"ah--!"

Hattori Heiji, who was rushing to the kitchen, heard the shrill screams and immediately recognized that one of them came from Toyama Kazuha.

Damn it! Are you late?

He looked stern and quickened his running pace.

"He Ye!"

When he ran to the kitchen door, he immediately shouted.

In the kitchen, Toyama Kazuye and Mao Lilan were seen huddled on the side of the cabinet tremblingly, looking in the direction of the console.

Next to the operating table, a curved figure was wolfing down the fried dumplings on the table.

"Hey! I said you..."

Hattori Heiji ran forward and put his hand on the maid's shoulder. The maid then turned around with a dumpling in her mouth.

"I'm sorry, because I'm really hungry, and I can't bear the smell of dumplings..."

"I'm really sorry, I ate all these dumplings, but the dumplings you made are really delicious~"

Mao Lilan and Yuan Shanheye showed their beady eyes and didn't know what to say. They could only say thank you for the compliment awkwardly.

Hattori Heiji saw that the two girls had made a mistake, causing him to worry in vain, and he complained helplessly against the two of them.

"I'm just here to eat dumplings, why do you shout so loudly?"

"It hurts me..."

Hattori Heiji subconsciously shut up and did not say the next words.

Realizing that Hattori Heiji might have something outrageous to say, Mao Lilan tilted his head and repeated, "Is it going to hurt you?"

Hattori Heiji's face was slightly red, and he was embarrassed to say that he was worried about Toyama Kazuha.

However, Yuanshan and Ye did not understand this meaning and directly replied: "It's not our fault. It was Miss Xiaoguang who suddenly rushed out with such a terrifying expression..."

"Xiaolan even took out the amulet given by Uncle Qin!"

amulet?

Hattori Heiji glanced at Mao Lilan's hand, and sure enough, he was holding the metal badge given by Qin Zhibo.

Tsk, damn if this thing works...

There was a hint of disdain in Hattori Heiji's eyes.

Mao Lilan was also a little embarrassed, so she could only follow the topic, "But Miss Xiaoguang has eaten so many dumplings made by us, she must not be a vampire~"

"Because vampires hate garlic food, right?"

Maid Xiaoguang, who was still eating dumplings, turned her head with a dazed expression, "I quite like garlic food, but I just don't like the taste in my mouth after eating garlic. I have to brush my teeth later...

…”

"But the pattern on the metal badge looks a bit...affecting your appetite?"

Mao Lilan picked up the badge and took a look at it. She was not sure what the relationship between the badge and appetite was, but she quickly put the badge into her trouser pocket.

"Excuse me……"

"By the way, have you opened the refrigerator door?" Hattori Heiji saw that the two of them were fine, so he continued to investigate the case.

According to his guess, the eldest sister of the Tokura family, the old woman whom he hadn't seen for a long time, was probably dead.

The reason why the body has not been found yet may be that it was placed in a freezer.

"Yes, it's opened." Yuan Shan and Ye nodded, "There is a weird thing inside..."

Hattori Heiji came to the refrigerator, opened the refrigerator door, and saw a seaweed jar inside, and only one seaweed jar.

"Is that the only one?" Hattori Heiji asked.

"Well, although putting the seaweed in the refrigerator can prevent it from getting damp, my mother usually takes out the seaweed and puts it in the refrigerator..."

The strange thing Yuan Shan and Ye mentioned turned out to be just differences in living habits.

Hattori Heiji rolled his eyes at her, then picked up the seaweed jar and checked it. He found that the seal was not even opened, so naturally there was nothing hidden inside.

Putting the nori jar back into the refrigerator, Hattori Heiji fell into thinking again.

Now it seems that my previous assumption was not correct.

But as for the motive for the murder, it should be the car accident two years ago.

The truth of that incident should be that some people from the Tokura family killed Tokura Saki's fiancée for the inheritance.

And the fiancee's child is the maid in front of her.

Hattori Heiji looked at the maid who was still eating dumplings and asked: "Miss Xiaoguang, have you heard anything from the master recently?"

"For example, a car accident two years ago..."

In order to avoid further escalation of the situation, Hattori Heiji did not dare to directly say that her mother was killed.

Maid Xiaoguang tapped her chin with her fingertips. After thinking for a moment, she recalled: "That's not true..."

"But this morning, the master sent me a text message, asking me to come to Nanman's room, and not to tell anyone, especially Mr. Butler..."

"What? Can you lend it to me?" Hattori Heiji was stunned and asked Maid Xiaoguang for his mobile phone.

In the text message, Xiaoguang was asked to meet in Nanman's room after breakfast, and the signature at the end was Tokura Sakiya.

Hattori Heiji returned the phone to the maid, and then asked: "Then have you gone?"

The maid shook her head, "No... I actually put my phone in the bathroom to charge it, and I didn't see this text message until I checked my phone at noon."

"So I had no choice but to break the appointment. I originally wanted to wait until the evening to apologize to the master, but until now I haven't been able to talk to the master..."

Hattori Heiji raised his chin and thought carefully about the various aspects of this incident.

Suddenly a smile appeared on his dark face.

"Miss Xiaoguang, can you lend me your mobile phone again?"

"Oh, okay..."

The maid handed the phone to Hattori Heiji again.

Hattori Heiji took the phone, clicked on the text message from Tokura Sakuya again, and pressed the reply button.

[I already know the plans of you and your accomplices...]

send.

After doing this, Hattori Heiji revealed a sinister smile.

The reason why he did this was to deliberately mess up the other party's mentality.

Now he has determined that the murderer is Tokura Kakuya, and the accomplice is the eldest daughter who has been disappearing.

As long as you send this text message, if the other party sees it, he will definitely be curious about the progress of the case and take the initiative to show up.

Even if Tokura Sakuya is a terminal cancer patient and is about to die soon, he is not afraid of being blamed.

But the eldest daughter must have agreed to help in order to inherit the inheritance, and she would definitely show up to clear her name.

At that time, you will be able to take the initiative.

…

In the forest outside the bungalow, two beams of light swept back and forth among the gloomy bushes.

Qin Zhibo and Conan, one tall and one short, each had a flashlight and wore raincoats borrowed from the housekeeper.

The patter of raindrops hit the grass, making a crackling sound.

Suddenly, Qin Zhibo stopped in front of a patch of grass.

"Found it."

Conan, who was not far away, quickly followed over and shined the light of his flashlight on the "object" in front of Qin Zhibo's feet.

"This is..." Conan's pupils shrank and he stared at the person lying in the grass.

This person is none other than the old woman, the Yakura eldest daughter, who has disappeared for a while.

The old woman's torso and lower limbs were tied with a thick wooden stick on her back. Her eyes were wide open, as if she had been dead for a long time.

She was still wearing the purple dress she wore in the bungalow, but now it was stained with a lot of mud.

Conan carefully bent down and checked his pupils with a flashlight. After confirming that there was no reaction, he judged: "He is dead..."

Qin Zhibo stood nearby and started the corpse investigation.

【Corpse Investigation√】

[Name of the deceased: Tokura Mamoru]

[Time of death: 1 hour ago]

[Cause of death: strangulation]
To be continued...