My neighbor's name is Conan

Chapter 882 Falling to Death

Maori Kogoro heard this and said, "Could it be that they have been exchanged with tiles without inscriptions from other places?"

Toyama Kazuha explained: "The other tiles did have a lot of scratch marks, and I thought so at first. But the color of those tiles from the top of the wall to the bottom became lighter and lighter. If you really use the tile adhesive on the bottom tile to replace the top tile, the color difference will be immediately noticeable."

Conan thought for a moment and looked at Hattori Heiji and asked, "So, Heiji-brother, have you also gone to see those tiles?"

Hattori Heiji nodded and said with some dissatisfaction: "Yes, but because the house was to be rebuilt, the people who were working there kept a close watch on it from that day on, and they didn't let me in to see it at all."

"Rebuild?" Qing Musong frowned when he heard it.

Koshimizu Nanatsuki also said thoughtfully: "Rebuilding so soon?"

It's only been a month since this man died.

Neon is also part of the Confucian cultural circle. Although there is no such thing as three years of mourning in modern society, rebuilding after only one month is really a bit...

It was as if he couldn't wait to destroy the evidence.

Hearing this, Hattori Heiji said, "I understand what you mean, but I asked the construction workers, and they said that the house was scheduled to be rebuilt several months ago, and Mr. Wakamatsu had been working on it himself for a while, but the construction was stopped for many days because of Mr. Wakamatsu's death."

Conan suddenly thought of a detail at this time, and quickly looked at Yuanshan and Ye and asked: "Then do you know how long the power outage lasted?"

Yuanshan Heye replied: "I think it should be less than five minutes."

Maori Kogoro said disdainfully: "It seems that they should have prepared in advance, prepared tiles with engraved words and tiles of the same color, and then exchanged them in the dark. Those tiles with words were taken away by that guy. This reasoning is very reasonable, but why did they design such a boring method?"

Hearing this, Hattori Heiji looked at Maori Kogoro and said, "People usually think so, but what comes next is the key."

"Ah!" Kogoro Mouri was stunned when he heard this.

"Mr. Wakamatsu was stabbed in Karuizawa. It was also in a bathroom with the same tiles. However, when his body was first discovered, there should have been a death message left by Mr. Wakamatsu in his own blood, but after the police arrived, it inexplicably disappeared." Hattori Heiji said solemnly.

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

Mao Lilan couldn't help but say: "His pre-death information disappeared!!!"

Hattori Heiji nodded, and then continued: "Because there is blood on Mr. Wakamatsu's finger, it is obvious that he must have written something. Don't you think it's strange?"

Maori Kogoro continued unreliably: "It should be that the murderer sneaked back to the scene, found it, and deliberately wiped it off."

Hattori Heiji retorted, "If that were the case, there should have been a blood reaction on the tiles near Mr. Wakamatsu's fingers."

"That's right. Even if you wipe it with hydrogen peroxide, it will still react with the luminol reagent." Aoki Matsu agreed.

Maruta Ayumi heard this and said, "Could it be that he also exchanged the tile with the one that Miss Toyama saw?"

Hattori Heiji said, "At that time, Mr. Wakamatsu was re-tiling the house himself, and the adhesive on the tiles in the bathroom didn't seem to have dried yet. Of course, it is possible that they have been swapped, but it is the same as what Kazuha saw there, the color of the upper tiles gradually becomes lighter towards the lower tiles. If they have been swapped, it would be immediately exposed."

Hattori Heiji looked at Conan and said, "Maybe you thought the same as the one who made the words disappear when you saw Kazuha, Conan."

Conan nodded and said, "Yeah, yeah."

Hattori Heiji continued, "So next I want to visit Mr. Wakamatsu's family in Tokyo and ask about the details of the case. I've also asked my mother to say hello first, so you guys might want to come along as well."

Upon hearing this, Shiliang Zhenchun quickly pointed at himself and asked, "Then can Wangji and I go together?"

Seeing this, Hattori Heiji directly refused and said, "I'm sorry, it's already been agreed that only five people will go."

Upon hearing this, Sera Masumi looked at Hattori Heiji with an expression that said, "I think you did it on purpose." "Hey!"

"Oh, right!" Aoki Matsu looked at Sera Masumi with some confusion, and then said, "Xiaolan, why is Miss Sera with you guys again?"

Mao Lilan heard this and said, "Brother Aoki, Sera transferred to our class yesterday. After she heard that my father is a famous detective, she came to visit today. It just so happened that Hattori-kun and Kazuha came."

And then we have the current situation.

"Is that so?" Aoki Matsu nodded, then looked at Hattori Heiji and said, "Since this is a case in Karuizawa, we won't go with you. Let's go."

The last sentence was said by Aoki Matsu to Maruta Ayumi and Koshimizu Nanatsuki.

"Yes!" The two of them answered directly without any doubt.

In fact, Aoki Matsu knew that if Hattori Heiji went to the Wakamatsu family, a murder would definitely occur, but he could not remember what the case was, and because of his identity it was inconvenient for him to go there.

Hattori Heiji and Mori Kogoro are detectives, and in the past, investigating cases was also a personal matter.

Aoki Matsu is different. He is a inspector in the Criminal Division of the Metropolitan Police Department. If he goes along to investigate, it will become a contest between the Metropolitan Police Department and the Nagano Prefectural Police Headquarters.

and……

The criminals in Nagano Prefecture, if Aoki Matsu remembers correctly, should be Yamato Gansuke, Morobushi Takaaki and Uehara Yui.

These three were smart criminals. They didn't find any clues or mechanisms in the Karuizawa murder case, and didn't catch the murderer. It seemed that they would not be able to catch the murderer using ordinary tricks.

In this situation, it would be better to let the two Death Gods, Hattori Heiji and Conan, play freely.

After Aoki Matsu and the other two left, the Mori trio went to the Wakamatsu house with Hattori Heiji, Toyama and Kazuha.

They were greeted by the deceased Wakamatsu Kohei's wife, Wakamatsu Serika.

Wakamatsu Serika looked at Hattori Heiji and said with a smile: "Oh, you are Ms. Shizuka's son Heiji, right? This is the first time we meet."

Hattori Heiji nodded: "Yes!"

Wakamatsu Serika looked at Hattori Heiji and said, "My husband always mentions you whenever he has the chance, saying that although you are young, you are very smart. I heard that you often have exciting duels with the famous high school detective Kudo Shinichi."

Hattori Heiji and Conan looked at each other unhappily after hearing this.

At this time, Maori Kogoro was unwilling to be outdone. He coughed twice, straightened his clothes and said, "But to me, the famous detective Maori Kogoro, it's just a showdown between two little brats with small noses and small eyes. Ahahaha!"

Just as Maori Kogoro proudly introduced himself, he was interrupted by a sudden arrogant voice, "Hey, is the meal not ready yet?"

Wakamatsu Qinxiang looked behind him when she heard this, and after recognizing the person, she said, "Ikuro."

Wakamatsu Ikuro shouted at Wakamatsu Serika fiercely: "I'm almost starving. How long do you want me to wait for dinner?"

Wakamatsu Qinxiang said apologetically, "Ikuro! I'm really sorry. The housekeeper just went out to buy soy sauce. Please wait a moment."

"Then when he comes back, please tell her that I must have more food today than others." After saying this, Wakamatsu Ikuro left angrily.

Mao Lilan asked in confusion: "Is that your son?"

Wakamatsu Qinxiang responded after hearing this: "Well, that's what I said, but he is not related to me by blood. He is my husband's son because we are remarried."

Yuanshan Heye was a little surprised when he heard this, "Hey!"

At this moment, the door suddenly opened, and a gray-haired old man looked at everyone in surprise and said, "We have guests at home today."

Wakamatsu Serika quickly explained: "It's the detective I told you about a few days ago, and the guest he brought with him."

The old man was still a little surprised and said, "So, that's how it is, but I didn't expect so many people to come."

Seeing this, Wakamatsu Serika asked, "Is there a problem?"

The old man picked up the gift box in his hand and said, "Nothing, because I am just like usual. I bought the annual cake that the president likes to eat. But it seems that it is not enough."

At this time, a blond young man walked out from behind the old man and said indifferently: "It shouldn't matter. Anyway, the president is dead now and is no longer in this family. I have already eaten, so I don't need to eat again."

The old man sternly shouted, "Hey, Fujinami!"

Maori Kogoro asked curiously: "Um, who are these two gentlemen?

"This is our company's general manager, Mr. Masashige Shiitami, and chief designer, Mr. Jun'ei Fujinami." Wakamatsu Serika suddenly called out to the back room, "By the way, Satake, are you there?"

The door next to him opened, and a young woman wearing glasses answered, "Yes."

Wakamatsu Serika instructed, "Ikuro said he was hungry and a little anxious. Let him eat some Baumkuchen. I think he will calm down. Then make a cup of black tea to entertain the guests."

Satake Yoshimi pushed his glasses up after hearing this, and then asked, "Okay, for the brand of black tea, let's use Wales, the UK, which the president particularly likes. Is that okay?"

Wakamatsu Serika agreed, "Okay."

"Then I'll make some tea right away." Satake Yoshimi said and left.

Maori Kogoro saw this and asked curiously: "Who is that lady?"

Wakamatsu Serika replied, "She was my husband's secretary, Ms. Satake Yoshimi, and now she's my secretary. By the way, on the day my husband passed away, everyone who was in the villa that day, except for the housekeeper, is here. Could you please go to the living room and talk about what happened on that day?"

"Okay." Kogoro Mori, Heiji Hattori and others responded quickly.

Everyone moved to the living room, and Wakamatsu Serika called everyone to the living room except the housekeeper who went to buy soy sauce.

Kogoro Mori and Heiji Hattori started chatting with Serika Wakamatsu.

"Oh! So you, sir, like to do carpentry on weekends." Kogoro Mouri was a little surprised.

Wakamatsu Serika complained unhappily, "Yes, so that's why he personally reinstalled the custom tiles he designed that day and forgot about my birthday party?"

Upon hearing this, Fujinami Junsei complained, "Yeah, the president probably never expected the result to turn out like this."

Shiina Masayuki said "Fujinami!", and then signaled him to shut up with his eyes.

Fujinami Jun'o could only smile and say, "Okay, okay." Can't he just shut up?

Maori Kogoro saw this and quickly changed the subject, "Then who was the first person to discover the body?"

"That's right, I found it." At this time, the door of the hall was opened, and a young woman in an apron walked in and said, "I wanted to help the master, but when I went to the bathroom, I found the master lying on the ground covered in blood."

The other party suddenly realized that everyone was staring at her, and quickly bowed and said, "I'm sorry, I heard the voices."

Seeing this, Wakamatsu Serika introduced to Maori Kogoro and others: "This is the housekeeper Miss Yonehara Sakurako."

After hearing Wakamatsu Serika's introduction, Maori Kogoro looked at Yonehara Sakurako and asked, "So, you were also the one who saw the disappearance message before death."

Yonehara Sakurako nodded, "Yes, yes!"

Hattori Heiji asked hurriedly: "So what exactly was written on it? If you saw it before it disappeared, you should still remember it."

"Yes." Yonehara Sakurako responded, and then said: "It should be, English letters..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by an angry voice. "Stop talking. That's enough. The rare annual cakes we bought are not tasty anymore. Come on, cut them and eat them!"

It’s Ikuro Wakamatsu!

Satake Yoshimi on the side responded, "Yes."

Yonehara Sakurako quickly ran over and said, "Cutting the cake is my job."

Upon hearing this, Satake Yoshimi said, "Well, Ms. Satake, you cut it and I'll put it on the plate."

After they finished talking, they cut the cake there.

At this time, Wakamatsu Ikuro suddenly said, "By the way, now that all the main members of the company are here, let's decide on the next president."

Except for Kogoro Mori and his friends, everyone else was shocked.

"Although my mother, the vice president, is currently acting as the president, how about letting me, the heir, become the president? Although I'm a clerk now, I will inherit my father's bloodline and one day I will become the president. Isn't that right, mother?" Wakamatsu Ikuro looked at Wakamatsu Serika and said.

Ruo Song Qin Xiang heard this and responded somewhat unnaturally: "Yeah, yeah"

"Then things are much simpler. Just decide to let me be the president. I think this is what my late father would have hoped for." After saying this, Wakamatsu Ikuro took a piece of Baumkuchen on the table and started eating.

Seeing this, Yonehara Sakurako couldn't help but say, "Wait, wait, please don't eat it before it's served, okay?"

"Idiot, this is how it tastes better." As soon as Satake Yoshimi finished speaking, he started screaming, and within a moment, he fell to the ground and died.

PS: Karuizawa is located in the southeast of Nagano Prefecture, on the foothills of Mount Asama, and is a summer resort in Japan. Therefore, the homicide case in Karuizawa is under the jurisdiction of the Nagano Prefecture Police Headquarters.