My neighbor's name is Conan

Chapter 123 Confession and New Case

When we were almost done eating, the manager of the restaurant came over holding a bouquet of red roses.

Aoki Song took it, held it in front of Shinna Kahori, and said straight to the point: "Kahori, I like you, go out with me."

Aoki Matsu's sudden confession made Niina Kahori's cheeks turn red with embarrassment. Originally, the scenery and atmosphere were the best during the rafting trip, but Aoki Song didn't confess to her. Niina Kahori felt a little strange in her heart.

The atmosphere was very good at that time and she didn't show anything to ruin the atmosphere.

did not expect……

With shining eyes, Niina Kaho glanced at Aoki Song, took the rose with blushing cheeks, and then whispered: "Well..."

"You agreed, that's great!" Aoki Song felt very happy when he saw that Miss Shinname agreed to his confession.

In Tokyo, an international metropolis with a very fast pace of life, if a girl agrees to go on several dates with you, she already represents the other person's thoughts, and she can confess her love directly.

Aoki Song is not an elm-headed person, so of course he would not miss this good opportunity. The reason why he did not confess his love while rafting was because he was being cautious!

Because the boat is too narrow and it's on the river, confessing at this time always gives people the impression that the other party doesn't agree to your confession, so...that's it.

There is a feeling of threatening and forcing the other party.

Maybe Aoki Matsu is overthinking, but if Niina Kahori really feels that the time they have known each other is too short, and they just have a good impression of him and are not together yet, so he does not accept his confession, then what happened at that time

It will be embarrassing, and the good mood of the day will disappear completely.

After all, Niina Kahoori went to all-girls schools from kindergarten, to elementary school, junior high school, high school and university, so she might be a little more conservative in this regard.

So it’s better to confess your love at the last moment of the date.

If it fails, it will not affect the day trip.

Of course, success is the best.

Niina Kahoori held the roses in her arms and looked at Aoki Song, who was smiling a little silly because she agreed to confess, and the smile on her face couldn't help but become much brighter.

The two looked at each other and smiled. Under the illumination of the restaurant lights and the neon lights outside, the atmosphere became a bit more ambiguous.

After a while, the two of them came back to their senses.

It was already getting late at this moment. After Aoki Song paid the bill, he sent Xianna Xiangboli home.

"I'm home, I'm very happy today." Niina Kaho said looking at Aoki Song.

Aoki Song also looked at Niina Kaho with a sincere look, "I'm also very happy today because you agreed to my confession."

Upon hearing this, Xiang Baoli's cheeks immediately turned red with embarrassment.

But at this time, Aoki Song bent down and leaned his face towards Shinna Kahoori. It was self-evident what his intention was.

Niina Kahoori was a little surprised at first, and her body tensed subconsciously, but then she thought that she had agreed to be the other person's girlfriend, and that she also liked Aoki Matsu, so she relaxed her body again and closed her eyes gently,

Waiting for that moment to come.

At this time, it will be difficult to end the kiss if you don't continue the kiss.

Aoki Song gently placed his lips on Miss Shinname's cherry lips, then wrapped her lips, inducing her to slowly open her lips, and slurp them slowly like eating ice cream.

After a while, Aoki Song let go of Shinna Kahori's lips. When Shinna Kahori thought it was over, he leaned down and kissed her gently, and then said: "Kahori, good night!"

Only then did Niina Kahori come back to his senses. He lowered his head shyly and said, "Good night! Matsu-kun, I'm going back." Then without waiting for Aokimatsu's reply, he quickly opened the car door, got out of the car, and waved to Aokimatsu.

After waving his hand, he quickly ran back home.

Seeing this, Aoki Matsu chuckled, and after Niina Kahori entered, he started the car and returned to his home.

Here, Niina Kahori walked into the door. Her heart was beating wildly because of the first kiss. It took her a while to calm down. After changing her shoes, she walked in with a rose in her arms.

When passing by the living room, Mrs. Niina was sitting on the sofa watching TV and waiting for her. When she saw Kahori Niina coming back, the sharp-eyed Mrs. Niina naturally saw the roses in her daughter's hands. "Did he confess to you?"

?" Xinming Xiangbaoli didn't bring any roses back before.

Xianna Xiangbaori felt ashamed again when she heard this, but she still nodded firmly, "Matsu-kun confessed to me today, mom, and I also promised him."

"He is a nice kid, and your father and I don't object to your relationship, but you are a girl, so you should pay attention to some things." Mrs. Xinming said with an expression like someone who has been there before.

"Mom!" Xiang Baoli was even more embarrassed when she heard this, "We haven't developed to that point yet." That was too fast.

Although Neon claims to only find virgins among primary school students, in fact they are just very open about this aspect and don't find it difficult to talk about it, rather than being promiscuous or obscene.

In addition, middle- and upper-class girls are actually quite conservative in this regard, especially those who want to marry their daughters into a well-matched family or a family that wants to marry high.

"You are both boyfriend and girlfriend now, and it will get to that point sooner or later. I just want to give you a heads up." Mrs. Xinming looked at her daughter with a smile and said: "You have been out for a day today. Are you tired? Come on.

Go upstairs and rest." He said that he went back to his room first.

Shinname Kahoori looked at her mother's back, buried her head in the roses, took a deep breath, then blushed and went upstairs to her room with the roses in her arms.

On the other side, Aoki Song returned home, and his mother Aoki Momoka was also waiting for him.

Mothers have a pair of piercing eyes when it comes to their children, and they are all famous detectives! Momoka Aoki saw a little lipstick mark on Aoki Matsu's lips at a glance, and immediately asked: "Asomatsu, you have a girlfriend?"

What kind of person is the other person?”

Aoki Song was stunned when he heard this: "Mom, how did you know that I had a girlfriend?" He hadn't had time to tell his family about it.

Momoka Aoki pointed to her lips and said, "There are lipstick marks on your lips. They must have been left when you kissed a girl."

After listening to his mother's words, Aoki Song subconsciously reached out and touched his lips. As expected, there was a little bit of red lipstick.

It’s not like Miss Xinming couldn’t do anything, so when faced with her mother’s question, Aokisong readily admitted, “Mom, I confessed to the other party today, and the other party also agreed to be my girlfriend. The other party is “Detective Zuo Wenji”

The daughter of the author of "Shinname-sensei" is called Shinname Kahori."

"What!" Momoka Aoki looked at her son in shock, "The "Detective Zuomonji" you are talking about is the mystery TV series that was recently re-broadcast on Nichi Shell TV?"

"Yes, it's that TV series!" Aoki Song said with a smile.

After hearing this, Momoka Aoki looked at her son with joy, "You are actually dating the daughter of teacher Shinina." She said with a proud expression on her face, "Osomatsu, you are awesome, you deserve to be my son!"

In the eyes of ordinary people, his new name, Rentaro, was a great writer and a wealthy man, with a very high social status, and he was considered to be a member of the upper class.

Although Momo Aoki found it a bit incredible that her son could date the other girl's daughter, she took it for granted. In Momo Aoki's eyes, her son was very good and worthy of any girl.

Later, Momoka Aoki asked curiously: "Osomatsu, how did you meet Teacher Shinna's daughter? Could it be that the other party went to the Metropolitan Police Department to interview you?"

"No, mom, Kahori is not a reporter. She is planning to inherit the career of Shinmei-sensei and become a writer. I met her at Shintaro's engagement ceremony. She is Shintaro's cousin." Aoki Song explained.

"Shintaro, is that Nishida-san?" Momoka Aoki asked. She still had some impressions of the friends Aoki Song had played with since childhood.

Aoki Song nodded, "Yes, that's Shintaro Nishida."

"Then you have to be serious about dating Miss Shinmei, otherwise you and Nishida-san may not be friends in the future," Aoki Momoka said.

"Mom, I dated Kaori with the goal of getting married," Aoki Song said.

After all, any relationship that does not aim at getting married is just acting like a hooligan!

Hearing this, Momoka Aoki said with a smile: "You used to study so seriously, and I was worried that you would become a nerd. I didn't expect that you got a girlfriend so soon after starting work, so I felt relieved."

"Mom!" Qingmusong was speechless when he heard this. He was curled up, not dumb!

However, Momoka Aoki's worries are not hypocritical or unnecessary, because after the burst of the economic bubble in Neon, jobs dropped sharply, and many people were unable to win over others and lost their jobs.

Some of these unemployed people neither embarked on the road of crime nor worked hard, but chose to lie down. Therefore, a proper term was born - otaku.

And those who temporarily win the lottery also have a lot of pressure in their hearts. They are worried about being rolled in by others and will take the initiative to change the lottery. Therefore, many people have no women in their hearts and draw their swords. When it comes to love, women only want to win.

It will affect the speed of my involution!

Under such circumstances, the neon marriage rate has plummeted, and young people are no longer interested in falling in love.

With the general environment being like this, it’s no wonder Aoki Momo is worried.

Of course, she didn't have to worry now. After learning that her son had a girlfriend, Aoki Momoxiang felt happy. She had already seen her little grandson waving to her again, and she slept more soundly than usual tonight.

After watching his mother go back to her room, Aoki Song went upstairs, first made a phone call to Niina Kahori to report that she was safe, and then kissed me. I stayed on the phone for a while, then washed up and went to bed.

The next day, just after Aoki Song returned home from a run, he received a call from the Metropolitan Police Department, saying that Kogoro Mouri called the police and that a murder had occurred at the Shanni Temple in the mountains on the outskirts of the city.

really!

How could a Maori trio go on a trip without a murder?

but……

Shanni Temple!?

Why does this name feel familiar, as if I've heard it somewhere?

Qing Mu Song thought about it carefully and didn't think about it, so he didn't think about it. Anyway, he would know it when he went to the place.

After quickly eating breakfast and changing into a suit, Qingmusong drove to Shanni Temple.

When he arrived at the location and took a look, Aoki Song immediately remembered - isn't this the episode of Dogs in the Foggy Sky!

Qingmusong really didn't think of it when he said "Shanni Temple", but after seeing this temple, Qingmusong immediately remembered it.

In fact, this temple has a very profound impact on people, comparable to the Japanese-style house in Arashiyama, Kyoto, in the theatrical version of "Tang Hong's Love Song".

It is built next to a high mountain waterfall. The waterfall carries the fallen cherry blossoms on the mountain and washes the temple's plank road. The scenery is like a fairyland, so elegant. During the cherry blossom season, the entire temple and the surrounding scenery form a fairyland on earth.

The waterfall is so impressive that it’s hard to forget.

And the modus operandi is also very whimsical. When Qing Mu Song saw this modus operandi, his first reaction was - Cao Chong weighs the elephant!

They all use water to achieve their own purposes.

After recalling this case, Aoki Song felt relieved and the pressure in his heart was reduced a lot.

When Aoki let go of the car and arrived in front of the temple, he found that a police car was already parked there. When he walked in, he saw that Megure Police Department and others had already arrived.

"Aoki-kun, you are here!" Megure Police Department greeted Aoki-Song enthusiastically after seeing Aoki-Song, then pulled Aoki-Song aside and said quietly but very seriously: "Aoki-Jun, this time you must show all your skills.

, handle this case well."

Before Qingmu Song could get curious, the Mumu Police Department said with a serious face: "Two years ago, a person died here, and the way of death was exactly the same. I was the one who led the team to Shanni Temple to handle the case. But we checked everything

After searching the entire temple, no clues or evidence were found, so the case could only be closed hastily.

I have always had some doubts about this, but due to lack of evidence, in order not to waste police resources, I could only close the case hastily. Now that such an identical case has happened again, I suspect that it may be the murderer two years ago who is committing crimes continuously.

But I just made a preliminary inspection of the crime scene, and it’s still the same as two years ago, with no clues. This case depends on you!"

After saying that, the Megure Police Department turned its expectant eyes to Aoki Song. In his opinion, Aoki Song was very smart and lucky (caught Moritani Teiji on the way). If anyone in the third department could solve this case, then Aoki

The probability of being cracked is the highest!

Although Officer Megure's words may sound like a shirk of responsibility, in fact this kind of situation occurs in police departments in every country.

In the absence of clues and evidence, some cases can only be left alone, because no matter how much police power is expended on searches, no new clues can be found. The cases can only be closed hastily and sealed, praying for more advanced technology in the future.

See if we can solve the case.

If you are interested in this aspect, in later generations you will often see the police in a certain place solving cases that were more than ten years ago or even decades ago. This is all due to the development of science and technology.

Without knowing the truth, the case of "serial crimes" suspected by the Mumu Police Department is not trivial.

Once the case escalates to the level of continuous crime, the nature is completely different from ordinary homicide cases, and the murderer has most likely turned into an extremely vicious person.

"I understand, police department, don't worry, I will try my best!" Aoki Song replied with a serious look.

After hearing this, the Mumu Police Department patted Qingmusong on the shoulder, then turned around and led Qingmusong to the scene of the crime, which is the temple's monastic chamber.

Qingmusong walked in, looked up, and saw a corpse hanging from a high cantilever in the monastery.

Looking around, I saw that the structure of this monastic room is very special. It is a special house with a length of 2.7 meters, a width of 2.7 meters, and a height of 10 meters. The wooden boards around it are all painted and very smooth, with only a small skylight at the top.

To let the light through.

In such a high room, it is impossible for a person to climb up 10 meters along the smooth and straight walls to reach the cantilever beam. However, the skylight at the top is very small, and can barely accommodate one person to climb through. And the cantilever beam is not thick, and it seems that it cannot withstand it.

Lives the weight of two people.

In other words, it is impossible to carry a body from the skylight to the cantilever.

Because Officer Megure also came here to investigate a case two years ago, he is quite familiar with this place. He introduced Aoki Song: "The person who hanged himself to death was the abbot of this temple, Abbot Tianyong. After preliminary identification, the time of death was presumed to be

Between 10 and 12 o'clock last night, the person who found the body was a monk in the temple."

As he spoke, Officer Memu looked at a handsome monk standing aside, "Master Kuan Nian, it's you!"

Monk Kuan Nian nodded, "Yes, because I didn't see the abbot so early in the morning, I looked around." As he spoke, his tone became sad. "As a result, I found the abbot in the practice room...

…”

Needless to say what happens next, everyone knows what happened.

After listening to Master Kannian's words, Officer Megure turned his head to the side, looked at Mouri Kogoro and others who appeared at the murder scene with some complicated emotions and said: "After hearing Master Kannian's scream, the one who ran over was

It happens to be inside this temple..."

Mouri Kogoro hurriedly took a step forward, put on a flattering smile, and announced his family name: "This is me, Moori Kogoro! Megure Police Department, Aoki Police Department."

"Hehehe..." Mumu Police Department laughed twice after hearing this.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Mouri Kogoro quickly changed the topic, walked to Monk Kuan Nian, pressed his shoulder and said: "But, Master Kuan Nian, what you screamed just now was really miserable!"

Monk Kuan Nian is not used to him. The abbot of the temple has died. As a senior brother, he is now depressed and irritable.

You must know that Neon temples are basically privately owned, that is, privately owned. This temple is owned by Abbot Gui Tianyong. Once he dies, it is not known whether the future heirs will be willing to let them continue to stay in Shanni Temple.

Practice.

And this seems very likely to be a serial killing incident. Will he be the next person killed?

He was not in the mood to joke with Mouri Kogoro now, so Monk Kuan Nian said unceremoniously: "It shouldn't be as miserable as yours!"

Seeing this, Conan quickly changed the topic with a sweet voice. On the one hand, he helped Mouri Kogoro resolve the embarrassment, and on the other hand, he also wanted to ask the doubts in his heart, so he said: "Master Kuan Nian, your intuition is really accurate.

.”

"Eh?" Monk Kuan Nian was stunned when he heard this and looked at Conan subconsciously.

Conan explained at this time: "Because of the abbot master, he is hanging from such a high ceiling." Conan pointed to the corpse and said.

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed, and Conan also looked at the body and said, "If it were me, I would never have discovered the body so quickly."

After hearing Conan's words, Mouri Kogoro immediately looked at Master Kuan Nian with a serious face, and said with suspicion: "Master Kuan Nian, this is really strange! Could it be that you have been doing this from the beginning?

You know Abbot Tianyong was hanged from the ceiling!"

Doesn’t this mean that he suspects Monk Kuan Nian to be the murderer?

Last night, Monk Kuan Nian already knew the identity of Kogoro Mori as a famous detective. After hearing what he said, he quickly waved his hand and explained: "Please don't joke, okay, I just, I..."

At this time, another monk on the side who looked a bit fierce and tall, and who did not look like a good person at first glance, said: "It is natural to find the abbot."

"Mu Nian..." Monk Kuan Nian looked at the other party and shouted with some relief.

Monk Mu Nian lowered his head slightly with an ugly expression and continued to explain: "Because the exact same incident happened in this room two years ago!"

"Two years ago!" Mouri Kogoro said in surprise.

After hearing this, the Mumu Police Department pressed his hat with his hand and said somewhat unnaturally: "I was also responsible for that case. I remember that the person who died was a monk named Zhongnian, and the people who found the body were Master Kuannian and

Master Mu Nian, you two."

"Yes!" the two responded.

Mu Nian explained to Mouri Kogoro: "That was what happened during the rainy season when it rained non-stop. Zhong Nian retreated in this room for spiritual practice. One day, we suddenly found the retreat room.

A big hole was dug in the wall. When I walked in, I didn't see Zhongnian.

Later, we spent three days and three nights unable to find him. On the fourth morning after we concluded that he had run outside the temple and gave up the search, Brother Kuan Nian and I came to this room to repair the wall.

, during the repair process, we accidentally looked up and found that Zhongnian was hanging from the cantilever."

Hearing this, Mouri Kogoro approached the big hole that was also punched in the wall this time. While observing, he asked: "Was the wall destroyed in the same way last time?"

"Yes!" Monk Kuan Nian replied: "At first, we thought it was Zhong Nian who cut open the room in order to escape. But the lock on the door was not locked at that time. Zhong Nian wanted to come out and refused.

No need to cut the wall.

Later, we hired a local carpenter to repair the outer wall. They said that if one had to dig such a big hole in the wall, it would be a major project that would take a day. Ordinary people would not be able to do it without tools.

Do it in such a short time at night.

The only person who can accomplish this kind of thing easily is the monster with strange powers and wings in folklore - the Kiriten Dog!"

After saying this, Monk Kuan Nian became frightened, trembled all over, and his face became very ugly.

"Fog Sky Dog!" Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

PS: I went out for something during the day, which caused the update to be late. Sorry~

(End of chapter)