Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 317: Xiaolan, who was taking a bath at Mizuki's house, bumped into her father!

Conan immediately realized something was wrong and pushed his glasses up.

"Doctor, you are in disguise now, right? Your real body shape is actually not fat at all!"

"........."

To avoid being arrested on the spot, Dr. Agasa could only speak: "I only occasionally provide and maintain some equipment for Kaito Kidd. What you are holding in your hand is his magic card pistol, which has many uses. Not only can it shoot cards, but it can also shoot grappling hooks.

Moreover, the cards it fires are not like bullets that can only go in a straight line. As long as you control it well, it can also rotate and turn, and the force can be large or small. "

Conan looked at the pistol for a few seconds and indeed found several switch buttons and knobs on it. He nodded and put the gun into his suit.

Things are urgent now and I don’t have time to study it carefully.

Conan walked to the box that Dr. Agasa had just torn open and took out a few small silver balls from it.

"Is this the smoke bomb used by Kaito Kidd?"

Seeing Professor Agasa nod, Conan put the smoke bomb in his pocket, thanked him, and ran outside again.

Then he was caught by Professor Agasa again.

Dr. Agasa was quite helpless: "You are a child, it is not convenient for you to go out and take a taxi. I will take you there. Remember, don't be impulsive."

Conan nodded heavily with gratitude in his eyes.

"it is good!"

Conan had to admit that Megure Jusan and Dr. Agasa, whom he thought were unreliable in the past, were actually very reliable adults.

Ian Apartment 2502, another adult who was also considered unreliable by Conan, also began to become reliable rapidly.

Kogoro Mouri found a first aid kit at Yoko Okino's house, bandaged Megure Juzo, and then began to search for clues.

At this time, Rena Mizunashi had already left with Vermouth and Xiaolan, and there was no one in the room.

After all, Kogoro Mouri discovered a suspicious point. There were traces of water in the kitchen sink!

It seemed natural that there was water in the sink.

But considering that Yoko Okino has been dead for nearly two days, and the temperature has been high during these two days, this is quite suspicious.

Following this point, he observed the plates and other items and found water stains on them, and Kogoro Mori was completely confirmed.

This is a trace of life.

Before what just happened, someone was secretly living in this murder scene!
The signs of the door being opened were quite strange. Was the person who broke into the room in this way a kidnapper who subdued the resident by force, or was he the kidnapped person who was ambushed?
Maori Kogoro thought for a moment, then looked at Megure Jusan who was also deep in thought on the sofa: "Officer Megure, can't you really tell me what you know?"

Megure Jusan said in a deep voice: "Brother Maori, those things are very important, it is really better for you not to know.

I know you care about Miss Yoko, don't worry, Superintendent Matsumoto has already submitted a request to his superiors, and the reinforcements are enough to check every corner of the building. Whether she is still alive or not, we can confirm it in the end."

In fact, after knowing that the fake Kudo came here, Megure Juzo determined that Okino Yoko was dead, and there was no outrageous resurrection of the dead here again.

The voice of Yoko Okino before was made by the person who was most likely Vermouth.

"Megure Police Department!"

Megure Jusan had headphones on one ear, and Chiba Kazunobu's voice came out of it, with a rather urgent tone.

"We wanted to ask the security guards here who had been here before, but we didn't know when he had died in the lounge! But judging by the blood coagulation on the wound on his neck, it was probably no more than half an hour ago."

Megure Jusan asked hurriedly: "Where is the surveillance?"

"This apartment building pays great attention to the privacy of residents. There are not many surveillance cameras, and the computers in the duty room have been physically destroyed. We can't even find the elevator records."

"Can it be fixed?"

"The technicians said it was difficult and they were not sure whether the other party had deleted the data beforehand, so the possibility of repair was low."

"I understand. Continue to deploy surveillance and expand the scope. We must ensure that there are no omissions."

"understand!"

Having said that, Megure Jusan rubbed his temple with his left hand and he really couldn't feel optimistic.

These criminals this time are professionals.

Fortunately, the person who knows how to disguise himself seems to be under control, so the probability of the police encountering this kind of thing is slightly reduced, otherwise things would be even more troublesome.

But even so, when we ask the support to check each floor later, we still have to make sure whether the residents have been disguised.

Thinking of this, Megure Jusan finally relaxed a little. As long as the support was careful enough, they would always be able to catch the target.

He looked at Kogoro Mori who was still walking around the room, and suddenly remembered the purpose of their coming here in the first place.

"Brother Maori, what exactly is the point you neglected?"

"It's the clothes." said Kogoro Mouri.

"clothes?"

"Generally speaking, people who commit suicide will dress themselves up to look presentable, such as wearing their favorite clothes and putting on makeup. Although Miss Yoko did not commit suicide, she did show such characteristics. Maybe the murderer did this to lead us to think in this direction."

Megure Jusan thought for a moment and suddenly said, "You mean, the clothes Miss Yoko wore before her death might have been changed by someone else? In addition to the makeup part, is it possible to detect fingerprints on the wardrobe and cosmetics?"

"Yes."

Maori Kogoro nodded, "I stayed up all night last night watching Miss Yoko's past variety shows, and I found that she once said that after a day of hard filming, her most enjoyable moment was to take off her makeup as soon as she got home, and her body was not made up."

Megure Juzo thought it made sense and was about to speak when he heard Mouri Kogoro sigh.

"But if someone moves in here privately, the accuracy of this clue will be greatly reduced."

"It's better to have it than not. I'll have someone come and extract it later. If there are Ikezawa Yuko's fingerprints on it, that will explain the problem."

"I know, but I don't know enough about what happened just now, so I really don't have any clues... No, there is only one thing." Maori Kogoro frowned slightly, "When we came over here, we did hear faint gunshots, right?

At first, I couldn't be completely sure, but after what happened here, it was 100% a gunfight, and there was also a sniper attack.

But I didn’t find any bullet shells here, not even any bullet holes on the wall, so I think this might not be the first scene.”

Megure Jusan's heart moved slightly and he looked up at the ceiling.

If there is anyone else in this apartment who can be related to both Vermouth and Kudo Shinichi, it is only Mizuki Hotaru who lives upstairs.

Maori Kogoro also looked up: "Inspector Megure thinks the first scene is up there?" He touched his chin and looked at the balcony. "These green plants are placed on both sides. It is indeed possible that someone jumped down from up there."

Even though I absolutely can't do it.

Kogoro Mouri walked towards the door with his crutches, intending to go upstairs to take a look, but was quickly stopped by Megure Juzo.

"Brother Maori, let's wait for support to arrive. In case there are still people hiding up there."

Not only for his own safety at the moment, but Megure Juzo also really didn't want Mori Kogoro to get involved in this matter.

Too dangerous.

And based on Hotaru's performance on Tsukikage Island, Megure Jusan is actually quite inclined to believe that he is a good person.

And now he is dating Xiaolan. If I let Brother Maori get involved in this, I feel that Maori's impression of him will drop significantly, which would be like breaking up a couple of lovers.

Kogoro Mori thought it made sense. Although revenge for Miss Yoko was the most important thing, his life was second most important.

Anyway, bullet holes and other traces cannot be removed immediately, and support should be arriving soon.

"Hey, Miss Yoko..."

With nothing to do for the moment, Kogoro Maori sighed again and stood there in a daze, looking at the white human outline on the crimson carpet.

Megure Juzo had seen him like this yesterday, but he did not disturb him. He just moved his subordinates from time to time and lay flat to avoid losing blood from the gunshot wound.

Five minutes later, large numbers of police arrived, and numerous police cars surrounded Ian's apartment.

The sirens kept echoing, forming a continuous sound, attracting the attention of people around, and they all speculated what had happened in the building.

When Matsumoto Kiyonaga personally led his men to 2502, Megure Juzo originally wanted to let Mori Kogoro leave first.

But Kogoro Mori had already taken a step ahead of him and expressed his wish to go upstairs to take a look.

The more Megure Juzo hid this matter from him, the more Mori Kogoro naturally cared about it, especially since it was related to Miss Yoko.

A heart that wants revenge has reached its peak!
Matsumoto Kiyonaga himself knew some of the things about Hotaru, and after hearing Mori Kogoro's reasoning, he did not refuse.

Of course, Megure Jusan had no reason to dissuade him, but he sighed in his heart and suddenly thought of a question.

The case of Miss Yoko was told by Mizuki Hoto, and Xiaolan told brother Mori.

If there really is something wrong with Mizutsuki Yingsheng, isn't this just shooting himself in the foot?
Megure Jusan was put on a stretcher and took the elevator downstairs. Chiba Kazunobu carried the stretcher from behind, looking at the injuries on Megure Jusan's body and the headphones on his ears, with admiration in his eyes.

"Inspector, please take off your headphones. Inspector Matsumoto did not allow us to participate in this search because he took into consideration the recent casualties in our investigation of the three departments."

"..."

Megure Jusan thought to himself, no wonder there was no sound inside for such a long time. He had originally wanted to hear what was happening in the Mizuki family.

After taking off his headphones, the person had already entered the elevator. Megure Jusan looked up at the shiny silver metal cover on the top of the elevator and suddenly thought of what happened last Friday afternoon.

"Qianye, you were watching the elevator from below and said no one was coming down, but did you pay attention to the elevator going up and down?"

"Of course."

Chiba Kazunobu nodded quickly. "We learned a lesson last time at Xuesong Kiyoko's house. We later discovered that they all escaped through the elevator shaft. This time, I asked the property management to open the elevator doors on every floor to ensure that no one can escape this way."

"That's good."

Megure Jusan sighed, "At that time, we heard the elevator on the 25th floor was closed, and Brother Maori wanted to go out to see the direction of the elevator, but he was almost shot. The person was waiting for us outside. After this lesson, we didn't dare to go out, and we don't know when she left."

Although Rena Mizunashi was injured by Kogoro Mori due to a moment of carelessness, she is an elite agent with rich experience after all.

She played the trick of "crying wolf" so that the police could not determine when she left.

Megure Jusan felt that this might be a hidden danger. If the other party played this trick, there might be a way to escape.

Chiba Kazunobu was quite puzzled by this: "That person pressed all the buttons from the 25th floor to the 1st floor. I really don't know which floor she got off the elevator from, but as long as every household is carefully checked, there is no way to avoid the disguise.

By the way, I heard that Inspector Matsumoto also arranged a password to prevent this."

"This is best."

Megure Jusan thought for a moment and then said, "What if the target is someone who has a legitimate reason to be in this building? Then it would be difficult to confirm her true identity even if she reveals her true identity."

"This one……"

Chiba Kazunobu thought for a moment and said, "It seems that Inspector Matsumoto has retrieved a list of all the residents here. He must be going all out to investigate any suspicious person. And there are traces of a gunfight, so that should be very obvious."

"Such a large scale..."

Megure Jusan closed his eyes and stopped talking.

He had personally witnessed the miraculous effect of the medicine on Conan, so he was not surprised that the higher-ups attached so much importance to the matter.

Just thinking about it, have I been letting Conan go on as he pleases too much recently?
Although he has the title of genius as a cover, Conan's performance is still somewhat eye-catching.

If we continue like this, we will definitely be discovered.

What will be waiting for him then?

At the very least, you will be asked to cooperate with the research.

Even though he had taken Conan for a comprehensive physical examination, all his data were normal, and he was just like a real seven-year-old child.

But who would believe this?
Even he himself didn't really believe it, thinking that the hospital's testing technology might be too superficial.

In short, Conan must be warned to behave himself.

Didn’t A-Lu also ask why Conan didn’t go to elementary school, and the neighbors were all confused?

After this matter is over, let's send Conan to elementary school.

As Megure Jusan was thinking this, the person had already been carried out of the police blockade.

Suddenly his face was pulled. He opened his eyes and saw a special police officer wearing a gas mask waving at Qianye Heshen, and then he was sent to the ambulance.

"With such tight security, public opinion here will explode. It will look like a terrorist attack."

Chiba Kazunobu rubbed his cheek, couldn't help muttering to himself, and leaned out to close the ambulance door.

Megure Juzo didn't say anything, but just turned his head to look at the crowd gathered outside the blockade line, and looked at the special police who put up the headline "Suspected toxic gas leak" with mixed feelings.

Having witnessed the horrific scene in Tsuburaya-cho with his own eyes, Megure Juzo naturally understood the strict security measures of the police.

I hope that doesn't happen here.

The crowd of onlookers was lingering, and a fat old man in a white coat was walking towards the blockade line holding the hand of a child.

Bang-!
The ambulance door closed.

Conan finally came to the front of the crowd, looked up at the 26th floor of Ian's apartment, and clenched his fists.

Shuiyue, even if you are a big villain, you must protect Xiaolan's safety.

……

In an abandoned warehouse, Larou Yingsheng turned around and muttered in a distracted manner.

"Yaoguang is the one who provides nourishment for all things..."

……

In Ian's apartment, after the elevator carrying the injured downstairs came back, Matsumoto Kiyonaga and his group went up to the 26th floor.

As you get out of the elevator, you can see that the corridor is bright and clean due to the good lighting, and it is almost exactly the same as the one on the 25th floor.

Even the chains tied to the fire hydrants were the same.

The door of room 2602 was closed, and Matsumoto Kiyonaga sent a fully armed special police officer to ring the doorbell.

Kogoro Maori saw the doorplate from afar, and saw the words "Sui Yue" written on it, and his heart immediately moved.

Is the boyfriend of Xiaolan, whom I have never met, named Shuiyue?

I don’t know what kind of guy he is, but Xiaolan has really changed a lot because of him.

But as Xiaolan and Eri said, overall, it is a good change.

"Who?"

Suddenly a female voice responded from inside the door.

When he heard the voice, Kogoro Mori shuddered all over and his eyes widened.

Hey, this is definitely just a coincidence, right?
Maybe he just heard it wrong?
Don't let that be the case!
The special police stated their identity and purpose, and asked to open the door immediately. Someone from inside shouted "Wait a moment, right away", and the door opened after a few seconds.

When Kogoro Mouri heard the second response from behind the door, he was completely frozen.

When the door was opened and the person inside appeared, he was petrified on the spot.

It’s over.

It's all over.

A young girl with a blushing face appeared at the door. She had her hair tied up and was wrapped in a white bath towel, the edge of which was lightly draped over her slender waist and long legs. There were crystal water droplets on her warm jade-like skin.

In the faint floral scent and warm water vapor, the girl covered her chest with the bath towel with one hand, her aqua-blue eyes full of embarrassment.

"I'm sorry, since you said you wanted to open the door immediately, may I ask..."

She paused for a moment, a look of panic suddenly appeared on her face, she took a step back, her tone flustered.

"Dad, why are you here?"

After seeing the girl's performance, Matsumoto Kiyonaga thought that he had gained something from knocking on the door for the first time. But when he heard this, he felt something was wrong and turned to look in the direction she was looking.

Why did Kogoro Mouri's face suddenly become distorted?
"I should be the one asking you this, Xiaolan, why are you here!"

Kogoro Mori's voice was almost a growl.

Xiaolan's body trembled subconsciously and she bit her lower lip lightly, but she quickly returned to normal and her expression calmed down.

"I'm at my boyfriend's house, and everything seems normal. Is your leg okay, Dad?"

Without waiting for Kogoro Mouri to speak, Xiaolan turned and walked into the house.

"Come in, but wait a moment, I'll be there soon."

Kogoro Mouri was stunned for two seconds and was about to go berserk, but was held down by Matsumoto Kiyonaga.

"Mr. Maori, business is more important."

"It's your business XXXXXX!!!"

(End of this chapter)