Conan's corpse picker

Chapter 313 The Hattori Family's Murderer
Jiang Xia looked back and saw a middle-aged man with a tall hairline.

The man had a short nose, a mustache under his lips, and was dressed in homely clothes. He looked like a neighbor who came to visit from the same building.

Hattori Shizuka sized him up secretly, then nodded: "We are indeed here to find Mr. Shibata, are you his neighbor?"

"Yeah." The middle-aged man also came to Chai Tian for something. He crossed Jiang Xia and the three of them to the door of Chai Tian's house. If he does, act quickly."

Jiang Xia also hoped that he would move quickly, and hinted quietly: "Mr. Shibata seems to be not at home. We rang the doorbell just now, but no one opened the door."

Neighbor Yoshikawa Takezo shook his head: "I must have fallen asleep and didn't hear it. After all, last night we..." He was halfway through talking when he suddenly remembered something, cleared his throat, and swallowed the rest of the words.

Toru Amuro smelled a suspicious atmosphere and took a careful look at him.

Jiang Xia is not very interested in Yoshikawa Bamboo Works.After all, there is no ghost on this person's legs, and there is no murderous aura on his body at present-he knows that the reason why Yoshikawa Takezo is evasive when speaking is because Shibata Shiro and several others often gamble at Yoshikawa's house.Yesterday, Shibata Shiro also played mahjong all night at his house, so Yoshikawa Takezo thought that Shibata might have fallen asleep because of sleepiness and did not hear the doorbell.

This group of cronies got along very well with each other. After ringing the doorbell, Takezo Yoshikawa found that no one answered, so he reached out to twist the doorknob.

The door was just closed, not locked.

Yoshikawa Takezo suddenly showed a "really so" expression. He opened the door and entered the room, and looked at the three spectators next to him with a little show: "Look, I will say that he is at home."

Yoshikawa Takezo stepped into the entrance and walked inside calling Shibata's name.

Jiang Xia followed him in naturally.

Amuro Toru did not break into private houses very often, and also entered the door naturally.

Hattori Shizuka just hesitated, but there was no one beside him.

She looked at the wide open door, and remembered that Shibata Shiro, who had made an appointment with her to wait at home today to give her the photo, actually didn't answer the phone or answer the doorbell, thought for a moment, and cautiously followed into the house.

The breath of life in the house is quite strong.When passing by the living room, Jiang Xia saw that the TV in the living room was on, half-eaten meals were placed on the table, and there was also a copy of today's evening newspaper.

Jiang Xia withdrew her gaze, planning to look at the room in front again, stepping on the spot to collect clues, so that she can "reason" later.

At this moment, the door at the entrance was suddenly pushed open.

There was a shrill, trembling voice with a hint of fear at the door: "What are you doing?! Why did you break into someone's house without authorization? I'm going to call the police!"

Toru Amuro was startled, turned around, and saw a woman with short hair standing at the door, carrying a shopping bag.

Judging from the woman's tone of voice and age, she looked like Shiro Shibata's wife.Probably as soon as I got home, I suddenly saw a few more strangers and was frightened.

Amuro Toru is about to apologize for breaking into a private house.But when he opened his mouth, he looked at Hattori Shizuka, who was dressed in a kimono next to him, and Jiang Xia, who seemed to be apologizing for being caught breaking into someone's house, and suddenly felt something was wrong.

...It is not early morning or late at night, and Mrs. Shibata does not live alone.In this case, when you go home and suddenly see a few well-dressed strangers in the house, don’t most people guess that they are guests brought back by your husband.

But why did Mrs. Shibata react so violently?Their home has been burglarized before, leaving a psychological shadow?

He just wanted to politely ask about the situation, but at this moment, another scream came from the corridor in the opposite direction.

——This time, the one who yelled was the middle-aged man who opened the door and brought them in just now.

Yoshikawa Takezo's voice sounded very anxious: "Shibata?! What's wrong with you? Cheer up, Shibata!!"

It sounds like something is wrong with Shibata Shiro.

Toru Amuro and Shizuka Hattori turned their heads to look at the source of the sound vigilantly and suspiciously, when they suddenly saw a figure passing by - Jiang Xia quickly rushed over, as if wanting to provide support there immediately.

Hattori Shizuka also quickly walked towards the direction where the exclamation came from, and at the same time nodded secretly: This kid is very enthusiastic.

……

Half a minute later, everyone came to the study, including Mrs. Shibata, who was carrying a pile of shopping bags with a vigilant face.

Looking in from the door, Shiro Shiro can be seen lying on the ground, with the hair on the top of his head clumped together, as if soaked in blood.

Jiang Xia squatted on the ground, poked Shibata Shiro, who was already stiff, and withdrew his hand slightly: "It's hard to rescue."

That's a euphemism for someone dead.

Neighbor Yoshikawa Takezo looked at the dead body blankly, while Mrs. Shibata covered her mouth and began to sob sadly.

Coupled with Hattori Shizuka who looked dignified next to him.Another standard choice of three.

……

The police arrived quickly, and when there were too many people, the scene became chaotic.

Jiang Xia walked to the corpse and found that Shibata Shiro's right hand was slightly stretched forward, holding a rolled up photo in his hand.

——Just look at the photo again, and the hand of the corpse holding the photo, and the clues gathered can almost start to fast-forward.

As a detective who is used to cooperating happily with the police, Jiang Xia didn't go directly to wrench the corpse's hand, but hovered around the corpse for a short while, waiting for the witty police officer to notice it, and then came over to be a hard-working wrench tool.

Not long after, the police came, but it was a special policeman.

——Toru Amuro walked over while no one was paying attention. He took a few photos with a camera that he didn't know who gave him, then squatted down, took out the photo in the corpse's hand, and opened it to take a look.

In the photo is a girl with a single ponytail, sad eyebrows, and tears caressing the medal.

Her face is somewhat familiar. Combined with the photo taken by Shizuka Hattori from the Junior High School Kendo Club, the identity of the person in the photo is very clear—she is Shizuka Hattori nearly 30 years ago, and the deceased Shibata Shiro classmate.

Amuro took a deep look, then silently rolled up the photo as it was, and stuffed it back for the deceased.

Then he stood up, saw Jiang Xia who seemed equally surprised beside him, and said in a low voice, "Don't let the identity of the suspect affect your judgment."

Murder can happen to anyone at any time, anyone can be killed, and anyone can be the murderer, even the wives of senior officials are no exception...

However, after recovering from the excitement of eating melons, Toru Amuro always felt that something was wrong.

He was silent for a moment, and his eyes fell back to the corpse's hand holding the photo.

(End of this chapter)