dmims Chapter 301 Yamamura Misao Makes His Debut
Chapter 301 Yamamura Misao Makes His Debut
Chapter 301 Yamamura Misao Makes His Debut
Yabuuchi Yoshiyuki and Yabuuchi Hidekazu, the two men of the host family, spontaneously stepped forward. It was pitch black, and the two dared not look into the well, for fear of touching something unclean, but they could not let their guests do anything.
So the two of them worked together to turn the handle and try to pull up the thing that was tied to the other end of the rope and was submerged in the water.
Because it is a fixed pulley, the work process is not effortless and will require additional work due to friction.
The weight of the old well, which had been unused for years, combined with the body of a pampered woman who had been submerged in water, caused two men who didn't usually engage in much physical labor to feel a strain.
"It's quite heavy—"
With a creaking sound, a corpse with its eyes wide open was pulled up by a rope. It was none other than Yabuchi Machiko, who claimed she wouldn't be back until 11 p.m. and was attending a friend's wedding celebration.
"ah--!!"
The two men closest to the body, who were most shocked, screamed. Fortunately, their shock caused them to grip the body even tighter, preventing it from falling back into the water.
"It's Second Aunt, how could this happen—"
Hiromi Yabuchi's voice was somewhat distorted. Anyone who discovered that someone who had been talking to her on the phone from afar had suddenly died in their own family's old well, especially considering that her ex-wife had also died in this same well, would feel a chill run down their spine.
Together, Yoshiyuki Yabuuchi and Hidekazu Yabuuchi lowered the body from the rope. Then, Hidekazu Yabuuchi uttered a nonsensical remark: "Could it be that Second Aunt committed suicide by jumping into the well?"
Machiko Yabuuchi was actually not much older than her nominal daughter, Hiromi Yabuuchi, and even younger than Hidekazu Yabuuchi. How could someone who was about to receive a large inheritance and live a carefree life after her husband's death possibly choose to commit suicide?
Moreover, she committed suicide by jumping into a well, choosing the exact same method of death as Lady Yabuuchi.
A woman who marries into a wealthy family at a young age and becomes the second wife of an old man must be incredibly strong-willed and have no reason to commit suicide.
Akutagawa Hiko leaned closer to the corpse and pointed to the obvious knife wound on Yabuchi Machiko's chest, saying, "Look here, it's obvious this is homicide. This stab wound is the real cause of her death."
Hidekazu Yabuuchi realized he had made a foolish mistake and immediately changed his tune: "Could it be that one of us killed Second Aunt, or was it that suspicious guy with sunglasses that Hiromi saw earlier?"
Yukiko Kudo didn't think her husband would kill anyone, and with Yusaku Kudo's intelligence, committing a perfect crime wouldn't be difficult for him.
Having been influenced by what she saw and heard, the famous detective Yukiko Kudo began to analyze the situation with a serious air: "Hiromi, your stepmother last called at nine o'clock, right?"
"That's right, we had already boiled the water by then, and Uncle Yifang was taking a bath in the bathhouse at that time. I remember it very clearly."
Yukiko Kudo then asked Machiko about the location of the celebration party she was attending, and made a rough estimate in her mind.
"It takes at least an hour to get here from the venue. Even if your stepmother changes her mind immediately after making the phone call, she won't get here until after 10 o'clock—"
The more Yukiko analyzed it, the more confused she became. She bluntly asked, "I went to take a shower at least at ten o'clock, which means your stepmother was murdered while I was showering. Was anyone out at that time?"
Hiromi Yabuuchi quickly denied it, because they had already been attacked once, so apart from those who risked taking the necessary bath, everyone stayed together and no one left.
"Then it's impossible for us to have committed the crime, unless you suspect that I, the person who met your second mother for the first time, have a motive for doing so."
Yukiko Kudo was still puzzled. Her husband couldn't have killed anyone, and no one present had time to commit the crime. So who could have done it? Could Yusaku possibly know something?
As usual, Conan rummaged through the body with an air of indifference. He dared to do this even when the police were around, and now that no one had called the police, he was even less restrained.
"This is—"
Conan was startled and took out a camellia flower from inside Yabuchi Machiko's clothes.
The moment Hiromi Yabuchi saw the camellia, her pupils dilated in shock: "Could it be that the man in sunglasses just now was really...?" Conan finished the last sentence in his mind.
That man from fifteen years ago.
Conan felt a headache coming on. He didn't know what was wrong with his father. He was still hiding, and there was a murderer lurking in the shadows. If he were discovered and killed, wouldn't that be terrible?
Yukiko Kudo scratched her head, feeling that her brain still couldn't keep up with her husband and son. Fortunately, she had an ally today: "Akutagawa-kun, what have you figured out? Tell me, I promise I won't tell anyone!"
Akutagawa Hiko blinked. The woman, who looked to be in her early twenties and hadn't changed at all since her retirement, blinked playfully and put her hands together in a pleading manner.
Startled, Conan quickly covered his ears and ran to the wooden door to try his luck and see if he could catch the person hiding in the shadows.
Yukiko Kudo, puzzled by her son's behavior, stroked her chin and asked, "What's wrong with Conan?"
Hiko Akutagawa explained it in a way that most people can understand: "It's roughly like having someone next to you who knows the plot while you're watching a TV series, and you're worried that they'll spoil the show and ruin the tension and excitement of watching it."
As a former actress, Yukiko Kudo now watches dramas and movies, and instantly understood this feeling. Thinking of Shinichi's resentment towards Akutagawa Hikaru's slow case-solving speed on the phone, this unscrupulous mother burst into laughter.
"That Conan is really—"
Hiko Akutagawa shook his head, answering Yukiko Kudo's previous question with his actions: "Do you know how to contact Mrs. Yabuuchi about the celebration she attended? I want to know her exact departure time."
95
Hiromi Yabuuchi knew that Machiko Yabuuchi had her own personal phone book, and immediately said she would find it for her.
Today is not a locked-room mystery; the signal is excellent, and the phone line has not been cut.
In reality, with Professor Agasa around, unless there's extreme weather blocking the roads, they can always contact the outside world, so things won't really turn out that way.
So they were able to report the incident to the police very smoothly.
Yamamura Tsao, a professional police officer, is at the starting point of a rank that is the end for many police officers who never have the opportunity to make a name for themselves. Although he was a genuine rookie when he first became a police officer, he was a detective in the headquarters with several underlings.
Speaking of which, his most obvious physical feature is that woodpecker-like beak, just like Suneo's.
Moreover, it seems that many people in his past life joked that he couldn't remember anything except for catching fireflies with Morofushi Kagemitsu, one of the five members of the police academy group, when he was a child.