Chapter 233

Funina could see that there was a tacit understanding between the few people that was hard for others to imagine. This was not something that could be formed between ordinary friends.

and……

When answering some of Kudo Shinichi's questions, these three people occasionally had eye contact, but Kudo Shinichi did not notice it.

Funina saw it clearly.

"Nanako, what's wrong with you?"

Suddenly, when Kudo Shinichi was asking questions, Yama Rinako covered her stomach, her face suddenly turned pale, sweat broke out on her forehead and slid down her cheeks in just a few minutes.

Takada Ze was the first to notice Yama Rinako's situation and held her in his arms with concern.

Kudo Shinichi could only stop temporarily to look for clues.

"I'm fine, it's just my old illness that's come back. My stomach is a little uncomfortable." As she said this, Yama Rinako suppressed the discomfort, took out a small medicine bottle from her shirt pocket, and poured out a pill from it.

Just as Kenneth handed the water to Yama Rinako, under the gaze of the two, Yama Rinako poured out another one.

Kudo Shinichi was quite far away and couldn't see clearly what medicine the other person was taking.

'This is……'

Shinichi Kudo discovered that there was an empty lunch box in the trash can in the living room, but there was some waste paper on it, so it was easily overlooked.

Kudo Shinichi squatted down, picked up a piece of paper and took the lunch box out of the trash can.

Then he thought of the strange marks on the window where Nagato Riichirō fell.

"I understand." Kudo Shinichi spoke loudly, attracting the attention of several people who were still concerned about Yama Rinako's situation.

"I know who killed Nagato Riichiro." Kudo Shinichi said confidently, with his usual confident look on his face.

"But, wasn't it said that what happened to Mr. Nagato Riichiro was an accident?" The receptionist was confused by this series of events and now she could hardly think of anything.

"I have discovered the crime hidden beneath the accident. Miss, could you please go downstairs and invite those police officers up?"

Kudo Shinichi didn't say it directly, but kept it in suspense.

Everyone else looked as if it was nothing new. Although the guest Kenneth didn't know what was going on like herself, it didn't affect the front desk lady's judgment at all.

After seeing that no one offered any other suggestions, he ran downstairs directly.

She must bring the person up as quickly as possible.

"Hey, Shinichi, what did you find?" Mao Lilan asked. What did Shinichi find? And... to be honest, if she didn't believe that Kudo Shinichi would never say anything without basis, she might also hesitate. The death of Nagato Riichiro might really be just an accident.

"What do you mean we have discovered who the murderer of Ichiro is? Are you saying that one of me, Yamali, or Takata killed him? Let's not talk about how we did it. At that time, the three of us had alibis. What makes you say it was us?" Takata Ze's tone was not good. Although he was very sad about the accidental death of his friend, it did not mean that he would be willing to be suspected of being the murderer.

"I respect you as the famous high school detective Kudo Shinichi, but that's no reason for you to slander me." Takada Ze looked really angry.

"Really?" Kudo Shinichi showed an unfathomable smile on his face.

"We'll know the outcome when the police come. I hope you can still say something like this by then."

 …

"Why are you here again?" Levi was still confused when he was called up by the front desk, but the other party said that they had found the companion who came here to book a hotel with the deceased, and the other party's fall from the building was not a simple accident, and it seemed to be done by his companion.

And now, the person who did such a bad thing has been found out, and the people involved are all upstairs, so Officer Levi, please go up there as a witness.

Li Yu also followed up shamelessly.

It was already late, and if he went back later he might disturb his roommate who didn't like staying up late, but he found what the front desk lady said really interesting.

"You said it out loud like that? Won't your boss be mad at you for this?" Places like hotels are the most taboo places for deaths or accidents. Li Yu looked at the person in front of him strangely.

"Ah? What? Is that so?" The visitor looked confused, like a fool.

"Our boss isn't here," she said.

"What about the other people in charge?" Li Yu asked again.

"No, I'm the only one here." The other party answered again, which made Li Yu look at the other party with brighter and brighter eyes.

"That's enough." Levi interrupted Li Yu's thoughts of continuing to ask, "Take us up and take a look."

This was the first time Levi had encountered such a development. To be honest, he had a very bad feeling at the first moment.

While Levi was still thinking, they came upstairs, and Levi saw the little kid with glasses who was standing in the middle and was the most conspicuous.

"Why are you here again?" Levi asked.

"Of course, officer. I have found out who killed Mr. Nagato Riichiro." Kudo Shinichi spoke.

But this made Levi's frown deepen.

"What are you talking about? And you guys..." Levi pointed at the people standing next to him, "What's going on with you? Tell me."

The three of them looked at each other, especially Yama Rinako and Takada Ze, who didn't know why they had the role.

Before Kenneth could say anything, "We have nothing to say, and the detective hasn't told us what he found."

Levi frowned and looked at the few people, feeling that what was happening was even more strange.

What do you mean the detective said nothing?

They themselves are the parties involved in this case, no matter whether the death in the end was suicide or an accident. As the parties involved, why don't they say a few words to defend themselves?

What's the point of relying on detectives?

Do you still expect the other party to help solve the case?

Even so, to put it bluntly, those who are involved in these things, don't they want to clear themselves of suspicion? Do they have to wait for some detective to find them?

Officer Levi felt that the people in front of him seemed to have something wrong with their brains.

None of those who live in Holmes' hometown are as crazy as the people in front of them.

Art is art, hobbies are hobbies, but life is life. People here don't treat fictional professions as beliefs.

"Are you really not going to say anything?" Levi asked again. He rarely gave people a second chance.

"No." Takata Ze answered affirmatively again.

Kenneth, who received the signal from Levi, originally wanted to say something on behalf of his friend, but he saw that the other party had identified the young man in front of him who claimed to be a detective.

He is not in a position to make decisions for others.

I had to pretend I didn't see anything.

The scene was in a stalemate.

Kudo Shinichi was waiting for the other party to ask him about the details of the case.

Levi was waiting for someone to speak up and break the current deadlock.

But unfortunately, no one involved in the matter was willing to speak.

"Where is your boss here?" Levi took a few deep breaths, suppressed his inner dissatisfaction, turned around and asked the front desk.

"Ah? This..." The front desk lady looked confused, as if she couldn't figure out why she was asked this question for a moment, but under Levi's sharp eyes, she quickly regained her clarity, "I called when I was downstairs, but no one answered, and my supervisor didn't answer either."

"I understand." Levi gritted his teeth, "Then please trouble this... this detective to tell me what happened!"

Kudo Shinichi looked at Levi with his head held high, like a victorious rooster.

You see, we still need their detectives to solve the cases. The police here are no different from those in Japan.

Mao Lilan felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere, but things here looked no different than usual. In the end, she could only attribute it all to the different environment, which caused the difference now.

"The murderer must be you - Ms. Yama Rinako." Kudo Shinichi raised his hand and pointed to Yama Rinako, who was holding her stomach and looking uncomfortable.

"what?"

"What are you talking about? How could Nanako be the murderer? I think you are looking for a fight." As he said that, Takada Ze raised his fist and wanted to hit Kudo Shinichi.

But he was stopped by Kenneth on the side.

"Do you have any basis for saying this? Can you slander other people casually?" Kenneth asked.

"First, I found that the screws on the railing in front of the French window where Mr. Nagato fell were loose, but the screws here all looked very new. Excluding the accidental factors caused by the long time, I speculated that this might be done intentionally."

"Of course, this doesn't prove that someone did it specifically, so I investigated other places. On the desk in the room, I found some sticky stuff on it, and Mr. Nagato didn't carry anything related to it."

"Afterwards, I found the empty lunch box covered by waste paper in the trash can, with unfinished ketchup inside."

"I remember Ms. Yamali said that Mr. Nagato doesn't like people touching his things, especially the manuscripts he wrote when he was creating. Even if they are waste paper, they can only be discarded with his permission."

"Moreover, Ms. Yamali also said that the deceased had a stomach problem and couldn't eat the finished bento, so you went downstairs to buy him a midnight snack. But I guess the stain on the deceased's table was ketchup. I don't think that Mr. Nagato, who you call so strict, would allow you to eat a bento in front of his unfinished work. The difference between him and the person you call him is too great."

"And, speaking of which, Miss Yamali has been holding her stomach since just now, but you just said that you have an old problem and just feel a little uncomfortable in your chest, but why do you keep holding your stomach?"

Hearing this, everyone's eyes shifted to each other's arms. Yama Rinako's hands, which were covering her stomach, began to loosen, and she wanted to move to another place, but the pain in her body overcame the thoughts in her heart.

"Even if my stomach is not feeling well, what does that have to do with this case? I just don't want to say this and arouse other people's suspicion."

Yama Rinako lowered her eyebrows, and everyone who saw her like this thought that Kudo Shinichi was deliberately making things difficult for her, especially since her husband was now lying in a puddle down there.

"Of course, what you said may make sense and convince other people, but it can't convince me." Kudo Shinichi said with a mocking smile, "I guess your husband doesn't have any so-called stomach problems. You are the one who is sick, right?"

"I have seen the discarded garbage, and after looking through the deceased's manuscript, I found that the handwriting on it is completely different from the other party's. I guess it was written by Miss Yamali."

"Then what does this have to do with it?" Li Yu asked curiously.

"I carefully compared the above content and found that it is very similar to the book that Mr. Nagato is currently writing. Some parts are even more detailed than Mr. Nagato's outline."

"Huh? What does this mean?"

"I think the book that Mr. Nagato is writing now is not written by him himself! It is the work of Ms. Yamali."

Kudo Shinichi said confidently, "You were dissatisfied with your husband because his work was taken over by him, so you killed him."

Everyone's attention was once again focused on Yama Rinako.

"Why me? Can you convict me based on these?"

"Of course not." Kudo Shinichi shook his head, "But it's easy to prove that you are the murderer."

"Whether it's the drugs in your pocket or a physical examination of your body, they will reveal the loopholes in your words. Of course, if an autopsy is performed on Mr. Nagato, it will also be found."

“Is that so…” Yama Rinako smiled, and as she smiled tears began to flow. Then her body went limp, and even Takada was unable to hold her back. Under the gaze of others, Yama Rinako fell to her knees.

"Of course, if Ms. Yamali is the murderer, then Mr. Takada and Mr. Kenneth are both accomplices."

Kudo Shinichi did not stop and pointed the finger at the other two.

"Mr. Nagato was pushed down from the building by Ms. Yamali, but afterwards, the broken glass and twisted guardrails were indeed done by Mr. Takada. There are glass fragments on your cuffs."

Takada's pupils dilated and he subconsciously checked his clothes. Sure enough, he found a small piece of glass in a place he hadn't noticed.

"Afterwards, Mr. Takada asked Ms. Yamali to go out to buy something, while he threw the deceased's lunch box into the trash can in the house without having time to deal with it."

PS: Please urge me to update more. Why does it feel like not many people are reading it all of a sudden?

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