Chapter 68 Hattori Heiji
Hearing Conan's words, the decadent man suddenly became excited, and his emotions fluctuated more violently than when he saw Ze Yu using lightning before. His originally dull eyes suddenly widened and burst into strong colors.

"…What do you know?"

He finally moved, walked towards Conan, half-crouched on the ground, and stared at Conan closely through a layer of steel pipe.

He was waiting patiently for Conan's answer.

"I've seen a photo of the owner's family of three in the study before. The teardrop mole at the corner of your eye has already proved your identity."

"There is no doubt that you are the son of the deceased."

Being stared at, Conan showed no sign of nervousness, and said calmly: "I think the murderer who killed your father should not be someone else..."

"There is only one truth. The real murderer is actually you, or your mother, right?"

Everyone was silent.

Conan's words were like a heavy hammer, which not only hit the decadent man's heart, but also stunned his three friends and refreshed their worldview.

Ayumi said in shock: "No way? How is this possible..."

Yuantai and Mitsuhiko also found it difficult to accept this cruel fact and couldn't help but ask: "Conan, could you have guessed wrong?"

Ze Yu smiled and said, "Yuanta, even that man didn't rush to refute Conan's words, why are you so anxious? Listen to Conan's statement first, and then make a judgment."

The three friends looked at each other, were silent for a few seconds, then nodded slightly without saying anything.

Conan shook his head helplessly, ignoring his friends, and continued: "If you are the murderer, then your mother locked you up here for five years, probably to protect you, or to punish you."

"If the murderer is your mother, she did this to make you, the insider, disappear."

"But you are her son after all. She couldn't bear to kill you, so she resorted to this desperate measure and locked you up to ensure that her actions would not be exposed, but she would not kill you."

Conan stated his speculation with a burning gaze and a strong sense of confidence in his eyes, and he pushed up his glasses on the bridge of his nose.

"who are you?"

The man lowered his head in silence. After a while, he spoke in a hoarse voice, his tone full of shock and confusion.

"My name is Conan Edogawa, and I'm a detective."

Conan smiled.

The man raised his head and looked at him blankly.

"...a detective?"

Finally, the man sighed bitterly and said slowly: "I lost. You are right. I killed the beast with my own hands..."

"Akio!"

Before the man could finish his words, he was interrupted by a sharp and urgent voice.

Hearing this, everyone present raised their heads at the same time and looked towards the door, even the man was no exception.

When he saw clearly the appearance of the person who spoke, he couldn't help but reveal a look of astonishment on his face: "Mom..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door, which had already had a crack, was pushed open completely, and an old woman walked in.

She was probably in her 40s, wearing an old long skirt, with a thin body, an old face, a hooked nose, and long light gray hair that almost covered her cheeks, revealing only a pair of cold eyes.

Her face looked quite ugly, and there was even some panic in her cold eyes, and her emotions were very unstable.

"How dare you, a bunch of rats, sneak into my house and do evil things in front of Zhaofu. This is unforgivable!"

The old woman gnashed her teeth and said this, her eyes full of murderous intent. She raised the knife in her hand and walked towards Conan and the others step by step. "Ah, there's a knife!"

Genta was so frightened that his face looked terrified and he screamed. Although Mitsuhiko and Ayumi did not scream, their legs were shaking with fear. Only Conan and the other two remained calm.

"Sawa Yu-kun..."

Ayumi looked at Ze Yu with some nervousness and anticipation.

If Ze Yu hadn't been there, the timid Ayumi would have screamed in fear, and her voice would definitely have been louder than Genta's.

Ayumi placed all her hopes of escaping danger on Ze Yu, but Mitsuhiko was not so optimistic. He murmured in despair: "It's over now... Mom, what should I do?"

Faced with the approaching old woman holding a sharp weapon, Conan did not panic and remained calm, while Ze Yu was even calmer. He looked at the other party indifferently and did not care about the weapon in the other party's hand at all.

The man named Zhaofu saw that his mother was trying to kill him on the spot. He was so anxious that he broke out in a cold sweat and shouted loudly: "Mom! What are you trying to do? Stop it! You can't do this!"

"I was indeed wrong back then. Please don't hurt other innocent people anymore..."

"Zhaofu, at this point, there is nothing I can do."

Hearing her son's words, a trace of pity flashed across the old woman's face, but in the end, she said helplessly: "Who made these children so bold? They know things they shouldn't know. Now I can only get rid of them and make them unable to speak anymore, so that..."

A strange voice suddenly came.

"So that you can continue to conceal what your son has done, right?"

The old woman was interrupted before she could finish her words.

As if history was repeating itself, everyone present was stunned again and looked towards the door.

"who is it?!"

The old woman with her back to the door suddenly widened her eyes in shock, turned around abruptly, clenched the knife in her hand, and shouted coldly.

"what happened?"

Faced with this sudden situation, Yuantai and the other two all looked confused, staring blankly at the figure standing at the door of the basement.

A glimmer of hope emerged in Mitsuhiko's eyes, and he once again muttered to himself: "Strange big brother...are we saved?"

Conan observed the figure with some surprise. With his keen observation and detective intuition, he detected a familiar temperament in the other person and guessed, "Is this guy a detective like me?"

Seeing this, Ze Yu, who was standing next to Conan, couldn't help but blink his eyes. He was also a little surprised, but more of it was pleasure. He looked at the other party with interest.

Even Ze Yu did not expect that he would happen to meet this guy at this time. This was a bit beyond his expectations.

Zhao Fu stared at the figure blankly and couldn't help asking, "Who are you?"

The old woman waved the knife in her hand to suppress her anxiety, and shouted in a somewhat timid tone: "Answer my question! Who are you?"

"I?"

Upon hearing this, the visitor smiled, pushed up the brim of his hat, and revealed a confident face.

He is 17 years old, meters tall, wearing a white baseball cap. Under the cap is a head of spiky hair that is a bit similar to Xiaolan's. His blue pupils are full of confidence. He has dark skin and wears a blue shirt.

He has a sunny temperament, and even his voice is filled with pride.

"The famous detective of Kansai, Hattori Heiji."

(End of this chapter)