Stay away from Conan

Chapter 491 Secret room?

After finishing the affairs in the kitchen, Gao Yuan drove his light blue "MINI" car and took Koizumi Hongzi to the apartment named "Sandglass".

Under the leadership of Gao Yuan, the two walked into the door of the apartment. The wind chimes hanging behind the door couldn't help being disturbed by the door being pushed open, and made a crisp sound.

In response, the coffee shop manager and director of the "Detective Mediation Office", Kizui Noro, who was cleaning cups on the counter of the coffee shop downstairs, couldn't help but turn his eyes to the door, showed his signature smile, and said politely:

"Welcome...oh! What a rare visitor, Mr. Akechi!"

After seeing that the person who came was Gao Yuan, Kizui Hōrō couldn't help but said in surprise:

"It seems like you haven't come over to take care of my business here for a long time. Why did you suddenly think of coming over today?"

"Mr. Kizui, long time no see."

After a brief exchange of greetings, Gao Yuan asked straight to the point without wasting too much time:

"Is there any commission here today?"

Hearing this, Franz Kizui couldn't help but feel a little surprised, and immediately said:

"You are right to ask. There is indeed a rather troublesome commission that needs to be solved. Miss Kyoko was originally handling this case, but now we are encountering some difficulties..."

As he spoke, Kizui Franzhi's face became a little helpless, and then he continued:

"For specific things, you can ask Esuke."

In response, Gao Yuan couldn't help but nodded, took out his mobile phone, and directly dialed Yin Tate Ousuke's number...

…

"Yesterday, I was doing gardening and pruning work at a house in Okuho Town. As a result, I found a body in the house next to that house. It looked like it was killed by something..."

Sitting in the ward of Okuho University Hospital, a white-haired Miss Kyoko was picked up, who was lying on the hospital bed and fell asleep. Sitting on the seat next to the hospital bed, Yin Tate Ousuke explained to Takato with a sad look on his face.

"So... you are considered a murderer again?"

After hearing Yin Tate Ousuke's words, Takato asked helplessly.

On the side, Koizumi Anko, after seeing Yin Tate Ousuke, very deliberately sat on the seat farthest from him, and couldn't help but murmured with emotion:

"He is indeed a 'bad luck' person..."

"kindness……"

Hearing Gao Yuan's words, Yin Tate Ousuke could only nodded helplessly, and then said with some excitement:

"However, because of Miss Kyoko, my suspicion of committing the crime has been cleared. It's just..."

As he said that, Yin Tate Ousuke began to feel depressed and said with some self-blame:

"It's all my fault. If I hadn't revealed that Miss Kyoko is a 'forgetful detective' who forgets what happened as soon as she falls asleep, Miss Kyoko wouldn't have been given sleeping pills by the murderer and she still hasn't woken up!"

"Then...how is Miss Kyoko doing now?"

Hearing this, Gao Yuan was slightly surprised. He couldn't help but look at Fushang Kyoko who was lying on the hospital bed and asked.

"Miss Kyoko is fine for the time being...it's just that the effects of the sleeping pills haven't worn off yet..."

Yin Tate Osuke showed a bitter smile, looked at Miss Kyoko on the hospital bed tenderly, and replied like this.

"Then, let's continue talking about the incident..."

Hearing that Miss Kyoko's life was not in danger, Gao Yuan couldn't help but nodded and continued to ask.

"The police have investigated the scene, but because the circumstances when the incident occurred were so strange, there has been almost no progress in the investigation."

Yin Tate Ousuke calmed down a little and continued to explain.

"Strange situation? What does it mean specifically?"

Takato asked, and then Gintao Ousuke seemed to be in a bad mood. He began to talk about what happened incoherently, and kept complaining about his misfortune. After Takato repeatedly confirmed the details, he finally figured out what happened - —

The victim of the incident was the head of that family, named Yamauchi Toda.

The reason why Yindate Osuke knew him was because he had recently been doing gardening work at the neighbor's house next door to Yamauchi Toda. It was while working outdoors that Osuke Gindate met Yamauchi Toda, who sometimes went out for a walk.

The opportunity for the two to get to know each other was when they were working at Yin Tate Ousuke.

At that time, just when Yamauchi Toda was going out, the electric saw used by Gindate Ousuke to prune branches broke, which made Gindate Ousuke very embarrassed. And just in time, Yamauchi Toda, who saw this scene, enthusiastically came to help and lent his own chainsaw to Ousuke Gindate.

After this time, the two began to get acquainted with each other.

According to Yindate Ousuke, Yamauchi Toda has a hobby, that is, he likes to make things by himself, so he often uses his villa as a studio, and often stays in it to make furniture when he has nothing to do on weekends.

And it just so happened that yesterday, the chainsaw used by Gindate Ousuke broke down again. So because of what happened last time, Gindate Ousuke thought of going to Yamauchi Toda to borrow another chainsaw, so he couldn't help but go to another house. Find him.

However, no matter how much Yin Tate Esuke knocked on the door or shouted, no one in the other room responded.

So, thinking that the other party might be in the main house, when he was about to go to the main house to find someone, it seemed that out of some intuition, just in case, Yin Tate Ousuke looked through the window into the other house. Finally confirmed...

As a result, the body was discovered.

——"The body was found in another house, and the entrance and exit of the other house was only the door, and the windows were sealed and could not be opened..."

Under Takato's gradual questioning, Yin Tate Ousuke said this.

"What about the door lock?"

Hearing Yin Tate Ousuke's words, Takato couldn't help but think of something, and couldn't help but ask as if to confirm.

"It's locked."

Yin Tate Ousuke replied:

"The door to the villa was locked from the inside. After investigation, the police found that the key to the door was in Mr. Yamauchi's pocket..."

"Oh, secret room murder!"

Hearing this, Gao Yuan said somewhat clearly——

The scene was a secret room, and Miss Kyoko was given sleeping pills during the investigation. In this way, the scope of the suspects could be narrowed down to a very small range!

——Originally, this is what Gao Yuan thought, but with the next words of Yin Tate Esuke, Gao Yuan fell into confusion.

"No, the scene is not a secret room."

Yin Tate Ousuke said very helplessly.

"Why?"

Gao Yuan was a little confused about this:

"The doors and windows are all locked. Is there any other entrance or exit that is large enough for an adult to come in and out?"

"kindness……"

Yin Tate Ousuke nodded, but his face kept frowning, showing extremely confusion——

"There was a big hole in the inner wall of that villa!"

"ha?"

Hearing this, Gao Yuan was obviously very surprised and showed a confused look...