Conan's First Love is a Profiler

Chapter 141 Akiyoshi's Daughter
"I think Madam Meiji usually has the habit of drinking hot spring water."

Qianchun and Tian Ling looked at each other and nodded: "Yes, they are drinking."

"It is said to be good for health, so I drink it every day," Tian Ling added.

Alkaline hot springs have the same effects as soap.

Because it can break down sebum and protein, it can dissolve old cuticles and make the skin smooth.

Not only that, you can also use the power of hot springs to remove fingerprints.

King Kong gestured and said, "So, did the criminal use hot spring water to erase the fingerprints on the murder weapon?"

"Not."

Conan shook his head. "If that's the reason, why not just take the vase away?"

The person who did this was not the murderer, but Iya Miki.

She was familiar with the effects of hot springs, so she erased the criminal's fingerprints before she died.

Another question in the first case was the brand new belt placed in the wooden box.

The boss lady wears a kimono every day, so it's not strange to have a belt.

But the belt that Igu Miki wore around her waist was an old one, and the belts stored in the closet were also old.

"So, what's with that brand new belt?"

"That's right, why is the new one in the box?"

In response to the questions from Taniguchi Masa and Chiharu, Conan pretended to be thoughtful.

“This is a gift!”

Qinghai Chuantang raised his hand to show that he agreed with his reasoning.

Iya Miki wanted to choose a successor, and the belt was given to the heir as proof of her identity as the boss lady.

"But isn't it strange to give a belt to Mr. Samura, who is a man?"

"Yes, doesn't the will clearly state that the hotel is passed on to Mr. Samura?"

Facing everyone’s questions, the answer is actually obvious.

"That will is a fake."

Everyone was shocked and asked in unison: "Fake?"

Tian Ling was a little puzzled: "But, the words written by the boss lady in the account book, the letter, and the menu are the same as the words in the will, right?"

"Of course! After all, those words were not written by Madam Meiji."

"what?"

Maybe from a certain period of time, it will be entrusted to other people.

The reason for this conclusion is that pickled mackerel becomes mackerel miso soup.

Iya Miki used to write her own menu for the week.

However, after Iya Miki passed away, the pickled mackerel on the menu was replaced by mackerel miso soup.

It is impossible for someone who has passed away to rewrite the menu.

In other words, the handwriting of the proprietress that was identified through handwriting identification was actually written by someone else.

"But why did it become mackerel miso soup?"

"That's because the prisoner used something."

"Something?"

"It's mashed radish!"

The criminal who stabbed Samura was splattered with a little of his blood.

So, in order to remove the blood stain, the criminal wrapped the grated radish that Samura had prepared for pickled mackerel in a cloth.

Then use the juice squeezed out from the mashed radish to wipe away the splattered blood.

Radishes contain amylase, which breaks down blood, and were used to remove blood scale.

However, after removing the blood stain, the prisoner noticed that the radish was gone.

It's not normal to have pickled mackerel without grated radish.

In this way, the fact that the prisoner used radish might be discovered.

So, the criminal added wine, sugar, cooking wine, soy sauce, and miso into the pot, creating the illusion that he was making mackerel miso soup.

Finally, the inmates rewrote the menu.

"But, we should have purchased quite a lot of radishes."

Thanks to someone, there are very few left.

Conan looked at Qinghai Chuantang silently, his eyes filled with resentment.

"So, who is the criminal?"

Conan said nothing and looked ahead silently.

Wen Yue looked around and pointed at herself in surprise.

Only after Qinghai Chuantang walked over and gently pulled it open did the criminal's true face finally reveal itself to everyone.

"Using radish paste to remove stains is something the lady boss taught you. I didn't expect that it would actually put you in a desperate situation."

"how come?"

Naoko couldn't help feeling a little nervous as she watched the person slowly walking towards her.

But he still argued: "The boss lady is indeed strict with me. But I can't kill her."

"Your hatred for her must be more than just this. Miss Naoko, you were kicked out of this hotel. You are the daughter of the Akiyoshi family, right?"

Ji He showed an incredible expression: "How could it be, you actually..."

"Is she a lady from a wealthy family?"

"impossible?"

Qianchun and Tian Ling looked at each other and spoke one by one.

The reason why Qinghai Chuantang noticed this was because the Yamakawa pickles made by the other party were a famous dish in the Ibusuki area of ​​Kagoshima Prefecture.

On the other hand, the old lady’s hometown is Kagoshima.

"It is said that the daughter of the Akiyoshi family has a turtle-shaped birthmark on her shoulder."

In order to verify this fact, Chiharu and Tian Ling ran behind her, lifted the lid and saw that there was indeed a birthmark as described.

"Ms. Zhu Hui."

Ji He was surprised and shocked, and a little unsure: "You ran away with the old lady, Miss Zhu Hui?"

Naoko was silent for a while.

"Grandma always said"

You were supposed to be the proprietress of a famous inn. That woman named Miki deceived your father, ruined everything, and took away the inn of the Akiyoshi family.

Zhuhui, you must take back the hotel from that woman in the future.

On her deathbed, the old lady repeated these words one last time and then handed her a small piece of gold.

"So, I came to Ryugu Onsen to take back the inn."

"In order to find the truth, I started working in the store. But for some reason, that man targeted me and ordered me around like a servant."

When I came to my senses, the management of the account books and the writing of the menus were all in my hands.

On the night that Iya Miki was killed, Naoko was called to the warehouse by her.

"I have decided to pass this hotel on to my daughter."

As she spoke, Igumiji opened the wooden box.

"Why did you tell me?"

"Once upon a time, a useless person ruined this hotel. This time, we must choose carefully."

"Useless people?"

Igumi stood up from the couch and said, "There was a stupid man who died for some boring stuff. It was so stupid."

After she finished speaking, she threw the small coin in her hand casually, and it happened to fall under the wooden rack.

"But the truly foolish people are your parents who failed to cherish an only child like you."

Igumiji looked at her and said, "You are Zhuhui, right?"

At that moment, his identity was revealed, and everything that had happened before seemed to have been answered.

Naoko, whose origins were revealed, was too scared and too angry.

Looking at the vase beside me, impulse finally overcame reason.

While she was sitting on the couch with her back to him, he picked up the vase on the table and threw it at her.

After doing all this, he seemed to hear some noise and thought someone was coming, so he quickly dropped the vase and ran away.

I later realized that there were fingerprints on the vase.

"When I went back to the warehouse to get the vase, the door was closed for some reason. Then, Samura walked over."

He threatened her by saying that he had seen her kill someone.

Samura knew that she usually wrote menus for others, so he asked her to forge a suicide note.

Thus, Samura became the heir.

"Then why kill him?"

Naoko turned slowly and said, "To protect the hotel."

When she asked the other party how to deal with the hotel in the future, the other party replied: "Totally destroy it and turn it into a waste disposal area. I have an acquaintance who is looking for a new waste disposal area. It will make much more money than running a hotel."

"How can you do this!"

"Don't worry, I won't expose what you did."

Samura slowly walked to her side, then stretched out his hand and put it around her shoulders: "However, from now on, you will be like a servant of the boss lady and serve me for the rest of your life."

After saying this, Samura laughed a few times.

After patting her shoulder, he continued to rub the radish.

Naoko stared at him, and suddenly, as if she had made up her mind, she grabbed the handkerchief and knife on the table and stabbed him.

Her hands and sleeves were also splattered with blood.

"The gold coins that fell in the kitchen are the relics given to you by the old lady, right?"

"Yes."

"Do you want to set it up like the scene when the boss lady was killed, so that people will think it was a curse from the gold coin?"

Naoko nodded.

King Kong still had doubts: "Then why to Miss Taniguchi?"

"I heard the conversation between Chiharu and Tian Ling."

Should I sell the hotel and get the money, or run this cursed hotel for the rest of my life?

So, in order to prevent the sale of the hotel, Naoko attacked Taniguchi Masaru.

The purpose was to scare the other person and make her think it was a curse of the hotel.

"I absolutely cannot lose this hotel. One day I will take it back and make up for my family's regrets."

"Is your hatred really justified?"

Naoko looked at the Qinghai crabapple, seemingly puzzled.

"Have you looked closely at that belt?"

"belt?"

Kimono is worn according to the season.

The obi, in particular, is as important as the face of the kimono.

The new belt made for the heir has a white camellia pattern.

In the confinement room, Qinghai Chuantang and others saw a photo of Naoko when she was born. The white flowers behind her were actually white camellia.

"In other words, Mrs. Miki actually wants to give the belt and the position of the boss lady to Miss Naoko?"

Such a turn of events surprised Xiaolan a little.

"how is this possible?"

Naoko was the first to express disbelief.

Then, Yoshikawa expressed his opinion, shaking his head and saying, "That's impossible. Miki hates the Akiyoshi family, so how could she choose her as the heir now that she knows her identity?"

"Also, in order to protect Naoko, removing fingerprints and creating a secret room are both very unusual, right?"

Taniguchi Masaharu showed a puzzled expression.

"Because Miss Naoko is Mrs. Miki's child."

When Taku Akiyoshino had sex with Miki Iya, she became pregnant.

But all this angered the old lady.

After the child was born, he took it away and drove Igumiji out.

"How could that be? Don't talk nonsense!"

Obviously, because the other party was too shocked, he was unwilling to accept and believe this fact.

In fact, all the answers are hidden in the real suicide note.

There were traces of tears in the corners of Iya Miki's eyes.

When the body was found, the face was facing upwards, but the direction of the tears was all to the left.

That is to say, before she died, she faced left and cried.

Everyone came to the warehouse.

"To the left of the body, as far as I can see, there must be something important left behind."

And in that direction is where a bronze statue is placed.

(End of this chapter)