Detective Conan: The Ultimate Growth Space

The police spent the entire night searching the entire Changmen Manor, but were unable to do so.

After having breakfast.

Zhiyong then approached Inspector Megure and asked, "Inspector Megure, is there anything else you haven't found?"

Inspector Megure, his face full of worry, said, "Yes."

“Now you can refer to my reasoning,” Zhiyong added.

During a break.

Zhiyong has already extracted some of Nagato Mitsuaki's memories.

Zhiyong now has a clear understanding of almost everything.

The story begins twenty years ago.

At that time, Nagato Hideomi and Nagato Mitsuaki were young and inexperienced, and relatively playful.

They never expected that one day, while playing with fire, they would accidentally cause a major disaster.

The fire they lit caused a major fire at the Hyuga family's inn.

Nagato Hideomi felt guilty.

Therefore, he rushed into the fire and rescued Hyuga Yuki, who was still alive.

It was during this incident that Nagato Hideomi was also disfigured.

The fire claimed the lives of two people: Hyuga Yuki's parents.

Although the matter had passed, Nagato Hideomi remained deeply uneasy.

Nagato Hideomi's kindness towards Hyuga Yuki was mainly to make up for the mistakes he had made.

However, every time Nagato Hideomi sees Hinata Yuki, he is reminded of the great fire that happened back then, which makes him very sad.

However, Nagato Hideomi's indebtedness to Hyuga Yuki prevented him from getting angry at him.

This prolonged inner torment also caused Nagato Hideomi to develop depression.

That day, when Hinata Sachi confessed to him.

This intensified Hideomi Nagato's sense of guilt, exacerbating his depression.

This caused Nagato Hideomi to become utterly disillusioned with life.

Therefore, he wrote his suicide note in his room and then took poison to kill himself.

Hyuga Yuki discovers that Nagato Hideomi has committed suicide and also sees the suicide note written by Nagato Hideomi.

Hyuga Yuki's love for Nagato Hideomi over the years has filled him with a mixture of grief and indignation.

But she couldn't bring herself to hate him.

The two people who started the fire that day.

Nagato Hideomi has already repented for what he did back then.

But there's another one, Nagato Mitsuaki.

These years can be described as incredibly successful.

Therefore, Hyuga Yuki transferred all his anger to Nagato Mitsuaki.

That day, Xiang Yu found Nagato Hikaru.

Nagato Mitsuaki thought his chance had come.

He had long coveted the position of chairman of the Nagato Group.

Wasn't he willing to marry into the family in the first place just to wait for this opportunity?

Now we know that Nagato Hideomi committed suicide.

As long as Chairman Nagato is eliminated.

Then Nagato Mitsuaki would have a chance to become the chairman.

Therefore, Nagato Mitsuaki discussed the plan with Hyuga Yuki.

Nagato Mitsuaki originally had some ideas.

Once he becomes the president, I'll find another opportunity to eliminate Hyuga Yukiya.

That way, no one would know that he killed the old chairman in order to take the position of chairman.

It's just a real shame.

Nagato Mitsuaki had no idea that Hyuga Yuki had only one goal from the very beginning.

That is to kill Nagato Mitsuaki, and even in death, to make him lose everything he once had.

As Nagato Mitsuaki carried out his plan step by step, the chairman's throne seemed to beckon to him.

But just when Nagato Mitsuaki was feeling triumphant...

Hinata Yuki stood in front of him and pushed him downstairs.

Of course, Nagato Mitsuaki didn't know that.

Zhi Yong, who was hiding nearby, also hit him with a stick, which made him let go and fall downstairs.

……

Inspector Megure shook his head and said, "Brother Sato, your reasoning is one possibility, but right now we have neither seen Mr. Hideomi alive nor dead, which is a difficult situation."

“I’m not just making wild guesses. We all saw what Mr. Hideomi looked like. He had bandages on his face and a knife in his mouth, but that seemed a bit too deliberate,” Zhiyong replied.

While Tomoyuki was talking to Inspector Megure.

Conan and Heiji Hattori also saw it and came over.

Hattori Heiji also chimed in, "That's true. I also think Zhiyong's reasoning is correct."

Zhiyong added, "Inspector Megure found the murder weapon. I don't think there's any saliva on it."

“Yes, how did you know? I just got the news myself,” Inspector Megure replied.

“I deduced it. Isn’t that very strange? Everyone had already seen what he looked like, and he even deliberately let everyone see it. Under these circumstances, why would he wipe the saliva off the knife?” Zhiyong replied.

“That’s right, therefore, the murderer is definitely not Mr. Hideomi,” Hattori Heiji replied.

“In that situation, the murderer still had the mind to throw away the bandages and hat, and even clean the murder knife. I think there’s only one reason: to frame Mr. Hideomi. I think besides the murder knife being cleaned, the only things left on the bandages and hat were Mr. Hideomi’s hair and skin flakes,” Zhiyong asked again.

Inspector Megure nodded and said, "That's right. How did you come up with that?"

“That’s simple. The murderer left the bandages and hat behind to prove to the police that the murderer was undoubtedly Mr. Hideomi,” Hattori Heiji replied.

Zhiyong nodded and said, "Hattori is right. If my reasoning is correct, Mr. Hideomi must be dead."

Inspector Megure said sternly, "You say Mr. Hideomi is dead, but do you have any evidence?"

Zhiyong solemnly said, "Although I can't be 100% sure, I can guarantee 90%. Otherwise, the murderer wouldn't have used Mr. Xiuchen to do this."

Inspector Megure shook his head and said helplessly, "But we've searched everywhere, yet Mr. Hideomi is nowhere to be found, neither alive nor dead. This is very troublesome."

……

Chapter 242 The Sudden End of the Case

Chi-Yong looked at Inspector Megure and said, "But in my opinion, you haven't even thoroughly searched the place."

Inspector Megure was initially angry upon hearing this.

After all, the police had been busy all night.

But now all of his efforts have been directly negated by Zhiyong.

Conan, who was listening to Zhiyong's words, had a bright idea in his eyes and asked, "Brother Zhiyong, have you discovered some clues?"

Inspector Megure was about to get angry.

Upon hearing Conan's words, Inspector Megure suppressed his anger and stared at Tomoyuki.

If Zhiyong cannot give him a satisfactory answer.

Inspector Megure will be very angry.

Zhiyong nodded and said, "I have indeed thought of some things."

"What have you found?" Inspector Megure asked hurriedly.

This is a case involving a large family.

Ideally, it should be processed as quickly as possible.

Otherwise, it would become a huge problem for Inspector Megure.

“My thoughts differ from yours. From the beginning, I believed that the murderer was not Mr. Hideomi, and that the real Mr. Hideomi was definitely already dead. Therefore, I speculated on how the murderer would dispose of Mr. Hideomi's body in order to frame him,” Zhiyong replied.

Inspector Megure sighed in exasperation, muttering, "Why do all these detectives like to keep things a secret? Kudo is like that, Mori is like that, and now Sato is doing it too."

Although I feel mentally exhausted.

But in order to solve the case as soon as possible, Inspector Megure endured it.

"Brother Sato, please speak frankly."

Zhiyong pointed to the courtyard and said, "Inspector Megure, didn't you notice? Nagato Manor is planning to plant some trees in that pond over there, so they dug some holes there."

"You mean the body was buried in the tree hollow?" Inspector Megure asked.

Zhiyong nodded and said, "Since the police officers have already searched the manor but haven't found Mr. Xiuchen yet, could it be that Mr. Xiuchen is buried in one of those tree holes? After all, it wouldn't be a big deal if there were one more or one less tree hole."

“If he was really buried in the tree hollow, then that means Mr. Hideomi was already killed. The Mr. Hideomi we saw back then was the murderer in disguise,” Hattori Heiji said.

“Then I’ll have you search the pond immediately,” Inspector Megure replied.

“Inspector Megure, that’s just one possibility, but I think there’s another one,” Tomoyuki added.

"What's possible?" Inspector Megure asked, puzzled.

Zhiyong replied, "Since the murderer wanted to frame Mr. Xiuchen, if he buried Mr. Xiuchen in a tree hole by the pond, although it would be done without anyone noticing, there was still a possibility that it would be discovered. If Mr. Xiuchen's body were discovered, the police would definitely understand that Mr. Xiuchen was not the murderer, since Mr. Xiuchen would certainly not have dug a hole and buried himself."

"So, what do you mean, Sato?" Inspector Megure asked, puzzled.