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

"Why does it seem like every famous detective in Japan has a girlfriend?"

Don't these famous detectives ever feel that having their girlfriends around while they're solving cases is really a nuisance?

I simply cannot understand these people's way of thinking.

Hakuba Saguru reached out and touched Watson beside him, then said seriously.

"My animal friends are still the best."

"When I need it, it can help me find crucial clues and even predict the enemy's location. Isn't that much more useful than a girlfriend?"

At that very moment, Sonoko Suzuki and En Chen, who had just entered the Suzuki Foundation Exhibition Hall, immediately spotted Saguru Hakuba standing by the window.

Chen En: ?

Hey buddy, what are you doing here?

Didn't you say you were waiting for Kogoro Mouri and the others at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department?

If you're here, then who are Kogoro Mouri and the others going to see at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department?

Is it Superintendent General Hakuba?

Noticing Chen En's somewhat strange gaze, Hakuba Saguru touched his face to make sure there was nothing dirty before asking.

Why are you looking at me like that?

"Mr. Chen En, is there something you want to tell me? Or have you discovered something amiss?"

Upon hearing this, Chen En asked directly.

"When you went to the scene to investigate Ryozo Gamo's suicide, didn't you tell Inspector Megure about it?"

"Will you wait for Kogoro Mouri to arrive at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department after he puts Isao Takeoka on the list of criminal suspects?"

Hakuba Saguru smiled and replied.

"How could I possibly be waiting for someone at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department every single moment? Don't I have other things to do?"

"I just left him a document."

“Yesterday, after I went directly to the crime scene from Liushuiting to investigate, I found that the tire tracks at the scene were a bit strange, as if someone had forged an alibi by parking the car multiple times.”

"Based on this, I can confirm that Gamo Ryozo did not die by suicide, but by homicide."

"Then I investigated Gamo Ryozo's medical records and found that Gamo Ryozo had a physical examination at the hospital last Tuesday."

"Coincidentally, I also discovered that Ryozo Gamo had been eating and drinking with Kogoro Mouri at a pufferfish restaurant the night before."

"You can't eat this kind of thing before a physical exam, right?"

“Unless the Ryozo Gamo who met Kogoro Mouri was not the real Ryozo Gamo, and he was unaware that he was going to have a medical examination.”

Hakuba Saguru undoubtedly leveraged his financial resources and connections.

He obtained all the information about Gamo Ryozo with ease, much faster than Conan, who had to follow Kogoro Mouri to investigate, but he still overlooked something.

Hakuba Saguru overestimated Kogoro Mouri's abilities, mistakenly regarding him as a true top detective.

After all, he had never actually witnessed the sleeping detective deducing, so he didn't even know that Conan was Shinichi Kudo.

This gave Takeoka Isao the opportunity to kill the last enemy who had driven his wife to her death.

Isao Takeoka has already avenged his family, and from this perspective, Hakuba Saguru, who was completely on the side of the Metropolitan Police Department, has already lost.

"Haha, they've already arrived?"

Jirokichi Suzuki's voice rang out.

"Brother Chen En, come and see how my precautions are going? Are they accurate enough?"

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Jirokichi Suzuki extended a warm invitation.

He's been busy all day preparing for the defenses against Phantom Thief Kid tomorrow night and hasn't had time to pay attention to what's going on outside.

Therefore, Jirokichi Suzuki is still unaware that Sonoko Suzuki was actually attacked at the Mouri Detective Agency.

Chen En and Suzuki Sonoko were already used to this, after all, Suzuki Jirokichi was just like that, the kind of person who couldn't be changed.

"Detective White Horse, let's go in too."

Chen En turned his head to look at Bai Ma Tan and said.

Upon hearing this, Hakuba Saguru's eyes narrowed slightly; he felt as if he had overlooked something.

He felt that Chen En's gaze at him just now was a little strange. Thinking of this, Bai Ma Tan paused in place, and then said to Chen En.

"Mr. Chen En, please go in with Ms. Sonoko. I have other matters to attend to and will come back later."

Hearing this, Chen En did not insist.

He nodded slightly, and then led Sonoko toward the interior of the Suzuki Foundation exhibition hall.

Watching Chen En and Suzuki Sonoko walk further and further away, Hakuba Saguru immediately took his phone out of his pocket and pressed the call button.

He contacted the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department headquarters directly, and they confirmed it.

“Detective Hakuba, Kogoro Mouri did not come to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department last night to pick up the document you left for him.”

"However, Inspector Megure told us that he is currently walking with Kogoro Mouri toward the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department."

What a joke, he's only arriving today? He should have come yesterday!

A hint of surprise flashed in Hakuba Saguru's eyes as he realized that his arrangements had been overlooked.

Although he had previously met with Kogoro Mouri at the Suzuki Foundation exhibition hall, he felt that Kogoro Mouri didn't seem as formidable as the legends suggested.

However, he only felt that Kogoro Mouri was a little careless when not involved in criminal cases, not that he was actually incompetent.

But as it turns out, his guess seems to be wrong, very wrong.

Kogoro Mouri is not only not a top detective, but he is not even a first-rate detective, even though he is the only witness who can prove that Isao Takeoka is the murderer.

However, when Kogoro Mouri realized that Isao Takeoka was deliberately getting closer to him, wanting to work with him to solve the murder case of Ryozo Gamo.

He was completely unaware.

"The Sleeping Detective?"

"Judging from the cases he has solved, he shouldn't only have this level of ability, unless those cases were not solved by Kogoro Mouri at all."

"Edogawa Conan?"

A name popped into Hakuba Saguru's mind.

He subconsciously connected the sleeping detective with Conan Edogawa, the strategist known as Kogoro Mouri within the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

Could it be that the person who solved the case was Conan Edogawa, not Kogoro Mouri?

Kogoro Mouri wasn't asleep at the crime scene at all; he was given a tranquilizer dart and knocked unconscious, allowing Conan Edogawa to solve the case using his voice changer.

What kind of idiot is that?

Can't they tell the difference between being asleep and being anesthetized? How did the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Criminal Investigation Department ever have such elite detectives?

“Go back and pluck a hair from his head, put it in the national DNA database, and see who this guy really is…”

Hakuba Saguru said in a low voice.

"Brother Chen En, what do you think of my arrangement? It's exactly the same as the Four Gods Mechanism in the temple before, isn't it?"

"I said smugly."

Upon hearing this, Chen En and Suzuki Sonoko's gazes also fell on the mechanism platform next to them.

It must be said that the realism is indeed very high, but this level of realism is unnecessary, because the Four Gods Mechanism can be opened without the aid of a key in certain ways.

Kaito Kid would never allow the four people acting as his guardians to open the mechanism, but he could do the same thing using something like a mechanical puppet.

Phantom Thief Kid wouldn't be foolish enough to start a theft without first scouting the location.

Magicians never perform magic tricks without preparation.

Even though Chen En wasn't a magician in the world of Detective Conan, he knew that this principle applied to magicians in the world of Detective Conan as well.

Before Chen En could speak, Suzuki Sonoko had already asked curiously,

"Hey, Uncle, so that means Phantom Thief Kid can also open locks without a key?"

Upon hearing this, Suzuki Jirokichi sneered and said smugly.

"of course can."

"But if he really thinks he can open the lock this way, he's sorely mistaken!"

"Because if the Four Gods Mechanisms are pressed in sequence according to the previous solution, the mechanism box that opens is not the one containing the Qilin Jade and the Jade Emperor..."

Hakuba Saguru's voice rang out at that moment.

"Instead, it's a hypnotic smoke trap that I set up. The hypnotic smoke will directly flood the entire hall and anesthetize everyone inside."

"At that time, the main door will be sealed off, and the entire hall will become a cage to ensure that no one can escape from inside."

Hakuba Saguru's face was somewhat gloomy.

Without a doubt, Chen En knew that Hakuba Saguru had made a mistake that even smart people make.

That means an unplanned situation has occurred.

Every smart person thinks they have the whole situation under control, but there's always a little unexpected thing that can cause their plans to collapse completely.

In the case of Ryozo Gamo, Hakuba Saguru's plan went awry because of this.

"Oh, right."

Sonoko Suzuki suddenly remembered something crucial.

She pulled Suzuki Jirokichi to the other side and whispered to him about the bodyguards, while Suzuki Jirokichi was horrified.