Conan: What's wrong with my Yan Shuangying's painting style?

"Great Detective, it seems someone has beaten you to it."

————I wish Uncle Maori could really get ahead of me. At best, he would just eliminate one wrong answer.

Conan Edogawa looked at Ran Mouri, but Ran's attention was all on Kogoro Mouri, and she had not yet realized the special situation that the child boarding in his house was taken away by another beautiful sister.

He struggled to break free from Yukiko's embrace, then stood a little further away before asking.

"Where's Dad? Why did he suddenly go to another car? Is there something he needs to deal with?"

"You said the manuscript of that novel was lost in a bank robbery ten years ago, and ten years later, a murder exactly like the one in the novel happened here, and you happened to be in this car. It's hard not to be suspicious of you."

Although the famous detective who is always talking nonsense said this, he actually did not really think that Kudo Yusaku or Yukiko were the criminals.

He just stroked his chin and spoke thoughtfully.

"Could it be that the robbers who stole the novel manuscript in the bank robbery ten years ago happened to be on this train and committed a crime based on the contents of the novel manuscript? The probability of this is too small, right? It's really strange..."

"Yes, it is very strange."

Kudo Yukiko placed her left hand under her right elbow, and supported her right cheek with her right hand, tilting her head as if thinking - although she looked like she was thinking, Conan could be sure that she was not thinking at all.

This is just a former celebrity trying to redeem herself through her acting skills.

"Mom, you can be perfunctory to me for a while, it's okay, I'm used to it."

Conan complained directly.

Compared to my dad, my mom's reasoning ability is really terrible, even worse than when he was one year old. (Note)

"So heartless..."

Tears welled up in the veteran actor's eyes, as if he was about to cry.

However, at this moment, a cell phone notification sound came from her bag. She glanced at the message on it, and her aggrieved look disappeared, and she said with a smile.

"Okay, go ahead. I'll take care of Xiaolan for you."

————Did Dad go have a heart-to-heart with the murderer? He's deliberately avoiding me... afraid I'll throw a football at him?

The Death God Elementary School Student pushed up his plain glasses, and a white light flashed through his glasses.

Chapter 214 Bait Plan (1/5)

"According to the urban legend of Beika Town, there's also what Shinichi said about you."

"I originally thought I would hear gunshots before the train stopped, and then there would be another person shot dead on the train, but the situation seems to be different from what I inferred. Mr. Yan, what are your thoughts?"

Kudo Yusaku pushed his glasses up and spoke in a gentle voice.

"Could it be that Mr. Yan has decided to let the police officers from the nearby police headquarters handle this case?"

————Maybe.

Yan Shuangying did not answer, but just looked at the dark tunnel in the distance from the train.

Put yourself in his shoes. If his friend became addicted to drugs by someone else, or even died as a result, he would most likely seek revenge on the drug dealer and the person who made his friend addicted, and make them pay the price they deserve.

Therefore, if there is no hidden story behind this matter, it is purely a man's revenge for his girlfriend.

He would not help Jiayuelize to conceal his identity, but he would not kill Jiayuelize either. He just would not interfere in this matter. If a person is determined to take revenge, then he must be aware of the consequences of revenge.

"Mr. Yan, do you know that ten years ago, I lost an unfinished novel manuscript?"

"I gave the unfinished manuscript to my editor to read in advance. The editor was in a hurry, so he put the manuscript in his bag and went to the bank to withdraw money. He happened to run into a group of bank robbers."

"The editor's bag was snatched away, and the manuscript of the novel disappeared completely, even from my memory."

Kudo Yusaku suddenly mentioned something that seemed unrelated to the murder on the train.

But Yan Shuangying knew that a mystery novelist like Kudo Yusaku would not do it out of nowhere and bring up another old adult case in one case for no reason. There must be a connection between the two cases.

Although he did not observe too many details of the case, he had already figured out the methods and process of Jiayueli's crime.

Judging from the way Jiayuelize behaved in the room, he did not seem like a genius criminal who could come up with such a fantastic method of committing a crime. Moreover, one could vaguely see the calluses on Jiayuelize's hands, some of which had faded but still remained.

Those are the marks left by frequent gun practice.

Yan Shuangying narrowed his eyes slightly and asked.

"You seem to be trying to tell me that the criminal who robbed the bank ten years ago is the same criminal who is killing people on the train now, and that his criminal plan was based on your novel manuscript, right?"

In his impression, the murder methods in detective novels are often fantastic and unrealistic.

On the one hand, it is to attract attention and increase sales, and on the other hand, it is to prevent others from imitating the crime and causing unnecessary trouble to oneself, but Kudo Yusaku's mystery novels do not seem to be like this————

No, even the methods used by other famous mystery novelists in previous lives would become feasible in this world.

In this world, even a well-trained athlete can set a trap with a steel wire to kill someone within the few seconds when the roller coaster is plunged into darkness, and then withdraw the steel wire without any mistakes.

What Kudo Yusaku said now seemed outrageous, but it was not impossible.

"It seems that when the train entered the tunnel earlier, you pushed the door open and walked out immediately. It wasn't because you realized I was coming, but simply because you felt a sense of déjà vu, so you came out to take a look."

Yan Shuangying shook his head, realizing that he seemed to have overestimated Kudo Yusaku's abilities.

However, Kudo Yusaku was very frank. He directly admitted the fact and told the last content of the incomplete novel manuscript that he had just remembered.

"The detective on the train said in front of everyone that he already knew the truth of the case."

"However, he is willing to give the murderer another chance. If the murderer still hasn't surrendered and confessed his crime by the time the train arrives, he will tell the police the truth about the case and have the murderer jailed."

"The detective then left the train upon arrival, however, just as he was about to contact the police."

"The murderer pushed him from behind, causing him to fall toward the train tracks. At this moment, the next train roared into the station——"

The famous mystery novelist pushed up his plain glasses and said.

"This is the general content of the final plot of the manuscript. Because I didn't finish writing that story."

"If I were to write the final conclusion to that article now, perhaps I would write, 'The detective actually didn't know who the murderer was, but used himself as bait to lure the murderer out and bring him to justice.'"

"Mr. Yan, what do you think of this ending to the story?"

————He knew who the murderer was, but he had no evidence to prove the murderer.

If you want to bring the murderer to justice, the only way is to stage a "fishing enforcement" drama, let the murderer strike again, and then catch him on the spot, further bringing in the previous case.

Of course, this also carries risks. For example, the bait might actually be killed by the murderer, allowing the murderer to escape unscathed.

Or perhaps the murderer was unwilling to take action on the bait, but chose to leave the train station as soon as possible and stay away from here, thus avoiding the bait action and making the capture plan fail.

However, Kudo Yusaku felt that if Yan Shuangying agreed with the ending he gave.

Then, regardless of whether the murderer will be brought to justice in the end, the safety of the bait can be guaranteed - the urban legend of Beika Town has already proved seven days ago how difficult it is to kill the person he wants to protect with his knowledge!

"maybe."

The man in black said without denying it, he put his hands in the pockets of his black coat, turned around, pushed the door open and disappeared into the corridor behind the door - he would then check whether what happened was really as Kudo Yusaku said.

If this is true, then he will naturally have his own way to deal with this matter.

Watching Yan Shuangying's figure disappear, Kudo Yusaku nodded slightly.

————Since you haven’t refused, it’s equivalent to agreeing.

As long as Yan Shuangying does not explicitly refuse or oppose, it will not have any impact on Kudo Yusaku's plan. The real safety device is not Yan Shuangying, but him and Shinichi.

Swish————

Taking out his cell phone from his pocket, Yusaku Kudo sent a message to his wife Yukiko Kudo.

[Yukiko, you can let Shinichi come over. ]

Then, Kudo Yusaku put away his phone.

Look out the window at the red and blue interwoven police lights appearing in the distance.

Chapter 215 Is it not good to make a nest with your own mother? (2/5)

"? Have you had any conflicts with Mom recently? Why are you using Mom to make trouble?"

The Death God Elementary School Student pushed his plain glasses, and a white light flashed inexplicably on the lenses.

————Yusaku Kudo has told Conan his thoughts, and Conan is shocked.

Although Kudo Yukiko has strong disguise skills and acting skills, it is indeed possible to lure out the murderer according to the development of the novel's plot, but if he encounters an accident at a critical moment, such as a train passing by and blocking the camera.

Wouldn't that mean he would lose his mother in the physical sense due to carelessness?

"...Although I really want to refuse, there's no better candidate right now. If you haven't had any emotional problems recently, can I assume that you, Dad, have any other backup plans for this?"

Conan looked a little suspicious and asked about this specifically.

Ding-ling-ling————

The sound of sirens came from far away, Kudo Yusaku patted Conan's shoulder and said.

"The criminals from the local police headquarters have arrived. It's time for you to go over there."

The Shinigami Elementary School Student's gaze fell on Kudo Yusaku's face, and after a while, he turned and left.

If you want to lure out the criminal without using a bait plan, you must find out the criminal's true identity through reasoning before the train arrives at Ueno Station in Tokyo. If you want to deduce the truth, that information must be collected.

Although the capabilities of the local police headquarters are limited, it is not a problem to simply collect information.

Therefore, instead of wasting time here with the mysterious Kudo Yusaku, it would be better to go to the local detectives to investigate first. Anyway, the local detectives will definitely check all the passenger rooms to see if there is any murder weapon.

Click————

Conan also pushed the door open and walked out, leaving Kudo Yusaku alone standing in the last public carriage.

He had no intention of joining in the fun because his name was on the novel manuscript, and the criminal would use his novel manuscript as a template for committing crimes, which must be because he knew his reputation as a mystery novelist.

If Kudo Yusaku went there now, it would only alert the criminal and allow him to hide.

"...Why does a strange reflection appear when Shinichi pushes up his glasses?"

The famous mystery novelist pushed his glasses up and then began to ask himself questions.

"Could it be that Dr. Agasa even modified the plain glasses that Shinichi uses as a disguise?"

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"Detective Maori Kogoro! You're on the Hokutosei No. 3 train too?!"