Chapter 682 Hattori Heiji's visit, the mysterious demon dog incident
Downstairs of the Mori Detective Agency.
Yuya picked his ears and squinted at Hattori Heiji beside him: "So, what are you doing here on your rare day off?"
Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha suddenly appeared at Kamiya's house. The former took Yu to the Mori Detective Agency without saying a word. When asked what was going on, he was mysterious and refused to say anything, saying that he would tell them after meeting Conan.
Just as Hattori Heiji was about to say something, a terrified scream suddenly came from the second floor of the office.
This voice is very familiar, it’s Mao Lilan’s!
Yuya and Hattori Heiji looked at each other and rushed to the third floor.
When I approached the door, I found that it was not locked.
The two of them carefully stuck to the door and listened for a while. The screams from inside had stopped, and instead, what came out was the sound of Mao Lilan shouting "Demon dog, demon dog".
Youya was silent for a moment, then whispered, "Demon Dogs...Are they watching a movie?"
Hattori Heiji said with shame: "It should be... right?"
Yuya raised his hand and knocked on the door, and Ran Mao's voice came from inside: "Who is it?"
"It's me." Yuya replied.
"Yuya?" Mao Lilan came over to open the door and was surprised to see Hattori Heiji was there too. "Hattori, why are you here too?"
"Hello, Xiaolan, long time no see~" Toyama Kazuha jumped out from behind Hattori Heiji and waved to Mouri Ran.
"He Ye!" Mao Lilan was very surprised, "Come in!"
The three of them entered the room and saw Conan and Mouri Kogoro sitting cross-legged beside the coffee table, with a movie playing on the TV in front of them.
I thought something happened, but it turns out I was actually watching a movie...
It should be a horror movie with monsters, right? Otherwise, Mao Lilan wouldn't have screamed in fear.
Conan was explaining the principle of the demon dog in the movie. Maori Kogoro curled his lips in disdain and picked up the remote control to change the channel: "What's the point of such a boring movie!"
"Hey!" Mao Lilan came over dissatisfiedly, "Dad, why did you change the channel!"
Maori Kogoro looked at his daughter with disdain: "I don't know who was scared and screamed just now..."
Mao Lilan's face turned red with embarrassment, and she stiffened her neck and said, "So what! If there really is a demon dog, I will definitely defeat it with karate!"
The people in the room were silent - who doesn't know that Mao Li Ran is most afraid of monsters?
Seeing that the others were silent, Mao Lilan became unhappy and shouted, "I really can do it!"
"Then, do you want to destroy the real demon dog?" Hattori Heiji suddenly asked.
"Eh?" Mao Lilan was stunned for a moment, blinking her eyes and looking at Hattori Heiji, "Hattori, what did you just say?"
Hattori Heiji smiled and said: "Demon dog, demon dog, since Miss Xiaolan is so confident, let's investigate together. If you encounter a demon dog, use your karate..."
He waved his hands, pretended to do a few karate moves, and then said, "Swish, swish, swish! Subdue it!"
"Ah, this, no, I didn't..." The corners of Mao Lilan's mouth twitched slightly, and suddenly she turned to look at Yuya, "Yuya's karate is much more powerful, let him deal with the demon dog!"
Youye blinked: "Is that so? But didn't you just say, Xiaolan..."
Mao Lilan closed her eyes and shouted with her neck red: "Okay, stop making fun of me!"
"Hahahaha!"
Everyone couldn't help laughing, and the room was suddenly filled with a happy atmosphere.
After laughing for a while, Conan asked, "So, Heiji... what on earth is this demon dog you mentioned, brother?"
Yuanshan Heye glanced at the frightened Maoli Ran and said with a smile: "It's just a story made up without any basis. Xiaolan, don't believe it. Usually this guy scares you on purpose."
"I see." Mao Lilan breathed a sigh of relief.
But Hattori Heiji said solemnly: "That's not necessarily true."
"Huh?" Mao Lilan was stunned.
Hattori Heiji continued: "Do you know that five years ago, a very rich old man named Inubushi Tsunechi passed away?"
Maori Kogoro said: "Ah, I know about this matter. He is the president of the Inubushi Group, right?"
Mao Lilan asked with fear on her face: "Could it be that the president was killed by the demon dog..."
"No, no," Hattori Heiji waved his hand. He stopped joking when he started talking about business. "It was just a common death. He died of terminal cancer."
Yuanshan Heye interrupted, "But, I heard that the president was in very good health when he was young, so he had no restraint when it came to women..."
After Inufu Hengdi passed away, several people suddenly came to his house with photos of their mothers and Inufu Hengdi, and all claimed that they were related to the president by blood.
When he heard that there were eight illegitimate children, Maori Kogoro was so shocked that he almost jumped up: "Eight?"
But he immediately reacted and said disdainfully: "This must be a lie made up to gain property."
Hattori Heiji nodded and said that even if they wanted to confirm their identities, the president himself had passed away, and these eight people said in unison that their mothers had also passed away, so it was impossible to verify the circumstances of the two people's relationship.
Youye said quietly, "For things like this, wouldn't it be clear if we did a DNA test?"
Hattori Heiji sighed and said, "Indeed. But the president's wife, Ms. Suochen, kept all of them and adopted them as her children."
"But now the lady is also bedridden, and then there have been murders one after another."
Youya narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Inheritance dispute?"
Hattori Heiji nodded gently: "It is very likely. After the madam passed away, the huge inheritance she inherited from the president was originally going to be divided equally among the eight adopted sons and daughters, but two of them suddenly died mysteriously."
"One of them fell off a cliff and died. He seemed to have left a will before he died, saying that the one who pushed him off the cliff was a monster that was similar to a dog and had flames all over its body. It kept expanding and growing in front of him and suddenly attacked him."
"Huh?" Mao Lilan let out a cry of fear.
Maori Kogoro said disdainfully: "It must be like the demon dog in the movie, with phosphorus painted on the doll, and then chasing that person?"
Hattori Heiji retorted, "But I heard that the deceased rode a bicycle for a kilometer in order to escape. If it was Lin, he wouldn't have lasted that long, right?"
Yuya asked, "Is this the reason you came here? You were commissioned to investigate the truth of the matter at the Inufushi family?"
"No, he's one of the eight adopted children. He knows He Ye's mother. I think they were classmates in elementary school?"
Yuanshan Heye interrupted and said, "That's right. That person said that there were two fake children among the adopted children. They have a deep hatred for the Inufu family, so they used the cursed demon dog to make the Inufu family extinct!"
"No more descendants?" Mao Lilan's face turned pale.
Yuanshan and Ye continued, "Originally, the other party wanted to discuss this matter with my father, who is the chief of the criminal department of the Osaka Prefectural Police, but he couldn't leave Osaka, so he asked us to come here first to listen to the whole story."
Maori Kogoro said disdainfully: "Aren't we still going to the Inufushi family in the end?"
Hattori Heiji shook his head: "No, that person seems to have given up the inheritance rights. Not only did he change back to his mother's surname, he also moved to Tokyo. We plan to visit him tomorrow."
"How about it, are you interested in going together?"
"Huh?" Mao Lilan immediately showed a frightened expression. If she went to meet that person, would she encounter a demon dog?
Hattori Heiji suddenly laughed and said to Conan: "That person's name is quite interesting."
Hmm? A question mark popped up above Conan's head. Why are you looking at me and saying that?