Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 108 Kudo Shinichi: Xiaolan is your girlfriend?

"Do you feel a sense of crisis?"

Yingsheng smiled and said, "Taking into account your inner qualities, temperament, and personality, I admire you more. But I'm sorry, if I only consider your appearance...

And the temperament...

Well, I hope Mr. Detective is not such a superficial person, and doesn't let that guy fool him."

"…………"

Xiaolan was speechless for a long while: "You are too straightforward, ah... although that is indeed the fact... but! Humph! I don't have a sense of crisis! Who would be inexplicably jealous of that reasoning madman! I don't care!"

"I hope so. Don't cry and whine when the time comes, regretting why you didn't take the initiative."

"Humph, never!"

"That would be the best. I'll probably need some time here. Why don't you go home first?"

"No, what if another accident happens? I'm already on my way to you. If you have any questions, feel free to call for support."

"Thank you very much. I will disconnect for the time being to avoid any accidents later and your screams piercing my eardrums."

"……Oh."

The communication here was temporarily interrupted, and Yingsheng stood up and walked around the store. The police who had ignored him before finally turned their eyes to him, and then continued to search for clues.

This reaction made Yingsheng a little confused, so he simply looked at Kudo Shinichi who was thinking at the entrance of the kitchen:

"I say, did you just bug me?"

"What?" Kudo Shinichi looked up in confusion.

Yingsheng looked strange: "Aren't you treating me as a suspect? I was chatting with people so blatantly, and you didn't care? What if I was looking for help?"

Kudo Shinichi was silent.

"Well, since you guys are so lenient with me, I guess you didn't find any suspicious points, and you've basically confirmed that I'm an innocent passerby." Yingsheng asked curiously, "Now can you tell me what you're looking for? Maybe I can help."

It was discovered as expected.

Kudo Shinichi sighed inwardly and looked around.

At this time, every corner of the bakery had been turned upside down, including the ceiling, floor tiles, ovens, flour, toilets, and even the sewers. He and the police had checked everything, but found nothing.

He is now wondering if the location locked by the program could be the resident of this shop?

The police's idea was even simpler. What a crappy reverse tracking program, it was pure rubbish.

but!

More than one person secretly cast annoyed glances at Yingsheng. This may have something to do with you, the guy. You have been wearing a broken mask and refuse to take it off, which will of course arouse suspicion!

Now that the matter had been made clear, the police officers who were still searching in vain stopped and focused their attention.

Kudo Shinichi looked at Hotaru and said solemnly:

"Sir, please take off your mask. I will apologize to you and pay you one million."

At this point, it doesn’t matter who is under the mask, as long as he is not on the police wanted list, or is directly Taro Harada, then it doesn’t matter.

But, Kudo Shinichi just wanted to confirm it one last time.

Moreover, judging from the other party's psychological quality, he is definitely not an ordinary person. Even if he has nothing to do with this incident, there is no guarantee that we will not meet him again in the future.

He will definitely remember this person!

Yingsheng shook his head and laughed: "One million or something, you can keep it for yourself. I didn't want to cooperate before, but I was unhappy with your attitude. I didn't do anything, but you still put a gun to my head. Forget it, it's my good temper."

Under the expectant gazes of the crowd, Yingsheng raised his chef's hat a little higher, put his hand behind his right ear, and paused again:
"Let me make it clear in advance that I'm very ugly. No one is allowed to laugh at me, or I'll get mad." Everyone shook their heads and said that they had all received professional training and would never laugh at me.

So, Yingsheng took off his mask.

The air fell into silence for a moment.

About three seconds later,

"puff--"

I don't know which guy couldn't hold it in, and finally a laugh broke out in the silent air.

"Um--?"

Yingsheng raised his eyebrows, put on his mask again, and glanced around coldly. A group of guys who were almost unable to suppress their laughter immediately raised their hands to cover their mouths and tried their best to keep a straight face. Some of them even turned red in the face.

"Tsk, a bunch of superficial guys who judge people by appearance."

Yingsheng curled his lips and looked at Kudo Shinichi. This guy didn't smile, and there was even a trace of pity in his eyes:

"Is it a mixture of stab wounds and burns?"

The face just shown in front of them, at first glance, looked like a wasteland that had experienced countless wind, frost, rain and snow. It was bumpy and uneven, and there were wavy wrinkles on many parts of the skin, as if they were the remnants left after being burned by flames.

It does seem quite funny at first glance, but once you think about it carefully, you can't help but feel sympathy for it.

What on earth happened to him?

"It's in the past."

Yingsheng said calmly, covering his face again and pressing it back without leaving any trace: "By the way, do you still need my help? If not, I'll leave."

"At least two mobile phones, the others are uncertain." Kudo Shinichi said seriously. In order to ease the atmosphere, he paused and said:
"The person waiting for you to go on a date is your girlfriend?"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Yingsheng almost choked to death on his spit, and looked at Kudo Shinichi in shock:

"Why do you say that?"

"Even if it's not, I think it's almost the same." Kudo Shinichi smiled and said, "Next time you call her, maybe you can stand in front of the mirror, then you can find that the expression in your eyes is very different from usual.

I didn't stop you from talking to her, not only because I had roughly believed that you were innocent, but also because I felt that even if you were really a criminal, you would definitely hide your bad deeds from the people you care about, and it would be impossible for you to tell her the truth.

So you can talk to her as long as you want, it has nothing to do with the case anyway."

"…………"

Hotaru was speechless and silently gave Kudo Shinichi a thumbs up. He was indeed a famous detective, and he analyzed things in a very detailed way. You are quite clear about things like feelings, so why do you become so dull when it comes to yourself?

"Is the phone Mr. Harada's?" asked Yingsheng.

"Correct."

Kudo Shinichi nodded: "But it's not limited to this. It would be even better if you could provide us with more direct information about his location."

Yingsheng shrugged: "First, you have to tell me who he is."

At this point, Kudo Shinichi did not hide anything: "You are a member of the Nimicide Society, you should know that last night... no, this morning, someone set up a trap in your casino. It is related to Xuesong Nami. The person who set up the trap is Harada Taro."

Yingsheng suddenly realized, then frowned slightly:
"I know where that person is, but you have to act quickly, or he will die."

"what?!"

(End of this chapter)