Detective Conan: The Ultimate Growth Space

"If you don't believe me, you can ask Aunt Fei. She's the one who told me this," Zhiyong said with a shrug.

Xiaolan was speechless.

Conan was also completely bewildered.

Xiaolan really didn't know whether to believe or not to believe this result.

Although she knew Zhiyong wouldn't lie to her, this answer was still too absurd.

After dropping Zhiyong and the others off at their home, Officer Shiratori drove away.

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Chapter 165 The person with the number ten chose the wrong one.

Silent all night.

Zhiyong had a good night's sleep at home.

By early the next morning.

Zhiyong called Inspector Megure and asked, "Inspector Megure, what happened last night?"

“Brother Sato, everything is perfectly normal, nothing has happened,” Inspector Megure replied.

Zhiyong felt sorry for them for not getting any rest all night, so he said, "Inspector Megure, I feel like you might have followed the wrong target."

"What do you mean? Could it be that the culprit isn't someone Mr. Mori knows?" Inspector Megure asked curiously.

"I've been thinking about this case, and something just came to mind, so I called to tell you," Zhiyong said casually.

"What is it?"

Inspector Megure wasn't in the mood for small talk with Tomoyuki right now, and went straight to asking the question.

“I just remembered, another friend of Uncle Mori's, his name also has a cross in it,” Zhiyong said softly.

"What? Who is it?" Inspector Megure asked in surprise.

“I just remembered that there’s a picture of him on the desk in the office. He’s a professional golfer named Hiroki Tsuji. The first character of his name, ‘Tsuji,’ contains the character for ‘cross’,” Zhiyong said.

“Hiroki Tsuji, Tsuji, there really is a cross. I’ll send someone to protect him immediately,” Inspector Megure replied.

After speaking with Inspector Megure.

Zhiyong called Xiaolan again to tell her about it, and told her that he was busy and didn't have time for the time being, and asked her to let him know if anything came up.

Yesterday, Zhiyong had his subordinates help him buy a mobile phone.

Zhiyong has already given the cell phones to Xiaolan and Kogoro Mouri, and he will reimburse the cost, so it's convenient for them to stay in touch now.

Today, SkyNet's software has entered the market and has seen significant development.

Therefore, there were many things to prepare, so Zhiyong did not go with Tsuji Hiroki.

Zhiyong needs to finish dealing with company matters first, and he feels that he has less and less free time now.

If the company cannot develop steadily, it will be too difficult for Zhiyong to have any free time.

It seems we need to find a CEO for the company.

Actually, Tomoyuki was already very satisfied with Hideko Kamijou before.

Not only is she beautiful, but she also has experience in business.

Unfortunately, although he and Hideko Kamijou had several more friendly matches afterward.

However, the two were not yet familiar enough for Hideko Kamijou to give up her company and help Tomoyu manage it.

Around noon, Zhiyong received a call from Xiaolan.

Tsuji Hiroki's fate remained unchanged; his eyes still developed problems while he was piloting the helicopter.

With Conan's help, they landed their helicopter on the playground of Teitan Elementary School.

The helicopter exploded after the people on board left, but fortunately there were no casualties.

Hiroki Tsuji has now been taken to the hospital.

Hiroki Tsuji's eyes developed problems shortly after he started using them because someone had switched his eye drops.

These circumstances are basically consistent with the events in Zhiyong's memory.

Zhiyong asked them where they were.

Xiao Lan told Zhi Yong that she was going out to make a phone call.

Because Hiroki Tsuji was undergoing treatment, the others went to Professor Agasa's ward first.

When Zhiyong arrived, Inspector Megure, Kogoro Mouri, Ran, Conan, and Ayumi were all there.

Just then, Kogoro Mouri said, "So, he can't participate in the U.S. Open on Thursday?"

"There's nothing we can do about it now; we have no choice but to withdraw from the competition," Inspector Megure sighed.

"Officer, when did the criminal switch the eye drops?" Conan asked.

"According to Mr. Tsuji's recollection, he put in eye drops in his car after driving out of the garage this morning. Then he heard the sound of a window breaking in his house, so he left the eye drops in his car."

Inspector Megure sighed and continued, "Then he returned home and saw that the glass in his window had been broken with a small stone. He assumed it was a child's prank and didn't pay any attention to it. He had the servant clean it up and then left home."

"So, the culprit first broke Hiroki's window with a stone, and then secretly switched the eye drops when Hiroki came home," Kogoro Mouri said in surprise.

At that moment, Officer Shiratori entered.

Officer Shiratori said seriously, "The culprit should be Murakami Takeshi. We found the Ten of Spades at the scene."

As he spoke, he picked up a bag containing a ten of spades.

Upon seeing this ten of spades.

Inspector Megure was getting anxious; the more people who were victimized, the greater the pressure he felt.

"Mouri, the next one to be attacked is Nine. Do you know anyone whose name contains the character Nine?"

Kogoro Mouri scratched his head, thought for a moment, and said, "Nine? This,..."

He laughed awkwardly and said, "I can't remember either. But I do remember one character for 'eight'."

Inspector Megure didn't have many clues at the moment, so he asked, "Hachi, who is that?"

“It’s the wine connoisseur, Mr. Sawaki Kohei. The character ‘Kou’ in his name has an ‘eight’ on top,” Kogoro Mouri replied.

"Then let's go see Sawaki first and see if we can find any clues," Inspector Megure said helplessly.

On my way to Sawaki Heiko's house.

Since there were six people including Conan, Ran decided to let Conan sit on her lap.

How can such a thing be allowed to happen?

If Conan were really a child, Zhiyong wouldn't care.

But that's not how it works; Conan is Shinichi Kudo.

Therefore, Zhiyong picked up Conan and let him sit on his lap.

How can Zhiyong avoid arousing suspicion?

Kogoro Mouri and his friends learned that Kohei Sawaki was the culprit, which was due to the unexpected death of Masaru Ota in the previous case.

Zhiyong doesn't want to follow the plot anymore.

If something unexpected happens when he finally gets to that underground restaurant, that's not what he wants.

However, even if no one dies, Zhiyong's interests will still be affected.

Special Wisdom and Courage still remember what happened after the explosion.

Xiaolan got stuck in the car.

In order to save Ran, Conan took the opportunity to have a close encounter with her.

If used properly, Zhiyong could openly and legitimately have a close encounter with Xiaolan.

It's exciting just thinking about it.

Let's just let things unfold as they will.

Zhiyong gathered his thoughts and asked, "Uncle, I'd like to ask, when you went to the French restaurant the night before last, did you run into anyone you knew?"

Kogoro Mouri said, somewhat puzzled, "Why are you asking about something like this at a time like this?"

Zhiyong is now helpless. He knew the outcome from the beginning, which is really troublesome. He always has to come up with a plausible excuse.

He said somewhat awkwardly, "Perhaps we can find some clues from this."

"I see. Let me think." Kogoro Mouri thought for a moment and replied to Tomoyuki, "I saw Hiroki Tsuji and Kohei Sawaki in the restaurant. I also saw Ms. Towako through the window. It should be these three."

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Chapter 166 The Prisoner Is Someone Else

"So, when you were eating, did you mention that Aunt Fei likes to eat Jicoba chocolate?" Zhiyong asked again.

“Yes, she did. Aunt Fei said that fifteen years ago, when she and Uncle Mori first went to that restaurant, Uncle Mori gave her a gift. Uncle Mori replied at the time that it was your favorite Jicoba chocolate,” Conan said, feigning innocence.

"I see." Zhiyong lowered his head and pretended to be deep in thought.

"What, did you discover something wrong?" Kogoro Mouri asked, looking at Tomoyuki with a puzzled expression.

Zhiyong raised his head and said, "I have a thought that is not yet fully formed. I'm wondering if there might be something wrong with our previous reasoning."

"The wrong place, which aspect are you referring to?" Kogoro Mouri asked in surprise.

“I’ve been thinking that even if Murakami Takeshi did his investigation after being in prison for ten years and discovered that his uncle’s friends’ names contained numbers from thirteen to one, he might have used that to plan the attack.”

At this point, Zhiyong paused for a moment, then continued his analysis.

"However, Aunt Fei likes to eat Gicopa chocolate, which is something that people who are not very familiar with her would never know."

"That's true. Most people wouldn't know that, and even some familiar people might not know," Kogoro Mouri said, suddenly realizing.

“But this prisoner knew. Moreover, the timing of his giving Aunt Fei the chocolate was so perfect, right after Uncle had angered Aunt Fei. That's why Aunt Fei thought the chocolate was an apology from Uncle. If it were any other time, why would Aunt Fei eat food of unknown origin?” Zhiyong said, frowning.