Detective Conan: The Ultimate Growth Space

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Nearly an hour later, Yuko Ikezawa was brought to the scene.

Yuko Ikezawa is a sexy beauty, unlike Yoko Okino's sunny and cute personality.

The two took different paths, and each had their own strengths.

Yuko Ikezawa was taken to the scene, but she vehemently denied ever being there.

It's a great pity that she had no criminal experience.

Once she arrived at the scene, she acted too casually, which could be interpreted as her lack of cunning.

Being in this room felt just like being at home.

Although others didn't notice, it didn't escape Conan's sharp eyes.

Yuko Ikezawa was soon forced by Conan to reveal, step by step, that she had been in this room more than once.

Kogoro Mori is eager to exonerate Yoko Okino.

He pointed at Yuko Ikezawa and said, "You are the murderer, Miss Ikezawa. In order to create a scandal for Yoko, you killed Mr. Fujie in this room and tried to frame Miss Yoko."

"That's not how it is. Although I did take Yoko's room key and came here a few times, I really didn't kill anyone," Yuko Ikezawa urgently explained.

"Miss Yoko, the feeling of being watched and the things in your room being moved, I suppose that's what Miss Yuko did to gather evidence. Of course, the photos you sent to TouPai and the silent harassing phone calls you made were probably meant to instill fear in Miss Yoko, am I right?" Kogoro Mouri asked.

“Well… yes. But detective, I didn’t send TouPai’s photos, nor did I make any silent harassing phone calls. I just wanted to find out about Yoko’s scandals quietly. How could I have done that and let Yoko know?” Yuko Ikezawa replied, feeling wronged.

"You haven't sent any photos? Nor have you made any harassing phone calls?" Kogoro Mouri asked, somewhat surprised.

“No, I absolutely did not do that,” Yuko Ikezawa replied.

"Then tell me about what happened today?" Kogoro Mouri asked again.

Yuko Ikezawa explained, “After I got the key to Yoko’s room, I came here secretly a few times, but I never found any scandals. Today I came here again, but as soon as I opened the door, the man pushed me into the room. I lost my balance and he pushed me to the ground. I thought I had been discovered, so I tried to get up and run away. But as soon as I fell, he pounced on me and tried to rape me. I resisted desperately, and in the struggle, I hit his genitals and took the opportunity to escape.”

"I'm afraid you killed him because you were forced by circumstances and to prevent anyone from knowing you had secretly come here," Kogoro Mouri added.

"I already told you, I really didn't kill anyone," Yuko Ikezawa said, somewhat exasperated.

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Chapter 27 The First Time Showing Off in Front of Others

Zhiyong saw that everyone had arrived and the evidence had been collected, so he didn't want to watch this farce anymore.

Conan should be close to understanding the truth by now.

However, how can I give someone else the chance to show off in front of a beautiful woman? Let him have it.

Zhiyong stepped forward and said to Kogoro Mouri and Inspector Megure, "Uncle, Inspector Megure, I have some thoughts on this case. I wonder if I can share them? Of course, if there is anything wrong, please point it out."

Kogoro Mouri looked at Tomoyuki with a puzzled expression.

Although I've been with Zhiyong for more than half a year now.

But he was unaware of Zhiyong's abilities.

However, Kogoro Mouri didn't want to discourage Chiyu, so he said, "Oh, alright, go ahead and tell me. If there's anything wrong, I'll point it out to you."

In the past, Zhiyong would always secretly tell Sato Miwako about the process and the result.

Zhiyong never expressed his opinion like Shinichi Kudo.

Therefore, Inspector Megure was unaware that some of the cases Miwako Sato solved were with the help of Tomoyuki.

Now, Zhiyong suddenly wants to express his opinion on the case, out of respect for Sato Miwako.

Although Inspector Megure didn't say it, he was internally speechless and on the verge of a breakdown.

He glanced at Kogoro Mori, then at Tomoyuki, and thought to himself, "One Mori is enough, but now there's another one. Are they sent by heaven to punish me? If only Kudo were here, it would save me a lot of trouble. Sigh..."

"The truth of this case is very simple, but we were misled by appearances, which is why the case became complicated," Zhiyong shrugged.

"What have we been misled by?" Kogoro Mori asked curiously.

"Based on the clues we've found, if we connect them together, we'll discover that this case is actually quite simple. We were just misled by the situation at the scene. Once we remove these misleading clues, we'll get an amazing result," Zhi Yong said with a smile.

Inspector Megure looked at Tomoyuki with some confusion and asked, "Sato-kun, what's the amazing result?"

Zhiyong also knew that he was not Shinichi Kudo.

Before he could produce evidence, no one would believe what he said, so he didn't reveal the result first.

Zhiyong now understands why Shinichi Kudo usually presents all the evidence first, and only reveals the culprit's name at the end.

Showing off is also a key element.

However, there are also many times when people won't believe the results if you just tell them directly.

Only by meticulously examining the evidence and presenting it to everyone can we gain their trust.

After all, in the face of the law, no matter how brilliant your reasoning is, it means nothing without evidence.

However, Shinichi Kudo later got used to this method, and it was indeed very good at showing off, which made him feel very accomplished.

Zhiyong smiled and said, "The outcome of this case may seem a bit absurd, but I have evidence. However, before I explain, I require proof of two things. Ms. Yangzi, please check your refrigerator. Is there any ice missing?"

Hearing Zhiyong's question.

Especially when ice was mentioned.

This allowed Conan to connect all the clues and figure out the truth of the case.

Conan wanted to deduce the truth, but Zhiyong had already started first, and even though he had a voice changer.

But there are no anesthetic needles available yet.

In order not to expose Conan, I'll listen to Zhiyong's reasoning first.

Conan still has some doubts about Zhiyong.

Although Zhiyong and Shinichi Kudo met twice at the scene of the murder.

However, Zhiyong did not have much of a performance on the spot.

Even at school, Zhiyong did not demonstrate any reasoning ability.

Now that he has to do deduction, Conan is a little confused.

Of course, Zhiyong didn't care what Conan thought.

After listening to what Zhiyong said, Yoko Okino walked to the refrigerator, opened it, and said, "There's a piece of ice missing from the refrigerator." As she spoke, she gestured to show the size of the ice block.

Zhiyong walked to the middle of the room, pointed to the small hole in the floor, and asked Yoko Okino, "Miss Yoko, was this small hole in the floor of your room there before?"

Yoko Okino walked to the small hole and said, "No, there wasn't this small hole on the floor before."

“I think so too, and you can see that the trace of this small hole is obviously very new,” Zhiyong said.

Inspector Megure also walked to the small hole, squatted down, and looked at the hole in the ground.

Zhiyong sighed, shook his head, and continued, "Miss Yuko believes that Miss Yoko stole her leading role, and in order to get revenge on Miss Yoko, she wanted to find out about Miss Yoko's scandal. She stole the spare key to Miss Yoko's room in the TV company's lounge."

“It must have been you who killed Mr. Fujie and tried to frame Yoko,” Yamagishi said, pointing at Ikezawa Yuko.

He was genuinely afraid that the charge of murder would ultimately fall on Yoko Okino.

Zhiyong continued, "Miss Yuko is indeed not the murderer."

"Could it be Ms. Yoko or Mr. Yamagishi?" Inspector Megure asked.

"Mr. Fujie used to be Ms. Yoko's boyfriend. He broke up with Ms. Yoko, and now he must regret it. He has come here to explain to Ms. Yoko and hopes to reconcile."

"Could it really be Ms. Yoko?" Inspector Megure asked doubtfully.

"But he was the one who broke up with me, he was the one who dumped me," Yoko Okino said, feeling wronged.

"That's a question for Mr. Yamagishi," said Zhiyong, shaking his head.

Yamagishi said shamefully, "Yoko, actually I gave Mr. Fujie a sum of money and asked him to break up with you."

"What... how could this be?"

Yoko Okino was very surprised to hear this; she hadn't expected the truth to be like this.

“It’s true. Not long ago, he came to me again and asked me for another sum of money, otherwise he would expose your affairs. However, I did not agree at the time. I thought he was behind what had happened these past few days, so I thought of hiring a detective to investigate his behavior and that would put an end to his plans,” Yamagishi Ei replied.

After listening to Yamagishi Sakae's words and combining them with the previous evidence, Zhiyong became even more convinced of his point.

"Miss Yuko, did you follow Miss Yoko last night?" Zhiyong asked.

“No, although I followed Yoko a few times, last night was my best friend’s birthday, and I went to celebrate with her. There were quite a few people there who can testify to that,” Yuko Ikezawa replied.

“I think so too. Actually, it’s not just Ms. Yuko who’s been following Ms. Yoko; there’s another person who’s been sending photos and making harassing phone calls. That person is Mr. Fujie.”

Zhiyong said this in order to subtly belittle Fujie Akiyoshi.

Fujie Akiyoshi was Okino Yoko's first love.

In this world, first love and childhood sweethearts are both extremely annoying.

Therefore, Zhiyong described the matter in a slightly gloomy way.

If Yoko Okino found out about this, she would inevitably have an even worse impression of Akiyoshi Fujie.

She already had no feelings for Fujie Akiyoshi to begin with.

This incident will allow Yoko Okino to further erase Akiyoshi Fujie from her memory.

Of course, this kind of thing shouldn't be taken too far.

Therefore, Zhiyong got back to the main topic.

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Chapter 28: Case Closed

"Today, Ms. Yuko came to Ms. Yoko's residence again. She wanted to find evidence that was detrimental to Ms. Yoko. Just as Ms. Yuko opened the door to the room, Mr. Fujie arrived. Since this was Ms. Yoko's residence, and Ms. Yuko's back view was very similar to Ms. Yoko's."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Yoko Okino and Yuko Ikezawa.

Sure enough, just as Zhiyong said, the two people's backs looked very similar.