The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

However, he also didn't want to involve ordinary people like Yuu Aragaki in such a dangerous situation.

Just like not wanting to involve Xiaolan.

"Big brother, I... I was just looking for the coin I dropped, and I found something shiny like an earring under the sofa!" Conan decided to tell Aragaki Yu about his discovery in a childlike tone.

"Oh? Is that so! Well done, Conan. I'll go get Inspector Megure to take a look." Yuya Aragaki roughly knew what it was.

After all, this is the first case in which the sleeping Kogoro makes his appearance.

He still had some vague recollections of the case.

Upon hearing Yuu Aragaki's report, Inspector Megure quickly ordered forensic personnel to check under the sofa.

Sure enough, an earring was found under the sofa.

When the forensic personnel handed the evidence to Inspector Megure.

Yoko Okino, who was standing next to Inspector Megure, recognized the earring at a glance: "This is! Yuko-san's earring! I saw her wearing it this morning!"

"Miss Yuko? Who is she?" Inspector Megure seemed even more invigorated upon seeing the new clues and suspect.

"Yuko Ikezawa is an artist who debuted around the same time as Ms. Yoko. Some time ago, she held a grudge because Ms. Yoko snatched the lead role in a TV series from her!" Eiichi Yamagishi said meaningfully.

"That's right! The murderer must be this woman named Yuko Ikezawa! Inspector Megure, quickly have her arrested!" Kogoro Mouri said excitedly.

"Yes, it seems that Ms. Yuko is also a suspect in the case. Go and summon Ms. Ikezawa." Inspector Megure nodded and instructed his subordinates.

"No way! Why would she do that!" Yoko Okino, standing to the side, looked incredulous upon hearing everyone's analysis.

Although she and Ms. Ikezawa are competitors, it's nowhere near this level.

"It must be right, the culprit is Yuko Ikezawa!" Kogoro Mouri thought to himself as he looked at the scene before him.

"Based on the current situation, Ms. Yoko is still highly suspicious! And Mr. Yamagishi is definitely involved!" Inspector Megure was also silently analyzing the situation.

Conan, standing outside the door, looked at the situation inside the room and fell into deep thought: "Something's not right! There must be something I've overlooked. This matter isn't as simple as it seems!"

Ran, who was in the distance, thought, "That damn Shinichi Kudo!"

Yuu Aragaki was observing the group of people inside and outside the room, each lost in their own thoughts, considering whether he should push forward the investigation.

……

"Stop joking! If the murder happened at Yoko Okino's house, of course we would suspect her first! This is my first time here!" Yuko Ikezawa's attitude was quite dissatisfied.

“Miss Yuko, how could you say that…” Yoko Okino weakly retorted from the side.

"Then how do you explain this?!" Kogoro Mouri, standing to the side, pulled out an evidence bag containing the earring and declared confidently, "This should be your earring, right?"

"Ah!" Yuko Ikezawa looked surprised when she saw the earring in Kogoro Mouri's hand. "I was wondering why I couldn't find this earring! I was wondering if someone had stolen it!"

"Not only that! The person in charge at the apartment entrance also said that they saw someone who looks a lot like you, Ms. Yuko, come here today." Kogoro Mouri continued to press.

“That’s just someone who looks a lot like me. I’ve never been here before,” Yuko Ikezawa replied nonchalantly. “I’m very busy, so please don’t bother me with such trivial matters.”

"You bastard..." Kogoro Mouri was quite dissatisfied with Yuko Ikezawa's attitude.

"Oh, excuse me! I need to go to the restroom." Aragaki Yu, who had been observing the situation from the side, suddenly approached Kogoro and Ikezawa Yuko and said anxiously.

"Don't block my way, it's over there!" Yuko Ikezawa pointed impatiently toward the restroom, looking at the suspicious figure blocking her way.

"Thank you!" Yuu Aragaki thanked him without hesitation and headed straight for the restroom.

However, just as they were about to reach the corner of the restroom, Aragaki Yu chuckled softly and then said, "Interesting. You can't see the restroom from the lobby at all. So, Miss Ikezawa, how did you know where the restroom was since it's your first time here?"

For a split second, Yuko Ikezawa froze.

Everyone around her realized what was happening and looked in her direction in shock.

Chapter 26 The Sleeping Kogoro

“Ms. Ikezawa, please explain why you lied. If you don’t provide a reasonable explanation, we will have no choice but to take you back to the Metropolitan Police Department as a suspect for further investigation,” Inspector Megure gestured to Yuko Ikezawa.

"Wait a minute!" Seeing the police officers approaching and gradually surrounding her, Yuko Ikezawa completely panicked.

Under the relentless pressure from Inspector Megure and Kogoro Mouri, Yuko Ikezawa finally confessed to everything she had done.

But to their surprise, if what Yuko Ikezawa said was true, then she was indeed not the murderer.

Because Yoko stole the lead role in the TV series from Yuko Ikezawa, she harbored thoughts of revenge.

Later, she decided to steal the key to Yoko's house from the TV station's dressing room, intending to go to Yoko's house to collect information about her scandals.

However, just as she arrived at Ms. Yoko's house, something unexpected happened.

The deceased, who was lying on the floor, had actually followed Yuko Ikezawa into the room.

Yuko Ikezawa thought the stranger was going to attack her, so she pushed him away and ran away in a panic.

It was during this process that Yuko Ikezawa inadvertently lost her earring.

"At this point, you still want to argue?" Kogoro Mouri still refused to believe Yuko Ikezawa's explanation.

"I already said, I didn't kill anyone!" Yuko Ikezawa was furious at Kogoro Mouri's harassment.

Just as the tension between the two was about to escalate...

Suddenly, a police officer ran into the room and reported to Inspector Megure, "The investigation is complete, sir. The deceased's name is Fujie Akiyoshi, he was 22 years old, and after graduating from Konan High School, he worked at Kakuhong Trading Company..."

"Konan High School..." Kogoro Mouri suddenly stroked his chin thoughtfully, "I remember Ms. Yoko, you seem to be from there too..."

Upon hearing the words "Konan High School," Yoko Okino, who was standing next to her, suddenly appeared somewhat distraught.

"That person, that person! I actually know him!" Unable to bear the guilt in her heart, Yoko Okino finally couldn't help but shout out these words.

"Ah!" Everyone looked at Yoko with some surprise.

"It's not just that, that person was my boyfriend from high school!"

"What did you say!" Kogoro Mouri was completely stunned and couldn't accept this fact.

“Miss Yoko!” Yamagishi Sakae, standing to the side, was clearly somewhat displeased that Okino Yoko had told the truth.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Yamagishi, I really don't want to hide this anymore!" Yoko Okino looked at Sakae Yamagishi with deep apology.

"Could it be that you killed him because you wanted to end your relationship?" Inspector Megure deduced, looking at Yoko Okino.

At this moment, Kogoro Mouri was so devastated by Yoko's words that he collapsed to the ground.

"No! It was him who broke up with me first, not me." Yoko Okino's face showed some sadness.

……

"Who is it! Who is the murderer?!" Taking advantage of the confusion caused by the suspect's statements, Conan secretly slipped into the room again.

He looked around the room again at the various marks, his expression anxious: "Damn it! There are still loopholes in the logic of the reasoning! But where exactly is the problem?"

"What could it be?" While everyone's attention was focused on Yoko, Conan walked over to where the body lay and examined it carefully.

"Wait, what is this!"

Conan suddenly noticed a dent in the shape of a corpse on the floor next to it.

The chairs in the room, the dents in the floor, the water stains around, and the hair in the corpse's hand...

What is the connection between all of these?

Conan's brain was working at lightning speed.

"Water doesn't only come in one form!"

At that moment, a faint voice reached Conan's ears.

Yes! That's right, that's it!

It's ice!

Conan suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Wait a minute, the one who just spoke...

who is it! ?

Conan, snapping out of his deduction, looked to the side in surprise.

Beside him, Aragaki Yu was looking at the water stains around the corpse, deep in thought.

His words just now sounded like he was muttering to himself.

"What's going on with this guy?" Conan felt a little flustered. "Is it just a coincidence, or is he deliberately saying it to me?"

However, before Conan could even think about it, Kogoro Mouri was already preparing to give his final deduction and summary.

"So, the murderer is you! Yamagishi..."

Damn it! What do we do?!

That's not the case!

Conan was getting a little anxious.

But with Aragaki Yu standing right next to her, there was nothing she could do.

What if we're exposed...

As if knowing what Conan was worried about, Aragaki Yu suddenly clapped his hands and said, "Huh!? Why hasn't Ran come in yet? Where did she go? Conan, let me go find Ran."