The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

Upon hearing this, Conan, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but let out a cold sneer.

Perhaps because he couldn't find any more clues in the restroom for the time being, Inspector Megure gave a few more instructions to the forensic personnel present before returning to the sofa in the office living room and asking Ms. Kei Kagetsuka, "Ms. Kagetsuka, do you really not know that man? Have you never seen him before?"

“Yes, I don’t know her at all!” Ms. Kei Kazuka shook her head, her eyes filled with tears as she looked up at Inspector Megure.

It was as if they were wondering why the police would ask such a question.

In response, Inspector Megure patiently explained, "If the man's goal is the key among your brother's belongings, then there's a high probability that he knew your brother."

Ms. Kei Kagetsuka tightened her coat, lowered her head, and replied somewhat forlornly, "However, I don't know many of my brother's friends either."

Inspector Megure's eyes showed a hint of regret upon hearing Ms. Kei Kagetsuka's answer.

If such clues are found, it would undoubtedly lead to a major breakthrough in the police's investigation.

Meanwhile, Amuro Tooru, who was standing to the side, seemed to have thought of something. While Inspector Megure and Kogoro Mouri were whispering and discussing something, he walked up to Ms. Kei Kagetsuka and asked softly, "May I ask how your brother passed away?"

When asked by Amuro Tooru, Ms. Kenzuka Kei lowered her head and did not respond, seemingly lost in thought.

Amuro Tooru frowned and had to raise his voice slightly, "May I ask what caused your brother's death?"

"what……!?"

Coming to her senses, Ms. Kei Kazuka turned around and was clearly taken aback when she saw Tooru Amuro standing close to her. "Yes, it's because of the accident four days ago."

After saying that, she took out her phone from her pocket, turned on the screen, and showed the picture to everyone, saying, "This is my brother."

"I set the photo as my phone's wallpaper!"

As Amuro Tooru muttered to himself, Conan, who was also looking at his phone screen, was slightly taken aback.

Looking at the photo I set as my phone wallpaper, I saw the man in the blue sweater standing next to Ms. Kei Kenzuka, wearing square-framed glasses.

A strange sense of familiarity welled up in Conan's heart.

I feel like I've seen this man somewhere before...

But where exactly is it?

Unfortunately, at this crucial moment, Conan couldn't remember anything about it.

Left with no other choice, Conan could only quietly tug at the sleeve of Yuu Aragaki beside him.

Yuu Aragaki glanced down at Conan, who had a constipated look on his face. "What's wrong, Conan?"

"Brother Aragaki, don't you feel like you've seen that man in the photo somewhere before?"

Yuu Aragaki glanced at Kei Kenzuka's phone, his expression slightly taken aback.

It's him! ?

Yuu Aragaki narrowed his eyes imperceptibly; things were indeed starting to get interesting.

Of course, Yuu Aragaki has no intention of hiding this from Conan.

"Oh, you mean him..."

However, before Aragaki Yu could finish answering Conan's question, Inspector Megure's voice abruptly interrupted their conversation.

The group turned around and saw Inspector Megure holding an evidence bag containing the cell phone that the forensic investigators had just given him, which they said had been found at the restroom by the man. "Speaking of cell phones, the cell phone of the man who committed suicide seems a bit strange."

Kogoro Mouri asked, puzzled, "What's wrong?"

While examining the contents of the phone through the evidence bag, Inspector Megure explained to Kogoro Mouri, "Aside from the text message sent to you, Kogoro, by someone impersonating Ms. Kenzuka, indicating that you wanted to change your location, there are no other records."

Chapter 777 Misleading people

"what?"

Kogoro Mouri and Conan looked at Inspector Megure with some surprise.

Upon hearing this, Ms. Kei Kenzuka proactively explained to everyone, "Because that man's last text message was sent using my phone."

Inspector Megure continued examining the phone's contents, pointing out the suspicious points, "But no matter what, there's only this one text message on the phone, the contacts are all blank, and this phone doesn't look like a very new model..."

It is undoubtedly a strange thing for a person's phone to contain only this one text message, without any other person's contact information or communication records.

Kogoro Mouri, who was standing nearby, guessed, "Perhaps it was a cheap, outdated model that the person bought specifically, because the phone's casing has almost no scratches."

……

Yuu Aragaki glanced at the phone in Inspector Megure's hand, then his gaze involuntarily drifted towards the restroom.

Indeed, as Inspector Megure said, the cell phone incident is very suspicious.

But besides that, there's another thing that's strange.

That was the wallet and loose change of the man who had placed it with the phone at the time.

Before the police arrived at the scene, Aragaki Yu had already roughly checked the situation in the toilet stalls.

Of course, he wasn't the only one who did this.

Aside from the locker key stolen from Ms. Kei Kenzuka, the cell phone, wallet, loose change, stun gun, and cigarettes were all stuffed into the man's shirt pocket.

The change added up to nearly five thousand yuan.

What's even more outrageous is that the person's wallet was bulging with dozens of banknotes.

Stuffing all those things into a shirt pocket is clearly not something a normal person would do.

At the same time, Inspector Megure suddenly asked Ms. Kei Kagetsuka, "By the way, Ms. Kagetsuka, we found two strange towels at the feet of the deceased. One of the towels looks wet at the front. Do you know what that means?"

"I don't know, I'm not sure either." Kei Kenzuka shook his head and answered weakly, "Because I was very scared at the time, and I kept shrinking into a ball and didn't dare to look around."

Seeing that Kei Kenzuka looked completely clueless, Inspector Megure had no choice but to abandon the question and change the subject, saying, "There's a rather peculiar knot on your boot under that towel, and it seems to be wrapped around the top of the boot."

Regarding this, Ms. Kei Kanetsuka gave Inspector Megure her own answer, "You mean the shoelaces? That's a habit I developed since I was little. After washing my canvas shoes and putting them to dry, my brother said that tying the shoelaces like this would make them easier to hang up. Although boots can't be washed, I still have this habit. It's just... my brother is no longer alive..."

At this point, Kei Kenzuka slowly lowered his head, his expression becoming incredibly sorrowful.

Seeing that Kei Kenzuka had suddenly burst into tears, and considering that it was already late, Inspector Megure knew that he probably wouldn't be able to conduct any more interrogations or investigations today.

Left with no other option, Inspector Megure said to Ms. Kei Kagetsuka, "Since we haven't been able to find anything important today, the investigation will end here. However, Ms. Kagetsuka, please tell me your address and contact information..."

Kei Kenzuka wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, nodded, and said, "Okay, I'll write it down now."

"If possible, it's best to have something like identification to prove your identity."

Upon hearing Inspector Megure's request, Kei Kenzuka hesitated for a moment before replying, "Because I just graduated from university and am currently working, I don't have any business cards. If I go home, I can still find my insurance card..."

Since Ms. Kei Kagetsuka has not shown any signs of anything amiss so far, Inspector Megure has no suspicions. "Then please bring her over tomorrow."

……

As Ms. Kei Kenzuka left her contact information and address with the police, she prepared to go home.

Amuro Tooru suddenly spoke up, "If you want to go home, let me give you a ride in my car."

After saying that, he deliberately pointed in the direction with his hand, "My car is parked in the parking lot next door."

"Ugh?"

Kei Kenzuka looked somewhat surprised, while Kogoro Mouri and the others looked at Tooru Amuro with puzzlement.

Amuro Tooru, however, explained with a smile: "Because, there's a good chance that other accomplices of that man might be lying in ambush near your house right now."

"Well... then I'll trouble you. I'm sorry." After hesitating for a moment, Kei Kenzuka finally agreed.

Amuro waved his hand with a smile, "Not at all, not at all, don't be so polite!"

It was only at this moment that Inspector Megure suddenly realized that there were so many people at Kogoro Mouri's office today.

Inspector Megure's expression turned somewhat disgusted at this strange guy who always seemed to appear at crime scenes. "But speaking of which, why is he here too?"

"Oh, this!" Upon hearing Inspector Megure mention this, Kogoro Mouri suddenly chuckled twice, then explained to Inspector Megure with a boastful air, "To be honest, Amuro has now become my eldest apprentice!"

"Huh? Disciple, disciple!?"

Inspector Megure suddenly turned his head, staring wide-eyed at Kogoro Mouri in disbelief.

Although he didn't particularly like detectives who were always running around crime scenes...

Of course, this excludes Aragaki and the vanished Kudo.

However, he still felt a little regretful about Amuro Tooru's decision to become Kogoro Mouri's apprentice.

That guy, Mori...

Won't this mislead young people?

However, Inspector Megure couldn't say such a thing to Kogoro Mouri's face, so he could only sigh and say, "Really, it seems you've gained another detective by your side, Kogoro!"

"More again?"

Amuro Tooru, who overheard Inspector Megure and Kogoro Mouri's conversation, glanced at the two of them suspiciously, then subconsciously turned his gaze to Yuu Aragaki.

However, Aragaki Yu simply shrugged innocently at him, as if to say, "It's none of my business."

"Yes, there are other people besides you."

As for Inspector Megure, perhaps because the interrogation tonight had come to an end, he explained with a rather strange expression, "Recently, a young detective has been appearing at crime scenes with Mori-kun all the time, and she's a female detective."