Knowing You're Bad Is Also a Fine Quality

Fujino was truly speechless at this behavior of calling him over for no reason at all.

They even called him over to take a look, believing it was definitely not suicide...

Could it be that Henggou is a promising young man who has discovered some secrets to achieving merit?

But making this high school student who came from a trip work overtime is just treating him as free labor...

Japan is really doomed.

Fujino thought this to himself, but he still quite approved of Yokomizo's behavior.

As the saying goes, practice makes perfect.

Cai knew perfectly well what was going on and went straight to the detective when there was trouble, which is actually a rare and admirable quality.

It's a bit silly to hire a detective for everything.

But it's still much better than those clueless idiots who confidently go up and immediately declare their intention to commit suicide.

As for whether it was truly murder...

It can only be said that this case was indeed a homicide, without a doubt.

Not only because 99% of suicides in the Conan World are homicides, but also because his System Task has already been issued:

[System Task: The Potter's Murder Case]

Mission Summary: The daughter-in-law of a famous ceramic artist has been murdered, and her behavior is highly unnatural. It seems that there are other suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of Kikuemon's daughter-in-law. It may be a classic case of murder disguised as suicide. As Great Detective, please find the murderer.

Mission Objective: Find the real killer. [No requirements]

Mission Rewards: 5 Detective Token, 5 million Yen, 500 Detective Reputation (additional reputation or experience rewards may be provided depending on the host's choice)

After closing the interface in front of him, Fujino stepped forward, glanced at Masuko Tsuchiya, squatted down, and murmured, "It seems the blood must have come from here..."

With so much blood around, it couldn't have flowed out from hanging. There are only two possibilities for the blood all over the ground.

One possibility is that when the time comes, after hanging himself, the blood will flow uncontrollably.

Another possibility is that there are other wounds on the body, and these wounds have cut into arteries.

Of course, this situation definitely falls into the latter category.

On the lower right calf of Masuko Tsuchiya, there was a long cut made by a sharp instrument.

Although he was already dead, judging from his body temperature and the degree of blood clotting in his wounds, not much time had passed. Therefore, fresh blood was still slowly flowing from the wounds, and the pool of blood at his feet was coming from there.

Fujino pondered for a moment, wiped his chubby, white feet with his white gloves, and turned to ask, "Inspector Yokomizo, were Ms. Masuko's shoes found at the scene?"

"Shoe?"

Yokomizo Sango, "What does this have to do with this case?"

"I think it's because of Masuko's feet!"

Conan had somehow crept up to the vicinity of Masuko Tsuchiya's body. "Ms. Tsuchiya is barefoot, but there are no shoes in the room. If she came here barefoot, her feet should be very dirty!"

"That's really strange. She came to this warehouse without shoes on, unless someone carried her here!"

Turning his head, he chuckled like a child again, "I told you so, didn't I, Brother Fujino!"

"Yes, Little Brother Conan is right."

Fujino squinted. "But... you should worry more about yourself."

He then summoned the unicorn girl. "Ran!"

Conan: "..."

Suddenly I felt a chill on the back of my neck.

"Conan, why are you interrupting Fujino 'Senior investigation again!"

Without Ran word, Ran picked up Conan like a chick and carried him back to the warehouse entrance, scolding him reproachfully, "Why do you always have to run around crime scenes? And corpses and all that, aren't you scared?"

"I'm sorry, Sister Ran!"

"Seriously!"

Ran sighed, a little annoyed.

Even though it's a corpse or something, other people's children would be terrified.

Well, that's it! The husky, as if it had just spotted a bone, charged straight at it.

To be honest, she was starting to suspect that Conan had been looking at too many corpses and that his psychological problems were getting worse.

Yokomizo Sango suddenly realized, "If that's the case, then this case is a murder!"

Fujino nodded slightly. "At least there's no doubt that it was murder."

"I never imagined it was a murder case. As expected of Fujino- kun..."

Yokomizo Sango silently, reaffirming his previous conviction in his heart.

This record is truly solid.

He then looked at the four of them suspiciously. "If that's the case, then you guys who were in the living room of the house next door before the incident are very likely to be the murderers... Do any of you have an alibi?"

"Of course."

Arita Yoshihiko confirmed, "We all slept in the living room at the time. The only one who left was Otani, who went to wake the young mistress."

"I see..."

Yokomizo Sango stroked his chin, leaned suspiciously towards Ootani Kaoru, and deduced, "Could it be that when you went to the room, you secretly brought the deceased here and then hanged him?"

Ootani Kaoru panicked and quickly explained, "How could this be? The young mistress's room is right next to our living room. I simply didn't have time to do anything."

Seto Ryuichi then spoke up, "If leaving the living room counts as suspicion, then I'm a suspect too."

Yokomizo looked at him. "You have one too?"

He explained, "I thought the young mistress had gone out, so I went to the living room and called her cell phone, but she didn't answer."

Yokomizo Sango asked, "Does the young mistress have a habit of carrying a cell phone with her at all times?"

"I told Masuko to always carry a cell phone with her."

Kikuemon then explained, "Those of us who work in creative fields often focus all our attention on the creative process, so we entrust all external commissions to Masuko."

"That's right, all these matters are left to the young mistress to handle."

Ootani Kaoru chimed in, "Master rarely goes out except when he's making a transaction and meeting with his employer."

Yokomizo Sango turned to the Forensic Science Division members working nearby and asked, "In that case, have you found the deceased's cell phone?"

"Nothing was found."

The Forensic Science Division reported, "The deceased's pockets were very clean; there was nothing there except some receipts from yesterday and some loose change."

Yokomizo Sango hesitated for a moment, then ordered his men to search the cell phone that Kikuemon had mentioned.

Meanwhile, Fujino was still silently examining Masuko Tsuchiya's corpse.

Like Conan, he also thought about the glass ball from yesterday.

If the trap designed by Feng Shui Pill was deliberately broken, then Masuko Tsuchiya's suicide today would serve as a convenient excuse for her own.

And when it comes to Feng Shui Pill, only Kikuemon.

Considering that she wasn't angry even when it was broken yesterday, and even brought it up today, she's highly suspicious...