Conan: The Heart Thief

Upon hearing this, Mayor Ishizumi, who had been showing a hypocritical smile, immediately became gloomy, because Izumo Keitaro's tricky words just hit him right where it hurts.

Conan then introduced to everyone: "The old man is called Ishizuchi Akishiro, and he is the current mayor of Koito City in Tokyo."

Mao Lilan said in surprise: "Conan, you really know everything."

Conan laughed conceitedly, but was warned by Kudo Yukiko: "Conan, you should restrain yourself and don't be so ostentatious."

"Ah? Yes, yes..." Conan also realized that he was no longer Kudo Shinichi.

Just as Ishizuchi Akishiro and Izumo Keitaro passed by Lin Xiao's seat, they immediately stopped.

"Eh? Could it be that you are..."

"The sleeping detective, Kogoro Mori."

When Maori Kogoro saw that the two recognized him, he immediately laughed triumphantly: "Yes, it is me."

The two chatted with Kogoro Mori for a while and then left.

Maori Kogoro was so proud that his nose turned up: "Yukiko, see, I am a famous detective now. Now I understand that when you are away for three days, you should look at others with new eyes. I am no longer the same as before."

Yukiko looked disdainful. She knew that it was all thanks to her son that Mouri Kogoro could suddenly become a famous detective, not that Mouri Kogoro had really changed.

……

It was four o'clock in the morning, and Lin Xiao and Kudo Yukiko were sleeping on their bunks, one on each side.

"Lin Xiao, are you awake so early?"

Yukiko Kudo got up from her bed and tidied her long hair.

"Yes. I haven't forgotten the commission you gave me."

Lin Xiao looked calmly at the wife in green dress in front of him.

"boom!"

As the train slowly moved out of the dark tunnel, a sound suddenly rang out in the passenger lounge in the front of the train, sounding particularly harsh in the quiet carriage!

"That was... a gunshot just now. What happened?" Kudo Yukiko was frightened.

"Don't panic, I'll go check out the situation." Lin Xiao walked straight out of the box.

"Wait for me, let's go together!" Kudo Yukiko immediately followed.

Lin Xiao opened the door of the car and heard the voice of the police being called from outside. He and Yukiko immediately went to the scene.

The train stopped at the entrance of Seikan Tunnel and the police on board were verifying the scene.

Mr. Izumo was sitting by the window, with a bullet in his head, leaving a blood spatter and a bullet mark on the glass window. His cigar fell to the side, and his eyes were full of astonishment and fear.

"According to the driver's license and business card found on the body, the victim is Keitaro Izumo, who lives in Furuichi City, Tokyo. He is the owner of a large jewelry store that was robbed before."

The police officer on the vehicle reported the situation to his superior who arrived.

"Oh?" Officer Nishimura, the team leader, was a middle-aged man with a stubbled beard. He came closer to check on the victim. "Is that the jewelry store owner who drove away the armed robber on his own?"

"Yes," the police officer explained, "According to the witness, the murderer suddenly ran up behind him and fired a shot."

"What happened next? Where did the murderer go?" the police officer continued to ask.

"The murderer ran past our room," Maori Kogoro stood up and said, "After firing a few shots into his own room and breaking the glass, he fled out the window."

The police officer looked at Maori Kogoro in confusion: "Who are you?"

"Huh? Don't you know me?" Kogoro Mouri pointed at himself.

The middle-aged police officer glanced at the uncle and said, "Who are you?"

"I am the famous detective Mouri Kogoro." Mouri Kogoro said shamelessly.

"So you're a detective." Upon learning that the other party was a detective, the middle-aged police officer asked Kogoro Mouri to join the investigation.

According to witnesses, the murderer was the strange man that Kogoro Mouri met in the aisle, and the murderer was also related to a previous jewelry store robbery.

At this time, Yukiko whispered to Lin Xiao: "This incident is exactly the same as the plot of my husband's unpublished novel..."

"I understand." Lin Xiao nodded to show that he understood.

After a series of investigations by the police, a conclusion was reached that made Officer Nishimura somewhat helpless: neither the other passengers on the train nor the three suspects, Mrs. Izumo, Toshinori Kagoshi, and Akishune Ishizuchi, had the slightest chance of committing the crime.

Just when the police had no clue, another surprising news came. The body of the suspected murderer was found in the dark tunnel that Beidouxing 3 had passed through before. The body was the burly man wearing a hat, sunglasses and a mask.

When Patrol Chief Nishimura and Chief Inspector Maeda rushed to the scene after hearing the news, they discovered that not only was the deceased wearing a wig on his hair, but even his thick black mustaches were fake. After removing all his disguises, they were even more surprised to find that the suspected murderer was actually Yasushi Asama, the robber who had robbed a jewelry store in Tokyo at gunpoint but inexplicably turned around and ran away.

Although Yasushi Asama did not succeed in the robbery, he was still listed as a wanted fugitive by the police and a nationwide arrest notice was issued, so Officer Nishimura recognized him at a glance.

What Asama Yasushi robbed in Tokyo was the jewelry store of the deceased Keitaro Izumo. According to the news reports at that time, it was the owner of the Izumo store who shouted loudly and scared away the robber, which was also the reason why Ishibazu Akishiro mocked him for putting on a show on the dining car.

In addition, the cause of death of Yasushi Asama was indeed a heavy blow to the head after falling, and the time seems to match. Now even the motive for the crime is clear. It is very likely that Keitaro Izumo was killed to avenge the previous failed robbery.

Therefore, Officer Nishimura came to a conclusion about the case on the spot. That was that the murderer, Yasushi Asama, shot and killed his enemy Keitaro Izumo in the passenger lounge, and then, while being chased by the train crew, he panicked and tried to jump out of the train to escape, but accidentally fell and died. After all, it was a dark tunnel and the train was traveling very fast at the time.

After confirming the identity of the murderer, Officer Nishimura naturally would not delay the journey of Beidouxing 3 any longer. He immediately greeted the conductor and told the driver to continue the train.

……

Located in the sleeper compartment of the Hokutosei No. 3 train.

Kudo Yukiko holds a mobile phone in her hand, as if she wants to contact Kudo Yusaku.

However, the busy tone coming from the microphone gradually dispelled her original expectation.

"As expected, I can't get through to Yusaku's phone." Kudo Yukiko put down the phone and sighed softly.

Hearing this, Lin Xiao couldn't help but mutter: "The Kudo father and son are really of the same lineage, the phone call will never get through."

Yukiko Kudo consulted her husband to no avail, so she had to ask Lin Xiao for his opinion: "Lin Xiao, should we just stop with this incident?"

Lin Xiao did not comment: "Since the murderer is a copycat, he imitated the unpublished manuscript of Kudo Yusaku, and you have read Kudo Yusaku's manuscript, you should know it."

Yukiko looked embarrassed: "The person who stole Yusaku's manuscript was Asama Yasuji, but Asama Yasuji is dead now, and the content of the manuscript is completely different. Moreover, Yusaku's phone number is unreachable."

Lin Xiao couldn't help but sneer: "Aunt Yukiko, with your ability, does your husband dare to let you stop the murderer alone?"

"Yusaku is like this. When something happens, he doesn't care about anything."

Yukiko suddenly approached Lin Xiao and asked, "What do you think, great detective?"

Chapter 39: The old pretentious criminal Kudo Yusaku

She had long light golden hair draped over her shoulders, and two cute, slightly curled buns on either side of her beautiful face. Even below her smooth forehead, there was a strand of curly hair that swayed playfully, adding a lot of playfulness to her already youthful face...

"Don't get so close to me."

Lin Xiao pushed away Kudo Yukiko who was approaching him. This woman was truly a disaster caused by her beauty, making people want to commit a crime.

"What? Why are you suddenly shy?" Kudo Yukiko pouted, then smiled sweetly, "But your reaction is quite cute."

"Of course the incident won't end so quickly." Lin Xiao extended his hand to Kudo Yukiko, "Stop talking nonsense and give me the manuscript."

"Oh." Kudo Yukiko obediently handed the manuscript to Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao didn't even look at it and went straight to the last page.

"See? The last scene is that the detective is standing in front of the station and is pushed off by the murderer."

"so what?"

"I will then imitate the detective's behavior, act as bait to attract the murderer, and then catch the murderer."

"Eh? Isn't that too risky? What if you really get pushed down by the murderer?"

"Why don't you be the bait?" Lin Xiao glanced at Kudo Yukiko.

"Then let me do it. You came here to help me, how can I let you take a risk?" Kudo Yukiko thought that Lin Xiao only came here to help, how could she let him take a risk, it would be better for her to take the risk herself.

"Let me do it." Lin Xiao is wearing all kinds of demon masks, so how could he not be able to deal with an ordinary prisoner?

"No, no, no..."

"Aunt Yukiko, don't argue. If you're really worried about me, just protect me secretly when the time comes."

"...I really have a heavy responsibility." Kudo Yukiko suddenly felt sweat pouring down her back.

Lin Xiao couldn't help but laugh when he saw Kudo Yukiko looking nervous.

"If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have done it in the first place. You and Kudo Yusaku are really fooling around!"

"How is this nonsense? Kudo Yusaku and I stopped the copycats, this is an act of justice!"

"If something like this happened, you could have informed the police, and then the police would have arranged it secretly. This way, it would have been both safe and secure. But you acted on your own, and the other side was a vicious robber armed with guns. Do you know how dangerous this is?

Do you think this is a movie shoot? Can there be any NGs?

Besides, the murder still happened, and you and Kudo Yusaku were unable to prevent the crime."

Hearing this, Yukiko Kudo felt guilty. She was still thinking about stopping the criminal from committing the crime. Fortunately, she fell asleep when the murder happened. Otherwise, facing the criminal with a gun, she might have lost her life.

"Yes, yes... It is indeed me and Yusaku who have not considered it." Kudo Yukiko became hesitant, realizing that she was playing with her life instead of filming. "Or else give up the plan. No matter how important Yusaku's reputation is, it is more important than our lives."

The sky gradually brightened, and the speeding Beidouxing No. 3 train was about to reach its terminal.

Lin Xiao followed the script of the manuscript, gathered relevant people, and pointed out that the murderer was someone else.

When everyone was expecting Lin Xiao to tell the truth, what they got was an apology from Lin Xiao.

"Oh, sorry, I was so nervous that I forgot about it..."

Naturally, Lin Xiao was severely reprimanded by Officer Nishimura. Seeing this, Kogoro Mouri and Conan also took advantage of the situation and mocked Lin Xiao.

Kudo Yukiko, who knew the cause and effect, and Xiaolan, who really cared about Lin Xiao, were comforting Lin Xiao. Maori Kogoro and Conan were really excited when they saw this scene.

……

"Thank you for taking the Hokuto train. We have arrived at Sapporo, the final stop of this trip. Welcome to visit us again!"

Along with the prompts coming from the train station broadcast and the Hokutosei 3 slowly approaching the station, it means that the train has also arrived at its destination, Sapporo, Hokkaido.

Lin Xiao and Kudo Yukiko said goodbye to the Mori family at the station.

Next…

Lin Xiao arrived at Platform 7 at Sapporo Station.

Yukiko Kudo stood in the dark, waiting for the criminal to appear.