Mr. Smell

When the fiery red twilight settled over his head, Shinichi figured that it was almost time for high school to leave and came to the balcony of the room on the second floor, took out his mobile phone and called Heiji back.

After a few beeps, the phone was connected.

"Hey, Hattori, I'm sorry. My matter is settled."

Heiji held the mobile phone with the amulet pendant on it, was silent for a while, and then whispered excitedly:

"Hey, Kudo! Let me say... When did you provoke that woman? She looks very troublesome, but she has dealt with it until now."

Kudo Shinichi's eyebrows twitched, and he gritted his teeth and said:

"The man who likes to make a fuss has been locked in the yard by me. Leaving him alone, what did you call before?"

"Hmm..." Heiji took two or three seconds to organize the sentence, and then pretended to be mysterious and said:

"Kudou, in the cases you have dealt with before, have any criminals, especially murderers, issued a notice before committing the crime and disclosed the victim?"

Xinyi looked at the sky, and saw a large group of white pigeons flying past, and finally all of them flew to his yard.

murderer?It seems that there are.

But if it's a burglar, there's a ready one downstairs in the yard.

"Hey, Hattori. Don't tell me what you meant to say..."

"Yes, yes," Hattori smiled brightly, showing his flat and shiny white teeth, "There is a prisoner who cursed the velvet grass and killed three people in a row. How is it? Are you interested in this case? If so, then Come to Osaka by express train, all the materials are prepared for you."

Vespa?preview?

Ah, super interesting...

All the desire to challenge in his bones was ignited, and the young man in a white shirt stretched out his slender fingers and tapped on the flat railing, with blue flames dancing in his eyes.

"Don't worry Hattori, I will definitely be in Osaka tonight."

Putting the phone back into his pocket, and casually taking a light brown windbreaker, Shinichi hurried downstairs.

Kaito, who has rogue ears, heard the footsteps of "dong dong dong", and saw the figure of Shinichi walking towards the entrance through a courtyard door. There was a shock for no reason, and all the cells in his body were in a hurry .

"Shinichi!! Where are you going?!!"

Shouting so loudly scared the pigeons who were training and flew to the farther eaves, tilting their heads and looking at their master.

Kaito got a supercilious look, but Shinichi ignored him after all, subconsciously used the steel wire hidden in his sleeve to pry open the locked courtyard door, and hurriedly followed out.

Across the hall, he saw Xinyi had changed his shoes and was waiting for him at the entrance, with his hands crossed over his chest, and with a sneer in his eyes, he took over the entire process of opening the door and picking the lock.

Kaito twitched the corners of his mouth in embarrassment, and suddenly noticed that Shinichi's eyes were dark and bright, and there was an eagerness on his face that couldn't be hidden, like a child waiting to unwrap a present.A head of pure black hair was blown fluffy and swollen by the slightly warm evening wind, which just rightly added a bit of agility and radiance to the fair cheeks.

Such a famous detective, exquisite and arrogant, can arouse the viewer's desire to challenge, and seems to have always been the first choice of artists.

The wind that poured in from outside the door poured into Kaito's black soft coat, which was unbuttoned, like a pair of wings that were about to fly.

"Let's go! Watch ass!"

Xin grabbed a Kaito from the house, quickly kicked the door and locked it in one go.

"Eh wait..."

Kaito grabbed him and turned him to face him.The dark brown hair became more and more messy, but it made the lavender under the forehead serious and harsh. The setting sun passed over his thin lips, as if they were frozen.

"New One..."

A detective tugged at him, like a black-haired border collie who is on a walk every day, that kind of extremely smart dog, dragging its owner out madly and joyously.

Kaito Kuroba felt like he was about to turn into a cumbersome mop, he didn't feel that anything was desperately attracting the famous detective.

Shinichi rolled his eyes and scolded him for dawdling, and the bewildered Kuroba Kaito retorted loudly:

"What? What are you doing, Shinichi? It's almost night!"

The detective stopped angrily: "I'm going to Osaka, hurry up, the express train will be late!"

Kaito's face was filled with disdain, and he clicked his tongue

"Tch, looking for that Okonomiyaki again? Hey, Shinichi, you're still in the sensitive period, it's really good to run around like this..."

Suddenly, he was pulled violently and staggered

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and keep up."

The strange thief flattened his mouth, feeling inexplicably sour about this situation.

When we arrived in Osaka, it was already [-] o'clock in the evening.Shinichi and the reluctant Kaito left the station one after the other, and saw Heiji sitting on the empty bench in the waiting hall, holding his cheeks in a daze, with a relaxed expression.

The new couple knew this kind of face very well—it was the expression of thinking about the case.So the voice of shouting over was lowered a bit, reducing the chance of the other party being disturbed.

"Hattori? Here we are."

we?

Heiji jumped out of his deep thoughts and turned around suspiciously.When he saw two almost identical faces, his dark green pupils were round and round, like a Dalmatian choking on a fleshy bone.

"Hello?! What, what?! You are even more unreliable than the last time I saw Kudo at Teidan High School! Is someone dressing you up again, or are you planning to play a joke on me, or something messed up today Gemini Festival? No way... Kudo, you know that it would be very dangerous if this face appeared twice..."

"Okay, okay, okay, stop, don't talk."

Shinichi patted his friend's shoulder helplessly, as if to pat off his redundant nagging.He pulled Kaito who was standing aside, smiling gleefully:

"Let me introduce to you, this is the son of my father's friend, his name is Kaito Kuroba."

After speaking, he turned to Kaito

"Hey, idiot. This is the famous Kansai detective Hattori Heiji, and his father is the police chief of Osaka Prefecture."

What, the name difference is too big.

Call that okonomiyaki last name, and he's called an idiot.

Kaito finished slandering in his heart, then sighed silently: Two great detectives...very annoying!One is annoying enough! ...I choose the one with the blue eyes.....

Heiji looked at the two of them, and with the detective's keen observation ability, he found many differences between them.

For example: pupil color.For example: hairstyle.For example, temperament and demeanor.

Kudo's expression is always upright and serious, and there is an obvious firmness between his brows. Occasionally, the occasional and occasional exposure of a fragile color with great contrast is very distressing.

And that guy named Heiyu, since just now, the cynical and playful expression on his face has not dissipated.

Although being a Beta, Heiji couldn't smell the other person's breath, but his intuition told him: this person must not be a friendly person, or he must be an Alpha.

Squinting his dark green eyes, Heiji noticed that the other party's gaze carried a sense of mystery unique to midnight, as well as a secret and obscure hostility.

Oh, this person... is so sticky to Kudo...

Really, it's infuriating.

Heiji first sent a text message to the client, and then carefully observed Kaito Kuroba.

Half an hour later, a group of three people arrived at the residence of the client of the incident—the residence of Pyongyang Dasan, the owner of the Pyongyang Paper Enterprise.Looking from a distance, the decoration of that residence is extremely magnificent, so gorgeous that it is a bit tasteless.

A short, overweight middle-aged man was standing at the gate of the mansion with his round belly in his hands to welcome them.When he received the three people walking side by side, he immediately greeted them with a smile, which was a little exaggerated, and it could be said that it was a little fake.

"Welcome, Detective Hattori. Uh... who are these two?"

Heiji grinned his white teeth, and took a step forward, leaning slightly, with the intention of pushing Kaito away from Shinichi.

He introduced: "Hello, Mr. Pyongyang. This is also a famous detective named Kudo Shinichi. That should be his good friend, named Kuroba... Kaitou or something else."

Kaito curled his lips in dissatisfaction, and while answering, he changed direction and stood on the other side of Shinichi, leaving Heiji's arched body empty:

"Hello, Mr. Pyongyang. My name is Kaito Kuroba, and I am also a fan of reasoning. I heard that there is a tricky case this time and I couldn't help being curious, so I asked the two detectives to bring me along."

Light purple glared fiercely to the side, bumping into dark green who was also glaring over.All of a sudden, flames splashed everywhere.

"Ah! I know you! Kudo Shinichi! That famous detective in Kanto! Great, we have two great detectives and a young man who likes reasoning. In this way, the incident can be resolved faster. "

Someone caught in the battle didn't know what was going on around him, and he got into the case wholeheartedly.

"Mr. Pyongyang, you can describe the incident as..."

The middle-aged man laughed, and hurriedly called the housekeeper to help them arrange the room.

"Come, come, it's getting late today, so you can stay here. Have you had dinner yet?"

Shinichi's answer was polite and decent:

"No, thank you for your hospitality. We already had dinner on the train. But..."

Pyongyang junior waved his hand indifferently

"That's not busy, let's wait until tomorrow to talk about the incident."

After speaking, he turned and walked into the house, muttering about how energetic the young people are these days.

Xinyi looked at his back as he left slowly, and a cloud of suspicion floated in his heart.

This man...Three people died in his company, logically speaking, he should be very anxious about the case.

Why do you act like you don't care?

Shinichi turned his head and shouted to Heiji who was busy staring at Kaito next to him:

"Hattori! Please give me the case information."

Under the arrangement of the servant, Shinichi lived in a guest room on the second floor of the Pyongyang house, Heiji lived on the same floor two rooms away from it, and only Kaito lived in a room on the third floor.

Someone expressed dissatisfaction with this, and complained loudly to the panicked housekeeper:

"Why can that guy live on the same floor as Shinichi?"

In the distance, Heiji, standing in the corridor on the second floor, waved at him with a provocative smile.

Kuai Dou felt so angry.

The butler's answer trembled slightly:

"Um, it's like this, Mr. Kuroba. This... was requested by Mr. Kudo. Besides, the extra guest room on the second floor has been used by the master as a warehouse."

"Warehouse? Your master's house is so big, why do you use the guest room as a warehouse?"

"Oh, it's for spare bedding and pillows. These occasional bedding cannot be put in a dark and damp warehouse."

Oh~ I see.

but! Yes!

Kaito still didn't relieve the indignation in his heart, he became angry when he thought of that stinky detective with black skin and white teeth, who smiled like a briquette.

Just as I was feeling like a villain in my heart, someone was suddenly called by a clear, slightly hoarse male voice.

"Kaito! Come to my room and gather together. Hattori too."

Eh?

Kuaito reacted.

Call me by my name, call that Heipi's surname, as expected, I have a higher status.

After being shouted like this, the imbalance in my heart receded like a tide.Kaito seemed to feel that his mood had improved, he selectively forgot about the previous scene at the station, shook his hair, and hummed leisurely.

"Kaito Kuroba! What are you fussing about?! I'll give you 20 seconds to come to my room!"

That voice seemed to be deeply dyed by fiery red, and it turned into a roaring roar.

hiss……

Kaito gasped, and began to move quickly, and even used the usual magic tricks to jump from the third floor to the second floor within the specified time.

The detective wearing a light brown windbreaker rubbed his brows, leaning against the warm brown mahogany door, and said lightly:

"I think I can lose ten years of life by you."

Shinichi glanced at him sarcastically as he walked into the room.

Kaito followed behind him, shouting shamelessly

"Isn't that just a chance to see Xinjiang's white hair and youthful face?"

Snapped!

Beaten!

The famous detective was molested by the other party instead of mocking him, so he picked up a stack of old newspapers on the table and slapped Kuai Dou on the forehead.

Then, Kaito rubbed his head aggrievedly and followed, closed the door obediently, and sat on the chair in the corner of the room without making a sound.

Shinichi sat at the end of the bed, diverted Heiji's curious eyes by the rattling sound of flipping through the documents, and concentrated on the large pieces of text in his hand.

So far, there are three victims, two are employees of the Pyongyang Paper Company, and one is the driver of the Pyongyang family.They don't have any intersection in life, and they don't have similar similarities in common.

The times of death were at 5:[-] a.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday last week, and the places were all in the employee apartments where the company provides housing for employees.

The cause of death was a fire caused by an automatic explosion in the room.The police inspected the scene and found that the room was closed and the doors and windows were locked. The three victims who had been burnt to charred bodies all died on or beside the bed, and the sheets and quilts were all burned to black ash.

In the room, only the surroundings of the bed were damaged, and the furniture far away, even the TV set, which was only five or six steps away from the bed, was intact, or their shells were slightly deformed by heat.

According to friends or colleagues of the victims, they all received bracelets woven with velvet tidbits the day before they were killed, and they were all found on the bedside

After a preliminary understanding, doubts emerged one after another, but there were no clues to connect them together.The murderer's motive for committing the crime is not clear, the modus operandi and the bizarre secret room scene are also a mystery, and the incident itself even foretells the death incident.

Xin Yi thought about it, and unintentionally adjusted his sitting posture, only to find that the mattress was much harder than usual.

Wait, bed?

Why did events unfold around the bed?

Why would the victim lie on the bed peacefully, waiting for the explosion to come?

Why is the time of death always in the early morning, not in the morning, noon or evening?

A list full of question marks was gradually drawn up in his mind, Shinichi folded his knees, crossed his fingers and stuck them together on his chin, his eyes stared at a distant nothingness, but they were bright.

Seeing Shinichi getting involved in the case seriously, Heiji couldn't help saying triumphantly:

"Look Kudo, I just said this case is very attractive."

Shinichi nodded as if hearing what he said, turned around suddenly, and rushed in front of Kaito who was full of interest.The two deep blue pools are deep and calm, and people can't help but indulge in them. What is faintly visible is the fragrance emanating from the body, which does not match Yu Xinyi's serious and solemn tone now.

"Kaito, look at these. If you were a murderer, why would you choose to kill them?"

Kaito was staring at those blue pupils full of interest, when he suddenly heard the other party calling his name, after catching a stack of documents in a hurry, he asked

"Wait, Shinichi. Why do you ask me? Shouldn't there be another detective to help you analyze it? Shinichi, you know, I'm not interested in reasoning."

Shinichi's eyes were burning and bright, full of anticipation like the morning sun, and Kaito swallowed back the words he just wanted to refuse.

"Perhaps it is the detective's ability to think in reverse that complicates an otherwise easy event. It may be that if an outsider helps deduce the case, it may be found that the writing is unusual."

Kuai Dou let out an oh, obediently lowered his head to read the information, when he saw those dark photos of the dead, his two prominent eyebrows frowned

"Uh... If I were the murderer, I must hate them very much. Look at the photos, the death is terrible, the flesh is burnt."

Shinichi's eyes brightened even more,

Is it a vendetta?

Heiji, who was sitting next to him on the lounge chair, suddenly gathered to listen together, as if temporarily putting aside all grievances,

"Very good, please continue."

Kaito, who was uncomfortable being watched by the two great detectives, coughed twice, and continued to use his imagination freely:

"Hmm... According to the information, the three of them don't have the habit of gambling, that is to say, they won't owe the murderer any money. They are all single Beta men, and they certainly won't steal the murderer's girlfriend..."

In vendetta, there are nothing more than three factors.For money, for love, for personal grievances.

Now, Kaito has ruled out the first two factors as reasonable, so there is only the last one - the murderer is taking revenge on the three of them who died.In this way, the motive for committing the crime is clear.

marvelous!As expected of Phantom Thief Kidd!

The excited Xinyi didn't even think about it, and immediately hugged someone who was a little unconfident in his speculation, and then sat aside again to think about the case.

The famous detective seems to be too excited and has a lot of strength...

Kaito expressed his surprise at the sudden hug. Although the detective's embrace was not gentle at all, he was still very happy.

So, the corner of his mouth was raised, showing off his contribution to the resentful Kansai detective.

Heiji was very displeased with this action, he never believed that Kaito was a fan of reasoning, obviously he was not interested in the case, but he was the one who made the correct guess.

What is this called?

The fire is dead.

Pingji repeated it in his heart with gritted teeth.

The hour hand gradually pointed to 12, and the three finally failed to find any new clues, so they said good night to each other and went back to their rooms to sleep.

In this way, the picture is divided into three small blocks.Mark "Shinichi's room", "Kaito's room", and "Heiji's room" respectively.

After the three of them finished washing, they fell down on the bed with a bang, but immediately jumped up at the same time.

"What's the matter? Why is it so hard?!" Heiji complained loudly in a thick Kansai accent while rubbing his aching back.

"Hiss...it's going to fall apart..." Shinichi's voice was much lower, his muttering and ambiguous dissatisfaction sounded very much like the unconscious sleep talk of a seven or eight-year-old child in a deep sleep.

The reason why Kaito jumped up was not to complain about the hardness of the bed, but to regret with a mournful face.

He just forgot to put a bug in the detective's room!

How nice it would be to hear a famous detective talking in his sleep!

It's sure to be cute!

Kaito sat down on the thick carpet and couldn't help rolling around twice to vent his inner dissatisfaction.

It took a while before he realized how hard the mattress was.

Because it is sitting on the ground, the viewing angle is low.It is easy to find that the mattress used by the Pyongyang family is not a soft Simmons, but a high-end air mattress that closely follows the trend.Although a little stiff, it can reduce the momentum in many movements.

Heh...heh...heh.

With a quick smile, the uncle who complained in his heart really had a bad taste.

Such a night passed, but each of them lived in peace.

Early the next morning, the three of them had breakfast in the restaurant of Pyongyang's home, and then Pyongyang Junior personally took them to Pyongyang Paper Manufacturing Company and showed them the way enthusiastically.

Both Shinichi and Heji frowned, and they both felt that there was something wrong with this person.

Pyongyang Junior was eloquently introducing the general situation of the company, with excellent eloquence.

Heiji pretended to be listening carefully, and while asking him questions, he looked around with great interest.Shinichi listened quietly, and suddenly asked a question, which stunned Pyongyang Junior

"Excuse me, is your company's use of velvet grass wadding as a papermaking raw material, is it recognized by consumers?"

"Oh..., this..." Pyongyang Junior smiled wryly, and said haha: "Actually, the company's income is not very good now, but this is a company founded with the theme of environmental protection. I believe it will definitely be sought after in the future. of."

Yes.It's really environmentally friendly.

Velvet weed can be seen almost everywhere in Japanese parks, street corners, and flower beds. When spring comes, the white catkins that float out of it have no other use except for viewing. It is really not easy to take advantage of this.

Xinyi touched the raw paper that was left to dry, and felt that it was soft and elastic, and it was indeed a first-class material for papermaking.

However, the revenue of his company is not very good, is it?

Look at these wheat-yellow paper towels. It's very different from the white and flawless paper people usually use, right?

Perhaps, in order to promote fame, it is also possible to deliberately create an incident.

"At the beginning, we also abandoned those tall and lush arbor plants in order to save costs. Now, in my opinion, we are moving forward on a difficult but rising road!"

Pyongyang junior waved his fat fist and said with great momentum.

Shinichi nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly felt a warm and heavy object caught on his shoulder.Looking sideways, it was a dark brown head.

Kaito buried his face in Shinichi's neck, and hugged that thin body from back to front.From this closeness, it can be seen that Kaito is slightly taller than Shinichi.

"Shinichi, when are you going back to Tokyo...so boring..."

Shinichi didn't wait for him to finish, he elbowed back and watched someone loosen his claws with satisfaction.

"Please be quiet and shut up!"

Heiji noticed that brat was sticking to his good friend again, interfering with the progress of solving the case. He who had been walking ahead for a long distance hurried back, taking two aggressive steps at the same time.

Seeing the soy-sauce-colored face in the distance, Kaito simply smashed the can and hung on Shinichi's back persistently, trying to make himself look like a pure and harmless koala.

"Go back, Shinichi~~~~"

"Get up! You are heavy!"

"Shinichi~?" Kaito leaned closer to the back of the opponent's head, found the small protruding scent gland, and sniffed it vigorously. Suddenly, the pleasant-smelling molecules rippling in the nasal cavity.He couldn't help sighing:

"It's really fragrant, but it's not very strong."

Shinichi threw off his restraint, and quickly opened his lips to retort:

"Idiot, the sensitive period is only two or three days, and I've been depressed..."

In the middle of the conversation, suddenly there was no more text.

Kaito approached him suspiciously: "What's the matter Shinichi?"

The detective turned around abnormally, trying to hide his wry smile.

"It's over, I forgot to take the inhibitor when I went out. I was so excited when I heard the case that I completely forgot."

Kaito widened his eyes when he heard that.Yes, they were in such a hurry when they went out, it's normal for them to forget such inconspicuous little things.

"What should I do?"

At this time, Heiji had already walked up to them, looking at the two of them suspiciously.

"What are you doing? What are you talking about? I want to listen too!"

Kaito sighed, and was about to speak, but was suddenly stared at by the famous detective, and at the same time, his cuff was gently pulled.Looking back, I saw Shinichi staring at his own shoe uppers seemingly unintentionally and shaking his head.

Uh... Do you mean to hide inhibitors, Omega, etc., don't say it?

Seeing Heiji's intention to continue asking, Kaito couldn't find any reason to prevaricate for a while.

Shinichi secretly worried, the hand holding Kaito's sleeve couldn't help but increase a little bit of strength, and even shook it lightly to urge the other party to answer quickly.

Kaidou was taken aback, it was the first time someone shook his sleeves or something... That manly woman Qingzi knew how to hold a mop all day long.

Beautiful bubbles popped out of my heart by a famous detective, and it just so happened that my brain turned faster.

"Oh, Shinichi said he wanted to go home."

The flesh on his arm was suddenly grabbed hard, Kaito was afraid that the famous detective might misunderstand, so he quickly cast a look of "I'm helping you"

As Kaito expected, the okonomiyaki let out a "ha" in extreme disbelief, muttering "what's a secret that even friends don't tell" or something, turned around and rushed to another place to investigate.

"call."

Kaito heard the obviously relieved voice behind him, and a smile of doing good deeds and asking for interest blurred on the corner of his mouth

"How can Shinichi thank me~?"

After speaking, he pouted his lips and made a kiss.

I don't know if it was because of the nervousness before or the embarrassment now, but in short, Shinichi's fair face was flushed.

"Dream your big head."

After thinking that the laughter was over, Shinichi turned around and looked at the tall boiler that spewed out a large amount of white steam in the distance, and his other expressions gradually faded.

But, suddenly, he was pulled by a certain direction and fell into the crook of a pair of arms.

Something warm slid across his cheek.

The blue pupils, which are more beautiful than gemstones, froze because of being too surprised, and stopped there completely, completely, and couldn't even blink.

Someone smacked his lips happily, while reminiscing about the feeling of the small piece of warm and cold skin touched by his lips.After a while, he raised his eyes, only to find that the thin-skinned detective had already run away a long way.

"What a run, detective."

Kaito chased after him, and at a certain intersection, he stopped at the same spot when he saw the people coming and going around him, young or old, but uniformly wearing dark work clothes. He looked left and right, hesitating where to go.

"Excuse me, are you looking for that guest in the windbreaker again?"

Suddenly, a gentle and friendly male voice sounded from behind.Kaito looked back and found that the owner of the voice had an ordinary face that couldn't be more ordinary, with normal and kind facial features

"May I ask you are…?"

The man smiled apologetically, introduced himself with a bow

"My name is Matsuki Nosuke, and I am the secretary of the boss in Pyongyang. I am mainly responsible for all the trivial affairs of the company."

Kaito raised an eyebrow, and quickly looked him up and down.

"Oh? The official is not young. But you look very young. 30? No, is it around 25?"

Hearing the words, the man whose surname was Do Songmu showed a little embarrassment, a little shyness, and even a faint sadness on his face.

"You are right. I just turned 26 years old this year. This position originally belonged to my father, but he passed away last winter. In order to repay his dedication in the company, the boss hired me who just graduated from college. I Just been working for three or four months."

After finishing speaking, the dampness permeated by sadness was removed from the warm voice.

Kaito politely waited for the other party to calm down a bit, and then asked to take him to find Shinichi.

Matsumoto bowed and respectfully agreed:

"Please come with me."

Turning left and right along the straight road, but covered with a thick layer of white velvet, you will soon see Shinichi and Heiji standing in front of a machine for processing velvet grass, discussing something in a low voice.

The machine is very tall and wide, and a large bundle of fluffy grass with white flocs is poured into one inlet. After being baked at a high temperature, the water in the plant can be evaporated here, and it becomes the first key material used in papermaking. step.Because it is the first step, there are more white catkins floating here.

"Oh, that's awesome. It's amazing how such a lovely plant can be put to good use."

Kaito looked up at the machine in operation, and casually praised it, then, he patted the white fluff that fell on his shoulder, and rushed between the two detectives, interrupting their discussion.

Standing in the distance, the secretary named Matsumoto's nosuke suddenly turned pale.

When he caught a glimpse of Kaito chatting and laughing with the two detectives carelessly, his whole body was like a weed in autumn, gradually desolate.

However, he quickly regained his usual colors, entertaining the investigating detectives in place of his busy boss.

"Actually, our employees here like to get up early, because doing so is very pleasing to the boss, and it can add some bonuses."

The question raised by Heiji was well answered by Matsumoto.

Shinichi looked at Matsumoto with a normal expression, seemingly unintentionally said:

"Can you take us to the scene of the death?"

Matsumoto was taken aback, showing a dilemma: "Mr. Kudo, the place seems to be blocked by the police. Besides, it may take a long time to walk from here to the employees' apartments..."

"It doesn't matter. In order to solve the case, we must visit the scene." Shinichi insisted on standing still, and was also seconded by Heiji.

"Hmm..." Matsumoto thought for a while, showing a gentle smile

"Okay then, as the detectives wish. I'll take you through the special passage for employees. Please don't reveal the company's secrets."

After getting the affirmative promise of the three people, Matsumoto led a group of people to the staff apartment in nearly 15 minutes.

The apartment is very tall, about 30 stories high.Around the 10th floor on the west side, and the exterior walls of the 6th and 4th floors on the east side all have traces of being smoked.Come to think of it, that should be the murder scene.

Walking into the building, there are three elevators inside, one of which was out of service due to an accident in the building, and the other just happened to be repaired, leaving only one old-fashioned elevator for use.

Matsumoto operated the elevator manually, asking the detectives and Kaito which floor to go to with his eyes.Kaito handed over the right to speak to Shinichi, and Shinichi and Heiji looked at each other, saying the same thing:

"Let's go to the tenth floor first."

The two murder scenes were on the east side of the building, but the detectives chose to go to the west side first.Just because the cause of the case is an explosion plus a fire, when fire is involved, external environmental factors such as wind direction and weather must be considered.Starting from different points first, more clues can be found according to predictions.

Shinichi and the others arrived at room 10A where the accident occurred, took out the information and compared it with the scene, and found that the owner here was the last driver of the Pyongyang family who was killed a few days ago.

"The deceased Horie Kimi, 43 years old, male, Beta. Single, living alone, his parents are deceased. He has a reckless and irritable personality, and has no party affiliation."

How to say a very common identity.

There was a photo of the deceased in the information. The deceased himself had a big beard and a faint scar at the corner of his brow.With such a character, it is probably reasonable to offend the murderer.

In the distance, there suddenly came a high-pitched and sharp laughter, wanton and indulgent.

Matsumoto felt that the laughter was a little familiar, and he leaned out to have a look in doubt, and couldn't help shaking his head helplessly.

"What's the matter? Who is that?" Heiji asked, pointing to a woman in the distance with heavy makeup and a mink fur coat who was talking on the phone.

"Oh, that's the boss's wife, her name is Pyongyang Kaoru. Since the company came out with the case, the lady seems to have been very anxious to renovate and rent out the house here, so it seems that the business is busy and off Looks like you can't get out of your way."

Kaito, who had a face that had nothing to do with him, suddenly couldn't help laughing inwardly after hearing the secretary's words.

He is the best at observing words and expressions, and the disguise technique he is proficient in also has particularly high requirements for capturing the demeanor of the person being imitated.

Looking at the subtle movements of this woman when she is on the phone, she is slowly stroking the leather on her body while talking, and she is giggling coquettishly, as if she is very confident about her appearance, assets, and appearance. How can she be right? People who come to rent a house call?Obviously chatting with "someone special", right?

Kaito curled his lips in disdain: Even a detective who is a hundred times more conceited is cuter than that kind of flirtatious woman!

His eyes fell on Xinyi in the distance with a "biu~", only to find that the detective was looking at Obasan intently with his chin twitching.

Kaito felt a "thump" in his heart.

isn't it?

Could it be that famous detectives like older women?Is it more mature and attractive?

No wonder, even when he was pretending to be the innocent and lovely maid Seto last time, someone just stared at him with a pair of half-moon eyes!

Is that so? !

Kaito was thinking wildly in his mind, and there was even such a picture: a gigantic aunt Godzilla was rumbling up from the ground.

despair.

despair.

It was the sound of the pointed heels of high-heeled shoes hitting the ground.

"It's the sound of a monster walking."

Kaito's thoughts seemed to be separated from his tall and handsome body, and he murmured that even he himself didn't know what he was talking about.

However, Shinichi who just leaned over and was standing next to him heard clearly, and couldn't help shaking his head.He clenched his hands into fists, bent a