Conan reborn as a detective

Chapter 649
In the afternoon of the second day, Kuboto-cho [-]-chome.

Gao Cheng walked to a wealthy mansion with an umbrella in his hand, confirmed the "Oping" on the house number and rang the doorbell.

In the morning, I suddenly received a commission. The client was Mr. Oping, the owner of the family. He wanted to ask him to investigate the strange death of his only son a year ago.

After eating lunch, she hurried out the door, and Xiao Ai forced an umbrella into her before leaving.

Gao Cheng had no choice but to look at the clear sky, just at that moment the iron gate opened automatically, and a middle-aged lady with a lingering charm came out to welcome her, and asked in surprise when she saw Gao Cheng, "Who are you?"

"I'm Takamari Kido who was entrusted by Mr. Ohei."

Gao Cheng smiled politely. Unlike usual, he put on a mature suit this time, so that he would not look rude.

"You are the famous detective. My husband told me," the lady said happily. "I'll take Detective Chenghu to my husband's study. He's still waiting..."

"excuse me."

Gao Cheng followed the lady.

From the outside, the Oping family only thought it was a rich family, but inside they found that it was more luxurious, and they enjoyed much more than him, an invisible rich man. They also had special butler and maid services.

Although it is not inferior to the villas he has seen in the past, it is not easy to own such a house in an upscale residential area of ​​​​Tokyo.

In the study room, Gao Cheng met the master. This time, the client, Ohei Kozo, is 63 years old, much older than the hostess just now, with gray hair and wrinkles on his face. He looks like an old man, with serious eyes , looking very serious.

After the maid brought the coffee, Gao Chenggong and the old man chatted face to face at the coffee table in the study.

"That's how it happened," Okhei Kozo explained, "The police said it was a prisoner who invaded from outside, but after so long, they couldn't find the prisoner at all..."

Gao Cheng crossed his fingers: "That is to say, a year ago, your whole family, except for your son, was watching the video you took. As a result, your son drowned in the swimming pool at home. The police judged that an outsider committed the crime..."

"That's right," Okping Kozou said with an old face. "The police determined that my son's death time was between 9pm and 10pm. We watched the video in the living room from 7pm to 12pm..."

Gao Cheng listened to Ao Pingjiaozang's words, and looked thoughtfully at a photo on the coffee table. On it was a wet male corpse with his hands and feet tied behind his back and tape on his mouth...

"I printed out the video footage of when my son's body was found," Opin Kozo said sadly, "It was the next morning, when the water in the swimming pool was drained and my son's body was exposed, the maid yelled... ..."

"Did the maid find it?" Gao Cheng raised his head and asked.

"Yes, at first I thought it was a prank he made to scare us, but it turned out to be no joke, he really died..."

"Has your son offended anyone?"

"Well, there shouldn't be any outside, but there are inside..."

"Inside?" Gao Cheng put down the cruel looking photo, "At home?"

"That's how I feel, Detective Kido," Okohira Kakuzo said with a gloomy expression, "My son Tsugo was killed by some smart-ass person who thought he shouldn't live in this house..."

Gao Cheng frowned.

It seems to be involved in a strange incident again...

"Why does Mr. Opin think that your son was killed by someone in the family? Didn't everyone have an alibi?"

"The police also said the same thing, but look..." Okping Kozo said, pointing to the photo, "When my son was found, he was wearing a white glove on his right hand, right?"

"Um……"

"On the day two years ago, the previous butler of this family had a car accident and fell off a cliff... This white glove is what he wears every time he drives..."

Ao Pingjiao's face looked a little ugly.

"Three days after my son was killed, I found the butler's left glove in this study! Someone must be holding a grudge because of the death of the butler, so..."

"Have a grudge?" Gao Cheng interrupted the old man, "Didn't you mean a car accident?"

"Uh, this..." Sweat broke out on the old man's face, "It should be because someone thought that the accident had something to do with my son, so they vented their anger..."

"Then it should be your turn, old man, right?" The door opened, and the figures of Conan and Xiaolan suddenly appeared at the door of the study,

"Who?" The old man was taken aback, seeing the two of Conan and said in astonishment, "You are..."

Gao Cheng also looked at Conan with black lines all over his face: "Why are you here too?"

"We came here with Brother Yingyou," Conan scratched the back of his head and smiled, "Because I heard that Brother Kido is here, so I came to see, hehehe..."

Gao Cheng frowned.

Hey, you are so tall, why is this guy everywhere...

……

"Yingyou's mother used to work as a maid here, so she brought him to live here too..."

In the living room, Gao Cheng then met Eisuke Hondo, who was in harmony with the Okheira family, and seemed very popular.

"Because I heard that my mother's relics were found, I came to take a look." Hondo Eisuke explained.

"Mom's relic?"

"Yeah, that's it, it's been hanging in the innermost part of the wardrobe in the maid's room..."

Gao Cheng followed to look at a black leather bag and scattered photos on the table.

There is a photo of Hondo Eisuke with a maid when she was a child, and the maid also has a pair of cat eyes.

"I found it," the chubby maid explained, "I showed it to my wife, and then I realized that it was left by the maid who used to work here, so I brought the child here..."

The horse-faced butler wearing glasses came over: "It just so happens that today is the one-year anniversary of the death of Master Duanwu, Madam said that Master Duiwu must have appeared..."

"Uh……"

There was a pause at the scene, Bentang Yingyou looked at the housekeeper and said, "Long time no see, Mr. housekeeper is still the same after ten years."

The butler's expression was flat: "You should be talking about my brother. I was the butler who took over after my brother had a car accident two years ago."

"Yes, that's it..."

Hondo Eisuke was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly found a small notebook from his purse, and said to Gao Cheng: "Senior, look, there is also a mother and child handbook for me and my mother, which says my blood type is O! So it should be Is there any doubt?"

"It's hard to say, after all, it's not certain that your sister gave you a blood transfusion..."

Gao Cheng took the handbook to check the birth information of Hondo Eisuke, just at that moment Okhei Kozo came out, Hondo Eisuke hurriedly said hello: "Uncle Kadozo!"

"It's Yingyou." Ao Pingjiaozang showed a rare smile on his face, "It's been ten years since I saw it. I still remember your mother is a very good maid..."

After speaking, he turned to Gao Cheng, who was reading the manual: "This is the living room where I watched the video at that time. It was a video I took when Yongzi and I traveled overseas together last year. After playing it for five hours, everyone went to the toilet. No one was there. left here..."

"Is this the toilet?"

Gao Cheng opened the door of the bathroom next to the living room, and found that there was a rather small toilet inside, and the sink and toilet took up most of the space.

There is only one door to the living room, and the other is a small transom, let alone adults, it is difficult for even children to pass through.

And there are no secret doors to sneak out of the living room...

If the alibi cannot be faked, it must be that some method was used to control the time of death of the victim on the other side. This kind of case has been encountered many times, and drowning directly reminds people of several time techniques that have appeared in the past.

(End of this chapter)