Chapter 1017

Thinking about it now, it was really quite abrupt. Was it designed from the very beginning?

But in the nearly two hours from returning to the living room to discovering the strange old man's corpse just now, Akashi Hiroto had been staying in the living room with everyone.

The only person without an alibi was Uncle Mouri, who was taking a bath in the bathroom.

And it was very convenient to go from the bathroom to the second floor, even avoiding the living room side directly.

Is Uncle the only person who could have committed the crime?

Conan shook his head.

Impossible, Uncle is here for the first time and wouldn't have the guts to kill anyone.

In other words, is this really a suicide case?

Amidst the pattering sound of water, several Gunma Prefecture police cars stopped in front of the old house. Forensic personnel and police walked into the house one after another, and after contacting Akashi Hiroto, they hurried up to the second floor.

The officer leading the team was still that rookie policeman, Yamamura Misao.

"Haha, Lord Akaso, it's great to see you. I rushed over as soon as I received the report!"

Yamamura, with his comical fox face, excitedly found Akaso Kaze before even entering the crime scene...

"As long as it's for Lord Akaso, even if the mountain road is blocked by heavy rain, I, Yamamura, will rush over immediately!!"

Akaso Kaze had black lines on his forehead.

Isn't there anyone else in Gunma Prefecture?

It's better not to come to the villa here often.

"Oh my!" Yamamura saw Mouri Kogoro waiting for the forensic personnel to collect evidence at the scene and said in surprise, "Even Detective Mouri is here. That's great, I specifically brought a camera. This is a suicide case, right?"

"Please, it can't be determined as a murder case yet."

Uncle Mouri's eyebrows twitched.

"The deceased is the owner of this house, Akashi Ganfu, and the first discoverer is Ran, who came to collect the cutlery."

"The first time she came, the light was on, so she went back downstairs. The second time she came, the light in the room was off, and then she discovered the hanged deceased. The time of death was approximately 30 minutes before discovery."

Akashi Ganfu's corpse was placed on the ground by the forensic personnel, and Mouri Kogoro followed to carefully check the condition of his mouth.

"How strange," Conan interjected, "why would there be blood flowing from this old gentleman's mouth?"

"Eh?" Sonoko was stunned, "What's strange about that? Don't people who hang themselves bleed from the corners of their mouths? Movies and TV shows have scenes like that."

"That's fake," Conan explained, "People who hang themselves have facial swelling due to blood congestion in the brain, but as long as there are no wounds in the mouth, they won't bleed. TV shows only arrange it that way so people know immediately that the person is dead. Uh, I heard it from Akaso-niisan, hehe."

Akaso Kaze glanced at Conan: "If you keep running your mouth, it will really develop into acute pharyngitis. You'll know the trouble when you lose your voice."

"Oh." Conan quieted down.