Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

“There are quite a few police officers in the hospital.”

Sitting in the east building and observing the situation inside the hospital with a telescope, Kudo Yuji held in his hand the coffee that had just been brewed by the people next to him, and was very interested in the photos that Miura sent to Gojo.

The floor in front of him was temporarily rented by him, and the payment went through the procedures of the Police Department. Wucheng and a group of his subordinates were closely staring at the printed photos posted on the whiteboard, hoping to get some clues.

"Didn't Miura say that Fukushiro Ryoe has another matching code paper in his hand? It should be in the hands of Officer Nishimura and the others now."

Kudo Yuji changed his sitting position and thought about how to get it from Nishimura and his group.

"Should I disguise myself and rob him, or should I turn into Kidd and steal him?"

The boy was thinking of some abnormal methods, which made Wucheng, who was passing by, speechless.

"Maybe there are other more reasonable methods, such as asking for it directly." Gojo saw Yuji's eye roll and the expression that seemed to show that he doubted what was wrong with his brain, and he felt a little uneasy in his chest.

"Is there something wrong with what I said?"

"Well, it's quite consistent with normal people's logic."

Then why was she looking at him like that...Oh, he seemed to understand.

"But this is too boring." Yuji snapped his fingers, and when Gojo hesitated, he covered half of his face with his hands: "In my garden, fun comes first."

"You call yourself the king out of nowhere. What kind of Ji An are you?"

"Well, the only ones who will suffer in the end are the desperate people chasing after the treasure. It won't be a bad thing if they die."

Yuuji patted Gojo's hand, waited for the other party to open his palm, put away the empty coffee cup, stood up, put his hands in his pockets, walked past the crowd to the whiteboard.

"That ghost face, are there any new clues at the moment?"

Nanakomachi, who was instructed by Yuji to investigate the matter, immediately shook her head, indicating that there had been no progress. She said that this guy was like a non-existent person and had never appeared in Hakodate's past records.

"We borrowed the surveillance system and recorded the layout of Hakodate. This person's actions were very covert."

Investigating yesterday's surveillance footage, it was discovered that the man always disappeared from the camera in the blink of an eye, and the cameras in Hakodate are not dense enough to allow for a comparative search at every intersection.

"But we have other guesses."

Nana Komachi pointed at the abstract ghost face he had drawn on the whiteboard and said, "This guy has been paying attention to the Star Blades in disguise. His final target should still be the treasure."

He thought that since Fu Jiang Takusan had other means of treasure hunting in addition to the six knives, there was no reason why Ghost Face would not pay attention to this.

"Perhaps he doesn't know that Axe Takuzo has another way to find treasure."

Wu Cheng came over with an empty cup. He was very serious when talking about business: "No one can tell whether that ghost face knows other ways to find treasure."

"You think he doesn't know?" Nanakomachi said with a "are you kidding me" look on her face, causing Gojo to clench his fists and smile.

"I think if you can use expressions to talk, you can definitely use expressions to fight me."

Humph, if you can’t beat Kudo Yuuji, you can’t beat this kid? !

"As we have judged before, this guy is probably closely related to the Axe River Group, so he probably knows this."

Nana Komachi said seriously: "Of course, I have thought of another possibility."

"What?" Yuuji's main focus was still on the code paper on the whiteboard, but his peripheral vision kept looking at Nana Komachi. "Do you think this person is Axie Takuzo's man?" Nana Komachi picked up the marker beside her, drew a circle on the cartoon of the ghost face, and then directly connected it to the photo of Axie Takuzo and drew another circle.

"It's possible that Axe Takuzo hired Miura's group on the surface, but secretly ordered Onimus to attack the guy who collected the knives."

After saying that, Nana Komachi once again put a question mark over the lawyer's head that had been crossed out.

"It is possible that Onimus attacked Kugaki Sumito because he betrayed Axie Takuzo and planned to sell the two knives to someone else at the dock."

After Nanamichi and Onimar confronted each other, all the bodyguards already knew that Onimar was the murderer of Kugaki Sumito, so everyone present raised questions.

"In that case, why don't you just take the knife away after killing someone?"

A man in a suit standing next to Kudo Yuji spoke up, "Kid got two knives from Brian, which means the knife that Kugaki Sumichi bought from Dubai was taken away by the arms dealer. The golf bag used to hold the knife fell not far from the body, which means the order of precedence on the dock is very clear."

First, Kugaki Sumitsu, then Onimushi came on stage, then Brian's men took the knife from the bag, and finally the police came. If the old man's plan of attack is ruled out, the identities of all parties will be clear.

"Could it be that Kugaki Sumito gave the knife to Brian in advance and went to the dock with an empty bag?" a voice asked.

"We have ruled out this person's account, family, and acquaintances. There is no money at all. Would you allow the other party to use it first and pay later when trading such a valuable item?" Wucheng rolled his eyes at the person who spoke.

"It may also be to avoid being directly attacked." Yuji crossed his arms: "If Brian has no hope with even one knife, he might be desperate and attack Axe Takuzo directly, so give him two to temporarily divert some of his attention from himself."

He had no intention of using the knife to find anything. Whether it was in accordance with Kidd's warning or later revealing his pitiful appearance of having only one knife left, it was just to buy time for him to get the code paper from Fukushiro Ryoe and solve the riddle.

"Just tell everyone that I only have one, and pretend that you can come and get it anytime, and it's right here, and Axe Takuzo will be basically safe."

It’s hard to say whether Ghost Face is his man, but this much is certain. Kidd might have been laughing when he stole his knife.

"But the plan was disrupted by the attack by Mr. last night, and the second attack today. I'm afraid that Fujiang Takuzo is scared. I didn't expect that there would be someone so sick as to leave Kidd with a knife and not attack him."

Gojo smiled, but didn't notice the air suddenly turned cold. Nana Komachi looked at Kudo Yuuji, whose eyes were narrowed into slits, and took a step back without saying a word, putting her hand on her chest to show her loyalty.

[I have nothing to do with that person.]
His actions seemed to be saying this, and other people began to make the same move, which finally made Wu Cheng feel strange.

"In fact, it is very simple to verify the relationship between Onimian and Axe Takuzo."

Yuuji tapped on the photo of Takuzo Axie.

"As long as we really attack with the intention of killing him, we will know whether Onimian will come out to save Fujiang Takuzo."

"Oh, that's a good idea."

Yuuji's mouth curled up slightly, and he turned towards Gojo with everyone else, which was a bit scary.

"Then, Gojo, you go."

"I take it back. This is a terrible idea. Let's discuss other methods."

Everyone except Kudo Yuji shook their heads and rejected Gojo's request.

"You guys..."

(End of this chapter)