N-A-A Chapter 678 If Only It Was That Simple
Chapter 678 If Only It Was That Simple
Yun Xianhe noticed that the other party was grimacing in pain and raised his hand again.
Seeing Conan hiding behind, he laughed twice:
"Sorry... it was just a reflex."
"But are you really okay, Brother Xianhe?"
Inspector Megure standing by expressed his concern about this.
Yun Xianhe waved his hand and joked as if nothing had happened:
"Instead of worrying about me, you should try to solve the current case first. By the way, have you ever heard the deceased mention that he had an appointment with anyone?"
A straightforward change of subject.
When asked, Amagawa Funae was even unable to react for a moment.
When Yun Xianhe set his sights on her, she seemed to be suddenly awakened:
"I, I just heard him say that a young detective from Osaka was coming here..."
Seeing that Yun Xianhe had no intention of going to the hospital, Inspector Megure was silent for a while, but decided to deal with the current matter first.
If the other party shows any signs of discomfort after the statement is taken, he will take the person for examination no matter what.
"Since the murderer also knew about this, it means that it must be an acquaintance who committed the crime."
"Uh... maybe Mr. Kudo was planning to go somewhere with the murderer..."
Gao Mu, who was taking notes, was stunned for a moment:
"Hey? How do you know that's the case?"
"Because when I found him in the closet, I saw he was wearing a suit and tie."
An inspector nearby was marking the body.
Yun Xianhe took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped the blood he had just dropped on the floor, saying:
"You changed his clothes after you moved him out?"
"The murderer asked me to do this. He asked me to move Mr. Kudo to the bed and pretend he was asleep, wait for you to arrive, and then..."
"What was the original plan supposed to be?"
Hearing this, Agoukawa Zhoujiang paused and said in a low voice:
"The murderer said, first I'll let you see Mr. Kudo sleeping soundly on the bed, then I'll go out to buy groceries and sneak back into the bedroom to make it look like Mr. Shinichi committed suicide by burning charcoal..."
Unfortunately, the plan failed before it could be implemented because it was seen through by Yun Xianhe.
Conan, who was standing aside, looked at Yun Xianhe who seemed to be nonchalant, reached out and tugged at the corner of his clothes, and asked in a low voice:
"Brother Xianhe, are you okay?"
Could it be that he has been overstraining his eyes because he has been receiving information since arriving at the scene?
He remembered that the other party had said that his glasses were broken and were still being repaired.
When asked, Yun Xianhe reached out and rubbed the little detective's head.
This time Conan didn't hide.
After many days, the person who could finally see the light again squinted his eyes and looked at the scene outside the window not far away with some greed.
Although the current scene is bad enough, the world outside is not bad.
"Nothing at all."
"Because of……"
"There is a reason for that, but it doesn't matter, I'll just close my eyes for a while."
"Haven't you fixed your glasses yet?"
"Maybe we'll get a new one tonight."
Hattori, who had no idea what they were talking about, was completely confused.
He looked at the two of them with half-moon eyes and joined their whispered conspiracy group:
"What are you two whispering about behind my back? What glasses? Are Xianhe's glasses broken?"
As he spoke, Hattori raised his eyes and looked at Yun Xianhe's eyebrows for a few times.
He didn’t know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that Yun Xianhe’s eyes were much brighter than in the morning.
Is it because the lights are on here?
"We were discussing my broken glasses during a previous case. I've had those glasses for a long time. Although the new ones are not bad, I still miss the old ones."
Conan, who was originally planning to explain something, stopped talking after hearing Yun Xianhe's random nonsense.
...Should I say he is worthy of being called Brother Xianhe?
And it was obvious that Hattori believed it.
The other party even took a closer look at Yun Xianhe's glasses.
But I can't see any difference from before.
"Well, remember to tell me if you feel uncomfortable."
"Hai Hai Yi——"
"Excuse me, was there anything stolen?"
The transcript next to it continues in detail.
Abutakawa Funae was unsure when he heard Takagi ask this:
"This kind of thing should only be known by Mr. Shinichi..."
After all, she was just a caregiver, not the owner of the house.
"But, the decoration on the tie clip seems to be missing."
"Tie clip?"
“Is there an expensive gem on that tie clip?”
The three people who were listening frowned almost at the same time.
If so, then the case may need to be investigated in the direction of burglary or something like that.
"No, I just noticed that something seemed to have been removed from it, but I don't know what it is. I rarely see Mr. Kudo wearing a suit."
Hearing this, Yun Xianhe turned his gaze back to the corpse still lying on the bed.
He whispered to the other two:
"Do you think the curve of his jaw is unnatural?"
When you discover a problem, you need to put it into practice and solve it.
Two detectives, one big and one small, walked towards the corpse almost as Yun Xianhe was about to finish his words.
The inspectors who were about to put the body on a stretcher and carry it away were startled by the two of them.
The accusation had not yet been uttered.
Hattori put a handkerchief on the cheek of the corpse and then turned it to the side.
"Hey, what are you doing!?"
snap,
A round pearl fell out from the other person's pinched mouth.
Conan, who was standing by, picked it up with a clean handkerchief:
"found it!"
"…Is it really okay for you two to do this?"
Yun Xianhe, who witnessed the whole process, looked at the two of them speechlessly.
At least they knew to turn the corpse's head sideways, successfully preventing the tiny bead from slipping into the dead man's esophagus.
Takagi, who came over with the evidence bag, was obviously helpless.
These detectives...
"Would you please examine that tie clip immediately?"
Conan said this as he handed the pearl to Takagi.
"Hey?"
"If there is the uncle's saliva on it, the pearl might have been deliberately bitten off by the victim before he died."
"In other words, it is a message before death."
At this point, Yun Xianhe rubbed his hands in confusion and said casually:
"The murderer can't be someone the other party knows, a guy named Pearl or nicknamed Pearl, right?"
Hearing this, Inspector Megure smiled awkwardly:
“If only it were that simple.”
"That's right."
The client was killed and no more clues or evidence can be found for the time being.
The detectives, with nothing to do, had no choice but to go home.
"Hattori, do you think it has something to do with that property dispute?"
"Absolutely. Didn't the old lady say that when she found the body, it looked like he was about to go out to meet someone. I think this unknown person must be the murderer."
"Indeed, otherwise if you were so late for the agreed time, I would definitely call or something to confirm the reason."
But there were no new suspects throughout the afternoon.