Maori Kogoro's daily life in the science harem

Yuji Sakuraba's expression also became gloomy. It was obvious that he, like Mikio Morizono, found it difficult to accept the death of Butler Shigematsu.

At this moment, a lazy voice suddenly came from the side: "Hey, are you guys kidding me?"

Kikuto was dressed casually, leaning lazily against the door. Seeing this scene, he seemed to take the corpse in front of him not seriously at all.

Katagiri Feng was so frightened that his face turned pale, his body went limp, and his legs collapsed weakly.

Kikuto and Sakuraba Yuji reached out to help her almost at the same time, but they reacted too hastily and bumped into each other, both missing the opportunity, and Katagiri Kaede was about to fall to the ground.

At this moment, a strong hand firmly supported Katagiri Feng and gently pressed an acupoint on her shoulder.

Katagiri Feng felt a warm current spreading throughout her body, and the dizziness she had felt before immediately dissipated a lot. She opened her eyes slowly, and saw the calm face of Mouri Kogoro in front of her.

"Are you okay?"

While Mao Li was holding the soft Katagiri Kaede in his arms, he used his other hand to gently hold Yurie who was leaning weakly behind him.

Baihe Jiang had rosy cheeks and a dreamy look in her eyes, exuding a strong feminine charm, as if she had just experienced something intimate.

"No...it's okay, thank you Mr. Maori."

Katagiri Feng's voice was weak. He stole a glance at Yurie who was well-fed, and couldn't help but feel inferior and lament the gap between himself and her.

Lily Jiang was as charming as a mature red rose, while she herself was like an inconspicuous little sparrow, completely incomparable to her.

"What's going on now?"

Maori helped Katagiri Kaede up and looked around, observing Kikuto and Sakuraba Yuji while asking.

The two men glared at each other with what seemed like deep hostility, while the others had serious expressions.

"Mr. Mori!"

Morizono Mikio leaned on a cane, his face gloomy, and said in a trembling voice: "My housekeeper was killed! You must help me find the murderer!"

"Mr. Shigematsu was murdered?"

Maori's expression darkened, and then he stepped forward and approached the corpse to check the situation.

"father!"

At this time, Xiaolan and Heye also rushed over. Xiaolan said anxiously: "I just heard the sound of glass breaking, and I waited downstairs. No one came down. Later, I saw you were still in the room, so I came up."

Chapter 288 You Are the Most Suspect

Kogoro Mouri walked calmly to Hattori Heiji and Conan, and frowned slightly when he saw that they had already begun to investigate the scene carefully.

He looked around and asked softly, "What stage have you reached in the investigation? Keep up with me."

Hattori Heiji looked up at him with a serious expression: "We have called the police. All the surrounding windows are locked from the inside, the door is also locked, and there is no sign of escape in the room."

Conan squatted beside the body of Butler Shigematsu, wearing a handkerchief on his hand, and carefully took out a bunch of keys from Butler Shigematsu's pocket.

He held the key in his hand and looked up to signal Maori.

Mao Li took a look at the key, then looked up and asked, "How do you use the keys here?"

The butler Sakuraba Yuji who was standing nearby stepped forward and answered respectfully: "Mr. Maori, everyone has a spare key to their room, but for a room like this that is not often used, only Butler Shigematsu has the key."

After listening to this, Mao Li took a deep breath and said in a concentrated tone: "In other words... this is a closed room murder case."

His words echoed in the air, seeming to cast a heavier atmosphere over the scene.

Everyone's faces changed instantly, especially Lily Jiang, who seemed confused just now, with an expression of disbelief on her face.

"Murder in a closed room? How is that possible?"

Baihe Jiang's voice was trembling slightly, and she was completely unable to accept the reality before her.

Kikuto waved his hands impatiently, his tone full of dissatisfaction: "Hey, please, my wedding is tomorrow! I don't care who did it, can you please end it quickly? This is embarrassing enough for me!"

Hearing his words, Baihe Jiang was immediately furious and angrily retorted: "Hey! Ju Ren! What are you talking about? After such a big thing happened, who would still be in the mood to hold a wedding? Do you have any conscience at all?"

The atmosphere at the scene was tense for a moment. Maori glanced at Kikuto and seemed a little unhappy, but did not say much.

Kikuto waved his hand frivolously, saying in a nonchalant tone, "Please, it's not anyone from our Morizono family who died. Besides, at this point, I'm not going to change my honeymoon plans."

With a mocking smile on his face, he continued, "In this case, I am indeed sorry for Butler Shigematsu who has devoted so many years to our family, but tomorrow's wedding must still be held grandly as originally planned! I think this way, Butler Shigematsu's spirit in heaven will also be comforted."

His cold words immediately aroused the anger of everyone present, and everyone glared at him.

Sakuraba Yuji's face turned pale and his anger exploded instantly. He rushed forward without caring about etiquette and punched Kikuto hard in the face.

The punch was so merciless that Kikuto instantly fell back, lost his balance, and hit the glass in front of the balcony hard. With a crisp sound, the glass shattered.

"You guy..."

Kikuto shook his head, anger showing on his face, and was about to stand up and fight with Sakuraba Yuji.

However, Morizono Mikio, leaning on a cane, with a livid face, suddenly shouted, "Stop, Kikuto! Now a person is dead! What on earth are you thinking about? Do you have any shame?"

Kikuto's breathing was rapid and he glared at Sakuraba Yuji angrily, but his father's reproach left him speechless.

Mikio Morizono looked at Kikuto and continued angrily, "What's more, Butler Shigematsu is like a father to Sakuraba, who lost his parents when he was young. You should at least consider his feelings! Moreover, it was Butler Shigematsu who arranged your marriage with Miss Katagiri!"

Kikuto's face darkened, and he was unable to refute for a moment.

And Morizono Mikio did not let Sakuraba Yuji go, turning around and coldly rebuking him: "Sakuraba, you are also wrong! How can you hit someone without knowing right or wrong?"

Just when everyone was at a stalemate, Maori Kogoro suddenly stepped forward. His expression remained unchanged, but his tone was calm and thoughtful: "No, Butler Sakuraba's punch was good. That's why I discovered a problem."

Everyone was stunned. Maori walked straight to the window that had just been broken, squatted down, and picked up a piece of broken glass.

He examined it carefully, stroked a small hole on it with his fingertips, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Here... there is a small hole."

When Mao Li's voice came out, everyone was shocked.

Conan's eyes froze and he looked at Hattori Heiji in surprise.

He was filled with disbelief: "Hattori actually missed a small hole?"

Apparently, Hattori himself had also discovered this oversight, with a look of annoyance on his face.

Maori Kogoro looked around, his eyes sweeping over everyone present in turn, with a confident smile on his face: "I already know the answer."

"How is it possible? It's only been a short time!!"

Hattori and Heiji exclaimed at the same time and looked at Maori in disbelief.

They thought there were still many mysteries in this case to be solved, but Maori stated the conclusion so easily.

Mao Li picked up a thin wire and skillfully began to reproduce the making method of the "secret room": "Just pass this thin wire through the small hole on the balcony glass, and then you can lock the window from the inside, and the secret room is complete."

As he spoke, he demonstrated, the thin wire deftly passing through the hole in his hand, "Then, the murderer can just flip out of the balcony and escape."

Everyone was stunned, especially Hattori and Heiji, who didn't expect that such a simple operation could be used to complete the design of a murder in a closed room.

Mao Li put away the string, turned around and looked at everyone, his eyes finally fixed on Sakuraba Yuji: "The murderer in this case can only be you, Butler Sakuraba."

“How could it be me!”

Yuji Sakuraba immediately retorted, his face full of anger and innocence.

Mao Li shook his head and pointed at the balcony. "Among the people in this group, Kikuto is afraid of heights and there is no way he can climb over the balcony. Morizono Kan'ao has a disability in his feet and it is even more impossible for him to do it. And Miss Katagiri Kaede is so weak that she can't even hold herself steady, let alone climb over the balcony. And Miss Yurie has been with me the whole time, so she has a perfect alibi."

Maori focused his eyes on Yuji Sakuraba, his expression firm: "The only one left is you, Butler Sakuraba. You are very agile, even catching a cat is easy for you, climbing over the balcony is a piece of cake."

When everyone heard this, they all showed expressions of realization, especially Morizono Mikio, whose expression became even more complicated.

Yuji Sakuraba's face was filled with horror, and he quickly cried out, "No, it wasn't me! I didn't do such a thing! You are wronging me!"

However, Mao Li remained calm: "No matter what, the facts are before us, and you are the most suspicious."

Chapter 289 Strange Reasoning

However, Hattori and Heiji frowned, obviously still having doubts.

Hattori was the first to speak: "Wait, Uncle Maori, the murder weapon has not been found yet, and we don't have any evidence directly pointing to Sakuraba. Isn't it too hasty to draw a conclusion based on these alone?"

Conan also agreed softly: "Yes, Uncle Maori, we can't be completely sure based on this reasoning alone."

Mao Li just smiled and said, "Haha, don't worry, the truth will eventually come out."

Just as everyone was thinking about their own things, the originally weak Katagiri Feng suddenly stood up while biting his lip, and said in a trembling voice: "Sakuraba is not the murderer... because he and I were looking for a cat just now, it is impossible for him to commit a crime."

These words stunned everyone, especially Sakuraba Yuji, who seemed to have not expected Katagiri Kaede to testify for him.

However, Mao Li remained calm and said calmly, "Ms. Katagiri, you and Butler Sakuraba are actually brother and sister, right?"

"what?!"

Katagiri Kaede's face suddenly turned pale, and Sakuraba Yuji's expression also changed drastically, and the scene fell into an uproar.

Maori walked slowly to the two of them and pointed at the necklaces on their necks: "I just noticed that you two are wearing the same necklace. This kind of necklace is very unique and only a certain country family that has fallen on hard times can own it. The necklace is the symbol your family uses to identify each other."

Katagiri Kaede bit her lip, and Sakuraba Yuji couldn't say anything to refute.

"Your relationship with Butler Sakuraba obviously cannot serve as an effective alibi."

Maori said this lightly, and Katagiri Feng looked quite aggrieved.

Mikio Morizono frowned, still having doubts about Kogoro Mori's reasoning, but without a better explanation at this stage, he could only reluctantly agree to lock up Yuji Sakuraba temporarily.

Yuji Sakuraba kept struggling, shouting that he was not the murderer, and even wanted to resist.

At this critical moment, Maori walked over, hugged Sakuraba, and whispered something in his ear.

Sakuraba's reaction was very strange. He was still struggling hard, but after hearing Maori's whisper, he seemed to lose all his will to resist in an instant, as if he had accepted his fate. He lowered his head and followed several servants into the room, where the door was closed.

Seeing this, Katagiri Feng showed great grievance and regret on his face, and his eyes were slightly red.

Kikuto, who was standing aside, showed a look of secret joy and took the opportunity to go forward to comfort Katagiri Kaede, but Mori got there first and hugged her.

He smiled and said to Kikuto, "I have something to discuss with Ms. Katagiri."

Then he easily took Katagiri Kaede away in front of Kikuto.

The smile on Kikuto's face froze and he looked unhappy, but he could do nothing about it.

After all, Kogoro Mori is someone that even his father Mikio Morizono has to respect, and he himself is just a second-generation, so how can he possibly compete with Mori?

Mao Li hugged Katagiri Feng and walked to Yurijiang, smiling slightly: "Yurijiang, take Miss Katagiri to the room to rest first, I will come over later."

Yurie nodded obediently and walked towards the room with Katagiri Kaede without complaint.

After a moment, Maori turned around and pulled Hattori Heiji and Conan over. Their faces were still full of confusion and thought. Maori whispered, "I know you are confused, but you have to act normal now. The real criminal has not surfaced yet, and we are still missing a key piece of evidence. I am 'tricking' him."

Hattori and Heiji's eyes suddenly lit up, and they immediately understood Mori's intention.

Hattori was the first to react: "The murder weapon has not been found yet! This means that the real culprit should be - Morizono Kikuto!"

Conan and Hattori looked at each other, their eyes filled with understanding.

Then, Hattori narrowed his eyes slightly and looked down at Conan: "Kid, you are quite smart, and your reaction is quite quick."

Conan laughed and said casually, "Of course, I've been with Uncle Maori for a long time, so I've learned a little bit."

Mao Li smiled, his tone still calm: "Anyway, the murder weapon is left to you to find. Don't make it public after you find it. The real criminal will come back to get the murder weapon and use it to frame Sakuraba."

His words startled the two of them and they understood the next plan.

"As for the situation with Xiaolan and Kazuha, you guys should explain it clearly. I will go talk to Ms. Katagiri."

Mao Li said, waved his hand, and left alone.

……

Yurijiang supported Katagiri Feng and brought her to her room, where she sat down beside the bed.

Katagiri Kaede's eyes were still red, and it was obvious that the conflict just now made her feel very stressed.

She sobbed softly and said to Yuri Jiang, "I really didn't lie. Sakuraba and I were really looking for the cat together just now. Mr. Maori must have made a mistake."

Baihe Jiang sat beside her, patted her shoulder gently, and said softly: "Mr. Mao Li will not make a mistake. He must have his own reasons. Don't be too anxious."

"But he was really wrong!"

Katagiri Feng retorted stubbornly, a little emotionally, "I can't let Sakuraba take the blame for others, he is innocent!"

Yurie looked at Katagiri Feng's agitated expression, with a hint of helplessness in her eyes, but she still maintained a gentle tone and continued to comfort her: "I understand your feelings, but Mr. Maori is a famous detective, and his reasoning is well thought out. Don't be anxious, the truth will eventually come out."