Detective Conan: The Ultimate Growth Space

Of course, this is one of the reasons.

Kogoro Mouri also wanted to see a good show between the two of them.

The deceased was a diplomat, so the police arrived quickly and cordoned off the scene.

Inspector Megure arrived shortly afterward.

Inspector Megure is under immense pressure this time.

After all, the person who died this time was a diplomat, who had a certain degree of public recognition.

On his way there, Inspector Megure had already received a call from Kiyoshi Matsumoto, who told him to solve the case quickly before the impact spread.

It won't be long before reporters from the media come to investigate.

Inspector Megure arrived at the scene.

Although he disliked Kogoro Mouri a bit, thinking that Kogoro Mouri was a jinx.

However, Kogoro Mouri has been quite effective during this period, and we will probably need to rely on him to solve the case quickly this time.

"Mouri, is this a murder case or a suicide case?"

Inspector Megure's greatest wish is to commit suicide, so that he will be out of the picture.

“Mr. Tsujimura has no obvious external injuries, so I would like to say that he committed suicide,” Kogoro Mouri said with a smile.

"Suicide?" Inspector Megure asked, puzzled.

Heiji Hattori, who was listening to Kogoro Mouri's words, was very disdainful of him.

He has always believed that the cases Kogoro Mouri has solved recently were all accomplished with Shinichi Kudo's secret help.

Therefore, upon hearing that Kogoro Mouri was wrong, he was about to speak up in rebuttal.

Conan said from the side, "Uncle, look more closely."

Kogoro Mouri glanced at Conan, ignored him, and continued speaking.

"However, judging from the situation at the scene, the deceased's lips and fingertips had already begun to turn purple, there were bleeding spots on the conjunctiva of the eyes, and a small red dot was left behind the deceased's right ear. A needle, which is suspected to be the murder weapon, was also found next to the body. Based on these factors, Mr. Tsujimura could only have been poisoned."

"Poisoning?" Inspector Megure asked in surprise.

Actually, Inspector Megure preferred the outcome that Kogoro Mouri had mentioned earlier.

If it really was suicide, then everything will be fine, and it won't have any impact on him.

When Kogoro Mouri mentioned poisoning, it surprised not only Inspector Megure.

Hattori Heiji was also very surprised.

Just now, Kogoro Mouri stood right next to the corpse and looked at it. He never expected to discover these problems.

However, Heiji Hattori still didn't quite believe Kogoro Mouri, thinking that this might just be an occasional occurrence.

"Oh, Mori, do you already know who the murderer is?" Inspector Megure asked, somewhat excitedly.

“When we found Mr. Tsujimura dead, his body was still warm, and there was no sign of rigor mortis or lividity. Therefore, he must have been poisoned within thirty minutes before we entered the study. The most likely culprit is someone in this family.”

The Tsujimura family and their servants were all quite surprised when they heard Kogoro Mouri's words.

"How could it be the work of someone from our family?" Takayoshi Tsujimura asked, somewhat angrily.

Kogoro Mouri explained, "The doors and windows in the study are all locked from the inside. The only entrance and exit is the room door, which means that only the person with the room key can lock the door from the outside after leaving."

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Chapter 81 Wrong Methods

Inspector Megure looked at Mrs. Tsujimura and asked, "Mrs. Tsujimura, how many keys are there for the study door?"

“There are two keys to the study, one for me and one for my husband.” Kimie Tsujimura took her key out of her bag.

Inspector Megure walked to Tsujimura Isao's body and said, "Let's see if he has any keys on him."

“My husband usually keeps his keys in his pants pocket,” Kimie Tsujimura reminded him.

Inspector Megure crouched down and noticed that Tsujimura Isao's right pocket was a little bulging, so he reached in to look for it.

Sure enough, there was a key to the study in the double pocket of the pants, which I confirmed was indeed the key to the study.

“I noticed when Mrs. Tsujimura opened the door when we arrived. The study door was locked from the inside with a key, but there were two keys in total. One was on Mrs. Tsujimura, who was with us, and the other was in the double pocket of the murdered Mr. Tsujimura’s pants. This is the secret room murder case,” Hattori Heiji said in surprise.

"A murder in a secret room?"

Those around Hattori Heiji were quite surprised by what he said.

"Who is this person?" Inspector Megure asked.

"He's from Osaka, his name is Hattori Heiji."

Kogoro Mouri did not reveal Heiji Hattori's identity.

Kogoro Mouri was confident that Inspector Megure would understand what he meant once he heard it.

"Hattori Heiji? I've heard of him. He's the son of Hattori Heiji, the Osaka Prefectural Police Chief. He's supposedly a famous high school detective in Kansai. What's he doing here with you?" Inspector Megure asked, puzzled.

Kogoro Mouri shrugged and said, "He wants to challenge Shinichi Kudo, and now that he's encountered a case, I think Shinichi Kudo will definitely come too. So, let's leave this case to the two young men. If they can't solve it quickly, I can step in later; the culprit is in this house anyway."

"He wants to have a match with Kudo, that's fine. Let's see who's stronger between these two high school detectives."

Inspector Megure also wanted to solve the case as soon as possible.

However, after hearing what Kogoro Mouri said, he stopped talking.

Although Inspector Megure was quite annoyed by Heiji Hattori's meddling at the scene.

However, he still had to give his father, Hattori Heizo, some face.

Although Hattori Heizo did not govern Tokyo, he had reached this level.

If he were to say anything to Inspector Megure's superiors, it would make Inspector Megure very uncomfortable.

Therefore, they tacitly accepted Kogoro Mouri's words.

Of course, while we're looking forward to seeing a showdown between two young detectives, the work that needs to be done still needs to be done.

Inspector Megure learned from Mrs. Tsujimura that there were only two keys to the room.

But the doors and windows of the room were locked from the inside.

This is a murder case committed in a locked room.

Just like in the original story, Hattori Heiji quickly came up with a way to break the secret room.

Furthermore, he also identified the culprit as the diplomat's father, Toshimitsu Tsujimura.

Hattori Heiji believed that it must have been Tsujimura Toshimitsu who killed the diplomat for some reason.

After asking the butler, Fumio Koike, for directions to the Japanese-style room, Heiji Hattori left.

At this moment, Conan also felt dizzy and his vision began to blur.

Finally, Conan could no longer hold on and collapsed to the ground.

Zhiyong was nearby, secretly observing Conan's situation.

He saw that Conan was pale, covered in cold sweat, clutching his chest, and breathing heavily.

So, before Conan fell to the ground, he quickly caught him.

Ran rushed to his side and asked, "Conan, Conan, what's wrong?"

Zhiyong handed Conan to Ran and said, "He's burning badly."

Ran took Conan from her hand, touched his forehead, and said, "You really have a high fever."

Inspector Megure said to one of his men, "Go and call a doctor."

Zhiyong was not worried about Conan's situation.

In a little while, Conan will transform, and Shinichi Kudo will reappear.

Ran and Conan had just left the study a short while ago.

Hattori Heiji returned triumphantly.

Zhiyong knew that Hattori Heiji's reasoning was incorrect, and he lost to Kudo Shinichi this time.

This is actually quite normal.

If Shinichi Kudo loses this time.

Given Hattori Heiji's arrogant personality, there wouldn't have been the intense bromance he later shared with Kudo Shinichi.

Heiji Hattori was indeed fooled.

He came up with a method of murdering someone in a secret room.

Therefore, Inspector Megure was asked to dress up as the deceased and, using the fishing line and a needle found in the room, skillfully demonstrated how to use them through the gap under the door.

After committing murder, how could one lock the door from the outside and still put the key in the deceased's pocket?

Although the experiment seemed to be a great success, and the key went smoothly into Inspector Megure's pants pocket.

However, Heiji Hattori, being competitive, forgot that the deceased's key was in a double-layered pocket.

"Then who is the murderer?" Inspector Megure asked, puzzled.

"No rush," Hattori Heiji said with a smug look on his face.

Zhiyong felt displeased just looking at it and asked, "Hattori, is the key really in your pocket?"

“Brother Sato, you saw Hattori’s experiment just now. When I pretended to be the dead man, the key did indeed go into my pocket,” Inspector Megure said, puzzled.

"Not bad, didn't you see the experiment just now?"

Heiji Hattori was still a little annoyed by Tomoyuki's pranks at the agency.

“I just saw it, but did the key really go into the deceased’s double pockets?” Zhiyong pressed.

“It really is inside the double pocket, look.” Inspector Megure said, reaching into his pants pocket and pulling it out.

But the key fell to the ground with a "bang" when it was pulled out of the pocket.

"How is this possible?"