I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

Only then did everyone see the true appearance of the white bundle.

This wasn't a white bundle at all; it was clearly a white shirt, and inside the shirt were the murder weapon and bloodstained gloves! Chen En's trip out this time was actually to retrieve the hidden murder weapon and bloodstained clothes!

"Raising a cat for a thousand days, using a cat for a single moment—that's probably the idea."

Chen En said calmly, then turned and glared at Rebecca, who was meowing.

Only then did he look up and speak.

"Now that the evidence is fully prepared, then..."

"The case ends here."

Chapter 956 Riddles: The Man Who Harms Others and Himself

Is this the end of the case?

Chen En's words instantly attracted the attention of everyone present.

Everyone turned their attention to Chen En, waiting for him to say something next. At that moment, Morizo ​​Kikuto suffered a sudden cardiac arrest, but he still secretly believed that his method of committing the crime was flawless and could not be discovered by anyone.

"What's on the table now are the murder weapon and blood-stained clothes. I don't think anyone has any other questions about that."

"I found the bundle in a tree opposite this room. If I'm not mistaken, the murderer must have thrown it from the windowsill. If someone else climbed the tree to put it there..."

"Shouldn't some of the servants around have seen the person climbing the tree?"

"Besides, Mr. Mori previously said that two pieces of glass were broken, one of which fell outside the windowsill and was not found inside the room. However, there were no glass shards outside or below the windowsill, were there?"

"This means that the sound of breaking glass that you heard at the beginning was not actually inside this room."

"Moreover, there are obvious drag marks on the body, indicating that this is not the primary crime scene where Shigematsu was killed. The real crime scene should be the room with the broken glass at the beginning."

At this point, Chen En turned his head to look at another room opposite this one.

"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be that room."

"Then, the murderer's method of creating the locked room is not difficult to see through. He only needs to open the door of another room in advance, and then use the rope mechanism to lock the window through the small hole in the window."

"Finally, leave this room, lock the door, return to the previous room, and lock the door from the inside."

"The bloodstains left by the corpse at the door of this room were used to mislead Kogoro Mouri. In addition, a conflict broke out between Kikuto Morizono and Yuji Sakuraba, which broke another window, thus completing the room's misleading effect."

"This way, others will mistakenly believe that the room is a locked murder room."

"Thus, we can ignore the other room. As long as the murderer hiding in that room comes behind everyone when Toyama and Kazuha scream and gently locks the door, it will be of no use even if the others discover this fact later."

"Because the murderer did not leave any traces in the other room that could prove his identity."

Upon hearing this, Inspector Megure frowned and asked.

"Even so, this doesn't prove the killer's true identity, does it?"

"The murder weapon and blood-stained clothes were probably wrapped up and thrown over there. The murderer most likely killed someone in another room, then broke the window to attract others... But what does that prove?"

When faced with Inspector Megure's question, Hattori Heiji immediately answered.

"This means that the real murderer could only have thrown the murder weapon and blood-stained clothes out of the room to hide them."

"Inspector Megure, did you notice?"

"The reason Uncle Mori noticed what was happening here was because the murderer deliberately broke the glass in another room to draw everyone's attention. In other words, before that, the murderer had plenty of time to hide the murder weapon."

"Of course, hiding a murder weapon inside the villa would definitely be discovered."

"The only way the murderer could avoid finding the murder weapon and blood-stained clothes was to hide them outside the villa. However, given the pre-prepared explanation he had given himself, he couldn't make it appear out of the servants' sight in an unreasonable way."

"Therefore, the only way to conceal the murder weapon and one's own figure is by throwing it."

"In other words, judging from the rope on the windowsill, the murderer could have used the rope to rappel down to the floor below, or simply moved between different windowsills to return to the room he had prepared and take the blood-stained clothes and the murder weapon out directly."

"It will probably be several days before the servants in the villa find the body of Butler Shigematsu in this never-used room. By then, no matter who comes, they won't be able to solve the case..."

"The reason he doesn't do it is simple: it's not that he doesn't want to, but that he can't do it."

Hattori Heiji reached out and pinched the brim of his hat, then said with certainty.

The answer is acrophobia.

"The murderer suffered from a severe fear of heights, to the point that he was unable to even use the methods I described to escape the scene, let alone descend from the windowsill with a rope or move between windowsills in different rooms."

"He would be unable to move simply by standing on the windowsill and looking at the ground due to his severe acrophobia."

His words immediately drew Morizono Yurie's attention to Morizono Kikuto.

Just now, Yurie Morizono clearly stated that Kikuto Morizono has a severe fear of heights, and now Heiji Hattori immediately says that the reason the murderer couldn't escape in the way he described is because he suffers from a severe fear of heights.

Wouldn't this directly pin the blame for the murder on Kikuto Morizono?

Hearing that the criticism was directed at him, Kikuto Morizono's expression changed several times before he finally spoke loudly.

"Even if you say that, can't Yuuji Sakuraba do something like that too?"

"Is it possible that he simply didn't think of the murder method you mentioned?"

"If you say I wanted to kill Butler Shigematsu, then what was my reason for doing so? I had no conflict with Butler Shigematsu whatsoever. In fact, after I took over my father's company, it was Butler Shigematsu who helped me."

"Even my marriage to Xiaofeng was arranged by Butler Shigematsu."

"No matter how I look at it, I have no reason to kill Butler Shigematsu, do I?"

Kogoro Mouri stroked his chin, about to agree, when he suddenly felt a wave of drowsiness wash over him.

His body swayed from side to side, muttering about how this strange feeling had returned, before he leaned back in a chair and sat down, attracting everyone's attention.

Conan simply leaned against a small corner next to the wardrobe without any pretense and spoke using a voice changer.

"The specific reason is naturally the conflict between you and Butler Shigematsu."

"You say there's no conflict between you and Butler Shigematsu, but I don't think so."

"Didn't Master Morizono just say that he and Butler Shigematsu agreed to meet in their room? The matter they agreed to discuss is about your performance at the company..."

Upon hearing this, Kikuto Morizono's expression changed.

He was about to say something when he heard Kogoro Mouri continue.

"You may not know this, but the relationship between Mr. Morizono, Butler Shigematsu, and Mrs. Morizono was just like the relationship between you, Miss Katagiri, and Mr. Sakuraba."

"Butler Shigematsu and Mr. Sakuraba are like father and son, how could he not see the relationship between Mr. Sakuraba and Ms. Katagiri?"

"I'm afraid the reason why Butler Shigematsu initially wanted you to marry Miss Katagiri was entirely because he misunderstood Miss Katagiri, just as he misunderstood Mrs. Morizono back then."

"The reason why Mrs. Morizono came to the Morizono family was because she liked Butler Shigematsu, but Butler Shigematsu mistakenly thought that he liked Mr. Morizono, and thus introduced Mr. Morizono and Mrs. Morizono together."

"And this time is no different."

"Miss Katagiri often comes to the Morizono family, entirely because Miss Katagiri likes Mr. Sakuraba."

"But Butler Shigematsu mistakenly thought that Miss Katagiri liked you, not Mr. Sakuraba, and introduced you to Miss Katagiri until he discovered that Miss Katagiri's behavior after coming to the Morizono family was strange and that she liked Mr. Sakuraba."

"So, it's highly likely that Butler Shigematsu wants you to break up with Ms. Katagiri to fulfill Mr. Sakuraba's wishes and make up for the regret of that year."

Kogoro Mouri paused for a moment before continuing.

"I think the reason you were able to kill Butler Shigematsu is because he wanted to talk to you about this matter."

"The reason he made an appointment with Mr. Morizono to talk about your performance at the company was probably to use it to blackmail you into giving up your marriage with Ms. Katagiri, but I didn't expect it to turn out like this."

"Perhaps if he had just told you directly about the relationship between Ms. Katagiri and Mr. Sakuraba, things wouldn't have developed to this point?"

Upon hearing this, Kikuto Morizono's expression changed several times.

In the end, he couldn't hold back anymore, knelt down, confessed his guilt, and said with tears streaming down his face.

"You should have said so earlier, right? It's all about this."

"I fucking thought you were using the company's embezzlement and bribery scandal to blackmail me into breaking off my relationship with Xiaofeng, hoping to use it to control the company. Why didn't you just say so?"

"If you had told me this directly, wouldn't I have spared your life?"

Alas, a roundabout way to achieve one's goals; alas, a riddle-maker.

Chen En, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but sigh and shake his head.

Riddlers harm both themselves and others.

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Chapter 957 Don't Sleep Too Soundly Tonight

"Uncle Shigematsu, it's not that I've ruined you, it's that this world has ruined you!"

"Ah, I wonder why this world is so bad!"

As he spoke, Kikuto Morizono was dragged away by two police officers, one on each side.

As Kikuto Morizono disappeared from sight, everyone in the room couldn't help but sigh.

Especially Mikio Morizono.

He looked up at the sky and sighed, then put his hand to his forehead and said...

"How come I never noticed before that Kikuto had become this kind of person?"

"They even harmed Shigematsu along with him."

If only he paid more attention to the situation at Morizono Kikuto and the company.

Perhaps things wouldn't be the way they are now.

However, at this point, Morizono Mikio turned his gaze to Katagiri Kaede and Sakuraba Yuji.