He's in Detective Conan, and he's the mastermind behind everything.

"It's the white fox mask worn by the yakuza in the black suit at Akagi Wharf before!"

It turns out to be that one.

He could hear Inspector Megure's exclamation, but strangely, Shinichi Kudo felt no emotion whatsoever.

This game is over.

But when the police car stopped by the roadside, and Inspector Megure looked at him strangely, Shinichi Kudo still got out of the car and walked to the basket of white, unidentified wildflowers.

The white fox mask lay quietly in the flower basket, and behind it was a little girl squatting under the flower bed.

Sensing someone approaching, she raised her youthful face and smiled innocently.

"Sir, would you like to buy flowers?"

Chapter 69 Teitan Transfer Student Kiyoko Yukimatsu!

Approaching the little girl, Inspector Megure looked into her eyes with a complex expression.

The amber-colored lake water was clear and tranquil, yet it lacked the focus of ordinary people and had no vibrant brilliance.

She is blind.

No matter who left the mask on her before, she couldn't see it.

Shinichi Kudo slowly squatted down and asked softly, "What kind of flowers are you selling?"

In the soft sunlight, the little girl gave a sweet smile.

"Big brother, it's a hyacinth."

"hyacinth……

I bought all your flowers, but did anyone say anything strange to you before?

"That's strange... Hmm, is big brother a detective?"

"I'm a detective."

"Oh, that older brother with the really nice voice told me he hates detectives."

"Heh, that guy... what else?"

He also said that selling flowers in this life will make me beautiful in the next, and that I will definitely meet someone I like in the future. Moreover, he said that customers must pay double the price for flowers sold by a cute girl like me, but he could only say this when asked.

Shinichi Kudo shook his head and chuckled: "Alright, I'll pay double."

"Yeah! Long live big brother!"

The little girl smiled happily: "That big brother also said that if someone is willing to pay double the price, then he must be a very interesting person, that's all."

"Interesting or something..."

Shinichi Kudo gave a wry smile: "That's really awful."

He patted the little girl's head and paid double the price for the hyacinth, but he didn't take the flowers; he only took the white fox mask.

He turned and left, returning to the back seat of the police car.

Megure sighed softly, while Sato Miwako, unable to contain herself any longer, immediately squatted down and asked the little girl in a gentle tone about the person from before.

What are the characteristics of his voice? Does he have any verbal tics? Did he mention any addresses or names? Has anyone else spoken to him?

But the result, naturally, was nothing.

"One step slow, every step slow."

After Inspector Megure returned to the police car, Shinichi Kudo calmly tapped the forehead of his white fox mask and spoke:

“Inspector Megure, I didn’t do well this time. He took advantage of my curiosity about the murder case and got me distracted. Let’s continue to Tsuburaya Town. I will learn from this experience.”

"Ugh--"

Inspector Megure sighed, "Brother Kudo, please don't say that. It's our police's fault. But, we need to go to Tsuburaya Town now..."

He wondered if it was getting too late.

Shinichi Kudo calmly said, "This mask might be a declaration of victory he left behind when he left Tsuburaya Town; but it could also still be a deception, intended to make us believe we've failed and give up the investigation. Let's move on, at least we should find out the truth about that murder case."

Megure nodded, called for Sato Miwako to get in the car, and started the engine.

A few minutes later, a subordinate reported back.

The identity of the deceased in Tokyo Bay has been confirmed; he was an unemployed resident of Beika Town, or rather, a member of the Muddy Slaughter Association. The Muddy Slaughter Association had several clashes with the Sumiyoshi Association this morning, suffering complete defeats, so the discovery of one or two bodies is not surprising.

"Is the mastermind behind this connected to the Yakuza?" Inspector Megure speculated.

Shinichi Kudo shook his head and remained silent. These directions were easy to set up with firewalls, making it impossible to investigate anything.

Fifteen minutes later, the police car pulled up outside a detached house in Tsuburaya Town where the murder had occurred.

Ten minutes later, the police car left.

The Second Investigation Division has closed the case; what happened there was simply an accident.

The truth is hard to discern and doesn't really matter.

After driving around the street and its surroundings twice in a police car, and considering the previous deployment of the Second Investigation Division, Shinichi Kudo found a suspicious spot.

The specific reason was irrelevant, but when he arrived there, the place was undoubtedly deserted.

There were indeed a few fresh footprints there, indicating that they belonged to two people, but whether they were the mastermind and the people he took away, who knows?

"Inspector Megure, let's go back to the Metropolitan Police Department."

Shinichi Kudo's tone remained calm, but this only made Inspector Megure quite worried.

"Brother Kudo, you've already..."

"I haven't done well enough, Inspector Megure."

Shinichi Kudo interrupted, but seeing the concerned look on Juzo Inspector Megure's face, he seemed to finally realize something, forcing a smile onto his face, his eyes filled with suppressed excitement.

For some reason, seeing that smile, even though the person opposite him was his very familiar younger brother Kudo, Inspector Megure felt a tremor in his heart.

Those eyes look so familiar, just like... just like...

Like a criminal!

"To be honest, Inspector Megure, I am very frustrated with this failure."

Shinichi Kudo walked toward the police car: "Even though I don't think I've been deceived by his schemes for long, why is my pace still being controlled by him?"

I think it's due to our way of thinking.

There's no such thing as a thousand days of thievery, but a thousand days of guarding against thieves. If I'm just a detective speaking out for the dead, I'll always be following in their footsteps.

After all, if he didn't take action, how could there be any deaths?

To catch the mastermind, I need to think from his perspective and determine who the next target would be. Of course, this incident is over, and he no longer needs to take action.

However, as long as he continues to protect Yukimatsu Kiyoko, this kind of thing will happen again sooner or later.

"Inspector Megure, could I ask you for a favor?"

Megure paused for two seconds, then quickly nodded: "No problem, Kudo-kun, what do you want to say?"

So my brother was thinking like a criminal! That really gave him a fright.

Shinichi Kudo chuckled: "This matter is..."

The next morning, at 8:30.

Class B, sophomore at Didan High School.

When the bell rang, everyone sat quietly. But when they saw that the person who pushed open the door was not the math teacher of the first class, but the homeroom teacher, a few whispers immediately broke out in the classroom, but they fell silent again in an instant.

Who followed the homeroom teacher through the door?

The first thing that catches everyone's eye is a light, pure white dress, like the first ray of light splashed into a gloomy world. In the next instant, it brings out that slender and elegant figure, creating a beautiful and refined look.

A moment later, a newly blooming lily stood gracefully beside the podium, her black hair cascading down, contrasting with her fair and delicate skin, giving her an eerie and aloof charm.

Gollum—

After a brief moment of stunned silence, countless people swallowed hard.

The homeroom teacher coughed softly.

He coughed loudly again.

Seeing that most people still didn't look at him, he turned around helplessly and wrote the girl's name on the blackboard.

Kiyoko Cedar.

"Due to certain reasons, Xuesong will be transferring to our class starting today..."

The homeroom teacher had barely finished speaking when a commotion erupted below, a mix of shock and cheers filling the air. He had no choice but to pause for a few seconds and look directly at Xue Song Qingzi.

"Cedar, where would you like to sit?"

Kiyoko Yukimatsu glanced down, about to speak amidst the expectant gazes of everyone, when Shinichi Kudo stood up abruptly in the center of the classroom.

Everyone looked on in confusion. Shinichi Kudo turned around and bowed deeply to the table next to him.

"Please, Wanshan, move to the back!"

"..."

"..."

"..."

"Huh??????!!!!"

The classroom erupted in cheers.

Ying Sheng glanced at Xiao Lan's back and shook his head helplessly. "Kudo, what are you after?"

Chapter 70 The combination started to look strange.