Half an hour later, in front of the Ikemura house.

As soon as Bai Shu got out of the car, the notebook in his pocket reacted.

I took it out and opened it, and there was a black name written on it - someone nearby was about to hit the street.

He put the notebook away again, and when he turned around, several other people had already gotten out of the car one after another and followed Ikemura Gongjiang into the door.

After meeting the housekeeper of the Ikemura family, the daughter-in-law who was not favored by Ikemura Gongjiang, the son of her daughter-in-law, and the father-in-law she visited by chance, the group finally came to the door of Ikemura Xun's study.

Ikemura knocked on the door twice, "Husband, I'm back." ”

She stood and waited for a while, but no one came to open the door, and through the heavy door, she could faintly hear the music coming from inside.

"He was still there before I went out, could it be that something went out?" , Ikemura Muttered as he pulled out a key from his bag and opened the door.

The study is spacious, with bookshelves on all sides, and a luxurious and spacious desk facing the doorway.

Behind the desk, a bald uncle sat in the wide boss's chair with his eyes closed, leaning forward, one hand propping his head, dozing off.

Ikemura Gongjiang glanced at him and showed an expression that was indeed so, "It must be because I stayed up late last night." ”

She let a few people into the house, walked over and shook Chimura Xun herself, "Husband, get up, I invited the detective." ”

Isao Ikemura remained motionless.

“…… Husband? Ikemura's voice became hesitant, and he used some force to push him.

Crunch –

The chair tilted to the side, and Ikemura's fat body fell out and fell to the ground with a thud.

"......", the room was quiet for a moment, and everyone looked at Ikemura Xun who suddenly fell to the ground in amazement, not understanding what was happening.

It took a few seconds for Mrs. Ikemura to react, shouting and rushing over, "Husband, what's wrong with you?!" ”

Ikemura wanted to help him up, but the man's body was too heavy and a little stiff, and she couldn't succeed. Heiji Hattori and Conan watched from the side for a while, and at the same time, they sensed something was wrong and ran to Ikemura Koe.

But before they could do anything, a hand suddenly reached out from the side and pressed it against Ikemura's neck and probed it.

Bai Shu sighed, retracted his hand seemingly painfully, and put on a sad expression, "He's out of breath, call the police." ”

In his hand, he was holding a soul that no one else could see.

The three-headed Ikemura Xun still couldn't accept the reality of his death, and looked himself up and down for a while, and asked tremblingly, "What's wrong with me?!" ”

After a while, probably because he found that no one paid attention to him, he had to accept the reality, and after a few seconds of self-isolation, he changed the question aggrievedly, "I...... Why did I die? ”

Bai Shuxu tapped the corpse's ear, and the soul moved over, holding the head of his corpse and looking at it, and found that there was a very inconspicuous little red dot.

"This is ......", three voices sounded at the same time, one was still confused, and two were thoughtful.

When the soul fell into self-isolation again, Conan and Hattori were silent for a moment, and at the same time looked away from the small red dot and turned their heads to find something on the ground nearby.

After a while, they finally found a needle under their desk.

Conan took out a handkerchief and was about to pick it up, but he was suddenly slapped away, and before he could come back to his senses, the next second, the neckline was heavy, and he was lifted up by the back collar.

Hattori glanced at him dissatisfied, "What are you messing around?" ”

“…… Let go! Conan just had a little idea, and was suddenly interrupted by him, and then, before his weak protest took effect, Hattori Heiji had already thrown him into Xiaolan's arms:

"How did you take care of him, how could you let such a young child go to see the corpse?!"

"......", Xiaolan hugged Conan, stunned for two seconds, yes, I didn't notice this before.

She was inexplicably a little ashamed, touched Conan's head, and didn't tell Hattori Heiji Conan that there were not a hundred but dozens of corpses he had seen, but just apologized sincerely, "I'm sorry, I'll pay attention in the future." ”

……

Ten minutes later, the Twilight Police Department arrived at the scene, and the rest of the Ikemura family was also attracted by Ikemura Gongjiang's screams.

"The deceased was Isao Ikemura, 54 years old, diplomat, and the body was found by his wife, Mrs. Ikemura, and ......"

He looked at Mori Kogoro who was grinning and came over, with an indescribable expression, "And the detective who happened to be at the scene, Mori Kogoro - since you're here, it's him who killed him this time, right?" ”

Maori Kogoro felt that this causal relationship was a bit weird, but he quickly put it behind him, waved his hand, and expressed his opinion, "There is no obvious external injury, I'm afraid it is a natural death, at this age, with this body size, it is indeed easy to ......"

"No, Uncle Maori, take a closer look." , Conan today, who is also working hard to maintain the reputation of Kogoro Maori, tries to remind, "That must be ......"

"Must have been poisoned."

Heiji Hattori announced the answer before Conan.

He raised his hand to put the brim of his hat on it, and reasoned confidently, "According to the red dot behind his ear and the needle that fell next to him, this uncle should have been poisoned." ”

Mori Kogoro stared at him with dead fish eyes, trying to save his "reasoning" by picking thorns:

"Red dots? It's too hasty to make such a judgment, maybe it's still a mosquito! Some people are bitten by mosquitoes and have only a small red dot...... This kind of physique is really enviable. ”

"First, it's late autumn, and second...... Can't you see it at all? Hattori Heiji looked at him suspiciously:

"The body's lips, fingers and toes had turned purple, and there were blood spots on the conjunctiva of the eyes, which were characteristic of death by suffocation, but he showed no signs of strangulation or drowning, so it is likely that the nerves were paralyzed by the poison, resulting in suffocation, which must be a highly toxic poison that can kill instantly."

Sounds very organized and quite professional......

Mori Kogoro was overwhelmed by his aura and moved his mouth, but in the end he couldn't speak, so he had to look at this detective who appeared out of nowhere with the Twilight Police Department, guessing what he was about.

Heiji Hattori was also looking at Kogoro Maori, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that there was a problem.

"Sleeping Kogoro" has been in the limelight lately, but now it seems that his observation skills are far from worthy of this reputation...... Plus he's Kudo's father-in-law...... Could it be that Kudo was helping him reason behind his back before?

But until now, Kudo Shinichi has not shown up......

Hattori Heiji subconsciously looked out the window again, of course, there was no Kudo Shinichi or anything like that suddenly appeared there.

As he withdrew his gaze in frustration, he accidentally caught a glimpse of a person with a weak presence on the wall, and he stared at the man who was said to be Kogoro Maori's assistant for a while, and suddenly, a small light bulb crackled in his head.

By the way, in addition to Kudo, isn't there a ready-made helper!

If I'm not mistaken, he was the first to discover the pinhole...... At that time, the cause of death had not yet been determined, and even whether he was alive or dead, but he quickly noticed this very inconspicuous location behind his ear......

Hattori Heiji thought of it and did it, and opened his mouth to throw the topic over, "Am I right?" ”

"Huh?" , Bai Shu looked away from the fat soul, "Sounds reasonable, so it should be right." ”

“…… Wait, I feel like you're perfunctory to me, did you really listen? ”

Bai Shu really didn't listen, and his brain automatically filtered this known information.

Fortunately, the police officer of the forensic department had carefully eavesdropped on their conversation just now, and he came over with the preliminary appraisal results, agreeing with Hattori Heiji's statement, and did not let the scene cool down.

His two old departments seemed to be pressed together, and the Dusk Police Department admired it but was not very happy, looking at Hattori Pingji, and finally asked the doubts he had just now, "Where did this little ghost come from?" ”

"He said his name was Heiji Hattori."

The surname Hattori is not too common, and as soon as Bai Shu finished speaking, the Dusk Police Department had a flash of inspiration, "Hattori...... You are the chief of the Osaka Prefectural Police Department, the son of Heizou Hattori?! ”

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