My neighbor's name is Conan

Chapter 864: Without any preconceived ideas, Koshimizu Nanatsuki thought of something.

Chapter 864: Without any preconceived ideas, Nanatsuki Koshimizu thought of a possibility

"Mr. Katayose, who knows that he won't live long, is of course very aware that he needs to have a good talk with them. However, he doesn't know who will be called over first." Kogoro Mouri complained on the side.

Aoki Matsu nodded and said that this was indeed a possibility.

but……

Involving family property.

The housekeeper might not be beyond suspicion.

First of all, it’s because of the classic three-choice option.

After all, the eight-year-old boy Zhong Beifeng in the science world cannot be the murderer. There happen to be three other people in the room, so it is definitely a classic choice between three.

Secondly, if either Katayose Ogito or Katayose Fue is confirmed by the police to be the murderer, their inheritance rights will be deprived and they will not be able to inherit Katayose Osaburo's estate.

In this way, Zhong Beifeng will inherit more. As she is a child, the inheritance that belongs to her will usually be temporarily kept by her guardian and she will inherit it when she comes of age.

But Zhong Beifeng's parents are both dead, and he has no other relatives!

In this situation, ordinary children would go to an orphanage and their property would be temporarily supervised by the government. However, for children from wealthy families like Zhong Beifeng, part of their property would be temporarily supervised by the housekeeper.

"Inspector, the forensic department has a result." Maruta Ayumi came over and said to Aoki Matsu, "The milk in the can was tested to have a cyanide reaction."

Maori Kogoro immediately said, "This matter is actually very simple. Of course, the son and daughter knew that Mr. Katayose liked to drink milk tea, so they took the opportunity to mix the prepared poison into the milk in the can. The question is who did it."

Conan said at this time: "But uncle, how did the murderer escape?"

"Hmm." Maori Kogoro was stunned and looked at Conan and asked, "What does this mean?"

Mao Lilan said: "Twenty minutes before the murder, I was in the corridor outside and didn't see anyone coming out of there."

Conan followed up by saying, "Xiao Feng and I were in the yard, watching this side the whole time, but we didn't see anyone coming out!"

"That is to say, the murderer should have nowhere to escape here." Maruta Ayumi concluded: "This is the so-called closed room murder."

Maori Kogoro reasoned, "He must have hidden in Mr. Katayose's secret room, behind the door of the mountain hut painted on the wall. Then, after Conan rushed out of the house, he sneaked out and ran away."

Conan immediately retorted: "But Xiao Feng was still in the tea room at that time!"

Maori Kogoro said to Conan unhappily: "Because her grandfather passed away suddenly, she was at a loss, so she didn't notice it."

But Conan insisted on his opinion, "But, when that door opens, there should be a loud noise, right? If there is such a loud noise, even we in the corridor will definitely hear it."

"Well, well!" Kogoro Mouri was speechless after being asked by Conan.

Seeing this, Nanatsuki Koshimizu asked Aoki Matsu curiously, "Who is this kid? He's so smart."

"His name is Edogawa Conan. Because he is very talented in reasoning and his parents are very busy, he was sent to live with the Mori family. Don't underestimate him, he is better than the average criminal and famous detective." Aoki Matsu said.

Nanatsuki Koshimizu raised an eyebrow when she heard this, "Then I'll wait and see."

Aoki Matsu knew that if he just relied on his words, Nanatsuki Koshimizu would definitely not believe it, but reality could prove everything.

The most important thing is this case.

There is a question in this case, which is - where did the murderer disappear to?

Because the tea and milk in front of the deceased Katayose Ozaburo were the ones he had brought when he entertained the Maori trio before, and he didn't brew a new cup.

When he greeted the Maori trio, he added milk to their teacups and took a sip in front of them.

Judging from this situation, there was no cyanide in the milk tea that Katayose Ohsaburo drank at that time. Otherwise, he would have died of poisoning in front of the Mori trio.

It was after the Maori trio left that Milk Tea was poisoned.

But that's the problem.

Neither Ran Mouri nor Conan saw the murderer. Where did the murderer disappear to?

Or is there really some mechanism?

While thinking about it, Qing Musong ordered people to search the entire room and knock on the walls to see if there were any mechanisms.

At this time, Aoki Matsu suddenly heard Conan's voice.

When I looked up, I saw Conan saying to Suzaka Mamoru, "Auntie, what's wrong with you?"

Suzaka Mamoru was startled by Conan's sudden question, she looked up at Conan and said in a panic: "Nothing, I was wondering if Xiaofeng was about to wake up."

Mao Lilan heard this and said worriedly: "She just cried herself to death and fell asleep."

"Because there is no place in this house that can make people feel safe." Suzaka Mamoru said with difficulty.

Upon hearing this, Aoki Matsu said: "You can go and see the situation, but you need to be accompanied by the police outside. Xiaolan, you should also go with Ms. Suzaka."

As he said that, he arranged for a police officer to follow the two of them to Zhong Beifeng's room.

Upon hearing this, Suzaka Mamoru paused and took out a key from her coat pocket. There was a red maple leaf decoration on the keychain.

"Well, actually, there is one more thing, and I don't know whether I should say it or not." Suzaka Mamoru said hesitantly.

Upon hearing this, Qing Musong immediately said, "Please speak."

Suzaka Maiko held the key and said, "This was given to me privately by the master. The master said that unless I have no other choice, I should keep it well."

"Sure enough, there is secret property." Katayose Ogito on the side said to Susaka Mamoru with some anger but excitement.

Katayose Nobu looked at Suzaka Mamoru and complained, "Why did you give the keys to the police instead of giving them to me?"

Aoki Matsu coughed twice to make his presence felt.

Katayose Ogito and Katayose Fue finally reacted and looked at Aoki Matsu.

Katayose Ogito said, "This is considered the privacy of our Katayose family, isn't it?"

"Mr. Ogito, Ms. Nofue, I want to remind you that you actually have no blood relationship with the Katayose family, so whether you can inherit the Katayose family's property depends on whether Mr. Katayose left a will. If you don't have the right of inheritance, then you have no right to know about this.

And this matter may be related to Mr. Katayose's death. We must find out whether this matter is related to the murder case. If Mr. Katayose's death is related to you, whether he left a will or not, you have lost the right of inheritance. After this, we will also respect the wishes of the deceased. "

The faces of both Katayose Ogito and Katayose Nofue suddenly turned ugly.

Because Aoki Matsu hit upon what the two were most worried about.

Katayose Ogito managed to say, "Now that my father is dead, this whole house belongs to me."

Hearing what the other party said, Katayose Nofue was not happy and said, "Don't forget, I'm here too!"

"Stop talking nonsense." Katayose Ogito yelled angrily at Katayose Nofue, and then said impatiently to Suzaka Mamoru: "Open it quickly!"

Suzaka Maiko was taken aback by Katayose Ogito's attitude, and then she responded, "Yes."

Then he took the key and walked to a cabinet disguised as a wooden stake and inserted the key into the keyhole.

I opened the drawer and saw an envelope inside.

Katayose Nofue saw this and quickly reached out to take it. "It must be a check."

"Dad isn't planning on leaving it to this woman, is he?" Katayose Ogito couldn't help but guess as he reached out to take it.

After all, Suzaka Mamoru has been with Katayose Ozaburo for longer than their mothers, so it is possible that they have developed feelings for each other.

Upon hearing this, Suzaka Mamoru quickly retorted, “No, it’s not.”

Qing Musong had been prepared for this move by the two men and took the envelope in his own hands first.

"Don't worry, I'll open it for you to see." Qing Musong said.

Then he opened the envelope and found only a piece of paper inside.

Aoki Matsu took it out and unfolded it.

It says: Ah, fold your umbrella and look at the setting sun in the east. Look at the two bamboo poles holding up the maple leaves, and go find a longer bamboo pole, where my maple leaf dream is sleeping.

"What is this?" Kogoro Mouri said in confusion.

"Secret code?!" Katayose Fue said subconsciously.

Katayose Ogito guessed, "Could this be the location of the secret property?"

Qing Musong read the letter and also felt that it was a secret code, but the location of the secret property and whether the "secret property" was valuable was a different question.

After all, there was a case before, a case that left a shadow on our childhood - the case of the Blue Castle.

The last treasure left is the first ray of sunshine in the morning.

It is also very strange that Katayose Ozaburo did not announce this matter directly but gave it to Suzaka Mamoru for safekeeping.

After thinking about it for a while, Aoki Matsu put the matter behind him. It was more important to investigate the case.

Because of the current special situation of the Katayose family, Aoki Matsu asked a police officer and Mao Lilan to take care of Nakakitaka. It is impossible for someone to kill little Nakakitaka under Aoki Matsu's nose.

The kind-hearted Mao Lilan naturally did not refuse this.

"Ms. Suzaka, I would like to ask you, since Mr. Katayose gave you this thing and said those words to you, does he understand his own physical condition?" Aoki Matsu asked

Suzaka Mamoru nodded, "The master said that he is mentally prepared, but sometimes he would say that he would not be able to rest in peace if he died like this."

"Why?" asked Aoki Matsu.

"He feels that if he is not around, Miss Xiaofeng's situation may become more difficult and more dangerous." Suzaka Mamoru answered with her head down.

Katayose Ogito and Katayose Nofue looked even uglier after hearing this, and then they snorted and left the teahouse. Aoki Matsu quickly had someone follow the two of them.

Aoki Matsu thought for a moment and then looked at Suzaka Mamoru and asked, "Excuse me, Mr. Katayose, do you never add sugar to your tea?"

"Master never adds sugar." replied Suzaka Mamoru.

So what's going on?

Aoki Matsu was still confused, but Koshimizu Nanatsuki, who was checking the teapot and teacups on the table, brightened her eyes when she heard this. Without any preconceived ideas, she suddenly thought of a possibility.

"Officer, there are no other questions. I want to go see Miss Xiaofeng." said Suzaka Mamoru.

"Not for now, you go ahead." Aoki Matsu said, then gave a look to a police officer.

The man hurriedly followed Suzaka Mamoru, and seeing this, Mouri Ran and Conan also followed.

The police officers who remained in the teahouse continued to investigate.

After a while, Aihara Yoji came over anxiously and said, "Inspector, something bad has happened. Mr. Ogito and Ms. Nofue are missing!"

"What!? What on earth is the person in charge of monitoring these two people doing? He couldn't even track them down." Aoki Matsu frowned.

Aihara Yoji quickly defended his colleague, "Inspector, this mansion really looks like a maze, so..."

Qing Musong frowned and immediately said, "Then go find it."

Maori Kogoro heard this and said, "They must be guilty and have fled to the mountains."

"That won't happen. There's no way to escape in the mountains." Aihara Yoji said, "The boundary line here is surrounded by fences, and it seems to have an electric device. It was originally designed to prevent wild boars and other large wild animals from breaking into the mansion."

Upon hearing this, Aoki Matsu said, "That kind of equipment is also quite dangerous to humans."

"No, the normal electric current seems to be very weak. However, if it touches the fence, the alarm in the small house at the end of the fence will sound, and it seems that the adjustment work of the alarm device and the voltage device can be done inside." said Yoji Aihara.

Qing Musong thought for a moment and said, "Send someone to guard there. It would be bad if someone cuts off the power directly or increases the voltage of the power supply."

When the voltage reaches a certain level, it can really kill people with electricity.

"Yes!" replied Aihara Yoji.

Aoki Matsu had just received a call from the police officers. They were already in place and guarding the cabin.

Suddenly, a scream was heard, "Ah! Help!"

This sounds like the sound of Katayose Nozomi's flute.

Qing Musong quickly led his men to the direction where the sound came from, and instructed the people who stayed in the house to take good care of little Zhong Beifeng.

It is not a good thing that the manor is too big. When Qing Musong and others were halfway through their run, they heard an even more tragic howl.

When Aoki Matsu and others ran over, they saw Katayose Fue lying on the ground with an arrow stuck in his back and arrows scattered around him.

Qing Musong hurried forward to check and held the other person's neck.

But soon Aoki Matsu shook his head and said, "She has no pulse. The murder weapon must be the arrow in her back."

Nanatsuki Koshimizu frowned and said, "It's a bit strange. There is an arrow under her right hand."

At this time, Kogoro Mori and Mamoru Susaka rushed over after hearing the noise.

"What happened?" asked Kogoro Mori.

Aoki Matsu replied, "Miss Nodi was shot to death with an arrow."

"What!" Kogoro Mouri was very surprised when he heard this.

These days, murderers who kill people with arrows are really rare, not even one in a thousand.

Upon hearing this, Suzaka Mamoru subconsciously covered her mouth and said, "It is indeed true!"

Aoki Matsu, Koshimizu Nanatsuki and Conan, who was running over with Mouri Kogoro, all subconsciously looked at Susaka Mamoru.