Chapter 126 Killer VS Detective
Chapter 127 Killer VS Detective
After the incident, the police spent another day, night and an afternoon but still could not find any trace of Mr. Hideomi. Until that afternoon, everyone, including the police, who had been tired for two days, wanted to give up.

"Hey, Xun, please help look for it too. You have been sleeping in your room leisurely since this morning. After lunch, you walked around the villa. In the afternoon, you sat in the yard to bask in the sun. I say, can't you help us look for it? You also want to solve this case quickly, right?" Conan looked at me helplessly with a leisurely look, and said to me with contempt.

"Sizzle, sizzle, huh." I sipped the drink in the cup and said leisurely. "Great Detective, you have to know that finding people is the job of the police. As an ordinary elementary school student, if I run around, it will only cause trouble for the black detective over there, so it's better for me to sit here honestly."

"Hey! You little brat, who do you say is the black detective?" After hearing what I said, Hattori turned around from his search and yelled at me. "Hey, do detectives like to identify themselves with names? I didn't mention any names, so why are you so excited? If you think the black detective is too hard to remember, then just call him Heitan. Well, I heard that there was an expert in solving cases in ancient China called 'Judge Bao' who also had dark skin, so his friends jokingly called him 'Bao Heitan'. I don't know how your ability to solve cases compares to his, but your skin color is definitely comparable." I said sarcastically.

"You! Brat, don't think I'm afraid of you just because you're a killer! Believe me or not..."

"Kaoru! Hattori! You two, stop it!" Hearing our quarrel, Conan couldn't help but get angry. "It's already late, and you two are still in the mood to quarrel here!" Conan's angry glare made Hattori shut up obediently. Of course, I completely ignored such a roar.

"That's why I said last time on the Sally Beth that the police were completely useless. They couldn't even find a living person in such a big room."

"Hmph, if you have the guts, then find it for me." In response to my words, Hattori immediately jumped out and opposed me.

"I said, can't you two stop quarreling?" Conan was speechless. "Xun, you must have some idea, right?"

"Eh... I really don't know what your detectives' strengths are. You are so obsessed with solving cases but you always spend so much effort on finding clues." I frowned. "Have you heard of the art of listening to voices?"

"Sound listening technique? What is that?" Conan was puzzled. Even Hattori next to him moved his ears and listened towards me.

"You should know that after the blind lose their sight, their bodies will automatically strengthen their other four senses in order to continue living." I shrugged. "The so-called hearing skill is to further strengthen one's hearing without reducing the other four senses through special training. When the hearing skill reaches a certain level, even the heartbeat can be heard. Of course, this also requires a good external environment. If it is too noisy, the hearing skill will be ineffective."

"Hey...I see. But what does this have to do with finding the criminal?"

"Well, it's a coincidence that I'm the one who can hear the heartbeat, so today at noon, while everyone was having lunch and taking a break, I spent some time patrolling the entire villa. Except for the people present and the police, I didn't hear anyone's heartbeat. In other words, Mr. Hideomi is not in this villa at all."

"What?!" Conan was also surprised when he heard what I said.

"Hmph, don't exaggerate. The results of the surveillance video show that no one has ever walked out of this villa. If Mr. Hideomi was not in the villa, could he have grown wings and flown away?" Hattori sneered coldly.

"Be reasonable, Kurotan-kun. I haven't finished what I'm saying yet." I said contemptuously.

"Who are you saying is Kurotan!" Hattori was angry again.

"That's why I said just now that so many policemen couldn't even find a living person." Facing Hattori's anger, I didn't care this time, but continued to narrate on my own.

"You mean... Mr. Hideomi might be dead?" Conan thought, pulling his chin.

"Ah, although it's just speculation, Mr. Hideomi has disappeared for two days. If he really didn't leave the villa, and didn't eat or drink for more than 40 hours, and didn't even go to the bathroom, only a dead person could have such a skill, right?" I shrugged. "It's not easy to hide a living person, but it's easy to hide a dead person. For example, the cold cellar under the villa, the incinerator behind the villa, the pool in front of the villa, or even under the newly turned land."

"Indeed, this is indeed possible. Hattori, let's go and report this to Inspector Megure..."

Snapped!
Before Conan finished speaking, a loud slapping sound reached our ears. At the edge of the pool, Nagato Nobuko slapped Miss Hinata in the face. Looking at the anger on Nobuko's face, Hinata probably said something to Nobuko. And it was with this slap that the very important fountain pen in Miss Hinata's hand flew out and fell into the pool. Seeing the fountain pen fall into the water, Miss Hinata was also panicked, and hurriedly wanted to jump into the pool, hoping to fish out the fountain pen that was very important to her, but was dissuaded by Xiaolan. Seeing this situation, Inspector Megure also made a prompt decision to ask the housekeeper to drain the water in the pool. Looking at the constantly rotating water vortex, everyone's eyes were also focused here.

"Huh... this pool is really deep." Conan couldn't help but complain as he watched the water level drop. "Sure enough, if I hide something here, others really won't be able to find it."

"Conan, your bad luck index is starting to increase." I said indifferently.

"Eh?"

"Look at the center of the pool." I raised my chin toward the center and stopped talking. Conan looked in the direction I pointed, his mouth opened wider and wider, and his pupils suddenly shrank. Because what he saw in the water was not only the pen covered with burn marks and the dead branches and leaves, but also the body of Mr. Hideomi, who was lying motionless at the bottom of the water.

"I'll leave the rest to you." I said to Conan in a voice that only the two of us could hear, and then walked towards the seat that had just been basking in the sun.

————The scent of orchids, the scent of lavender, the scent of home & the wings of angels, the wings of demons, the wings of guardians————

"The estimated time of death of the deceased is one and a half to two days ago. Mr. Guangming was pushed off the balcony forty-four hours ago. If Mr. Hideomi committed suicide by jumping into the pond before our police arrived, then everything would be consistent with the facts." After the forensic examination, Inspector Megure finally came to a conclusion about Mr. Hideomi's death.

"But the cause of death was not drowning, but poisoning. There were a lot of stones in the clothes of the body. I guess he committed suicide by taking poison and then threw himself into the water." The forensic doctor simply stated to Officer Megure. "Of course, more accurate results can only be obtained after the identification."

"Conan, what do you think about this?" Looking at Hideomi lying on the ground, I asked Conan softly.

"Hmm? It's rare that you ask me this. Are you interested in this case?" "No, I'm just a little tired. I want to solve this matter quickly." I rubbed my pale blond hair and said tiredly.

"Eh? So you have an idea?" Conan's eyes lit up.

"Combining all the clues now, I do have a clue and can already identify the criminal. But the motive is still unclear and there is no evidence." I frowned. "Maybe everything will become clear after the identification is completed."

"Inspector! The results of the identification are out." I had just finished speaking when Officer Takagi came over with the identification report. "According to the identification, the wound on Mr. Guangming's arm matches the shape of the knife, and the blood is definitely from Mr. Guangming, but the strange thing is that Mr. Guangming's hair was found on the bandages and hat found near the body, and a kite string about one meter long was found in his pocket." Takagi said.

"That's it... So that's it!" After listening to Takagi's report, most of the doubts in my mind were instantly solved. "But why, why did she do this? The motivation is still insufficient." I muttered to myself.

"Hey, Xun, what did you think of?" Conan saw that there was something wrong with my expression and asked me hurriedly.

"Don't talk." I stretched out my hand to interrupt Conan's questioning, "Let me think about it again, why. Why is there something wrong with the time."

"Inspector, this piece of paper was found in the deceased's pocket." Just when I was still full of questions, the forensic officer took out a piece of paper from Hideomi's pocket. After Officer Megure opened it, he found that it was a suicide note.

[I am not qualified to marry you. To make up for the sins I committed against you, I would rather die.] The moment the suicide note was read, I clearly felt Hinata's heartbeat speed up. After Officer Megure handed the suicide note to Miss Hinata for confirmation, Miss Hinata also left here on the pretext of going to Hideomi's room to check.

"Ms. Hinata, your pen..." Xiaolan tried to return the pen she had just salvaged to Hinata, but was stopped by Hattori.

"Let me give her the pen later. Don't bother her now." Hattori said as he took the pen.

"Why..." Behind Hattori, I once again muttered to myself, ignoring the current situation. "Why did she do this? Why did he lie?"

"Xun? Are you okay?" Conan saw that something was wrong with my expression and asked hurriedly.

"Ah, there are some things I still don't understand." I frowned. "Hattori, give me the pen."

"Eh? Oh." Hattori was slightly stunned, and then handed the pen to me. I took the pen, pulled out the cap, and a rusty, burnt, and severely split pen tip fell into my eyes.

"This is..." Conan and Hattori also came over. They looked at each other, and then both of them showed expressions of "I see."

"Oh..." With a soft sigh, I took the pen and walked towards the villa.

"Xiao Xun, where are you going?" Conan asked in confusion.
"Go return the pen to Miss Hinata." I responded softly.

"But why don't you share some clues with us..." Before Conan could finish his words, I interrupted him again, took out my cell phone and pressed a few buttons randomly. Soon, the phone in Conan's pocket vibrated.

"The email I just sent you contains clear information about the Nagato family. You will understand it after reading it once." I looked at Conan expressionlessly. "The method of committing the crime was to use the rope hook and the heavy object tied to the bottom. The key to solving the case is that there is Mr. Guangming's hair in the bandage and hat. I won't teach you the parabola and centripetal force principles from high school. Although there is no evidence yet, you can find it yourself. I am tired. Remember to delete the information after reading it."

Looking at my back, Conan and Hattori had solemn eyes. They opened their mobile phones, and what came into view was everything that had happened to the Nagato family from the beginning of its business to today.

"Hello, Kudo." Hattori was shocked by the information on his phone. Because if this information is reported to the company that is against the Nagato family, it is estimated that the Nagato family will be completely eaten up within a week. After all, many things are confidential core files of the projects managed by President Nagato. Of course, Conan and Hattori will not do this. So I can safely hand over all the information to them. As for the purpose of doing this, it is naturally to tell Conan about the big and small family affairs and history of the Nagato family, including the fire twenty years ago and the story of Hideomi and Guangming.

"... this bastard." Conan's mouth showed a hint of helplessness. "What do you mean it has nothing to do with me? He has been investigating the cause of the whole incident since the beginning."

"Hey, Kudo, that kid..." A strange look appeared in Hattori's eyes.

"Ah, although I don't know when he started to be interested in this case, the information on the phone, the number of times Mr. Guangming screamed when he was killed, and the hours he spent looking for Mr. Hideomi in the villa. There is also insight into clues, analysis of the modus operandi, and thinking about the motive for committing the crime. That bastard, even though he looks like he has nothing to do with it, the fact is that he is ahead of us every step of the way."

"Then why didn't he tell us earlier!" Hattori said angrily.

"Because of the worldview." Conan rubbed his forehead with a trace of sadness. "His worldview is different from ours. What he sees and hears are all things we don't know about this world. In his eyes, this world is simply... Alas..." With a sigh, Conan put away his phone. "Okay, Hattori, Kaoru has given us all the clues he knows. Now it's up to us. We must figure out the time of Mr. Hideomi's death ourselves! In the name of detectives, we must not lose to him!" Without hesitation, Conan ran towards the villa.

"Kudo..." Looking at Conan's figure, Hattori didn't know what he was thinking, but the confidence and arrogance of a detective in his eyes were instantly released. So, Hattori no longer hesitated, stood up and followed Conan's footsteps.

　Children's Day gift, wishing all the children in the group. Bingyu, Yixu, Cancer, Shang, Ling. Happy holidays.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)