Conan: I'm Not a Model Worker in the Winery

Chapter 280: Beido-cho -chome
"One day ago?"

"Yes, Commander Matsuda. It should take no longer than a day."

The forensic officer finished his report and waited for instructions from Officers Matsuda and Megure.

Matsuda Jinpei pondered for a moment.

In other words, the victim died around yesterday evening, and the earliest death was around this time yesterday...

It seems that it has nothing to do with the bombing, so there is no need to worry about those people being involved.

Jinpei Matsuda breathed a sigh of relief, but then became annoyed - since when did he gradually put the affairs of that organization first?

He felt that if this continued, something bad would happen sooner or later, but it was unavoidable.

"Uncle Cleaning, where was the last garbage disposal point when you opened the carriage?"

"…It's in Haido-cho 3-chome, about four or five blocks from here."

"Didn't your uncle feel anything unusual when he drove over here?"

“I didn’t notice this…”

The conversation between Conan and the cleaning worker brought Jinpei Matsuda back from his trance.

He looked at the young man who seemed eager to solve the case, then tilted his head slightly and glanced at Hiroki and Haibara Ai.

The latter two shrugged in unison.

Matsuda Jinpei curled his lips helplessly, glanced at the three little ones behind them, shook his head, and said loudly:

"Officer Megure, since the body appeared after the last garbage disposal site, why don't we follow this route and have a look? Maybe we can find some clues."

The premise is that the cleaning worker is telling the truth.

Jinpei Matsuda glanced indifferently at the cleaner who was still describing something to Conan. The latter shuddered, and when he raised his head, the feeling disappeared again.

"That's true..." Officer Megure nodded in agreement, and couldn't help but sigh that it was really different with Matsuda around. "I think the weather is not good today, so you kids should go home first."

"Hey! Why is this happening..." Teitan Sanbao pouted, "We can also help solve the case!"

Officer Megure stared at them and said earnestly, "It's raining so hard now, it's very difficult to search, and if we get wet it's easy to..."

Ayumi: "We are not afraid of hard work!"

Mitsuhiko/Genta: "Yes! With Conan and Hiroki here, we will definitely be able to find the key evidence!"

Inspector Megure's crescent eyes seemed to be unable to hold back their gaze.

In fact, he felt that Conan and Hiroki were enough, and he felt that the remaining four could easily go back home.

Inspector Megure finally succumbed to these kids who occasionally made outstanding contributions in cases, and agreed to their request to follow him.

Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko squeezed directly into Officer Megure's police car...

Jinpei Matsuda came in his own car.

He walked to his car, opened the door and waited for a while, "Hey, aren't you going with me?"

"……what?"

Conan, who was lost in thought, was startled and then looked up.

"Inspector Megure's car can't accommodate so many of you... You three can take my car." Matsuda Jinpei pointed at Haibara Ai and Conan who were already in the car, "You are the only one missing."

Conan touched the back of his head awkwardly, laughed dryly twice, jumped into the car, and put the umbrella on the carpet in the car.

After everyone was seated, Jinpei Matsuda got in the car and started the drive, following the other police cars towards Haido-cho 3-chome.

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Cupido Town, 3-chome.

When everyone arrived at the location the cleaner mentioned, the heavy rain had stopped and the sky began to clear up, but the sun was still setting, and the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the street, lengthening everyone's shadows. The garbage disposal point happened to be between two independent residential houses.

Coincidentally, the identity of the deceased has been confirmed. He is the owner of the house on the left, Mr. Honda.

"Huh?! What did you say? My husband is dead? Officer, are you kidding me?"

After hearing Officer Megure's statement, Mr. Honda's wife, Mrs. Honda, was still a little unconvinced.

But after Officer Megure showed the photos he had taken, Mrs. Honda had to believe it...

While a group of police officers entered the house for routine questioning, Conan stood next to the garbage point, walking back and forth and observing the buildings on both sides.

"How's it going, Conan? Did you find anything?"

The other children in the detective team did not follow into the house. They all stared at Conan with their wide eyes.

Only then did Conan notice that there were five people following him.

"Didn't you guys follow in?"

"Because Conan and Hiroki didn't go in... I thought you guys discovered something."

Ayumi blinked.

Conan was a little embarrassed:
"Well, I'm just scouting the environment outside..."

Please, he just came here, how could he find evidence right away? It's not a scanner.

but……

Conan looked at Hiroki: "Hiroki, what about you?"

"...I didn't find anything." Hiroki smiled warmly, "But I believe that it won't be long before the truth comes out."

Conan: "...?"

I'm curious, where does Hiroki get his confidence from?
Could it be that you found some key point but didn’t tell him?

Hiroki felt Conan's suspicious eyes and looked at the garbage spot in the alley. "Conan, did you find any problem? It doesn't seem difficult to dump the body in this place when the cleaning uncle isn't paying attention."

"indeed."

Conan frowned slightly, "And the cleaning uncle said that when he passed by here, he didn't see anyone else on the street."

"But a corpse wouldn't appear out of thin air." Hiroki also frowned. "Mrs. Honda just said that she didn't go home at all last night, right?"

"Yes, and her friends who were at the party can also testify that she didn't return home until the morning... After she came back, she didn't see Mr. Honda."

Conan frowned and looked towards the courtyard on the right.

Mrs. Honda has an alibi, so the most likely culprit is the family on the right...

And what’s strange is that the house number on the right does not indicate the family’s surname.

The layout of the houses on both sides is basically symmetrical, the difference is that there is a fountain in the courtyard on one side, and a maple tree on the other side.

Conan also found some newly placed garbage at the garbage spot and was a little cautious.

They wandered around outside for a while, and Conan went to Honda's yard to investigate, and found a strange place - there was a lot of garbage piled in the yard.

"Strange, there's a garbage dump right next to it, why are they piling it in the yard?"

Conan thought about it for a while, but couldn't come up with any result.

During the few minutes they were wandering around, Inspector Megure and others walked out of Honda's house with helpless expressions.

——Mrs. Honda’s emotions were somewhat out of control and nothing could be asked of her.

Finally, they decided to go to the unnamed house next door to ask.

(End of this chapter)