Chapter 3266 3278 [Mystery Novel]

An organizational cadre secretly watched as a detective solved a case.

On the other hand, Inspector Megure realized that he could not find the murderer based on his alibi, so he had to proceed to the next step: working backwards from the motive.

After thinking for a while, he asked the group of servants in front of him: "Who of you joined the Fujieda family the latest?"

Naoko Torimaru, who just breathed a sigh of relief, said: “……?”

Just when she thought she had escaped the category of suspect with Jiang Xia's help and could breathe a sigh of relief, in the blink of an eye, this fat police officer immediately pulled her back into the spotlight. This is really...

She could only take a deep breath and look at Inspector Megure with a critical look. Then, she took a step forward and replied as an outsider, "It's me and my sister."

Takamori Masumi came to her senses when she heard her words. She looked at Officer Megure nervously and warily: "Yes, you, what's the matter?"

Conan looked at them with some confusion: these twins have very different personalities. And they look exactly the same, but for some reason, he always feels that something is wrong...

Inspector Megure didn't have any other intentions in the eyes of the two twins. He was just worried that if they stayed in this family for too long, they would easily cover up for each other, so he wanted to ask the newcomer, which would be more objective.

So, with the two of them looking at each other in different ways, after asking them in detail about their specific employment dates, Inspector Megure began to ask questions with satisfaction: "Who do you think hates the deceased the most in this family?"

"Hate?" Takamori Masumi muttered to himself: Although there is no evidence, the one who hates Fujieda Kan'ao should be the mysterious boss - otherwise why did Fujieda Kan'ao die suddenly?

However, it seems that the person who chose to apply for the job was Naoko. Maybe Usa was just following her choice and killing people at will? In that case, wouldn't the answer to this question become Naoko Torimaru?

While thinking about all sorts of things, Takamori Masumi subconsciously looked at the person she was thinking about.

Inspector Megure followed her line of sight, and was surprised as he misunderstood something: Could it be that the person who hated Fujieda Kan'ao the most in this family was actually this maid who had just joined the company not long ago? ?

Naoko Torimaru noticed the gaze of her stupid teammate and also noticed Inspector Megure's surprised look.

Although she couldn't understand the idiot's train of thought, she discovered that Inspector Megure seemed to have misunderstood something.

So Torimaru Naoko pretended that her "sister" was just looking at her and was waiting for her to speak, and said calmly:

"As you can see, we have only been in the job for a short time and do not know a lot about this family, so our opinions may not be accurate."

After laying the groundwork for the future, Naoko Torimaru continued, "From recent observations, the one who had a grudge against the late Mr. Fujieda should be the butler. Mr. Fujieda always suspected that the butler was not respectful enough to him, and often deliberately made things difficult for him. Not long ago, he even asked him to clean the warehouse at home, and on the grounds that there were valuables in the warehouse, he did not allow other maids to help him."

"That warehouse hadn't been cleaned for a long time, and there was a lot of dust, which caused Mr. Butler's asthma to relapse, so he kept coughing."

"Is that so?" Upon hearing this, Inspector Megure couldn't help but look at the white-haired old man on the other side of the lounge.

Although he is very old and is suffering from illness due to the deception of his unscrupulous master, he still has the same charm - even in this occasion, he always stands upright beside his master, looking like the strongest shield in this family.

After a brief sigh, another voice sounded: "I think that Master Fan is the one who hates the Master the most!"

"Oh?" Inspector Megure looked over. This time, the one who spoke was another maid with slightly more seniority.

When he asked the twin sisters questions, he did not avoid the other maids - this way, if the twins lied, they could be pointed out immediately.

And now, although what the twins said was the truth, thanks to this move, it seems that new clues have emerged.

Jiang Xia also wandered over to the side without knowing when. Hearing this, he looked at the person who spoke and asked, "Why do you say that?"

The maid who interrupted him looked at him excitedly, and it seemed that she wanted Jiang Xia to sign for her on the spot.

But now doesn't seem to be the right time. After hesitating for a moment, the experienced maid who was good at observing people's expressions finally got down to business with regret:

“Although legally speaking, this house belongs to Master Fujieda, but no matter what, this is also the home where Master Fan grew up.

"Normally, after his wife passed away, Mr. Fujieda should have taken care of Master Fan for her, but he didn't do that at all. On the contrary, he actually asked Master Fan for rent! And he only gave Master Fan a very small room. The houses we live in are better than his."

"The master inherited almost all of the Fujieda family's property and is not short of money at all. I think he collected rent from the young master not for the purpose of making money, but to humiliate the young master Fan who lives here!"

When the other maid heard this, she shook her head, obviously holding a completely different opinion from her fellow maid: "Master Fan is not that kind of cruel person, and, didn't he ask you to read his novel manuscript? He has no talent for designing murder methods. If he really did it, he would have been caught by now."

When Naoko Torimaru heard this, she couldn't help but nodded secretly: "..." That young master Fan submitted his manuscripts many times, but was rejected by the publishing house many times. Occasionally, he was lucky enough to publish a book, but the sales were pitifully low, and the comments from readers were all abusive.

So later, probably in order to make timely adjustments during the writing process, he learned to show his manuscripts to people he knew before publishing them. And those manuscripts...

Naoko Torimaru thought of those crude techniques, the tricks that could be seen through at a glance, and the dry character creation, and couldn't help but press her eyebrows in pain.

——After transforming into "twins" and joining this mysterious organization with Takamori Masumi, the only task that Torimaru Naoko received was to ask them to apply for jobs in wealthy families.

Naoko Torimaru guessed that Usa would do something to the place where they worked, and in order to make things difficult for this hateful boss, after careful selection, she chose a company that she thought was impeccable, and confidently moved in with Masumi Takamori.

...And not long after, their employer was stabbed to death in a secret room in a very strange way using a long dragon of skeletons.

After that incident, Naoko Torimaru realized the shortcomings of her coping methods, and she started to choose again, this time using completely different criteria.

Finally, she chose this one.

(End of this chapter)