Conan: The Heart Thief

A group of people came to the study.

Kisaki Eri said, "That's it. These are the two notes that appeared under Mr. Fujieda Kan'o's pillow in his bedroom for three consecutive days, and the other one is a used bullet."

Yukiko looked at it carefully, frowned slightly, and said, "It certainly doesn't look like an ordinary prank."

"But it would be a miracle to find the criminal with just these three clues." Kisaki Eri was a little helpless.

"That's right!" Yukiko nodded, turned around and saw Wei, and asked, "Xiao, what do you think?"

Lan heard this and pulled Lin Xiao's arm, asking, "Yes, Xiao, what do you think? Have you found any clues?"

Seeing that everyone was asking, Lin Xiao had no intention of hiding anything and said honestly, "I always felt that the contents of those two notes were very strange."

Fei Yingli looked at the two notes and read: "The contents of these two notes are 'to free you' and 'watch your back'. Lin Xiao, what's so strange about these words?"

Lin Xiao said: "In short, we have to meet with Mr. Qian Xiong first and ask him in person whether someone wants to kill him, otherwise there is no way to conduct an investigation..."

Ueki Sohachi, who was standing by, said, "I'm sorry, but I'm afraid that won't work."

Seeing everyone's puzzled eyes, Ueki Sohachi explained: "The master is now in the sound room, enjoying classical music and reading a book. If we don't wait for an hour or two..."

Fujieda Shigeya nodded vigorously and said, "Yes, if someone disturbs Mikio when he is reading, he will get angry!"

Yukiko asked, "Is it safe to leave him alone?"

"Would you like to see where he is first?" asked Ueki Sohachi.

Fujieda Shigeya pointed to the surveillance camera on the corner and said, "Because there are surveillance cameras in every room, you can see where others are."

Since Fujieda Shigeru said so, the group happily went there.

In the monitoring room of the Fujieda family, everyone found their target on the screen that covered almost an entire wall.

Mikio Fujieda.

Just as Ueki Souhachi said, at this time Fujieda Kan'ao was listening to classical music in the sound room leisurely, watching

"Oh, when viewing it with split screen, it's really clear and without missing a single detail. It's amazing!" Yukiko exclaimed while sitting in a swivel chair with her legs crossed while looking at the surveillance footage.

Ueki Sohachi smiled and said, "These scenes are still relatively few."

Hibiki Eri crossed her arms, looked at the surveillance footage, and asked, "Who is checking these footage?"

"Oh, it's me and the maids who take turns." Ueki Sohachi said.

Just then, Yukiko suddenly discovered something.

"Hey, look! There's someone in the yard!"

Kisaki Eri hurried over and asked, "Yukiko? Where?"

"Here," Yukiko pointed to a picture in the corner and said, "Look, that's this person!"

"Oh, it's him!" Ueki Sohachi saw who Yukiko was talking about and said with a smile, "He is our gardener, Mr. Kozo Doi."

"But what is he doing?" asked Fujieda Moka.

"It must be to tidy up the garden, right?" Fujieda Shigeru said with a hint of sadness, "Because tomorrow is my sister's birthday."

So, everyone understands.

As if the topic had touched on sentimentality, Fujieda Shigeru quickly said, "I'm going back to my room to sort out the manuscript. Uncle Ueki, I'll leave the rest to you."

"I understand!" Ueki Sohachi bowed slightly.

Shortly after Fujieda Shigeru left, something strange happened to Fujieda Mikio in the sound room.

Ueki Sohachi shouted in panic: "Master, he raised his hand!"

When Ueki Sohachi said this, everyone was shocked.

Yukiko subconsciously asked, "What's going on?"

Hibiki Eri analyzed, "Did someone break in with a gun?"

Ueki Sohachi was obviously panicking as well, and he stammered, "I, I don't think that's possible. I just brought the coffee in for the master, and locked the door from the inside when I left."

Fujieda Suka was also dumbfounded and said in disbelief: "How could it be..."

Before everyone could react, they saw Fujieda Kan'ao fall directly to the ground.

"He, he was shot... Someone shot him!" Fujieda Moka screamed.

Seeing Fujieda Kan'ao fall down on the monitor, everyone took action.

"Where is the spare key?" asked Eri Kisaki.

"In... my room..." said Ueki Sohachi.

"Go get it now!" Yukiko shouted, "We'll be waiting for you at the door of that room!"

Fujieda Suka managed to calm herself down and said, "I'll go call the police..."

"There's also an ambulance!" Lin Xiao said, and then ran away with Kisaki Eri and Yukiko.

"Please start contacting immediately!" Seeing this, Xiaolan hurriedly followed.

Without caring about calling the police or an ambulance, Kisaki Eri, Yukiko, Lin Xiao and Xiaolan, who were also taking the keys, hurried to the sound room.

As if hearing the sound of running in the corridor, Fujieda Shigeru poked his head out of a room and asked in astonishment: "What...what happened?"

As Xiaolan ran, she turned back and responded, "Mr. Ganxiong is in trouble!"

"What?" Fujieda Shigeru's face changed drastically and he immediately followed.

The group hurried to the door of the sound room.

Fujieda Shigeru knocked on the door loudly and called out, "Hey, Mr. Kan'o! Are you okay? Mr. Kan'o!"

Hearing no response from inside, Yukiko said with a bad face: "The situation is not good..."

Fujieda Shigeru stopped knocking on the door and turned around to ask, "Is Mr. Mikio really unable to get up?"

"Yes," Kisaki Eri nodded and said, "After he raised his hands..." Although they did not hear any gunshots, if he was fine, Fujieda Kan'ao should not have fallen down for no reason, right?

"Xiao..." Lan pulled Xiao's arm a little worriedly.

Lin Xiao reached out and patted Xiao Lan's arm. This made Xiao Lan feel a little more at ease.

At this moment, two gunshots suddenly rang out.

"gun……"

“Gunshot…”

Kisaki Eri and Yukiko's expressions changed at the same time.

Chapter 403 Lin Xiao Shows Off His Skills

The smell of blood filled the room, and there was also a slight sound of glass breaking.

Fujieda Shigeru was stunned and immediately tried to pull the door again, but unfortunately it was still locked tightly. He could only curse, "Damn it!"

"Let me do it."

Xiaolan took the lead and gave a roundhouse kick. With a "bang", the door of the sound room was kicked open with her only foot.

At this time, Ueki Sohachi finally ran over breathlessly, "The key... is here..." When he came to the door and looked into the room, he saw Lin Xiao took his hand away from Fujieda Kan's neck and said expressionlessly, "The heartbeat and breathing have stopped. He is dead."

"Master!" Ueki Sohachi showed a painful expression.

Looking at Fujieda Kan'ao lying dead on the ground, both Kisaki Eri and Yukiko looked unhappy.

"so terrible!"

"Yes!"

Soon after, the police arrived.

They are all old acquaintances, a group of police officers led by Inspector Megure.

As for seeing Lin Xiao and Xiao Lan at the scene, Inspector Megure was not too surprised. What surprised him was...

"Eh? Mrs. Kudo, why are you here?" Inspector Megure asked in surprise, "And Ms. Hime is here too... why are you two here? What's going on?"

Both of them are acquaintances of Inspector Megure and they haven't seen each other for a long time.

"Ah, actually..." Yukiko was about to explain.

Kisaki Eri then said, "I am here as Kogoro's agent. Someone has asked me to find Fujieda Kan'ao, the owner of this house, who wants to assassinate him. They want his life..."

"But unfortunately, it's too late now..." Yukiko sighed slightly as she looked at Fujieda Kan'ao who fell to the ground and died.

"Oh, I see!" Inspector Megure nodded, indicating that he understood, and then asked, "Are the people who want to assassinate him in this house?"

"Yes," Kisaki Eri nodded and said, "Because evidence was found under the pillow in Mr. Mikio's bedroom. There were two notes saying 'Watch your back' and 'Let you be free', and a used bullet. The only one who could do this is someone in this family, right?"

"Indeed."

"As for the time of the crime," Kisaki Eri frowned slightly and thought, "It should be around eight o'clock in the evening..." As she said that, Kisaki Eri turned her head and looked at Yukiko.

Yukiko nodded and said, "Yes, everyone was watching the footage from the surveillance camera in front of the screen at that time."

"Everyone?" Inspector Megure asked after hearing this. ...

"Oh, besides the four of us," Ran explained to Inspector Megure, "there are also Mr. Mikio's brother-in-law, his wife, and his housekeeper."

Kisaki Eri added, "In addition, there were two or three maids present as well."

Xiaolan nodded and continued, "At that time, Mr. Qianxiong suddenly raised his hands, and then he was shot and fell to the ground...

Then we rushed to the door of the sound room, but heard two more gunshots from inside...

Then, we broke into the room... and found Mr. Mikio lying on the ground!"

Inspector Megure turned his head to look at Lin Xiao who had been silent all the time and asked, "Brother Lin, did you find anything?"

Before Lin Xiao could answer, Officers Gao Mu and Chiba, who had just run out to investigate, ran over and shouted, "Inspector, we found the gun that was used as the murder weapon!"

Inspector Megure was overjoyed when he heard this and shouted, "Really?" and hurried over.

Officer Gao Mu showed the murder weapon he had just found with his white-gloved hands and said, "It's a 45 automatic pistol. We also found three used bullets, which matches the number of wounds on the body. It seems that the criminal may have shot from outside to break the window, then hit the victim, and finally fled in a hurry. In other words... the criminal is an outsider..."

Lin Xiao walked over, looked down at the gun and bullet in Officer Takagi's hand, and then looked at the towel in Officer Chiba's hand.

"This dirty towel was also just found! I just don't know what you plan to do with it." Officer Chiba said hurriedly.