Detective Conan: The System Takes Me to Zero's World

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"Ding, the prop has been used."

Kudo Yuki's eyes flashed slightly, and she saw that there was a bug on Wakasa Rumi's body.

She pretended to walk to Amuro Toru casually, with her back to Wakasa Rumi, and quietly handed the bug to Amuro Toru. Her eyes exchanged seriousness and caution, and her lips moved slightly, saying in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Be careful, she is suspicious, this thing may help us find clues."

Amuro Toru nodded slightly, quickly put away the bug, hid it in his palm, and responded in a low voice: "Well, I will keep an eye on it."

All this did not make Wakasa Rumi notice anything unusual, but was seen by Conan.

Conan's eyes flashed with confusion. He approached Kudo Yuki and asked in a low voice: "Sister, what are you doing? Why did you put that on Mr. Wakasa?"

Kudo Yuki also replied in a low voice: "Little detective, I can't tell you now, just wait and see."

Kudo Yuki and Amuro Toru came to one place, while Okiya Subaru took Wakasa Rumi to another place not far away. They each laid out beach mats and held parasols. The distance between the two groups was not far, but they also maintained a certain distance, so that they could keep an eye on each other without arousing suspicion.

Conan ran over and played with the young detectives on the beach. Laughter rang out one after another. They chased the waves in the shallows and enjoyed the fun of the seaside.

Okiya Subaru's eyes were always on Wakasa Rumi's reaction. "The sea is still the best. Wakasa-sensei, what do you think? This vast sea always makes people feel happy."

"Well, you live next door to Dr. Agasa's house?"

"Yes! I'm Subaru Okiya, who is staying at the Kudo family residence. I'm a graduate student at Touto University."

On the side of Amuro Toru and Kudo Yuki, Amuro Toru whispered: "Do you think this bug can get the information we want? Wakasa Rumi is not that simple. Every question she asks seems to have a deeper meaning."

Kudo Yuki frowned slightly: "No matter what, we have to give it a try. Her attention to Ai is too abnormal, I can't let Ai fall into danger."

Wakasa Rumi asked indirectly: "So, do you know that child? It is said that she is a distant relative of Dr. Agasa, the one named Huihara Ai."

Subaru Okiya looked at Haibara Ai and Ayumi playing on the dolphin lifebuoy, and a gentle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Well, when I moved in, she was already living in the doctor's house."

"is it?"

"Why focus on that child?"

"I can't explain the details, but I always feel that she is the daughter of the woman who messed up my life." Wakasa Rumi pointed the finger at Okiya Subaru, her eyes became sharp. "Come to think of it, I also feel like I have seen you somewhere."

"me?"

"You can tell him anything. He's strong and gentle and you can rely on him." Wakasa Rumi murmured to herself, her eyes a little vague, as if she was lost in memories.

When Kudo Yuki and Amuro Toru heard this, their eyes met and they saw surprise and confusion in each other's eyes.

Kudo Yuki thought to herself: [Who could the "he" that Wakasa Rumi was talking about be referring to?]

She whispered softly, "What Wakasa Rumi said contains a lot of information. It seems that she wants to get information about Haibara Ai from Mr. Subaru, and she seems to be sure that Ai is the daughter of Miyano Elena."

Amuro Toru nodded: "What she mentioned may be the key clue to reveal her identity. We can't let her find out that we are eavesdropping."

Wakasa Rumi covered her lips with her hands, pretending to have said something wrong: "Oh, that's disgusting. It's the first time we meet, how rude."

"No, no." Okiya Subaru responded with a smile: "Teacher, don't you swim? It's hot wearing clothes like that?"

"I... can't swim, and my skin gets allergic when exposed to the sun. So even if it's hot, I have to endure it. I'm sorry to worry about you."

"Yeah." Okiya Subaru deliberately tried: "I always feel that there might be some marks engraved on the skin that need to be covered with clothes."

Wakasa Rumi retorted sarcastically, "Aren't you wearing a turtleneck at the beach? That's not normal. And your arms are sweating, but your face isn't. Are you sweating profusely underneath this layer of skin?"

Okiya Subaru and Wakasa Rumi smiled awkwardly at each other, trying to hide their previous tentative intentions.

As for Kudo Yuki and Amuro Toru, Kudo Yuki frowned and said, "Could the skin problem she mentioned be related to her identity or the secret she is hiding? Maybe she has a scar on some part of her body, or some special mark."

Amuro Toru pondered for a moment: "It's possible. And her suspicion of Okiya Subaru is also increasing. We must be prepared to deal with it and not let Okiya Subaru be exposed."

"Well, let's keep listening. I hope we can find more clues from their conversation." Kudo Yuki listened to the sound coming from the eavesdropping device, as if she could see through Wakasa Rumi's thoughts through it.

Wakasa Rumi changed the subject: "Well, people's physiques are different."

"That's right." Okiya Subaru followed her words, but he was still thinking about Wakasa Rumi's true intentions in his heart.

At the same time, Kayaki Maika returned to the kitchen behind the Sea House with a drink in her hand. Her forehead was covered with sweat. "I bought pineapple juice! The one that Mr. Usui likes is only sold in a vending machine far away. I was so tired."

Mentian Shuliang suggested: "Then put it in the refrigerator quickly."

Kayaki Maika went into the refrigerator, opened the plastic bag and put the pineapple juice in it. "Is your grandma okay? You've been gone for so long, I was worried."

"Well... I forgot to bring the key to grandma's house. It would be bad if I woke her up from her nap, so I came back without ringing the doorbell. I'll bring it to her later, it's okay!"

"Your grandma has high blood pressure, right? She can't be cured without medicine. By the way, where are Mr. Usui and Takaki?"

"Are you still sleeping in the backyard? Really, these two guys always sleep so soundly."

"It's almost time to open the store."

"There's really nothing we can do about them. Go and wake up the men." Mentian Shuliang said, putting down the work in his hands.

They came out of the kitchen and rushed to the backyard.

Mentian Shuliang stood in front of the closed door, raised his hand and knocked gently, and the door panel made a dull sound. But there was no response from anyone around.

She frowned and raised her voice and shouted, "We're coming in."

She reached out and grasped the door handle, turned it gently, and the door opened with a click.

When they entered the room, their eyes were immediately drawn to Koriyama Takaki, who was lying on the sofa. He was leaning against the sofa in a very relaxed manner, his head tilted back slightly, his mouth open, snoring loudly, and sleeping soundly.

Mian Tian Shuoliang frowned slightly, looked around, a puzzled expression appeared on his face, and he muttered quietly: "Huh? Is Guiqi the only one?"

Kayaki Maika walked over to the sofa, squatted down slightly, reached out and gently patted Koriyama Takaki's shoulder, trying to wake him up. "Hey, Takaki! Where's Mr. Usui?"

Koriyama Takaki was startled by the slapping. He slowly opened his puffy eyes, yawned loudly, and stretched lazily: "You were sleeping on the sofa opposite. Did you go to the store after you woke up?"

When Mao Mu Maika heard this, her body stiffened slightly, her legs huddled together, her hands resting on her knees uneasily, worry flashing in her eyes: "We're looking for him because he's not in the store."

"Hmm?" Mentian Shuliang's eyes were attracted by a large package tied with a rope not far away.

The package looked a little bulging, and placed in the corner, it gave off an inexplicable sense of disobedience. She couldn't help but move closer, with a glimmer of inquiry in her eyes: "What is this package? Have you had this thing before?"

She bent down and untied the rope on the package. As the rope loosened, a corner of the package slowly opened, revealing what was inside.

Mentian Shuliang was stunned at first, then her eyes were filled with shock, which instantly turned into fear. She couldn't help but screamed "Ah".

It turned out that the person in the package was the store manager they had been looking for, Usui Katsunori. His eyes were wide open, full of fear and unwillingness, and he died with his eyes open.

His face took on a horrible pale blue color, and his body curled up stiffly in the bundle, as if he was experiencing great pain before dying.

Mentian Shuliang's scream was like a sharp whistle, attracting the attention of a group of people who were enjoying the sunshine and sea breeze on the beach not far away.

They all stopped what they were doing and looked in the direction of the sound, with looks of surprise on their faces.

One of them quickly took out his cell phone from his pocket and dialed the police with trembling fingers. His voice was nervous: "Hello? Is this the police? It seems that a murder has happened here, come quickly! The address is the beach in Shizuoka."

After hearing the scream, Conan rushed to the crime scene immediately. He frowned and looked around.

As soon as he entered the house, he first checked the doors and windows to see if there were any signs of damage or forced entry. Then he walked to the side of the deceased, squatted down, and carefully examined the body surface of the deceased, but did not make any excessive movements to avoid disturbing the scene.

After the inspection, he stepped out again and stood quietly aside waiting for the police to deal with the matter.

Not long after, a police car slowly drove up, the door was opened, and two police officers quickly got out and began to cordon off the scene.

The police officers were responsible for maintaining order at the scene, shouting loudly to disperse the crowds of onlookers: "Everyone, step back, don't disrupt the scene!"

A police officer walked into the house, first observed the surrounding environment, then walked to the body of Katsunari Usui, put on gloves, and began to check.

There were two inspectors in the room who were recording and inspecting. They were constantly writing something on the notebook with pens in their hands and talking in low voices.

Kudo Yuki and her group were also watching the murder scene, and their expressions were different.

The police officer squatted down and said the results of the investigation: "The deceased is Mr. Usui Katsunori, 40 years old. He was the manager of this Sea House. The cause of death was a neck problem, suffocation caused by compression, but there were no signs of hanging in the room. There were Yoshikawa lines on the victim's neck, I'm afraid..."

Inspector Yokomizo interrupted, "He was strangled, wasn't he?"

The officer responded, "Yes."

"The question is the murder weapon?"

"Yes. Judging from the marks on the neck, it was probably something like a strip of cloth."

Conan then opened the door and murmured, "I think the murderer strangled him with the towel blanket that wrapped the body."

Behind him were the three little ones and Haibara Ai.

Inspector Yokomizo turned around, his expression of shock evident in his words: "Isn't this Conan? Why are you here?"

"We came here to play on the beach and heard the screams. We went into the room and did a little investigation before the police arrived."

The police officer frowned after hearing this: "A little?"

Officer Yokomizo then asked, "And then? Why did you say the murder weapon was this towel blanket?"

Conan pointed at the neck of the deceased. "Look at the marks on this person's neck. These are the Yoshikawa lines that were scratched by his fingernails when his neck was strangled because it was too painful. The spacing between these fingernail scratches is exactly the same as the spacing between the bloodstains on the blanket that just wrapped the body.

In other words, the murderer used one end of the towel blanket to wrap around the victim's neck and strangled him from behind. Or he strangled him by carrying him on his back.

Inspector Yokomizo nodded and responded, "I see."

Conan put his hands in his pockets: "If the criminal is not wearing gloves, maybe we can find the criminal's fingerprints."

The police officer expressed doubt about what Conan said: "Little...little brother, are you really an elementary school student?"

Conan felt a little guilty, but he tried to remain calm: "Yeah, that's right."

Inspector Yokomizo came to Conan's rescue: "Kujiujiu, you are a newcomer and you don't know much. You probably thought that this was all the child's reasoning. It's not like that."

Officer Ninety-Nine was confused: "Isn't that right?"

Officer Yokomizo's attitude immediately changed to that of someone he wanted to meet, and he answered, "Yes. Because after this kid has finished reasoning, he always says, 'This is what Uncle Kogoro said, right?'"

Officer Yokomizo was still looking around for someone, "Huh? Where's Mr. Mori?"

Officer Ninety-Nine looked at his superior speechlessly.

Conan looked around for Toru Amuro, but he and Yuki Kudo were a little far away. He had no choice but to point at Subaru Okiya and make up an excuse: "Uncle Kogoro didn't come. The reasoning just now was said by this brother."

Upon hearing this, Kudo Yuki pursed her lips and smiled, then gave Okiya Subaru a look.

Okiya Subaru nodded and cooperated with Conan's acting. There was a hint of helplessness in his eyes, but he still chose to help Conan.

To be continued...