Ke Xue's Kogoro

Chapter 16
Luxury cruise ship, in the restaurant.

"Father, Xinyi is also a famous detective who is not inferior to you. You forgot that he was often in the newspapers before."

"Hey, so, who is your father?"

Xiaolan introduced very proudly: "My father, but the famous detective who has become famous recently, Mori Kogoro."

In front of outsiders, Xiaolan still gives Kogoro a lot of face.

With a confident smile on his face, Kogoro was ready to receive compliments from others, but he found that the people around him looked panic-stricken.

Kogoro felt that someone must be dying now, and the murderer was among them.

"Ahem, what's the matter with you?"

Xia Jiang explained: "Don't let my grandpa know. Grandpa hates detectives the most. He said that kind of person is a despicable guy who stalks and steals people's privacy all day long."

"What? I'm a detective who has deep cooperation with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and often helps them solve cases. How could I take on cases that only third-rate detectives like investigating affairs, finding cats, and finding people?"

Besides, he already knew it just now.

Conan sent Kogoro a pair of dead fish eyes to help the Metropolitan Police Department solve the case and have no money. If you don't work as a third-rate detective, where will the money come from?
Not long after, Xiao Wu also came to the restaurant, but his complexion was not very good-looking, and he seemed a little dazed.

Eh?
Kogoro was surprised to find that the flowers that Xia Jiang pinned to Xiao Wu's chest were gone.

Wait, what's the use of this?

With the skill of scouting, some details can always be found, but most of them are useless details.The current Kogoro is often troubled by this skill because it passively pops up in Kogoro's mind.

"Everyone, I'll go to the master's room to have a look, and wait a little longer."

Butler Suzuki didn't wait for the old man Banmoto, so he left the restaurant. Not long after, everyone heard the butler's panicked and terrified cries.

When Kogoro and the others ran to the door of old man Banner's room, they saw old man Banner died on the floor of the room with an expression of disbelief, blood spattering to the door.

"Don't come in any of you. It's still far away from the pier. Let my assistant and I do a preliminary inspection first."

Mariko asked angrily, "Hey, what do you mean?"

Kogoro pointed to a group of people standing outside the door and said: "After the head of the Banner returned to the cabin, I, Xiaolan, Conan and Xia Jiang went to the restaurant. The rest of you arrived at the restaurant later, so it's not too late. That is to say, you all have plenty of time to commit crimes."

Speaking of this, Kogoro glanced at the group of Banner families one by one: "Besides, this is the sea, and no one else has a chance except you. Could it be that you think the head of the Banner family will commit suicide?"

The members of the Hatamoto family were intimidated by Kogoro's aura and could only stand outside the door obediently.

Kogoro and Conan checked the body, and the preliminary judgment should be that he was killed four to five ten minutes ago, that is, at 10 o'clock in the evening.

"Housekeeper, you are the first witness at the scene, can you describe the scene in detail?"

"There was no answer when I knocked on the door, so I opened the room with the key and saw the master lying on the ground covered in blood."

Conan immediately asked, "Grandpa housekeeper, is this room opened with a key?"

"That's right, after this room is locked from the inside, it can only be opened with this key on my body."

"Then this is a secret room?"

Kogoro looked around. There was only one door and one window in this room, and the window was not opened. According to the butler's description, it should be a secret room.Unexpectedly, he encountered the secret room murder case that Conan is best at.

Kogoro squatted down and observed the wound of the deceased: "Abdominal injury, bleeding to death, no murder weapon was seen around."

Conan held a small notebook and pretended to record, faithfully playing the role of assistant.

The dragon man outside the door did not show any harm after the old man was killed. Instead, he said with great interest: "The murder weapon may be sharp ice or something, isn't it a common plot in mystery novels? After a while, the ice melted, It's all gone."

Qiu Jiang, who was dressed stylishly and dressed in cool clothes, said maliciously: "It may also be the grandfather who committed suicide deliberately. He has long suspected that some people present coveted his property, so he used this method to punish everyone. Of course, there is something wrong with it." Including Xia Jiang's, right?"

"This is definitely, must, must be murder."

Conan pointed his innocent little face at the door frame on the floor and said, "If it was suicide, blood would not be splashed on the closed door frame. Therefore, Grandpa must have been killed with the door open." of."

"Who locked that door?"

Kogoro pretended to be very confident and said: "The deceased died of bleeding. It should be that after being stabbed in the abdomen, he escaped from the murderer and hid in the room and closed the door himself. The murderer took the murder weapon away after stabbing the knife." gone."

This explanation is reasonable, but it is still impossible to find the real culprit.

Kogoro looked out the door, this time it was really luxurious to choose one of the seven, and some had a headache.

"Oh, by the way, I picked up this flower at the master's door."

The butler took out a flower from his pocket, which was exactly the one on Xiao Wu's chest.Xiao Wu's suspicion instantly rose to the highest level.

"It's not me, I didn't kill anyone."

Mariko said darkly: "You haven't given up yet, Xiao Wu. I heard you and your father arguing in the house just outside the door. I believe you must be terrified. In fact, you are the son of Yongfu Caicheng. I'm not wrong, am I?"

The members of the Banner family were stunned for a moment. It seemed that they knew the name Caicheng Yongfu.Then Kogoro also learned from Beinan that Caicheng Yongfu was the chairman of Caicheng Industry who committed suicide after being taken away by the old man ten years ago.

Good guy, Xiao Wu now has a motive for killing, and it's still a very strong one.Of course, the one who was most stimulated here was Xia Jiang who had just married him.

After that, everyone regarded Xiao Wu as a murderer and locked him in the warehouse.

However, Kogoro felt that this person should not be the murderer, so he continued to stay in the old man's room, looking for clues carefully.

Soon, Kogoro found blood on the carpet behind the door, as well as a small piece of bread crumbs mixed with blood.But these clues are still difficult to connect together, Kogoro thinks, it's better to wait for Conan.

After all, many killing methods in this world are really unimaginable for normal people, and they are too big to think.

"Detective, is the matter clear now?"

"It's too simple to think. The murder weapon has not been found yet, and there is no conclusive evidence to prove that Xiao Wu is the murderer. At present, you should not take it lightly."

(End of this chapter)