Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 242 The neighbor at the scene is my ex-boyfriend (Epilogue)

Hearing what Inspector Megure said, Mr. Itami immediately became anxious. He pointed at his eyes and retorted: "How is this possible? Look, my eyes are bruised. My wife hit them with an ashtray yesterday. Since this matter is also written in the suicide note..."

Haneda Hideyoshi interrupted Mr. Itami's defense and said, "Speaking of injuries, I remember you mentioned before that you had a broken foot, right?"

At this time, Itami Yasuie also stood up to explain: "I remember that because my mother had never learned to ski, she ran into my father. Because of this, we usually go to the countryside for the New Year's party as a family every year, but she had to fly alone."

"That was the time when the plane had a problem and she almost lost her life. My mother still talks about it often."

"Did that incident also happen four years ago?" Inspector Megure asked immediately.

Haneda Hideyoshi nodded and gave his reasoning: "If the plane was about to crash, then it wouldn't be surprising to write a suicide note on the plane. Especially if there were concerns about their family."

Officer Gao Mu suddenly realized: "No wonder the handwriting on the suicide note was so illegible, because it was written on a plane that was about to fall and was shaking constantly."

"That's what happened. That's why I specifically added the surname when signing my name. If the suicide note is found at the crash site, we'll quickly know who wrote it." Inspector Megure supported his chin as he thought.

"If the criminal had obtained this suicide note, using it to commit the murder four years later would have been a well-prepared step."

"But what's puzzling is that the bedroom door was closed when the master and the maid returned home."

Officer Miaozi boldly put forward his own guess: "Could it be because at that time, the criminal was still hiding in the room and didn't leave?"

"I don't think so. The door was locked when we came back." Miss Sakurako explained. "And when Conan got here, the door was still locked."

"If that's the case, how did the door close?"

"It's impossible to close it for no reason."

As soon as Officer Yumi finished speaking, the door behind her suddenly closed. She opened the door to see who was playing a prank, but found that there was no one behind the door. Then Conan and the little girl ran over.

"Did you close the door?"

"No, we just want to see if our friends have come back." Conan said in a childish tone.

The little girl nodded and said, "Yeah, and I just opened the bedroom window a little because the heater here is really hot."

Conan took the opportunity to remind him: "When the wife's body was found before, the window was also slightly open."

Inspector Megure immediately went to confirm the authenticity of the incident and received confirmation from Miss Sakurako. At that time, Mr. Itami said that it was too pitiful to let his wife feel the cold wind, so he closed the window again.

Officer Takagi immediately understood the principle behind the door closing. It was atmospheric pressure. The criminal deliberately left the bedroom windows and door open.

Inspector Megure raised a new question: "But if that's the case, when the criminal wants to escape from here, as soon as he opens the front door, the bedroom door will close."

Conan reminded again: "Didn't the wife's cell phone fall at the door of the room? In this way, if the cell phone is clamped in the crack of the door, the door can be kept open."

"Then, if you set your phone to vibrate mode in advance, the phone will fall as soon as a message comes in." The little girl simulated the sound of vibration and made a "buzzing" sound.

Inspector Megure pulled out the cell phone that was used as evidence: "But, there are no call records in the wife's phone."

"That might not be my wife's phone." Conan pointed at the Itami father and son standing nearby. "Their whole family has the same model of phone."

"That's right, just change the color of the phone case and it won't be visible at all." The little girl put her hands on her hips.

Inspector Megure understood everything: "I see. So, the person who had the opportunity to commit the crime in this way is the man who kept the phone before handing it over to us, Mr. Itami Naginobu."

"I'm afraid you came back while the maid was shopping, arranged everything, and then left. Then you used your cell phone to call my wife's cell phone. After that, you met up with the maid and went home again, creating the illusion that my wife committed suicide."

Officer Takagi also realized: "So, the suspicious person the building manager saw is..."

"Yes, that's probably the male host in disguise."

Inspector Megure stared at Mr. Itami. "But if I check your phone, everything will be clear."

Mr. Itami wanted to make some excuses at this time, but Conan had already received a call from the three little ones and Haibara.

"We found the convenience store. We showed the man's photo to the store manager, and he confirmed that he had secretly come here to use a pay phone."

Huiyuan's voice came over: "However, since few people use public phones these days, we can probably find fingerprints if we investigate."

Mr. Itami was stunned and then admitted his crime. He really made up his mind to kill after he learned that his wife had pawned the house to buy a car for their son.

Mr. Itami was then taken away by the police. The little girl jumped in excitement and said, "Yeah, checkmate!"

When Conan heard this chess-specific term, his body trembled immediately. He recalled the fear of being dominated by the sculptor's chess piece statue, but he quickly stuffed the horrible memory back into the depths of his brain.

Afterwards, as the group was walking home, Conan said happily that it was really fun to reason with celebrities.

It was only then that the three little ones realized that Haneda Hideyoshi was the Taiko Meijin, and what he meant by collecting seven was the seven-time champion.

Afterwards, at the invitation of the little girl, Conan went to Delos Manor to read the second half of the novelist's manuscript.

"The fire burned all night long. When the sun rose again from the east, a charred scar suddenly appeared on the white ice field."

"The humble cicada, a jailer who should have observed humility and order, caused the prisoners to revel in the chaos because of his actions. As a cicada, he wanted to struggle and sing in the winter ice and snow, but in the end it was all in vain."

"So what about the warden who saw everything first? He understood early on that morality is a tool stronger than shackles. They were deceived by false warmth and ultimately fell into the glowing embers like moths to a flame."

After finishing his reading, Conan sighed, "This is truly remarkable. But why do all of Uncle Orpheus's novels end in tragedy?"

The composer and the entomologist were playing chess. The composer gently moved the chess piece, and the piece representing the queen fell down after eating another piece, which made him frown slightly.

The entomologist responded to Conan's question: "As a writer, he writes about what he has experienced."