Conan’s Corpse Picker

When three high school detectives ran into the mansion one after another.

Behind the window on the third floor, a pair of eyes were hidden in the darkness, looking downstairs gloomily.

This is a suite consisting of two rooms, inside and outside. The outer room was very dark, and there was a bloodstain on the ground caused by dragging the body. The bloodstain extended from the center of the room to the door of the inner room, and the lights were on in the inner room.

In this environment, people who come in from the door will immediately notice the blood stains on the ground, and then follow the blood stains into the lighted interior without searching the outside.

Morizono Kikuto was hiding behind the curtains in the outer room at this time.

After breaking the window, he waited for the guests or servants to run upstairs, discover and break into the secret room, and took a slightly resentful look inside.

The body of Butler Shigematsu was dumped there.

…

The love between the two generations of the Morion family is quite magical.

Nearly thirty years ago, Butler Shigematsu’s sweetheart came to Morizono’s house to visit him. At that time, Mr. Morizon thought that the woman was here to visit him, so he happily proposed to her. Not long after, the two people came together smoothly, and Butler Shigematsu could only silently wish them a happy marriage.

But now, in this generation, what happened back then happened again - Kaede Kaedong came to visit Butler Shigematsu's adopted son Sakuraba Yuji, but Butler Shigematsu thought Kaede Kaede was here to see Morizono Kikuto, so he mentioned this matter to Mr. Morizono. thing.

The Morizono family quickly decided on the marriage of Morizono Kiku and Kaedong Kaede. Later, Butler Shigematsu discovered that he had made a mistake. He didn't want the tragedy of the previous generation to happen again to his adopted son, so he decided to prevent the two from getting married.

I don't know whether it was due to a guilty conscience or other reasons, but the housekeeper did not confess all this to Master Morizono, but chose to start with Morizono Kikuto.

He asked Morizono Kikuto to cancel the engagement and threatened to tell Mr. Morizono about the illegal activities of Morizono Kikuto's company if the other party did not comply.

From Morizono Kikuto's point of view, this turned into Butler Shigematsu proposing a marriage to him, and then suddenly threatening him to cancel the engagement using company matters, looking for trouble and having evil intentions.

Morizono Kikuto thought of the secrets held by his butler that could not be exposed, and felt that if he followed the instructions this time, he would definitely receive more threats in the future. So he decided to strike first, kill the butler who threatened him, and then put the blame on the adopted son of Butler Shigematsu. In this way, no one could stop him.

After making up his mind, Morizono Kikuto drilled holes in the glass, obtained fishing tape, and designed a fancy secret room to prepare for the crime.

After he finished killing the person, he threw away the murder weapon, locked the doors and windows, arranged the blood stains on the ground and the lights in the inner room, and planned to sneak in among others when they broke into the secret room and rushed into the inner room.

…

Just as he was thinking about it, there was a fierce knocking on the door and a voice asking questions.

Morison Kikuto, who was hiding behind the curtains, listened carefully and recognized the voice of Hattori Heiji.

The Osaka detective who had just visited his house this evening knocked on the door and asked sharply: "Who is inside? What happened just now?!"

Immediately afterwards, the door lock was clicked and twisted by another person.

Morizono Kikuto heard a strange voice coming through the door: "It's locked from behind."

Toyama and Ye Ze were running down the corridor with a few servants, their voices a little panicked: "I can't find Uncle Shigematsu! Everyone said they haven't seen him since just now."

——This room is not a bedroom, nor is it a specific study room for a specific person, so only Butler Shigematsu has the key here.

Morizono Kikuto hid behind the curtain. When he heard these words, he thought of the body of Butler Shigematsu in the inner room and the key in the corpse's arms, and nodded secretly - in this way, the secret room was completely formed.

The group of people outside the door received no response and anxiously opened the door.

Almost at the same time, Morizono Kikuto heard a scream from Toyama and Ye after being frightened by the blood on the ground.

He breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that as he expected - the eyes of the group of people who broke in must have been focused on the blood on the ground.

After that, these people will follow the blood trail to the inner room. When they were shocked by the corpse and had no time to pay attention to the side, it was the time for him to quietly appear... Thinking of this, Morizono Kikuto raised a calculated sneer at the corner of his mouth.

However, before the smile was fully formed, he once again heard the unfamiliar voice that he didn't know who it belonged to.

The man suddenly said: "Wait a minute, there's something wrong with the shape here."

Morizono Kikuto stared at the curtains in front of him, his whole body stiff.

"Where?" Hattori Heiji was walking quickly towards the inner room, but after the unfamiliar voice sounded, Morizono Kikuto heard Hattori's footsteps and stopped.

Stopped outside.

Morizono Kikuto held her breath, and cold sweat gradually appeared on her forehead: Don't stop! Keep going to the inner room!

However, the opposite happened. The next second, he heard Hattori Heiji's suddenly alert voice: "...Indeed."

Outside the curtains, footsteps sounded again.

But unlike what Morizonon Kikuto expected, the footsteps did not follow the bloodstains toward the inner room, but came straight to him. The voice got closer and closer...

"..."

...Go away! do not come!

Swipe and pull——

The curtains were opened despite his prayers, and a ray of light appeared in front of Morizono Kikuto. The light was not bright, but his body felt like being struck by lightning at this time.

In Morizono Kikuto's slightly twisted expression, Hattori Heiji looked at him in surprise: "Is it you? What's going on with the blood in the room?"

Jiang Xia walked around the room, briefly communicated with Mao Lilan downstairs, and then walked out of the room with a calm expression: "The windows are locked, and the key is with Butler Shigematsu. This is a secret room."

Although it had been expected for a long time, after this fact was clearly pointed out, the eyes of everyone in the room looking at Morizono Kikuto completely changed.

A secret room with two people inside, one dead, one alive and hiding on purpose... Everyone can imagine what just happened here.

Morizono Kikuto stared at the man who appeared out of nowhere and disrupted his overall plan with a few words, and felt a wave of anger rushing straight into Tianling Gai——

You are the only one who talks a lot! ! !

He pushed away the person in front of him and subconsciously wanted to run.

However, as soon as he took a step, Jiang Xia grabbed him. Hattori Heiji took action almost at the same time and grabbed Morison Kikuto's other arm. With a little force, the two of them pushed the inactive young master back to the wall.

There were broken windows and doors just now, making a lot of noise.

Morizono Kikuto struggled to escape. He looked at more and more people gathering at the door. Finally, his vision went dark and he knelt down on the ground.

"...It's all Shigematsu's fault! He forced me!" Morizono Kikuto didn't want to speak at first, but under the stares of a group of people, he finally failed to overcome his criminal instinct and said angrily, "If he hadn't threatened me How could I kill him after canceling the engagement!"