Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 110: Kiyoko fakes her death, goal: to replace Vermouth!

"That's the guy who knocked you out."

Yingsheng said: "Unfortunately, the human skin mask was customized according to the original face shape of that person. It doesn't fit me well when I wear it. I have no choice but to knead the dough and fill it in.

I was reluctant to take off the mask at first because of this. I had to wait until it was fitted more tightly so that it wouldn’t be seen at a glance, although the effect was mediocre afterwards.”

"It turns out that what Mr. Moon said about kneading dough there actually is kneading dough."

Qingzi chuckled and said, "It's a pity that such a magical disguise mask can't be reused."

"Six-eared Macaque knows what this face looks like. Even if it can be reused, I dare not use it." Yingsheng smiled and said, "Okay, according to the wind direction, those things should be southwest of the bakery. Go and look for them."

"What if you can't find it?"

"Then let's just say I'm unlucky. To be honest, this possibility is not small. After all, in order to quickly fill it with hot air and inflate it, I really caused a small-scale dust explosion, which got me covered in flour and might have damaged its structure.

But it's not difficult to locate them. I put a signal jammer inside. Just keep going in that direction and pay attention to the cell phone signal. You should be able to find something."

"Okay, anyway, as long as the evidence disappears, it doesn't matter whether it can be found or not, right?"

"Hey, you're not trying to be lazy, are you?"

"Of course not, it's just that I'm very troubled about my identity now.

Mr. Moon will not expose Liu Er Mihou before he finds out her true identity and purpose. So where should I go? And wasn't I caught by her companions before? What's going on now?"

"Well...how about you die first?"

"And die together with that unknown Mr.?"

"Yes, after everything is clarified, you can restore your original appearance and replace the Six-Eared Macaque."

"That doesn't really sound like a good idea."

"We can't do anything about it. This way, the enemy is in the open and we are in the dark. We have the initiative. If we are exposed now, it will become the enemy in the dark and we are in the open. The opponent can disguise herself. If she hides in the dark and does something bad, we will be unable to defend ourselves. That would be too dangerous."

"Why not just kill her?"

"What if she has other species? Even if disguise is her only special skill, she will always have company. If a red-butted monkey gets angry, your life will be over."

"Eh... that's really bad. Mr. Moon, do you have any plans for my new identity?"

"I'm very sorry, but I don't know how to disguise myself. It seems that you will have to stay hidden until the trouble is resolved."

"Be alert, hiding a beautiful woman in a golden house or something, are you sure this is not Mr. Moon's second plot against me?"

"…What about having a twin sister for Yuzuki Kiyoko? Yuzuki Ryoko? Akiko?"

"That's too far-fetched. Oh, it's really convenient to have the art of disguise. I really want to learn it."

"Who isn't? Unfortunately, I can't ask Liu Er Mihou for advice. I can only look for another opportunity later. Now let's discuss how you died. My initial assumption is that it was a fire and your face was completely destroyed. What do you think?"

"...Can I say I don't want to die yet?"

"If you absolutely don't want to, of course."

"And if I don't fake my death this time, I might actually die later, right?"

"Not necessarily, I can only say that there is such a possibility."

"I'm so distressed. If I follow Mr. Yingsheng's method, where will I die?"

"At Ishida Mamoru's home. The six-eared macaques investigated all the clues we were going to give to the police. They were much more ruthless than the police. In order to avoid being harassed by Ishida Mamoru in the future or being discovered by him, he must die. It was probably Anonymous who did it.

And since Nameless had thought about molesting you before, it makes sense for him to bring you along."

"But didn't Mr. Ishida receive my call and come to settle his old grudge with me?"

"Your other henchman was very clever. He locked the door after entering. I wanted to use Kudo Shinichi to deal with both of them at once, but now I can only deal with one. Fortunately, I have gained something in return. He can be used later."

"Everyone is doing their best. Hotaru-kun is amazing."

"Heh, come to think of it, your mother won't die this time."

"I know. By the way, after I die, it won't matter even if I do it to her myself. I'll have an alibi anyway."

"Good idea..."

boom!
Bang bang bang bang bang! ! !
Suddenly, there was a burst of fierce gunfire from upstairs. Yingsheng walked to the street and looked up:
"Just like that, within 20 minutes, no matter whether we can find those things or not, we must go to Ishida's house."

"Ok."

The communication was temporarily cut off. In less than twenty seconds, Chiba Heshen's cell phone rang. As soon as he answered it, he glanced at Yingsheng and nodded quickly to answer.

Hotaru guessed that it must be the suspicious Kudo Shinichi who called to ask if he had run away.

Of course he won't run.

He was just a passerby watching the fun, and he grabbed something with his hands unconsciously, wishing he could have a handful of melon seeds to eat.

Ten seconds later, Chiba Kazunobu hung up the phone, ran towards Yingsheng, and said nervously:
"The inspector hopes you can go upstairs and cooperate with the investigation."

Yingsheng shrugged: "No problem, but first go buy me a bag of melon seeds, I want the spiced ones."

"what???"

A minute and a half later, Yingsheng arrived at the fifth floor of the hotel. Megure Jusan was standing at the door of a guest room with a gloomy face, looking at Yingsheng who was going upstairs to crack melon seeds:
"This person is not Harada Taro!"

Yingsheng was slightly stunned: "If it's not the person you are looking for, why are you shooting? And hasn't the downstairs been blocked off? If you haven't found it, keep looking."

Megure Jusan was still full of anger: "But they are from the Sumiyoshi-kai, and you are from the Nican-kai!"

Yingsheng was puzzled: "So what?"

"You used us!"

"Tsk, Mr. Officer, what you said doesn't make sense. I didn't give them the room number, and I wasn't the one who shot them. What does it have to do with me?" Yingsheng walked over there and looked inside curiously:

"You mean them, plural? How many of them died?"

Seeing that Megure Jusan was still staring at him, Yingsheng shook his head helplessly: "They must have fired first, right? Then the attacker who attacked the police was killed in return, so he deserved it even more? Officer, why do you have to put the blame on me? Why do you like to shirk responsibility so much?"

"you……!!!"

"Shh-"

Yingsheng interrupted with a smile: "Where is Mr. Detective? I like to communicate with rational people." He walked into the room and looked around, and found Kudo Shinichi who was looking at the corpse on the ground, "Mr. Detective, don't you want to continue investigating the case?"

Kudo Shinichi didn't even look up: "I was wondering why you wanted to use us to kill them."

There was one body confirmed dead on the ground, and the chests of the other two were still rising and falling slightly.

(End of this chapter)