Detective Conan: The Ultimate Growth Space

Chapter 263: Case Closed

Mariko Hatamoto argued, "Perhaps that was something Kobu did on purpose, to make people think that someone was framing him."

"That's why I was only suspicious, but then I found breadcrumbs at the entrance of the scene."

As Zhiyong spoke, he took a small plastic bag out of his pocket.

“Bread crumbs, what kind of evidence is that?” Mariko Hatamoto said.

“Since everyone ate French food, this isn’t much evidence, but look, there’s charcoal stuck to these breadcrumbs,” Zhiyong said with a smile.

"So what if there's charcoal on the breadcrumbs?" Mariko Hatamoto asked.

“Ichiro was an art college student. Before Mr. Gozo was killed, he was always drawing on the deck. When drawing charcoal, he often used breadcrumbs as erasers, which made it easy for them to stick to his body. When he killed Mr. Gozo, the movement was too big, and these breadcrumbs fell to the scene,” Zhiyong replied.

“Even if those breadcrumbs were dropped by Ichiro, how can that prove that Ichiro killed the person?” Mariko Hatamoto asked again.

"Precisely because I couldn't prove it, I didn't say no in order not to avoid alerting them, and continued the investigation."

"What about Ryunan? Why did Ichiro want to kill Ryunan?" Akie Hatamoto asked.

“Because he saw something he shouldn’t have seen,” Zhiyong replied.

"What is it?" Akie Hatamoto asked again.

“Look at this knife on the ground,” Zhiyong said, pointing to the ground.

"What's wrong with this knife?" Xiaolan asked, puzzled.

“Look at the wounds on Mr. Xiao Wu’s body. They are very different from the wounds on Mr. Hao Zang’s body. Although the murderer stirred the wounds after stabbing them, Mr. Xiao Wu’s wounds are obviously larger. This means that the knife used to kill Mr. Xiao Wu and Mr. Hao Zang was not the same one,” Zhi Yong explained.

"How can you be so sure?" Mariko Hatamoto asked.

“It’s very simple, Mr. Xiang Er. This room should be your room, right?” Zhi Yong said, pointing to the room next door.

"Yes."

"Then your cooking knives should be kept in your room, right?"

"Yes, could it be that my kitchen knife was used to kill them both times?"

"Go and check your knives now."

Xiang Er entered the room, and after a while, he took out a box.

"I'm missing two kitchen knives."

"This is the motive for killing Ryuo. Originally, Ichiro only wanted to kill Mr. Gozo. Therefore, after the incident, he was about to drop the kitchen knife into the sea, but Mr. Ryuo saw it. In order to prevent people from knowing that he had killed someone, he killed Ryuo instead."

As Zhiyong was saying this...

The lights suddenly went out.

The Wisdom and Courage Space is filled with various lamps.

Therefore, a small flashlight appeared in his hand, and he turned it on immediately.

The power outage and Zhiyong taking out his flashlight to turn it on happened in the blink of an eye.

"Uncle Maoli, go check the switch. Everyone else, stay where you are and don't move," Zhiyong added.

after awhile.

The lights came on again.

A short while after the lights came on, Kogoro Mouri returned.

“Someone has created a mechanism that will shut off the power after a certain period of time,” Kogoro Mouri said.

"This was also made by Mr. Ichiro, right?" Zhiyong asked.

“It wasn’t me,” Hatamoto Ichiro replied.

“Yes, why did Ichiro do that?” Mariko Hatamoto asked as well.

“Just now in the restaurant, because of Xiao Wu’s disappearance in the warehouse, we talked about the possibility that Xiao Wu had an accomplice. Mr. Ichiro panicked at that time. In order to clear his name, you wanted to use a self-inflicted injury as a ruse. However, something unexpected happened. Before the matter could even begin, you encountered Xiao Wu and let him see you holding a knife. Therefore, you killed Xiao Wu. Am I right?” Zhiyong continued.

"You've said so much, do you have any evidence? Why did Ichiro kill his grandfather?" Mariko Hatamoto asked again.

“Of course, didn’t Miss Qiujiang just explain the reasons at the restaurant? But those aren’t the main reasons,” Zhiyong replied.

"What is the main reason?" Akie Hatamoto asked.

"Have you seen Mr. Ichiro's art books? Do you know what he drew in them?" Zhiyong asked.

“I haven’t noticed this before. Could there be a motive for murder in the picture book?” Akie Hatamoto asked.

“I noticed it on the deck during the day. I saw that Mr. Ichiro’s gaze towards Xia Jiang was strange. As a result, I discovered that Ichiro was drawing Xia Jiang the whole time. If it were just one drawing of Xia Jiang, it wouldn’t be a big deal, but I unexpectedly discovered that the entire sketchbook was filled with drawings of Xia Jiang,” Zhiyong replied.

"What? Ichiro's picture book is full of Natsue?" Mariko Hatamoto exclaimed in surprise.

Everyone was quite surprised.

“During the day, Mr. Gozo said, ‘Ichiro, if your dream is impossible, you might as well give up now.’ He wasn’t talking about your painting, but rather your love for Natsue, which is why you killed him,” Zhiyong explained.

“Mr. Ichiro did indeed tell the master that he wanted to marry Miss Xiajiang, but the master refused outright and quickly agreed to Mr. Kotake and Miss Xiajiang’s wedding,” Butler Suzuki said.

After hearing what the butler Suzuki said, everyone looked at Ichiro Hatamoto in surprise.

"Ichiro?" Mariko Hatamoto didn't know what to say.

Mariko Hatamoto and Kitarou Hatamoto are cousins.

Of course, when the two got married, Hatamoto Gozo was strongly opposed to it.

However, Mariko Hatamoto and Hokuro Hatamoto love each other.

She completely ignored what Hatamoto Gozo said and got married right away.

It was because of the precedent set by their parents.

That's why Ichiro Hatamoto wanted to marry Natsue Hatamoto.

When all these things were said.

Ichiro Hatamoto completely broke down and confessed to three murders.

Although the case has been solved.

But this result surprised everyone.

It's already past 4 a.m.

Because of these three murder cases, no one got any rest.

Now that the case is clear, everyone went to rest.

Ichiro Hatamoto was not locked in the warehouse.

But in order to prevent any further accidents.

After locking Ichiro Hatamoto in his room, Kogoro Mouri also stayed in the room to guard him.

Originally, Mariko Hatamoto was heartbroken for her son and wanted to stay with him.

However, just to avoid any unforeseen circumstances, Kogoro Mouri did not agree.

……

Chapter 264 Faith Project

After entering the room, Zhiyong kept observing using the map.

After seeing that everyone was resting.

He quietly left the room.

We arrived at the door of a room.

Zhiyong observed the sleeping beauty lying in the room and took out his lock-picking tools.

In just a few seconds, he opened the door to the room.

The door to the room was closed.

Zhiyong quietly approached the beautiful woman.

The Hatamoto family is not a top-tier family in the island nation.

But they are also a first-rate family.

Now, after this change, all power in the Hatamoto family is in the hands of Hatamoto Natsue.

Previously, Zhiyong had taken control of the Morizono family through Morizono Yurie.

In order to gain control of the Hatamoto family, Zhiyong plans to take control of Hatamoto Natsue.

Of course, this applies to girls like Hatamoto Natsue.

Zhiyong also liked it very much.

Zhiyong has already discovered the function of the illusion.

If it's within a spatial dimension, one can quickly gain control over the other person's thoughts.

However, if it is outside of space, it will take a lot of time.

Of course, controlling someone's thoughts does not mean turning them into a puppet.

It simply means to make the other party loyal only to wisdom and courage.

It will not have any impact on other things.

Zhiyong directly put Hatamoto Natsue and the tatami mat into the space.

Then, the illusion began.

Silent all night.

It was almost noon.

Everyone gradually woke up.

It will still be some time before we arrive in Tokyo.

However, after these few hours in the space, Hatamoto Natsue had developed a great liking for Tomoyuki.