Chapter 464: Hondou Eisuke is easily taken in

Chapter 464: Hondou Eisuke is easily taken in

Yuya walked to the balcony, looked around, and soon noticed a hook lock hanging on the balcony railing.

"Inspector, this hook..."

Inspector Megure came over and said, "I'm afraid it was left by the criminal. He used this tool to get to the second floor and sneak into the room."

Youye nodded slightly, turned around and saw that the glass at the bottom of the floor-to-ceiling window on the balcony was broken. He looked up and saw that the glass on the top was intact and the lock was also locked.

Inspector Megure saw his movements and said, "Brother Kamiya, did you notice this too? This window has two locks, one on the top and one on the bottom. It should be impossible to open the window by just breaking the glass at the bottom. We haven't figured this out yet."

The maid suddenly said, "Maybe the lady forgot to lock the door? She loves stars very much and would stand on the balcony and look up at them every night."

"Look up? Stars?... Meteors?" Yuya's eyes flickered slightly, and the memories of the dead suddenly began to attack him.

He soon remembered the murderer's modus operandi...but it would be too abrupt to say it directly, so he still needed to act it out a little and also confirm the evidence.

Seeing Yuya in deep thought, Inspector Megure quickly asked, "Brother Kamiya, have you discovered anything?"

Yuya came back to his senses, shook his head and asked, "Did you detect anything on the ropes and windows?"

Inspector Megure shook his head: "There are no fingerprints left on the rope or the window. The murderer may have been wearing gloves."

Yuya nodded, "As expected."

"But it's strange," Takagi Wataru suddenly said, "was the murderer too anxious when he left? Not only did he not take the rope hanging on the balcony, but he also left the silencer pistol he used to kill people on the lawn in the garden."

Yuya remained silent, his eyes quickly scanning the room, finally landing on the dressing table.

Yuya asked, "Did the deceased wear earrings in his ears?"

Inspector Megure said: "Yes, the deceased was wearing a pearl earring in his right ear."

Yuya walked to the dressing table and looked at the pearl earrings, pinching his chin as if thinking: "This is very strange. If it was for money, why did he only take the necklace and bracelet, but ignore the pearl earrings on the table? Judging from the color and workmanship, they should be able to sell for a lot of money."

Inspector Megure showed a thoughtful expression: "Now that you mention it, I originally thought that the murderer didn't see the earrings because the deceased was leaning against the wall, but it is indeed a bit strange that the earrings on the dressing table were not taken away."

"Besides," Youye pointed at the earring and said, "since the earring was placed on the table intact, it means that the deceased may have taken it off herself. Then why did she only take off one ear? Did something urgent happen that left her no time to take off the other earring?"

"Or did someone suddenly call her away when she was taking off her earrings?"

The faces of the people in the room changed suddenly.

Inspector Megure looked at the maid and asked, "Excuse me, where were you between nine and ten last night?"

"Me? Me?" The maid was a little flustered. She pinched her fingers and said, "I was chatting with two friends in the living room."

Inspector Megure: "Have your friends seen the lady, too?"

The maid nodded: "Yes, after the madam came back, she came to the living room to check for a while before coming to the second floor to rest."

"What about little brother Toushi?"

The maid said, "He has been resting in his room. Yesterday was Setsubun, February 2rd, and he has been running around in the room since the evening. I cleaned up the mess he made, and it was already twelve o'clock."

"February 2rd?" A hint of doubt flashed across Youye's face. Is this the day?

Forget it, it doesn't matter.

"February 2rd is the Bean Throwing Festival, right?"

The maid nodded and said, "Yes, there were a lot of beans in the room. It took me a long time to clean it up with the vacuum cleaner."

Inspector Megure nodded slightly: "What about Mr. Funamoto himself? Where was he at that time?"

The maid said, "Sir, the young master kept playing with him for a long time yesterday, so he went back to his room to rest before the mistress came back."

Inspector Megure pondered for a while. The actions of these three people could be traced, and there was nothing suspicious so far.

So he looked at Yuya: "Brother Kamiya, what do you think?"

Yuya stroked his chin: "I already have a rough idea..."

Everyone looked at Yuya in surprise, and Conan had the most exaggerated expression: No, he just had a preliminary guess, why do you look like you have seen through the truth?

"What?" Inspector Megure's eyes widened. "Brother Kamiya, you are still as fast as ever. Then who is the murderer?"

It turned out that asking Brother Kamiya for help was the right decision. Today I can get off work early and go home to have dinner with Aolu.

Yuya's forehead went dark: What do you mean by as fast as ever? Inspector, can you please complete your sentence?

He wanted to correct it, but it was inappropriate to tell those jokes in front of the police.

Yuya pretended to cough, and just as he was about to say something, he heard Tatsuto Funamoto's voice coming from downstairs: "Hey, Miss Xiaomei, can you help me turn up the air conditioning temperature in my room a little bit?"

"Okay, I'll be right there." The maid responded loudly.

Inspector Megure was a little confused: "Isn't there a remote control for the air conditioner?"

The maid smiled awkwardly: "Sir, you are not very good with electrical appliances."

Takagi Wataru suddenly realized: "It's just an electrical idiot, right? Just like the police captain..."

"Hmm!" Inspector Megure coughed loudly and glared at Takagi Wataru. "There's no need for you to tell everyone that I don't know anything about computers."

Takagi Shigeru smiled awkwardly, opened the manual and pretended to check the contents recorded on it, muttering to himself silently.

Hondou Eisuke looked at Inspector Megure, then at Yuya, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Yuya suddenly turned to look at him: "Hondou-san, you seem to want to say something? Did you find any clues?"

Hondou Eisuke was startled and quickly shook his head: "No, no."

Everyone looked at him in confusion, but didn't say much.

Inspector Megure looked at Yuya: "Brother Kamiya, do you already know who the murderer is?"

Yuya nodded: "Yes, if my reasoning is correct, the murderer is probably the male owner of this family, Mr. Funamoto Tatsuto."

"What?" Inspector Megure widened his eyes in surprise and immediately raised his own question, "But that shouldn't be possible, right? According to the trajectory of the bullet, the murderer should be over 1.8 meters tall, and Mr. Funamoto is only 1.6 meters tall and is in a wheelchair."

"Even if they found an excuse to make the deceased squat, that would have left bullet holes in the room, and we didn't find any such traces."

"It's not possible to stand in a wheelchair. He went to the hospital for an X-ray the day before yesterday. The broken bones haven't healed yet. He can't move like this."

Inspector Megure raised a series of questions. It was obvious that before Yuya arrived, they had already conducted a detailed investigation of the scene and made a preliminary analysis.

I did check, but I didn't find any results.

Finally, he added: "Also, if it wasn't for the robbers who were after the money, we couldn't find the lost pearl necklace and bracelet even after searching many places."

Yuya was silent for a moment——He was waiting...

As expected, Hondou Eisuke finally found an opportunity. He didn't care about Yuya beside him and hurriedly asked, "Could it be thrown away as garbage?"

Youye sighed inwardly: You are still too young. You took the bait with just a simple hook.

The others looked at him in confusion: "Rubbish?"

Mao Lilan suddenly realized: "Oh, maybe it has something to do with the incident that Hondou discovered?"

Takagi Wataru showed a blank expression: "What incident?"

Why did something suddenly happen?