Detective Conan: The Ultimate Growth Space

Ran asked curiously, "I heard that Hijikata Kosaburo has always insisted on acting in period dramas. Why would he suddenly want to play a detective role?"

“Staying in a single type of role can help an actor achieve success in a particular character, but it also limits their potential and acting skills. I suppose he’s trying to broaden his range of roles,” Zhiyong said.

“What this gentleman said is correct,” said the man sitting behind Kogoro Mouri, turning around.

"You are Hijikata Kosaburo..."

When Hijikata Kosaburo heard Ran's voice rise, he quickly stopped her, saying, "Keep your voice down, don't let anyone hear you or the reporters find out."

"Reporter." Kogoro Mouri hesitated for a moment, then continued, "Is it because of your divorce with your wife?"

"Ah! You two got divorced?" Xiaolan exclaimed in surprise.

"No, that was just a misunderstanding by the reporter. They wrote it incorrectly, which is why you misunderstood," Hijikata Kosaburo hurriedly explained.

"That's inevitable. Who told you to marry a beautiful actress? It's normal for rumors to circulate in the entertainment industry," Kogoro Mouri said.

Hijikata Kosaburo walked to their table and said, "Let's hurry up and go to my house. I'll treat you well. If the reporters find out that I'm with you, the famous detective, I wonder what they'll write."

He paid the bill for Zhiyong and the others, then led them out of the coffee shop.

Throughout the journey, Hijikata Kosaburo was cautious, seemingly afraid of being discovered, and kept calling Mouri Kogoro "Master," which made Mouri Kogoro feel a little smug.

When entering the building, we went through the back door, making it feel like a secret rendezvous.

While I was in the elevator, I happened to see a handsome man coming down.

Upon seeing him, Xiaolan exclaimed happily, "Are you the famous actor, Mr. Okita Hajime?"

“Yes.” Okita replied and walked out of the elevator.

He lives next door to me.

Hijikata Kosaburo turned back to Okita and asked, "Where are you going now?"

"I'm going to the convenience store to buy something. Don't worry, I'll be waiting for you at home at the agreed time," Okita said, and then left.

“I wanted to confirm that matter with him one more time, so I made an appointment with him,” Hijikata Kosaburo explained.

After entering the elevator, Hijikata Kosaburo pressed the button, stood at the button area, and said to them, "By the way, I haven't given you my business cards yet."

As he spoke, he took out his business cards and handed one to everyone.

"I never imagined you owned so many houses. This entire sixth floor is yours!" Kogoro Mouri exclaimed in admiration after looking at the business card.

“Yes, I used to rent out the sixth floor, but now it’s empty. The place I’m taking you to now is the fifth floor where I live,” Hijikata Kosaburo said with a smile.

Zhiyong had been somewhat suspicious of this visit.

The theorems in the Conan world are remarkably accurate.

Now, Hijikata Kosaburo's actions made Tomoyuki even more suspicious. He had clearly seen Hijikata Kosaburo press six.

But now he's telling them to go to his place on the fifth floor.

It seems that today it wasn't someone else who killed him, but rather he who was about to kill someone else.

But why did he invite Kogoro Mouri?

Is it also like what happened with Attorney Xun back then, to provide him with an alibi?

Zhiyong shook his head inwardly, thinking, "They really have no eyes."

If you want someone to vouch for you, at least find someone who isn't a professional.

Although a famous detective's testimony is more likely to be believed by the police, does the title of "famous detective" mean that someone is a fraud?

Hijikata Kosaburo was not afraid of being seen through at a glance.

Today, we don't know if he's going to kill that pretty boy Okita Ichi from earlier, or his wife, or both of them.

However, given the current situation, killing one of them would be relatively more likely.

If he killed both of them, he would definitely be considered the one who killed them.

Zhiyong didn't intend to care who killed whom, since they were all bad people anyway.

Just as Zhiyong was deep in thought, the elevator arrived.

Hijikata Kosaburo led them out of the elevator.

Zhiyong glanced at the elevator indicator light, which showed five, and then looked at it more closely.

It turned out that a black object was covering the bottom left corner of the displayed number.

Neither Conan nor Kogoro Mouri noticed the problem, and Zhiyong only glanced at it but didn't point it out.

The room number was also 501.

Zhi Yong remained silent on the matter.

No matter who Hijikata Kozaburo kills, as long as it doesn't harm Tomoyuki or the people around him, Tomoyuki won't care.

In any case, neither Hijikata Kosaburo nor his wife were good people.

Hijikata Kosaburo didn't open the door directly, but instead rang the doorbell. A woman's voice came from inside, saying, "Who is it?"

“It’s me,” Hijikata Kosaburo replied.

The woman who opened the door was a beautiful woman, none other than Yumi Nagakura, the wife of Kosaburo Hijikata.

Upon seeing Kogoro Mouri, she smiled and said, "Welcome, Mr. Mouri."

"Hello," Kogoro Mouri replied.

Yumi Nagakura walked up to Kosaburo Hijikata and said with a smile, "I'm so sorry to have troubled you to come all this way to see him. You must teach him properly."

The two walked together and looked very harmonious.

If Zhiyong hadn't known that Conan's appearance would lead to bad results, he would have actually believed it.

"An actor is indeed an actor," Zhiyong shook his head.

"Please rest in the living room for a while, then I'll prepare some tea," Hijikata Kosaburo said with a smile.

……

Chapter 185 It's a pity you met me

Zhiyong and the others went to the living room and waited for half an hour, but Hijikata Kosaburo did not return.

At this moment, the space issued a notification that a new ghost had appeared.

Damn, a murder has really happened.

We just don't know who died.

After Zhiyong put the ghost into his spatial dimension, he discovered that the ghost was in the room next door.

The deceased was Yumi Nagakura.

Judging from Yumi Nagakura's condition, she was likely strangled to death.

It seems that Hijikata Kosaburo invited Mori Kogoro here so that Mori Kogoro could provide him with an alibi.

What puzzled Zhiyong was how Hijikata Kosaburo was going to dispose of his wife's body.

Are we going to make that pretty boy the scapegoat?

But isn't that pretty boy on the fifth floor?

At that moment, Kogoro Mouri took out a cigarette, but the lighter was out of gas and he couldn't light it.

Kogoro Mouri stood up, looked around the living room, saw a pistol on the television, walked over and picked it up.

"Is this a pistol?" Xiaolan asked doubtfully.

"Idiot, this is a lighter." Kogoro Mouri picked it up and was about to pull the trigger.

"Uncle Maoli, that's not a lighter, it's a model gun. It's not cheap, it costs over ten thousand," Zhiyong reminded him.

Despite Zhiyong's warning, Kogoro Mouri still didn't believe it and used too much force, breaking the trigger and dropping it to the floor.

Kogoro Mori hurriedly picked up the broken trigger from the ground.

Tomoyuki was utterly speechless at Kogoro Mouri's capriciousness.

Just as the group was in surprise, Hijikata Kosaburo walked in carrying a tea tray.

Kogoro Mori quickly hid the model gun behind his back, and then under the sofa cushion.

Hijikata Kosaburo placed the tea tray on the coffee table and said, "I'm so sorry, my wife usually does these things. I didn't expect it to be so troublesome."

"Has Miss Yumi gone out?" Xiaolan asked.

“Yes. She made plans with a friend today, so she went there just now, and I had to do it myself,” Hijikata Kosaburo replied.

“Yes, it’s really too much trouble, and I rarely do it at home,” Kogoro Mouri replied.

"This time, I play a detective with a lot of scenes. He's very capable in the story, and he even needs to use a gun." With that, Hijikata Kosaburo walked to the television.

He muttered to himself, "Strange, I clearly put it here, how did it disappear?"

"What is that?" Kogoro Mouri asked.

"It's a model gun. I bought it to practice shooting, and it wasn't cheap," Hijikata Kosaburo replied.

"As a detective, you don't need that kind of thing at all. You should act more realistically," Kogoro Mouri replied somewhat awkwardly.

"There's nothing we can do about it. That's how it's written in the script. Besides, the director said that the first shot after filming starts will be by the river, a gunfight with the murderer," Hijikata Kosaburo said with a smile.

"A shooting contest by the river?" Kogoro Mouri asked.

“Yes.” Hijikata Kosaburo opened the balcony door, pointed to the river not far below, and said, “You can see it’s roughly around there.”

Kogoro Mouri, Ran, and the others also went to the balcony.

Xiao Lan said happily, "The view from here is really great."

“Yes, it must be really atmospheric to see the night view here at night,” Kogoro Mouri added.

“Yes, the environment here is quite nice,” Hijikata Kosaburo replied.

Just then, the phone rang in the next room.

This attracted the attention of several people.