Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 239 The Neighbor at the Scene is My Ex-Boyfriend (Part 3)

Hideyoshi Haneda in front of him was waving and greeting Officer Yumi with a happy face, but this made the atmosphere even more awkward. Fortunately, Inspector Megure arrived in time and ended this embarrassing situation.

After understanding the situation, Inspector Megure directed other police officers to collect evidence at the scene, while Officer Takagi, standing by, asked Mr. Itami some detailed questions with a notebook.

"May I ask what the reason for your quarrel is?"

"It's about stocks," Mr. Itami explained helplessly. "My wife has been obsessed with stock trading lately. I just reminded her and she went crazy."

"I think one of the reasons is that her son, who is about to graduate from college and still hasn't found a job, has been putting her under a lot of pressure."

"Do you have another son?"

"Yes, but he rarely comes home since he started living alone in the building next to the university."

Miss Yingzi added, "But he did call me back a while ago and said he hopes to buy me a car after I get my driver's license. He'll also bring a car catalog next time."

"But my wife said at the time that she wouldn't buy him a car since he hadn't even found a job. She yelled like that and then hung up the phone."

Inspector Megure gathered his thoughts and said, "So, normally there are only three people here: the host and hostess, and the maid, right?"

"Yes, my son and I haven't seen each other for more than a year." Mr. Itami nodded.

"In that case, who is that man standing behind you, Yumi?"

Without waiting for Officer Yumi to answer, Haneda Hideyoshi stood up and said, "I am the resident who lives next door, Yumi's..."

Seeing the sharp look from Officer Yumi, Haneda Hideyoshi immediately changed his tone and said, "I am the lucky one to be Yumi's partner. My name is Haneda Hideyoshi. Please give me your guidance."

"What?" Inspector Megure and Officer Takagi beside him were shocked.

Officer Yumi retorted unhappily, "You're already my ex-boyfriend. We've already broken up!"

When Haneda Hideyoshi heard this, he pouted and showed unhappy half-moon eyes.

[Little girl: Wow, come to think of it, this must be Sera-san's brother.]

[Novelist: This smile, the way my eyes narrow, and these micro-expressions...]

[Artist: The Akai family is exactly the same in these places.]

[Prisoner: It's really exaggerated that all three of them are the same.]

Officer Megure asked Officer Yumi with a puzzled look on his face: "But why is your boyfriend here?"

Officer Yumi emphasized again that it was her "ex-boyfriend": "It was my ex-boyfriend. He happened to be the one who remembered the combination to the mailbox where the spare key was. That's why I called him here."

"I feel like I've seen you somewhere." Officer Takagi looked Haneda Hideyoshi up and down.

Inspector Megure also held his chin in his hand and thought: "Now that you mention it, I seem to have heard of this name before."

Officer Yumi stared at Haneda Hideyoshi with a serious expression: "Could it be that you saw it on the wanted poster for the fugitive?"

"How is this possible?" Haneda Hideyoshi laughed helplessly.

After reading the suicide note at the feet of the deceased, Inspector Megure thought it was just a simple suicide case, but was denied by Miss Sakurako.

"But it's possible that it wasn't suicide. That's what Conan just said."

"what?"

So Conan told Inspector Megure all his inferences, which made Inspector Megure think it made sense.

Miss Sakurako also pointed out that there was a cell phone dropped on the ground. She initially thought that this was also thrown by the wife when she was angry.

This new information aroused Conan's vigilance: "Did a mobile phone fall to the ground?"

Miss Sakurako nodded and said, "I found it on the floor when I first knocked on my wife's bedroom door."

"Where is that cell phone now?" Inspector Megure also paid attention to this new clue.

"I just put it away," Mr. Itami said, pulling the phone out of his pocket. "I was planning to return it to my wife after she calmed down."

Inspector Megure turned on his cell phone and found that there was no record of sending or receiving text messages today, so he handed the phone to Officer Takagi next to him.

"I thought if it was a homicide, the phone might be used as a trap."

Officer Takagi, who took the phone, agreed: "It seems the phone has nothing to do with the case."

But Miss Yingzi once raised an objection: "I still think it is unlikely that Madam committed suicide."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because my wife once said that I was a lucky person blessed by God."

[Gardener: Is he luckier than Xiao Xing?]

[Lucky: Oh, don’t talk about me!]

[Lawyer: Humph, you're unlucky enough to come to the manor, but every time you're lucky enough to escape, it keeps repeating over and over again. I really don't know whether to call you lucky or unlucky.]

[Philanthropist: I think it's probably mostly just bad luck. Specifically referring to the time he was ambushed by Dr. Percy while trying to reach a chest in his last ranked match.]

[Doctor: The items I finally managed to find turned out to be perfume and a gun.]

[Lucky Guy: Sorry, I don't want it to dissolve in less than ten seconds!]

Everyone present was curious about the lady's behavior of calling herself a "lucky person".

Mr. Itami explained: "I think it's because a plane she was on a few years ago almost crashed, but she was miraculously rescued and survived."

"So, sir, you were also on the plane at that time?" Officer Takagi asked curiously.

"No, I was planning to take that flight, but I broke my foot while skiing before I got on the plane, so..."

Ms. Sakurako then added: "That's why it's hard for me to imagine that a wife with such confidence would choose to commit suicide because of an argument."

"But that sentence is like my wife's catchphrase, she always says it, so it doesn't mean anything."

"And that suicide note is weird too." Miss Sakurako then pointed out the unreasonable part of the case.

"My wife once told me that when she was seven years old, she had a cold and couldn't participate in the Shichi-Go-San ceremony. Because of this, she didn't have the chance to wear a kimono until her coming-of-age ceremony."

[Little girl: Michiko-nee, I've been wanting to ask you this for a while now. What exactly is Shichi-Go-San?]

[Red Butterfly: Actually, it is a traditional festival on this day when three- and five-year-old boys and three- and seven-year-old girls wear traditional kimonos and go to shrines or temples to pray for the children's good health.]

After hearing this, Haneda Hideyoshi smiled and said, "I see, so this is what the prepared step is all about?"

Afterwards, Officer Yumi started arguing with Haneda Hideyoshi because of this remark. However, Conan learned the key to solving the case from this remark.

"If you think so, then the unnatural part of the suicide note is..."

"Although there's still one thing missing to explain the entire case, if we can solve it step by step..."

"That's what you think, Mr. Haneda Hideyoshi."

Conan thought so and turned his attention to Hideyoshi Haneda who was fighting with Officer Yumi.