The cross-dressing master in the world of Detective Conan

"Actually, I didn't come away empty-handed at that pharmaceutical company you worked for. I got your computer from there, but I don't know if you used it or not."

Ai Haibara's eyes widened involuntarily. She had never seen this icy little girl make such an exaggerated expression before. It seemed that Kaoru Kazama's actions had indeed greatly surprised her. To be able to steal a computer from the Black Organization's territory, not to mention how difficult that was, just that kind of courage was something that ordinary people couldn't match.

She said that the computer in the study looked familiar. Before Kazama Kaoru said that, she thought the other person had bought the brand she used before, but she didn't expect that it was directly smuggled from a pharmaceutical company.

It's always been the organization that takes things from others; I've never heard of anyone daring to challenge them and take things from the organization. People who do that are either recruited into the organization or have already been dealt with. Kazama Kaoru is the first person to be alive and kicking.

"Hey, you two have been whispering to each other since earlier. What are you talking about? Aren't you even a little bit curious about this case?"

After Professor Agasa successfully gained Kogoro Mouri's favor, Conan seized the opportunity to slip into the scene and, as he wished, began searching for clues in the case.

However, seeing the two people whispering outside the door, and still traumatized by being frightened by Ai Haibara, he went up to ask them what was going on.

"Of course it's a girl's thing. Are you interested?"

When it comes to roasting Conan, the two seem to have an exceptional tacit understanding. Before Kazama Kaoru could even speak, Haibara Ai immediately delivered a retort that left him speechless, forcing him to sheepishly slip away.

Kaoru Kazama was surprised to find that since Ai Haibara arrived, his lifelong pursuit of roasting Conan finally had a successor, and he could finally rest easy.

Chapter 134 Where there are people, there is a martial arts world

Children's bodies are ultimately more concealed than adults', and given that these police officers consistently ignored children, even with so many people present, no one noticed that the magnetic disk had been switched.

Compared to Conan wandering around the crime scene, Kaoru Kazama was actually in a more awkward position. This was Inspector Yokomizo's jurisdiction, and he was a policeman from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, and of the same rank. If he did the same thing as Conan, he would be seen as stealing credit.

After all, he hadn't been instructed to cooperate with Inspector Yokomizo, so he really could only be a spectator in this case.

Compared to detectives, police officers definitely have more constraints. While enjoying many benefits within the system, they also have to bear these troubles, don't they?

Kaoru Kazama was sitting on the sofa at this moment, comforting the heartbroken Mrs. Hirota. People can't be brought back to life. Although it's obvious to anyone with eyes that this was not an accident, no evidence has been found yet, so we can only investigate it as if it were an accident.

Mrs. Hirota naturally thought so too after the police made this announcement: the old man died an innocent death because he was drunk and tried to climb the bookshelf to get something, but he accidentally fell and hit the back of his head on the trophy, causing him to die on the spot.

On the other side was Miyano Akemi with a complicated expression. This was her first time going out since Kazama Kaoru had taken her back. But what she didn't expect was that such a thing would happen when she went to visit her mentor's house.

"Officer, we found thirteen voicemail messages on the phone."

Shortly after, a forensic investigator ran up to Officer Yokomizo and reported what he had found in the answering machine.

"Oh? There are thirteen of them? Play them and see if there are any clues."

Generally, people leave voicemail messages when the other party is not home and they have something important to tell them. However, today there were thirteen voicemail messages in one day, which is indeed a bit unusual.

After listening to the messages, Inspector Yokomizo confirmed that the thirteen messages all belonged to the students of the deceased Professor Hirota: Mr. Fujioka, Mr. Hosoya, and Mr. Shirakura.

"Mrs. Hirota, what impressions do you have of these three people?"

Although she was still in the midst of extreme grief over her husband's sudden death, she had to be questioned in order to find out the truth as soon as possible, since she was the person most familiar with Professor Hirota's situation at the scene.

"Hey, little brother, don't touch anything at the scene, do you hear me? You and your grandfather should go to the next room first. I'll ask you about the details of this case later."

Although Conan has the "police turn a blind eye" buff, he was eventually kicked out by Inspector Yokomizo because his rummaging was too obvious. Professor Agasa, who was standing to the side, was also implicated and was called Conan's grandfather.

"Seriously, I'm only fifty-two years old, do I look that much like a grandfather?"

Dr. Agasa, as a scientist and inventor of cutting-edge technology, is most notably intelligent. His distinctive bald head makes him look quite old, and coupled with his bulky physique and his fondness for hanging out with children, it's not an exaggeration for people to mistake him for an old man.

"Do you think they might have done this?"

Conan, who had been kicked out of the scene, ran to Kaoru Kazama and Ai Haibara and asked them for their opinions on the matter.

"That is indeed possible, if the missing record of the magnetic disk containing the drug information, along with the record I sent to my sister at the time, are all still in the organization."

"So that's how it is. Now that you've escaped the organization, you're very likely to come back here to retrieve that drug information. Since the record might be in the organization, such a deduction isn't difficult for them."

"Actually, you haven't listened carefully to the thirteenth message, the one from the insurance salesman. If you listen carefully, you can hear some characteristics. I think you two should both be quite familiar with this person!"

Vodka!

After Kazama Kaoru's reminder, the two of them, not being stupid, immediately realized that Vodka's voice was quite distinctive, a deep, resonant tone that even with the transformation device, couldn't mask. They couldn't understand why Gin would be so hasty, or rather, whether it was intentional, just to give Ai Haibara, who had escaped the organization, a warning.

After all, everyone knows Gin's perverse tastes. He likes to treat members who betray the organization like prey, slowly tracking and toying with them, cornering them before cruelly killing them, just like a cat playing with a mouse, playing with the prey until it's on its last breath before eating it.

"So, they really have already interfered with this timeline?"

Conan's expression was heavy, and Ai Haibara and Akemi Miyano also looked uneasy. They were all thorns in the organization's side, and this discovery naturally made them all tremble with fear.

"You guys are worrying too much. The organization is too busy taking care of itself to have time to look after you. Only Gin and Vodka are out there all day using the excuse of hunting down traitors to go on dates."

"Pfft~~~"

"You mean Gin and Vodka, those two..."

Conan is still young and his values ​​are not fully developed yet. He was frightened by Kazama Kaoru's words and couldn't help but start imagining things.

The Miyano sisters had heard about it many times when they were at home. Kazama Kaoru went to great lengths to dispel the sisters' fear of the Black Organization, fabricating numerous scandals about the members who frequently appeared in public, mainly involving Gin and Vodka.

The organization's true identity is actually the self-cultivation of an undercover agent; Gin is actually bisexual; and despite Vodka's tall stature, he's actually a bottom—a terrifying rumor. I wonder if these two will use the power of the Railgun to humanely destroy Kaoru Kazama once they find out.

"Hey, I'm telling you, you're a police officer, what are you doing standing there doing nothing when a case has clearly occurred?"

Seeing Kazama Kaoru's idle and carefree attitude, and comparing it with his own painstaking search for clues, Conan couldn't help but develop a strong sense of rebellion.

"Aren't you a detective? Why shouldn't I investigate cases? You can try to guess, and if you guess right, I'll give you a candy."

Kaoru Kazama glanced at Conan and found his indignant expression rather endearing. No wonder he could win the hearts of women aged eight to eighty; it turned out he had grown up strictly according to the template of a friend of women.

“Great Detective, you are indeed a bit too young. The reason she didn’t participate in this case is probably because of the issue of leadership. After all, she has the same rank as that Inspector Yokomizo. If she were to get involved in this case, the credit would definitely be split, so how could he possibly be willing to do that?”

Ai Haibara said calmly, "Don't be fooled by her past obsession with science. She's not ignorant of human relationships, but there's no need for them. Besides, there's no such thing as 'human relationships' in a place like the organization."

"Damn it, that's why so many crimes have occurred."

Seemingly surprised that such a dark reality existed within the police force, the righteous young Conan was extremely disappointed, and his grief and indignation at being drugged by the organization surged up, making him appear somewhat out of control.

"Wherever there are people, there will be a world of its own; there's nothing we can do about it."

Kaoru Kazama shrugged. When idealists encounter reality, they are destined to be filled with disappointment. If Conan were born in ancient China, he would definitely be a talented person who never gets his due.

Chapter 135 The Cross-Dressing Master's Road of No Return

After feeling sad for a while, Conan turned his attention back to the case, seemingly to distract himself.

While Kaoru Kazama was chatting with Conan, a casually dressed young man came into the police's view. After questioning, they learned that this man was also one of the people who were supposed to visit Professor Hirota that night, and he was also one of his students—Mr. Shirakura.

More importantly, he was the one who left ten messages on the answering machine. Two of the remaining three messages were from two other students who were coming to visit, and the other was from Vodka disguised as an insurance salesman.

Don't you think you're leaving way too many comments?

Officer Yokomizo wasn't one to sit idly by. With such blatant suspicion right in front of him, who in their right mind would make so many messages? Normally, one call would be enough to find the other party wasn't there.

"That's because I made an appointment with the professor, but when the time was almost up, I called and no one answered, so I was in such a hurry."

"Hmm, are you two also the people who are coming to visit tonight?"

Officer Yokomizo pondered for a moment, then looked at the two people standing at the door. They were the people who had been summoned by the police and were the owners of the other two voicemail messages.

The long-faced middle-aged man wearing glasses is Hosoyashi Kazuhiro, while the other man with a somewhat fat head and big ears is Mori Gomichio. Both of them are also Professor Hirota's students.

"I don't know what happened either. He was perfectly fine just now."

"I remember, you were the one Mrs. Hirota mentioned who brushed past her and came here, weren't you, Mr. Hosoya?"

Inspector Yokomizo looked at the long-faced man with glasses and questioned him:

"Um, yes, because my daughter is applying to Nanyang University this time, that's why I came here to ask the professor to write a letter of recommendation for her. But I saw that the professor seemed to have drunk a lot, so I changed my mind and went back."

The long-faced man had a bitter look on his face, and his lips were involuntarily pursed tightly, indicating that he had been under a lot of pressure. He also stuttered slightly when he spoke, as if he had been quite frightened. Indeed, parents all over the world are concerned about their children's future. He visited his mentor in the middle of the night to find a good way out for his daughter.

"Mrs. Hirota, did the professor really drink tonight?"

In response to Mr. Hosoyashi's testimony, Inspector Yokomizo questioned Mrs. Hirota, and the testimony was confirmed.

"Well, great detective, have you figured out which one is the suspect?"

Kaoru Kazama noticed Conan's furrowed brows and couldn't help but feel curious. This locked-room murder was quite bizarre. Although the suspicious points were obvious, it would be impossible to solve the case without grasping the key information.

In the original work, it was Ai Haibara who gave Conan a hint using chess. Of course, this was unintentional and without her knowledge. It was also the turning point of the case in the original work. Now, the Miyano sisters, one big and one small, are going to the restroom hand in hand, and this glorious and arduous task can only be done by him.

"I feel that Shirakura is the murderer. He's definitely lying. A normal person wouldn't leave ten messages in such a hurry. Besides, I listened to it carefully. This tape not only has thirteen messages, but also a lot of blank spaces, as if they were deliberately left there. Of the three people, only Mr. Shirakura, who left ten messages, could have done that. But I don't understand what his purpose was in doing that."

"It's still a little bit missing, I always feel like something's missing."

Clearly, Conan has already gotten close to the truth, but he's still missing one crucial point.

Conan wanted to find someone to share the case with, and also wanted to take the opportunity to review it and see if he had forgotten any key points. He recognized Kazama Kaoru's reasoning ability and wanted to hear if she could offer any constructive suggestions.

"Actually, solving a case is like playing chess. When you're stuck in a dead end, both sides are locked in a stalemate, neither willing to give in. If you can take a step back and create some space, you can revitalize the game and then seize the opportunity to checkmate your opponent."

The delicate, fair fingers held the exquisitely carved chess pieces, creating a truly beautiful scene. Unfortunately, our great detective was preoccupied with solving the case and failed to notice the charm of the scene, his attention drawn instead to the chess pieces.

When he saw Conan snatch the chess pieces from his hand as if he had suddenly realized something, and then use several of them to prop up a book lying on the ground, he already understood what had happened.

The rest was much simpler. Conan was in charge, and he was worth two men. Putting everything else aside, Conan was extremely skilled at deduction.

However, this guy didn't have the guts to knock out Kazama Kaoru, so he could only bully the professor. He put on a charade in front of Kazama Kaoru and the other two, with Conan using a voice changer to imitate the professor's voice while hiding behind him, and then the professor speaking.

It can only be said that the two of them are in sync. This kind of approach, which clearly treats all the police officers present as blind, would be difficult to use without the protagonist's halo buff.

Finally, under Professor Agasa's "deduction," Shirakura confessed that he was the murderer of Professor Hirota. However, what is lamentable is that the professor's good intentions were taken as an insult by the hot-blooded and overly proud young man, which ultimately led to this tragedy.

It's a photo of Shirakura dressed as a woman and posing with a professor from his early years. It's said that he specifically asked the professor for the photo back in order to attend a modeling audition, but was humiliated by the professor instead. His intention was to help his student gain some confidence and develop a proper perspective, rather than relying on outlandish costumes to attract attention.

As a result, he was murdered by the enraged Shirakura. In his drunken and hazy state, who could have predicted that his student would commit such a heinous act?

Conan had originally planned to take the opportunity to lecture Shirakura, but Kaoru Kazama dragged him away, and the case ended just like that.

Kaoru Kazama intervened because he saw Akemi Miyano's tightly clenched fist. Professor Hirota was also her mentor, yet he was brutally murdered simply because of a photograph. No one could accept such an outcome.

That's why Kaoru Kazama quickly pulled Conan away from his smugness, otherwise Akemi Miyano probably wouldn't have been able to control her emotions.

Speaking of which, we have to focus on Miyano Akemi's current appearance. She has put her long hair up, put on a baseball cap, and is wearing a loose-fitting casual sportswear outfit. I don't know what kind of magic she used, but her chest is completely invisible.

In addition, she deliberately altered her facial features, trimming her eyebrows to look very dashing and making her eye makeup more masculine. As for her small mouth and nose, she had to rely on a mask to conceal them. After all, this was just makeup, not disguise, and it couldn't be as realistic as she appeared. However, it was still quite astonishing. No matter how you looked at it, you couldn't recognize her as a stunningly beautiful woman; you would just think of her as a rather thin young man.

You should know that the Miyano family's pride is their bust size. Ai Haibara once admitted in an episode that her figure is quite good, all thanks to her excellent family heritage. As mixed-race sisters, both of them have top-notch figures and looks.

On the way back, the system boss even made a rare appearance to comment, describing Shirakura as a pitiful person who had gone mad on the path of cross-dressing.

Cross-dressing did not give him confidence; instead, it made him overly sensitive and concerned, leading to this tragedy. He even took the opportunity to lecture Kazama Kaoru, saying things like cross-dressing could grant him power or bring him closer to the truth.

Anyway, he doesn't really care now. He can't take off his women's clothes anyway, and besides, he's slowly getting used to it. Habit is indeed a terrible thing.