"Ahh I just scared him, because he said that if I didn't pay it back, he would sell the carving I had mortgaged, which was my master's master's master's work! Akutsu, who finally reacted to the meaning of the eyes of the people around him, became even more flustered, wiped the sweat from his forehead and hurriedly explained.

"Your master's work? What kind of carving is that? Hearing Akutsu's roar, the Twilight Police Department was afraid of what would happen to Yuichi, so they immediately rushed over and asked with a serious face.

"That work? It was in this private room when I was last here! If I'm not mistaken, it should be in ...... Yes! Got it! It's this dragon-shaped carving on the cabinet, but luckily it's fine! Otherwise......"

Looking in the direction of Akutsu, who ran to the side of the cabinet, Yuichi looked up and down at the cabinet that had been cut by a knife and then refocused on the dragon-shaped carving on the top of the cabinet, because the other statues around it were actually cut into several pieces or pieces, although Akutsu, who was full of surprise, was about to cry happily when he saw that the master's work had nothing to do, but in Yuichi's eyes, Akuzu should cry at this moment, because this dragon-shaped carving is so dazzling in the single room full of sword marks now, It's like telling the police that there's something wrong with it.

"Is it really such a coincidence? The initial reconnaissance at the scene pointed all the evidence of the murder to Yuji Suwa, who was a master of kendo, and the suspicion of Yuji Suwa after careful investigation was ruled out by the wrong posture of holding the sword in his hand when he died in this room and the clumsy arrangement of the ceiling full of sword marks.

But when Yuji Suwa was ruled out, because of the answering machine, the sculptor Akutsu Makoto entered the line of suspicion again, and the message he said did not appear on the answering machine, and he himself admitted that he had threatened to kill the dead, and the most important thing was that his very valuable dragon-shaped statue was still well preserved when all the statues on the standing cabinet were chopped up, so it seems that Akutsu Makoto's motive for committing the crime is there, and he can't borrow usury from Marudenjiro, I don't want the other party to sell the dragon-shaped carving to pay off the debt.

But if you look at it this way, Yuji Suwa can't say it clearly, Yuichi doesn't think that Akutsu knows how to set up the scene to frame Yuji Suwa but he doesn't know the meaning of this dragon-shaped carving here, so it seems that Akutsu Makoto is more likely to be framed.

If Makoto Akutsu was framed, then what he said would be credible, but there was no message from him on the answering machine, why is that? Perhaps I should ask the first person who made an appointment in this case.

Yuichi, who couldn't solve the doubts in his heart, glanced around left and right, and finally saw Mori Kogoro who was talking to her at Mrs. Maruinako behind the door, as well as his attendants Ran and Conan.

"Uncle Maori! I have something to ask you! Yuichi, who walked to their circle, twitched his irritated nose, glanced at Maruko, the scent carrier, nodded politely to her, and asked Maori Kogoro who was looking ugly.

"Yuichi! What's wrong? Is there anything you need help from me, the number one detective? Maori Kogoro, who was relieved as if he had seen a savior, immediately patted Yuichi on the shoulder enthusiastically and replied.

"Aha! It's nothing! I just wanted to ask you about it, when you visited Mr. Maru, there was a strange visitor who came around three o'clock, right? ”

"Yes! Conan also said this! Mr. Maru hasn't been back to the main house since! ”

"And the purpose of your visit to Mr. Maru?"

"Ahem! Mr. Maru suspects that Mrs. Maru-Inako is having an affair, so please ask me to investigate, and I came to talk to him about it today! ”

"Huh? Bringing a daughter and a minor to talk about an affair and cheating? Uncle Maori, you are truly a man of God! And the daily task of the so-called No. 1 detective in the country is to track and check the affair? After being shocked by Maori Kogoro's strange behavior, the smile on Yu's face gradually stiffened.

"Huh! Uncle Maori, did anything strange or sound come up while you waited? ”

"Strange things?"

"Absolutely! Uncle, did you forget? Not long after Mr. Maru went to the private room, a phone came from the house, and it rang more than a dozen times. You yelled angrily, but an hour later, the phone rang again, but it rang three times and then hung up, and the phone call that came immediately after that was the same, and I still seemed to hear some noises over there shortly after Mr. Maru and the others left, but I don't know why! "Before Maori Kogoro could speak, Conan, who couldn't leave after being stuffed to Xiaolan by the Twilight Police Department, couldn't take care of the awkwardness between him and Yuichi in order to solve the case, and hurriedly revealed the information he knew, for Yuichi's ability to solve the case, Conan, who thought that they had detective genes in the blood of the Kudo family, was very trusting, at least much more reliable than the Maori Kogomaru he was assisting now.

"Three phone calls? Makoto Akutsu didn't lie? So why is there no message from him on the answering machine? And this fragrance, if I'm not mistaken, Hatano also has it! Was Uncle Maori called in to investigate the two of them? If you look at it this way, Hatano will also have a motive for committing the crime. Looks like we'll have to ask them what they've been doing all this time! Yuichi, who had received confirmation from Conan, looked back at the three people who were still standing by the cabinet, smiled, and walked over again.

"Three to five? I'm practicing alone in the sword room! ”

"I'm also a person, carving works in my studio."

"I ...... I...... I'm out watching a movie! ”

"Watching a movie during work hours? Are you alone? What movie did you watch? In which cinema did you watch it? Can't answer? Hatano Kiya, the smell of perfume on your body is very special! Maruinako also smells like this, aren't you really going to say something? ”

"I ......" Faced with a series of questions from Yuichi who suddenly turned the head of the gun, Hatanoji, who was originally out of the way, suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and stammered speechlessly.

"If you don't tell the truth, then I'll have to take you back to the police station!"

"Don't! I say! Hatano he was with me in the afternoon, and we were at the Rice Flower Hotel! There's a registration record there, you can check it! But Hatano really has nothing to do with it! ”

Maruinako, who had just heard Mori Kogoro say that she was here to investigate her affair, had been paying attention to the situation since Yuichi left. When she heard Yuichi say that she was going to take Hatano back to the police station, she hurriedly ran over and explained.

"Go to someone and check the records and surveillance footage of the Rice Flower Hotel to see if it's the same as what Mrs. Marudaoko said!" Although he ordered the police to investigate Mrs. Maru-Inako and Hatano Kiya, Yuichi already believed Maru-Inako in his heart, which means that Hatano Kiya's suspicion was temporarily ruled out, so that the suspects would be left with Makoto Akutsu and Yuji Suwa, who also had no alibi, and at the same time, there was evidence to point to them and the evidence against them was insufficient, who was the murderer?

Touching his chin, Yuichi silently turned on the detective system. Now he may need a little hint.