After saying goodbye to the repairman, Conan couldn't help muttering to Jiang Xia, "I thought the repairman would have seen the killer, but judging by the time, it was 9:45. The bride had only just left the banquet hall then—more than thirty minutes before the Groom's body was discovered!"
Jiang Xia nodded. "So the situation is already obvious. But to be safe, let's go back and see what clues Mr. Otaki and the others have gathered first."
The three returned to the banquet hall. Before they even entered, they heard a fierce argument from far away.
No one knew what the cousin had said, but the Groom's sister was now angrily shouting, "We're all Yuu's family! How could we possibly kill him?!"
The cousin sneered. "Who doesn't know you've always resented the division of the shares? And your relationship with your brother was nothing special either. You must have wanted to kill him and make that husband of yours the president of the Hatakeyama Group!"
"What nonsense! I'm not short on money." The Groom's sister glared at her and shot back, "But you—you always wanted to be his bride, yet never got the chance. Let me guess: when you saw him getting married, you flew into a jealous rage and killed the bride. Then Yuu found out, so to erase your crime, you simply killed Yuu too? If it wasn't a romantic dispute, I really can't think of anyone who would kill both of them!"
"Hmph. The fact that you can say something like that proves you've gone mad over the inheritance!" The cousin slammed a hand onto the table. "Yuu died first. You can repeat it ten thousand times, but you can't change that fact—the entire inheritance belongs to Ito. You pathetic woman can only squat by the