I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

"...It's really strange, none of these three seem to be suspects."

In Hakuba Saguru's private office, Hakuba Saguru lightly stroked the mouse, rubbed his chin, and stared at the monitor screen in front of him. Suddenly, everything went dark in front of him. He turned around abruptly and saw the figure that had appeared behind him at some point.

What do you think?

He asked.

Chapter 1246 On the Difference in Quality Between Counterfeits and Genuine Objects

At this very moment, the person appearing in Hakuba Saguru's office is none other than Batman Chen En.

The Dark Knight of Beika Town's gaze fell on Hakuba Saguru's computer screen.

Looking at the expressions of everyone in the conference room, his brows furrowed slightly, but hidden under Batman's helmet, no one could tell that he was showing any emotion.

Chen En's silence caused Hakuba Saguru to raise an eyebrow.

"What's wrong? Doesn't even the world's number one detective know what went wrong?"

He was just joking when he said that.

After all, there is no first place in literature, but there is a second place in martial arts.

Even among famous detectives, no one can be called the world's best; even Sherlock Holmes and Arsène Lupin are highly controversial.

However, Chen En merely glanced at Hakuba Saguru and then stated definitively.

"Matsumoto Kiyoshi is still the best."

This answer surprised Hakuba Saguru.

Or Matsumoto Kiyoshina?

If he remembered correctly, Chen En had previously concluded that Matsumoto Kiyonaga had been replaced by a codenamed member of the Black Organization.

Why do we still hold this view now?

Did Matsumoto Kiyonaga reveal something during the meeting just now?

But that doesn't make sense.

He had been here for so long, spending the entire day observing Matsumoto Kiyonaga and the other high-ranking members of the Criminal Investigation Department with Conan, but he couldn't find any flaws or anything different about Matsumoto Kiyonaga.

Chen En spent the day in Osaka Prefecture, how could he possibly have seen through Matsumoto Kiyonaga's flaws as soon as he returned tonight?

Is he really the world's greatest detective?

Even though Hakuba Saguru has always trusted Chen En's abilities as a detective.

But at this moment, a few doubts couldn't help but surface in my mind.

He found it hard to believe that Chen En could find a flaw that even the two of them couldn't find when they observed for far less time than he and Conan combined... The difference in skill between detectives shouldn't be this great.

He subconsciously teased Watson, the falcon perched on his shoulder.

Then he frowned and asked.

"If you think it was Matsumoto Kiyonaga, then what flaw did Matsumoto Kiyonaga reveal?"

Could you please explain?

After discovering the truth of a matter, it is considered standard practice for detectives to explain how they discovered it.

Unless the detective is killed after discovering the truth.

To this, Chen En simply gave an ambiguous response.

"Matsumoto Kiyonaga's attitude is wrong."

...Was the attitude wrong?

A hint of surprise appeared in Hakuba Saguru's eyes.

He never expected that Chen En would point out at this moment that Matsumoto Kiyonaga's attitude was wrong.

Because in his and Conan's view, Matsumoto Kiyonaga's attitude was consistent and had not changed at all. If he were replaced, his attitude or state would always change slightly.

However, Matsumoto Kiyonaga did not show any wrong attitude at all.

Chen En's words might be too strange.

The high school detective who had returned from studying in England frowned and turned to look at Matsumoto Kiyonaga's expression in the conference room. However, the supervising officer of the First Investigation Division was still going against Kuroda Heiwa, the supervising officer of the Fourth Investigation Division.

Just like always, nothing changed.

What's wrong with this? It looks exactly the same as before.

"...The conflict between Matsumoto Kiyonaga and Kuroda Hyōe wasn't that big."

“Generally speaking, in the case of such a major event, Matsumoto Kiyonaga would not continue to oppose Kuroda Hyōe, especially when he already knows that Kuroda's guess is wrong.”

Chen En offered a somewhat perfunctory explanation.

But he actually had another answer in his heart, but he couldn't tell Hakuba Saguru.

In the original story, Matsumoto Kiyonaga was no longer the superintendent of the First Investigation Division.

After handling the case of the attack on the dark-skinned hottie, he was promoted from police inspector to police superintendent, and from the superintendent of the First Investigation Division to the head of the division, which is completely different from his current situation.

There has been a major upheaval in the warning department, resulting in several purges, which has prevented him from getting promoted.

At this point, just by looking at the successor chosen by Matsumoto Kiyonaga, namely the new manager of the First Investigation Division, one can understand why Chen En was suspicious of Matsumoto Kiyonaga's attitude.

The person who succeeded Matsumoto Kiyonaga as manager was Kuroda Hyōe.

However, Kuroda Hyōe has now deviated from his original path and has been recommended by Matsumoto Kiyōna to serve as an administrator in the Fourth Investigation Division, instead of taking over his position as administrator of the First Investigation Division.

However, this also reveals the problem with Matsumoto Kiyonaga's attitude.

Since Matsumoto Kiyonaga was able to recommend Kuroda Hyōe, a retired member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department whom he had always disliked, to work at the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters, and even recommended Kuroda Hyōe to succeed him, it is enough to show that this manager did not have any factionalism.

At least on important matters, they are not prejudiced.

He would not deny Kuroda Hyoue's views or oppose him simply because Kuroda Hyoue was once a member of the Japanese Public Security Bureau and still has close ties with it.

The actor playing Matsumoto Kiyonaga clearly overacted.

Previously, Matsumoto Kiyonaga had been in conflict with Kuroda Hyōe's department over various minor cases.

Even regarding the Raven Conference, Matsumoto Kiyonaga was dissatisfied with Kuroda Hyoue for not informing the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters about the investigation into the Raven Conference. Therefore, it is believed that Matsumoto Kiyonaga's conflict with Kuroda Hyoue has been ongoing.

Although he resembles Matsumoto Kiyonaga, he is not Matsumoto Kiyonaga after all.

I have no idea what choice Matsumoto Kiyonaga would make in this situation.

As for why Hakuba Saguru and Conan couldn't see it at all.

On the one hand, these two high school detectives did not have the informational advantage of Chen En, which was almost like future vision and in-depth analysis. On the other hand, Hakuba Saguru and Conan had known Matsumoto Kiyonaga for too short a time.

When Hakuba Saguru returned to Japan to investigate, he spent only a little over half a month in Tokyo.

Conan and Matsumoto Kiyonaga officially met for the first time during the case involving the black-skinned gal. At other times, he had never even met this superintendent of the First Investigative Division... even later than in the original storyline.

How could anyone expect these two people to see through Matsumoto Kiyonaga's true personality in such a short time together?

"In short, I need to document the deployment of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department in this regard."

"If nothing unexpected happens, some of Matsumoto Kiyonaga's suggestions will seem reasonable but actually have loopholes in the defense plan. He will most likely place people in those places to facilitate the hijacking of the convoy and the rescue of Pisk later."

Chen En finally said.

"Then I'll have to trouble you to take care of it, White Horse."

Chapter 1247 The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Doesn't Keep Idlers

...Is this really how you think about problems?

Batman, your way of thinking is truly unique.

It wasn't until Chen En left Hakuba Saguru's office that Hakuba Saguru snapped out of his reverie as the falcon on his shoulder brushed against his cheek. He thoughtfully stroked his chin, watching the conversation unfold in the conference room.

He hadn't actually thought about it from that perspective.

After all, he had very little contact with Matsumoto Kiyonaga, only communicating at some crucial moments, and otherwise had little understanding of each other.

I never imagined that Matsumoto Kiyonaga was such a person.

No, it's also possible that Batman guessed wrong.

Judging solely from attitude, it seems insufficient to definitively conclude that Matsumoto Kiyonaga was an imposter.

White Horse scout pondered in his heart.

However, he did not entirely agree with Chen En's ideas.

However, he still intended to follow Chen En's instructions before he left.

There is no other reason.

Batman is one of the people he trusts most in Tokyo.

And more importantly,

If Batman wanted to rescue Pisco, he wouldn't need to scout out the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department beforehand or ask for any deployment map. He could just strike hard, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Japanese Public Security Bureau wouldn't be able to stop him.

The most terrifying and troublesome person in all of Tokyo is Batman himself.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to talk about using violence to suppress violence and single-handedly suppressing major criminal forces in Tokyo.

And even if he didn't help Chen En get a defense map.

Chen En will be able to get his hands on it himself then.

This is equivalent to a trust test.

Batman is that kind of person; he's inherently suspicious.