Chapter 1016

Mouri Kogoro took Conan to the bathroom to take a bath.

Akaso Kaze held Sonoko and Ran, leaning on the sofa.

His hands were secretly sliding over the two of them.

Akashi Hiroto was fiddling with a tennis racket, somewhat absent-minded.

"Tick-tock..." the pendulum clock struck, and it was ten o'clock at night.

"Well, in any case, the curry rice should be finished by now," Ran checked the time and stood up, "I'll go up one more time to collect the cutlery."

"Ah," Akashi Hiroto wiped his sweat and smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry, I'm really troubling you. Usually, my father should be asleep by this time. Just don't disturb him."

"Hey, Akaso-san, it's time to sleep~"

Sonoko whispered softly into Akaso Kaze's ear.

"We'll go once Ran comes back," Akaso Kaze smiled slightly.

"Ah!" A scream from Ran suddenly came from the second floor of the wooden villa. Uncle Mouri and Conan, who were in the bathtub, heard the sound, put on their clothes, and ran out.

"What happened?"

In the second-floor bedroom, Akaso Kaze stood at the door of the dim room, holding Ran, frowning as he looked at the strange old man hanging from the crossbeam by a rope.

His eyes were rolled back, his mouth wide open, and the blood flowing from the corners of his mouth was still dripping, as if he had truly become an old demon from the mountains.

Without paying attention, someone had actually died.

He looked at Akashi Hiroto's hair and couldn't help but frown slightly.

"There is still residual body heat, but it has already started to stiffen. The time of death is approximately thirty minutes ago."

Mouri Kogoro turned on his flashlight and shone it around, then pulled the light cord behind the corpse to brighten up the entire bedroom.

The corpse was suspended in front of the light, and underneath was the bed.

The partially eaten curry rice was placed to the side.

On the other side was a fallen stepladder, and a handkerchief that seemed to have been used to wipe the mouth, stained with curry, had fallen to the side.

Taking advantage of Uncle Mouri calling the police, Conan approached and covered his nose to check the strange old man's mouth.

Blood mixed with saliva seemed to be flowing out from the gums.

A specific examination would have to wait until the police arrived.

However, all in all, this strange old man died quite suspiciously.

Conan subconsciously looked at Akashi Hiroto, who was frightened outside.

Recalling the young man saying earlier when he returned to the living room that his father had suicidal tendencies.