Daily life of a spy in the world of Conan

The iron can was cylindrical, only about ten centimeters high, with a layer of blue paper film on the surface. The paper film had been burned beyond recognition, and most of the blue had turned charred black.

After taking out the tin can, the smell of industrial waste in the room became stronger.

Xia Chuan frowned and looked at it for a long time, trying to find other clues in the kiln.

However, apart from the iron can, there were obviously no other foreign objects in the kiln.

"What is this?" Anya tilted her head and looked at it for a long time, but still couldn't figure out what this tin can was.

Xia Chuan didn't answer and poked open the completely melted lid on the tin.

boo——

The moment the plastic lid was punctured, a burst of hot air gushed out, followed by a strong smell of glue.

"Industrial glue cans..."

Xia Chuan's eyes lit up, and he closed his eyes and recalled the smell of the room on the second floor of the warehouse.

I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, as most of the smell was masked by the rotten smell, but when I think about it carefully, it seems that this smell is indeed there, but it is relatively mild.

"I see!"

Now that the locked-room method had been confirmed, there was only one question left: how did he manage to add fuel to the fire while committing the crime?

As long as this question is solved, it can be completely confirmed that Ryuji Takeda is the murderer.

The boiler room was too smelly, and the gas from this industrial glue was quite harmful to the lungs. Xia Chuan carried Aniya away, thinking about the last question all the way.

"Father, eat some peanuts to replenish your brain."

"So nice."

The Takeda family is a family of puppets. Can puppets be used to add firewood?

Xiachuan couldn't help but think of the doll that could automatically deliver water at the Originbei Hot Spring B&B.

"What am I thinking? That puppet is just a simple clockwork puppet. The distances of the mechanisms are all calculated. They are totally different."

Xia Chuan shook his head to get rid of these messy thoughts and walked towards the warehouse.

"Madam, it's so late, you should go to bed quickly."

Suddenly, Iwaya's voice came from the aisle ahead.

Natsukawa looked up and saw that it was the housekeeper Iwaya who was helping old Mrs. Takeda walk back.

Judging from the direction, he had obviously gone to the warehouse to see his son's body.

"Hey, it's all Xinyi's fault. He didn't listen to the old man and now he's suffering."

The old lady was obviously not in good condition. When she passed by Xia Chuan, she accidentally touched Xia Chuan.

Fortunately, Xia Chuan dodged in time and only slightly scratched the corner of his clothes.

"Father, this old lady is so weird."

After watching the other person leave, Anya spoke up, "Even though Uncle Takeda is dead, she doesn't seem to care."

"Didn't Takeda Ryuji say before that the relationship between the two of them has always been bad because of the temple issue..."

As he spoke, Xia Chuan reached out and touched Anya's pink hair, then he was suddenly stunned and stared blankly at the cuff of his left hand.

There is a gray-black mark on the cuff.

"Strange, I was clearly operating the kiln with my right hand just now..."

The next moment, Xia Chuan turned his head suddenly and looked at the old lady who was walking away.

"Gray and black marks, old lady..."

Xia Chuan's eyes suddenly lit up, "I see, if that's the case, I understand!"

“Hehe, it must be because Anya mentioned the old lady that father was able to think of this method!”

The prompt was successful, and a smile appeared on Aniya's face.

She breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, she did not lose face in front of the Takeda sisters. Her father was still reliable. Thanks to her unremitting efforts, she discovered the truth of the case!

"Father, do you want me to call Uncle Maori and the others?"

Xia Chuan raised his eyebrows, "Did Aniya see it?"

"I see. It seems that my father has solved the case."

(Asking for monthly tickets, there will be another chapter at 6pm)

Chapter 296 Do you admit to assisting in committing a crime?

ten minutes later.

The second floor of the warehouse.

All members of the Takeda family were present.

"Xiachuan boy, Aniya just said that you already know who the murderer is?"

Kogoro Mouri had a look of surprise on his face. He didn't expect that Natsukawa solved the case so quietly. He only now found out that the crime might have been committed by an acquaintance.

After investigation, he has confirmed that this is not the first crime scene. The murderer deliberately knocked out Takeda Shinichi, then brought him here and hanged him, and then wrapped him with puppet strings to create the illusion that the Spider Fairy was killing people.

"That's right!"

Xia Chuan looked at everyone in the warehouse with a smile, and slowly walked to the door under everyone's expectant and curious gazes.

The dilapidated door was closed.

"Crack!"

"The method of the case has to start with this wooden door. The secret of the locked room method lies on this door."

"Stop keeping us in suspense and tell us quickly!" Kogoro Mouri waved his hands impatiently. He had been waiting for a while, but Natsukawa was really taking his time.

"Okay, now please pretend that the door is still intact and lock it from the inside."

Hattori: "Kudo, why do I feel that Natsukawa-san's reasoning seems unreliable?"

Conan: "I agree."

Isn't this kind of pretense too childish? The hole on the handle really ruins the show, and that hole was caused by Xia Chuan's knee strike.

"I believe everyone is confused. Next, I will show you the murderer's secret room method!"

"Father, this is the tool you asked for!"

Anya appeared at the door panting, holding a fruit knife in her hand.

Xia Chuan took the fruit knife, approached the wooden door, and reached out to feel the edge of the door, as if looking for something.

This behavior immediately caught the attention of Conan and Hattori. They went forward to check and found that the gap in the door was a little crooked, which was obviously due to unprofessional installation.

But considering that the three Takeda brothers installed it themselves, it is normal that they are not professional carpenters and their skills are not stable.

They had been focusing on the lock before, but when they saw Xia Chuan's new idea, they immediately calmed down and waited for the result.

The next moment, the fruit knife stabbed straight into the gap between the door panel and the door frame.

The fruit knife moved up and down and soon penetrated deep into it.

"Brother Natsukawa, what are you doing?" Hattori was a little anxious. Doesn't this count as destroying the scene?

However, remembering the violent knee strike the other party gave when he opened the door, he swallowed back what he was about to say.

The fruit knife scratched the crack in the door for a long time, then Xia Chuan squatted down and found a new position to repeat the previous action.

"Very good, now it's time to witness a miracle."

Xia Chuan stretched out his hand and grabbed the wooden door, pushing it outwards with his hands and feet.

ka ka ka-

The entire wooden door made a harsh friction sound and then was pushed out easily.

Yes, the entire wooden door was pushed open!

"How can it be!"

The three detectives were stunned, as were the others, except for one person whose face suddenly changed and he couldn't help but clench his fists.

Conan and Hattori Heiji hurried to the door and looked at the gap in the door frame where Natsukawa had just worked.

“It’s traces of glue!”

"The hinge shaft of the wooden door is not fixed with screws, it is glued directly on!"

Conan and Hattori Heiji looked at Takeda Ryuji and Takeda Yuzo at the same time.

This wooden door was installed by the three brothers of the Takeda family. If anyone wanted to do anything to it, it should be one of them.

Now that the eldest brother is dead, the murderer must be between the second and third brothers.

Among them, the third brother is the most suspicious!

why?

Because the other party actually had no alibi for the time when they were looking for someone. That period of time was about 10-15 minutes. It is entirely possible that the other party killed Takeda Shinichi within this time and then fixed him with glue.

Then he came to the living room openly to seek help from them.

In this way, he can also control the time it takes for the glue to dry completely.

Moreover, this kind of glue is often used in making puppets. Takeda Yuzo inherited some of his elder brother's skills, so it is very normal for him to think of using this method.

As for the reason, it must be related to money.

The puppets of the Takeda family are sold for one million yen. At least now that Takeda Shinichi is dead, he is the only remaining heir to the Takeda family's puppet technology. The next step is to make a lot of money and marry a beautiful and rich woman.

"Hey, why are you looking at me like that?"

The corners of Takeda Yuzo's mouth twitched and his face looked extremely ugly. His second brother was boiling water at the time, and he seemed to be the only one with doubts.

Moreover, there was indeed no one who could testify for him during the time when he was washing his face and looking for his elder brother.

But he really wasn't the murderer!

"So you're the murderer! No wonder you told us at the time that you didn't find anything on the second floor of the warehouse."

Hattori Heiji crossed his arms across his chest, perhaps he had been thinking wrongly before. The murderer's motive was the puppet, not revenge for Misa and her daughter three years ago. It was just a smoke bomb thrown by Takeda Yuzo.

"No, it wasn't me. Because the second floor was locked, I thought no one was inside... I never thought that my brother was inside, and I went to find you right away. If it was me who did it, why didn't I choose another time? Why did I have to find a time when I didn't have an alibi?"

His explanation was a little pale, but his desire to survive was extremely strong, "Mr. Xiachuan, it really wasn't me, I didn't do this, this kind of glue is everywhere in the house, anyone can get it.

I have no motive to kill my eldest brother. After I went bankrupt and returned home three years ago, my eldest brother has been helping me. How could I possibly harm him?"

After he said this, Hattori became even more certain, and even Conan felt that the murderer was most likely Takeda Yuzo.

When you hear the word bankruptcy, you know that the person owes a lot of money, and the reason becomes sufficient.

Xiachuan waved his hand to stop Hattori: "Indeed, Mr. Yuzo is not the murderer."

"Xia Chuan, you give evidence that Mr. Yong San is the murderer, but you also say that he is not the murderer. What do you mean?"

Kogoro Mouri looked at Natsukawa with dead eyes. Although he wanted to give face to his lucky brother, what on earth was the meaning of this inconsistent reasoning!

"Listen to my story."

The real purpose was revealed. Xia Chuan waved his hand to firmly control the rhythm, and turned to look at the second brother who had been silent:

"Mr. Ryuji, actually I came here today because I was asked by your two daughters to investigate the deaths of Takeda Misa and Takeda Kinuyo three years ago.

Before I came here, Sister Sae told me that when Misa died three years ago, Takeda Shinichi, her biological father, was very calm, but you, her second uncle, were very excited and even fainted from crying. "

"Hmm?" Takeda Ryuji raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that the fire would burn him. "Meisha and I have always had a good relationship. I don't care what my brother is like, but I am indeed very sad about Misha's death. Is that not okay?"

"Really?" Xia Chuan suddenly said, "I thought Takeda Misa was actually your daughter."

"What do you mean by that!"

Takeda Ryuji was furious, his voice increased by several decibels, he clenched his fists and took a step forward. If he hadn't suddenly remembered that it was Natsukawa who opened the warehouse door with a knee strike, he would have wanted to give Natsukawa a cuckold punch.

"Misa, Sae, Emi, don't you think the names of your three children are very interesting?"

"This name was given by my mother. Is there any problem with it?" Takeda Yuzo looked confused. It was actually normal for a name to have the beginning and the end connected.

Xia Chuan turned to look at the three brothers' mother, Takeda Chie, "Old lady, do you have anything to explain about this?"

The old lady remained silent.