Chapter 2792 2804 [The whole world is an enemy]
Maori Kogoro: "..." You are so old but you don't even learn how to drive! No wonder your father's overseas market was ruined.
Jiang Xia poked him and looked at the housekeeper beside him.
"!" Maori Kogoro was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what was going on. He asked the housekeeper, "You and the deceased usually go down the mountain. It's impossible for you to walk down such a long mountain road with just your own two legs - you must have another car at home."
"Yes, yes." The housekeeper said helplessly, "But the master's car broke down at the foot of the mountain, and he came back tonight in Mr. Akai's car. And my car has been unable to start since the day before yesterday. I originally planned to repair it when I was free, but now... Alas."
Conan stroked his chin and looked around the scene, looking for various suspicious points in this case and trying to connect it with Shuichi Akai.
"It's a bit strange." He looked at the sports car. "If Uncle Liang Er is the murderer, why would he puncture his own tires?"
Horita Koichi thought of his annoying brother and sneered, "Of course it's to get away with it - think about it, if everyone checked the parking lot and found that only his car escaped, they would definitely guess that he had a punctured tire."
Suzuki Sonoko couldn't help but glare at him, thinking that the heir of the Horita family was not very smart: "The wine he sent exploded, and his people have already fled and disappeared in the villa... Now even if he destroys his own car, he can't clear himself of suspicion. Isn't this a waste of time?"
"This..." Brother Horita choked for a moment, and then quickly said, "He must have changed his plan at the last minute. When he was making the murder plan, he wrote 'puncture his own tires and hide in the crowd' into it, and executed it as usual.
"But after killing people and puncturing tires to trap everyone, he finally fled in a hurry because of his poor mental quality - with that guy's brain and mental quality, he is totally capable of doing such a thing."
"..." Maori Kogoro thought about it and was convinced, "That makes sense!"
Conan had other ideas: the missing Ryoji Hotta might just be a poor tool. Now that he hasn't appeared yet, he might have been killed, and the real culprit... is now among them.
He looked at Akai Shuichi.
The FBI ace who felt a sharp gaze for the umpteenth time: "......?"
…
"Anyway, since we don't have any means of transportation, it's not safe to walk down the mountain after dark."
Maori Kogoro looked at his phone which still had no signal, and consciously assumed the responsibility of the organizer. He waved his hand and said, "That Horita Ryoji doesn't have a car, so he probably hasn't gone far. So don't act alone, let's sleep together in the living room tonight."
Thinking that he was going to say "Horita Ryoji didn't go far, so let's go find him", Akai Shuichi was silent for a moment: ...This adult detective's way of doing things seems a little conservative.
Apparently, there were more than one person who objected. Fumiko Horita laughed and said, "A bunch of people sleeping in the living room? Just to avoid my useless brother? This is ridiculous. Do whatever you want. I'm going to sleep in my room anyway."
Having said that, she picked up her pockets and walked back into the house.
"Well," the other person said hesitantly. The butler thought for a moment and said, "Let me try to fix my car first. Although it always misfires, it can start up occasionally. If we are lucky enough, maybe we can ride it down the mountain and report the crime."
Maori Kogoro glanced at his eldest son and daughter-in-law who had also walked away, and felt tired of this group of unorganized and undisciplined people: "Well, do whatever you want."
Jiang Xia was walking somewhere else with a few acquaintances. Suddenly, he looked to the side and found Akai Shuichi walking away quietly.
The two sides looked at each other, and Akai Shuichi quietly made a gesture to keep quiet.
Jiang Xia nodded slightly, indicating that he would not make it public, and allowed the lone wolf who liked to fly solo to explore the surroundings without worry.
Then he retracted his gaze and looked at the steps at the entrance of the villa: "What is this?"
Conan was about to look to the side when he was attracted by his voice. He lowered his head and found a necklace pendant dropped at his feet.
The fake elementary school student reached out and picked it up, saying puzzledly: "It looks a little familiar."
Suzuki Sonoko noticed their movements and took a closer look: "Isn't this Miss Fumiko's necklace? It's big and very conspicuous. I saw it in the car just now."
Jiang Xia: "Then go give it back to her."
…
Arriving at Hotta Fumiko's room, Jiang Xia knocked on the open door and looked at the woman inside who was rummaging through the drawers.
"What's the matter?" Fumiko Horita frowned, without even looking at the door, her eyes searching the bed and the floor, "I'm very busy now, let's talk later if you have anything."
"Is that so?" Jiang Xia shook her necklace, "Then I will..."
"Why is it here?!" A figure suddenly appeared in front of him. Fumiko Horida grabbed the necklace and fell down on the carpet with it in her hand. "Luckily it's not lost."
As she spoke, she gently pressed the oval surface of the necklace pendant. With a click, the silver cover flipped open, revealing a single photo inside.
Suzuki Sonoko raised her head proudly and whispered to Jiang Xia, "I was right, wasn't I? This style must be a necklace with a photo embedded in it."
Jiang Xia praised her a few words, and then when Suzuki Sonoko was happily digesting it, she said to Horita Fumiko who was slumped on the ground: "We found this at the door of the villa."
After getting her necklace back, Fumiko Horita calmed down a lot. She breathed a sigh of relief and clutched the pendant tightly: "Thank you, this is the most important thing to me."
Conan said innocently: "Who is the person in the photo?"
Fumiko Horita showed a nostalgic look: "He was my fiancé, but unfortunately he is no longer with us. Five years ago, he committed suicide... No, strictly speaking, he was murdered."
Her expression turned cold: "By my cruel and mean father."
Jiang Xia: "So that's why you decided to run away from home?"
A murderous aura surged from Fumiko Horita's body, but she was powerless to let it go after she remembered that her target was dead: "I really can't forgive him, but if I really want to kill him, I can't do it... I am entangled day after day, and I can only choose to leave."
…
"I don't think she's the murderer."
After leaving Horita Fumiko's room, Suzuki Sonoko stroked her chin like a detective and said seriously, "Based on my experience! The murderer will only desperately say that he is not the murderer, so the real murderer must be the one who least looks like a murderer."
Mao Lilan thought about it carefully and selected a person who was neither one of her own nor the one who least looked like the murderer: "You mean, Mr. Akai?"
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
