Chapter 511 Two White Gloves
After everyone chatted for a while, Youya suddenly looked at the butler and Kikuyo and asked, "By the way, how did Mr. Kaguya die? Can you tell us?"
The two looked at each other subconsciously.
Finally, Kikuyo, who had a sour expression on her face, spoke up.
One year ago today, Mr. Duanwu was found drowned in the swimming pool in the yard, with his hands and feet tied behind his back and his mouth taped.
According to the police's speculation, Mr. Tango died between 9 and 10 o'clock the previous night, and from 7 to 12 o'clock that night, everyone in the family, except Tango, was in the living room watching the home video shot by Mr. Okuda.
Everyone has an alibi.
"So, the murderer sneaked in from outside?" Youye analyzed, touching his chin.
Kikuyo nodded: "That's what the police inferred, but they haven't caught the murderer yet."
Hondou Eisuke asked in confusion: "Why did you suddenly ask Detective Mori to investigate today? It's been a year since the incident happened, the murderer might..."
In a year, the murderer must have disappeared somewhere. It's impossible for him to still be hanging around, or even in this house, right?
"It's like this..." The butler said with a somewhat unpleasant expression, "At that time, Master Duanwu was wearing a white glove on his right hand..."
"White glove? Only one?" Youye asked.
The butler nodded: "Yes, and... those gloves are the ones my brother always wears when he drives."
Yuya's eyes narrowed slightly. The butler only mentioned one glove: "What about the other glove?"
Butler: "On the third day after Master Duanwu's death, the left glove was found in the master's study. I still remember that the master's face was very ugly at that time, as if he had seen something very scary."
"Huh?" Everyone showed puzzled expressions.
Conan thought about it for a moment and came up with a possibility. He said, "So that's how it is. Someone thought that the butler's car accident was not an accident, but the fault of Mr. Okudaira and Mr. Tango. So he put a glove on Mr. Tango's hand and killed him. Then, to indicate that Mr. Okudaira was the next target, he left another glove in the study."
"The previous housekeeper died two years ago today, and Mr. Kango was murdered one year ago today, so on the same day this year..."
"Mr. Okudaira was scared, so he asked Uncle Kogoro to investigate and wanted him to find the murderer, right?"
The butler and Kikuyo subconsciously looked at Conan and were shocked by his bold speculation.
Seeing that Conan was again forgetting his identity and reasoning, Mao Lilan quickly reminded him and called out, "Conan!"
Miyano Shiho was also looking Conan up and down, and her right hand was quietly making movements of holding a scalpel, as if she was considering where to take the sample.
Conan couldn't help but shudder, and laughed perfunctorily twice, and said to Yuya: "Brother Yuya, does my reasoning resemble that of Uncle Kogoro?"
Yuya sighed in his heart and smiled to smooth things over: "Sorry, this little brat has been following Detective Maori and likes to play some detective games. Don't be offended."
The housekeeper and Kikuyo nodded in sudden realization. Children really like to imitate adults, so they didn't think much about it.
Yuya stroked his chin and thought for a while, and suddenly found something strange: "Mr. Butler, I have a question."
Butler: “What’s the problem?”
Youye narrowed his eyes and said, "Since you said that the gloves were what your brother would wear when driving, then... he shouldn't have been wearing those gloves when he got into the accident, right? Otherwise, the gloves would have been damaged in the accident."
The housekeeper was stunned for a moment: "This... is like this, although I don't know who gave the gloves or where he bought them, anyway, that pair of gloves is something my brother treasures very much. He said he would wear them every time he drives."
At this point, he also became a little confused: "It is indeed a bit strange. Why didn't you wear it that day? Was it because of some urgent matter that you didn't have time to wear it?"
Yuya and Conan looked at each other and saw the same thought in each other's eyes: it seems that there is some secret hidden behind the car accident, and this secret is closely related to the death of Okudarik.
The living room fell silent for a moment.
Hondou Eisuke suddenly stood up and said, "By the way, I didn't go to say hello to Uncle Kakuzo!"
Since there was nothing else to do, the others followed.
As soon as everyone arrived at the study, they heard a strange voice talking loudly inside.
"I think someone is holding a grudge against the previous housekeeper for his death..."
Yuya leaned over to take a look and found that Maori Kogoro was sitting face to face with an old man with white hair. That man should be Okuhei Kakuzo.
At this time, Ohei Kakuzo seemed too excited and stood up.
Maori Kogoro was very confused: "Holding a grudge? Wasn't the death of the previous butler an accident?"
"Well..." Ou Ping Jiao Zang's face looked very ugly. He hesitated for a while but still didn't say anything. He could only sit back.
Yuya rolled his eyes and repeated Conan's reasoning.
Kogoro Mouri and Kakuzo Okuhei in the study looked over in surprise.
Youya walked in with a smile: "Uncle, you think so, right?"
Aohei Kakuzang looked very unhappy and responded vaguely.
Seeing this, Youya was about 70% sure in his heart - there was indeed a hidden story behind the death of the previous butler, and it was definitely closely related to Okudaira and his son.
It is even bold to speculate that there may be human factors involved in the accident.
Maori Kogoro saw a group of people standing at the door, and immediately walked over with dissatisfaction: "Why did you guys come in without permission? Can't you see I'm working?"
Mao Lilan smiled awkwardly: "We have done our job, so..."
"Ah?!" Maori Kogoro's eyebrows jumped, and his eyes skipped over Yuya and Maori Ran and fell on Conan who was smiling beside his daughter's legs. For some reason, he seemed to see an enemy, squatted down and stared at him, "What are you smiling at? Go back quickly after you're done."
After saying that, he pushed Conan as if to chase him away.
Really, I don't know why I get angry when I see this kid! It's like something important has been stolen.
Conan was confused. No, I didn't say a word from beginning to end, okay? Why are you targeting me? Do you think I'm small and easy to bully?
Of course Conan, with his short limbs, could not withstand the push from Kogoro Mouri, and he stumbled backwards. Fortunately, there was a small cabinet behind him that blocked his body and prevented him from falling.
However, he was fine, but the vase on the cabinet was hit and fell to the ground instantly.
Kogoro Maori was horrified - the vase had an exquisite pattern and was obviously worth a lot of money, definitely more than the commission fee for his investigation!
He was calculating the value of the vase in his mind and forgot to help it up for a moment.
Suddenly a hand reached out and caught the vase steadily.
Maori Kogoro breathed a sigh of relief, looked up and saw that it was Yuya, and thought to himself that this kid was still as reliable as ever, much better than the kid from the Kudo family. If he didn't already have a girlfriend, he and Xiaolan should be...
Hey, why did I suddenly think of the kid from the Kudo family?
Yuya glanced at the vase and whispered, "Uncle Kogoro, be careful. I see this vase is quite expensive. Is your commission not enough to compensate for it?"
Maori Kogoro was embarrassed and pretended to cough: "Ah, well, thank you."
Ohei Kakuzang ran over in a panic, checked the vase carefully, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that it was fine.
He wanted to get angry, but when he thought that the person who almost dropped the vase was the famous detective he had asked to save his life, he dared not say anything.
Kogoro Mouri was standing on the side feeling very embarrassed, but fortunately someone saved him at this time.
Hondou Eisuke popped up and greeted Okuhei Kakuzo with a smile, "Uncle Kakuzo, long time no see."
Okuhei Kakuzo showed a surprised and delighted expression: "It's Eiyou! It's been a long time since we last met. I heard that your mother's relics were found, right?"
Hondou Eisuke smiled and said, "Yes, I got it just now, thanks to you."
Ao Pingjiaozang's face was full of memories: "Your mother was indeed a very good maid. She was very careful and thoughtful in her work, and she was always smiling every day."
As he spoke, a smile appeared on his face, and it seemed that he was very satisfied with the work of Hondou Eisuke's mother.
"I'm so sorry, I wasn't careful enough and my facial expression wasn't good either." Kikuyo walked in with a sour expression on her face.
Ou Ping Jiao Zang laughed a few times to cover up his embarrassment: "Ahaha, that's not what I meant..."
Hondou Eisuke said with some regret: "I heard that Mr. Kango unfortunately passed away..."
Okuhei Kakuzo sighed and said, "Yes, I am entrusting Detective Maori to investigate this matter..."
After saying that, he looked at the butler and said, "Then Segawa, please take Detective Mori to the living room."
The butler responded, "I understand, Master."
Okuhei Kakuzo looked at Kikuyo again: "Kikuyo, make me another cup of coffee."
"Yes." Kikuyo responded with a sour face.
"And call my wife over, I want her to help me sort out the things in the study."
Everyone then noticed that the study was a bit messy, with books that were supposed to be on the shelves scattered everywhere.
"If you two don't have anything else to do, come and help. I just happen to have something to talk to you about."
The butler responded very dutifully: "Yes, I understand, sir."
Ohei Kakuzo waved to the butler, motioning him to come over.
The butler walked over, but unexpectedly his ears were grabbed, and his body subconsciously bent down in pain.
Ao Pingjiao cursed in his ear: "How many times have I told you to knock before entering my room? Why didn't you tell the guest such an important thing? You good-for-nothing!"
The housekeeper apologized repeatedly.
Youye curled his lips. It was obviously you who didn't close the door, why are you blaming others?
He glanced at Conan, and suddenly a strong premonition arose in his heart.
Conan noticed Yuya's gaze and looked over in confusion.
Yuya pretended nothing happened and looked away.
Conan:? ? ?
Everyone left the study and found Mrs. Auping.
I heard from the butler that Okuhei Kakuzo wanted to help tidy up the study by himself, and he looked reluctant. He kept complaining about how he was always nitpicking about details. In short, he just didn't want to go.
She glanced at everyone, her eyes lingered on Maori Kogoro for a while, and suddenly smiled and said, "How about this, I'll take Detective Maori to the living room for you, and you can help tidy up the study instead of me."
The housekeeper immediately showed an embarrassed expression: "But the master also asked me to maintain Master Duanwu's car..."
Mrs. Auping said nonchalantly, "No one has driven that car in the past two years. It's okay to ignore it. Okay, it's decided."
After saying that, he led everyone away, leaving the butler alone in the room sighing.
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Everyone came to the living room.
Maori Kogoro looked around the room and asked, "Is this the living room at that time?"
Mrs. Ou Ping nodded and said, "Yes, that day, my husband, the housekeeper, and the maid were watching a video here. It was filmed by my husband and I when we were traveling abroad last year. It was a full five hours long."
Maori Kogoro asked in confusion: "Why didn't your son watch it with you?"
Mrs. Oping sighed, with an inexplicable expression on her face: "Maybe he wants to avoid me? Or maybe he simply doesn't want to see it because I'm not his biological mother."
Maori Kogoro was stunned: "Is that so?"
While the two were talking, Yuya and Conan took the opportunity to observe from the living room.
There seemed to be no other passages in the living room leading to the outside world, so the people in the room at that time should have had no way to get out without being noticed.
As for the main door and floor-to-ceiling windows, the people in the room are not blind and it is impossible for them not to see them.
The two came to the bathroom and found a window leading to the outside, but the window was relatively small. Conan could easily pass through it with his size, but an adult would not be able to do so.
Even Mrs. Opping, who was the smallest of women, could not get through.
"It seems that the four people at that time had perfect alibis." Conan put his hands in his pockets and said coolly.
Yuya nodded slightly: "Indeed, it is indeed the case based on the clues we know so far."
Conan smiled slightly, and moved his ears to hear Mrs. Okudaira smiling and saying to Hondou Eisuke: "I never thought that the crybaby Eisuke would bring such a lovely girlfriend with him."
Conan's face suddenly turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
Hondou Eisuke's face immediately turned red: "No, no, she is not me, my girlfriend!"
Mao Lilan was also stunned, and explained with a smile: "No, we are not in this kind of relationship."
Mrs. Ou Ping covered her mouth in surprise, looked at Miyano Shiho who was watching the fun on the side and said, "Oh, I see this girl and that boy are very close, they are a couple, right? I thought you were a couple too."
If there are two men and two women, and one of them is a couple, people will often subconsciously think that the other couple is also a couple.
Mao Lilan was a little embarrassed: "They are a couple, but Hondou and I are not. We are just ordinary classmates."
"Is that so..." Mrs. Ou Ping sighed with some regret, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she asked expectantly, "Then can I ask, do you have a boyfriend?"
Mao Lilan was stunned for a moment, subconsciously glanced at Conan, her face slightly red, and she stammered, "It should be... not, right?"
"Should? Right?" Mrs. Aoping's face was full of question marks. What does this mean?
What does it mean that if there is, there is; if there is no, there is no. What does it mean that there should be no?
But she understood after thinking about it, it should be that this girl has a boy she likes, but the two have not confirmed their relationship yet?
So she felt relieved and said with a smile: "Why don't you consider our Yingyou? Even though he may seem confused sometimes, he is actually a very reliable person!"
"Huh?" Mao Lilan was stunned for a moment.
Hondou Eisuke was dumbfounded: "Uncle, aunt, what are you talking about?!"
Just when Mrs. Ou Ping was about to praise her junior, a loud cough suddenly sounded behind her.
"Mmmm!"