Ghost Detectives in the Detective World

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Since Hattori had already said so much, Matsuda naturally couldn't refuse anymore.

"Okay, I promise you."

"but,"

Matsuda glanced at the Mori group walking ahead.

"How can you be so sure this request will turn into an incident? Don't forget, that lady only asked Mori-senpai to investigate her son's fiancée."

"Of course, it's based on her attitude towards Officer Matsuda,"

Hattori explained in a low voice.

"This lady was relatively calm when she was facing Uncle Mori, but her expression changed after she noticed Officer Matsuda."

"When I first tentatively suggested that Officer Matsuda come along, her immediate reaction was to refuse,"

Hattori said confidently.

"This means that she must have something to hide and is afraid of being discovered by the police, otherwise she would never have been so nervous."

"Maybe she doesn't want her husband, who's a diplomat, to be associated with me?" Matsuda countered. "I've been in the eye of the storm lately, and maybe she's just worried that because of me, her husband will also come under the media's nose."

“If that’s the case, she can just say so openly,” Hattori replied. “Her husband is a diplomat, and his position in the government is much higher than that of you, Officer Matsuda, a mere assistant inspector. If she has any concerns, she can speak her mind.”

“But the woman didn’t say anything, she just kept looking at you, Officer Matsuda, with some unease,” Hattori said confidently. “Based on these reasons, I believe that there must be something else going on with this request, and it’s most likely related to some case.”

Hattori is indeed quick-witted!

Matsuda secretly praised him.

Actually, after noticing that the woman's gaze was a little strange,

Matsuda also suspected that this request might turn into a case.

However, compared to Hattori's meticulous reasoning, Matsuda's reasoning was undoubtedly much simpler.

In his view, since this request was related to Conan, it certainly wouldn't end easily.

……

The group followed Mrs. Tsujimura to the residence of her husband, the diplomat Tsujimura.

After ringing the doorbell, a middle-aged male butler came to open the door.

"Madam, you're back!" the butler greeted.

"Where's the master?"

"I think the master should be in his study. And who are these guests...?"

“He is an old friend of mine, Mr. Mori.”

After Mrs. Tsujimura finished introducing Mori, she noticed that Matsuda looked troubled.

Just as she was hesitating about what to say, a young couple came out.

"Mom, you're back."

It was the girl that Mrs. Tsujimura asked Mori to investigate, Katsuragi Sachiko.

She greeted Mrs. Tsujimura with a smile.

However, unlike her kind attitude, Mrs. Tsujimura's reaction was much worse.

"What are you doing here?" Mrs. Tsujimura asked with a stern face.

"I sent her,"

Takayoshi Tsujimura, son of diplomat Tsujimura, explained.

“I saw that my father really didn’t want to see Sachiko, so I forced him to agree to see her.”

"So... are these guests your friends, Mom?"

Katsuragi Sachiko didn't seem to care about Mrs. Tsujimura's attitude.

He always had a smile on his face while speaking.

"Whether it's her or not is none of your business!" Mrs. Tsujimura said rudely. "Besides, I don't think you have any right to call me 'Mom' just because you have a certain status now!"

“I…I’m sorry…” Katsuragi Sachiko lowered her head in frustration.

Mrs. Tsujimura snorted coldly, then led Mori Matsuda and his entourage straight upstairs.

Matsuda was at the very back when he passed the young couple and overheard Tsujimura's son muttering something under his breath.

"Damn it, she's just a second wife, what's so great about her?"

Remarriage?

So, it's a conflict between the stepmother and the son from the first wife?

But shouldn't this be going on? Matsuda wondered to himself.

If the stepmother truly dislikes her son, then she should actually approve of his marriage.

After all, if the son of the first wife gets married,

Only then would the stepmother have a legitimate reason to kick him out of the house.

Judging from Mrs. Tsujimura's attitude just now, her dissatisfaction seemed to be mostly directed at Miss Katsuragi Sachiko.

It couldn't be that Mrs. Tsujimura had an affair with the son of his first wife, which is why she treated Ms. Katsuragi Sachiko, who had stolen her lover, with such a hostile attitude.

Chapter 200 With these two around, how could we not solve the case?

As Matsuda's thoughts wandered further and further, a bunch of short film plots suddenly popped into his head.

Just then, the group of people who had just gone upstairs encountered an old man at the bottom of the stairs.

"What's wrong, Father? You haven't gone out yet?" Mrs. Tsujimura asked, looking up.

"I was just about to show you the fish I caught..."

The old man unfolded a piece of paper, on which was printed a rubbing of a fish.

"How about it? This fish is quite big, isn't it?" the old man asked proudly.

“Yes, it is quite big,” Mrs. Tsujimura replied casually. “Father, I will take them to see the master first, and then come to see you later.”

"it is good,"

The old gentleman nodded, put away the fish rubbing, and went straight downstairs.

The group went up to the second floor and followed Mrs. Tsujimura to the door of the study.

Mrs. Tsujimura raised her hand and knocked on the door.

"Honey, Mr. Mori is here... Honey?"

Mrs. Tsujimura called for a long time, but there was no response from the study.

"That's strange, isn't it inside?"

Mrs. Tsujimura took out her key and opened the study door.

Inside the room, a balding middle-aged man was leaning on the table with one hand, seemingly asleep.

"Honey, aren't you in the study? Honestly! The stereo was on and you just fell asleep like that..."

Mrs. Tsujimura complained as she walked toward Diplomat Tsujimura.

"Honey, Mr. Mori and the others are here..."

Mrs. Tsujimura nudged her husband, trying to wake him.

But the next second, her expression turned to terror.

Because diplomat Tsujimura was like a stiff doll.

After being pushed by Mrs. Tsujimura, he actually fell headfirst to the ground.

"Honey, what's wrong? Honey..."

Mrs. Tsujimura immediately threw herself on her husband.

Noticing the commotion, Matsuda and the others rushed forward to check.

"Mrs. Tsujimura, call the police. Your husband is dead," Matsuda said sternly.

He has confirmed that diplomat Tsujimura's heart has stopped beating.

Although I had a premonition that this request would turn into a case,

But seeing dead people with his own eyes still made Matsuda feel somewhat sad.

"Xiao Lan, go call the police right now!"

Noticing that Mrs. Tsujimura seemed somewhat at a loss, Mori quickly offered her assistance.

"I understand, Dad..." Xiaolan hurriedly took out her phone.

Then, Matsuda's phone rang.

He took it out and saw that the screen displayed Xiaolan's name and phone number.

"I'm sorry, I'm used to... I made a mistake!"

Xiaolan blushed, quickly hung up the phone, and dialed another number.

Meanwhile, Conan, still somewhat dazed from being forced to drink by Hattori, staggered over to the corpse and began to examine it carefully.

"The deceased was still warm, his lips were turning purple, and there was a small red dot near his ear..."

“I’m telling you, Matsuda,” Megure said with a helpless expression, “why don’t you just stay home and take a vacation?”

“Inspector, it was all an accident,” Matsuda scratched his head. “I was just going to Mori-senpai’s office to take care of some business, but who knew I would get dragged into this for no reason.”

"Don't you always say that their family is the Grim Reaper? You still insist on getting involved!" Inspector Megure was speechless.

"I never expected to encounter a case just by randomly going to someone's house," Matsuda said with a wry smile.

"Okay, who died this time?" Inspector Megure asked. "When Ran called the police, she said it was someone of high status?"

"Inspector, you should prepare yourself mentally first," Matsuda reminded him before briefly explaining the situation at the scene.