Chapter 269: Brother Akaso, I

"Director Tsugawa, I heard that Mr. Tamada was working overtime here the night before last?"

Megure quickly turned his face to the library director beside him.

"Yes, but I went home earlier than Tamada that day, so I don't know what happened after that."

Akaso Kaze said it was a murder case, and Director Tsugawa's expression was a bit flustered.

Conan became energetic when he heard about a murder case.

He scanned the surroundings and found the police searching the library warehouse on the first floor.

Why did Akaso Kaze say this was a murder case?

What exactly did he find?

Conan couldn't help but frown.

"If he suddenly went missing at night, could he have been kidnapped on the way home?"

"Or maybe he had some enemies or rivals, after all, there have been many such cases recently."

Director Tsugawa said while wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.

"Mr. Tamada was kind and cautious in his work; he shouldn't have any enemies or rivals."

"And every day before leaving the library to go home, Mr. Tamada would first make a phone call to his wife."

"But only the night before last did he not do so, which means he was likely taken away by someone on his way to work overtime, or he is still in the library."

"If he is still here, it means he is very likely to have been murdered by someone."

Inspector Megure conducted a rare deduction.

Hearing about murder, Ayumi was so scared she shrank into Akaso Kaze's arms.

Akaso Kaze quickly hugged her little body tightly and patted her comfortingly.

Inspector Megure's men soon finished searching the library, and the result was naturally nothing.

He could only ask Akaso Kaze again.

"Akaso-san, you should know something."

"Please help, Mr. Tamada's family has come to me many times."

Akaso Kaze nodded, got up holding Ayumi, and led everyone to the elevator.

The police and Conan's group of children also followed closely.

*Beep! *

A harsh mechanical sound rang out; this was the elevator's overload warning.

Conan glanced at the paper posted inside the elevator, which said the rated capacity was 7 people, and could only say helplessly, "It seems the number of people is overloaded."

Beside him, Genta Kojima very impolitely pointed his finger at everyone's face in the elevator and started counting.

"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8... It really is overloaded."

Akaso Kaze smiled slightly and walked out of the elevator.

Inspector Megure and the police also followed out, confused.

"The hint is already very obvious."

Akaso Kaze looked at Conan and his friends with a smile.

"You are the Detective Boys, can't you even deduce this?"

Akaso Kaze's words immediately ignited Conan's fighting spirit.

His little brain turned rapidly.

Just now, when the little fatty Genta counted the number of people, he forgot to count himself; in fact, including him, there were nine people in the elevator.

But among these nine people, including Akaso Kaze, there were only five adults, and the rest were four children.

Conan looked at his own skinny appearance, shorter than Ayumi's cowlick, two children together weighed at most 45kg, plus the normally developing Mitsuhiko, the three of them weighed 75kg.

Although the little black fatty Genta belongs to the over-nourished category, he is still a child, and his weight definitely couldn't exceed 50kg.

And the elevator's rated load of 450kg, divided by 7, means each person can be allocated about 64kg.

These four children equal the weight of two adults, plus the five normal-sized adults originally in the elevator, that makes seven people, so it shouldn't be overloaded.

But why was it overloaded?

That

Conan's eyes lit up, and he thought of a possibility.

"Could it be that Mr. Tamada is hidden on top of the elevator!"

*Thud. *

Director Tsugawa sat on the ground.

His eyes stared at Akaso Kaze like dead fish, his nostrils flared slightly, and his mouth was slightly open.

Seeing him like this, how could Inspector Megure not know the truth?

He quickly called the police to open the elevator shaft.

Akaso Kaze rubbed Conan's little head and praised him with satisfaction, "Not bad, teachable."

The smile that had just appeared on Conan's face immediately stiffened.

Why do I feel a little joy when being praised by him?

Did I automatically lower my status?

"Brother Akaso, I'm so scared."

Ayumi hid her head in Akaso Kaze's arms.

"Inspector Megure, since the matter is resolved, I'll take Ayumi away first."

"So she doesn't see inappropriate scenes and get psychological trauma."

"Okay, thanks to Akaso-san for today's matter, I will definitely express my gratitude later."

Inspector Megure said goodbye to Akaso Kaze very politely.

Thanks to Akaso Kaze today, otherwise he really wouldn't have found the corpse hidden so secretly.

Sending Ayumi home, he bought two gifts on the way.

Seeing Akaso Kaze come, Mrs. Yoshida was very pleasantly surprised.

"Ah? Akaso-san even prepared gifts?"

Mrs. Yoshida happily took a beautifully packaged big box: "Can I open it and see?"

"Of course you can." ===== CHAPTER 271 =====