Solving cases with Detective Conan's science? No, I'm a cultivator!

"Are you alright? You don't look too good," Hatsue Hiramoto asked with concern.

Suddenly, she noticed that the flower pinned to Takeshi Yamamoto's chest was gone; she had pinned it on herself.

Where's your corsage?

Takeshi Yamamoto then noticed, "It might have fallen somewhere. I'll go look for it."

Hatsue Hitomoto stopped Takeshi Hitomoto, "It's okay, we'll go together after we finish eating."

"Strange, why hasn't Dad come yet? Xiaowu, you should have gone to Dad's room, right? Where is Dad?"

The one speaking was Shoji Hatomoto, the second son of the Hatomoto family.

Takeshi Hiromoto shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Takeshi Hiromoto's words made Shoji Hiromoto frown.

"I'll go call the master!"

The butler, Kenji Suzuki, put down what he was doing and said.

……

As a result, just a few minutes later, the butler's scream echoed into the dining room.

"What happened?"

"That's the voice of the butler, Suzuki."

"In Dad's room!"

Everyone got up and ran towards Hiromoto Gozo's room.

Upon arriving at the door, I saw Kenji Suzuki collapsed in the hallway, looking into the room with a horrified expression.

Everyone looked into the room and saw Suzuki Gozo lying sprawled on the floor, with a large pool of blood on his clothes and the floor.

Clearly, the person is gone.

Chapter 227 A Loving Family

"No, he's already dead."

Kogoro Mouri went in first to check.

"Apart from Brother Kitagawa, none of you are allowed to come in, lest you disturb the scene."

But Conan ignored what Kogoro Mouri said and went into the room on his own.

Tatsuo Hitomoto asked casually, "Why should we listen to you?"

Hokuro Hakumoto introduced, "Mr. Mori is the famous Kogoro Mori."

Because Gozo Hatomoto dislikes detectives, he had previously been hesitant to introduce Kogoro Mouri's identity, only saying that they were friends.

He, as an adopted son-in-law, also lived a very stifled life in the Takumoto family.

Tatsuo Hiromoto pursed his lips and looked at Taki Kitagawa: "What about him?"

“Mr. Kitagawa was the ‘exorcism detective’ who was all over the news the other day. With the two of them here, this matter will definitely be resolved quickly.” Kitagawa took out a handkerchief and wiped his sweat.

Apart from Hatsue Hatsumoto, no one in the entire Hatsumoto family was saddened by Hatsumoto Gozo's death.

Kogoro Mouri stood up and analyzed:

“Grandpa Hitomoto was likely murdered about 40 or 50 minutes ago. I remember there were only a few of us, along with Miss Natsue and Butler Suzuki in the restaurant. So all seven of you are suspects.”

Tatsuo Hitomoto crossed his arms and leaned against the wall, saying, "Hmph, couldn't the old man have committed suicide? Anyway, he didn't have much time left."

Kogoro Mouri said in a deep voice, "The cause of death was a stab wound to the abdomen, resulting in excessive blood loss, but the knife is missing. This could not have been suicide!"

Tatsuo Hiramoto said, "It's probably something like sharp ice! Isn't that common in mystery novels? It melts after a while."

Kogoro Mouri countered, "Would someone commit suicide make things this complicated?"

Then, he looked at Kitagawa Taki, who was standing by and watching, and asked, "Brother Kitagawa, what do you think?"

Kitagawa Taki, however, asked Suzuki Kenji, "Butler Suzuki, the door was closed when you arrived, wasn't it?"

The old butler finally calmed down, took a key out of his pocket, nodded, and said, "

“That’s right. When I arrived, the room was locked from the inside, and only this key can open it.”

Kitagawa Taki pointed to the ground, "Then he couldn't have committed suicide. Look, there's blood on the door frame, and there are also signs of wiping around the doorway."

Tatsuo Hiramoto then asked, "So how was the door locked?"

Conan suddenly interjected, "The moment Mr. Hiromoto stepped out of the room, he was stabbed, and then locked the door himself to avoid the murderer."

"It's you again, you brat!" Kogoro Mouri only then noticed Conan and gave him a flick on the forehead.

Shoji Hiromoto agreed, "What this child said makes a lot of sense!"

Kogoro Mouri loosened his tie and said, "Ahem, that's probably how the incident happened. So all seven of you who weren't in the restaurant at the time are suspects."

"Oh, right, I also found this at the door."

Kenji Suzuki suddenly remembered something and took a flower out of his pocket.

Hatsue Hiromoto exclaimed in surprise, "This... isn't this the flower I gave to Takeshi?"

"Then the murderer is you, Xiao Wu!" Tatsuo Yamamoto exclaimed excitedly, pointing at Takeshi Yamamoto. "He was even called away by the old man before dinner!"

Kitagawa Taki said calmly, "There are traces of blood being wiped away at the door. If that flower had fallen to the ground, the murderer would have noticed it."

"Hmph, it's also possible that Xiao Wu is just being mysterious! He's trying to lead us to think that way."

It must be said that Tatsuo Hiramoto has a lot of ideas.

Akie Hiromoto added, "That's right, and Xiaowu arrived at the restaurant very late!"

Takeshi Hiromoto, the person directly involved, could only offer a feeble and weak explanation: "I didn't!"

At this moment, Mariko Hiramoto spoke up: "Takeshi, you and Dad had a fight back then, didn't you? I heard it when I passed by. You're the son of that Saiki Yuu-o from back then!"

Takeshi Hitomoto's pupils contracted, and he lowered his head.

The other members of the Houmoto family also changed their expressions.

Kogoro Mouri asked, puzzled, "Yasujiro Zaijo? Who's that?"

After a moment's hesitation, Hokuro Hitomoto said, "That was the chairman of Caicheng Industrial, who committed suicide ten years ago after his father took over the company."

"Is this true, Xiaowu?!" Hatsue Hitomoto asked in disbelief.

Under Natsue Hiromoto's persistent questioning, Takeshi Hiromoto closed his eyes and shouted, "I am Takehiko Zaijo, the son of Yuuji Zaijo!"

Seeing that Takeshi Hiromoto himself had admitted it, Kogoro Mori stepped forward and said, "So you deliberately approached Miss Natsue to avenge your father and took the opportunity to kill Old Master Hiromoto!"

Takeshi Hiramoto reacted violently, "No, I didn't kill anyone, it wasn't me!"

Disheartened, Hatsumi Hiramoto ran away.

Ran and Sonoko were a little worried, so they followed.

Shoji Yamamoto stepped forward and captured Takeshi Yamamoto. "I misjudged you. I didn't expect you to be so cunning!"

"Takeshi, no, Takehiko Zaishi, you're finished now!" Tatsuo Hitomoto made no attempt to hide his schadenfreude.

The two men grabbed Takeshi Hitomoto and tried to take him into the warehouse and lock him up, planning to transfer him to the police station in Tokyo the next day.

Everyone else just watched and did nothing to stop it.

Akie Hiromoto looked at Kogoro Mouri and Taki Kitagawa and asked, "Is the case solved now, you two detectives?"

Kitagawa Taki remained noncommittal; he didn't think the case was over.

Kogoro Mouri pondered, "The motive is sufficient, but the key evidence is lacking. If we can find the murder weapon and compare the fingerprints, we can be completely certain."

Akie Hiromoto sneered, "He might have already thrown it into the sea to destroy the evidence."

Ignoring the crowd, Conan picked up a crumb from the pool of blood.

At the wedding banquet at noon, there was French food prepared by Shoji Hiromoto himself. It did contain bread, but Hiromoto Gozo hated Western food and threw a tantrum because of it.

Therefore, it is illogical for these breadcrumbs to appear in Houmoto Gozo's room.

……

Having temporarily identified the suspect, the group returned to the restaurant, having not yet had dinner.

Clearly, the death of Hiramoto Gozo did not affect the family's appetite.

"The Yabumoto Group now belongs to my husband, and it will still belong to Ichiro in the future."

Mariko Hatomoto looked smug, picked up her wine glass, and took a sip.

Tatsuo Hiramoto said with dissatisfaction, "Hey, do you guys want to take it all for yourselves?"

Yamamoto Akie chimed in, "That's right, and Uncle Xiang'er is there too!"

Shoji Hiramoto frowned. "Your father just passed away. Isn't this inappropriate?"

Mariko Hatomoto scoffed, "Stop pretending! You borrowed money from Dad in secret to open the shop, and he scolded you for it. You need the money too, right? So cheer up."

Shoji Hiramoto's face turned ugly, and he stopped talking.

What a loving family!

Kitagawa Taki and the other two outsiders were already quite satisfied with watching the show from the sidelines.

Finally, the butler couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted everyone, saying, "Well, actually, the master has already made a will, and all his property will be inherited by Miss Xia Jiang."

Chapter 228 Another Murder Case

"Miss Xia Jiang, are you alright?"

Seeing that Hatsue Hitomoto was leaning alone against the railing, Ran asked with concern.

Hatsumi Hitomoto wiped away her tears and said, "It's nothing, I was just thinking about something."

Sonoko asked, "Are you thinking about Mr. Kotake?"

Utamoto Natsue cried out, "I...I trusted Xiaowu so much, but he only married me for revenge. I will never trust anyone again."