I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

Chapter 465 Hondo Eikai, who is secretly spying

While Chen En and Kogoro Mouri were describing the case to Inspector Megure, Conan's gaze fell on Wataru Takagi and Officer Chiba. He immediately noticed that Officer Chiba's dark circles were noticeably lighter.

This surprised him somewhat. He went to Officer Chiba's side and asked in a low voice.
"Officer Chiba, what exactly happened in the heinous incident last night?"

Upon hearing this, Officer Chiba yawned and replied somewhat absentmindedly,
“I don’t know. I didn’t go to the Beika City Hall. At the time, I was at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department assisting Inspector Zenigata in arresting Lupin III. I just didn’t expect that the person who jumped out of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department was not Lupin III, but a girl.”

"If it weren't for Inspector Zenigata's considerable influence, I wouldn't have known that the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department had such equipment."

"Sigh, it's really ironic that Inspector Zenigata still has Lupin III's contact information, while Inspector Nakamori has been chasing Kaito Kid for so many years without getting his contact information, to the point that he's now facing a job crisis."

— Nakamori Ginzo drove a group of people from Tokyo to Hakodate. It would be strange if he didn't face a job crisis.

Conan mentally scoffed.

Inspector Zenigata was quite surprised that he had Lupin III's contact information.

It feels like Inspector Zenigata and Lupin III are simply playing a cat-and-mouse game. Lupin III might even speak to Inspector Zenigata privately before making a move, asking him to set up defenses at the scene in advance.

Wow, seriously, isn't this just boosting Inspector Zenigata's performance record?

Conan's thoughts are unknown to others.

Inspector Megure and Wataru Takagi were simply listening attentively to Chen En and Kogoro Mouri's description of the case.

After gaining a general understanding of the case, Inspector Megure and Wataru Takagi exchanged a glance, then their gazes fell on the locked left car door. He gave Wataru Takagi a hand signal, and Wataru Takagi immediately nodded.

The next moment, Takagi Wataru placed his hand on the left car door and immediately pulled hard.

As expected, unlike the right door which seemed frozen in place, the left door could be easily pulled open with just a little force, meaning that there was indeed a possibility that someone killed Kazumi and escaped from the car.

Upon seeing this, Atsushi Sankaku's face turned pale.

Takagi Wataru then put on gloves and reached inside to take out the bag.

There wasn't anything interesting in the bag, except for a novel that caught Conan's eye. Conan ran over to Takagi Wataru and tugged at his sleeve. Takagi Wataru crouched down and showed Conan the title of the book.

"Dandy Chock, this novel was just released today, and it has scorch marks on it."

"That's strange. Today is the novel's release date, so it should have a cover. Why doesn't the book in the car have a cover? Officer Takagi, could you please take a look at the car's smoking cabinet?"

Conan quickly assessed the current situation.

Takagi Wataru blinked, then reached out and opened the car's smoking cabinet. Sure enough, there were things inside. He took them out and showed them to everyone, and everyone could see them clearly.

This is the cover of a novel.

Seeing this, Atsushi Sankaku finally couldn't hold back any longer and quickly said,
"Even if there was a book cover hidden in the car, that doesn't prove anything. How can it prove that it's the cover of the novel I bought? It's hardly any decisive evidence!"

Conan, Chen En, Inspector Megure: ?

Did you just say that this is the novel you bought?
Without paying attention to the triangular attire, Wataru Takagi opened the book and found a message inside, written very clearly.

You said you'd take me to that place so we could be like before, but I've changed. I'm sorry.

—This is a message from Kazumi to Atsushi Mikami, who brought Kazumi to this place.

Furthermore, Conan shook his head and added insult to injury, "Mr. Triangle, if I were you, I would wipe away all the fingerprints on the novels I bought after committing the crime."

"However, I suspect you overlooked the fingerprints on this book cover, which is sufficient as decisive evidence, Mr. Triangle. I regret to inform you that your guilt is undeniable."

"Unless you can pull out Kensuke Komikado from the TV series to defend you."

As soon as Conan finished speaking, he noticed that everyone's eyes were on him. He immediately scratched his head and said with a smile,

"Brother Chen En told me all of this, right?"

Chen En: ?
Seeing Conan's expression, Chen En nodded and said,

"Yes, I told him."

Upon hearing this, Hondo Eisuke's gaze immediately fell on Chen En.

He began to think that Chen En, this little-known detective, was not an ordinary person after all.

He was even more powerful than the famous Kogoro Mouri, but he couldn't understand why, despite Chen En's greatness, he had never seen Chen En's name in the news.
"This... I have my reasons for this."

Atsushi Sankaku finally couldn't hold back anymore. He covered his head, looking pained, and knelt down, saying...
“Kazumi and I were in a relationship, and she wouldn’t let me smoke in the car. But I found a cigarette butt in the car. I know Kazumi doesn’t smoke, so the cigarette butt could only have been left in the car by someone else.”

“I asked Hemei, and Hemei told me that she was having an affair, and the cigarette butt in the car was indeed from another man.”

“I cannot tolerate this, I absolutely cannot tolerate it. I love her so much, I give her whatever she wants, I even took out loans to buy her a car and jewelry, and I'm still paying off those loans now, but she treats me like this!”

"If I don't kill her, how can I live up to all that I've sacrificed!"

So, being a simp really is...

Chen En twitched the corner of his mouth.

He knew a female simp at the arcade before, and now he's met a male simp. It just goes to show that there are all sorts of amazing people in Beika Town, especially when it comes to romantic relationships.

Upon hearing about Atsushi Mikami, Wataru Takagi couldn't help but sigh.
"Alas, what is love in this world..."

He's a simp, and in the end he's got nothing. Now he's been dumped by Officer Sato. What should he do next?

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Inspector Megure swiftly arrested Atsushi Mikami.

Feeling a little happier, we quickly led the group away from Dorobiga Park.

After Inspector Megure left, Hondo Eisuke excitedly grasped Chen En's hand and exclaimed,
"Wow, you're amazing! How did you learn your reasoning skills?"

Why have I never heard of you before?

Hearing this, Chen En glanced at a hidden spot, blindly typed in his pocket with his other hand, pressed the send button, then frowned, subtly withdrew his hand, and said, facing Hondou Eisuke who was deliberately feigning ignorance and cuteness.

"Because, I'm batman!"

Hondo Eisuke: ?
I think I know why I've never heard of you before.

(End of this chapter)