Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"Since I entered this store today, I have been feeling something very strange. Why is Ms. Tomoda the most special?"

Toru Amuro took over what Kudo Shinichi said and was the first to express his thoughts.

"In other words, the most suspicious person is the owner of this store." Matsuda Jinpei immediately followed up Amuro Toru's words, stopping the blond man who wanted to continue speaking, but his eyes and brows inexplicably showed a faint smile.

[This irritating feeling, it really is this guy, not someone else pretending to be him...]

"It's true that the boss is suspicious. He seems to have not appeared so far today." Sato Miwako nodded: "But this is directly related to the case..."

"The point is, this is your first time here, and even the first time you've heard of it." Matsuda Jinpei rubbed the ring on his hand and couldn't help but snorted at Sato: "This is what's wrong."

"Hey, why do I have to know about this store? Do you think I...and the bunny girl..." Sato Miwako's ears turned slightly red, and she glared at Matsuda Jinpei with her hands on her hips in dissatisfaction.

"Ah, I know that!"

Mao Lilan, who was standing next to Kudo Shinichi, screamed, then leaned over to Qingmei's ear and told her thoughts. When she saw him nod in agreement, she surprisingly put her arm around the boy's arm.

She looked up and found that several acquaintances were looking at her strangely, as if asking, "Is this considered hiding Kudo's identity?", so she immediately threw her arms to the side.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk."

Looking at Kudo Shinichi who gasped in pain, Conan shook his head with some sympathy, and then turned his attention back to Matsuda Jinpei who was explaining.

Tumei's shop is located in a more prosperous area of ​​Haido-cho. If we compare it with the Mori Detective Agency, the five-year rent of just one shop is enough to buy a small building in the Beika Shopping Street. In other words, the rent here is very expensive.

As the owner of a shop that provides bunny girl services, even if you set the requirement of a formal venue, it is inevitable that there will be some scrapes and bumps when those consumers are under the influence of alcohol.

If the people who work here care so much about this, there must have been conflicts between the staff and customers in the store a long time ago. Given Japan's sentencing standards for indecent assault and social sensitivity, even if it was not brought up in the news, it is unlikely that the police were unaware of it.

"We are police officers from the First Investigation Division. Why do we need to know about such trivial matters?!"

"That's right." Hearing Sato Miwako's complaints, Matsuda Jinpei nodded in agreement: "But you overlooked one point."

"Oh? What is it?" Officer Megure took the initiative to switch places with Sato Miwako. Seeing the sudden change in Matsuda Jinpei's expression when he turned around and saw him, he repeated with a twitch in his mouth: "What is it?" "Ahem, it's the main road outside this street. It is one of the fixed routes for the Metropolitan Police Department's Traffic Division's mini patrol cars. The police station that has included this store in its management area is also the place where the cars check in at Haido-cho."

Matsuda Jinpei snapped his fingers and said, "The most famous loud speaker in the Metropolitan Police Department is a magical woman who can get all the gossip in the Metropolitan Police Department building in just one hour."

"So you're talking about Yumi..."

"Looking at the decoration of this store, it doesn't look like a store that has just opened recently. It's almost impossible for a store to have no friction. The police must have been there before, but the loud speaker never told you about it. Is that possible?" Matsuda Jinpei spread his hands and said, "That's why I said the owner of this store is suspicious."

"But Mr. Amuro doesn't know Yumi, so this is probably not what he meant." Sato Miwako frowned again: "Also, you don't seem to have had any contact with Yumi, how do you know her so well?"

"Yes...I heard it from Ida before. This guy looks like a tough guy on the surface, but he's actually very much like a woman at heart. He's very gossipy..." Jinpei Matsuda seemed to be laughing on the surface, but in his heart he was silently apologizing to Ida, the heaven in this world.

[Since you're already dead, you must be happy to be able to help, old squad leader...]

"What about Detective Amuro's previous opinion?"

Inspector Megure felt that what Matsuda said made sense, so he asked Sato Miwako to go outside and call Miyamoto Yumi immediately to ask her if she knew about the Tumei store.

"What I think is that the store owner might have a close relationship with Ms. Tomoda. After all, other employees are not allowed to have physical contact with customers, and Ms. Tomoda was walking in the store when she met a man who tried to chat her up. She just rejected him directly."

Amuro Toru glanced at Matsuda and said, "I've thought about the boss's suspicion, but the problems in the store are not as clear as what this person has explained. After all, I don't know anyone who drives a mini patrol car."

"Then please ask the manager to contact the boss to come first, and Mr. Amuro, please continue to talk about what you think is wrong."

Amuro Toru nodded: "Apart from this, I think the most important thing is, Mr. Shinjo."

Everyone looked at the old butler.

"You actually suspect me?"

Xin Cheng said gloomily: "Then explain it clearly, otherwise I won't forgive you." (End of this chapter)