Just then.
The phone of the driver who had almost hit Mouri Kogoro rang.
"Hello, this is Izumi Takeo. Inspector Megure?"
"Metropolitan Police Department Investigation Section One?!" Izumi Takeo's face showed surprise when he heard Inspector Megure's identity on the other end of the line.
Before he could ask further questions, a hand suddenly reached out and snatched the phone from him.
"Moshi moshi, this is Mouri Kogoro!" Uncle Mouri introduced himself proudly.
"Why are you everywhere?" Inspector Megure's voice was full of helplessness.
"That's not important. Is there another case?" Uncle Mouri chuckled awkwardly and got down to business.
"A murder case?"
"I understand. Leave this matter to me, Mouri Kogoro!"
After hearing Inspector Megure's words, Uncle Mouri hung up the phone directly and stared intently at Izumi Takeo, who was full of panic and stepping back.
Seeing this stance, Izumi Takeo didn't even care about his car or phone and turned to run.
"Where do you think you're going? Give up! Meeting me, the world-renowned Detective Mouri Kogoro, in a place like this, you can only blame your bad luck!"
Uncle Mouri lunged forward, grabbed the other party's wrist, and after subduing him, began to boast.
...
"Don't move, just stay put!"
The Mori family of three, escorting Izumi Takeo, took a taxi to the outside of a high-end residential area.
The detached villas inside were inhabited by wealthy and influential figures, and the security was very thorough, but the quality of the pipes wasn't very good...
"Tsuneo...brother?"
As they walked past a villa, Conan suddenly saw a Repairman, carrying a toolbox and about to get into a car.
"What are you doing...?" Tsuneo looked strangely at the unfortunate person whose wrist was held by Uncle Mouri.
Did he catch a mistress and was about to deliver her to the rightful owner?
"This is a murder suspect!" Uncle Mouri said boastfully.
"I didn't kill anyone!" Izumi Takeo retorted.
Tsuneo looked at Conan upon hearing this.
What's wrong with this Uncle?
Speaking of which, I think I heard the sound of a Police car inside the house just now.
Conan shook his head. He felt that there was something off about this "suspect" but couldn't put his finger on it.
"Mr. Tsuneo!"
Just then, from inside the villa, a graceful woman in a bathrobe rushed out into the courtyard, holding a concert ticket in her hand.
"You forgot this!" The beautiful woman smiled radiantly, her watery eyes like hooks, captivating the gaze of all the gentlemen.
Including a certain shrunken Detective.
"Thank you." Tsuneo took the ticket.
...
"Are you really not going to that concert?" Conan, with his arms behind his head, glanced at the confused Detective ahead, who had gotten the ticket, was beaming, and was escorting the suspect.
"She has a husband, two lovers, and three children. If it were you, would you go?"
Tsuneo didn't care about other people's private lives; as long as they didn't owe repair fees, they were good customers.
"Heh, I rarely see you out repairing things at this time." Conan looked at Tsuneo with a strange gaze, signaling him to confess honestly.
"You're wrong, I arrived at seven o'clock."
Tsuneo took out a few banknotes and waved them in front of him.
Pipes, furniture, treadmills, and even the lady brought out her children's toys for him to fix.
Anyway, no matter the purpose, as long as they paid...
"Dad!" Ran snatched the ticket from Uncle Mouri's hand and walked forward angrily.
"Ran!" Uncle Mouri, escorting Izumi Takeo, who had a forehead full of black lines, quickly followed.
Honestly, that lady was rich and beautiful, and her half-open bathrobe showed her generosity. What's wrong with me getting to know her!
Tsuneo had already eaten dinner and had nothing else to do, so he simply followed Conan and the others to join the fun.
...
"Chief Megure, I, Mouri Kogoro, have brought the murder suspect!" Uncle Mouri entered the scene, escorting Izumi Takeo.
"Suspect?"
"Please, think about it carefully. If Izumi was really the suspect, would I call him to come here?" Inspector Megure said, exasperated.
This jinx didn't even let him finish talking on the phone and actually brought the witness over...
"Hey, did you see that?" Tsuneo lowered his head and whispered to Conan.
"Yes, I saw it very clearly." Conan nodded, his expression focused.
Just now, when Inspector Megure was speaking and cleared Izumi's suspect status, the other party clearly looked relieved.
Normal people would be angry, upset, confused, and fearful of the corpse on the ground...
Logically, this shouldn't be the reaction.
Moreover, the way he abandoned his phone and car and Ran away earlier was truly unusual.
"This is Mr. Izumi Takeo, an employee of TM Securities." Inspector Megure said, then noticed the Repairman on the side.
"Tsuneo, have you found anything?"
"Huh?" Tsuneo was startled, stood up from beside the female corpse on the ground, "It's... quite scary."
The woman lying on the ground, whose exact age couldn't be determined, was wearing light blue pajamas, with wide-open eyes and mouth, and a white mask on her face, which looked quite creepy.
"Cough, cough." Inspector Megure, who had been expectant, coughed twice and turned back to question Izumi Takeo.
"You came here tonight between 8:00 and 8:40 PM, right?"
"Yes, yes, but I don't know the exact time." Izumi Takeo nodded.
"Why does Inspector Megure know so clearly about the time he came to the house?"
The "Repairman's" voice suddenly sounded.
Tsuneo turned his head speechlessly to look at the Death God Elementary School Student hiding behind him.
Next time, can you communicate beforehand before using my voice?
"The anti-theft camera at the entrance recorded it very clearly." Inspector Megure replied.
"So this guy did it, right?" Uncle Mouri, who hadn't gotten the ticket from Ran, perked up again when he heard this.
Inspector Megure shook his head and said, "After Izumi left, at 8:53 PM, the victim's daughter came here, and it can be confirmed that the victim was still alive at that time."
"And after 9:00 PM, security personnel also came here to check once."
"Why did the security personnel come to the house?" Uncle Mouri looked puzzled.
"At that time, a cat Ran in front of the victim's house and accidentally triggered the alarm system." Inspector Megure said, then turned to Izumi Takeo,
"I asked Mr. Izumi to come for questioning because he met the victim before she died."
Tsuneo and Conan stood in the corner, seemingly chatting casually, but in reality, they were carefully observing the expression on Mr. Izumi's face.
"This guy must be the culprit, right?"
"But the timing doesn't match..."
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