Chapter 360: Breaking the Cunning Scheme

"Ah, so strange~"

Just as Hideo Morita reached out to press the eject button, Conan, with an innocent tone, said beside him, "Uncle Morita, don't you have a remote control in your hand that can eject the tape directly?"

While saying this, Conan's evil little hand had already grabbed the remote control. "Let me help you, Uncle!"

"Ah... don't..."

Seeing Conan directly press the button, Hideo Morita's words stopped abruptly, and above the cabinet, there was only the sound of a "click," followed by something falling down from the curtain towards Hideo Morita.

"No!!"

In Hideo Morita's scream, numerous empty video tape boxes fell from mid-air towards him with a clattering sound.

However, although these light boxes looked imposing, their damage was only so-so, hardly causing any harm at all.

But even so, the items falling from above scared Hideo Morita, who lay on the ground covering his head and screaming incessantly. Even after the things had fallen, he remained unaware and continued to scream on the ground.

"Don't worry, those are all lightweight items; they won't hurt you."

Looking at the bewildered Hideo Morita, Senichi stared sharply and said, "I presume you used this method to kill Eiko Idetsuki!

First, you changed the control frequency of the upper and lower cabinet VCRs to be the same, making it convenient to control with one remote.

Afterward, you inserted the videotape into the VCR in the upper wall cabinet."

Senichi looked at Hideo Morita, whose complexion became increasingly ugly, and shrugged, "Your methods, to put it plainly, are really quite simple. It's just a matter of using the eject feature of the VCR.

As for how the heavy vase with flowers and water was pushed out by the tape, you just needed to avoid placing it on a flat surface. It's a good choice to put the video tape case below it; as long as the vase is half on the tape case, suspended in the air for the most part, then even the force of the tape ejecting VCR can topple it."

"Uncle, back then, you took out Aunt Idetsuki's favorite 'Sanjuro Sakura', right? At that time, Aunt Idetsuki immediately requested to watch the movie in this audio room."

Conan, on the side, revealed an "innocent" smile and then unabashedly began to drive the point home, "I still remember, Uncle, you said at that time that you hoped she would help return the videotape to the rental shop near the station. That way, Mrs. Idetsuki would obediently fall into the trap you designed."

"In other words, only someone familiar with Eiko Idetsuki's habits could pull off this trick!"

Senichi continued Conan's words, "Do you have anything else to say?"

"It wasn't me!"

Hideo Morita waved his arms, as if trying to drive away the inner turmoil, "Back then, I was with these kids and heard the footsteps. It was an outsider who killed her! Many people owed her money; it's not strange that someone wanted to kill her!"

"Don't bring out these little tricks to resist anymore." Senichi sighed helplessly. "Even kids couldn't be deceived by this."

"Hehe... the mystery of the vase's disappearance has been solved!"

Little ones held a large bowl, "We found this in the trash can; you used these two bowls combined to disguise as a flowerpot, right!"

"Besides, the sound of running was also simple."

Conan smiled and said, "Just record both the running sound and the sound of the door closing on that tape. So when the tape pushes the vase down, it will roll back, and the pre-recorded sounds will play."

Watching as several little sleuths easily exposed his trick, Hideo Morita, who now knelt on the ground in an ORZ position with a face full of skepticism about life, Senichi knew the case was concluded.

Afterwards, they entered the "confession" phase where the perpetrator spilled the beans.

In essence, the deceased wasn't a good person. She tempted his wife into buying a large amount of stock, leaving her with a huge debt.

His wife, driven to desperation, confided in Hideo Morita, and the next day, she drove a car straight into a suicide, leaving behind only an old watch and a suicide note.

The so-called wicked person has a pitiable side. Originally, a harmonious family was targeted by someone with ill intentions, resulting in the tragedy.

In a sense, Eiko Idetsuki's death could also be seen as an inevitable accident.

The proverb "those who do wrong will eventually be self-destructive" holds true; doing bad things will ultimately result in consequences.

After taking Hideo Morita away, this case, with its simple yet sigh-inducing method, finally came to a close.

[Nonexistent Outsider]

[Congratulations to the host for gaining 200 Fate Points]

The usual rewards came in, and Senichi's Fate Points reached 1400, just a step away from his goal of purchasing the "Master-level Skill Experience Card."

After bidding farewell to the little detectives, Senichi and his team escorted Hideo Morita back to the police headquarters. After completing Hideo Morita's statement, the group packed up and prepared to leave for the day.

"How about going for a drink together?"

Seemingly because the origin of this case was too lamentable, after completing the statement, Senichi saw that the mood of the group was not great. So, he proposed, "What do you want to eat? My treat."

"Oh? Senichi-kun, you're treating us?" Sato Miwako teased, "Then we must have a good meal from this rich guy."

"No problem," Senichi waved his hand, "Anything is fine!"

In the end, the three of them chose barbecue. After a hearty meal and some drinks, they left happily.

This was the nature of the criminal investigation profession—they encountered various sad cases. Feeling regret for these cases was a good thing because only through experience could they maintain their original intentions and handle cases with a sense of duty.

However, they wouldn't stop because of this. Making mistakes meant taking responsibility; that was an unchanging truth. All they could do was arrest every criminal.

Early the next morning, Senichi, as usual, arrived at the police headquarters to continue his daily work. Because they had just solved a case yesterday, the Grim Reaper had entered "Sage Mode," making today unusually pleasant.

Dealing with paperwork and cooperating with Haruka's publicity work, everything seemed peaceful and routine.

However, on the second day, when Senichi went to find Haruka to coordinate the unfinished work from yesterday, he found that she wasn't in her office.

After asking a colleague in the room, Senichi walked towards the meeting room next to the office. Just as he reached the door without having the chance to knock, he heard a furious female voice from inside.

"That woman is definitely the culprit!! Hurry up and arrest her!!"

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