Detective Conan: The Ultimate Growth Space

She continued, "And Uncle Beilang, you've wanted to leave the group for a long time, but Grandpa always disagreed. Now that Grandpa is dead, you'll be free."

The group was quite helpless in the face of Akie Hatamoto's fabricated accusations.

These few people from the Hatamoto family.

Besides Hatamoto Natsue, there was also the Suzuki butler, and the others all had very clear motives for murder.

It's unclear whether it's because Hatamoto Gozo is too willful, or because wealthy families rarely have familial bonds.

Otherwise, things wouldn't be in such chaos now.

If the Koreans were to make a TV series about what happened today, it could probably be made into dozens of episodes.

Ichiro Hatamoto suddenly stood up and walked out of the restaurant.

"Ichiro, where are you going?" Hatamoto Hokuro asked.

"I need to go to the restroom," Hatamoto Ichiro replied.

"Are you sure you can manage going alone? It's too unsafe, isn't it?" Hatamoto Hokuro asked.

Ichiro Hatamoto stopped in his tracks without turning around and replied, "No problem. I'm not a coward like my father."

After saying that, he ignored them and left the restaurant.

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Chapter 262 Xiao Wu is killed

After Ichiro Hatamoto left, the group stopped arguing, and the restaurant fell silent.

Among the members of the Hatamoto family, apart from Hatamoto Natsue, no one else had a good impression of Tomoyuki.

Therefore, he didn't pay any attention to the argument that had just taken place among them.

After leaving the restaurant, seeing that no one followed him out, Ichiro Hatamoto headed towards the power distribution room.

Just now, he killed Hatamoto Tatsuo only because of an accident.

However, in order to shift the blame for the murder back onto Kotake, Ichiro Hatamoto secretly opened the warehouse door.

Only the warehouse door was not damaged.

The warehouse door can only be opened from the outside.

Therefore, Kogoro Mouri and Tomoyuki suspected that someone had opened the warehouse door from the outside.

This means that Xiao Wu had an accomplice.

The person who was closest to Takeshi in the Hatamoto family was Hatamoto Natsue.

But when something happens.

Hatamoto Natsue was with Tomoyuki and Ran.

Therefore, the accomplice is among the remaining people.

But that might lead to an investigation into him.

In an effort to clear his name, Ichiro Hatamoto came up with another idea while he was at the restaurant.

Ichiro Hatamoto planned to stab himself in the dark so that he could clear himself of suspicion and not have to reveal who had stabbed him.

Of course, to do all this, Ichiro Hatamoto needs to make some preparations.

For example, you need a knife to shut off the power.

Ichiro Hatamoto went to the power distribution room first and set up a timer switch so that the power would automatically shut off after a certain period of time.

After doing all this, he left the power distribution room and went to Shoji Hatamoto's room, where he took a kitchen knife from a box.

The first knife he used to kill Hatamoto Gozo was taken from this toolbox of Hatamoto Shoji.

This was something Ichiro Hatamoto hadn't expected.

He saw Kotake as soon as he left Hatamoto Shoji's room.

Xiao Wu was about to enter the room next door.

“It’s you,” Hatamoto Ichiro said in surprise.

"Ichiro, I didn't kill anyone, please don't call anyone," Xiaowu said hurriedly.

When Ichiro Hatamoto saw Takeshi, he was momentarily stunned.

His right hand was originally inside his robe.

While he was lost in thought, his right hand naturally fell to his side.

However, the knife that Ichiro Hatamoto was holding in his right hand was also exposed.

When Xiaowu saw the knife in Hatamoto Ichiro's hand, he seemed to understand something.

"Could it be that you killed Grandpa?"

"What did you say?"

Ichiro Hatamoto's secret has been discovered.

He was extremely flustered.

Therefore, without thinking, Ichiro Hatamoto took the knife in his right hand and stabbed at Kobu.

Xiao Wu was sent to an orphanage after his parents died when he was young.

Although staying in the orphanage would prevent him from starving to death.

However, their living conditions were somewhat worse.

After all, orphanages do not generate income.

They can only rely on donations from kind-hearted people and some funding from relevant departments.

In this environment, Xiao Wu's physical fitness is not very good.

Therefore, when Hatamoto Ichiro suddenly attacked, Kobu had no time to dodge.

The knife pierced Xiao Wu's heart directly.

Xiao Wu let out a scream of pain.

Perhaps there were two previous murders.

Now, after stabbing Xiao Wu, Ichiro Hatamoto stirred the knife inside Xiao Wu's body for a moment before pulling it out.

Xiao Wu looked at Hatamoto Ichiro in great surprise, swayed slightly, and then fell to the ground.

The restaurant isn't far from here.

Therefore, upon hearing Xiao Wu's screams...

Kogoro Mouri and the others immediately stood up and ran towards the direction of the sound.

Upon hearing the screams, Zhiyong immediately activated the map function.

Therefore, Zhiyong saw Hatake Ichiro and pulled the knife out of Xiaowu's body.

Damn, that's too brutal! In just a few hours, he's killed three people.

This impressed even Zhiyong.

If he had killed three people in a row before he got the space, it would have been a different story.

I reckon he's about to have a mental breakdown.

Because the restaurant was too close to the scene.

Upon hearing the screams, everyone immediately ran towards the direction of the sound.

Ichiro Hatamoto did not appear flustered when he committed the murder.

But seeing Xiao Wu fall to the ground made him a little flustered.

Just as he was about to leave.

Kogoro Mouri, Tomoyuki, Conan, and Ran also ran to the scene.

Hatamoto Ichiro was covered in blood, and he was still holding the knife that killed Xiao Wu.

Upon seeing the arrival of everyone.

He hurriedly threw the knife in his hand to the ground.

"It wasn't me, it was Xiao Wu who tried to kill me. I grabbed the knife and accidentally stabbed him," Hatamoto Ichiro said in a panic.

I never expected that he could still make excuses.

The rest of the Hatamoto family arrived at this time.

"Ichiro, what happened?" Mariko Hatamoto was very surprised to see her son covered in blood.

"Mom, it was Xiao Wu, it was Xiao Wu who tried to kill me. I accidentally stabbed him, it wasn't my fault," Hatamoto Ichiro shouted again.

"Yes, this is not Ichiro's fault. Xiaowu has already killed his father and then killed Ryunan. Now he is trying to kill Ichiro. Ichiro was only acting in self-defense. Xiaowu's death was just an accident."

Regardless of the truth, Mariko Hatamoto shouted loudly.

“No, this is not self-defense, this is murder,” Zhiyong said.

“How is that possible? Ichiro was acting in self-defense, not killing anyone,” Mariko Hatamoto said angrily.

“Look at the scene, there are no signs of a fight at all. And look at Mr. Xiaowu and Mr. Ichiro, although they have blood on them, their clothes are intact. How could they have fought? Were they spitting at each other?” Zhiyong added.

“That doesn’t mean Ichiro killed someone; it was just an accident,” said Mariko Hatamoto.

“Actually, all three murders that occurred on the ship were committed by Ichiro. The first two were not committed by Kobu.” Zhiyong added.

"What? You're saying that Ichiro also killed Grandpa and Akio?" Akie Hatamoto asked in confusion.

"How could it be Ichiro? That's impossible!" Mariko Hatamoto exclaimed angrily.

“Actually, from the very beginning, I didn’t believe Xiao Wu was the murderer. At the scene of the first crime, there was a flower lying on the ground, which is why I concluded that it was Xiao Wu’s doing. However, there were wiping marks at the entrance of the scene. If Xiao Wu had killed someone, whether before the murder or while cleaning up the bloodstains, he would have seen the flower lying on the ground. Therefore, I began to suspect that Xiao Wu was the murderer,” Zhi Yong explained.

P.S.: I've been quite busy these past few days, so updates haven't been timely. However, this book will not be abandoned.