Maori Kogoro's daily life in the science harem

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Chapter 120 Crime Scene

In the restaurant, the old butler Suzuki was busy serving drinks to Maori and others.

The Maori group had a pleasant chat with Usumoto Natsue, and the atmosphere gradually became relaxed.

Because of Kogoro Mori, Natsue Usumoto is quite familiar with several people.

Suddenly, with a smile on his face, Natsue Uzumaki asked, "Xiaolan, do you have someone you like?"

Natsue Yamoto is not much older than Xiaolan, and she is at the age where she likes to talk about girls' love topics.

She secretly glanced at Maori, hoping to use this topic to get Maori to pay more attention to her.

Hearing the question from Uzumoto Natsue, Xiaolan blushed slightly and said shyly, "I like people who are really strong, like my dad."

She secretly glanced at Maoli, who felt proud.

Asai Narimi looked at Maori with a smile and agreed: "Mr. Maori is the most powerful man. How can there be a man more powerful than him in this world?"

"Xiaolan, I'm afraid it will be hard work."

Xiaolan blinked and said, "There's nothing we can do about it..."

If it doesn't work out, I'll live with my dad forever!

She suppressed her inner thoughts.

Conan was a little unconvinced when he heard this, but he didn't dare to speak for fear of being beaten by Maori.

So he could only lower his head and drink his drink, muttering to himself.

Asamoto Natsue watched the interaction between Xiaolan and Asai Narumi, a gentle smile appeared on her face.

She said softly, "Xiaolan, you are so lucky to have such a great father."

Natsue Uzumoto's father died early, so she has always been taken care of by her grandfather, Gozo Uzumoto. She envies this kind of relationship.

Xiaolan smiled embarrassedly.

"However, I also hope that one day I can find someone as amazing as Mr. Maori, instead of living a life that is arranged like this..."

Natsue Uzumoto muttered to himself in a low voice, and there was a hint of longing in his eyes when he looked at Maori.

Just then, people came into the restaurant one after another.

The bald Uzumoto Kitaro, who had been giving Mori a fawning smile the moment he came in, the fat aunt Uzumoto Mariko, and the pockmarked Uzumoto Ichiro's family sat at the same table.

The unruly Uzumoto Akie and the yellow-haired Uzumoto Ryuo were sitting at another table. Uzumoto Ryuo was shamelessly preparing tableware for Uzumoto Akie, looking like a bootlicker.

Usomoto Shoji, the second son of Usomoto Gozo, stood aside and helped Butler Suzuki to organize the tableware and plates. He took over the chef's job and prepared meals for everyone.

Finally, Xiao Wu, who came late, came in and sat next to Xia Jiang.

Natsue Uzumoto frowned slightly and moved closer to Maori.

After everyone sat down and chatted for a while, Yumoto Akiyo said in a bossy tone, "It's so late, why hasn't Grandpa arrived yet? Butler Suzuki, go call him."

Butler Suzuki heard the order, put down the tableware and walked towards the room.

Not long after, the old butler's scream was heard from the direction of the room. Everyone's face changed immediately and they all ran towards the room where Hiroyuki Yamamoto was.

I saw the old butler collapsed outside the door. In the room, Gozo Usumoto was wearing a kimono, with a wound on his abdomen, blood flowing, his body stiff, and an expression of disbelief on his face.

Everyone's face changed drastically, and Xia Jiang screamed in disbelief and threw himself into Maori Kogoro's arms.

Kogoro Mouri patted her, handed her to Xiaolan, and then signaled to Asai Narimi.

"No one can enter this room without my permission now."

Maori Kogoro shouted sternly, and Uzumoto Ryuo said unhappily: "So who the fuck are you? I'm going to go in and see what's going on!"

Uzumoto Kitaro quickly said, "Don't be impulsive, Mr. Maori is a famous detective in Tokyo, he will definitely help us find the murderer!"

After hearing this, everyone's expressions changed except for Nagatsue Tsunamoto, who had already known Mori's identity.

"Humph, everyone has something wrong in their hearts."

Mao Li snorted and walked into the room with Asai Narimi. Asai Narimi squatted down and checked the pulse of Usumoto Gozo, and found that he was already dead.

"The time of death was probably between thirty and forty minutes. He was stabbed in the abdomen and died of excessive blood loss."

Asai Narimi gave a rough inference, Maori Kogoro nodded and glanced at his watch: "It is now 8:40, and we have been waiting for dinner in the restaurant with Miss Xiajiang and Butler Suzuki since 7:30, which means we are not suspects, so the murderer must be among you who don't have an alibi."

There were basically no crew members on this ship, so each of their actions was independent and there was no alibi.

"Is this... a murder in a closed room? The master's key is in my hand..."

Suzuki the butler spoke tremblingly, and the yellow-haired Ryuomoto said in horror: "Murder in a closed room! Who of you is so cruel that you want the inheritance in this way? I thought it was suicide!"

Everyone looked at the yellow-haired man with disdain. In the whole family, except for Xiaowu who had not yet officially become a member of the Yanmoto family, the yellow-haired man had the lowest status.

Maori Kogoro glanced at the yellow-haired man and said in a deep voice: "This is not a murder in a closed room, nor is it suicide. There are traces of blood wiped outside the door. People who commit suicide would not do this."

"From the bloodstains on the threshold, it seems that the murderer stabbed Hataki Kuramura with a weapon outside the door while the door was open. Hataki Kuramura then fled back inside, locked the door, and bled to death."

Conan, who had just been squatting on the doorstep feeling somewhat smug about his discovery, raised his head dejectedly. When did the uncle discover this clue?

This is too fast.

Everyone suddenly realized what was going on, and Uzumoto Akiie's sharp voice rang out, "That is to say, someone took advantage of these 40 minutes to kill the old man!"

"Who did it? Come forward!"

Everyone was suspected of murder, and the suspects present began to suspect each other.

Xia Jiang threw herself into Maori Kogoro's arms again, tears in her eyes, and said, "Detective Maori, please find the murderer who killed my grandfather."

Kogoro Mouri naturally agreed, but Xiao Wu, who was watching next to him, had a distorted expression and clenched his fists tightly.

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Kogoro Mori carefully observed the death of Gozo Usumoto. His expression was very strange. Emotions such as anger, fear, pain, and disbelief appeared on his face.

Conan also lay on the ground, observing the bloodstains on the ground. The blood had already coagulated.

No murder weapon was found in the room. This was above the vast ocean, so it would be too easy to deal with the murder weapon. Just throw it directly into the sea.

Without the most direct murder weapon, we can only look for other clues.

Kogoro Mouri began to observe the blood flowing from Gozo Usumoto. He carefully observed every drop of blood. There was nothing left on it. It was nothing like the bread crumbs or corsages left on it in the anime of his previous life.

The murderer's actions were very neat and tidy.

Damn it, this case is starting to get difficult again!

Chapter 121: Like a Puppy

As Kogoro Mori carefully examined the scene, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense.

The members of the Usumoto family began to accuse and pass the buck to each other, turning their spearheads against each other.

Usamoto Mariko was the first to attack. She pointed at Usamoto Ryuo and said sharply, "The murderer must be you! Ryuo! You have a lot of debts from playing with other women. You must want to kill my father to get the inheritance to pay off the debts!"

Ryuo Uzumoto desperately denied it, his face pale, "I didn't! I don't owe any debts, and I didn't kill anyone!"

Uzumoto Akie looked at Uzumoto Ryuo coldly. Although he was somewhat dissatisfied with him in his heart, he still chose to defend him, "Mariko, you are the one, right? Uncle Beilang has always been looked down upon, and Ichilang is always scolded for his paintings. I guess you have wanted to kill grandpa for a long time!"

Mariko's face changed, and she turned around and cursed back, "Qiu Jiang, you are not a good woman yourself. You spend money like water and play with gigolos. You have no right to criticize others!"

For a moment, the room was filled with noise, with all kinds of accusations, excuses and insults coming one after another.

Mariko was aggressive, like a shrew who was engaging in a debate with a group of people, making the whole scene even more chaotic.

The white suit-wearing Shoji Ushimoto's face turned pale and he angrily said, "That's enough! Don't you think you've embarrassed yourself enough? My father just passed away and you're talking like this."

Mariko Uzumoto was so bloodthirsty that she cursed everyone she caught.

She sneered in response, "Xiang Er, stop pretending to be a good person. We are helping to find the murderer. Don't think I don't know that your restaurant is suffering from heavy losses and you wanted to borrow money from your father, but he scolded you instead. It's entirely possible that you killed your father because of this."

Suddenly, Mariko seemed to have thought of something, and a sinister smile appeared on her face: "Oh, by the way, I almost forgot, there is an outsider here, Xiaowu, don't you want to express your opinion?"

Xiao Wu waved his hand and said disapprovingly: "What did I say?"

Mariko's face suddenly became extremely gloomy: "I just overheard everything. Dad asked you to come over and talk about that. Xiaowu, I never thought that you were the son of Zaishiro Yufu who died ten years ago."

Hearing this, everyone's face changed drastically and they were all terrified.

Ushimoto Beilang asked in disbelief, "Xiao Wu, are you back for revenge? Because your father seized the property of your Caicheng consortium ten years ago, forced your father to death, and caused your mother to die of depression the following year, causing you to become an orphan, so you came back today to seek revenge?"

Xia Jiang's pupils kept shrinking. She asked in disbelief, "Xiao Wu, tell me, is this true? Are you the son of Cai Cheng Yongfu?"

Xiao Wu's expression kept changing. He looked at the alert faces of the crowd and couldn't help laughing wildly: "That's right, now that you have recognized me, there is no need for me to hide any longer. I am Zaicheng Takehiko, the only son of Zaicheng Yongfu who was forced to death by you. I admit that I had an ulterior motive when I approached Xia Jiang at the beginning, but, Xia Jiang, I really love you. Besides, I didn't kill that old guy."

When Xia Jiang heard Xiao Wu's admission, tears immediately flowed down his face.

"Sure enough...Grandpa knew it all along, but he still wanted to marry me to such a person...I was right!"

She was not crying because she couldn't get married, but because of her own destiny and her marriage, which seemed to be completely controlled by her.

"Good boy, you still want to quibble!"

In a white suit, Tsunamoto Shoji grabbed Xiao Wu and said, "Who else would want to kill Dad except you? Your identity has just been exposed by Dad, and tomorrow is the wedding. If you don't take action today, Dad will cancel the wedding tomorrow, and you will have no chance to enter my Tsunamoto family and take back the property of your Caicheng Group!"

"Yes, and you were the last one to show up at dinner just now, so you had plenty of time to kill someone."

The yellow-haired dragon man poked his head out and echoed repeatedly.

"I told you I'm not the murderer, let me go!"

Xiao Wu kept struggling, "The old man said he would marry Xia Jiang to me! He already knew my identity! He still wants to do it!"

"Xia Jiang! I love you! Let's get married!"

"You're dreaming! I won't marry you!"

Xia Jiang looked at Xiao Wu hatefully, then turned and ran out.

"Xia Jiang! Wait a minute!"

Mao Li was quite worried when he saw Xia Jiang running away.

He wanted to chase after him, but Shoji Uemoto stopped Mori and said, "Detective Mori, we all think that this outsider killed my father. What do you think?"

Mao Li frowned and said, "His motive for murder is very strong, but there is no evidence to prove that he is the murderer. Besides, we are still conducting an autopsy!"

Usamoto Mariko, who had been biting people, also spoke up at this time: "Hey, Detective Maori, what are you still investigating? I think the murderer is Xiao Wu. After his identity was revealed, he had no choice but to kill to silence him!"

Uzumoto Akie and Uzumoto Ryuo also echoed.

"This matter is settled!"

At this time, the second son, Shoji Usumoto, who had the highest status at the scene, immediately made the decision, and everyone applauded.

Kogoro Mori understood instantly that for this group of big families, it didn't matter who killed Usumoto Kuramune. What they cared about was the property. Using this outsider as a scapegoat was the best option and would also eliminate future troubles.

It is indeed the ugly upper class!

Mao Li sighed inwardly. It was not easy for Xia Jiang, the daughter of a wealthy family, to remain kind-hearted despite being influenced by the environment.

Kogoro Maori frowned as he watched Xiao Wu being locked up in the warehouse by them. He currently had no better evidence, so he could only let Xiao Wu suffer for the time being.

However, Mao Li knew in his heart that if he could not find the real murderer, Xiao Wu would definitely be sent to prison by these people.

They are just a bunch of beasts who only care about money.

After the Usumoto family locked up Xiao Wu, they ignored Usumoto Gozo who was still undergoing an autopsy, and instead continued the dinner with cheers.

Uzumoto Kitaro grabbed the disgusted Maori Kogoro and whispered to him: "Mr. Maori, please help us find the truth! Please!"

There is still a good person in the Yasumoto family.

Maori was slightly startled, patted the shoulder of Maomoto Beilang, and said in a serious tone: "Don't worry, Mr. Beilang, just like what I said, only the truth can control Maori Kogoro!"

"And Xia Jiang... I'm a little worried about her."

Uzumoto Beilang sighed, "Xia Jiang is too kind, I'm afraid she will do something stupid."