Violence supervision in Conan

Chapter 328: Stand up, Detective Mouri Kogoro!

"Let me, 'Sleeping Kogoro', find out the truth and clear Eri's name!"

When his wife was in trouble, Kogoro Mori stepped forward like a hero.

He was greeted by his daughter's touching gaze:

"Dad, you..."

"Xiaolan." Maori Kogoro grinned, his face filled with a confident smile, "This time it all depends on your father's performance!"

"dad……"

Seeing her father standing up at the critical moment, Mao Li Ran was extremely excited. She took two steps forward... and pulled Mao Li Kogoro back.

"I'm glad you're thinking about your mother, but can you please stop causing trouble at a time like this?"

Maori Kogoro:……

What do you mean by causing trouble?
And added the word "again"!

My enthusiasm was interrupted!
His face darkened as he tried to explain himself, but his considerate daughter stabbed him again:

"Dad, this is a serious matter, let's leave it to Shinichi. With him here, he will definitely find out the truth!"

Maori Kogoro:……

Maori Kogoro's face turned from black to blue after being stimulated by his daughter's words. He glared and jumped up and down: "How can that little detective compare with me, 'Sleeping Kogoro'?!

Xiaolan, don't you believe in Dad's reasoning ability? "

Mao Lilan opened her mouth, but hesitated to speak.

Obviously she believed in "Kudo Shinichi" more. With him here, he would definitely be able to clear her mother's name.

In comparison, Kogoro Mouri, who needs to "sleep" to reason every time, is not so reassuring.

Moreover, his sleep was just like Duan Yu's Six Meridians Divine Sword, sometimes effective and sometimes not, which gave Mao Lilan an extra layer of concern.

Mao Lilan glanced at her father a few times and felt that he didn't seem to want to sleep.

So, let’s leave it to “Kudo Shinichi”.

This unreliable dad should stop causing trouble.

"..."

His daughter's expression already showed her attitude, and the speechless Kogoro Maori suddenly felt suffocated.

And the beloved wife he vowed to save also gave him a heart-wrenching blow at this time:
"That's enough, Kogoro! I don't need your help with these unnecessary things."

Kisaki Eri turned her face away slightly, leaving only a cold and beautiful profile, looking very aloof.

"The existing evidence is simply not enough to convict me, and I am not afraid of any damage to my reputation. Being acquitted on suspicion of murder is actually a recognition of a lawyer's ability.

So, Kogoro, I don't need you to put in any effort at all."

She did not seem to be that moved by her husband's courage, but at least she looked calm on the surface.

And what Kisaki Eri said was not wrong.

According to the current evidence, although it points to Eri Kisaki and makes her a suspect of murder, it is only a suspicion.

With Eri Kisaki's professional abilities, she doesn't need any help from others.

As long as she doesn't worry about the loss of her reputation, nothing else matters.

"That's what I said..."

Maori Kogoro pondered for a long time before he suddenly came to his senses:

"But Eri...

You are doubting my reasoning ability, right?"

"."

Kisaki Eri turned her head further away.

Not even a side profile is left.

"No."

Obviously there is!
My wife and daughter don’t even believe in me!

Kogoro Mori was very sad.

╥﹏╥

Kisaki Eri's expression looked somewhat unnatural.

As her husband's wife, she knew too well what kind of person he was. He was indeed capable. After all, as a queen, it was impossible for her to marry a mediocre person.

But Kogoro Mori has a special talent that can make things develop in the opposite direction, and the same is true when it comes to reasoning about cases.

When he was a detective, he often betrayed his colleagues such as Inspector Megure.

So to be honest, Kisaki Eri had long doubted the title of "Sleeping Kogoro". This was not the ability that her "confused detective" husband should have.

Therefore, Kisaki Eri was really worried that Kogoro Mori would end up making things worse and get himself into trouble.

Maori Kogoro:……

He held his chest, feeling hurt.

He clearly stood up with full confidence and wanted to protect his beloved wife with his own strength, but in the end, she didn't appreciate it at all.

I was ready to show off my reasoning, but when I looked around, there wasn't even a single person who would take the initiative to talk to me!

"Ahem...you may want to ask...

Why am I confident in helping Yingli? What on earth am I thinking of? "

Although he was sad, the top priority was to help Eri Kisaki clear her suspicion, so Kogoro Mori endured the embarrassment and talked to himself about his thoughts.

"It's actually very easy to eliminate Eri's suspicion..."

Kogoro Mouri's tone gradually became confident again.

"The murder weapon that killed Ms. Usui was most likely the pillows and bedding on the bed. Because these need to be cleaned before new guests move in, there is only the scent of three people left on them.

First, it was Ms. Usui herself.

Second, there are hotel staff who are responsible for tidying the room and replacing the mattresses.

The third one... is the murderer!
Therefore, as long as we extract the odor source from the pillow and quilt, and then use the police dog to identify the odor source, we can easily determine:

Whose scent was on that pillow besides Ms. Usui and the hotel staff?

And the owner of that smell must be the real murderer!"

At this moment, Kogoro Mouri's voice was excited and his confident look showed the demeanor of a famous detective.

"father!"

When Maori Ran heard what Maori Kogoro said, her eyes suddenly lit up. Her father didn't let her down this time?

The others also had different expressions.

Saku Hoshi's expression was uncertain, and many people showed their approval.

Indeed, a murder in a closed room must be committed by an acquaintance, so the murderer can only be someone in Usui Ritsuko's social circle.

In this way, it is easy to find the real murderer through smell identification. Maori Kogoro did propose a shortcut to solve the case.

However, some people disagree.

One of Hibiki Eri's lawyer colleagues immediately raised a rebuttal: "Not necessarily. What you said is based on the assumption that Attorney Hibiki is not the murderer. If Attorney Hibiki is the murderer, then her scent will also remain on the pillow and quilt."

"Impossible! Eri can't possibly be the murderer!"

Kogoro Maori said firmly.

Kisaki Eri's expression changed slightly.

The lawyer frowned and said, "Mr. Mao Li is too arbitrary. Your subjective judgment cannot represent objective facts."

As he said this, he gave Kisaki Eri an apologetic smile.

"I'm sorry, Lawyer Fei, I'm not targeting you, but as lawyers, we should base our arguments on facts, right?"

Kisaki Eri nodded calmly: "I understand, Lawyer Mikasa is right."

Gui Yewu raised his eyebrows when he saw this.

As expected, Hibiki Eri is a popular figure and many people are dissatisfied with her.

It really proves the saying: If you are not envied by others, you are a mediocre person!

Seeing her father's argument being refuted, Mao Lilan suddenly became anxious and hurriedly looked at Kaito Kid.

At this moment, a confident smile appeared on the latter's face.

Because right behind him, the boy in the blue suit had taken out a bow tie voice changer, and the white reflection on the lenses obscured his sharp eyes.

Just when everyone's attention was attracted by Kisaki Eri and Mouri Kogoro, Conan had quietly investigated everything.

Conan, I understand!
The murderer must be that man!

A confident smile appeared on Conan's face, as if he saw through everything.

Then he exchanged glances with Kaito Kid, and the latter took the initiative to act as his "mouthpiece".

This time, Conan will reveal the truth as "Kudo Shinichi"!

However, just as Kaito Kid was about to cooperate with Conan to speak, a big hand patted his shoulder.

Kaito Kidd turned around and immediately saw the ferocious face of Onino Takeshi.

"Let's listen to Brother Maori's opinion again. It seems that he has other ideas."

Onino Takeshi stared at Kaito Kidd, and there was a hint of something else in his indifferent tone.

"Uh……"

Kaito Kid's heart tightened, and as he looked at those deep eyes, the words of rebuttal were stuck in his throat.

Looking back, he glanced at Kogoro Mouri, who was frowning and thinking, completely different from his usual nonchalant demeanor, and suddenly understood what Onino Takeshi meant.

A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Then it depends on Uncle Maori."

Conan: ...

Doesn't anyone care about his opinion?
but……

He also looked at Kogoro Mori.

"Today's uncle is very special..."

……

Kogoro Mouri, who had fallen silent because of Lawyer Mikasa's words, suddenly relaxed his brows.

A smile appeared on his face again.

"No, I still believe that Eri is not the murderer."

Kogoro Mori's tone was as decisive as ever.

The conversation immediately changed.

"But since Lawyer Mikasa has doubts, let's put aside the identity of the murderer and directly find the evidence he left at the scene!"

After these words were spoken, everyone showed surprise and doubt again.

"dad……"

Looking at the confident Kogoro Mouri at this moment, Ran Mouri opened her mouth in surprise.

She suddenly realized that her decadent father seemed to be possessed by Shinichi, and he was completely stunned.

Lawyer Mikasa looked shocked: "Could it be that... you already know where to find evidence?"

"of course."

Kogoro Mori smiled indifferently.

He moved aside and pointed at the door that had been knocked open.

"The evidence is here."

Lawyer Mikasa was stunned for a moment, then smiled dumbly, with a hint of sarcasm hidden deep in his eyes: "Detective Maori, are you trying to say that the murderer used pliers to cut the anti-theft lock?

The mark each vise makes on an object is unique, so that vise can serve as key evidence.

But the problem is... more than seven hours have passed since the murderer committed the crime. In such a long time, the pliers must have been disposed of by him long ago."

Lawyer Mikasa said, shaking her head in disappointment.

The others also showed different expressions.

However, Maori Kogoro's expression remained firm and confident:
“I’m not talking about evidence in a vise.

I just put myself in the murderer's shoes, tried to reconstruct the situation at that time, and found the place where he was most likely to leave traces. "

"Oh?" Lawyer Mikasa was slightly stunned.

Kisaki Eri also looked surprised.

Conan's eyes lit up and he looked at Kogoro Mouri in surprise.

"Uncle actually noticed it..."

Everyone's eyes were focused on Maori Kogoro, who finally got to enjoy the treatment of a protagonist:
"Detective Little Ghost has analyzed it before. The murderer's method of creating a secret room is to first cut the anti-theft chain with pliers, then walk out of the room, and tie the broken anti-theft chain together with a short fishing line outside the room, making it look like it is not broken..."

Kogoro Mori looked around at everyone with a smile that showed that everything was under control.

"right?"

Everyone nodded slightly.

"That's right."

Kogoro Maori picked up the short fishing line with a handkerchief. At this moment, his face was full of confidence, without any greasy or improper look.

Kisaki Eri felt a little dazed, as if she had seen the high-spirited Kogoro Mori of those days.

"Just now, the detective only analyzed the murderer's locked room method and did not reason further."

Kogoro Mori first raised his eyebrows provocatively at Kaito Kid, then looked at everyone, raised his voice slightly, and spoke in a proud tone.

"But there is actually a problem hidden in this, a problem that will expose the murderer..."

(End of this chapter)