Conan: I've been linked to the tech tree system.

"You mean you've been here the whole time without being discovered by the killer?"

"I was hiding behind the curtains, and it was dark in the room, so it's normal that no one could see me."

Kikuto Morizono almost believed himself.

Tohru Tono was also surprised.

That actually makes perfect sense.

"what!!!!"

Kazuha's piercing scream rang out; she must have seen the corpse too.

"Let's go take a look?" Tohno Toru was too lazy to waste any more words with him and beckoned him to the crime scene.

He walked into the room with the lights on, where two detectives, one in black and one in white, one large and one small, had already begun examining the room.

"No one escaped outside through the window just now, right?" Conan shouted at Ran, who was looking out the window downstairs.

"Hmm! I didn't see anyone come out!" Xiaolan put her hands to her mouth, as if making a megaphone.

"The windows are locked too..."

"The key is in the butler's pocket."

Heiji Hattori took the key from the pocket of the deceased butler, Shigematsu, through a handkerchief.

At this moment, the others who heard Kazuha's scream also arrived one after another.

"I remember, the person who has all the keys to this villa is Uncle Shigematsu, right?"

“Yes.” The young maid, Yuji Sakuraba, nodded.

"Isn't there a spare key for this room?"

“Each of us has our own backup key. Room keys that are rarely used are kept by Mr. Shigematsu.”

"Could it be a murder in a locked room?"

Just as Hattori Heiji was about to try to open the outermost door with the key in his hand, Tohru Tono walked in.

"What secret room? This young master Kikuto Morizono has been in the next room the whole time, hasn't he?"

He turned to look at the tense Kikuto Morizono.

"What?" Conan and Heiji Hattori looked at him in surprise.

"Yes...yes." Kikuto Morizono was under immense pressure.

"Did you see the murderer?"

"I was resting soundly on the sofa when I heard the sound of the window breaking. Then I hid behind the curtains and didn't see anyone else." His lies became increasingly shrewd.

"Is that so?" Not only Tohru Tono, but Conan and Heiji Hattori also stared at him, giving him a "you have a big problem" look.

"What? You suspect I killed Uncle Chongsong? How could that be! He was the matchmaker who brought Xiaofeng and me together!"

"Really? But why do I feel like Miss Xiaofeng and Mr. Sakuraba seem to have a closer relationship?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Kikuto Morizono asked with a grim expression.

Yuji Sakuraba, standing to the side, also looked uneasy.

The protagonist of the chaotic scene, Katagiri Kaede, fainted upon seeing the corpse as soon as she entered and was rushed away, so her expression was not visible.

"Am I right? I remember that Mr. Sakuraba and Ms. Katagiri were wearing the exact same blue pendant around their necks."

"That unusual shape couldn't possibly be a coincidence, could it?"

"So what? We're getting married tomorrow!" Kikuto Morizono seemed to be stung by the topic, his gaze towards Toru Tono filled with aggression.

"So you're a loser." Tohru Tono continued to provoke him.

"You!!!" Kikuto Morizono finally couldn't take it anymore and swung his fist, which was as big as a sandbag, wanting to hit him.

"Alright! Stop it! Cooperate with the detective's investigation!"

When Morizono saw his son's actions, his expression changed completely from the cheerful one he had been having at dinner; it became stiff and serious.

He strode up to Kikuto Morizono and looked at him with a disappointed expression.

"Are you the murderer of Shigematsu?"

He asked this question as a father.

"I..." Faced with Mikio Morizono, Kikuto Morizono finally hesitated, stammering and unable to speak.

"Sigh." Morizono Mikio looked at him, understood something, and walked out of the room on his own.

His hunched figure made him look ten years older.

"Sir, some police officers have come to the house." Just then, the servant downstairs came up to report.

"Let them in." Morizono Mikio just wanted to go back to his room and have some peace and quiet.

"Yes."

"What? Still trying to make a last-ditch effort?" Toru Tono turned his gaze away from the disappointed Mikio Morizono and looked at Kikuto Morizono.

"You threw the murder weapon and the blood-stained clothes onto the tree across the street, right?"

Upon hearing this, Kikuto Morizono was truly terrified: "You...you're making false accusations! What evidence do you have?"

"You don't think that the only thing that would betray you if you stabbed someone in the face, like the large bloodstains on your clothes, would be the result?"

"In fact, any tiny splatter of blood that might land on your face, neck, pants, or shoes will betray what you've done."

"Once we confirm that you are the prime suspect, once the police arrive and test you with luminol, you will be unable to hide."

"From the moment I discovered it, no matter how ingenious your carefully designed 'secret room' was to frame you, you were already guilty, weren't you?"

"thump"

Like all prisoners, once his last psychological defenses crumbled, he could only kneel on the spot and confess his criminal motives.

Conan and Heiji Hattori looked at each other in bewilderment.

Is this solved?

......

Inspector Megure once again swiftly took the prisoner away, just one day later.

He looked at Tohru Tohru as if he were seeing a family member.

Moreover, this time, because the Mori family's social status was ridiculously high, the arrival of the police also attracted countless reporters who blocked the door.

Upon learning that it was Toru Tono who solved the case, countless spotlights were blaring at him as soon as he stepped outside.

"Okay, this will probably be on tomorrow's headlines." Am I going to become a famous detective? I wonder if I'll get any cases, and if Conan isn't involved, will I get any detective points?

Toru Tono glanced at Shiho Miyano, who was following behind him. She raised her arm above her head, subconsciously blocking the reporters' spotlight.

He reached out and broke off the arm.

"?" Shiho Miyano looked at him with a mixture of doubt and dissatisfaction.

“Your deliberate obstruction only makes you seem more suspicious,” he whispered to her. “Be natural. My invention is flawless. No one could possibly recognize you like this.”

"Ha, you're really confident."

Shiho Miyano said sarcastically, but obediently stopped covering her face.

"Ugh, it's clearly a murder case, but they're making it sound like a fan meeting with Yoko's idol." Uncle Mori was also very dissatisfied with the reporters who were profiting from the tragedy.

"There's no way around it. Like piranhas that smell blood, everyone's busy scrambling for so-called 'exclusive news.' Isn't that the reality of the journalism industry?" Conan sighed beside him.

“Criticizing one by one, isn’t that what detectives do too?” Toru Tohno scoffed.

"Hey! I advise you to watch your words." Conan was very unhappy that someone was slandering the detective. "Detectives only appear at crime scenes to find the truth!"

"Is that so? I think that's just how high school detectives are—and mostly it's about satisfying their vanity."

"What did a high school detective do to you?" Hattori Heiji said helplessly, having been dragged into this for no reason.

Chapter 106 The Beach, the Beach!

Unable to attend the wedding, Hattori and Kazuha spent two more days in Tokyo.

On the first day, Toru Tono went to keep her company, but after realizing that he couldn't get any cases, he made up an excuse to skip it.

It seems that even a death detective doesn't have achievements every day.

......

Seeing that the research funding from the Black Organization was increasing, Toru Tohno also began to think about starting a company.

So the most important thing right now is not to determine the main business or to define the scope of business... but to find a reliable identity to register a company.

Tohru Tohru's public identity is obviously unusable, as it would easily attract unwanted attention.

"Starlight" is another ghost name and cannot be registered.

So he approached Amuro Tooru again, asking the all-powerful Bourbon to give him an identity.

Amuro Tooru was speechless when he received the request. He never imagined that his authority in the police station would be abused like this.

But there's nothing I can do; I'm at their mercy.

The account was opened smoothly, and all the personal information, past experiences, etc., were completed within three days.

Toru Tono was very satisfied with his work efficiency.

Therefore, "Starlight" Technology Company... has not yet opened for business.

Starting a company from scratch is not so simple. Even though Toru Tono has roughly planned the company's main business, the money laundering path that may be needed in the future, and the revenue model, he is actually missing someone who can help him execute it.

Toru Tono himself has no experience as a CEO, and he has no intention of devoting all his time to running a company that he is not interested in.

Therefore, you should start saving money before finding a trustworthy and reliable CEO.

......

"Okay! I've decided!"

Maya Tachibana raised her hand high and shouted.