My neighbor's name is Conan

Maori Kogoro nodded and said, "Yes, when we were trying to let Mr. Okudaira down, the rope couldn't be untied no matter how hard we tried. Then we found that the knot was coated with adhesive."

Aoki Matsu was speechless as what Mori Kogoro said was getting more and more outrageous.

First of all, coffee + sleeping pills is outrageous enough.

Coffee is a refreshing drink. After drinking it, it will make people energetic and unable to sleep. Who would drink coffee when they want to sleep?

Secondly, the sleeping pills commonly found on the market are in tablet form, not powder form.

Therefore, people who take sleeping pills to commit suicide usually swallow the pills directly. Who would go through the trouble of dissolving the pills in water? Don’t they find it bitter?

Finally, apply adhesive to the knotted area.

This was something that Aoki Matsu had never heard of anyone hanging themselves in his two lifetimes.

It's really outrageous, it's outrageous to open the door, it's outrageous to the extreme!

Maruta Ayumi looked at Aoki Matsu's speechless expression after hearing what Maori Kogoro said, and smiled secretly in his heart. He knew that Aoki Matsu was embarrassed to say Maori Kogoro was talking nonsense in person, so he interrupted and said, "But what was his motive for suicide?" After saying that, he turned to look at Okudaira Eiko and the other two and asked, "Were there any signs before?"

Okudaira Eiko frowned and replied, "I don't know..."

Segawa Kiraro said with a sad face: "It occurred to me that the master said not long ago that he had something to tell everyone and asked us to go to the study. Maybe he was worried about something at that time."

"But why did he hang himself before telling you?" asked Maruta Ayumi.

He also felt that maybe what Ohei Kakuzo was about to say harmed the interests of certain people, so he was killed in advance by that person.

For example, property issues, or divorcing someone.

That's right!

Maruta Ayumi thought that the first suspect in this case was Okudaira Eiko.

On the one hand, Okudaira Eiko was the victim's wife, and as a wife in this case, she was definitely one of the suspects. On the other hand, Maori Kogoro was well-known as an expert in catching adultery.

Compared to solving murders, Maori Kogoro is better at "catching adultery". Therefore, when Maruta Ayumi saw Maori Kogoro here, he had this thought in his mind - whether the victim Okuhei Kakuzo was looking for Maori Kogoro to investigate this matter.

But he didn't say what he was thinking, after all, it involved personal privacy.

Okudaira Eiko thought for a moment and said, "Could it be because he feels that it's useless to discuss it?"

Maori Kogoro also said: "It may not be polite to say this, but it seems to me that the master does not trust the people in this family very much."

After these words were spoken, the three people over there had different expressions.

"I'm afraid that the blood that flowed from the master's mouth was because he felt very unwilling and bit his lips. If his most precious vase would belong to you after his death, he would die with regret, so he simply let the vase break and then stood on it to commit suicide." Kogoro Mori said seriously.

Hearing Maori Kogoro's nonsense, Conan couldn't help but interrupt: "Is that so? That old man is indeed a very greedy person."

Maori Kogoro was stunned when he heard this. "What?"

"Because he stepped on the vase and kicked it over, making such a loud noise, that means he had hanged himself at that time, right? If he wasn't such a greedy person, he wouldn't have shouted out words like 'I won't give the vase to anyone' after that." Conan stated the key details directly. He believed that Aoki Matsu could understand what he meant, so he didn't let Maori Kogoro continue to waste his time talking nonsense.

After hearing this, those who understood were all shocked.

Mao Lilan was the one who didn't understand. "No, it's not that I won't give it to you, but I'm telling you not to open the door."

Conan immediately started to act like a child again, scratched the back of his head and laughed sheepishly, "Huh? Is that so?"

"It's really strange to say this. He was clearly hanged, but he was still able to scream..." Maruta Ayumi expressed everyone's thoughts.

Aihara Yoji also said: "It seems that when he broke the vase, he should not have hanged himself yet."

Maori Kogoro was determined not to change his reasoning, and continued to find ways to defend himself: "Then could it be that he committed suicide because he couldn't bear the shock of the broken vase?"

"No, by the time everyone heard the noise and rushed over, he probably wouldn't have had time to hang the rope." Qing Musong said firmly, "And you see, this book is stained with blood."

Maruta Ayumi looked at Aoki Matsu and said, "The Killer from the Underworld? Oh, I remember..." It was the latest masterpiece of Aoki Matsu's fiancée Shinna Kaori.

"It's located right near the old man's feet when he hanged himself." Aihara Yoji picked it up, thought for a moment, and pointed at the book and said, "Could this be... the last message before death?"

Maori Kogoro didn't believe it at all. "How is it possible? If so, then the murderer must be a monster from the underworld?"

Aihara Yoji quickly explained: "No, it's not. The reason why I say it is a message of death is because a lot of blood fell on the two words Huangquan, and there is also blood dripping from below it, which is similar to the word KO in Hiragana."

Maori Kogoro put his hands in his pockets and looked closer. "Yellow Spring Day... calendar? Does it have anything to do with the date?"

"No, I'm not sure if this is the meaning. It can also be seen as the hiragana E or RI..." said Yoji Aihara.

"If this is really a death message...your master, Mr. Kakuzo, was killed by someone in this house, one of you." Aoki Matsu looked at Okudaira Eiko and the other two with a serious face and said.

The expressions of the three people included fear, shock, uneasiness, and - calmness.

Qing Musong looked at the three people and continued, "I must now ask everyone in the family where you were and what you were doing before the body was found."

As the hostess of the house, Okudaira Eiko was the first to speak: "Yes, I am taking Mr. Maori and the others to the living room. Later... Oh, I was planning to take them to the swimming pool to check the situation, but it started to rain. So, I asked Kikuyo, who just came back from shopping, to take them to the swimming pool while I prepared to serve coffee to the master."

When talking about this, Okudaira Eiko's voice trembled, her hands were clenched nervously, and she looked very nervous and scared.

Hearing this, Aoki Matsu looked at Tabata Kikuyo and asked, "Where are you going to buy?"

Tabata Kikuyo still had that listless and world-weary face. "Because the master asked me to make coffee, I went to the nearby supermarket to buy creamer for the coffee. Ah... I still have the receipt for my purchase at that time, please take a look." As she said that, she took out the receipt from her pocket and placed it in front of Aoki Matsu.

Qing Musong took it and looked at it and said, "That's right. Then what? When you brought the coffee over, what was Mr. Ou Ping like?"

"I was planning to bring it over, but the tray that was originally placed in the kitchen for serving coffee disappeared," said Kikuyo Tabata.

Qing Musong raised an eyebrow when he heard this. "The coffee tray that was placed in the kitchen disappeared, but appeared here?!"

Tabata Kikuyo nodded. "I remember I put the coffee on the coffee tray and was in a hurry to go out and buy something."

Maori Kogoro immediately guessed, "So, when Ms. Tabata went out to buy something and Mrs. Okudaira was with me in the living room, someone took advantage of the opportunity to add sleeping pills to the coffee in the kitchen and then sent it to Mr. Okudaira?"

After hearing what Maori Kogoro said, many people subconsciously looked at Segawa Kiro. He was stunned for a moment, then quickly waved his hand and explained: "No, it wasn't given by me. I was servicing Master Tango's car at the time. After the servicing, when I walked into the living room where the wife and guests were, I heard the sound of the vase breaking."

"When we actually heard the sound, we were all in the living room together." Maori Kogoro said to Aoki Matsu.

Qing Musong sighed in his heart after hearing this: "After talking so much, I finally mentioned another key person. 】

Then he immediately asked, "Really? Excuse me, who is Master Duanwu?"

"Master Tengo is the son of our master who was murdered in the swimming pool at home a year ago." Tabata Kikuyo replied.

Maori Kogoro also said: "It is to solve the mystery of that murder that I came here."

"I see." Aoki Matsu replied.

Conan interrupted at this time and said, "But that uncle seems to be looking forward to Uncle Kogoro's reasoning." Conan lay on the desk, pointed to a notebook and said, "Look at this notebook, there is a reasoning show of the sleeping Kogoro to be performed at 4 o'clock this afternoon."

In front of Aoki Matsu, Conan didn't dare to take things from the crime scene casually because he would be scolded by Aoki Matsu.

Upon hearing this, Kogoro Mouri took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and the next second he "teleported" over and hit Conan on the head.

Conan subconsciously covered his head and shouted: "It hurts! It hurts... it hurts..."

Maori Kogoro said unhappily, "I really can't stand this brat, he does whatever he wants."

Upon hearing this, Aoki Matsu walked over and took a look. It said: Interview with Detective Mori at 1 p.m., and mystery show of the sleeping Kogoro at 4 p.m.

"In other words, Mr. Okudaira originally hoped to use this opportunity to solve the murder case from a year ago this evening, so he prepared to gather all family members here." Aoki Matsu said solemnly.

"From this point of view, it seems that Mr. Okudaira did not commit suicide, but he died." Aihara Yoji said: "It is less and less like the arrangement of someone who wants to commit suicide."

Maori Kogoro had to admit that it was not suicide but homicide. "That's true, well..."

At this time, Qing Musong looked at the books scattered on the ground and asked, "Excuse me, what's the matter with these piles of books? Are you doing a general cleaning? Or were they originally neat and tidy, and were messed up by the murderer?"

Okudaira Eiko said, "It's the large-format book that the master ordered. It just happened to be delivered today. In order to put the large-format book in, the partitions of the bookshelf need to be moved. The master moved all the books away first."

"I see. Then...what is that large-format book?" Aoki Matsu continued to ask.

After saying this, Tabata Kikuyo looked at Okudaira Eiko, and Segawa Kirō also turned his head away.

Okudaira Eiko also looked away and covered her mouth with her fist, stammering, "Well... that's the book over there." She pointed to a large book beside her.

Compared to the small book next to it, this book is indeed large in size.

One book is equal to four books next to it.

Aoki Matsu said subconsciously, "It is indeed a large-format book."

"But why are the newly arrived books placed on the floor next to the door?" Maruta Ayumi discovered the flaw.

"Could it be that the murderer placed it there for some purpose? For example, in order to use a certain method?" Aihara Yoji immediately responded.

"It is indeed possible." Aoki Matsu nodded and said, "By the way, Detective Mori and his team are here to solve the case of the death of Okudaira Tengo. Why are you here, classmate?" Aoki Matsu said the latter sentence to Hondou Eisuke.

Since it is a homicide case, it is natural to inquire about the whereabouts of everyone at the scene, and Hondou Eisuke is no exception.

Hondou Eisuke quickly explained, "Yes, because my mother worked as a maid here before she died. They told me that they found my mother's belongings, so I came here to get them."

"Your mother has passed away..." Maruta Ayumi muttered subconsciously.

"Yes, it's about ten years ago, the photo from that time... By the way? I just fell in the swimming pool and changed into this clothes." Hondou Eisuke touched his head embarrassedly and laughed when he said this.

Tabata Kikuyo interrupted at this time: "I just put that dress in the washing machine, but I didn't see any photos in the pocket."

Hondou Eisuke screamed when he heard this, "Ah?! Those are the few photos of my mother left!"

"It's not in my clothes. It must have fallen into the swimming pool when I fell." said Mao Lilan.

So Mouri Ran, Hondou Eisuke and Conan went to the swimming pool holding umbrellas to look for photos.

Inside the house, criminal questioning and investigation continued.

Qing Musong held the book "The Killer from the Underworld" and said, "This should be the death message left by the owner of this mansion."

"But I have no idea what it means." Aihara Yoji said in a low voice.

Maori Kogoro didn't think so: "It should be just a coincidence, right? It's possible that the deceased bit his lip out of resentment before he died, and the blood just happened to drip on it."

This does happen, but not in this case.

Okudaira Eiko said nervously, "Well, if that book contains information about my husband's death, does that mean one of us is the murderer?"

"It's just that there is a certain probability, it can't be said to be absolute, because it may also be other relatives or friends of Mr. Okuda, or people who have grudges with him." Aoki Matsu replied.