Ke Xue: The thief Cao is actually myself

Chapter 415 I'm going to make a show of it. I won't act anymore! (Please give me a monthly ticket!)
"I think what Dr. Cheng Shi said is correct!"

Just then, Conan's voice rang out from the window, attracting everyone's attention.

"Look..." Conan raised his hand and pointed outside the window. A small river came into everyone's sight, and a black piece of clothing was floating above the river.

"The coat on the beach outside must belong to Mr. Kawashima."

After seeing the black clothes, everyone looked at each other and nodded silently.

A drowned person was found in the room, and there were clothes floating in the river. All of this made it seem more and more like the criminal had premeditatedly drowned Kawashima Hideo in the river outside the window, then fished out his body and placed it in front of the piano, trying to mislead Kawashima into committing suicide.

"besides……"

While everyone was deep in thought, Conan turned around and pointed at the marks on the ground.

"There are traces of being dragged from the beach from the door to the piano. And there is dirt and sand on Mr. Kawashima's back. Considering that all the doors and windows in the room are locked, the first few minutes of the tape should be blank."

Listening to Conan's story, Maori Kogoro was slightly shocked, his eyes full of shock and disbelief, "This... this guy, when did he do this?"

Conan, this little brat's reasoning is not only logically clear, but there are also some clues that even he hasn't grasped yet, but some other little brat has discovered them before him!
Could it be that he is not even as good as a child?

No, no, no, how could this be possible!

It must be because Kogoro Mori was busy arranging the on-site investigation and the autopsy of Hideo Kawashima, so some little brat got there first.

Yes, that must be the case.

Without noticing the shock of Kogoro Mouri, Conan ran to the piano after finishing his reasoning, and stood on tiptoe, trying to reach the tape recorder that Kogoro Mouri had placed on the piano earlier, and then started a new round of reasoning.

It's a pity that maybe he could easily grab the tape recorder on the piano before, but now with his short arms and legs, it is more or less difficult for him to do so.

"for you."

Seeing this scene, Bai Ye picked up the recorder and placed it at Conan's feet, with a strange look in his eyes.

My goodness, a certain elementary school detective decided not to even act because his Xiaolan is not around?
It's really floating!

After taking a deep look at Bai Ye, Conan continued, "I'm afraid the criminal took Mr. Kawashima from the ritual room to the beach and drowned him, then moved the body to this room, locked the windows and doors, turned on the recorder, and finally walked out of the room and into the corridor. Is that right, Uncle Maori?"

As for why not talk to Bai Ye?
Well, a certain private detective is not as easy to fool as the confused detective Mouri Kogoro. If he is not careful, his identity as high school detective Kudo Shinichi may be exposed.

Although, when he planned to cooperate with Bai Ye and use him as his new tool, he was actually mentally prepared to expose his identity.

But even if he was exposed, he hoped that the exposure would be planned, rather than revealing all of his secrets at once!
"That's right!"

The corner of Kogoro Maori's mouth twitched.

You've said everything I wanted to say, and now you're asking me if I'm right or not. What can I say?
Oh, no, although that brat said almost everything he thought of, unfortunately, the most crucial thing was not mentioned at all.

Thinking of this, Maori Kogoro's eyes flickered slightly and he asked, "Conan, do you know why the water marks are only from that door to the piano?"

"Ah?" Conan was slightly stunned. Is it necessary to ask this question?

of course……

"Because after Mr. Kawashima died, he was dragged from the river by the murderer, so there are so many water marks from the door to the piano."

Maori Kogoro glanced at Conan and continued to ask, "What else?"

Conan blinked, a little surprised, "What else?"

Could it be that there is something that this famous high school detective has not discovered, but is instead in the hands of some confused detective?

no?
As far as I can remember, he has collected almost all the evidence he needs in this room.

"If……"

Taking in his full expression, Kogoro Mori curled the corners of his mouth slightly.

As expected, that little brat hasn't discovered that yet.

Thinking of this, he cast his gaze towards everyone, "If the door of this room is locked, since we have just been staying at the entrance, I am sure no one has walked out."

Touching his chin, Maori Kogoro made his own judgment, "So according to my judgment, the possibility that the criminal will return to the room where the funeral is held is quite high."

"Wait... wait a minute," Kuroiwa Reiko was the first to stand up and questioned, "You mean, the criminal is still among me?"

"That's right," Maori Kogoro nodded heavily, "The criminal must be here."

That’s right, that’s what he meant, but he has no idea about the true identity of the murderer he mentioned and why the murderer wanted to kill Kawashima Hideo.

But it doesn’t matter, just because there is no progress at the moment doesn’t mean there will never be any progress.

I believe that as long as this famous detective takes action, he will be able to find out the truth of the matter.

These words caused an uproar.

No one wants to be suspected of murder, and they are no exception.

In fact, if Kogoro Mouri's reasoning did not sound very reasonable, and they also wanted to find the real murderer and eliminate the threat to their own lives, they would have gone up and beaten up a private detective from Tokyo to let him know what kind of tragic consequences would result if they were casually made murder suspects.

Taking in everyone's expressions, Maori Kogoro's eyes flashed with a strange look, and then he continued to ask, "Then may I ask, did anyone see Mr. Kawashima leave his seat in the middle of the ritual?"

"I know about this."

After exchanging a glance with his daughter, Kuroiwa Reiko, and the others, Kuroiwa Tatsuji stood up and said, "I'm sure he said he was going to the bathroom."

Although he had no good feelings towards the profession of detective, and he was extremely disgusted and unwelcome to Maori Kogoro, the private detective commissioned by the so-called Aso Keiji, he did not want to become a murder suspect, nor did he want any other misfortunes to happen to the funeral of the former village chief whom he had placed his hopes on, so he did not mind suppressing his disgust and dissatisfaction and cooperating with Maori Kogoro, the detective from Tokyo, so that this murder case could be closed as soon as possible. "Where are the others?" Maori Kogoro nodded, and his eyes swept over the rest of the people, "Did anyone see anyone leave their seat?"

"Humph," Murasawa Shuichi snorted, with a look of disdain on his face, "There are so many people at the funeral venue, how could they possibly remember everything about this kind of thing?"

"No one remembers?"

Kogoro Mori was not surprised by his attitude.

After all, a tall and thin man wearing a knitted hat and black sunglasses had disliked him and targeted him from the very beginning.

I don’t know how Kogoro Mori offended the other party?
Could it be him?

Maori Kogoro maliciously greeted Murasawa Shuichi in his heart, but he ignored Murasawa Shuichi and turned his gaze directly to the others, and continued to ask, "Didn't anyone see the others leave their seats?"

In response to him, there was silence, and no one answered obviously.

Apparently, no one noticed that apart from Kawashima Hideo, anyone else left their position during the ritual.

Or, even if he knew, he was unwilling to tell an outsider, Kogoro Mori, for some reason.

Seeing this, Maori Kogoro could only sigh helplessly, and then changed the topic, "So, have you ever heard of anyone that Mr. Kawashima had offended?"

"It's not that I've offended you..." Hearing this question from Maori Kogoro, Kuroiwa Tatsuji curled his lips and sneered, "But after Kawashima's death, the happiest person must be Mr. Shimizu, who is also a candidate for the village chief election like him."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" As soon as these words came out, Shimizu Masato could no longer sit still and immediately retorted, "Kuroiwa, what about you? Aren't you also a candidate for the village chief election like me and the deceased Mr. Kawashima?"

A certain bald guy actually wanted to pour the dirty water of murder on him. How insidious and despicable!
"Yes, that's right." Kuroiwa Reiko sneered with an expression of arrogance and disdain, "If someone didn't use Mr. Kawashima's votes as his own, my father would have been elected long ago."

As the daughter of Kuroiwa Tatsuji, it is true that she has no good feelings towards the deceased Kawashima Hideo, and she also has no good feelings towards the man in front of her, Shimizu Masato.

Because, if it weren't for these two people, her father, Kuroiwa Tatsuji, would have been able to continue serving as the village chief of Tsukikage Island long ago. How could he have to worry about his support rate every day like he does now?

Shimizu Masato clenched his teeth, his face extremely unfriendly, "What did you say?"

After exchanging a glance with Kuroiwa Reiko, Murasawa Shuichi agreed, "Reiko is right. Although we are both candidates for the village chief election, if Kuroiwa wants to be elected successfully, I'm afraid he still needs to ask Mr. Shimizu for his approval."

He was certainly not belittling his future father-in-law, but was using the method of belittling the other party to increase Shimizu Masato's suspicion of murder.

At this point, Murasawa Shuichi paused, then looked at the crowd around him and continued, "Detective Maori, I believe you should have seen it when you came here. People who oppose Mayor Kuroiwa have been demonstrating and protesting outside the government office all day today. Under such circumstances, it is conceivable that it will be difficult for Mayor Kuroiwa to be successfully elected as the next village chief."

"And Mr. Kawashima is the most popular candidate among the three, and he is also the most likely candidate to become the next village chief. It doesn't matter if he lives. Once he dies, the position of village chief will naturally fall to Mr. Shimizu, who is second only to him. In other words, the biggest beneficiary of Mr. Kawashima's death is Mr. Shimizu."

"I think he has every motive to kill Mr. Kawashima!"

"you……"

Masato Shimizu rolled up his sleeves and rushed towards Murasawa Shuichi.

Kuroiwa Tatsuji taunted him, but he could tolerate that.

After all, the two were people of the same level. Even if they were angry at each other's actions, they would not fight each other or turn against each other completely, which would make both sides look bad.

As for Kuroiwa Reiko, she was a woman, and no matter how vicious her tongue was, he couldn't do anything to her, which would lower his image in the eyes of other villagers.

But, Murasawa Shuichi is just a young boy, who is worthy of being mocked.

Moreover, it happens again and again, enlarging the face!

If he could endure this, he should not be a candidate for the next village chief, but just become a Ninja Turtle.

"What, you want to fight?"

Murasawa Shuichi was not to be outdone. He clenched his fists with a sneer on his face.

Just hit me, who’s afraid of who?

You know, Shimizu Masato is already old, but he is still young.

The fist is afraid of young and strong people, and the stick is afraid of old wolves.

If a real fight breaks out, he will have the absolute advantage no matter how you look at it.

Seeing that a war was about to break out, Hirata Kazuaki quickly stopped Kuroiwa Reiko, who seemed to want to say something to support her fiancé, and said, "Miss..."

Given his young lady's arrogant personality and sharp tongue, if she continues talking, a real-life fight might break out in this piano room at any moment.

It is even possible that a second victim may appear directly.

Seeing that the atmosphere was becoming more and more tense and a fight might break out at any time, Kogoro Mori had no choice but to stand up and separate them together with the "spectator-eating" crowd who were attracted by the song of moonlight just now.

"Alright, alright, calm down!"

"But……"

Taking a deep breath, Maori Kogoro was about to say something to calm everyone down, but Conan's voice suddenly rang out again, "Why did the murderer move the body to this room?"

"Curse..." Maori Kogoro pondered for a moment, spread his hands, and boldly expressed his guess, "I think the reason why the criminal did this is to blame Mr. Kawashima's death on the curse of the piano."

As he spoke, Kogoro Mouri walked over, reached out and touched the piano, but he only felt a handful of dust.

"By the way, this piano, when was it first placed here?"

(End of this chapter)