Conan: The Heart Thief

“It should be…it should be.”

"Then do you know the deceased? Since the deceased appeared in your bedroom, I'm afraid he has some relationship with you?"

Okino Yoko shook her head slightly: "I... I haven't gone over to see it yet. I need to go closer to see it first."

"Really? Then come over and see if you recognize the deceased." Megure Jusan raised his hand and motioned for Okino Yoko and others to come over.

Yoko Okino and Eiichi Yamagishi walked to the other side of the corpse's cheek with trepidation and looked at it. Their faces suddenly changed and cold sweat unconsciously slid down their foreheads.

"How is it? Do you recognize the deceased?" asked Megure Jusan.

Yamagishi Eiichi interrupted Megure Jusan and said, "I can't see clearly. Let me take a closer look."

Yamagishi Eiichi approached the corpse cautiously, but suddenly his foot slipped and he fell on the corpse.

"Wow!"

The fallen Yamagishi Eiichi climbed up from the corpse in horror and backed away.

The police officer from the Identification Division shouted in dissatisfaction: "Don't touch the body!"

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. I just slipped."

Yamagishi Eiichi hurriedly apologized.

Officer Megure frowned and looked at him and asked: "Well? Do you two know the deceased?"

"No, we've never seen him, right Yoko?"

"Um...I haven't seen him either."

Yoko Okino hesitated, and it seemed fake at first glance, as if she had acted before.

Inspector Megure pondered for a moment and listed the two as key suspects.

Xiaolan, who was sitting aside waiting for the development of the matter, asked Lin Xiao worriedly: "Lin Xiao, no way, is Yoko really the murderer?"

Lin Xiao shook his head. Without investigation, he had no right to speak. Although he knew that Yoko was not the murderer, he could not say it out loud.

"I don't know now..."

Xiaolan sighed and said, "I don't want the murderer to be...Yoko."

However, things went against their wishes and Inspector Megure had already identified the murderer as Okino Yoko.

"This is more than 20 stories high, with closed doors and windows, so it's impossible for prisoners to get in from the outside. The only way they can get in is through the entrance.

That means no one except Ms. Okino Yoko herself could have come in, and the fingerprints on the murder weapon all pointed to one person...

You are the murderer, right? Miss Yoko."

Yoko Okino panicked: "I didn't, I didn't kill anyone! Officer Megure!"

Maori Kogoro also smiled awkwardly: "Inspector Megure, Miss Yoko is so cute, how could she be the murderer!"

At this time, the police officer from the Identification Division came up to Megure Jusan and said, "Officer Megure, this is an earring I found under the sofa."

"Why did you find out now?"

Megure Jusan fixed his eyes on the evidence earring and asked Yoko: "Ms. Yoko, is this earring yours?"

"No, this one seems to be...Tomoko's."

Yoko Okino recognized the earrings at the first sight because she had often seen Tomoko wearing them some time ago.

"Tomoko? Who is that?"

"Ikezawa Tomoko debuted with me, and we often work together."

Okino Yoko asked in confusion: "But how come Tomoko's earrings are in my house?"

"Oh, I remember now." Yamagishi Eiichi exclaimed, "Remember that she replaced you as the protagonist of a TV series? I think she must be holding a grudge and wanting to take revenge on you. Maybe she was the one who picked up the key."

"What? You lost your key, Mr. Yamagishi Eiichi. It seems that you are now a big suspect."

"No, Mr. Yamagishi did not lie." At this time, Yoko Okino stood up to help him explain, "I knew that the key was lost that day, and he and I searched for it for a long time but couldn't find it."

"Then Ikezawa Yuko is the biggest suspect."

Megure Juzo immediately ordered his men to contact Ikezawa Yuko and ask her to come over.

Then, a beautiful woman wearing a coat and with long brown curly hair came to the scene. Lin Xiao took a closer look and saw that she was also a beauty. However, compared to her gentle appearance, her facial features were sharper and she was slightly taller than Okino Yoko.

Megure Jusan asked: "Ikezawa Yuko, is this earring yours?"

"It's mine. I was wondering why it disappeared. Turns out it's here."

"So, you killed the victim, Fujie Akiyoshi?"

"Of course not. How can you identify me as the murderer based on just one earring? It's just that Yoko happens to have the same earring as me."

Megure Jusan thought for a moment and said, "What you said makes sense. It is impossible to convict someone based on earrings alone."

The case has come to a stalemate. Mumu Shisan looks at Okino Yoko, Ikezawa Yuko, and Yamagishi Eiichi, and feels that each of them is a major suspect.

The police and the confused detective Kogoro Mori were trapped in confusion, but a flash of lightning appeared before the eyes of a certain famous detective.

"I know the truth!"

Conan walked around behind Kogoro Mouri, took out his watch equipped with an anesthetic needle launcher, aimed at the back of Kogoro Mouri's neck, and fired.

Such a classic scene was naturally seen by Lin Xiao, and then, an extremely strange scene occurred.

Kogoro Mouri suddenly became drowsy, and he danced around for a few circles, and then miraculously sat down on the sofa.

"I already know the truth."

Kogoro Mori lowered his head and made his unique voice.

"Really? Maori brother."

Inspector Megure has no confidence in Kogoro Mouri and his face is full of suspicion.

"Yes, I already know who the murderer is?"

Everyone ignored the strange phenomenon that Kogoro Maori could make sounds without moving his mouth, and listened attentively to his reasoning. They were even more indifferent to the double act performed by Conan Edogawa behind the sofa where Kogoro Maori was sitting.

Lin Xiao was amazed, it was simply a supernatural phenomenon, he couldn't help but turn his gaze to Xiaolan beside him.

"Xiao Lan, do you think your father is in a normal state now?"

"Hmm?" Xiaolan pinched her chin and looked at her father. "It's indeed abnormal... But this is the only way my father can uncover the truth. I'm used to it."

Chapter 17 Holding Xiaolan's soft and smooth hands

"The murderer is Teng Jiang Yiming, there is no doubt about it, this was a suicide.

The murderer used ice to fix the blade on the ground, then fell from the chair and landed on his back, creating the illusion that he was stabbed to death from behind.

The reason why the temperature in Miss Yoko's room was so high was because the murderer wanted to use the temperature of the air conditioner to melt the ice. "

After hearing the flawed reasoning of "Mouri Kogoro", everyone believed it.

Inspector Megure asked in confusion: "But, brother Maori, why did Tengjiang Yiming go to Miss Yoko's house to commit suicide, and even went to great lengths to frame his own death on Miss Yoko? What's going on?"

"Mouri Kogoro" then answered: "In fact, Tengjiang Yiming is Okino Yoko's ex-boyfriend, and he wanted to get back together with Okino Yoko. As a result, he happened to run into Miss Yuko who sneaked in with a stolen key, and mistook this person who was actually looking for Miss Yoko's scandal as the real Miss Yoko. After hugging her, she was pushed away in fear. In despair, he thought of committing suicide and blaming Miss Yoko."

Conan Edogawa, hiding behind Kogoro Mouri, finished his reasoning in Kogoro Mouri's voice, put down his bow tie, and exhaled. The famous detective had solved another case.

However, unlike everyone else, after listening to "Mouri Kogoro's" reasoning, Lin Xiao had more questions in his mind.

First of all, it is difficult to make such a large piece of ice in such a short time; secondly, where can Fujie Akiyoshi find such a large square mold to freeze the knife in the right position; also, Ikezawa Tomoko and Okino Yoko don't look alike at all, and as Okino Yoko's ex-boyfriend, Fujie Akiyoshi could not have mistaken her for someone else.

"There is only one explanation, someone carefully planned everything."

As for who it is...

Lin Xiao fixed his eyes on Yamagishi Eiichi, as he was the most suspicious.

However, there is no evidence.

"Then steal Yamagishi Eiichi's bad heart and make Yamagishi Eiichi self-destruct!"

Lin Xiao reached into his pocket, where he found a card of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts that he had printed out in advance using a home printer. As long as he spread the card of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, he would be able to enter the heart palace of Yamagishi Eiichi.

"What's wrong? Lin Jun."

Originally, the truth was out and Yoko Okino was cleared of suspicion, which was a good thing. However, Lin Xiao's expression became more solemn, which made Xiaolan worried.

"The murderer is someone else?"

"Eh?" Xiaolan was startled. "Who is it?"

"I'll keep you in suspense for now." The next second, Xiaolan's soft and smooth little hand was held by Lin Xiao, "Xiaolan, come with me to the real murderer's spiritual palace, and you will know."

"The Palace of the Soul." Xiaolan recalled her previous experience as a Phantom Thief Idol, as if it were another life. "Okay!"

Lin Xiao placed the card of the Phantom Thieves of Heart in front of Yamagishi Eiichi. He successfully entered the spiritual palace of Yamagishi Eiichi with the Phantom Thief Idol Xiaolan. As the system said, it only needs to be symbolic.

The two entered Yamagishi Eiichi's spiritual palace and were truly shocked.

"Whose spiritual palace is this?" Xiaolan asked without hesitation.

"Eiichi Yamagishi." Lin Xiao replied.

"Yamagishi Eiichi, Miss Yoko's agent!"

The spiritual palace of Eiichi Yamagishi is filled with life-size models of Yoko Okino, the walls are covered with Yoko Okino's posters, and the background music is Yoko Okino's songs.

"This guy doesn't look like Yoko Okino's agent at all, he's definitely Yoko Okino's stalker fan!"

Xiaolan was shocked by Eiichi Yamagishi's exaggerated spiritual palace.

"I'm feeling it too."

Having said that, Lin Xiao felt that there was nothing wrong with what Yamagishi Eiichi was thinking, and there was nothing wrong with liking one's idol.

But... killing is wrong. No matter how much you protect your favorite idol, you can't kill people!

Yamagishi Eiichi's spiritual palace is not complicated. Lin Xiao and Xiaolan soon met the real owner.

Eiichi Yamagishi, who was kneeling and licking the model of Okino Yoko in various uniform performances, was so angry when he saw the intrusion of an unfriendly guest.

"Who are you? Who allowed you to enter my personal space? Get out!"

"Yes, I'm sorry!" Xiaolan apologized subconsciously. She also realized that it was not good to pee into other people's privacy.