"I'm sorry, but I'm going to meet you today, so I'm going to let the maid out for a while."

"Mr. Maori, please wait a moment, I'll bring the guests to the reception room and I'll be back." He said apologetically, and at the same time got up and walked out of the house.

"Teacher, I'm sorry to keep you waiting, let's go to the reception room." This was the last voice Kogoro heard.

Time begins to pass slowly, but the employer has not returned, and Kogoro can't help but wonder.

The process of waiting was boring, and as time went on, Kogoro became a little irritable.

In addition, the phone in the living room came and went several times, but out of politeness, Kogoro didn't answer.

'What the hell are you doing?' Didn't you say you'd be back in a while? Looking at the gradually darkening sky, Kogoro also reached the limit of patience.

"Forget it, since he still has something to do, let's go back today! I'm going to talk to him. Impatiently, he got up from his seat and walked out of the room.

As soon as he walked into the yard, he met a chubby middle-aged maid. She screamed when she saw Kogoro.

Hearing the voice, Xiaolan and Conan ran over and saw the middle-aged woman who fell to the ground, as well as Kogoro, who was slightly confused.

The middle-aged woman looked at a few people nervously. "Who the hell are you?" "I'm going to ask who you are!"

"We're the servants here!" With the words of the middle-aged maid, another figure walked into the courtyard.

"What the hell is going on? Why is it so noisy!? "It was a woman in her thirties with a tear mole under her right eye.

Kogoro knew at first sight that she was the object of his investigation, the hostess here.

"When I came back, I saw this guy walking around the house at random." The middle-aged maid pointed at Kogoro and said excitedly.

"It's a thief!?" The hostess's eyes froze, and she looked at the three of Kogoro vigilantly. "No, I'm a guest invited by the man here, if you don't believe me, you can ask him personally."

"Really? What about the old man? Looking at her suspicious gaze, Kogoro calmed down. He didn't come out after he went to the reception room, and I was about to say goodbye to him! ”

After hearing his words, the woman asked the other maid to go to the reception room, and she and the middle-aged maid watched the three of them together.

After a while, the maid's scream was heard again. Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then ran to the reception room.

I saw that the door of the separate reception room was slightly open, and when I looked through the crack in the door, I saw that the owner of the house had been stuck in the chest with a katana, and he had been dead for a long time.

"Old, husband!" The woman shouted in a trembling voice, and at the same time was about to rush in, but was stopped by Kogoro.

"Xiaolan, go and call the police! Also, from now on, no one is allowed to enter this room without permission! ”

"You, who the hell are you?" "Ah, I'm sorry! There was a lot of concealment before, and he despised Maori and was a detective. ”

"You, you're that Detective Mori Kogoro!" "Yes, that's right!" After saying that, he left them alone and walked to the door of the house.

At this time, Conan had already looked at the situation in the house, and Kogoro took a closer look at the door.

After finding nothing, he looked into the house. I saw that there was chaos inside, and the walls and cabinets were full of knife marks.

"It's strange, the room is full of knife marks, and it's so messy, but the carving is unscathed." Conan touched his chin and whispered.

"Not only that, but the appearance of the deceased is also strange. Looking at the situation inside the house, it looks like a fight before being defeated and then killed. ”

"However, his body was very neat, and only the wound that had been pierced by the katana was pierced, and the katana in his hand was also reversed."

Just as the two of them were talking about the case, the police also arrived quickly. The leader of the team is still Officer Twilight, and he is also very speechless for Kogoro who appeared at the scene.

"The victim, Marudenjiro, fifty-one, is the owner of this place. Your husband usually practices kendo, right? Officer Twilight asked the woman.

"Yes, it's already three paragraphs." "Oh, that's pretty impressive! Judging from the scene, there was a fierce fight between the deceased and the prisoner. ”

As he spoke, he picked up the deceased's notepad and looked at today's itinerary. "It's well arranged! Conan, are you sure you see a visitor? ”

"Well, but it's just the feet." "I'll take a look, there are four people who are scheduled to meet today, the earliest Maori brother, then Yuji Suwa, Hatano Kiya and Makoto Akutsu."

As soon as his words fell, the voice of a police officer came from outside. "Officer, I caught a suspicious person who has been sneaking around the house since just now."

As he spoke, he saw a thin man with glasses. When she saw him, she hurriedly spoke.

"It's Dr. Hatano!" "Is that the Hatano up there?"

"Yes, he is my husband's attending physician." "That's it!"

Then there was another commotion. "Let go of me, let go of me! Do you know who I am? I'm Makoto Akutsu, a sculptor! ”

"He's Makoto Akutsu!" Looking at this bearded scumbag who claimed to be a great artist, Officer Twilight couldn't help but shake his head.

"Then only that Yuji Suwa is left, and he hasn't appeared until now, so he is the murderer of Mr. Maruden."

As soon as his words fell, a tall man with a mustache walked in. The moment he saw his left hand, Kogoro's eyes lit up.

Between the thumb and index finger of his left hand, there was an old knife cut, which was left over from years of practicing kendo.

"I'm Yuji Suwa, what's going on?" He opened his mouth lightly, but he seemed a little curious.

"That's right, the owner of this place, Mr. Maruden, who made an appointment with you, has been killed. There is evidence that it was done by someone who met him in the reception room this afternoon. ”

"What, he's dead." Akutsu said with surprise and some joy.

"Okay, the time of death of the deceased is between three and five o'clock, where are the three of you?" Officer Twilight looked at the three men in front of him.

As for Kogoro, he didn't suspect him out of years of trust.

"I'll come first, between three and five o'clock, I'll practice kendo alone in the dojo."

"So is there anyone who can prove it?" "Because my dojo hasn't officially opened yet, I'm the only one here."

"No one can prove it." "Uh, yes." Yuji Suwa was stunned for a moment, but still answered Officer Twilight's question.