Chapter 0321 - Bomb in the Wine Box
On the evening of Friday, January 10th, at the Hotta family villa restaurant in the mountains on the outskirts of Tama Town.
Mr. Hotta left the restaurant, and Yamazaki and Conan glanced at each other and followed out.
Following Mr. Hotta all the way, seeing him return to his room and close the door, Conan asked, "What excuse do you have?"
"Nope. Yamazaki said, "Just knock on the door and go in." ”
"What did you say to him?" said Conan, "Uncle Maori has brought you unlucky, and now that someone is going to work against you, we are going to check your room." ”
Yamazaki smiled and asked, "Isn't that just a powerful excuse?" and knocked on Mr. Hotta's door.
"Who is it?" asked Mr. Hotta.
"I'm an assistant to the Maori detective," Yamazaki said, "and the Maori detective thinks you might be in danger, so let me check it out." ”
Mr. Hotta asked, "What do you mean?"
"Now that you know the reputation of the Maori detective," Yamazaki laughs, "then you must know the name of the Maori detective." ”
There was silence in the room, and Mr. Hotta said, "Please come in." ”
Yamazaki and Conan entered the room, and Yamazaki asked, "Mr. Hotta, can I ask you and your daughter?"
"What did you say?" Mr. Hotta exclaimed angrily.
"Don't get excited," Yamazaki said, "I just want to find out about the situation, as you just said, you haven't seen each other for five years, and I don't have to wait until today to hurt you." Uncle Maori listened to the two of you arguing over the invitation, and you said that you didn't send it to Miss Fumiko, but Miss Fumiko insisted that you sent her the invitation. ”
Mr. Hotta was surprised and asked, "You mean to send an invitation to Fumiko in someone's name?"
"Yes. "So tell me why you fell out with your daughter." ”
"Well," Mr. Hotta said after a moment's consideration, "five years ago, my daughter brought a boyfriend back and said she wanted to marry him, and I didn't agree, so, so we fell out. ”
"Mr. Hotta, with all due respect, is there anything you haven't said yet? It's been five years, and if Miss Fumiko eloped with that person, the child born would be able to call you grandpa by now, and maybe the second one would be born. If she thinks that you sent the invitation, then she will definitely think that you have forgiven her, and she will definitely bring her husband and children to meet you here. Yamazaki asked, "Now, since your daughter, Miss Fumiko, came alone, did her boyfriend have an accident five years ago?"
"This," Mr. Hotta sighed after a moment's hesitation, "even the assistant is so powerful, and the Maori detective must be even more powerful." He continued, "Fumiko's boyfriend is a rising star in the piano world, and I couldn't control it for a while, and I trampled off two of his fingers. ”
Yamazaki asked, "What happened later?"
Then he committed suicide. Mr. Hotta said, "I really didn't mean to, I had already found a good match for Fumiko, so I ...... for a while."
"Morally speaking, you are guilty of an unforgivable crime, but legally speaking, you only need to lose money, and this money should be enough for him to open a small shop and live for a long time. Yamazaki asked, "So, do you know his basic information?"
"I only know that his father is an engineer, how can a person from this background be worthy of my daughter. Mr. Hotta said, and then asked, "Okay, now, you can tell me who is trying to harm me, right? Koichi or Ryoji?"
Yamazaki asked, "Why do you ask?"
"I know these two bastards want me to die sooner rather than later so I can get my legacy. Mr. Hotta said with some displeasure, "But how can these two fools keep this family business, I am sure that they will be taken away in a few years, and they will either commit suicide with a large amount of debt, or go to receive relief." Then, perhaps thirsty, I wanted to pick up a wooden wine box on the table.
"Wait. Yamazaki said, "If I were you, I wouldn't touch anything suspicious here." ”
"What do you mean?" asked Mr. Hotta.
"What's out of the ordinary?" Yamazaki asked Conan.
"Didn't find anything in this room that shouldn't be there. Conan said, "It's not clear if the circuit has been changed or something." ”
"In order to have an alibi, the murderer will be with everyone after you leave the scene," Yamazaki said, "and there must have been some kind of mechanism in place for you to touch and kill you." ”
"I see. Mr. Hotta asked, "So who is trying to harm me?"
Yamazaki asked, "Do you seem to have a lot of trust in Yamauchi's housekeeper?"
"He's it? No, it can't be. Mr. Hotta shook his head and said, "No, if it were him, I would have died a long time ago." ”
"What if he's waiting for someone?" said Yamazaki, "and wait for the opportunity to take you with your daughter." ”
"What!" Mr. Hotta said in surprise, "why is that? Wait, could it be that Yamauchi is that fellow's engineer father." ”
Yamazaki asked, "How long has he been here?"
"It's been almost two years. Mr. Hotta said.
"Then it's not surprising that you learned your handwriting. "Then write a note with some apologies, I think your daughter will come, and then you can carry out his plan." ”
Mr. Hotta said, "What plan?"
"I don't know. "In two years, there are too many mechanisms that can be arranged. Then he asked, "You don't answer the phone in this villa, do you use a satellite phone?"
"Yes. Mr. Hotta said, "I'll call the police right away." ”
"Tell me where the phone is, and I'll get it. "If he puts a bomb on it and you move around, it's going to be in trouble." ”
"It's in the drawer. Mr. Hotta said, pointing to the table where the wooden sake boxes were kept.
Yamazaki took two steps forward, then his face changed, then he reached out and picked up the wooden wine box and asked, "Who sent this?"
"What?" Conan asked, surprised, "It can't be a bomb, can it?"
"What?" Mr. Hotta was taken aback, "Damn Ryoji." As he spoke, he wanted to go out to him.
"It's not him. Conan pointed to the greeting card and asked, "Who would leave their name here?" ”
"But this bottle of wine was indeed given by Ryoji. Mr. Hotta said, and then added, "Wait a minute, this is from Yamauchi." ”
"Conan, take it. Yamazaki shoved the wooden sake box into Conan's hand, then opened the drawer to find that the satellite phone was still there.
"Boy, you're saved. Yamazaki laughed.
Yamazaki stood by the window, opened the window, and first called the police to inform the Twilight Police Department, saying that there was a bomb here, and asked him to come over immediately.
"What is this for?" asked Conan.
Yamazaki smiled, "Of course he sent us home." ”……