Detective Conan: Developing a younger version of Ran Eri, and the stunning Yukiko.

"So... the real culprit is..."

Sera Masumi looked intently at Yagura Morio.

At this moment, Morio Yagura was still immersed in his performance, so much so that he even fooled himself.

"The snake demon is real! The murderer is the snake demon, officer, you can close the case now," Yagura Morio said, his face filled with terror.

"Don't bring up the snake demon thing again! How could the police close the case by saying the murderer is a snake demon?" Yokomizo retorted irritably.

To be honest, devising this kind of ghost story-like murder method is utterly foolish. If the police chief wanted to keep his job, he would never accept this explanation. Even if he had some doubts about ghost stories, he would continue investigating until he found a relatively plausible explanation.

Upon hearing Inspector Yokomizo's words, Shiraishihara couldn't help but look at him with new respect. He remembered that there really was such an absurd plot in the anime, where someone fabricated a story about a monster to fool Yokomizo, which scared Yokomizo so much that he contacted the Self-Defense Forces. In the end, fully armed soldiers actually parachuted out of the plane to search for the monster.

"Officer Yokomizo, I thought you would contact the Self-Defense Forces to capture the snake demon."

"Hehehe... If I really contacted the Self-Defense Forces, I'd be transferred to a police station in Kagoshima tomorrow."

Yokomizo, understanding the implications, asked, "Detective Shiraishi, give me some advice quickly. Is the culprit really a snake demon?"

"Of course it's not a snake demon. As a criminal police officer, how can you believe such a nonsensical claim?"

"Uh... so what exactly happened, Detective Shiraishi?"

Instead of answering directly, Shiraishi Hara turned his gaze to Yagura Morio: "Mr. Yagura, what color was the giant snake you saw?"

“It’s brown. Is there a problem with that?” Morio Yagura answered without hesitation.

Bai Shi pretended to be puzzled: "That's strange. I just asked your junior sister, and she said the giant snake she saw was white and its body was as smooth as jade. It's completely different from the giant snake you described that was covered in scales. What's going on?"

Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked, realizing that the so-called eyewitness testimony was merely Yagura Morio's own account.

Ran and Sonoko asked in unison, "Why do you both describe seeing the snake demon so differently?"

Sera Masumi crossed her arms over her chest: "Isn't it obvious? There's no such thing as a snake demon!"

As a prospective high school detective, Sera Masumi instinctively doesn't believe in snake demons.

“Junior Sister must have misremembered,” Yagura Morio argued.

"No. There was never a snake demon; it's something you made up!"

Upon hearing Shiraishihara's words, Yagura Morio reacted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, immediately becoming agitated and retorting furiously, "What nonsense are you spouting! My junior sister clearly saw it with her own eyes! The shadow of a snake, and the giant snake outside the manor..."

"The giant snake's shadow was merely something you created using a mechanism. As for your junior sister seeing the snake, it's because she took hallucinogens."

Your junior sister saw the snake's shadow first, and thus assumed it was a real giant snake. After arriving outside the manor, and with your prompting, the hallucinogen took effect, and she began to believe the giant snake she imagined out of her own fear was real.

Upon hearing this, Yokomizo's eyes lit up immediately: "Hallucinations! Yagura Morio gave his junior sister hallucinations to help him stage this whole thing! Investigate immediately!"

Hallucinogens were key evidence, and Yokomizo ordered forensic personnel to return to the mountain villa to investigate the tea that Jiali had drunk in the third village.

Yagura Morio's face turned ashen; he knew the truth could no longer be concealed.

"Oh dear. Detective Shiraishi, you guessed it right. The giant snake and all that was just a prank. You wouldn't be saying I killed Master Ryozo, would you?"

"Damn it, how dare you play us like this!" Yokomizo angrily grabbed Yagura Morio's collar.

Yagura Morio quickly explained, "I know I was wrong, and I apologize for my prank, but I really didn't kill Master Ryozo."

Yokomizo was furious, but there was nothing he could do; he couldn't very well actually beat up Yagura Morio.

however……

Just as Yokomizo released Yagura Morio, Ryoichi stepped forward and punched Yagura Morio in the nose, causing him to bleed profusely.

"Yagura Morio, you bastard, how dare you make such a disgusting joke about my dead lover."

"Ugh—you dare hit me, officer! You have to get justice for me!"

Yokomizo pretended not to hear and ignored Yagura Morio, instead continuing to ask Shiraishihara for advice.

"Detective Shiraishi, who exactly killed Master Ryozo?"

"It was Yagura Morio who killed him, otherwise why would he make things so complicated?"

"Detective Shiraishi, you're right. But how exactly did Yagura Morio kill Master Ryozo?"

"It's not up to me to decide; we have to wait for the official autopsy results."

"You mean...we should take Yagura Morio back to the police station for questioning first?"

Shiraishi glanced at Yokomizo, thinking that without the help of a detective, even if Yagura Morio was brought back for investigation, it would be of little use.

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172 Miwako, I'm so hot, please help me.

Chapter 172

"Dissolving Master Liangzang's body in a short time is no easy task; it will definitely leave clues."

“You’re right. Once we find the murder weapon, things will be much easier.” Yokomizo didn’t even think twice, pointing directly at Shiraishihara. “So, Detective Shiraishi, tell me quickly, where is the murder weapon?”

"I guess... the murder weapon must have been thrown into the lake by Yagura Morio."

"That makes sense, that makes perfect sense."

If Yokomizo put himself in the role of the murderer, then the best place to hide the murder weapon after committing the crime would be in the lake.

Officer Yokogawa sent divers into the lake to search for the murder weapon. Qingming Lake isn't very large, and an hour later, the divers found the weapon.

A plastic bag was pulled up from the water. When the bag was opened, it contained stones, a stun gun, a water bottle, and a pair of leather gloves.

Meanwhile, the forensic team detected lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in the tea that Yukari Mimura had drunk. LSD is a major component of hallucinogens, which confirmed Shiraishihara's reasoning.

Despite overwhelming evidence, Yagura Morio stubbornly refused to confess until the police found his fingerprints (06) on the bag.

"How could this be? I was definitely wearing gloves!" Yagura Morio was dumbfounded, unable to understand why there were his fingerprints on the bag.

"How stupid," Sera Masumi couldn't help but retort. "Of course you won't leave fingerprints when you're wearing gloves. But when you put the gloves in the bag and throw them away, you're not wearing gloves on your hands anymore, are you?"

Fingerprints are made of oil and are insoluble in water. As long as they are not wiped off, even if the bag sinks into a lake and is then retrieved, the fingerprints will still be there.

Faced with the evidence, Yagura Morio finally confessed and revealed his reasons for killing Aonoki Ryozo.

"I absolutely refuse to accept the position of tea ceremony master that my teacher wants to pass on to Ryoichi! Ryoichi doesn't understand tea ceremony at all. I am the most suitable person to be the tea ceremony master!"

Hearing Yagura Morio's roar, Ryoichi was dumbfounded. He hadn't expected that the trouble was caused by the Grandmaster position again, even though he had no intention of inheriting it.

As for Yagura Morio telling his junior sister that Ryoichi had agreed to hand over the Grandmaster position to her, that was just a lie.

The truth came out: the murderer was Yagura Morio. But one thing still puzzled Ryoichi: did Rie really commit suicide by drowning?

"Officer, how exactly did Rie die?" Ryoichi pressed Inspector Yokomizo for an answer. His father's cause of death was clear, but his lover's death still filled him with doubt.

Yokomizo responded, "We took the body back, and after a detailed forensic examination, it has been determined that Rie committed suicide."

Even with Yokomizo's explanation, Ryoichi still refused to believe it: "That's impossible! Rie wouldn't choose suicide because of a setback in her relationship! She's a very strong-willed girl!"

Ryoichi realized he couldn't rely on the police to find out the truth, so he turned to Shiraishi for help: "Detective Shiraishi, you're the best high school detective in Tokyo. Please help me find out the real cause of Rie's death!"

Shiraishi sighed softly: "Mr. Ryoichi, Ms. Rie must have committed suicide, there's no mistake about that."

"Impossible! You don't understand Rie at all. She's such a strong-willed woman; she would never commit suicide!" Ryoichi roared, his emotions running high, almost frantic.

Shiraishi remained calm, reaching out to press down on the shoulder of the emotionally distraught Ryoichi: "Mr. Ryoichi, you said I don't understand Rie. I return that statement to you verbatim."

"What makes you say that?" Ryoichi couldn't help but vent his anger on Shiraishihara.

"Mr. Ryoichi, how much do you know about Ms. Rie's family?"

"Rie's family?" Ryoichi didn't understand why Shiraishihara was suddenly asking this. After thinking for a moment, he replied, "Rie's mother is a single mother who raised her alone. As for her father, she has never met him and doesn't know who he is. What's wrong?"

"You don't know who your father is?" Upon hearing this, Xiaolan suddenly realized something. She had experienced something similar before. "Shiraishi-kun, could it be another case of lovers discovering they are siblings in the end?"

Shiraishi nodded and took out a photograph he had found in Master Ryozo's room: "This is a photograph I found in Master Ryozo's room."

Shiraishi showed the photo, and the three girls immediately crowded around to take a closer look.

"Huh? Isn't that Rie-san?" Sonoko exclaimed in surprise. The woman in the photo looked exactly like Rie.

"Huh? Is it really like this again?" Xiaolan looked surprised, just as she had thought.

"Ah! That's really unexpected!" Sera Masumi felt both surprised and yet reasonable.

Ryoichi rushed forward to examine the photo, his face equally astonished: "Why does my father have a photo of Rie?"

“The woman in the photo is clearly Rie’s mother, Mr. Ryoichi. Now you should understand why your father strongly opposed your relationship with Rie,” Shiraishi explained.

The news struck Liang like a bolt from the blue. His head buzzed, and he almost lost his balance. He staggered backward and leaned against a tree, as if he had lost his soul.

"Rie...is my sister?" Ryoichi muttered blankly, completely disoriented.

Everyone suddenly realized why Ryozo was so adamant about not agreeing to Ryoichi and Rie's marriage; what father would agree to such a thing?

The incident was resolved, and the body and the perpetrator were taken away by the police. Everyone returned to the villa to continue resting, as there was still a long time before dawn.

Shiraishi returned to the mountain lodge, took a shower, and went back to his room to find that Suzuki Tomoko had already woken up.

"Auntie Pengzi, you're awake?"

"I woke up when I realized you weren't there. Shiraishi-kun, where did you go?"

"Something unexpected happened while you were asleep..."

Shiraishi told Suzuki Tomoko everything that had happened.

After listening, Tomoko Suzuki fell silent and didn't speak for a long time.

As dawn broke, the three girls were still immersed in the tragic atmosphere of the previous day, while Suzuki Tomoko and Shiraishi Genichiro were in a good mood.

Seeing the three girls looking listless, Suzuki Tomoko asked, "Little girls, you look so tired, did you not sleep well last night?"

Xiaolan nodded: "Even though I know the snake demon is fake, I still had nightmares."

Sonoko said, "Mom, don't you think this is too melodramatic? Lovers turned out to be siblings! Mr. Ryoichi is really pitiful. His lover Rie committed suicide, and his father Ryozo was murdered. I feel sad just thinking about it, and I can't sleep!"

"Hehehe...Mom felt sad when she heard that, but then something happy happened, so she's not so sad anymore." Tomoko Suzuki covered her mouth and giggled.

"Mom, what...what do you mean?" Sonoko squinted, looking puzzled.

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173 Sera Masumi witnesses Ishihara and Tomoko having sex

Chapter 173

Sera Masumi leaned close to Shiraishihara and whispered, "Hey, Master. Last night you and Aunt Tomoko were alone in a room together. Did anything happen?"

"What could possibly happen?" Shiraishi feigned ignorance.

"That's precisely why I'm asking you."

"Guess it."

"Guess what, you idiot master!"

Sera Masumi thought to herself that Ran and Sonoko, two beautiful girls, were so close to her master that it was unlikely that anything would happen between her and Aunt Tomoko. Even though Aunt Tomoko was just as beautiful as her own mother, she was, after all, Sonoko's mother.

On the night of July 31, 2024, in Beikacho, Tokyo, former superstar Yukiko Kudo was talking to Shiraishihara inside a house.

"Hey, I need your help with something, is that alright?" Yukiko asked.

"Yukiko, tell me first, what's going on?" Shiraishihara replied.

"Um... Yuan, the house hasn't been cleaned in a long time. Could you come over and help clean it tomorrow?"

Yukiko Kudo thought that her house was quite large, and cleaning it would probably take a whole day.

In the past, Xiaolan would come and help with the cleaning every month, but now that she's back in Tokyo, she has to take care of these things herself.

"No, I can't. I have class tomorrow."

"You're a high school detective, asking for leave shouldn't be too difficult for you..."

"Hey. Don't be so unreliable. How can I take time off to help you clean? Can't you just hire a housekeeper? Your husband's royalties are so high, he earns so much money, why not use him?"

Shiraishi Hara was not interested in helping with the cleaning.

"No. If we hire a domestic helper, some things might get out."