Chapter 46: The Victim is Invited
"Ah! Why is this happening?" Suzuki Sonoko kicked the dirt beneath her feet angrily.
As the organizer of this event, she fished for the whole morning but only caught one palm-sized fish. The rest either ran away or did not take the bait at all.
Mao Lilan is better than her, with about 5 or 6 lines.
Conan, on the other hand, although he was just a little kid, actually caught half a bucket of fish.
Suzuki Sonoko glared at Conan and snorted loudly.
Conan lowered his eyes and looked amused. He was just fishing normally. How had he provoked her?
Mao Lilan looked at Conan's small bucket of fish and said in surprise: "Conan, you are amazing. You caught so many fish."
Conan said modestly: "No, no, no."
Just when Conan was feeling very proud, he suddenly heard Suzuki Sonoko's exclamation: "MY GOD! Amakura-san, what is this!!!"
Suzuki Sonoko was probably so shocked that she even uttered something in English.
Conan looked over in confusion and found that Suzuki Sonoko was staring at Miyano Shiho's bucket with wide eyes.
Miyano Shiho had a calm expression on her face: "Fish."
Suzuki Sonoko yelled, "I know they are fish, but...but why did you catch so many?"
Conan ran over curiously and took a look, then froze in place.
I saw that the bucket was full of fish and was almost full. The fish were crowding each other and none of them could swim.
Miyano Shiho didn't quite understand why Suzuki Sonoko reacted so strongly, and her expression looked very innocent: "I don't know either... I just followed what Kamiya said, put the bait in, cast the rod, and then waited for a while, and the fish took the bait."
Suzuki Sonoko turned gray and said, "So you caught all my fish. That must be the case. Otherwise, how can you explain why I only caught one fish?"
Suzuki Sonoko shook her head vigorously and looked at another bucket beside her, which was Yuya's.
It's full inside too.
Suzuki Sonoko's face turned even paler. She walked over and lowered her head: "No way, could it be Yuya... Yuya, what is this?!"
Yuya turned around, expressionless, "What I caught."
Suzuki Sonoko opened her mouth wide: "Are you here to fish or something else?"
Conan ran over to take a look, and suddenly the corners of his mouth twitched wildly: the bucket was filled with water plants, shoes, rags... all kinds of strange things, even women's underwear, in short, there was everything except fish.
He looked at Youya with disbelief, as if asking: My good brother, what on earth are you doing here?
Yuya's expression was cold. He turned his head mechanically and muttered: "I don't know, and I don't want to know. Maybe this is my fate."
He clearly exchanged for proficient-level fishing skills from Brother Tongzi, so why couldn't he catch any fish?
Could it be that this fishing skill is not used to catch fish???
Conan expressed his sincere admiration. It was the first time he saw Yuya fishing like this, and he couldn't help but "admiring": "Yuya...brother, to some extent, you are better than sister Mio."
Conan responded with a murderous glare.
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At lunch time, we came to a small restaurant near the fish pond.
At a table against the wall, Suzuki Sonoko and Yuya were sitting face to face. Both of them had turned gray and had expressions of despair on their faces.
Miyano Shiho and Mao Li Ran brought food. They looked at each other and saw helplessness in each other's eyes.
Miyano Shiho sat next to Yuya, moved the food in front of him, and comforted him: "Don't be sad, it's just fishing, eat something first."
Yuya slowly turned his head to look at Miyano Shiho. He was like a zombie now. He said darkly, "You don't understand how much damage this is to a man."
Miyano Shiho blinked. It was her first time fishing as well and she didn't quite understand why Yuya was so shocked.
After dinner, they returned to the villa.
You was also hit hard. He said hello and went back to his room to sleep.
The rest of the people looked at each other and sat on the sofa in the living room to play poker.
I don’t know how long it was before Youya suddenly felt someone pushing him.
"Kamiya, wake up."
Yuya opened his eyes dazedly, yawned and sat up, looking at Miyano Shiho in confusion: "What's wrong?"
"There's a murder!"
“…I knew it!”
Yuya got up helplessly. As expected, Conan's physique finally took effect.
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Our hardworking Inspector Megure is also at the scene, questioning Suzuki Sono and the others.
Yuya passed through the blockade with his face, raised his hand and said hello: "Hello, Inspector Megure."
Inspector Megure was delighted to see Yuya: "Brother Kamiya, you are finally here, that's great!"
Yuya's crime-solving rate is 100%, and his speed is also very fast. Inspector Megure secretly thought that he could leave work early today.
Why are you so happy when a murder happened? Yuya's mouth twitched slightly, and he looked at Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Lilan on the side: "So, what's going on?"
Mao Lilan was already very familiar with such scenes, and she started to explain immediately.
In the afternoon, Youya was sleeping in the room. They played poker for a while. At a little after 2 o'clock, Suzuki Sonoko shouted that she wanted to go fishing again to wash away the shame of the morning.
When they arrived at the fish pond, they found a person lying on the shore.
Mao Lilan was worried that the man might have an accident, so she wanted to go over to remind him, but it turned out that the man had already had an accident.
Then she called the police skillfully, and Miyano Shiho returned to the villa to wake up Yuya.
Yuya nodded and looked at Inspector Megure: "Where's the body? Take me to see it."
While following Inspector Megure, Yuya was looking around for Conan.
By the fish pond, several policemen were doing forensic work.
Youye saw a wet corpse. The person didn't look very old, maybe just over 18 years old. Although her face looked a little hideous due to death, one could vaguely tell that she was a very pretty girl when she was alive.
There was an obvious groove-like mark on the neck, and there was no interruption or cross mark on the front, which showed that someone had strangled the neck from the face; there were obvious bruises, purple swelling and dot-like bleeding marks on the face, and the tongue was slightly extended and located between the teeth.
The deceased's nails were trimmed very cleanly, and probably because they were soaked in water, they could not be seen.
Yuya stood up and looked at Inspector Megure: "Are there any witnesses?"
Inspector Megure looked at Yuya strangely: "Didn't you just ask Conan?"
Yuya's mouth twitched. That Conan guy was using his name to cheat people again?
Unable to expose him, Yuya could only cough lightly and explain: "I was afraid that Conan didn't convey it clearly, so I wanted to ask the inspector again."
Inspector Megure thought this made sense, so he said, "Not many people came to fish today, and most of them left before noon."
Youye nodded. They left around 12 o'clock, and there were only two people left at that time. There was no abnormal situation at that time, which meant that the incident happened after that.
Inspector Megure continued: "We interviewed the owner of the fish pond and the last few guests who left. They left around 1 o'clock, and there was no one in the fish pond after that."
Youye asked curiously, "The owner of the fish pond is not here either?"
Inspector Megure nodded. "Yes, according to experience, the fishing time in this season is between 3 and 5 in the afternoon. In addition, there are not many people fishing recently, so the fish pond owner will go home to rest at noon and will not return to the fish pond until around 2:."
Yuya nodded: "In other words, the body was strangled and thrown into the fish pond between 1 and 2 o'clock, and there were no witnesses during this period of time. Xiaolan and the others were the first to discover it."
"Have you found the first crime scene?"
Yuya took a rough look at the body and was basically sure that the person was strangled to death and thrown into the fish pond. Considering the floating state of the body, this might not be the first crime scene.
Inspector Megure said: "The investigation of the scene has not yet been completed. I don't know if there are any discoveries."
At this moment, Conan suddenly appeared.
"Yuya..." Conan paused. Inspector Megure was also there, so he just called him honestly, "Brother, I found a strange place."
Yuya raised his eyebrows. Conan is really quick. Has he found the crime scene? No wonder he couldn't see anyone just now.
"Take me to see it."
Conan brought Yuya and Inspector Megure to the place where he discovered the body, which was not far from where the body was found.
Youye looked at the ground and found that the grass on the ground had obviously collapsed. Someone had sat here, and there were a series of footprints in front of the traces.
Yuya followed the footprints to the water's edge, where he found a mess of footprints and marks that were obviously made by rubbing of heels.
Then there was another set of footprints, extending all the way to the side of the road, gradually fading and disappearing.
Yuya turned to look at Inspector Megure: "Inspector?"
Inspector Megure nodded and called the forensic officer, and the comparison results came out quickly.
There are two types of footprints, one of which is confirmed to be from the deceased, and the other is currently unknown.
Yuya nodded: "It seems that this should be the crime scene. The other footprint belongs to the murderer. Inspector, please compare that footprint with everyone here."
Inspector Megure was happy to save some effort with the help of a famous detective to solve the case, so he immediately went to make arrangements.
Yuya touched Conan's little head and praised him, "Well done." This tool is good and can save him a lot of effort.
Conan rolled his eyes at him, feeling very upset but helpless.
He is just a child now, while Yuya is a famous high school detective. It goes without saying who Inspector Megure will choose to listen to.
Once before, Conan solved a case before Yuya. He was so proud of himself that he used an anesthetic needle to knock Yuya out, and then staged a "Sleeping Detective Kamiya".
The result...
Needless to say, the result was that he was severely beaten by Youye and his head was almost smashed.
Yuya warned Conan harshly: "I warn you, don't use that anesthetic needle on me again, or I will beat your ass first, and then tell Xiaolan that you are Kudo Shinichi's secret!"
Since then, Conan no longer dared to inject anesthetic into Yuya.
When Yuya is around, he just acts as a tool. When Yuya is not around, he shoots Mouri Kogoro and acts as the ghost behind the "sleeping Kogoro".
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