so we can take a look."

Splash...

With the combined efforts of Hidekazu Yabuuchi and Yoshiyuki Yabuuchi, a female corpse with long hair covering her face and her body soaking wet was slowly pulled out of the ancient well.

The pitch-black night, coupled with the female corpse pulled from the ancient well, made it a perfect setting for a horror movie.

"Ah ah ah..."

Looking at the twisted face with its eyes wide open in death, Yabuchi Yoshiyuki, who was less than half a meter away from the female corpse, couldn't help but let out a terrified scream, almost letting go of the well rope in his hand.

"Second...Second Aunt?!"

After seeing the woman's face clearly, Hiromi Yabuchi and the others covered their mouths in disbelief.

Seeing that Yabuchi Hideaki and the others were frozen in fear, Suzuki Seimei had no choice but to order Inoue Ryuichi, "Uncle Ryuichi, go and help them move the bodies out!"

"Yes, young master."

Ryuichi Inoue nodded slightly, walked to the well, and helped move Machiko Yabuuchi's body outside the well.

"Didn't Second Aunt say she wouldn't be back until after eleven? How could she have died here?" Hiromi Yabuchi tried her best to calm herself down, but in the end, she couldn't help but voice her confusion.

"Could it be that Second Aunt committed suicide by jumping into the well?"

For an ordinary person like Yabuuchi Hidekazu, murder cases were still too far removed from his life, so he subconsciously assumed it was a suicide.

Conan walked over to the woman's body and examined it. Pointing to the bloodstains on Machiko's left chest, he said, "No, she didn't commit suicide. She was murdered. There are marks here from being stabbed with a sharp blade. That should be the fatal wound."

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Seeing Conan's blatant behavior, Suzuki Seimei shook his head helplessly.

Too arrogant!

Perhaps it's because Conan has been holding back for so long that now that he finally has a chance to stand up and do his deductions openly, he's not pretending at all.

Fortunately, neither Kurosaki Tamaka nor Inoue Ryuichi are meddlesome people, and they also know that Conan is more mature than ordinary children, otherwise the secret that he is Shinichi Kudo would definitely have been exposed in no time.

Upon learning that Machiko had been murdered, Hiromi Yabuchi and the others immediately dialed the police.

After making the call to the police, everyone gradually calmed down.

Hidekazu Yabuuchi stared at the corpse for a while, then couldn't help but ask with some worry, "If Auntie was really murdered, who did it? Could the murderer be hiding among us?"

It's not surprising that Hidekazu Yabuuchi would think that way, because the distribution of the inheritance was about to begin, and with Machiko Yabuuchi suddenly killed at this time, the remaining people would naturally be able to receive a larger share of the inheritance.

"Brother-in-law, what do you mean by that? You don't suspect that Keiko and I would kill someone to fight for the inheritance, do you?" Upon hearing this, Yabuuchi Yoshiyuki's expression changed drastically.

Although Hidekazu Yabuuchi did not explicitly state who he suspected was the murderer, he clearly suspected Yoshiyuki Yabuuchi and his wife.

First of all, Hiromi Yabuuchi is Hidekazu Yabuuchi's wife, so he certainly wouldn't doubt his own wife.

Furthermore, Yabunouchi Yoshifusa is an elderly man, and even if he wanted to kill Yabunouchi Machiko, he might not have the ability to do so.

As for Suzuki Seimei and the others, they were all guests and had no conflict of interest with Yabuuchi Machiko, so there was no need for them to kill her.

Therefore, among the people present, the most suspicious people are Yoshiyuki Yabunouchi and Keiko Yabunouchi.

Suzuki Seimei ignored Yabuchi Hideaki and their mutual suspicions, and secretly began to observe Tanaka Nishi Katsuki.

Since Yabuuchi Machiko has been murdered, the only possible culprit is Tanaka Nishikatsu.

However, what Suzuki Haruaki couldn't understand was why Tanaka Nishi Katsuo wanted to kill Yabuuchi Machiko.

Moreover, Yabuchi Machiko had clearly called earlier and said she would not be back until after 11 o'clock, so why did she go home early?

Could it be that……

A sudden flash of inspiration struck Suzuki Seimei, and his two large, black, pearl-like eyes narrowed slightly as he instantly grasped the truth behind the case.

If Suzuki Seimei is not mistaken, the real culprit in this case is actually Yabuchi Machiko, not Tanaka Nishi Katsuo.

To put it simply, it seems that Yabuchi Machiko wanted to kill Tanaka Nishikatsu, but ended up being killed by him instead.