Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 265 Onii-chan, you earned so much money just by sleeping with Ms. Ikenami for one night?
Lin Xiuyi walked to the bedside and looked at it carefully. The sheets were in a mess, with most of them torn off. A few dark red bloodstains could be vaguely seen in the wrinkles, which looked particularly glaring on the off-white sheets.

The bloodstains had dried, turning a dark brownish-red.

“The murderer was definitely not an outsider,” Lin Xiuyi said with certainty. “Mr. Ito must have walked to the bedside and was facing the bed when the murderer attacked him from behind with a knife.”

"After being attacked, he fell to his knees in pain, clutching the sheets on the bed with both hands. At the same time, the knife that pierced his body from behind splattered a few drops of blood onto the bed."

"After that, Mr. Ito collapsed to the ground, and the murderer continued to stab him several times from the front, killing him completely."

"But this alone isn't enough to prove that it was an inside job, is it?" Daisuke Yamada frowned, his thick fingers constantly twirling the gold ring on his little finger, a habitual little gesture when he was thinking.

"The gentleman who was tied up just said that they left after watching Mr. Ito lock the bedroom door from the inside," Lin Xiuyi continued unhurriedly. "Also, Mr. Ito was wearing slippers when he died. There is a separate bathroom in the bedroom, so there was no need to open the door if you just need to use the toilet."

"The bedroom door, was it opened by the eldest brother for the murderer?" Daisuke Yamada's eyes lit up as he immediately realized what was going on.

“That’s right,” Lin Xiu nodded. “If a stranger were to open the door for Mr. Ito, even if the intruder could imitate the voice of someone Mr. Ito knew, a conflict would immediately break out once the door was opened and the two met.”

"In that case, the crime scene should be at the door, not by the bed."

“There was someone my brother knew well who tricked him into opening the bedroom door,” Daisuke Yamada said, stroking his stubble and speaking faster. “After the door opened, my brother wasn’t on guard against the person. He turned around and wanted to sit back on the bed to talk, but when he got to the bedside, he was attacked with a knife.”

Congratulations! You're even answering questions first!
Lin Xiuyi rolled her eyes inwardly, but maintained a polite smile on her lips.
"So those two intruders last night weren't the murderers. Their target was probably the 100 million yen that was stolen from the study next door."

“In that case, the most suspicious person is Takikawa, who was the first to discover that the eldest brother was in trouble,” Yamada Daisuke said with a grim face. “He has been the eldest brother’s confidant for more than 20 years. It would be easy to trick the eldest brother into opening the bedroom door, but to arrest him based on that alone, we are still missing some key evidence.”

“According to the rules, Mr. Ito’s underlings are supposed to be on the first floor,” Lin Xiuyi walked to the window, his fingertips gently fiddling with the tassels of the curtains. “Takikawa never said why he went to the second floor last night.”

“I asked him once, and he said he heard strange noises from the second floor, so he went up to check,” Daisuke Yamada pointed to his tied-up underling. “Yamamoto said that last night he and Takikawa went to the bathroom on the first floor together, but halfway through, they heard someone outside shouting that something had happened.”

"I didn't even have time to wipe my butt before I rushed out," the younger brother quickly interjected to defend himself, "It really has nothing to do with Team Leader Ito."

Lin Xiuyi stared intently at the other person and asked, "Before you went out, did you hear Takikawa leave?"

"He must have been in the cubicle the whole time, right?" the younger man thought for a moment. "Last night when I was using the toilet, I could hear the sound of diarrhea coming from the very back."

"Let's go take a look at the first floor," Lin Xiuyi called out, and took the lead towards the first floor, with everyone following behind him.

Upon arriving at the first-floor restroom, the bound henchman pointed to the stall by the door and said, "I used this one. Takikawa said it was too smelly because it was close by, so I went to the one at the very back."

Lin Xiuyi stepped forward, reached out and opened the innermost cubicle, scanned the inside with his eyes, and did not find anything wrong.

He then stood on the toilet, slightly tiptoed, and glanced at the top edge of the stall partition, a dusty, unsanitary corner.

In the dust, Lin Xiuyi found a small, clear portion of a footprint.

"Did Takikawa climb over the wall?" Inspector Samezaki asked疑惑地, "Why didn't he use the door?"

“It’s probably to create an alibi,” Lin Xiuyi said, getting off the toilet and dusting off his hands. “They locked the stall door from the inside and recorded the sound of diarrhea beforehand, so that people outside can’t get in and will just hear the sound and think that Takikawa has been inside all along.”

“By the way, that guy did have a Walkman with him yesterday,” the tied-up henchman recalled. “I even asked him why he was carrying that, since he doesn’t usually listen to music.”

"Takikawa replied that he had recently become obsessed with a song by Momoe Yamaguchi, and bought a Walkman for easier listening."

"After the incident, did you see that Walkman again?" Lin Xiuyi asked.

"This... I didn't notice," the younger brother shook his head.

"Search this house again, paying special attention to the tapes and Walkmans," Daisuke Yamada waved to his men behind him. "Also, send a few more men to search Takikawa's house and car."

"And the alleys near the house, and the surrounding trash cans," Lin Xiuyi reminded him. "Although it was a mess at the time, Takikawa probably wouldn't have dared to set it on fire and destroy it directly. If he didn't take it with him, he most likely dumped it nearby."

The underlings hurriedly went to find the Walkman, and Lin Xiuyi pushed open the bathroom window, the night breeze carrying the fragrance of flowers wafting in.

He leaned halfway out and looked up; above him was the window of the second-floor corridor, about two meters above him.

Lin Xiuyi quickly returned to the second floor and opened the corridor window.

Under the moonlight, two clear shoe prints stood out against the dust on the windowsill of the first-floor bathroom, the sole patterns of which were exactly the same as those inside the cubicle.

“If we can find the tape, plus these two shoe prints, that’s enough to prove that Takikawa is the problem,” Yamada Daisuke said excitedly, rubbing his hands together, his face puffing up with laughter. “Thank you for your hard work, Hayashi-san.”

"Mr. Yamada, you're too kind. I'm just taking money..." Lin Xiuyi rubbed his fingers together, intending to hint to the other party to pay quickly, but unexpectedly, a noisy commotion suddenly arose in the courtyard.

Upon hearing the noise, everyone inside went downstairs to check the situation and saw several black Mercedes-Benz cars recklessly driving straight into the yard.

"What's going on?" Daisuke Yamada roared, his face ashen.

"It's Kiryu, the group leader," one of the underlings rushed over in a panic, almost tripping over his own foot. "We can't stop him."

"Yamada, what are you doing here so late at night?"

An arrogant voice came from the most luxurious Mercedes.

The car door opened, and a man in his thirties stepped out.

He had spiky short hair, wore a well-tailored black suit with his tie loosely draped, and sported a nonchalant smile.

"I don't think Old Man Ito's memorial hall is here, is it?"

Upon seeing who got out of the car, Daisuke Yamada's previously dark face immediately broke into a bright smile: "Team leader, weren't you keeping vigil for Ito-nii? What are you doing here?"

“This is Yuji Kiryu, the new leader of the Sumiyoshi Gang in Beika,” Officer Teraoka introduced in a low voice.

Inspector Samezaki stepped forward and shielded Hayashi Hideichi behind him.

"This is where my father was murdered. I came here naturally to investigate the clues to his killer."

Team Leader Kiryu raised an eyebrow, his gaze sweeping across the crowd like a blade before finally settling on Inspector Teraoka.
"Isn't this that officer from the Fourth Investigation Division... what was his name again?" He deliberately dragged out the word, a mocking smile on his face.
"Yamada, your father just died, and you've already brought the police to his house. What are you trying to do?"

“Of course, we should do the same as the team leader and find out exactly who killed him,” Daisuke Yamada chimed in with a smile. “That way we can avenge him.”

"My father's affairs are none of the police's business," Chief Kiryu scoffed. "If we ask the police for help, and word gets out, you might not care about your reputation, but I do!"

"These two police officers..."

Daisuke Yamada glanced at Shuichi Hayashi, who was completely blocked by Inspector Samezaki, his eyes darting around before he immediately understood.
“I invited them in a private capacity. As long as we don’t spread the word, who outside will know what happened tonight?”

"In addition, thanks to these two police officers, the investigation into last night's events has been almost completed."

"You've already found out?" Team Leader Kiryu paused, then eagerly pressed on, "Who is the murderer?"

“Takikawa,” Daisuke Yamada said, enunciating each word carefully, his eyes fixed on Kiryu’s reaction.

“Yamada, Takikawa is now my junior officer,” Kiryu’s face instantly darkened. “You say he’s the murderer of my father, where’s the evidence?”

Just as Daisuke Yamada was about to speak, one of his underlings ran over excitedly, holding up a cassette tape: "We found a cassette tape that had been torn out of the trash can in the backyard!"

“The evidence has been found,” Yamada Daisuke’s smile became meaningful. “Team leader, the other team members are still at Ito-san’s funeral. How about we take the evidence and go there with Takikawa?”

“Audio tape…” Team Leader Kiryu narrowed his eyes, then suddenly grinned, revealing his gleaming white teeth. “I’ll send someone to find Takikawa right now.”

Just then, the telephone on the first floor of the house rang abruptly, sounding particularly jarring in the quiet night.

One of the underlings ran to answer the phone, and a moment later returned, pale-faced, and whispered in Yamada Daisuke's ear.

Daisuke Yamada's smile froze on his face, and his voice became hoarse: "Team leader, you don't need to go to the trouble of sending people. My men just went to the Takikawa family and found that he had committed suicide at home to atone for his sins. There was also a suicide note left in the house."

"It is clearly stated above that he harbored resentment and killed his elder brother because he had not promoted him for many years."

Takikawa is dead?

Lin Xiu blinked. She hadn't expected to achieve one of her goals for tonight so quickly.

“I never expected that it really was this ungrateful bastard who was the killer,” Kiryu, the group leader, waved his hand angrily. “Thank you for your hard work, Yamada. I’m going back to keep vigil for my father now. You can come with me, and take the evidence you found with you.”

“…Yes!” Daisuke Yamada lowered his head, a shadow passing over his eyes.

Team Leader Kiryu came quickly and left quickly.

After he left, Daisuke Yamada finally exploded: "Damn it, we were still a step too late. Takikawa was actually murdered to silence him!"

After venting his anger, he turned to Lin Xiuyi, his face earnest as he pleaded, "Lin-san, about the Takikawa case..."

“Well, Lin is still a student and has to go to school tomorrow,” Officer Teraoka said, glancing at his watch. “It’s not good to sleep too late.”

"I'll add another ten million to Lin Sang's commission, as long as we can find out who killed Takikawa..."

Before Daisuke Yamada could finish speaking, the phone on the first floor rang again.

The younger brother answered the phone, his face turning deathly pale: "Big brother, there was an explosion at the Takikawa residence, followed by a fire. Besides Takikawa's wife and children, two of our brothers were also affected, and I'm afraid they're all..."

"What did you say?" Daisuke Yamada grabbed his underling by the collar, his eyes blazing with fury. "Explosion? Where are our men? Why didn't they stop it?"

"Damn it! Now the trail is completely dead!"

The Takikawa family home was bombed and burned, so any clues they might have had are now impossible to investigate.

Fortunately, Daisuke Yamada kept his word and handed over the promised reward to Officer Teraoka when the three of them said goodbye.

The three of them left in Officer Teraoka's private car. Lin Xiuyi looked out the window at the night view and suddenly said, "Yamada Daisuke probably won't live much longer."

"Why do you say that?" Inspector Samezaki turned his head from the passenger seat.

“Yamada is a veteran of the Sumiyoshi-kai,” Officer Teraoka said, his fingers gripping the steering wheel turning slightly white. “Even if Kiryu Yuji wanted to eliminate the opponents, he probably wouldn’t be able to do it so quickly, would he?”

“Takikawa was just bait,” Lin Xiuyi said slowly. “That Kiryu group leader knew that some people suspected Takikawa of being the murderer of Ito Ichiro, but he still made him the head of the wakato.”

"Firstly, he probably wanted to use him to lure out his opponents; secondly, he wanted to use Takikawa to attract the opponents' attention so that he could secretly plan other things."

"Plotting in secret... Could it be that Kiryu Yuji intends to completely eliminate Yamada's influence in the Sumiyoshi-kai?"

Officer Teraoka slammed on the brakes, and all three of them lurched forward due to inertia.

"I was just guessing casually," Lin Xiuyi said with an innocent smile. "Maybe I'm wrong."

After a long night of hard work, Lin Xiuyi walked into her house, yawning, carrying a bag containing ten million yuan in cash.

As soon as he entered the house, he saw that the living room lights were on.

Lingzi, like a wife waiting for her husband who hasn't come home all night, sat on the sofa with a dark face and her arms crossed: "Where have you been in the middle of the night!"

"Here," Lin Xiuyi handed over the money bag in her hand, "you'll know once you open it."

"what is this?"

Lingzi snorted and casually opened the plastic bag.

After seeing that it was full of money, she immediately exclaimed, "Onii-chan, you slept with Ms. Ikenami and earned this much money?"

(End of this chapter)