Chapter 87

Huh? The deceased actually bought a ticket?

Maori Kogoro was stunned for a moment. When he realized that he was refuted by a little kid like Conan, he immediately became furious and said:

"You little brat! Don't stay at the crime scene and get yourself in trouble!"

As he said that, Kogoro Mouri picked up Conan, ignored Conan's frantic struggle, and threw him out the door.

Conan performed a low-altitude glide in front of the crowd, and his forehead hit the steps outside the door with a "bang". He rubbed the big bump on his forehead and tried to get up from the ground miserably.

"Really? This is the problem with children's health. They are so restricted when investigating cases. Hmm? What is this?"

Conan did not stand up, but lay on the ground, observing in fascination a small piece of mud stuck to the edge of the stairs.

The soil had dried up, but because it was very sticky, it was not blown away by the wind, but instead stuck directly to the vertical part of the edge of the steps.

Judging from the location, it must have been caused by stepping on the edge of the steps with muddy shoes and then getting stuck here.

And because of its relatively remote location, Officer Ida and his team did not step here when they passed by before, so it has been preserved until now.

Suddenly, a pair of hands reached out, passed through Conan's armpits and lifted him up from the ground. Conan's thoughts were interrupted, and when he looked up, he saw Mao Lilan shaking her head in disapproval at him.

"Conan, don't lie on the ground, and don't disturb dad and the two police officers from investigating the case. Can I take you to a place farther away to play?"

Mao Lilan carefully stroked the bump on Conan's forehead and comforted him softly.

Conan stared blankly at Ran Mouri's actions, but in his mind he remembered the scene when he and everyone had just walked to the door of the collection room, and Ran Mouri also gently advised him to wipe the mud off his shoes.

Mud!

Oh, right! All the roads in the welfare home are paved with gravel. It just rained a few days ago, and there was no dust on the road. If you are just walking on the road normally, where does the mud come from? And it is such a sticky special mud?

However, by coincidence, Conan just knew a place with this special kind of mud, and he even walked there with Mao Lilan. It was in the middle of the lawn next to the rockery, on a very hidden path.

What needs to be clarified now is whether this piece of mud was left here by the deceased teacher Sakai, or by someone else, or even the person who poisoned Sakai.

However, just as Conan was about to re-enter the deceased's room, he was stopped by Mao Lilan behind him.

"Conan! I told you not to disturb adults from solving cases!"

Mao Lilan was obviously a little angry. The angry voice made Conan pause immediately. He turned around and smiled awkwardly:

"Haha, I get it, Sister Xiaolan."

Then, before Mouri Ran could say anything, he whooshed away from her side.

Conan already had an idea of ​​the direction of the investigation in his mind, but due to his identity as a child, it was inconvenient and Xiaolan was very strict, so he had to find a tool to take him back.

Then he looked up and saw Xingchuan and Ming standing aside as if nothing had happened, one of them seemed to be in a daze.

Conan was speechless for a moment.

Isn't this guy a mystery comic artist who claims to have the best observation skills after himself? The murder scene is right in front of him, but he is not even curious? Oh, by the way, this guy seems to have never had any curiosity.

So when Hoshikawa, Mingzheng and Kagino Satoshi were chatting in their consciousness, they suddenly felt their sleeves being pulled down.

He looked down and saw that it was indeed Conan, the pitiful Conan with a big bump on his forehead, dirty body, and who was deliberately acting coquettishly and cutely.

"Brother Xingchuan, shall we play the detective game?"

Conan's big eyes blinked and his voice was soft and cute.

"I heard from Shinichi that you are a great mystery manga artist. You must be very good at reasoning, right? Shinichi taught me reasoning before. Hoshikawa is so good, why don't you teach me reasoning too?"

Hoshikawa and Akira were so disgusted by Conan's childish voice that they froze and almost kicked him out.

And listening to what he said, he started by complimenting me by saying "Brother Shinichi said", and then he secretly compared Hoshikawa Kazuaki with Kudo Shinichi. If I don't cooperate with him, wouldn't it seem that I am not worthy of the reputation?

However, Conan didn't know that Xingchuan and Ming had expected this to happen. This was one of the ways he could smoothly integrate into the daily cases as an unrelated person.

So Xingchuan and Ming resisted the urge to smooth out their goosebumps, bent down and said to Conan:

"You wanted to play the detective game by yourself, but you were afraid that the adults wouldn't allow you to, so you came to me?"

Conan smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to answer, and his back was covered in cold sweat.

How come Xingchuan is still so sensitive? Did he see it directly or guess it himself?

However, Hoshikawa Kazuaki's gentle image meant that he would not embarrass the child when he was embarrassed, so he simply stood up and stretched out his hand towards Conan.

"Come on, I'll take you with me. I happen to be Mr. Maori's partner now, so it's reasonable for me to investigate the case with him, right?"

Conan quickly grabbed Hoshikawa and Akira's hands, but after holding them, he became a little worried. Hoshikawa's attitude didn't mean he had discovered something, did he?

Forget it. With Hoshikawa's sharp mind, it would be hard to hide anything from him except my true identity. As for the fact that I am Kudo Shinichi, no normal person would guess in this direction, right?

When they were about to enter the door, Xingchuan and Ming paused for a while at the broken door lock. The door lock was a very old-fashioned latch lock, which had to be operated from the inside whether it was opened or locked.

Before that, everyone only saw Sakai lying on the ground, not knowing whether he was dead or alive. Date Ko was anxious to see if Sakai could be saved, so he broke the fixing screws in a hurry, and the lock naturally fell off.

Hoshikawa and Akira considered the amount of force needed to break the screw, and then they envied him a little. Then they heard Conan's surprised cheer:

"Wow! Brother Hoshikawa is amazing! He found the clue left on the door lock in no time. He really deserves to be a famous mystery manga artist."

Xingchuan and Ming: "..."

Does this guy really think I discovered something, or is he just pretending to have made his own discovery and trying to attribute it to me?

However, Xingchuan and Ming were destined to never get an answer to this question. Date Kou had already walked over, holding a phone in his hand, and seemed to be contacting someone.

"What clues did Xingchuan find?"

"Here, here!"

Conan pointed at the location of the latch, looking eager to show off.

"There are some shiny things on the plug here."

"Huh? That's true. I didn't even notice it before."

Kenji Hagiwara immediately came over to take pictures.

Maori Kogoro also followed and when he learned that it was Hoshikawa and Ming who discovered the clue, he immediately praised:

"Well done, Hoshikawa! You are worthy of being my disciple and partner of Kogoro Mori."

Conan rolled his eyes as he listened. Then, while everyone's attention was on the latch, he slipped into the room, opened the shoe cabinet and took a quick look.

The deceased's shoes were of very good quality, and there were no traces of mud on the soles.

After closing the shoe cabinet door, Conan confirmed that the deceased was wearing slippers before death, then he lowered his head and began to think.

"Sure enough, if the deceased had no other visitors recently, the dirt was most likely left by the murderer. In other words, the murderer had been to the lawn before committing the crime. But why? Was it to meet someone? Or was there some other reason?"

At this time, Ida Ko and others had already completed the search of the crime scene and planned to learn about the situation from other people in the welfare home.

Hoshikawa and Akimi Date Kou put away their phones with serious expressions and asked:

"What's wrong, Brother Ida? Did you receive any news?"

Date Hang sighed:

"The case at the Metropolitan Police Department is very difficult, and the Investigation Division simply can't spare any personnel to come here to respond. Officer Megure heard that I was also here, so he simply handed the case over to me. At most, he could only send colleagues from the Identification Division to assist."

Kenji Hagiwara had obviously just heard the news and was surprised:

"Why are you so busy? I remember the investigation department clearly said it was a theft case."

But then, Kenji Hagiwara seemed to have suddenly thought of something and quickly changed the subject:

"Let's not worry about the Metropolitan Police Department for now. But as for that shiny thing on the latch, I do have a clue."

Xingchuan and Ming also obviously thought of something, and immediately responded:

“It’s sequins!”

Everyone immediately remembered that at the edge of the ancient forest, Kenji Hagihara had accidentally found a few sequins in a pile of rotten leaves.

"The appearance of sequins and unknown traces in the ancient forest is definitely not accidental. Let's first check the alibis of the teachers and students of the welfare home and find possible suspects."

Kou Date said to Kenji Hagiwara with a serious expression:

"The case at the orphanage must be resolved as soon as possible. Once it's resolved, we'll go back to the Metropolitan Police Department together."

Kenji Hagiwara obviously guessed the seriousness of the matter and nodded seriously in agreement.

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