In the world of Detective Conan, however, he was bound to the Naruto System.

Chapter 206 A half-hearted alibi

Chapter 206 A half-hearted alibi

Kazuha Toyama was pulled to watch TV with the girls' group, while Kogoro Mouri was fast asleep and ignored him. Hiko Akutagawa glanced at Heiji Hattori, Conan, and Subaru Okiya, who was making small talk.

"Let's play cards."

After saying that, he miraculously pulled a deck of cards out of his pocket.

The other three naturally had no objections. Although poker can be played by everyone from three-year-old children to eighty-year-old seniors, and the rules are very simple, there are quite a few twists and turns in high-level games.

Guessing the possible hand of your opponent, observing micro-expressions, and engaging in various psychological games—in short, playing poker requires a low minimum and a high maximum level of intelligence.

Conan pushed up his glasses. Apart from Ran, who is a lucky girl with unbelievable luck and could easily defeat a master with a novice's punches, he is not afraid of anyone when it comes to playing cards, and he is also no problem playing mahjong.

After all, in a game with an element of luck, Xiaolan always manages to take the lead with an absolute advantage.

After all, how can a hand full of trash beat a hand with four Ks, Aces, and 2s? Even if they split their attacks, you still can't beat them.

Now that Xiaolan is away, it's time to show our true skills.

Next, Subaru Okiya felt a terrifying gap in power that was almost like a dimensional reduction attack.

Akutagawa Hiko had a hundred of bamboo on his face because his hand was so bad that he was completely powerless to turn the tide. Hattori Heiji and Conan also only had a few white bamboo on their faces.

Subaru Okiya could totally use this makeup to play Santa Claus.

"We lost again."

Subaru Okiya clutched an Ace in his hand, watching helplessly as Conan escaped with his last two cards, making it a pair of threes. With no other option, he put the cards in his hand back into the deck.

He knew this wasn't luck; even though he had such a good hand that he wanted to play it openly, he still lost miserably.

Somewhat unwillingly, he asked for a replay and discovered that although the cards of the three opponents were not too bad, they were far inferior to his. After the three of them analyzed the situation one after another, he realized that the game had already begun when the cards were drawn.

Subaru Okiya gave Conan a deep look.

Akutagawa Hiko was somewhat helpless against Conan, who was becoming increasingly audacious and using him as a shield. Conan claimed that he taught Conan everything, even though Conan's name wasn't Hawaii.

Although he is actively broadening his knowledge, there is still a considerable gap compared to Conan, who has access to a basement full of books, whose quantity and quality surpass that of many libraries.

Later, Akutagawa Hiko simply stopped buying things himself, except for those he particularly liked, and just used the library at the Kudo residence.

Hearing the sound of an engine outside, Akutagawa Hiko tore off the note on his face and gathered up all the scattered playing cards: "That's enough for today. We can continue playing another time."

Time ticked by, and Kaori Nakahara looked up at the clock, saying with a hint of helplessness, "Teacher is too slow. I'll go check it out."

Kaori Nakahara was clearly in a much better mood than during the day, probably because she brought back a bunch of snacks and appetizers. Akutagawa Hiko wasn't the only one who noticed this.

Akutagawa Hiko glanced at Okiya Subaru, who seemed to have vaguely sensed something, and nodded. "His intuition is quite sharp."

"Aaaaaah—"

Kaori Nakahara's shrill scream made all the detectives present stand up instantly, including the drunken Kogoro Mouri, though he was clearly still a little confused about the situation.

Ran and Sonoko had already reached into their pockets, but found nothing. Their phones were still in their luggage at the ski resort villa, so it wasn't an option for them to call the police or an ambulance at that moment.

However, the villa has a landline phone, and the other people also have cell phones.

Kazuha Toyama was somewhat at a loss, while Heiji Hattori, as if acting as a detective, abandoned her and headed straight for the source of the screams, which was Masaru Oyama's room.

However, the bond they formed while watching the show and discussing the plot was enough for her to join the team calling the police and an ambulance.

Okiya Subaru dared not leave the group and silently helped the swaying Kogoro Mori catch up.

To be honest, although I've seen many corpses, and even encountered dismemberment cases, and have killed people myself, the death of the man in front of me, Oyama, is still among the worst.

Da Shan was covered in blood—his head, abdomen, chest, hands, feet, neck, and back—his entire body was covered in cuts of all sizes. The cause of death was the kitchen knife on his back.

Moreover, this medical professor, who had been boasting about his brilliant mind not long ago, clearly suffered unspeakable pain and torment before his death.

No wonder it was a doctor who committed the crime.

In addition to the four detectives, four doctors also arrived at the scene and almost instantly concluded that Daiyama had been dead for some time.

Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki led Kazuha Toyama at a brisk pace to the crime scene: "The snow outside is so heavy that police cars and ambulances can't possibly get up here."

Akutagawa Hiko walked to the spot where a cool breeze was blowing into the house, pushed open the broken window, and looked at the footprints outside: "It seems like it was someone we know."

"What? How could this be? How could we kill Mr. Ooyama, and in such a cruel way!"

Faced with the group's questions, Hattori Heiji put his hands in his pockets and, in an attempt to show some involvement, explained, "It's simple. If I were the murderer, I would definitely observe the footprints outside carefully first, instead of confidently walking right in."

Conan was already standing next to the corpse at this moment: "Huh, that's strange, this old man's big gold watch wasn't taken."

Hiko Akutagawa concluded: "The murderer knew that Professor Oyama would be watching TV alone at that time, and the fact that he could tie someone up but ignore the gold watch, and that it wasn't for money, means there's only one possibility: a revenge killing."

After an explanation, the suspect was quickly identified.

"Mr. Okiya has been playing poker with us the whole time, and Ms. Esumi only left for two or three minutes when she was taking out the trash, so they have a solid alibi. Therefore, only the three of you who left the villa are suspected of killing Professor Oyama."

Okiya Subaru blinked, his gaze fixed on Akutagawa Hiko.

On the one hand, he is not a suspect now and does not have to worry about being implicated. On the other hand, he needs to summarize the pattern of how this famous detective triggers cases. Now it seems that one of the three suspects can be added.

One went to take a bath, one went skiing, and one went shopping; they all returned around the same time. The time of Professor Oyama's death coincided perfectly with the fact that no one had seen them.

"It couldn't be me, could it? Even if I go to the convenience store down the mountain and back as fast as I can, it will take me forty minutes, and it's snowing so I can't drive fast."

Akutagawa Hiko directly rejected this half-hearted alibi.