Saturday, April 22, afternoon.

Maori, in line with the quality of the detective profession, stepped forward to stop Mikami Toru and asked what was wrong.

Toru Mikami said, "I contacted the teacher at the appointed time, but the teacher didn't answer the phone, and I was worried, so I wanted to go to the teacher's apartment. ”

Maori said dejectedly: "What, I just didn't answer the phone, there's nothing to worry about." ”

"That's not the case, Detective Maori, you don't know," Mikami said anxiously, "This afternoon, the teacher's son, Mr. Takashi, came again, and the two had a big quarrel, and the teacher felt uncomfortable in his heart at that time, so he ......"

"I see, then I'll go with you. Maori volunteered.

Mikami said, "No need, you're still busy with your business." ”

"Ah, it's okay, I'm a fan of Umezu-sensei's books. Maori said.

"Well, that's going to bother the Maori detectives. Mikami said, "The teacher's apartment is over here. ”

"Apartment?" Mori was a little surprised, "With Umezu-sensei's assets?"

Toru Mikami said, "The teacher didn't want to go home because of his son's relationship, so he rented an apartment. ”

"I see," Maori said. ”……

Umezushu apartment on the fifth floor of a five-storey apartment building.

The three of them called the door, and when they found that no one answered the door, they hurriedly called the administrator.

The door opened, and at a glance Umetsu Shu could be seen lying on the ground.

"Teacher. Mikami rushed up, intending to pick up Umezu.

"Don't move. ”

Maori, who was keeping up, pulled Mikami Toru in time, because Umezu's face was wrong, as if he was out of breath.

Mikami shouted, "What are you doing, Mr. Mori, we have to send the teacher to the hospital quickly." ”

Mori reached out and shook his head, "I'm sorry, Umezu-sensei is dead, and we need to protect the scene." ”

Mikami exclaimed, "W-What! Are you sure?"

Mori said, "Yes, Umezu-sensei no longer has a heartbeat, and the temperature of his body has come down. ”

"How could it be!" Mikami couldn't believe it.

Conan stood at the desk in the corner, his laptop open, next to his overturned coffee, and a key on the wall.

"Naa, what seems to be in this coffee? And a message on the laptop. ”

Maori took a look, and the message was a short suicide note.

"My life as a writer is over, and everything is in vain!"

Mikami Toru said in surprise: "This, this, could it be said that the teacher committed suicide because of that incident?"

Maori asked, "What's the matter?"

Mikami shook his head and said, "No, it's nothing. ”

Maori grabbed Mikami's collar, "Bastard, hurry up!"

"It's really nothing. "Mikami didn't dare to look at Maori.

"Okay, then you can talk to the police. Mori let go of Mikami, then called the Twilight Police Department, and then called Miyamoto's house to inform Yamazaki to come over, but it was Mimiko Miyamoto who answered the call. ……

The Miyamoto family.

Yamazaki was called out of the game by Ichiro Miyamoto, and when Miyako Miyamoto said that Maori had encountered another murder, he immediately smiled bitterly. ……

On the other side, Umezu's apartment.

Yamazaki arrived with the police, and the Twilight Police Department saw that Mori also puffed up his triangular eyes, "Come, how did you meet this time?"

"That," Mori laughed dryly, "I took a detour to the shopping street to buy groceries on my way home, and then ......"

"Well," the Dusk Police Department asked angrily, "what happened?"

Mori introduces Toru Mikami to the Twilight Police Department, and then explains the situation.

"Oh, you can't say why you killed yourself, can you?" asked the Dusk Police Department.

"......" Mikami did not speak.

"I think Mr. Umezu's son, Takashi Umezu, might know something, and I've informed him. "There's another assistant, Miss Chika Araki." ”

"Then let's investigate according to his homicide first. "The Twilight Police Department ordered his subordinates to act. ……

Yamazaki looked around, and the window on the side of the exterior wall was open, and although this was the fifth floor, there was a rooftop above, so the possibility of someone coming down from the top could not be ruled out.

On the desk next to the wall, there was a message in the laptop that seemed to be a suicide note, the coffee cup overturned, and the coffee flowed all over the floor.

The suicide note in the laptop can be typed out by anyone.

The coffee flows naturally and there are no breaks.

On the ground next to the desk, the body was lying on its back, holding a wat held by a priest in his hand.

The paper basket fell to the side, there was no trace of a fight in the room, and the reason for suicide that could not be said was that everything looked like suicide because of something unspeakable.

It's just that if you commit suicide, the body is lying there on its back, and this neat appearance is really incompatible with the chaos in the room.

If it is said that after drinking the poison, Umezu Shu accidentally knocked over the coffee and knocked over the paper basket, it means that Umezu Shu had already been poisoned at that time.

In this way, whether he can lie down properly is a question. ……

Soon, Miss Chika Araki rushed over, and she didn't believe what the police said that Osamu Umezu had committed suicide.

"The teacher's work, 'The Road to the Thirteen Steps' is participating in the literary work awards, and I don't believe he would commit suicide at this time. ”

"Good. The Twilight Police Department asked Toru Mikami, "Mr. Mikami, what is your unspeakable reason for suicide?"

Toru Mikami didn't speak, and Chika Araki asked, "Mr. Mikami, what is the reason for the teacher to commit suicide?"

"Of course there is a reason. A man with yellow hair and earrings came in, "I've heard that the style of the old man's work this time does not match his previous works, and the jury suspects that the old man is looking for someone to ghostwrite or something." ”

Mikami hurriedly shouted, "No, there is no such thing at all. ”

Araki said, "That's right, this work was written entirely by the teacher himself. ”

The yellow-haired man laughed evilly, "This time, it seems that the legend is that you are his shadow writer, it's really not wrong at all, that's great, you don't have to worry about it, I really want the copyright of those books, let's talk about it later." ”

Seeing that Araki Chika's face became ugly, the Twilight Police Department asked, "Ahem, may I ask who you are?"

"Oh, I'm Takashi Umezu. Umezu Takashi sneered, "I heard that the old man died, I am really lucky today, his property is mine, as well as his various insurance money." ”

The Dusk Police Department's face was not good, "Aren't you a little sad?"

"Nope. Umezu Takashi sneered, "The old man has been in charge of me since I was a child, this is not allowed, that is not allowed, ha, now that he is dead, finally no one cares about me, I am finally free." ”

The Twilight Police Department was speechless, apparently still in a rebellious period.

Mikami said bitterly: "Mr. Long, the teacher cares about you, because he is afraid that you will go astray, you can't live up to the teacher's heart, drugs can't be indiscriminately smoking, let alone bought and sold." ”

"Bastard, asshole, when did I suck. Umezu was anxious, "Officer, don't listen to his nonsense, there is no such thing at all." ”

"It's okay, we'll find out when we get some blood for a test. The Dusk Police Department said coldly, "As for the issue of buying and selling drugs, after returning to the Metropolitan Police Department, I have time to listen to you slowly." ”

And Officer Chiba stood beside Umezu Takashi at the signal of the Twilight Police Department, "I'm sorry, Mr. Umezu Takashi, now I suspect that you are carrying illegal drugs, and you are going to be searched, I wonder if you are willing to cooperate?"

Umezu raised his hands, "You've searched it, I didn't do those things anyway." ”

"It's rude. Officer Chiba searched and found no illegal drugs, but instead found a suspicious item - a key, a key that was exactly the same as the key on the desk.

The Twilight Police Department took the key and opened the door, only to open it.

"Mr. Long, what's the matter with this key?"

Umezu said, "Oh, when I left in the afternoon, I saw that there were three keys on the table, so I took one of them, and planned to get some money when I had the chance, when no one was around." ”

"Ah, I see. Maori exclaimed, "You're the murderer." ”

Umezu was stunned, "Huh?"

"You came in and stole money, and it turned out that your father was at home, and he taught you a lesson, so you simply used the medicine you were carrying, which was not poison, but you can kill people in large doses, and that's how you killed your father, Umezu-sensei, because you could get the inheritance by doing that. "This is a case of killing for the sake of an inheritance." ”

Umezu argued: "No, it's not like that, I haven't been here since I left today, until I received the call. ”

Conan interjected and reminded, "Hey, there's only one key there, didn't you say there were three?"

"Well, there's a key to me. Chika Araki hesitated and took out a key.

The Twilight Police Department asked, "Miss Araki, why is this key with you?"

"This is when I left in the afternoon, and the teacher gave it to me by himself, and Mikami can testify. Araki Chika said, "These three keys, the teacher, me, and Mikami each have one, so that in case the other two have something to do temporarily, the person with the key can open the door himself." ”

The Twilight Police Department asked, "Mr. Mikami, is that so?"

"That's right. Mikami said, "However, because I found out that a key was missing today, the teacher said that he would be in the house in the afternoon, and even if he left, it wouldn't be long, so I didn't take the key, but I didn't expect the key to be taken away by Mr. Long." ”

"Police, I can testify," Maori said, "Mr. Mikami really doesn't have a key, we came in through a spare key in the administrator's hand, and when we entered, the key was on the table." ”

Yamazaki interjected: "Ahem, that, when Mr. Umezu was still alive, the prisoner could come in by knocking on the door, and he just took the door and left after committing the crime, and he didn't need to take the key out at all." ”

"Do you suspect that I am a murderer?" asked Toru Mikami.

"No, I'm suspicious of all the people who can knock on the door. Yamazaki said.

Conan reminded, "By the way, why didn't the Administrator see the murderer? Could it be that the murderer is invisible?"

"Stupid, what's the invisible man, it's just that the murderer is familiar with the administrator's schedule and uses it. Maori reacted after speaking, "Twilight Police Department!"

Glancing at Takashi Umezu, Toru Mikami, and Chika Araki, the Dusk Police Department said coldly: "Well, an acquaintance did it." ”

"Wait, officer," said Araki Chika, "it's not uncommon for you to be able to knock on the teacher's door and know the administrator's schedule and avoid it, right? ”

Umezu said, "That's right, you can't just stare at us, officer. ”……