Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 121: Kudo Yusaku's Unresolved Cases (Part )

On their way home from school that day, Ran, Sonoko, and Sera were discussing a case several years ago involving Kudo Yusaku, who had withdrawn from the case without having solved it. Halfway through the conversation, they ran into the prophet, the priest, and Lucky. Lucky, intrigued by the story, grabbed the prophet and the priest and started chatting with Ran and the others.

Sera noticed that the prophet didn't bring his owl today: "Didn't Eli-san bring his owl today?"

"Ah, it went out to play by itself. It should be back in the evening."

Sera noticed something was wrong, because owls have poor eyesight during the day and should not be outdoors. Either he had mistaken the species of bird, or the person in front of him was lying.

"By the way, Ayuki-san, you're not still working in a maid cafe, are you?" Sonoko looked at Lucky with a wicked smile.

Lucky's face flushed immediately: "I've already quit! So now I have to find a new job..."

To prevent Lucky Hong Wen from getting in trouble, the priest quickly changed the subject: "What exactly is that case that even Yusaku-san hasn't solved?"

Xiaolan thought for a moment and said, "I remember someone wrote something in blood next to the body..."

Before he finished speaking, several people's anxious cries were heard from the alley nearby.

"Hey, are you okay? Cheer up!"

It turned out to be a man leaning against a vending machine unconscious, and two other people were trying to wake him up.

The three people who felt something was wrong hurried forward to check. Sera went forward to check the man who did not respond to others' calls and found that he had been dead for a long time.

After observing the surroundings and the condition of the deceased, Sera concluded: "This uncle must have started vomiting blood due to a ruptured varicose vein caused by liver cirrhosis. However, there was no one else around at the time, so he was unable to call for help and died."

"That's amazing." Lucky guy has already started to support the comedy.

The sharp-eyed priest noticed some clues at the scene: "Ah, are there any symbols on the ground over there?"

"Yes, under normal circumstances, most people would make the same judgment as I did just now." Sera continued. "However, this is clearly a malicious murder."

Shiliang pointed to the word "death" formed in blood in front of the deceased's body and said: "This is the evidence."

Xiaolan reacted: "Wait a minute, this word 'death' is exactly the same as the word that appeared ten years ago!"

Sonoko and Sera were both surprised: "Is this the case that Shinichi's father just gave up on solving halfway?"

Xiaolan nodded and said that she had seen the photos of the scene and would definitely not make a mistake.

The prophet carefully analyzed the situation: "So, this could be the case of the same person, or it could be a copycat."

Meanwhile, Conan, who was cleaning Teitan Elementary School, received a text message from Ran, who briefly described her experience today and hoped to go to Kudo's house to look for previous information.

Conan was very nervous when he knew that a lot of people would come to his house. He told Xiaolan in the tone of Kudo Shinichi not to touch things in his house, and also told Conan to hand over the information to the office.

However, Xiaolan and her group have already reached the door of Kudo's house. Sera said that since they were already here, they might as well go in and take a look, and she also said that she wanted to meet Okiya Subaru who lived there.

"Sorry to bother you." Several people pushed open the door and entered the mansion, and found Conan's shoes in the hallway.

While searching for Conan, Sonoko was a little curious about why Subaru Okiya always wore high-necked clothes. When Sera heard some noise in a room, she opened the door and saw Subaru Okiya brushing his teeth inside.

Subaru Okiya held a toothbrush in his mouth and pointed upstairs. Ran then realized that Conan must be looking for information in the study on the second floor. Sonoko looked at Subaru Okiya's neck and found that there was no tattoo or anything like that. She couldn't help but feel disappointed and was then pulled away by Ran.

Walking with Xiaolan, Yuanzi began to wonder what the prophet looked like under his eye patch. "Hey, Xiaolan, what do you think Eli's eyes look like? When I saw him before, his eyes were covered tightly with an eye patch. Later I learned that the eye patch was specially made so it wouldn't affect his vision."

The prophet, priest and lucky man who were walking behind actually heard Yuanzi's muttering.

[Priest: I have to admit, quite a few people were curious about your eyepatch, Eli.]

[Lucky: It's like the more you hide something, the more people want to see what's underneath.]

[Prophet: Then let's cooperate and let them see it. After seeing it, she shouldn't be curious anymore.]

Several people followed Xiaolan and Sonoko to the study, where Conan was looking for information on the roof.

"Conan, let me help you find it too."

"It's okay. I'm almost there. Go to the kitchen and have some tea. I'll bring it to you when I find it."

"Is that so? Then we'll go wait for you in the kitchen."

The group turned around to leave, but Lucky accidentally tripped over his left foot and fell flat on his face, hitting his head on a bookshelf and causing several books on the upper floors to fall.

"Axing, are you okay?" The prophet stepped forward and tried to pull up the fallen Lucky, but was hit by the falling book.

The priest was also surprised: "Eli!"

Fortunately, neither of them was injured. The lucky guy hit his head and was now covering his forehead and crying out in pain. The prophet's eye patch was knocked off by the fallen book, revealing his complete face.

The prophet's sapphire eyes combined with the unique facial patterns made Sonoko very excited. "Ah, aren't Eli's eyes beautiful? Why do you cover them up?"

The prophet touched the tattoo on his face and explained with a smile: "It has to do with my faith. Covering my eyes allows me to see more."

Conan on the second floor also noticed what was happening below, but he was more inclined to believe that the belief the prophet spoke of was just a tradition, and covering one's eyes could indeed make hearing or other senses more acute.

However, after the lucky guy fell, he actually found a coin embedded in the gap of the bookcase, which made the others laugh and cry.

The prophet put on his eye mask again and the group went to the kitchen. Ran complained that Shinichi must be hiding something from her.

Sonoko joked that it might be some magazines that boys like to read, but Sera disagreed and showed everyone the rubber band she had just found.

"Girls tend to leave things like this lying around."

"That might have been put there by Shinichi's mother."

"But among the unwashed cups and plates, there was a glass with lipstick marks from a thumb rub. And there was even a long hair in the drain."

Sera presented several pieces of evidence in succession, which successfully made Sonoko and Ran nervous. The two even thought about whether to record these and confront Kudo Shinichi.

Seeing that the joke seemed to have gone too far, Sera quickly explained: "It shouldn't be that Kudo guy who did it. Normally speaking, this is most likely left by the woman that Mr. Okiya Subaru brought in."

"That's true." Xiaolan smiled and put down the phone that she was trying to record everything.

At this time, Conan brought in the sorted information, and several people gathered together to look at the photos from ten years ago.

"Is this really a serial murder case?"

"Well, I've checked. The case from ten years ago wasn't made public, so these two cases must have been committed by the same criminal."