Chapter 182: This is my deduction, what do you have to say?

Hattori Heiji had a black line on his forehead; look like a ghost, he did.

However, what this kid just said sounded familiar...

Hattori Heiji rubbed his chin and looked Conan up and down.

Conan thought it was bad and hurriedly pointed to the floor.

"Hey, there's a needle here."

He pretended to reach out to pick it up.

"Don't move!" Hattori Heiji fell for it, picked Conan up, and threw him aside.

"Let's notify the police first," Mouri Kogoro said from the side.

"No rush," Akaso Kaze waved his hand. "This matter doesn't need the police to step in; we can solve it ourselves."

"What? How is that possible?"

Hattori Heiji stood up from under the desk.

"Someone died here, okay? If the police don't come, how can we mess with the scene?"

Looking at Akaso Kaze's half-smiling expression, Hattori Heiji's heart skipped a beat.

Back at the detective agency, Akaso Kaze had said something profound.

Could it be that he already knew who the murderer was?

Hattori Heiji frowned and fell into deep thought.

"No need to notify the police, I'll take responsibility for this matter."

An old voice came from outside the door. "I believe in Lord Akaso; he promised to save my son's life."

The one speaking was the deceased's father, Tsujimura Mitsuaki.

"Dad!" Tsujimura Kimie was taken aback.

"I'm sorry, Kimie, I was the one who entrusted Lord Akaso in advance. To save my son's life, I had no choice but to do this."

Tsujimura Kimie's face instantly turned very ugly.

Tsujimura Mitsuaki said to the detectives, "My family has some connections in the upper circles; I believe we can handle the police, so please, detectives, find out the truth of the facts."

"But even if we find out the truth, what can we do?"

Hattori Heiji shook his head.

However, since someone was covering for them, he didn't refuse and began to examine the body.

"The body is still warm, and the lips have only just started turning purple. There's a small red dot behind the ear—could it be the needle that kid Conan found earlier?"

"Hey, the pants are bulging."

Digging into the deceased's pocket, a key fell out.

Hattori Heiji and Conan's eyes lit up at the same time.

"This is truly a clean, impossible crime—a locked-room murder case!"

Encountering such a suspicious case, the two high school detectives looked as if they had seen a beauty.