Chapter 166

When the car arrived at the Kujukuri house, it was already completely dark.

Looking from the outside, the Kujukuri house was a very luxurious Western-style mansion, which showed that the magic master Kujukuri Motoyasu had made quite a lot of money.

"Lord Akaso, this is my home."

Kujukuri Nanae stood beside Akaso Kaze and looked at the parking lot.

"That's Sanada's car; it looks like Mr. Sanada and Detective Mouri are already inside."

Kujukuri Nanae walked in front, leading Akaso Kaze toward the villa.

The two had just reached the entrance of the villa when they heard a "creak" from the door.

Immediately after, they saw a woman leading a little girl walking out.

The woman seemed a bit cold, and the little girl was very cute but had tears on her face, as if she had just cried.

"Asako, Fumino, are you two going out?" Kujukuri Nanae asked.

Asako smiled and said: "Mistress, you're back? Just now Mr. Sanada brought a few guests, saying they wanted to investigate the teacher's true cause of death. He said the ingredients at home might not be enough, so I was planning to go out and buy some."

"And Fumino, tomorrow is her birthday, so I also wanted to take Fumino to buy a gift."

Seeing Akaso Kaze, Fumino was clearly stunned for a moment.

She lifted her little head and called out with pleasant surprise: "Are you Brother Akaso?"

Huh?

Even such a small girl knows me?

Why don't I have any impression?

Akaso Kaze smiled and reached out to touch Fumino's little head.

"That's right, I am Akaso Kaze; do you know me?"

Fumino nodded, "I am a classmate of Haibara and Ayumi."

Oh, a classmate...

Akaso Kaze suddenly remembered.

When he saved the plane and landed at Teitan Elementary School, it seemed like a little girl had inexplicably increased her favorability.

So it was her.

Akaso Kaze was just about to say something when Fumino hugged his leg.

"Brother Akaso, can you hug me? Daddy has left, and I'm so sad."

Asako's expression changed, and she said with a forced smile: "Fumino, didn't we agree to go buy a gift?"

The corners of Akaso Kaze's mouth curled up, and he bent down to pick up the little girl.

This woman was the murderer who killed Kujukuri Motoyasu; she wanted to take the little girl out, which also showed she had bad intentions.

However, this case lacked decisive evidence, so Akaso Kaze could only use other means.

Seeing her daughter looking so happy in Akaso Kaze's arms, Kujukuri Nanae felt a bit dejected.

Fumino used to be like this in her father's arms too.

"Asako, you'd better go out tomorrow; tonight, take the Onmyoji lord to look for the evil spirit..." Kujukuri Nanae said.

"No need to bother, Mrs. Kujukuri."

Akaso Kaze held Fumino and smiled.

"I have already solved this case; your husband's death has absolutely nothing to do with any evil spirit!"

"He was murdered."

"What?" Everyone present was stunned.

Kujukuri house, in the basement.

Conan looked up at a photo hanging on the wall; in the photo was a handsome young man.

"This person is called Kinoshita Yoshiro, right? His photo is much cleaner than the others."

"That's right, he was the teacher's proud disciple and also a genius magician who was famous for a time, but unfortunately, he died in an accident more than ten years ago."

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Sanada Ichizo introduced the person in the photo, hesitated for a moment, and then continued:

"As for why his photo is cleaner than the others, it's probably because of Miss Asako."

"Asako? The big sister who just took Fumino out to buy ingredients?" Conan was a bit strange, "Does Sister Asako know the dead Kinoshita Yoshiro?"

"This, I'm not very clear about," Sanada Ichizo shook his head, then said, "However, I once saw Miss Asako cleaning Kinoshita Yoshiro's photo."

"Alright! Alright!"

Uncle Mouri waved his hand, "Really, it's just a photo; what does it have to do with the case? The top priority now is to find out the true cause of Kujukuri Motoyasu's death first!"

"We have also checked the door lock here; it is indeed very easy to open from the inside, and there were no traces of sleeping pills in his body, and there were no signs of binding on his body when his corpse was discovered."

"Looking at it this way, the possibility of Mr. Kujukuri Motoyasu committing suicide is indeed very high."

Conan shook his little head and pointed at the photo of Kujukuri Motoyasu next to him:

"Mr. Motoyasu seems to like wearing rings used for magic tricks on his hands."

"If someone made Mr. Motoyasu put his hands behind his back and then used something like a thin string to tie the rings, wouldn't Mr. Motoyasu's hands be tied behind his back by the murderer?"

"And if it was the rings that were tied, naturally, it wouldn't leave any marks on the corpse."

Uncle Mouri supported his chin and pondered, "It seems that's really it!"

Thanks to Yunwu Yunwu Zhirao for the urging ticket.

Conan put his hands behind his back, imitating the appearance of being tied.

"If you are tied up like this, it seems very inconvenient to move! Let alone opening the door, I'm afraid even sitting up would be very difficult."

Mouri Kogoro nodded.

"In that case, if Mr. Kujukuri was murdered, the murderer should be someone very close to Mr. Motoyasu, like his wife or students."

"After all, if it were a stranger, Mr. Motoyasu would definitely be suspicious and wouldn't agree to put his hands behind his back and let them tie his rings with a thin string."

"Then the murderer? Who is the murderer?" Sanada Ichizo's eyes widened.

"The murderer, this, I haven't thought of it yet..." Uncle Mouri smiled awkwardly.

Conan's eyes suddenly lit up; he stepped on a chair and looked at the telephone covered by playing cards on the table.

"How strange! Those two playing cards stuck together are the same as this button on the phone."

"Button?! What button?" Uncle Mouri immediately ran to Conan's side and saw the phone on the table, "This is... the redial button?"

"Yeah! There must be clues left in this phone, right?" Conan continued to act cute and innocent.

In the living room, Akaso Kaze was sitting on the sofa holding Fumino, and Hyakuchi Nobunobu was sitting beside him.

On the opposite sofa, Miyoshi Asako had a stiff expression, and Kujukuri Nanae, who was sitting beside her, asked excitedly:

"Lord Akaso, did you just say that my husband was murdered? Then, then who is the murderer? Please tell me who the murderer is!"

"The murderer? Isn't the murderer right in front of you? Right, Miss Asako?" Akaso Kaze looked at Miyoshi Asako and said lightly.

Kujukuri Nanae turned her head and looked at Asako in surprise, "Wait, Lord Akaso, you, you said the murderer is Asako? How, how is that possible? She is my husband's disciple."

Miyoshi Asako also smiled forcedly: "Lord Akaso, are you saying I am the murderer who killed the teacher? Don't joke. When the teacher died, I wasn't at home at all, but with the mistress, Mr. Sanada, and the others..."