Conan: Above all force, there is truth!

Chapter 95 Don't be shy, I know you are...

After a while

Kento Toba also woke up.

The excruciating pain in his abdomen made his face contort in agony.

After catching his breath, he finally noticed the ropes binding him and shouted, "What are you doing!"

"Why are you tying me up?!"

Upon hearing this, Uncle Mori walked up to him with his hands on his hips and said disdainfully, "Now that things have come to this, you still want to play dumb? We've put the two murder weapons you have over there!"

After he finished speaking, Uncle Mori pointed with his chin to the ice picks and steel pipes on the table.

Upon seeing the icicles and steel pipes on the table, Kenji Toba frowned.

The ice pick was indeed his, but... the steel pipe?

He didn't seem to have this thing with him, did he?

However, he didn't have time to think about it. He opened his eyes wide and looked at everyone, and said in his defense, "You all should remember, right?"

"I was with everyone when the garage caught fire! Detective Mouri, tell me, how could I possibly have murdered Fujisawa Toshiaki in the garage?!"

Upon hearing this, Uncle Mori paused, his eyes glancing involuntarily at the ceiling, wavering uncertainly: "Then... could it be that the culprit isn't you?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Hattori Heiji and Conan covered their faces with their hands.

Heiji Hattori was about to speak when he suddenly caught sight of Conan beside him. After a moment's thought, he decided to remain silent for the time being.

He chuckled to himself as he looked at Conan.

Hmph! Let me expose your true colors... Shinichi Kudo!

……

Seeing that Detective Mori was speechless after what he said, Kento Toba chuckled and said, "It seems you've realized that I'm not the culprit."

Upon hearing his words, a glint of light flashed in Conan's eyes.

He first gently touched the bag on his head, then immediately put his hand on his watch.

Seeing Kogoro Mouri approach the gate, Conan immediately seized the opportunity and used his powers to tranquilize him.

After the anesthetic needle pierced his skin, Uncle Mori exaggeratedly spun around twice on the spot, and then miraculously sat down by the door.

Conan seized the opportunity to walk behind the door, pulled the red bow around his neck to his mouth, and said in Uncle Mori's voice, "Looking at your confident expression, I was actually hoping to hear what you had to say. You really think I don't know your little tricks!?"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Uncle Mori sitting on the ground.

Under everyone's gaze, "Kogoro Mouri" continued, "You were indeed with us when the garage caught fire."

"But don't forget, the detective kid over there had already checked the garage when everyone discovered the hotel owner had been murdered."

"Inside the garage, the car's fuel tank had been tampered with, and the gasoline had leaked out."

"Everyone probably knows what happens if you ignite something in a gasoline-filled environment, right?"

"That's right! The one who started the fire in the garage was the deceased himself!"

Toba Kento immediately sneered a few times and said disdainfully, "Hmph! Then tell me, since he knew there was gasoline, why did he still start the fire in the car?"

"The answer to this question is very simple. Conan, take that thing out and let everyone see it!"

After "Uncle Mori" finished speaking, Conan immediately came out from behind the door.

He placed the note on the dining table and said in an innocent voice, "I found this in Uncle Fujisawa's room~"

After saying that, he immediately ran out the door again.

At that moment, Uncle Mori's voice rang out again: "That's why he wanted to start the fire inside the car!"

"The note clearly stated that the book intended as the prize was under the back seat."

"The garage was very dark, with no light source whatsoever. Mr. Fujisawa was frantically searching for books. In this situation, what do you think he would instinctively use for light?"

No sooner had Uncle Mori finished speaking than Ayako Oki suddenly shouted, "Lighter! His lighter!"

After she finished speaking, she gave Longye a grateful look.

Upon hearing this, everyone understood the reason for the fire in the garage.

Uncle Mori continued, "As for the hotel owner... that's even simpler. Once we contact the police and have an autopsy performed, we'll know the cause of death and the exact time of death."

"We've found your test questions; you didn't answer a single one. This means you already knew the hotel owner would get into trouble and understood that answering the questions was pointless."

Not to mention, your fingerprints are on the ice pick and the steel pipe. Don't bother struggling, you can't escape now!

After listening to Uncle Mori's reasoning, Kento Toba lowered his head and painfully told everyone about his motive for murder.

After hearing his motive for murder, Tatsuno and everyone else present were speechless.

The reason he wanted to kill the hotel owner and Fujisawa Toshiaki was because of a fan fiction book about Sherlock Holmes that they had co-authored.

The book includes a scene where Irene mocks Sherlock Holmes.

He believed that Irene was the only woman Sherlock Holmes truly trusted, and that she would never mock him.

He couldn't imagine such a scenario.

Therefore, he made up his mind to kill the two people and planned the murders well in advance.

Amidst the speechless expressions of the crowd, Kento Toba knelt on the ground, sobbing softly.

……

Early next morning

Police have arrived at the scene and taken Kento Toba away.

The group took a bus down the mountain.

Heiji Hattori deliberately sat down next to Conan.

Seeing Conan's horrified expression, Heiji Hattori whispered, "I already know, you're Shinichi Kudo, aren't you!"

Conan was about to say something when Hattori Heiji suddenly ripped off the red bow on his clothes.

"Oh? This is the thing you used to change your voice yesterday. It's well-made!"

"And that watch of yours that can numb people, who made all these things for you?"

"You don't need to explain, I saw it clearly yesterday~"

"..."

Seeing that he couldn't explain himself, Conan simply told Hattori Heiji everything about how he had shrunk.

After hearing Conan's story, Hattori Heiji seemed to remember something and asked, "By the way, does Takeda Tatsuno know about you shrinking?"

Upon hearing this, Conan trembled, a bead of cold sweat trickling down his forehead: "I didn't tell him..."

"Then why not tell him? Since those men in black are so dangerous, shouldn't you find more trustworthy companions?"

"That guy is so skilled, he can definitely help you, right? Why don't we tell him now!"

Seeing that Hattori Heiji was about to get up to find Tatsuno in the back row, Conan immediately grabbed his sleeve.

"Idiot, you idiot!! I've kept this from him for so long, what if he gets so emotional that he punches us?!"

People will die!!!

After hearing this, Hattori Heiji immediately pressed down on his legs, abandoning the idea of ​​telling Tatsuno about it.

The image of Long Ye stopping the car with his bare hands flashed through his mind, and he couldn't help but shudder.

"Y-yes...we shouldn't tell him yet! Let's think this through more carefully!"

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Chapter 96 Two are always better than one

Metropolitan Police Department First Investigation Division

"Yes! I understand! We'll head to the scene immediately!"

After hanging up the phone, Inspector Megure said sternly, "Sato! Take your men to Beika Station immediately!"

"During the pursuit of the fugitive, the Third Investigation Division accidentally encountered a shooting incident."

"Although the armed criminals have been arrested, they will continue to pursue the fugitives."

"Take men and hand over the prisoner immediately!"

"Yes!"

After receiving Inspector Megure's instructions, Officer Sato led his team to the scene.

Half an hour later

Officer Sato has arrived at the scene.

As she was handing over the prisoner to the officers from the Third Investigation Division, the prisoner suddenly clutched his throat, convulsed, and collapsed to the ground.

In a short while, his body became still.

The officers present looked extremely grim as they gazed at the dead prisoner.

Miwako Sato immediately took out her phone and called Inspector Megure.

"Hey, Inspector! Something's happened..."

……

same moment

Metropolitan Police Department National Security Committee

In an office

Two men are talking face to face.

"Officer Kazami, just now, number 3 was murdered!"

Upon hearing his subordinate's report, the man wearing narrow-rimmed glasses growled, "What?! Damn it... Quickly send men to protect the others!"

After thinking for a moment, he continued, "Direct contact is permitted if necessary!"