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No matter how powerful Mian Guanyi was, it was impossible for him to bury the body more than ten meters below the surface.

Back upstairs in the office.

Akemi Miyano asked with concern, "Taki-kun, how are you?"

Kitagawa Taki replied, "I searched the yard, including the area under his house, but I didn't find a body."

Ai Haibara turned to look at Taki Kitagawa, and only then did she realize that Taki Kitagawa had gone out to investigate this matter.

Kitagawa Taki winked at Haibara Ai.

Ai Haibara immediately turned her head away.

Kitagawa Taki smiled. So what if she's his sister-in-law? He'll still win her over.

Miyano Akemi asked疑惑地, "Where is the body? Or did Watanuki Yoshiichi not kill Mr. Koda's sister at all?"

Kitagawa Taki shook his head. "I don't know."

"Should we tell Mr. Koda this news?" Akemi Miyano asked.

Koda Masao left a business card with his contact information.

"No need, he wouldn't believe me even if I told him."

Akemi Miyano's expression darkened. "Indeed..."

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Mouri Detective Agency.

Kogoro Mouri has just returned from outside.

Xiao Lan asked, "Dad, did you find anything out when you went out this afternoon?"

It turns out that although Kogoro Mouri refused Masao Koda's request to find the body, he still went to the police station and the branch office of Toto Securities to conduct some investigations.

"The police said that Yoshikazu Watanuki only lost about 150 million yen, which is not worth killing for such a small amount of money. On the contrary, Masao Koda is relentlessly pursuing Yoshikazu Watanuki, causing trouble for his life."

Kogoro Mouri loosened his tie and slumped onto the sofa.

"We didn't get any useful information from Sanae Koda's company, except that she received some cosmos seeds from her colleagues that day."

"In my opinion, Mr. Koda has misunderstood."

Conan, however, looked thoughtful. Indeed, 150 million yen was not a lot, and it was unlikely that he would kill someone for such a sum of money, but it could not be completely ruled out.

……

The next day.

10 a.m.

The television broadcast a report of a violent armed robbery of a jewelry store that took place an hour earlier.

The prisoner was captured on surveillance cameras and was none other than Masao Koda, who was holding a handgun and making no attempt to disguise himself.

"Huh? Why would Mr. Koda rob a jewelry store? Could it be that he wants to..." Miyano Akemi thought of a possibility.

"He buried the jewel in Yoshikazu Watanuki's yard, hoping to get the police's help in digging up the body," Ai Haibara said. "Very clever."

"Let's go take a look."

When Kitagawa Taki and the other two arrived, Koda Masao was digging a hole in the yard to bury gemstones.

Conan and his three friends stood outside the wall, carrying a large shovel.

Conan initially wanted to stop Koda Masao, but gave up after seeing his strange behavior.

The three children greeted Kitagawa Taki and the others as they approached.

Seeing Conan deep in thought, Kitagawa Taki stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder. "Little detective, do you have any clues?"

Conan was startled, but after recognizing Kitagawa Taki, he chuckled awkwardly:

"Brother Kitagawa, what are you doing here?"

Kitagawa Taki explained, "Mr. Koda contacted me."

By this time, Masao Koda inside had finished burying the gemstones and called the police.

Not long after, Inspector Megure arrived with his team.

Inspector Megure saw Kitagawa Taki and nodded in greeting.

Kitagawa Taki responded with a smile.

“Officer, I am the criminal who robbed the jewelry store, but I have scattered and buried the jewelry throughout the yard, and I don’t even know which holes contain the jewelry.”

When Koda Masao saw the police arrive, he confessed everything and even handed over the fake gun he had used in the robbery.

Inspector Megure was speechless as he looked at the yard full of holes. It was the first time he had ever seen such a criminal, but he had no choice but to contact the homeowner, Yoshikazu Watanuki.

After explaining the situation to Yoshikazu Miyakushi, Inspector Megure dispatched personnel and tools from headquarters to begin digging up the entire yard.

At first, Mian Guanyi appeared very unhappy but helpless, watching coldly from the sidelines.

But as the police dug deeper and deeper, a smile unconsciously crept onto his face.

Little did he know that his confident and fearless demeanor was being observed by several people who were watching him.

"Come with me." Ai Haibara tugged at Taki Kitagawa's clothes and whispered.

Those who hid the corpse in Chapter 72 will know...

Mian Guanyi's smile was too arrogant; he clearly knew that the police couldn't dig the body out of the yard.

Ai Haibara pulled Taki Kitagawa outside and said, "Yoichi Watanuki is the murderer. The body should be in this construction site."

It was inconvenient for Mikan Yoshiichi to transport the body to a distant location, and since the body was not in his yard, the nearby construction site became a strong possibility.

Given that Yoshitomo Watanuki had a strong opinion about them playing ball at the construction site, Ai Haibara speculated that the body was most likely at the construction site.

Ai Haibara led Taki Kitagawa to the hole.

Unexpectedly, I bumped into Conan, who was crawling inside.

They seem to be looking for clues at the construction site as well.

"Conan!" Kitagawa Taki called out to him.

"Kitagawa-nii, Ai Haibara, what a coincidence!" Conan smiled awkwardly, understanding why Kitagawa Taki and Ai Haibara were here.

"It is quite a coincidence." Kitagawa Taki deliberately looked Conan up and down.

Conan sensed something was wrong, but he couldn't worry about that now. The answer was right in front of him, and how could he suppress his desire to find the truth?

"I'm off!" Conan dashed inside.

Ignoring Conan, Kitagawa Taki said, "Ai, this hole is so small, how am I supposed to get in?"

Ai Haibara pouted, "I don't believe you can't do it."

The next second, Kitagawa Taki picked up Haibara Ai and climbed inside.

"Eh!" Ai Haibara exclaimed in surprise, "Put me down!"

Ai Haibara straightened her clothes and looked at Taki Kitagawa with shame and indignation.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Kitagawa Taki asked knowingly.

“I can come in by myself!” Ai Haibara pointed to the hole.

"Oh, hahaha, I forgot." Kitagawa Taki scratched his head. "Let's hurry up and find the body! Look at that kid Conan."

Conan was looking for clues under a row of big trees on one side of the construction site, because the soil there was the loosest, while the other places were compacted.

So, Kitagawa Taki and Haibara Ai started searching from the other side.

Kitagawa Taki led Haibara Ai forward without stopping at all.

Ai Haibara finally couldn't help but ask, "Are you really just going to walk over there like that?"

"Yes, I can sense if there are corpses down there." Kitagawa Taki was telling the truth.

Meanwhile, Conan on the other side had already spotted the lone cosmos flower.

The leaves of the cosmos are shaped like a split feather that grows independently, and the veins are so fine that they are almost invisible.

Conan recognized it at a glance. Yesterday, Kogoro Mouri mentioned that Sanae Koda had been given cosmos seeds before she disappeared, so he concluded that the body was under this cosmos plant!

Having figured all this out, Conan quickly ran back to the Watanuki family home.

"Shinichi Kudo, it seems he's found out," Ai Haibara gestured to Taki Kitagawa.

"They're even faster than me! Let's go check it out."

The two then began their investigation from the side where Conan had been.

Within two minutes, Kitagawa Taki noticed something was wrong.

There's something under that plant.

Ai Haibara walked up to the flower and recognized it as the same cosmos flower from yesterday.

Kitagawa Taki added, "But it's not a corpse."

Bodies buried in the ground decompose more slowly, and more importantly, no remains were found in Kitagawa Taki.

"If it's not a corpse, then what could it be?" Ai Haibara looked up at Taki Kitagawa.

At this moment, Conan, along with Inspector Megure, Yoshikazu Watanuki, and others, arrived at the construction site through the sewers.

According to his reasoning, Yoshikazu Watanuki transported the body to the construction site through the sewers and buried it.

Koda Masao asked anxiously, "Where is my sister's body?"

Conan ran up to the cosmos flowers, pointed at them, and said, "It's right under this ornamental plant!"

"Cosmos?" Koda Masao was stunned.

Kitagawa Taki and Haibara Ai watched Conan's deduction show in silence.

“That day, your sister received cosmos seeds from a colleague. These seeds must have fallen out of her pocket when the body was buried.”

Conan analyzed the situation while glancing at Yoshikazu Watanuki, but found that his expression didn't show much panic.