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

Kogoro Mouri clapped his hands, held up one finger, and then said.

"Actually, I didn't realize you were working at the Mouri Detective Agency back then."

Just moments ago, Hiroshi Ukita had been talking with his eyes closed, looking utterly defeated, but upon hearing this, he instantly perked up.

He braced himself on the ground, suddenly raised his head, looked at Kogoro Mouri, and said incredulously.

"What did you say?"

"I turned myself in because of you. How can you tell me you didn't notice me stealing?"

"Then who exactly are you talking to?"

"I still remember the hurtful things you said to me back then!"

“You told me, ‘Come out here! I'll know no matter where you hide! For your own safety, you'd better come out before I beat you to a pulp. There's no point in thinking about it anymore, make up your mind and come out! If you don't come out, I'm going to use my power!’”

"If you don't say that, why would I possibly turn myself in?"

Upon hearing this, Kogoro Mouri scratched the back of his head.

He glanced at Conan and Chen En, hesitated for a moment, and finally sighed and said.

"Sigh, no wonder I don't remember anything about this."

"Actually, I was drunk that night."

"I didn't find you in the Mori Detective Agency at all. I was just talking to the cockroaches in the agency while I was drunk. You suddenly jumped out and startled me, didn't you?"

What? You said that to a cockroach while you were drunk?

Hiroshi Ukita's eyes widened suddenly.

"Kogoro Mouri, you...you...you..."

He forced himself to stand up, pointed at Kogoro Mouri, pointed again and again, as if he wanted to say a few more curses, then couldn't catch his breath, rolled his eyes, and fell backward.

"Ah~~"

Looking at Hiroshi Ukita lying on the ground, seemingly asleep.

Chen En pulled out a cup of coffee from somewhere, took a sip, and sighed.

"Young people have such great energy and spirit, they can fall asleep as soon as their heads hit the pillow."

"I really envy their sleep quality."

Conan, standing nearby: ?

Hey, hey, hey, she's obviously so angry she fainted, okay?

How can you tell he's asleep?

Conan was speechless at Chen En's reaction.

However, he didn't have any reason to sympathize with Hiroshi Ukita.

This person's fate is entirely his own fault.

He didn't steal anything from the Mori Detective Agency, but he still got a three-year sentence for turning himself in.

He's obviously a habitual thief, and the amount of money he stole must have been substantial, otherwise he wouldn't have lost almost half of his wealth. It's just bad luck that he ran into Kogoro Mouri, who was drunk and acting crazy.

It just goes to show how wondrous fate can be.

If Kogoro Mouri hadn't acted drunk and scared Hiroshi Ukita into turning himself in...

Perhaps the beer that Kogoro Mouri left in the Mouri Detective Agency will be taken away by Hiroshi Ukita because of the principle that thieves never leave empty-handed, and then he'll have to spend a night without beer.

In a sense, it doesn't seem like a bad thing.

"...Let's call Inspector Megure and have him come over."

Kogoro Mouri muttered to himself as he dialed Inspector Megure's private number.

"Seriously, can't I even act a little drunk?"

"Are you sure you'll never drink alcohol in your life?"

He muttered some nonsense about how some kind of wine could boost one's spirit, making one more energetic the more one drank, and that to get rich, one should start by drinking. Then he gave Inspector Megure his address.

Chapter 1005 Has Beika Town become so fraught with crisis?

"What...what happened?"

"Oh? Has it been resolved?"

Inspector Megure led a team to the crime scene.

He gave Chen En a thumbs up.

"Team member Chen En is truly brave; we can rest easy now."

Chen En: ?

Who are you talking about?

It makes it sound like I'm some kind of unofficial employee of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

Chen En was speechless at Inspector Megure's words.

However, he did not refute it.

Inspector Megure briefly inspected the café, which had been shredded by the dump truck's iaido attack, and then checked the condition of the dump truck. Finally, he glanced at Hiroshi Ukita lying on the ground and exclaimed in surprise.

"Brother Chen En, you went too far this time."

"They smashed the truck door to pieces and beat the person up like this, and I can't even see a scratch... What kind of Chinese kung fu is this? No visible injuries, yet they managed to knock someone unconscious?"

Hearing this, Conan, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but speak up.

"Inspector Megure, this guy was driven crazy by Uncle Mori."

Mu Mu Police Department:?

Good heavens, Kogoro Mouri's skills at annoying people have reached such a high level?

When I worked with him at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, I thought Kogoro Mouri was really good at infuriating people. I was right. Now he can even infuriate a murderer who wants to kill him to the point of fainting at the crime scene.

Inspector Megure gave Kogoro Mouri a thumbs-up and then asked a question.

"By the way, what's that wooden box over there?"

"Brother Chen En, is that your wooden box?"

Hearing this, Chen En shook his head slightly, then pointed at Hiroshi Ukita and said.

"This is Hiroshi Ukita's wooden box."

"Why don't you open it and see what's inside?"

Why are you being so secretive?

A hint of doubt appeared in Inspector Megure's eyes.

Then, forgetting his own obese figure, he squatted down and opened the wooden box. Upon seeing what was inside, he was so frightened that his whole body trembled.

Holy crap, where did that sniper rifle come from?

He immediately stood at attention.

Takagi Wataru and Sato Miwako, who were standing nearby, were startled by Inspector Megure's behavior, and they peeked over and stood at attention as well.

Dude, what would a murderer like you need a sniper rifle for?

Is it really worth going to such lengths just to kill Kogoro Mouri?

"I can't believe it," Takagi Wataru remarked.

"That's really dangerous."

"If the murderer uses a sniper rifle to take revenge on Detective Mori instead of a dump truck, then Detective Mori might really be in trouble."

"By the way, who is this murderer?"

"He drives a truck, uses a sniper rifle, and has a grudge against Detective Mori."

"It should be some serial killer that Detective Mouri put in jail back then, right? Or some particularly powerful terrorist or something. I remember Detective Mouri handled a terrorist attack case when he was still in the Metropolitan Police Department..."

What is meant by a thief who gets enraged after stealing a beer can?

Takagi Wataru was taken aback by Mouri Kogoro's answer.

Did something go wrong?

Although he knew that Beika Town was fraught with danger, he never expected it to be this dangerous.

A thief using a sniper rifle as a weapon?

What weapons do serial killers use?

Apophis, the Demon Sword?

Just as Takagi Wataru was stunned by Mouri Kogoro's answer.

Hiroshi Ukita, who had been so angry with Kogoro Mouri that he fainted, slowly opened his eyes in a daze.

His gaze fell on Sato Miwako, who was crouching in front of him checking on his condition. He was about to reach out to Sato Miwako for help when Sato Miwako mistook him for an assault on a police officer and immediately threw him to the ground with an over-the-shoulder throw.

She completely fainted.

The group of people who were chatting all turned to look at Miwako Sato.

Miwako Sato:?

She paused for a moment, then smiled foolishly and said...

"No, sorry."

"I thought he was going to attack me, so I did it instinctively."

...That's a good habit of yours, but don't keep doing it next time.