Conan: The Heart Thief

Inspector Megure arrived very promptly as always.

It only took fifteen minutes for all the police to arrive.

"So it's Brother Lin again..."

Inspector Megure's thoughts were much simpler. When he saw his old friend Lin Xiao, there was not much surprise on his face, only the usual "see you again" expression.

"It was me who called the police," Lin Xiao said, pointing at Conan and the others, "These kids just found the body in the bathroom over there."

"The body in the bathroom?" Inspector Megure nodded vigorously. Since it was a murder case, he had to take it seriously.

The group rang the door frame, and soon a bearded man in a bathrobe came to open the door.

His face showed extreme impatience: "What are you doing? You're ringing the doorbell so loudly, it's so noisy, it's disturbing my bath."

Inspector Megure calmly took out his ID and said, "I am a police officer. These people said they found a body in your bathroom, so please cooperate with us in the investigation."

"Corpse?" The bearded man's face tensed up a little, and then he said disdainfully: "That's nonsense. How could there be a corpse in my bathroom? You know, I was taking a bath in the bathroom just now."

Inspector Megure asked, "Is it convenient for us to check?"

"No problem, you can check whatever you want." The bearded man's confident look caught Conan's attention.

He came close to Lin Xiao and whispered, "Brother Lin Xiao, did you notice..."

"He is so confident, he must think his plan is perfect." Lin Xiao interrupted him.

Conan's eyes suddenly turned into beady: "Hey, hey, I didn't say he was the murderer. Why do you sound like you have directly identified the murderer?"

Conan originally wanted to follow Inspector Megure and the others to check the bathroom, but when he turned around, he saw Lin Xiao standing there without moving.

He couldn't help but wonder: "Brother Lin Xiao, don't you want to go over and take a look?"

"That's not necessary." Lin Xiao said calmly, "This man is wearing a bathrobe and said he was in the bathroom just now. Now he is standing in front of us so confidently. Do you think there is something else in the bathroom?"

Conan was startled, and his face darkened.

He also felt that what Lin Xiao said made sense, but there were some things that he still had to see with his own eyes.

"Lin Xiao, do you suspect that this man is the murderer?" Mao Lilan asked quietly in Lin Xiao's ear, looking at the bearded man at the bathroom door with worried eyes.

"It's very likely, but we don't have to worry about these things." Lin Xiao slowed down his tone to avoid making her feel uneasy.

Mao Lilan nodded slightly, but her heartbeat still couldn't slow down.

Yoshida Ayumi hugged Huihara Ai's arm in fear and asked, "Ai, what on earth is this... are we seeing things?"

Huihara Ai said calmly: "It is obvious that the bearded man has already disposed of the body."

Yoshida Ayumi was horrified: "Then...then what should we do?"

Kojima Genta also clenched his fists: "Let's go tell Inspector Megure."

"It's useless." The smarter Madoka Mitsuhiko shook his head and said calmly: "It's useless even if we tell Inspector Megure because we have no evidence."

As expected, neither Inspector Megure nor Conan found anything.

"How about it, Inspector Megure, have you found anything?" The Junior Detective League was very anxious.

Inspector Megure shook his head sullenly: "There's nothing in the bathroom."

Conan also had a serious expression: "Not only was there no body, there wasn't even a drop of blood."

"How is this possible? We clearly saw it all!" Yoshida Ayumi was so shocked that she lost her voice.

Inspector Megure glanced at his watch and said, "From the time Brother Lin Xiao called the police to now, it took us less than fifteen minutes to get here. If we need to clean up the scene and hide the body, ten minutes at most will be enough."

The bearded man next to him was immediately dissatisfied: "Hey, what do you mean? Do you think I hid the body?"

"It must be you." Mao Lilan also stood up with a cold face, "These children saw it clearly just now. They can't lie about such a thing."

The bearded man sneered, "Who knows about this? Nowadays, many naughty kids are very naughty and tell lies easily. What if they are just lying to you?"

"We didn't lie!" Yoshida Ayumi felt wronged and angry, "Uncle, you are going too far."

The bearded man remained calm: "Officer, since you have no evidence, can you leave my house now?"

Inspector Megure asked, "Do you mind if we search it? I don't believe these kids would joke about murder."

Miwako Sato and her colleagues also put on the same serious faces, and it was obvious that no one was going to leave.

The bearded man was not surprised. Instead, he shrugged nonchalantly: "It's up to you guys. I have to go to rest. But if you don't find the body, then all of you will have to apologize to me!"

At the end of his speech, he deliberately raised his voice, with a proud smile on his face.

Mao Lilan couldn't help but frown: "How dare this person be so confident?"

"Yeah, how dare you do that?" Lin Xiao suddenly stood up.

The bearded man was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Oh, I've seen you in the newspaper, high school detective Lin Xiao. Why, do you want to perform reasoning in front of me and find evidence that I hid the body?"

Lin Xiao did not answer, but smiled calmly: "Do you know what your current behavior is called?"

"what?"

"This kind of behavior is called asking for a hammer and getting a hammer." Lin Xiao raised a finger, and his smile began to become strange. "It means that any criminal like you who has done something wrong and is particularly arrogant will not be able to escape in the end."

The bearded man felt guilty about Lin Xiao's smile and became a little angry: "Then go ahead and look for it. If you can find the body, I will plead guilty on the spot! If you can't find it, you must kneel down and apologize to me."

Lin Xiao still ignored him and looked upstairs, as if looking around casually: "Although you cleaned up very quickly, have you ever thought about how you are going to explain the blood on the cat?"

The bearded man was stunned: "Cat?"

Inspector Megure and the others also turned their heads: "Cat?"

"Yes, it was the cat." Lin Xiao smiled and took out a blood-stained handkerchief. "I've always been cautious in doing things. I just asked Zhendong for a handkerchief, and now it's covered with the blood of the cat in the bathroom..."

Lin Xiao deliberately dragged out the sound, making the bearded man more and more unstable.

Then he handed the handkerchief to Inspector Megure: "I think you can take it for testing, it should yield some results. Of course, we also have to invite this gentleman to explain why the cat was covered in blood in his bathroom."

The bearded man's face turned pale instantly, and he stammered, "What...what does this prove? The cat could have been stained with blood somewhere else."

"It is indeed possible."

Inspector Megure nodded subconsciously, but still signaled to Takagi: "Let's do this for now, Takagi, you take this to test first. As for us, let's search this house first."

The bearded man nervously took a step back to make way for the police.

Conan glanced at Lin Xiao hesitantly. When he saw the body disappear, he had been thinking about how to find evidence to prove that the bearded man was the one who hid the body. However, Lin Xiao's way of thinking was completely different from his. He thought directly of the cat and even had a plan in mind.

"Is this the pattern of Lin Xiao's thinking?" Conan quietly followed Inspector Megure, thinking in his heart. He felt that even if he had not become smaller, he would not be able to beat Lin Xiao in terms of reasoning. He was indeed a nemesis.

"Brother Lin Xiao, do we need your help?" Mitsuhiko Yuangu was also full of fighting spirit. The bearded man's arrogant attitude just now really made the Junior Detective Team unhappy.

Lin Xiao glanced at Mao Lilan, who turned around knowingly and said to the children, "Leave the matter here to the police. I'll take you to eat something. What do you want to eat?"

Yuanta: "Eh? Sister Xiaolan, are you treating us? Then I want to have eel rice."

Mitsuhiko: "Stupid Genta, on such a hot summer day, of course you have to eat ice cream."

Ayumi: "I want to eat red bean yaki."

"So, what about you, Ai?" asked Ran Mouri with a smile.

"No need for that. I'm not hungry now." Haibara Ai replied coldly.

"Oh, I see." Ran Mouri felt troubled. Ai was the kind of girl that she had no way of dealing with.

"Xiaolan, why do you care so much about this little brat?" Suzuki Sonoko advised.

Regardless, Xiaolan and Sonoko took the children away.

For a moment, only Lin Xiao and the bearded man were left in the corridor on the first floor, standing opposite each other.

After staring at each other for a few seconds, the bearded man looked away guiltily and snorted, "Aren't you going to search?"

"I'm just surprised." Lin Xiao smiled kindly, "I didn't expect you to be so good at cleaning the bathroom. It really exceeded my expectations."

"Also? What does this mean?" The bearded man was a little surprised.

Lin Xiao pointed to the bathroom and said, "I think you can consider joining the cleaning industry and become a leader in the industry."

"Stop talking nonsense. If you don't want to follow those policemen to search, it's up to you. Anyway, I'm going to the second floor to rest now. My brother will be back soon. If anything happens, you can ask those policemen to find my brother, because I hate being disturbed when I'm resting." After saying that, the bearded man walked away with a cold face.

After watching the other party disappear, Lin Xiao came to the second floor. At this moment, whether in the living room or the study next to it, there were police officers rummaging through drawers and cabinets everywhere. It was obvious that everyone was searching very carefully.

At this time, a surprised voice sounded behind him: "Huh? Why are there so many police officers in my house?"

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw a middle-aged man with short hair and a suit. He was standing at the door with a look of surprise on his face, looking at a loss.

"Are you Mr. Tanaka's brother?" Inspector Megure had obviously made preparations in advance, and immediately stood up and said, "Your brother is resting in the bedroom. As for us, we are here because of a murder case."

"Murder? Officer, are you kidding me? How could a murder happen in my family?" The man surnamed Tanaka obviously didn't believe it.

"I'm not kidding you." Inspector Megure pointed at Lin Xiao over there and explained, "You should know this young man, right?"

Tanaka stared at Lin Xiao for a few seconds, then suddenly said, "I remember now, you are the high school detective Lin Xiao!"

Inspector Megure nodded: "Yes, he and a group of children went out to look for the cat today and found a body in your bathroom, but when we police arrived, the body was gone."

"Is there such a thing?" Tanaka still looked unconvinced.

Inspector Megure was actually also very troubled. He had his men search the first and second floors, but found nothing.

Even if he trusts Lin Xiao very much, it will be troublesome if he can't find evidence.

Apologizing to the bearded man was a small matter. The trouble was that a group of reporters who had heard the news had set up cameras at the door of the house.

Embarrass yourself in front of so many media?

Inspector Megure didn't dare to think about what the consequences would be.

So he could only look at Lin Xiao with full expectation, hoping that Brother Lin could be more helpful.

Lin Xiao also noticed his pitiful appearance, and immediately turned to look at Tanaka and asked, "We haven't found the body yet, so can you cooperate and let us check your brother's bedroom?"

"That's fine, but my brother has a very bad temper when he's resting. He doesn't like to be disturbed, so you have to be mentally prepared," Tanaka reminded.

"What? Does your brother dare to attack the police?" Lin Xiao felt a little funny.

Inspector Megure glanced at Lin Xiao and found that he was staring at Tanaka with a thoughtful look.

His eyes lit up and he asked in a low voice: "Brother Lin, have you found anything?"

"No, I just think that Tanaka and his brother look alike. Are they twins?" Lin Xiao seemed to be just muttering.

Upon hearing this, Inspector Megure also looked at Tanaka and found that what Lin Xiao said was true. The two men looked very similar.