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

The inspector of the local police headquarters looked at Kogoro Mouri's face and was somewhat shocked.

No wonder such an outrageous murder suddenly occurred on the Hokutosei No. 3 train, which had never had a murder case before. It turned out that it was because the famous Kogoro Mori was there in person!

The detective next to him was also shocked and subconsciously took half a step back, not daring to stand too close to Mouri Kogoro.

"...Are you serious about taking a half step back?"

Several black lines appeared on Kogoro Mouri's forehead.

"Forget those rumors that have no scientific basis! I've found the true identity of the murderer! It's one of the passengers on this train I once met. His name is [Asama Yasuji]!"

The sleeping famous detective spoke with certainty, this was the most confident time he had ever spoken.

"I ran into him in the corridor on my way to dinner. He was coming from the same bus carriage as the victim. He walked without looking where he was going and bumped into me head-on. Then he hid in his room as if he had seen a ghost!"

"And just half an hour ago, I heard gunshots and pushed the door open, just in time to see him again! He was frightened by my aura as a famous detective, and he fired several shots at me, but they all missed. Finally, he lost his mind and shattered the window of his room with a bullet..."

"He then jumped out of the window of the high-speed train in an attempt to escape."

Conan came from the corridor, walked around the police officer who was knocking on the door and asking the passengers inside, and came to the public carriage.

He listened carefully to Kogoro Mouri's reasoning, but kept shaking his head because although the reasoning seemed reasonable, it was actually problematic. The real murderer might be hiding somewhere on the train.

If the murderer had fled in a panic, there would not have been a pull-cord switch for automatically closing the door in his room.

Moreover, he would not simply throw his pistol in the room and then jump out the window to escape. That would seem a bit too deliberate. If you think about it from the perspective of a detective novel... this is actually one of the clues set by the father to solve the case.

It's just that the criminal's skills were too bad, so he accepted everything.

The Shinigami Elementary School Student stands behind Kogoro Mouri.

At this moment, Ran Mouri finally noticed that Conan had just left and returned. She rubbed Conan's hair in confusion and whispered a reminder.

"Conan, don't run around anymore. Luckily, Mr. Hattori met you last time, otherwise, who knows what would have happened!"

————It was me who found Hattori Heiji, so how come Hattori Heiji met me?

Conan raised his head and looked at Kudo Yukiko. At this moment, Kudo Yukiko seemed to have received the message from Kudo Yusaku. She raised her eyebrows slightly, as if she was a little surprised, but not much.

The main reason is that Kudo Yukiko is very familiar with the behavior of the Kudo father and son, and it is normal for them to use her to make a nest if necessary.

Swish————

The Shinigami Elementary School Student quietly rolled up his sleeves and showed his watch, attracting the attention of Kudo Yukiko.

Then, he aimed his watch at the wall next to Yukiko, and without opening the scope, he directly pressed the launch button of the anesthetic needle. Suddenly, the anesthetic needle flew out and landed directly on the wall next to Yukiko, and then quickly degraded spontaneously.

There was a hint of surprise in Kudo Yukiko's eyes.

In her impression, Shinichi's accuracy with the anesthetic needle was not yet at the level where he could hit the target with a blind sniper. It seemed that Shinichi's ability had grown a lot during the time when she and Yusaku were away from Beika Town.

"Inspector, we found a body in the tunnel. After confirming the identity..."

A breathless police officer walked up to the carriage door, picked up the evidence camera and handed it directly to the police captain, then he explained.

"The deceased's name is [Asama Yasuji], and he was a repeat offender who had been robbing banks for ten years!"

"According to information from Hokkaido, we can confirm that the deceased in the public train was the manager of the jewelry store [Izumo Keitaro] that was recently robbed by Asama Yasuji and his gang."

The inspector of the local police headquarters frowned and said.

"I remember that the store manager immediately pressed the alarm button after the robbers entered the jewelry store, scaring them away. So... is this a case of revenge murder?"

"The murderer jumped out of the train and committed suicide because he underestimated the train's speed and mistakenly believed he could land safely?"

Chapter 216 Ah, that's weird (3/5)

————The deceased was also a habitual bank robber. So, they were birds of a feather?

The young man in black stood in the crowd and was not noticed by anyone, not even the Death God Elementary School Student - it’s not that the Death God Elementary School Student’s senses were not sharp, but that he was desensitized to Yan Shuangying’s murderous aura.

If it were someone else, they would feel a chill down their spine every time they saw Yan Shuangying because of the murderous aura, but they would eventually get used to it.

"Oh, in my opinion, this is just a play directed and performed by Keitaro himself, but it only ruined himself."

The man who had previously argued with the deceased in the dining car said with a sneer.

He is the mayor of Koito City, Hokkaido, and his name is Ishizuchi Akishiro. The deceased Keitaro Izumo was one of his rivals for the mayoral position, and he provided important information at this moment.

"I remember that Asama Yasuji had two accomplices, but that number gradually decreased to two. By the time they robbed Izumo Keitaro's shop, there was only one left. He entered the jewelry store and left immediately after hearing the alarm. He didn't take anything."

"And he said loudly, 'This is different from what we agreed on.'"

"For a professional bank robber to do this wouldn't be too amateurish, but Izumo Keitaro gained public support and became a strong contender for mayor simply by pressing the alarm button. It's hard not to suspect this was a self-directed show."

"I guess it was Keitaro Izumo who first asked Yasuji Asama to come and rob him. When Yasuji Asama actually came, Izumo immediately called the police to arrest Yasuji Asama, but he let Yasuji escape. In the end, he was killed on the train in revenge."

————Very reasonable reasoning.

Conan nodded. According to the information he knew, this might be the case.

However, if we combine the content of Kudo Yusaku's novel, the situation is not the case. The reason why Asama Yasuji said that was simply because he was deceived by his accomplices and thought that Izumo Keitaro wanted to act with him, but Izumo Keitaro didn't know it.

That's why Asama Yasuji shouted like this when he escaped from the jewelry store, so that Izumo Keitaro would not dare to attack him.

"What are you talking about? How is this possible?"

Izumo Keitaro's wife, who was in the car with him, objected loudly at this moment. She said

"This is complete nonsense! Hasn't the investigation already proven that this was just an attempted robbery? My husband is a completely innocent man, otherwise he wouldn't be such a popular candidate for mayor..."

"But there are rumors that Izumo Keitaro is involved in illegal transactions. Could this also be false?"

The mayor of Koshito City asked back with a sneer, forcing Izumo Keitaro's wife to take back her words, her face flushed.

Of course she knew it was true and that her husband was indeed involved in the trade of illegal substances.

But she couldn't tell a lie at this moment because she had an inexplicable sense of crisis, as if if she lied at this moment, she would be killed the next moment - but she couldn't admit it, so she could only remain silent.

"...As I recall, there were three people involved in the bank robbery gang ten years ago."

"Now that we know Asama Yasuji's name, have you found the names of the other man and woman?"

Kogoro Mouri touched his chin and turned to ask the local police inspector next to him.

Hearing this, the local police captain shook his head and said that he only knew Asama Yasuji's name at present. The female member of the original trio had disappeared at some point, and for a long time afterwards, Asama Yasuji had been working together with another male.

Later, even that man stopped, and only Asama Yasuji was left working as a robber.

Conan inexplicably felt a little sad about the police capabilities in Hokkaido.

Even if this case happened in Tokyo, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department would have brought this habitual criminal to justice long ago. How could it have taken so long? Unless, there was someone behind Asama Yasuji protecting him from the police!

The Death God Elementary School Student touched his chin, and the suspect in this case had been identified.

Without a doubt, choose one of the two.

The first is Ishizuchi Akishiro, the mayor of Furuto City, whose term is coming to an end and who benefited the most from this assassination.

The second is Toshinori Kagoshi, who was accused by the deceased Keitaro Izumo in the dining car.

In Conan's opinion, the real murderer of this case is most likely Kagoshi Toshinori - Ishizuchi Akishiro is already 67 years old, and his physical strength does not support him to complete the entire action half an hour ago.

Not every old man is as fierce as the old curator Conan once met at the art museum. (Note)

Kagoshi Toshinori was accused by Izumo Keitaro of having an impulsive motive for murder. He was young and strong, about the same age as the deceased Asama Yasuji, and had the ability to commit the crime. However, in order to find evidence to prove that Kagoshi Toshinori committed the murder...

Not too possible.

There is no need to conduct fingerprint identification on the pistol to rule out Gayleize as a suspect, because the murderer who killed someone half an hour ago was wearing gloves and would not leave any fingerprints. Even if gloves were found in Gayleize's room later, it would not mean anything.

Because many passengers had gloves in their bags, including Conan's mother, Kudo Yukiko——

In order to disguise herself, Kudo Yukiko wore a riding skirt, a hat and new gloves. If Kudo Yukiko did not live in a double room, she would also be a suspect based on the gloves alone.

"No wonder they had to lure the murderer out by luring him out of his hole..."

Conan whispered, his eyes fixed on Kagetsu Rinori.

However, at this moment, Jiayue Lizhe's attention was not on the police or the corpse. He was just looking at the back of the crowd, as if looking for a figure——

The Death Student did not follow to see because he was too short to see at all.

But just because he can't see it doesn't mean that Ran Mouri next to him can't see it either.

"Oh, that's weird... Ran-san, look, that old man who was with Izumo-san earlier is looking somewhere! What is he looking at?"

Conan tugged at the corner of Mao Lilan's clothes, raised his head and spoke in a low voice.

————I don’t know why, but I always feel like I’m pretending to be stupid by talking like this.

Mao Lilan blinked.

And this seems to be contagious. Even Sonoko and her father start laughing from time to time. It's so weird...

The high school girl with extremely high fighting power turned to look at Kayoshi Rinari, and then followed Kayoshi Rinari's line of sight to look at the man in black behind the crowd. Her eyes widened instantly, and she thought she saw the urban legend who was said to be dead.

However, when Mao Lilan saw the face of the man in black clearly, she realized that they were not the same person, but just had a similar temperament. She whispered to the Death God Elementary School Student.

"It seems like I'm just looking at a cool older brother dressed in black."

Why was he talking like Yan Shuangying? Was he returning to Tokyo from somewhere else? And happened to be on this train?

Conan thought that Xiaolan had seen Yan Shuangying in the blockaded area before, and she should not fail to recognize him, so he lowered his guard a little bit - maybe he was just trying to attract attention?

Chapter 217 Deadly Bait (4/5)

Time passed quickly, and the local police headquarters did not find any other suspects or murderers, so they had to withdraw.

After a simple inspection and debugging by the crew, the train immediately set off again and headed towards its destination - Ueno Ward, Tokyo.

Just when many passengers on the train thought the matter was resolved and were about to return to their respective sleeper cars to rest.

Conan looked up at Kudo Yukiko.

His mother is still maintaining her disguise. I'm afraid this was done intentionally by Kudo Yusaku. He must have decided from the beginning to use Kudo Yukiko as bait to lure out the murderer.

However, just when Conan was about to give Kudo Yukiko a secret signal to ask his mother to come out fishing.

A strange voice sounded at this time.

"The case is not over yet, the real murderer is still hiding under the surface."

————There's actually someone here at this time?!