Maori Kogoro began to understand everything

"How should I know?" Anda Lai's lips were dry, his hands were stuffed into his jeans pockets, and the back of his black shirt was soaked with sweat.

"You can tell by looking at the scale marks on the fish tank sink," Mao Li continued, "It's already lower than yesterday. The reason for this is that something in the fish tank was taken out. Mr. Lai Ren should be very clear about this..."

"what?"

Yamamura Sou and everyone else looked at Ando Raito. Conan also raised his head, and after looking at Ando Raito, he looked straight at the fish tank.

"Could it be..."

"Yes, it is the obsidian that was often used during the Jomon period, especially as a weapon," Maori said with a smile, "If you break the obsidian with force, there will be many sharp fragments, which can be used as a weapon to cut Miss Akane's neck. If the size is not large, it will be easy to hide afterwards...

"The hammer I used to break the obsidian was my hammer. It was the hammer I put in my roof tool bag for nailing tents. It happened to be scattered on the ground with other knives..."

"But," Shancuncao asked doubtfully, "aren't there no footprints?"

"Because we prepared it before the rain, using our hammer would not arouse any suspicion, and we happened to be in the forest to avoid being discovered by everyone when we broke the obsidian," Maori paused, "In other words, this incident was actually a sudden murderous intention. It was you, Mr. Anda Raito, who immediately identified the stone in the fish tank as obsidian. The murderer is you!"

"Wait a minute!" Anda Lairen was horrified and anxiously explained, "I'm just more familiar with stones. As for the others... the old woman should know about them too, right? And, don't you know about them too?"

"But you are the only one who has the chance to kill someone," Mao Li said calmly, "Mr. Lai Ren, do you still remember the situation when the crime happened? Everyone rushed over after hearing Miss Akane's scream..."

"Of course I remember..." Anda Laito smiled awkwardly, "But you can't say I'm the murderer just because I arrived first, right?"

"Then what happened to your shoes?" Maori looked straight at her. "Miss Akane fell at the entrance. Not to mention that you had time to put on your high-top shoes and even tied your shoelaces properly. Everyone walked over there on their heels..."

"This……"

"That is to say, you didn't rush over at that time, but were there from the beginning and killed Miss Xiao Qian there!" Maori made the final judgment.

"Of course, if that's all, it's fine. The most important thing is the bloodstains. You're the only one with bloodstains on your body. You stayed at the scene and pretended to be the first to arrive. This was supposed to avoid arousing suspicion. But this makes it even more clear that you're the murderer..."

"So that's how it is," Yamamura Cao looked seriously at the silent Anda Laito, "So is the murder weapon still in his possession?"

"It should still be in the fish tank," Maori looked at the bottom of the fish tank and found a piece of obsidian fragment covered by a large piece of obsidian. "The obsidian here is the best place to hide the murder weapon. Mr. Lai Ren said that he happened to be close to the fish tank when he went to the bathroom. Either throw it into the fish tank, or put it somewhere else, but...

"Putting it in a fish tank can indeed deceive the police, but there is no way to deal with Miss Qian's blood and his own fingerprints, and Mr. Lai Ren has no time to wipe them off..."

"You're right," Anda Lairen lowered his head dejectedly, "I thought it was safe..."

"What's the motive for murder?" Shancun snorted, "Isn't that woman your very important guest?"

Anda Lairen shook his head. "If there is no other choice, who would want to be a male waiter and please such a woman all day long? I am a relatively traditional person, just like the ancient weapon I used. I actually planned to quit my job recently because my parents finally paid off the money they borrowed from the financial company opened by her father, but that woman..."

"But?"

"She also deliberately tricked my parents into buying stocks, which resulted in them owing a huge debt, and they have to pay back three times the amount," Andalucia clenched his fists tightly. "When we talked yesterday, she even said that she wanted me to be her slave for the rest of my life... I am not the type to please women. I worked hard to pay off my debts before, but when I think about how I will never be able to get rid of it in this life, I..."

"But," Mitsuhiko said anxiously, "what about that sharp kitchen knife with a red handle? Why did the old woman lie?"

"The old woman did sharpen the knife in the kitchen," Mao Li looked at the old man with narrowed eyes, "and she also hid the knife in the warehouse after the incident. But her purpose should be to protect her grandson?"

"Eh? The old lady's grandson?" Mitsuhiko was stunned for a moment, and suddenly looked at Xiangyuan Fuga who had been silent, "Could this big brother be the old lady's grandson?"

"Indeed," Xiao Ai observed, "He seemed to know the location of the toilet and kitchen very well from the beginning, and when he came, he knew that the old lady was the owner of this place..."

Xiangyuan Fuma was sweating profusely when facing Xiao Ai's questioning: "This is because... Actually, it was Mr. Xiangta who asked me to do it! He asked me to come and see if his grandmother, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, was doing well. That's when I found out that his grandmother was the only one living at home..."

"really?"

"Okay, it's still early, let's go back and catch up on some sleep. The car will be almost fixed by then."

Maori watched the police take Anda Lai away, paused, and put the camping knives that had been tested back into the bag, but the hammer that had been ignored was taken away by the police.

"Hey, hey," Mao Li wondered, "Officer Yamamura, we still have to go camping, can you take the hammer away now?"

"Well," Shancun scratched his head, "it's evidence anyway... I'll buy you another hammer later. Anyway, Detective Maori helped a lot this time."

gross profit:"……"

It's as if the hammer is a reward...

"Excuse me," Xiangyuan Fuma found the policeman who was packing up the props, "that kitchen knife with a red handle...if there is nothing wrong with it, can I put it back..."

"It's okay, that's fine."

The murderer has been taken away. The detectives did not plan to take away the irrelevant knives, but they were a little surprised by Xiangyuan Fuma's behavior.

"Thank you." Xiangyuan Fuma took the kitchen knife, silently looked at the word "Shota" engraved on the back of the knife, and his expression changed slightly.

"My dear boy," the old lady standing at the side said, "if you know my grandson, please tell him not to worry about me and just take care of your health..."

Xiangyuan Fuma's fingers trembled, and he nodded with his back to the old woman: "I will tell him... Old woman, can you give me this knife? I think he will be very happy if I give it to him."

"Of course," the old woman replied with the same sad expression.

……

On the way back, Mitsuhiko asked Maori in confusion: "Is that big brother really not the old lady's grandson?"

"Of course, even if you're visiting your friend's grandmother, you're too familiar with the Tanaka family," Maori replied while driving. "No matter how familiar you are with goldfish, you can only tell at a glance that there are 12 goldfish swimming around in the fish tank. Only someone who has raised these goldfish before can do that..."

"I got lost on purpose and came here to stay overnight. I think it was a special arrangement so that I could secretly see my grandma."

"But why do we have to do this?" Mitsuhiko asked confusedly, "If we want to see grandma..."

"Maybe he's afraid to see an old lady. He left home 10 years ago to be a chef, but ended up being a waiter. He even had plastic surgery because of this..."

"Then why didn't Uncle Maori tell the old woman? Wasn't the old woman waiting for a grandson?"

"There's no need for that anymore..." Maori shook his head.

"It's no longer necessary..."

"Didn't I tell you? The old lady hid the kitchen knife to protect her grandson. She originally intended to give the knife to her grandson as a gift when he became an excellent chef. That's why she kept it in such good condition. But..."

Maori's mind flashed back to the image of the old man cooking curry in the kitchen.

"But when I met my grandson again 10 years later, he was a stranger. His appearance and ambitions had changed... Maybe it was because of this that I sharpened the knife in the early morning. In order to get my grandson back on the right path, I placed all my hopes on the kitchen knife I gave to him..."

"So that means the old woman recognized her grandson from the beginning?" Ayumi asked in surprise.

"Even if the appearance has changed, there are always some things that cannot change," Mao Li said with a smile, "That's what we call blood relationship."

The children looked at each other, thoughtfully.

Chapter 185 Inheritance Threat

Unlike the bustling city, Gunma Prefecture belongs to the countryside, and the air and scenery are quite nice. Maori drove the rented car along the scenery at lightning speed, and finally stopped in front of a large house.

That’s right, big houses, big families - most big families have inheritance issues, and this time it also involves the distribution of inheritance. Someone sent a threatening letter to the client: "You have no share of the inheritance. If you want to live, don’t come back!"

After the client returned to his hometown in Gunma Prefecture, he investigated on his own, but had no idea who was secretly plotting against him, so he had to try to find the famous detective Mori.

……

Inside the Yabuuchi family residence.

Two people had already arrived before Mori and were greeted by a woman named Yabuuchi Hiromi, who met the Yabuuchi family.

"Yusaku and Shinichi aren't here?"

"They are both very busy people, but don't worry, I brought this child to replace them. This is Conan, my second son born in Los Angeles..."

"Huh?" The familiar voice made Maori stunned. He walked into the house suspiciously and saw Conan and Yukiko there.

"Conan?"

"Mori...Uncle Maori?" Conan turned around in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"I want to ask another question..."

"Isn't this Mori?" Yukiko's eyes lit up when she saw Mori, and she smiled and explained to her old friend Yabuuchi Hiromi beside her, "Are you surprised, Hiromi? This is the famous detective Mori Kogoro!"

"Hey, that famous detective?"

"I'm Maori." Maori nodded with a smile, "I just happened to come to the countryside to play, and I didn't expect to meet Yukiko. What a coincidence... She was abroad some time ago..."

Yabuuchi Hiromi seemed very interested in Maori's identity as a famous detective and invited him, "Since you are here, would you like to stay for dinner?"

"May I?"

"Of course," Yabuuchi Hiromi said with a smile, "I think everyone will be very happy to have a famous detective like you come."

"Then excuse me."

Maori smiled bitterly. He had originally planned to investigate secretly, but he didn't expect to meet Conan. But that was good too. At least he didn't have to be sneaky and be treated as a thief or a weird person.

Soon, Mori met the client this time, who was Hiromi Yabuuchi's uncle, the 64-year-old Yabuuchi Yoshifusa. When the old man learned that Mori came as a guest, he chose not to say anything, but nodded to Mori in surprise.

The famous detective is indeed worthy of his reputation, and he is different from ordinary private detectives...

……

"Oh? You want me to help investigate him?"

After Yabuuchi Yoshifusa left, Mori unexpectedly received a request from other members of the Yabuuchi family.

"Yes, Uncle Yoshifusa moved to Brazil a long time ago, and now everyone who knew Uncle Yoshifusa is gone," Yabuuchi Hiromi nodded, "The only ones who have met Uncle Yoshifusa a few times are Yukiko and I, so I asked Yukiko to come all the way here to help..."

"But it was 30 years ago, and I don't remember Uncle Yoshifusa," Yukiko said with a smile, looking at Maori, "Now that you, a famous detective like you, are here, you can help."

"Uh……"

Maori felt that there was something subtle about Yukiko's smile.

"Do you suspect that the uncle Yifang is an imposter?"

"Yes," said Hiromi Yabuuchi's husband, a middle-aged man who looked very down-to-earth. "Everyone is suspicious. They wonder if he is a fake who is trying to defraud my father-in-law of his inheritance."

"Fraud? What's going on?"

"My father-in-law is a wealthy landowner with a huge inheritance. According to his lawyer, my father-in-law left a will before he died, and he also said that when the lawyer announced the will, anyone who was not present would automatically give up the right to inherit the inheritance." The middle-aged man is named Yabuuchi Hidekazu, a daughter-in-law of the Yabuuchi family, and he also seems to care a lot about the inheritance.

"Detective Maori," a young couple who looked somewhat flamboyant said, "If it's a question of commission fees, we will pay it after the will is announced tomorrow."

"It's not about the commission fee." Mao Li shook his head without answering.

This kind of entrustment by two parties is rare, but it seems that there is no conflict between the two sides.

One is to investigate the threatening letter, and the other is to investigate whether Yabuuchi Yoshifusa is an impostor... The affairs of a big family are really complicated.

The younger of the young couple, Yabuuchi Yoshiyuki, is Hiromi's younger brother. He looks like a loser with no future, and treats the inheritance as if it were a war: "The will will be announced at 10 o'clock tomorrow night, which means we have to expose the old man's mask before then..."

"Yes," the young man's wife Yabuuchi Keiko followed up, "otherwise we would get much less."

A woman wearing a kimono and looking a bit mean chuckled and said, "In my opinion, it's not just a matter of the inheritance decreasing. Maybe some people won't get any at all. My husband seems to value his brother Yifang more than us."

The woman's name is Yabuuchi Machiko, and she is Yabuuchi Hiromi's stepmother.

Even Mao Li felt uncomfortable facing the heated gazes of the crowd: "If there is no one I know, what about old photos or other old things?"

“Old photos…”

"It seems that my uncle took them all away when he went to Brazil. Not a single one was left behind. If there were any, they should have been placed in the warehouse." Guangmei recalled.

"In that case, you guys go look in the warehouse and maybe there will be some clues," Mao Li said, stroking his chin, "I'll go and test Mr. Yoshifusa's opinion."

Yabuuchi Hiromi said happily, "Thank you so much, Detective Mori. I will take you to find Uncle Yoshifusa."

……

In the bedroom, after Mao Li was brought to the old man Yifang by Guangmei, he found an excuse to talk to the old man and a dark-skinned Brazilian youth alone.

"Detective Maori, I'm sorry to bother you again this time," said old man Yifang, opening the topic. "I was originally thinking whether to invite you over, but now it seems worth it. What do you think? Are those greedy guys planning something again?"

"It's not a big deal." Mao Li was reluctant to comment on the troubles in these large families. He turned to the tall young man standing behind the old man and asked, "Who is this?"

"He is Carlos, the bodyguard I hired from Brazil," the old man handed a threatening letter with cut words to Maori, his tone quite annoyed, "This is just one of the letters. I originally had no interest in my eldest brother's inheritance, but I just wanted to come here to see who the guys who sent the threatening letters are! Humph, Detective Maori, you should also be careful. If it's just a prank, it's okay, but I'm worried that those guys have ulterior motives."

Although Maori is very famous, there is still some concern in the old man's tone.

"I see."

Mao Li read the threatening letter carefully and returned it to the old man.

Of course he wouldn't be careless. Some people would kill for even the most trivial things, not to mention when it came to a large inheritance. He'd better be careful.

"In any case, Mr. Yoshifusa, I will find the person who is causing the intimidation as soon as possible." Maori stood up and said.

According to the old man, there was more than one threatening person, which meant the situation was quite troublesome.

After talking with the old man and meeting Hiromi Yabuuchi and his group again, these people actually found some clues.

There is a group photo of Yoshifusa Yabuuchi's baseball team when he was young in the warehouse. The photo also includes Yukiko and Hiromi Yabuuchi when they were children. Although they cannot be used as a reference because they were too young, it reminds everyone that Yoshifusa had injured his legs and feet when he was young.