Detective Conan: The Ultimate Growth Space

"Ah!" came a startled cry from Suzuki's butler.

"That's the voice of Butler Suzuki."

"The sound is coming from Dad's room. Could something have happened to Dad?"

Everyone was quite surprised to hear the scream.

So everyone ran out of the restaurant and headed towards Hiramoto Gozo's room.

Only Zhiyong now knows that a case has been discovered on the ship.

He glanced at Conan, who was running.

Forty or fifty minutes ago.

Zhiyong had already received a notification from the space that there were new ghosts to collect.

They collected the ghost.

He then discovered that the ghost was none other than Hatamoto Gozo.

Zhiyong was just guessing at first.

Such an arrogant person, with Conan present, plus the issue of the future inheritance of the Hatamoto family.

Cases are bound to happen on a ship.

I just didn't expect it to happen so quickly.

Butler Suzuki collapsed at the doorway of Hatamoto Gozo's room, leaning against the corridor wall, pointing in terror into the room.

Everyone arrived at the door of the room.

They found Hiromoto Gozo lying face up in the room, bleeding profusely from his abdomen.

Zhiyong turned on the map function and examined the corpse.

From the wounds on the body, he guessed that Hiromoto Gozo had died from excessive blood loss.

Just now, when I was stabbed.

If Hiromoto Gozo had called for help, there would have been a chance to save him at that time.

I just don't know why.

Houmoto Gozo did not shout for help.

This could be because Hiramoto Gozo was already unconscious at the time, or it could be because the person who killed him was a member of the Hatamoto family.

To avoid airing family scandals in public.

Therefore, Hiromoto Gozo did not call for help.

If it's the first possibility, then it's considered normal.

But if it's the second possibility, that would be very strange.

Kogoro Mouri stopped everyone from approaching the body to avoid disturbing the scene, and then shouted loudly.

"No one is allowed to enter the site."

After saying that, he ignored everyone and went into the scene.

Zhiyong stood directly at the door, blocking everyone from entering.

"Who are you? Why should we listen to you? Why won't you let us in?" Mariko Hatamoto said angrily.

"Let me introduce you all. This is the famous detective, Kogoro Mouri," Zhiyong said, pointing to the room.

"Kogoro Mouri, that famous detective!"

"Sleeping Kogoro!"

The members of the Hatamoto family heard that it was the famous detective Kogoro Mouri.

Therefore, no one said anything.

“Since everyone knows Uncle Mori’s name, let me say a few words. We are currently at sea and the police cannot come. For the time being, Uncle Mori will handle this case. Does anyone have any opinions?” Zhiyong asked loudly.

The members of the Hatamoto family exchanged glances.

“Then I’ll leave it to Mr. Mori,” Shoji Hatamoto replied.

Kogoro Mouri's examination is over.

He stood up and said, "The old man is no longer able to live."

"grandfather."

Hatamoto Natsue was about to rush into the room.

Zhi Yong stepped in to stop him, saying, "No, you can't go in now. Don't disturb the scene."

After listening to Zhiyong's words.

Hatamoto Natsue turned around and threw herself into Hatamoto Takeshi's arms, crying.

Kogoro Mouri took out a handkerchief, wiped his hands, and said, "Judging from the condition of Master Gozo's body, he should have been killed forty or fifty minutes ago. The cause of death was a stab wound to the abdomen, which caused him to bleed to death."

As he spoke, he looked at the butler and said, "You were the first to discover that something was wrong, Suzuki Butler, weren't you?"

"Yes," Suzuki's butler nodded in reply.

"So, where were you forty or fifty minutes ago, around eight o'clock in the evening? Can anyone testify to that?" Kogoro Mouri asked.

"I've been in the dining room around eight o'clock, preparing for dinner," Suzuki's butler replied.

Zhiyong added, "This can be confirmed; Suzuki the butler was indeed busy in the restaurant at the time."

“Yes, Dad, I noticed that too,” Xiaolan chimed in.

Kogoro Mouri nodded and then asked, "Butler Suzuki, when you came to call Master Gozo for dinner, his room was locked, right?"

"Yes."

"How is it locked?"

"If the door is locked from the inside, it cannot be opened from the outside without this key."

As he spoke, Suzuki took a key out of his pocket.

“The windows of the room are all locked, and the only passage is also locked, so it seems impossible to break in from the outside. This means it’s a locked room,” Kogoro Mouri said.

"A secret room?"

"Could it be that Grandpa committed suicide?"

"No way?"

Kogoro Mouri glanced at everyone and then said, "If it was suicide, that's strange, there's one item missing from the scene."

"What?" Akie Hatamoto asked in confusion.

Zhiyong said, "If Master Haozang committed suicide, there would be a knife on his body or nearby. But we didn't find one."

“Yes, therefore, it’s hard to say that Lord Gozo committed suicide,” Kogoro Mori replied.

"The murder weapon doesn't necessarily have to be a metal knife. It could be made of ice. After the suicide, the ice melts away after a while, making it impossible for us to find the murder weapon. Isn't this a common plot in detective novels?" Tatsuo Hiramoto said dismissively.

"Would someone who wants to commit suicide be this complicated?" Kogoro Mouri asked.

“That’s not necessarily true. Maybe Grandpa is just being mysterious. He’s long suspected that some people here are giving him his property, so he’s using this method to punish them. Of course, I’m not talking about Xia Jiang, am I, my dear sister?” Akie Hatamoto said.

"Sister, you..." Hatamoto Natsue wanted to say something, but she held back.

“That’s possible,” Shoji Hatamoto pondered.

"It's suicide, it must be suicide," Tatsuo Hiramoto shouted.

"No, it was murder."

Zhiyong and Conan said at the same time.

Just as Conan was about to continue speaking.

Zhiyong spoke first, explaining, "Look at the door frame here. There are bloodstains outside the door. If it were suicide, how could there be bloodstains here? Could it be that Master Haozang stabbed himself at the door before closing it? Isn't Master Haozang a bit too bored?"

"Yes, Grandpa Gozo must have been stabbed by the murderer while the door was open," Conan explained.

“That’s right, Master Gozo must have been stabbed by the murderer as soon as he arrived at the door,” Kogoro Mori replied.

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Chapter 258 Suspect Xiao Wu

The crowd was not entirely satisfied with Kogoro Mouri's explanation.

For the members of the Hatamoto clan, the most advantageous situation for them was if Hatamoto Gozo committed suicide.

After all, what if it was murder?

That would make things very complicated.

It will be difficult for them to obtain the property before the case is solved.

This means that it will take them a long time to receive the inheritance.

Especially figures like Tatsuo Yamamoto.

He owes a huge amount of debt.

If he can't return it on time, it will cause him a lot of trouble.

Tatsuo Hiramoto asked, "If it wasn't suicide, then how was the door locked?"

"This..." Kogoro Mouri hadn't figured it out yet.

Zhiyong replied, "It was Master Haozang who closed the door himself. After being stabbed outside, he retreated into the room to prevent the criminals from pursuing him and immediately locked the door. However, he died from excessive bleeding."

“That’s right. The situation at the scene has already shown that Master Gozo definitely didn’t commit suicide. From around 7:30 pm, a few of us, along with Xia Jiang, were chatting in the restaurant, while Butler Suzuki was setting the table for dinner. So the murderer is one of you who weren’t in the restaurant,” Kogoro Mouri said seriously.

"What? You're saying we killed Dad? How is that possible?" Mariko Hatamoto said angrily.

“Although the restaurant is some distance from Mr. Haozang’s room, if he had shouted for help after being stabbed, we would definitely have heard him from the restaurant. Judging from the situation at the scene, Mr. Haozang did not die immediately after being stabbed. Although his injury was serious, it was not so serious that he could not call for help, but we did not hear any cries for help,” Zhiyong replied.

"Only someone from within your Hatamoto family, Lord Gozo, refrained from loudly calling for help because he didn't want us outsiders to know, for the sake of the Hatamoto family's honor," Kogoro Mori added.