Makoto Sakaki brought the happy Hiroki back to the room and announced that Hiroki was willing to get into the closet and take on the responsibility of protecting Yoshio Ogawa.
"Poor kid, he's so stupid."
Miss Miyano glanced at Hong Shu who was giggling non-stop and asked her boyfriend:
"After he left and came back, he seemed like a completely different person. Did you drug him?"
"What kind of magic potion is this? It's called chicken soup!"
Sakaki Makoto immediately retorted:
"Besides, I didn't lie to him. I just talked to him about feelings."
"Feelings? What feelings?"
"Friendship, brotherhood."
“.......”
Miss Miyano stroked her forehead and suddenly felt a sharp pain in her head.
Just then, Akutagawa Funa came back, followed by Conan and the other three.
"Ma'am, dinner is ready."
"Um."
The old woman nodded, called her eldest son Masaki Ogawa, who lived at the other end of the corridor, and supported Yoshio Ogawa, and slowly walked towards the restaurant on the first floor.
On the way to the restaurant ahead, Sakaki Makoto suddenly found that Conan and the other three were extremely silent, with greasy faces and full of energy. They refused to make eye contact with him, looking like they were guilty of something.
"How's your investigation going?"
"Hmm? Ah, it's fine. Everything is normal."
Conan responded:
"Ogawa Yoshio's room is in the middle of the second floor. There is no place to climb up from the outside. The roof is a slope and is covered with bricks and tiles. There will be strange noises when you step on it, but there is no need to worry."
"Oh....Did you meet anyone else when you were surveying the terrain?"
"Yes, of course. We met Miss Mari and Chef Nimura and the others."
"Do you think they are suspicious?"
“Hmm…”
Conan lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said seriously:
"It's hard to say, Miss Mari. Chef Nimura and the others should be innocent."
Behind them, Kid, Hattori Heiji and Sera Masumi nodded frequently in agreement.
"roar--"
Sakaki Makoto sneered, his eyes became extremely weird:
"It seems that the food they provide is pretty good..."
"What...what food! Don't say some nonsense!"
Conan blushed and said:
"We didn't eat anything!"
"Before you say this, could you please wipe the oil off the corners of your mouth?"
Conan subconsciously raised his hand to wipe it, but he didn't wipe anything. He immediately realized that he had been tricked by Sakaki Makoto. His mouth drooped and he squeezed the air with his little hand:
"Well, I ate a little, just a little, about this much..."
Originally, Sakaki Makoto didn't see anything, but when he looked carefully, he found two big words written in the air between Conan's fingers:
steak.
And it’s two pieces.
Two dollars per person!
Who the hell can stand this!
They were hungry and exhausted, and they were determined to catch the criminal, but Conan and his three companions took the opportunity of investigating the case to secretly have a snack!
This is intolerable!
Makoto Sakaki also wants to eat steak!
Let alone steak, Sakaki Makoto is already too hungry. With his current appetite, he can eat even a whole cow in front of him!
Under Sakaki Makoto's gaze, Conan and the other three turned their heads away guiltily, muttering:
"We certainly won't give up our suspicion of the chefs just because we ate the steak. They definitely didn't poison the food..."
"Nonsense, can they still poison you right in front of you?!"
Sakaki rolled his eyes and didn't want to argue with them, so he said:
"We have already met most of the suspects, and there are only two people left."
"gardener?"
Miss Miyano said:
"They asked for leave to go back to their hometown the day before yesterday. I asked them when you and Hongshu went out just now."
"Back home?"
Sakaki Makoto raised his eyebrows, thought about it for a moment, and nodded:
"If that's the case, there's nothing we can do. We can rule them out as suspects."
It is impossible for the criminal to predict the future and guess that Yasuteru Domon would come to Gunma Prefecture, because in the boss's plan, Yasuteru Domon should have died on the Toriya Bridge long ago.
If the two gardeners were the criminals, there was no need for them to go to such lengths. Could they have eliminated their suspicion by simply asking for leave and going home?
Don't be ridiculous. Although the Ogawa family's garden is large, there are also many people living here. If a gardener who has taken leave suddenly appears at home, wouldn't that arouse suspicion from others?
In short, the best way for a criminal to hide his identity is to do nothing and let nature take its course. Any unnecessary action may attract the attention of Makoto Sakaki and others.
What's more, Conan and his three companions walked around the courtyard and did not see the so-called gardener. This alone was enough to prove their innocence.
After all, at this critical juncture, letting Yoshio Ogawa out of one's sight would be a very dangerous move, and the criminal would not be stupid enough to do that.
Soon, everyone arrived at the restaurant on the first floor, where other members of the Ogawa family had been waiting for a long time.
With the help of his son, Yoshio Ogawa sat at the end of the long table. He was still in a daze and showed no signs of waking up for a while.
It's no wonder that an 82-year-old man has suffered severe blows one after another and it will take him a while to recover.
Sakaki Makoto took Miss Miyano and others to the far corner of the table, deliberately avoiding the members of the Ogawa family. Then he asked Hongshu to take out the compressed biscuits and mineral water, tore open the packages, and started to eat them bit by bit.
Akutagawa Funa and her daughter and granddaughter carried trays and placed exquisite dishes in front of the Ogawa family members. After the food was served, they bowed slightly and left the restaurant.
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