Conan: The Romantic Daily Life of a Ghost Detective

Tanaka Tomofumi's face showed a shocked expression, and then he looked at the police officers who were investigating.

He seemed to be looking for something.

Wen Shui knew that the other party was looking for an opportunity to activate a pre-prepared phone recording, creating the illusion that the deceased was upstairs yelling because he was disturbed by the noise, thus giving him an alibi.

However, what Wen Shui didn't expect was that Xiao Lan was present.

In the original story, the boys from the Detective Boys who broke the teapot were much more well-behaved than usual, not giving Tanaka Tomofumi a chance to activate the mechanism.

Wen Shui couldn't help but gasp in amazement.

There was no other way but to do it myself.

He tilted a vase on a cabinet in the hallway at a dangerously sharp angle: "Hey, this vase looks a bit strange."

Conan, who was racking his brains for a way to hide the body, rushed over immediately after hearing this and grabbed the edge of the cabinet.

"Splash!"

The vase fell to the ground and shattered into several pieces.

From the second floor came the angry voice of writer Tomofumi Tanaka's brother: "Damn it, can't you guys be quiet for a second?!"

Ran appeared behind Conan, her expression unfriendly: "Conan-kun, didn't I tell you not to touch things randomly?"

"It wasn't me, Sister Xiaolan..."

Conan vaguely sensed something and looked at Wen Shui with a surprised and suspicious gaze.

At this moment, it was Tanaka Tomofumi who stepped in to smooth things over: "It's alright, it's just a cheap vase. Little brother, is your hand alright?"

Ran patted Conan's head and bowed apologetically, "I'm so sorry, this child is too naughty."

Wen Shui has almost finished searching the first floor and the tricks that were supposed to appear have been revealed. It's time to expose the murderer's methods and then go back to eat the pork chop rice that Xiao Lan made.

"Officer Takagi, let's go up to the second floor and take a look," Wen Shui suggested.

Chapter 53 Xiaolan's Counterattack is a Battlefield

After Wen Shui suggested searching the rooms on the second floor.

I noticed that Tomofumi Tanaka's expression had become noticeably unnatural.

After all, it was his first time killing someone, and his mental fortitude was still somewhat lacking.

However, among those present, including Conan who was being scolded by Ran, no one would have guessed that the younger brother who rushed back was actually the murderer, so no one noticed this.

Tanaka Tomofumi forced a smile: "I'll go say hello to my brother first; he has a bit of a temper."

After saying that, he turned and walked upstairs.

Wen Shui and the others followed closely behind.

Tanaka Tomofumi pushed open the door, and what appeared before everyone was a spacious room with the curtains half drawn, making the room somewhat dim.

Perhaps to facilitate the process of composing novels, the room only contained a television and a recliner placed in the center of the room.

The man in the bathrobe from earlier is sitting on a recliner, seemingly asleep. The female news anchor on the television is reporting the weather conditions for the surrounding area.

Tanaka Tomofumi walked over and whispered, "Brother, are you asleep? The police say they want to search this place."

He pretended to nudge the corpse's shoulders twice, then turned and shook his head: "My brother seems to be asleep. You guys search around here, but it's best not to disturb him."

Officer Takagi nodded, then instructed his men to carefully search the room.

Because the room had almost no furniture and even felt bare, it took only a few minutes to confirm that it was impossible for a body to be stored in the room.

Officer Takagi looked at the warm water.

Although Takagi wasn't dissatisfied with the fact that he and his team had wasted half a day, since that's how detectives usually investigate cases, he was still somewhat curious about Wenshui's reaction.

At this moment, it was Conan who first activated his skill: "Oh my, there's a really big tree outside."

"What a big tree!"

Everyone went to the window and saw that there was indeed a very thick tree in the yard, very close to the window.

"Officer Takagi, do you think the body might be hidden in a tree?" Conan asked in a deliberately cute tone.

“Hiding it in a tree seems unlikely.” Takagi frowned slightly. “However, it does seem possible to use this tree to transport the body out.”

Takagi Wataru, being a professional detective, quickly came up with a possibility after being prompted by Conan.

Officer Takagi then had his subordinate carry another person on his back to try and simulate the situation of the murderer moving the body, but unfortunately, there was very little foothold on the other side of the wall.

The possibility of smuggling the bodies was quickly dismissed.

Seeing the dusty police officer climb in through the window, Tomofumi Tanaka said with a troubled expression:

"Officer, I think this is just a child's prank. I have work to do later. If we don't find anything, can the search end here?"

"It's not a prank! I clearly saw the cat and the corpse just now," Ayumi shouted.

Tanaka Tomofumi squatted down in front of Ayumi and smiled, "But little sister, there are no corpses here at all, and we didn't even see the cat you mentioned."

“Akira ran away…” Ayumi’s voice grew softer and softer.

Based on the evidence before them, it did indeed seem like they were playing a prank. Although the police officers around them didn't say anything, their eyes inevitably revealed a hint of dissatisfaction.

Yoshida Ayumi suddenly felt a little wronged, even though they had all seen the corpse.

Ayumi looked at Conan. Usually, Conan would come up with a solution in these situations, but to her disappointment, Conan was also frowning and looking at the big tree outside the window today.

Are we really going to let the murderer escape punishment?

Ayumi was very unwilling.

"I've got it!" Wen Shui suddenly exclaimed. "I know where the body is hidden!"

Yoshida Ayumi immediately looked at the handsome older brother with a surprised expression.

Everyone else's eyes also fell on Wen Shui.

"Brother Wenshui, have you discovered how the body was hidden?" Officer Takagi asked with a beaming smile.

Wen Shui nodded: "I was almost fooled by the murderer's tricks, but this is the first time I've seen a method of hiding a body like this."

Conan looked at the warm water with a face full of curiosity.

He felt both the anxiety of wanting to see the answer to the mystery and the resentment of not being able to find the body before the water warmed up.

Could it be related to the broken vase from earlier? Conan wondered to himself.

Officer Takagi: "Brother Nukumizu, stop keeping me in suspense."

Wen Shui smiled and slowly walked to the writer Tanaka Kazuyuki, who was sitting in a recliner: "The answer to all these mysteries still needs to be revealed to us by Mr. Tanaka Kazuyuki himself."

"Mr. Tanaka?"

Takagi Wataru was puzzled. The detectives behind him were even more confused.

"Mr. Tanaka, you just said you saw something fly past the window while you were taking a shower, right?" Wen Shui shook Tanaka Kazuyu's shoulders, trying to wake him up.

Tanaka Tomofumi, his face pale, walked over and stopped Wen Shui.

He said in a flustered tone, "You...you must be mistaken. When my brother called me just now, he didn't say he saw anything flying around in the yard."

“Strange, Mr. Tanaka, when you came back just now, you seemed completely unaware of what happened at the scene.” Wen Shui stared sharply at the other party. “If your brother called you, you should know about the missing body in the house.”

Tanaka Tomofumi broke out in a cold sweat: "This...this is because..."

Tanaka Tomofumi's unusual behavior immediately aroused the suspicion of the detectives in the room.

At Takagi Wataru's signal, two men blocked the window to prevent the prisoner from escaping, while several others subtly surrounded him.

Xiaolan also sensed something was wrong.

She stood protectively in front of Wen Shui like a bodyguard, ready to deliver a spinning kick at any moment.

Wen Shui smiled and said, "Mr. Tanaka, why are you so nervous? Don't tell me you already know that your brother, Tanaka Kazuyu, can't answer my questions anymore?"

The sound of the warm water gradually became sharper from its initial gentleness.

"I……"

"You're the murderer! Mr. Tanaka Tomofumi." Wen Shui pointed at the other person with her finger, striking a pose like a cunning frog constantly touching your stomach.

Then he revealed the methods the other party used to hide the body and to create an alibi using a telephone answering machine.

Tanaka Tomofumi was, after all, just a securities company employee, and his mental fortitude was rather average.

With Wen Shui's all-seeing gaze and the irrefutable evidence laid out before him.

His psychological defenses quickly crumbled, and he knelt before his brother to repent:

"It's all his fault. I used to admire my brother a lot when I was little, but I don't know when, he suddenly turned into a parasite..."

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The perpetrator confessed on the spot, and there were many fingerprints of Tomofumi Tanaka on the body. The body was moved too hastily, and there was no time to deal with it.

Therefore, this case is practically closed.

However, the actual verdict will have to wait until the Metropolitan Police Department submits all the materials for examination, and then the court will determine Tanaka Tomofumi's guilt.

Takagi Wataru handled these tasks with great ease, directing his men to seal all the evidence from the crime scene into evidence bags.

While following the direction of the gate, he secretly glanced at Wen Shui and Shu standing outside the gate.

He actually figured out such a daring and bizarre method of hiding a corpse. If it weren't for his incredibly handsome face, Takagi Wataru would have thought that the person standing in front of him was Shinichi Kudo.

Is it a gifted talent?

Is it the god of detectives possessing her, or is it the soul of Shinichi Kudo that she's been devouring within her that's at work?

Officer Takagi couldn't help but let his mind wander.

Meanwhile, Wen Shui was already receiving the reward in her mind.

However, this reward was a little disappointing. After being a lucky person so many times, it was finally his turn to be an unlucky one.

As expected, the progress of the research in my mind changed again.

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