Chapter 280 Cupido Town 3-chome

"One day ago..."

"Yes, Chief Matsuda, it should not exceed one day at most."

The forensic personnel finished their report and were waiting for instructions from officers Matsuda and Megure.

Matsuda Jinpei pondered for a while.

In other words, the victim's death time was probably from yesterday to evening, and the earliest death was at this time yesterday...

It seems to have nothing to do with the bombing, so there is no need to worry about implicating those people.

Matsuda Jinpei breathed a small sigh of relief in his heart, but then became a little annoyed - since when did he gradually put the organization's affairs first?

He felt that something would happen sooner or later if things continued like this, but it was inevitable.

"Uncle Cleaning, where was the last garbage disposal point you opened the car?"

"...It's in Cupido-machi 3-chome, about four or five blocks from here."

"Didn't your uncle feel anything unusual when he drove over?"

"I didn't pay attention to this..."

The conversation between Conan and the cleaning worker brought Matsuda Jinpei out of his daze.

He looked at the young man who looked a little eager to solve the case, then tilted his head slightly and glanced at Hiroki and Haibara Ai.

The latter two shrugged neatly.

Matsuda Jinpei curled his lips helplessly, glanced at the three little ones behind them, shook his head, and said loudly:

"Officer Megure, since the body appeared after the last garbage dumping point, we might as well go along this road and have a look. Maybe we can find some clues."

The premise is that the cleaning worker is telling the truth.

Matsuda Jinpei glanced at the cleaner who was still describing to Conan with an indifferent look. The latter shuddered, and when he raised his head, the feeling disappeared again.

"That's right..." Officer Megure nodded in agreement, and couldn't help feeling that it was really different with Matsuda here, "I think the weather is not good today, so you kids should go home first."

"Hey! Why is this..." The Three Treasures of Emperor Dan pouted, "We can also help solve the case!"

Officer Mumu stared at them and spoke earnestly, "It's raining so heavily now, so the search will be very difficult, and it will be easier if it rains..."

Ayumi: "We are not afraid of hard work!"

Mitsuhiko/Genta: "Yes! With Conan and Hiroki here, we will definitely find the key evidence!"

Officer Memu's half-moon eyes tended to become unbearable.

In fact, he felt that Conan and Hiroki were enough, and with the remaining four, he felt that he could rush home.

In the end, Officer Mumu couldn't defeat these children who occasionally made extraordinary achievements in cases, and agreed to their request to follow them.

Ayumi, Genta and Mitsuhiko piled directly into Officer Megure's police car...

But Matsuda Jinpei drove his own car.

He walked to his car, opened the door and waited for a while, "Hey, won't you follow?"

"……ah?"

Conan, who was deep in thought, was startled and then raised his head.

"Officer Megure's car can't accommodate so many of you... you three can take my car." Matsuda Jinpei pointed to Haibara Ai and Conan who were already sitting in the car, "I'll leave you alone."

Conan rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment, laughed twice, jumped into the car, and placed the umbrella on the carpet in the car.

After everyone was seated, Matsuda Jinpei got into the car and started the car, followed by other police cars and rushed towards Cupido Town 3-chome.

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Cupido Town, 3-chome.

When everyone arrived at the location mentioned by the cleaner, the heavy rain had stopped and the sky began to clear up. However, the setting sun was still low, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the street, lengthening everyone's shadows.

The garbage dumping point is right between two independent residential houses.

Coincidentally, the identity of the deceased has been confirmed, that is, the owner of the residential house on the left, Mr. Honda.

"Eh?! What did you say? My husband is dead? Officer, are you kidding me?"

After hearing Officer Megure's statement, Mr. Honda's wife, Mrs. Honda, still didn't believe it.

But after Officer Megure showed the photos taken, Mrs. Honda had to believe her even if she didn’t believe it...

While a group of police officers entered the house to conduct routine inquiries, Conan stood next to the garbage dump, walking around and observing the buildings on both sides.

"How about Conan, did you find anything?"

The other children in the detective team did not follow into the room, and all of them stared at Conan with wide eyes.

Only then did Conan notice that there were five people behind him.

"You guys didn't follow along?"

"Because neither Conan nor Hiroki went in... I thought you had discovered something."

Ayumi blinked.

Conan was slightly ashamed:

"Well, I'm just checking the environment outside first..."

Please, he just came here, how could he find evidence or something at once, it's not a scanner.

but……

Conan looked at Hiroki: "Where are you, Hiroki?"

"...Nothing was found." Hiroki smiled warmly, "But I believe it won't be long before the truth comes to light."

Conan: "...?"

I’m curious, where did Hiroki get his confidence?

Could it be that you found some key points that you didn’t tell him?

Hiroki caught Conan's suspicious eyes and looked at the garbage spot in the alley, "Conan, have you found any problems? It doesn't seem to be difficult to put the corpses in this place when the cleaning uncle is not paying attention."

"indeed."

Conan frowned slightly, "And the cleaning uncle said that when he passed by here, he didn't see anyone else on the street."

"But corpses don't appear out of thin air." Hiroki also frowned, "That Mrs. Honda just said that she didn't go home at all last night, right?"

"Yes, and her friends at the party can also testify that she didn't get home until the morning... After she came back, she didn't see Mr. Honda."

Conan frowned and looked towards the courtyard on the right.

Mrs. Honda has an alibi, so the most likely person to have committed the crime is the family on the right...

And what's strange is that the house number on the right doesn't indicate that this is the family's surname.

The layout of the houses on both sides is basically symmetrical. The difference is that there is a fountain in the courtyard on one side and a maple tree on the other side.

Conan also found some newly placed garbage at the garbage dump, and was a little cautious about it.

They wandered outside for a while, and Conan went to Honda's yard to investigate and found a strange place - there was a lot of garbage piled up in the yard.

"It's strange. There is a garbage dump next to it, so why are they piled up in the yard?"

Conan thought about it for a while, but couldn't come up with a result.

While they were wandering around for a few minutes, Officer Megure and others also walked out of Honda's house with helpless expressions.

——Mrs. Honda's mood was a little out of control, and she couldn't ask anything.

Finally, they decided to go to the unknown house next door to ask.
Chapter completed!