Conan Rick's Investigator

Led by Chis's crew cut, Kogoro Mouri and Conan came to the weapons storage room.

"The management of guns is the responsibility of our guards. Even royal family members cannot get weapons at will." said the man with a crew cut.

Maori Kogoro meticulously reviewed the gun management records in his hand and asked, "The rifling marks of the bullet that shot the Queen are definitely from the hunting rifle in the prince's hand, and the hunting rifle was provided by this place, right?"

The crewman with a crew cut nodded, "That's right."

"Um……"

Kogoro Mouri pondered for a moment. The case had just begun to be investigated when it immediately reached a deadlock.

According to his experience as a policeman in Mihua for those years, the gun came from the palace, and the bullet that shot the queen was indeed from the prince's hunting rifle, plus there was the testimony of Duke Girard.

With both witnesses and physical evidence, there is no possibility of overturning the verdict.

Conan also saw that Maori Kogoro had run out of ideas, so he reminded him: "Let's go to the Queen and the Prince's room and take a look?"

"Hmm?" Maori Kogoro turned to look at his little follower and waved his hand away in disdain. "Go, go, go... What clues can you find there?"

Seeing that Maori Kogoro still didn't understand, Conan could only give a further hint, "Perhaps the murderer will go against the Queen and the Prince's living habits when setting up the scene?"

When Kogoro Mouri and his crew cut were told this, they were both stunned.

Is this what a 7-year-old would say?

"Okay, let's go and take a look..."

"But first, I'll make it clear, you little brat, don't make any trouble!"

"Hai!"

Conan smiled harmlessly and agreed happily.

In fact, I was secretly thinking in my heart, if it weren’t for me “making trouble”, uncle, would you be able to solve so many cases?

……

The three of them were about to go to the queen's room first. When they passed the central corridor, they met Princess Mira who had just been sent back.

Mira was still wearing the Teitan High School uniform and was guarded by Chis.

"Little..." Conan was about to say it subconsciously, but fortunately he noticed something different in advance, "Princess?"

Mira looked down at Conan and vaguely recognized the child. It was the boy on the plane yesterday, but he had taken off the brown paper bag.

"It's you?"

Conan: "?"

Conan was puzzled for a moment, remembering that he had met Mira several times the day before yesterday, and the other party should have remembered him at that time.

But other than that, the two seemed to have little in common.

But it would be rude not to reply, so Conan could only reply: "It's me."

Mira still remembered that Mine Fujiko was determined to take revenge on the man by any means necessary, and that Mine Fujiko was now in the palace, so a bad situation would definitely break out if the two sides met, so she advised.

"You shouldn't have come."

Conan: "...But I'm already here..."

Mira: "Where is that man?"

Conan was startled, "What man?"

Mira: "It's the man next to you."

Maori Kogoro, who was standing next to him, pointed at his nose and asked in confusion, "Huh? Are you talking about me?"

Mira glanced at Maori Kogoro and then looked away, "It's not you, I'm talking about another man..."

Conan, Maori Kogoro: "Who is the other man?"

Mira shook her head in disappointment, bent down and whispered in Conan's ear, "It's your father..."

Hearing this, Conan was completely stunned.

My dad?

Which dad am I?

My real father is Kudo Yusaku, but how could the princess, who I have only met a few times, know this?

As for the identity "Edogawa Conan", he has no father in this world, only a mother named "Edogawa Fumiyo".

So where exactly did Mira meet “my dad”?

"My father... Big sister, which father are you talking about?" Conan asked with a fake smile.

Mira's face also showed some doubts, "How many fathers do you have?"

"I..." Conan was a little confused by this question. Isn't this question too sensitive?

"The kid's father?" Mouri Kogoro next to him was also confused by the riddle-like conversation between the two and turned to look at Conan.

"Conan, didn't your father and mother say they were doing business abroad?"

Kogoro Mori still remembers that when he received 1000 million yen in child support for his son-in-law, Fumiyo Edogawa introduced the couple's situation.

"Abroad?" Mira glanced at Kogoro Mouri. It was indeed true that Vespania was indeed abroad compared to Japan.

Conan: "That's true~ But, sister, who did you see in this country?"

The Kudo couple traveled all over the world, and Conan didn't know if Mira really met her parents in this country.

Then my parents mistook Mira for Ran Mouri and said something random.

But the probability should be very low, right?

Mira was also a little speechless. Why did this child pretend to have so many fathers? She just wanted to kindly warn him that Mine Fujiko was very vindictive and had also come to the palace...

At this point, Chis, who had been listening, couldn't stand it anymore.

As a rational bystander, he could see that the conversation between the three people did not seem to be on the same channel, and the "man" they were talking about was probably not the same person.

In order to avoid further chaos, he stood up in time and said respectfully.

"Your Highness, this Mr. Maori Kogoro is the private investigator I hired to investigate the case of the Queen and the Prince."

"If you have no objection to the investigation, please go to the room and change clothes. Ms. Maori is there..."

"Okay, I agree. I'll go change my clothes first."

Mira thought that since the child pretended not to know her "father", she had done her best.

So, several people went their separate ways in the corridor.

Chis escorted Mira to change clothes first, and Conan and Maori Kogoro went to the queen's bedroom under the guidance of the crew cut.

"Mr. Maori, please come this way."

The terrain of the palace was extremely complex. Led by the men with crew cuts, the two passed by the door of a restaurant.

Inside the restaurant were Lupin the Third and Daisuke Jigen, who had just followed Fujiko Mine to the palace.

Fujiko Mine was invited by Chis to a separate reception room. Lupin III, dressed as the princess's driver, was also treated with courtesy and was eating lunch prepared by the palace.

"I'm sorry, even a driver like me would receive such a generous treat~"

Lupin III was chewing his steak with big mouthfuls, holding a glass of red wine in his hand, looking cool and happy.

Daisuke Jigen sat opposite him, and the two of them were eating happily.

But at this moment, the sharp-eyed Lupin saw Conan and Maori Kogoro passing by the door.

"Jiyuan, look..."

Lupin warned, and Jigen turned around and saw the two of them as well.

"That kid is with another man, and it seems he is the man on the plane..." Lupin III analyzed.

Daisuke Jigen felt uncomfortable when he saw his "son" becoming another man's "son".

And it was the existence of this man that caused him to be misunderstood by Lupin III and beaten up by his companions.

Who can I go to for justice in this matter?

"Lupin, what should we do?" asked Daisuke Jigen.

Lupin III's monkey face turned into a sinister one, and he said with a wicked grin, "It seems this man has also sneaked into the palace. I wonder what his purpose is..."

"Now he's in the open, and we're in the dark. Now we can play a good trick on him~"

"But after finishing the business..."

……

Conan and Mouri Kogoro did not expect that they would be targeted by "passersby" and followed the crewman with a crew cut to the queen's room.

The room was very large, decorated in European style. Although it looked gorgeous, it was not extravagant for the room of a head of state.

Since the Queen's husband died early, the Queen is the only one living here now.

was once...

"This is Her Majesty the Queen's room. All the furnishings are the same as when Her Majesty was alive. No one has ever touched them."

The crewman with a crew cut was guarding the door, while Conan and Kogoro Mouri entered the room to investigate.

The room has a European-style four-poster bed, a cabinet filled with various trophies and certificates, a round wooden table, a dressing table, a wardrobe, etc.

Although he followed Conan's advice to investigate, Kogoro Mouri himself had no idea and could only walk around with his hands in his pockets.

Conan noticed the grayish-white powder on the edge of the dressing table at a glance.

He walked over, dipped some powder on his index finger, and put it to his nose to sniff.

Secret Technique: Police Dog Nose!

The smell is a bit pungent, well, not poisonous... it sounds like gunpowder.

Conan's gaze turned to the corner of the wall behind the dressing table, where there were two silver bullet-shaped bullets near the baseboard.

This is……

So that’s how it is, I—get it!

Just as a confident smile appeared on Conan's lips, the collar on his neck suddenly tightened and he was pulled out from the corner.

"Kid, I told you not to touch anything!"

This time, in front of outsiders, Kogoro Mouri did not hit Conan on the head. He just scolded him and put Conan on the ground.

At this time, a pair of "Mouri Ran" also walked in from the door, one wearing a pink dress and the other in a high school uniform.

Conan and Kogoro Mouri were stunned for a moment, realizing that this was a fatal question.

"Xiao...Lan?"

The real Mao Lilan in the second "Ran" realized that the two did not recognize her immediately, and immediately stamped her feet angrily and said angrily: "Dad, I can't believe it!"

Only then did Kogoro Mouri recognize that the girl wearing the high school uniform was his daughter.

"Xiaolan, don't be angry~"

Fortunately, Princess Mira stepped in to smooth things over. "Did you investigate my mother's room and find anything?"

Maori Kogoro had a guilty look on his face, "Sorry, I haven't found any clues yet..."

Conan did find a clue, but he also knew that there were many spies in the palace, and if he revealed the clue in advance, they might be eliminated.

If my reasoning is correct, the murderer is that person...

But if it's that person, more evidence is needed.

"Sister, uncle, how about we go to the prince's room again?" Conan raised his head and showed a childlike smile.

Mira glanced at Conan, no longer bothered by the question of "where is his father", and nodded in agreement.

Arriving at the prince's room not far from here, Conan and Mouri Kogoro entered again to search.

Kogoro Mouri still couldn't find any clues, but he had accepted the commission anyway, so he couldn't act rashly and had to investigate anyway.

Conan saw a photo of the prince playing baseball on the desk.

This is……

Conan recreated the scene when the prince was discovered committing suicide in his mind, and suddenly he understood.