Chapter 23: Kogoro March 1
"Evidence!? Of course I have! With that, he led the group outside the room of the old man.
Although Ichiro Flag didn't want to go, if he didn't go, it would mean that he was weak-hearted, and he still followed under Mariko's urging.
"Look here." As he spoke, Kogoro pointed to the blood stains on the door frame, and only after everyone saw it did he continue.
"There are only two possibilities for blood stains here, the first is that the murderer had blood on his body or knife when he killed the old man in the house."
"Then the blood dripped on the doorframe as he left, but not in the front of the door, which was clearly unreasonable."
"Therefore, there is only a second possibility, that is, after the murderer knocked on the door, he suddenly assassinated the master when he opened the door."
"And that's what dripped when the knife was inserted into the body of the old man." "How so!? And didn't the Suzuki butler say that when he came, the door wasn't closed? ”
"Could it be that the Suzuki butler killed grandpa?!" After hearing Akie Akimoto's words, Kogoro immediately shook his head.
"That's not the case, the door should be closed by the lord of the mansion. When he encountered a sudden assassination, he instinctively closed the door and wanted to separate from the murderer. ”
"And he left the door immediately, because he retreated at once, so he didn't leave a blood stain in that section."
"Later, Master Haozang, but he couldn't call for help because of his injuries, so he died, you look here."
As he spoke, he pointed to the ground in the doorway, and when he looked closely, there were some dark red patches.
"This is a blood stain, judging from the freshness, it is obvious that the murderer just left it when he killed the old man."
"Judging from the traces, the murderer obviously dealt with the scene after the murder, just ask, a murderer who can calmly handle the murder scene after the murder will leave something that exposes his identity in front of him!?"
"You mean, the murderer is not Xiao Wu!?" "Yes!" After getting Kogoro's affirmative answer, Xia Jiang, who was looking forward to it, was suddenly overjoyed.
However, no matter how happy Xia Jiang was, Mariko Flag asked Kogoro loudly. "At most, this means that Xiao Wu is not a murderer, why do you say that it is Ichiro!?"
"I said that he was a murderer, naturally for a reason, you see this." He calmly took a handkerchief from his pocket and spread it out.
When everyone looked closely, they saw that there was a piece of debris stained red with blood. "What is this?"
"It's breadcrumbs! I found it next to the corpse of the old man. And as we all know, what the Lord of the Mansion hates the most is bread and other Western things, so it can only be that the murderer killed the Lord of the Mansion is left. ”
"I asked Suzuki Butler earlier, and I learned that two of you have touched bread." As soon as Kogoro finished speaking, everyone looked at Shoji Flag on the side.
He suddenly panicked, and hurriedly waved his hand and said. "It's not me, it's really not me! Mr. Kogoro, you must know it's not mine! ”
"Yes, it wasn't Mr. Shoji who killed Master Haozang, but another person, that is, Ichiro Hatamoto."
"How so!?" "When you're doing charcoal drawings, you usually use breadcrumbs to wipe them off, and you've done it before."
"The charcoal stains on this bread are the best proof that you are the murderer of the rich master." Kogoro's words suddenly made Mariko Hatamoto go crazy.
She looked at Kogoro with a grim face and asked sharply. "Then tell me about it! Why did my son kill his grandfather!? ”
"Well, just look at that!" As he spoke, Kogoro pointed to a stack of sketches in Conan's hand on the side.
He went to Ichiro Kimoto's room just now to get it, and when Akie saw it, he immediately took it curiously, and after taking a look, he immediately understood.
"Mr. Ichiro is probably resentful of the treasure master for marrying Miss Xia Jiang to Mr. Xiao Wu, so he killed him!"
At this time, Ichiro Kimoto lowered his head with a look of hatred. "I mentioned to him before that I wanted to marry Xia Jiang."
"But the old guy said, how could I marry my precious granddaughter to your useless thing, so I killed him today."
"And what about the dragon man!? Why did you kill the dragon man!? Qimoto Qiujiang looked at him with hatred on his face and asked loudly.
"I was about to throw away the knife that killed my grandfather, but I happened to see him standing next to me. Because I was afraid that he would know that I killed my grandfather, I killed him without stopping. ”
Seeing the few people who were silent, Kogoro, Conan and Xiaolan accompanied Xia Jiang to leave here and went to the warehouse where Xiao Wu was held.
But when they found that the door was open and empty, the four of them scattered to look for it.
The last person to find him was Xia Jiang, and after learning that his suspicion had been cleared and the murderer had been found, he was immediately relieved.
After a few more small talks, the cruise ship arrived at its destination. Ichiro Kimoto was immediately taken away by the police who had been waiting for a long time, and everyone also made a record as requested.
After the end, Xiao Wulang and the three of them left in the repeated thanks of Xia Jiang and Xiao Wu, and the three of them were embarrassed along the way.
The next day, as soon as she returned home from school, Xiaolan found Kogoro busy in the kitchen alone, and Conan was listlessly reading the newspaper.
"Conan, what is he doing Dad!?" "See for yourself!" Conan grimaced and didn't explain directly.
Curious, Xiaolan went straight into the kitchen, and then saw several bags of discarded ingredients and dark dishes.
"Daddy! What the hell do you want to do!? She shouted angrily, causing Kogoro's hand to shake and almost cut his finger.
"Ah, of course I'm cooking!" He glanced at the bags of things on the ground before he spoke.
"What did you say!? I think you're wasting food, right? The tone was very stiff, and it was obvious that she was very angry at this time.
"This, that, that, yes! It's been a long time since I've been to a restaurant, so how about I treat you to a big meal!? Kogoro hesitated for a long time before changing the topic and said.
"Daddy! Don't change the subject! Xiaolan stared at Kogoro deadly, obviously not being fooled so easily.
In the end, Kogoro talked about it for a long time before he got out of Xiaolan's anger, but because the ingredients at home were almost wasted by Kogoro, he still found a restaurant to solve this meal.
After the meal, Kogoro who returned home did not calm down, and kept muttering something in his mouth, which made Xiaolan and Conan more and more curious.