Maori Kogoro began to understand everything

"this......"

"Even if it has been there, it can't speak, Brother Hattori,"

The corner of the eye of the crazy brother Megure twitched slightly. He was not interested in whether the cat was at the scene or not. He just saw that the gray cat was very intimate with Morizono Yurie, and sighed, "But it seems that it likes Miss Morizono very much."

"Because Lily Jiang looks very much like my deceased wife,"

The head of the Morizono family explained, "Kikuto and I only feel better when we feed it."

"But how did it get here?"

Hattori's attention was already drawn to the cat.

at this time--

"Inspector!" Detective Takagi found Megure, "We have confirmed that the only people who entered and left the courtyard during this period were the reporters who came with us after the incident, no one else!"

"is it?"

Inspector Megure perked up, "That means the murderer is still in this house!"

"Almost all of the servants here were having dinner in the restaurant an hour before the body was found, and then they began to discuss the process of tomorrow's wedding. We have already investigated this," Detective Takagi looked at the head of the Morizono family and the others and said, "In other words, the only five people who don't have a clear alibi are here."

"I understand," Officer Megure said in a deep voice, "I'll ask you guys questions later. Now just give them a quick search and go to the room and wait!"

The search for the murder weapon continued, but nothing was found in the house or even in the yard outside.

The murder weapon and the bloody clothes seemed to have completely disappeared. Maori went to the balcony of the room where the incident occurred and then went downstairs to investigate, but he still couldn't find any clues. If the murderer escaped through the balcony, he would have left some traces.

At the door, Hattori and Conan stood together. Although Conan had not yet confessed his identity to Hattori, the two of them were completely immersed in the incident, and felt like partners or competitors.

There's no way, this is the magical friendship between men!

"Conan..."

Hattori looked at the police officers who were searching and investigating in the courtyard, and suddenly asked Conan next to him, "What time did you find it?"

"Four o'clock."

Conan didn't hesitate at all and confidently held up four fingers.

"No wonder Uncle Maori said you were his assistant. You, a little guy, actually found four suspicious points? I thought you could only find two or one..."

Although he had long been aware of Conan's intelligence, Hattori was still a little surprised at this moment - is it possible that Japan will have an elementary school detective who is more famous than their high school detectives?

Conan did not have much psychological fluctuations because of Hattori's praise. He just said calmly: "The first is the murder weapon that the murderer took away from the scene. Since it was a closed room murder, if the murder weapon is next to the body, the possibility of it being considered suicide will increase, and I will not be easily suspected..."

"The second is the bloodstains where the body was dragged,"

Hattori also replied in a deep voice, "Why do you have to drag the body to the next room?"

"Third, only the room where the body was found was lit."

"The fourth one is even weirder."

Hattori and Conan looked at each other and laughed at the same time: "That cat, right?"

Maori stood with his back against the wall for a while, and then followed Inspector Megure to interrogate the five suspects.

The head of the Morizono family said that he had an appointment to talk with the butler Shigematsu, so he was waiting for someone in the study when the incident happened.

The eldest daughter, Lily Jiang, was taking a bath.

The eldest son, Ju Ren, was reading magazines and listening to music in his room.

The servant Sakuraba was looking for the cat everywhere according to the instructions of the head of the Morizono family.

Only Katagiri Kaede's testimony had some problems. She said she was taking a nap in her room, but Yurie Jiang went to find her to take a shower together, and no one in the room responded.

Maori looked at Katagiri Kaede in particular.

He began to compare the characteristics of several suspects with the small notebook he had stolen from Conan.

Katagiri Kaede was acting very strangely when she was at Meiji Jingu Shrine. It seemed that she did not really want to marry into the Morizono family, but she did not have much reason to kill Butler Shigematsu. Through the conversation, it was learned that Butler Shigematsu was just acting as a matchmaker between her and the Morizono family.

However, a reporter revealed that Kikuto Morizono had put pressure on Katagiri Kaede's father's company to force her to agree to the marriage.

As for Kikuto Morizono, he suffers from acrophobia and it is difficult for him to escape from the balcony.

The head of the Morizono family had difficulty walking due to a car accident, so it was also difficult for him to escape from the balcony.

Speaking of which, the butler Sakuraba was quite agile and it should have been easy for him to leave the balcony even without the rope, but there was no reason for him to leave the cat at the scene.

Finally, there is the eldest daughter, Morizono Yurie, who is quite close to the gray cat, and no problems have been discovered yet.

Maori thought about it and found Katagiri Kaede alone.

"Ms. Xiaofeng," Mao Li asked, facing the girl's worried gaze, "Can you please tell me the truth? You don't want Butler Shigematsu to die in obscurity, do you? And if this goes on, the police might take you or Miss Yurie away."

"I……"

Katagiri Feng lowered his head and couldn't speak, and Maori shook his head helplessly.

The possible insiders of the case refused to say anything. This was the biggest headache for him as a former policeman and now a detective - but he couldn't force others to do this.

Mao Li had no choice but to go back to the room where the crime occurred and go over the details of the case again.

Broken glass, locked doors and windows, bloodstains left by the body being dragged, the body in the next room, the murder weapon that was not at the scene, the cat in the room, the bloodstains on the door bolt, the glass with small holes on the corners, and the conflict between Kikuto Morizono and Sakuraba...

As Maori's brain raced, it seemed as if there was a little black man who symbolized the murderer, acting out the scene of the crime in his mind - after killing Shigematsu butler, he dragged the body to the next door, and then...

Instead of going back to the next room to break the glass, because there were no corresponding traces, Xiao Hei used blood-stained gloves to open the balcony floor-to-ceiling window, and used some method to dispose of the murder weapon and the bloody clothes, and then broke the window on the other side to attract attention.

Maori frowned and stopped on the balcony.

Normally, Xiao Hei could have locked the window from the outside through the small hole in the floor-to-ceiling window and escaped through the balcony. Moreover, it was also suspicious that the glass with the small hole was broken during the conflict between Kikuto Morizono and Sakuraba, as if it was intentional vandalism.

But considering all the details, something is wrong.

Maori recalled the situation when he found the body.

The first person to arrive after hearing Kazuha's scream was Morizono Yurie, followed by the head of the Morizono family, the male servants Sakuraba and Katagiri Kaede, and finally Morizono Kikuto arrived at the scene.

It was probably at that time that Xiao Hei pretended to hear the shouting and arrive at the scene like everyone else.

If that were the case, there would be no need to drag the body into the inner room unless you wanted to lead everyone into the inner room.

The reason for doing this...

A gleam flashed in Maori's eyes.

There is another possibility! Xiao Hei did not escape from the balcony at all, but hid in the next room after breaking the window. After all, after they broke open the door, their attention was immediately attracted by the broken window and the bloodstains on the ground. Without thinking too much, they followed the bloodstains and found the murdered housekeeper Shigematsu.

In this case, Kikuto Morizono who is afraid of heights, the head of the Morizono family who has difficulty walking, and even the remaining two women may be the real identity of the murderer Xiao Hei!

However, there is only one person who is the most suspicious.

Maori's mouth corners slightly raised, and his eyes looked straight at the big tree with lush branches and leaves outside the balcony.

In any case, there were no traces on the balcony, and the only place where the murder weapon could be disposed of without being easily found by the police was only one place. No one would have thought that the murder weapon would be among the branches. It was estimated that the murder knife and the bloody clothes were tied together and thrown over there.

What was left was the gray cat left at the scene. If it wasn't a coincidence, it was the murderer's attempt to frame the servant Sakuraba.

Because he was looking for the cat, Sakuraba would not have an alibi like the other servants, and on the surface it seemed that only the agile Sakuraba could have committed the crime.

There is no doubt that the murderer Xiao Hei is Kikuto Morizono. When the body was found, almost everyone else arrived one after another, but Kikuto Morizono appeared quietly at the end, and no one saw whether he entered the room from outside.

However, even if we know that the murderer is Kikuto Morizono, it means nothing without conclusive evidence.

Maori thought about leaving the balcony and almost bumped into Conan and Hattori.

"Hey, uncle, did you find anything?" Hattori couldn't help but ask.

He couldn't help but feel strange. From the beginning of the investigation until now, Mao Li was too silent. However, judging from the previous situation, Mao Li's reasoning level should be higher than his.

"A little bit, what about you guys?"

Maori also wanted to find the two of them to compare clues. He still didn't quite understand Kikuto Morizono's motives.

After all, Butler Shigematsu had worked for the Morizono family for so many years, and he seemed to be very capable and amiable. How deep a grudge could he have to kill someone like that?

"We have found another key to the puzzle,"

Hattori was very excited when it came to solving cases. He looked at Conan and explained, "Uncle, you would never guess that the one Xiaofeng likes is actually Mr. Sakuraba. They are probably in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship."

"Ah?" Mao Li was really surprised and asked, "How did you know?"

"We just saw it too. Mr. Sakuraba was wearing the same necklace pendant as Ms. Xiaofeng. If they weren't close, he wouldn't be like that, right?"

"Necklace pendant..."

Maori had noticed the necklace on Katagiri Kaede's neck a long time ago, but he originally thought it was just an ordinary decoration.

What kind of thing is this? The fiancé killed someone and put the blame on his real boyfriend...Are all young people's relationships so messy nowadays?

"Their situation is very similar to Uncle Shigematsu's in the past. I heard that Mrs. Morizono originally liked Uncle Shigematsu, but Master Morizono misunderstood and proposed to her."

Hattori looked at the head of the Morizono family on the other side and said, "But this time it was Uncle Shigematsu who misunderstood and proposed marriage for Master Kikuto."

"Is this so..."

Mao Li thought of the news revealed by the reporter before, and couldn't help but twitch his lips slightly, "It's really... well, complicated."

"Uncle, what about you?" Hattori said, looking at Maori, "You should have found something, right?"

"Me? I just have a rough idea of ​​where the murder weapon is."

Maori shrugged - nonchalantly.

"what?"

……

Swish!

It suddenly started to rain outside the villa, and a cool breeze started to blow.

In the servants' dormitory next door, everyone gathered together and the atmosphere was heavy.

Kikuto Morizono fell to his knees with a thud, in front of him was a shocking knife and bloody clothes.

Maori stood aside and said nothing.

Just half an hour ago, after discussing with Hattori, he found the murderous knife wrapped in a blood-stained shirt on the big tree opposite the balcony.

There are also bloody gloves and a thin thread.

Needless to say, the thin thread was left there intentionally by Kikuto Morizono as he was considering that the police might find out. Even the bloody shirt turned out to be Sakuraba's shirt, which clearly showed that he had considered it very carefully.

Hattori and Conan thought it would be best to set a trap for Kikuto Morizono. They could let the police take Sakuraba away first to lure the real murderer into revealing himself.

Maori neither agreed nor refused.

Because everyone's personal belongings and things in the room had been searched, even if Morizono Kikuto wanted to frame someone, he had no idea where to start, and it would be too difficult.

However, the result was quite unexpected. Kikuto Morizono actually fell into the trap and was caught red-handed in the servants' dormitory.

"Kikuto, did you really do this?" The head of the Morizono family looked very unhappy. "How did Shigematsu let you down? Why would you do such a thing?!"

"It's all his fault," Morizono Kikuto said painfully, even though he was kneeling. "Who told me that day that if I didn't cancel the engagement, he would tell my father about my illegal activities at the company... He was the one who arranged this marriage. I really don't understand him. If I don't kill him, he will blackmail me for the rest of my life even if we don't get married..."

"Asshole!" The head of the Morizono family was furious. "Just because of something like this, you actually killed Shigematsu! Don't I know who Shigematsu is? How could he blackmail you?!"

"Uncle Shigematsu didn't mean to blackmail you at all," Hattori said, looking at Kikuto Morizono, "Miss Xiaofeng came here to see Mr. Sakuraba, but Uncle Shigematsu mistakenly thought she came to see you, so he proposed this marriage."

"He just wants you to cancel the engagement and let Miss Xiaofeng and Mr. Sakuraba be together,"

Maori saw Katagiri Kaede and Sakuraba standing hand in hand, paused and continued, "Because he doesn't want his previous tragedy to happen to Mr. Sakuraba again."

"Nonsense!" said Morizono Kikuto anxiously, "He never said that!"

"How can he say that?"

"But……"

"Let's go. We can talk about anything else when we get to the police station."

Inspector Megure handcuffed Kikuto Morizono with a serious face and took him away.

Mao Li followed behind and met Katagiri Kaede's worried gaze.

"Do not worry,"

Mao Li nodded and smiled, "Mr. Sakuraba is outside. He has not been taken to the police station."

"really?"