The unscrupulous detective in Conan

Chapter 1285 Oh no, the real gold medal lecturer!

Xiaolan had no choice but to start following the procedures she was most familiar with: dialing the police and calling an ambulance.

Hondo Eisuke was completely stunned by what he saw.

No, didn't we come here to confirm the photos?
How did it suddenly turn into a fraud case?
Why is it always like this?

Hondo Eisuke lowered his eyes in thought, somewhat questioning the meaning of life.

After reporting the incident to the police, Xiaolan asked curiously, "Fujino-senpai, what should we do next?"

"Of course we'll go arrest them..."

Fujino responded without hesitation: "We can now be pretty sure that guy is hiding in the Anno family's house. We can catch him as soon as we go there."

Xiaolan's expression became a little unnatural upon hearing this: "But I don't know where Mr. Anno's house is either. The last time he looked for my dad, he came to his house, and the address he left was here."

As he spoke, he glanced at the unconscious Anno-san.

She felt that her senior had knocked the person unconscious a little too early.

Even if you knock her unconscious, you should wait until you get her son's address before doing anything else...

Xiaolan felt a little regretful, thinking she should have asked about it sooner.

But who knew that Fujino-senpai would start doing things without even saying hello?

"..." Conan crossed his arms and watched the scene before him without saying a word, but he felt a little smug inside.

Hmph, even Fujino has his embarrassing moments!

However, the next second, Fujino's words made him lose his smile.

Fujino immediately pulled out his phone and said, "It's not a big problem. I'll check Anno's information and I'll find his address right away."

"Ran, what's Mr. Anno's full name again?"

"Hideaki Anno".

"...?"

Are you sure it's this name?

"Yes."

"..."

This time, Fujino remained silent.

This name isn't particularly special, but it's definitely a bit out of the ordinary.

Hideaki Anno, you mean this person's name is Hideaki Anno?
This old scoundrel is probably filming some kind of anime about an orphan boy saving Neo-Tokyo in a humanoid bio-weapon right now, isn't he?

Speechless as he was, Fujino snapped out of his daze, flipped through the pages, skipped over Hiroki Sawada's name, and went straight to Miwako Sato.

"Sister Sato, please help me look up someone named Hideaki Anno."

"Ha, don't you know it's illegal to check other people's personal information?"

Upon receiving the call, Sato Miwako looked both helpless and a little sour: "Why do you want me to investigate? Why don't you just have your hacker friend do it..."

"It's illegal to let hackers find out people's information."

Fujino looked obedient, but then realized that if he made Hiroki waste server resources over such a small matter, he would be criticized by Hiroki again. So he continued to explain, "Besides, if I bother him over such a small matter, I'll just waste our friendship."

Sato Miwako: "..."

So you're actually following the law now, huh?
She mentally scoffed, then quipped, "So I won't waste our friendship?"

Fujino pondered for a moment, then explained, "That's because our friendship is so deep that we can't possibly waste it all."

"This...is like this."

Upon hearing this, Sato Miwako's voice suddenly turned strange, and then she said, "Um, can I at least ask you why you're investigating him?"

"So that I can have an explanation, right?"

Fujino understood and explained, "Simply put, this person was scammed by a fraudster who impersonated someone and broke into their home. The fraudster has now scammed this person's mother, and the aunt who was scammed has fainted. I guess the fraudster is still in this person's house. I can't find this person's house, so I thought I'd ask you to help me find the address."

"Oh, I see. We can check then. Wait a minute." As soon as Sato Miwako finished speaking, there was a flurry of sounds of people getting up and walking quickly on the other end of the phone, followed by a series of rapid, clattering sounds like someone running back and forth. Then she suddenly added, "Oh, and take me with you."

Fujino was puzzled by her actions and asked, "Why did you go along? This is an economic fraud case, which should be handled by the Second Investigation Division."

Sato Miwako said in a slightly strange tone, "You don't deal with the people in the Second Investigation Division often, and you don't really know them. If you accidentally get beaten up, you'll need someone from the First Investigation Division to help you, won't you?"

"..." Fujino's eyebrows twitched, and he suddenly felt that his role in the First Investigation Division was like that of a newlywed young lady.

As they were talking, Conan, who was standing next to them, was speechless at what they were seeing.

He gasped, pinched the bridge of his nose, and thought to himself, "I almost forgot about Fujino's connections in the Metropolitan Police Department..."

"Damn it, does the Metropolitan Police Department just casually leak other people's information and follow procedures like that?"

"This is illegal!"

Conan thought to himself, clearly dissatisfied.

Why is it that Fujino can just make a phone call and summon people from the Metropolitan Police Department to do his job?

Damn it, could Fujino be having an affair with Officer Sato too?!
Why is it always so smooth when I ask Officer Sato for help...?

Conan thought to himself, then realized that he often asked Inspector Megure to help him investigate people...

So I didn't say anything more.

If things really get complicated, then I'll be having an affair with Inspector Megure.

And it's also illegal.

Well, if everyone breaks the law, it's the same as no one breaking the law.

…………

Soon, Sato Miwako opened the box containing Anno Hideaki's identity information, which was then sent to her.

Shortly after, an ambulance and another vehicle arrived at the scene.

Of course, a large group of officers from the First Investigation Division also arrived in several police cars, along with a van.

The police officers in the Second Investigation Division, who were in charge of economic fraud, were completely dumbfounded.

No, it's just an economic fraud crime.

How could these elite criminal investigation team members do something like this?
What kind of criminal hideout have we stumbled upon?

So, the puzzled officers from the Second Investigation Division went up to ask them.

Then I received the following reply:
"The victims have all fainted. Facing faint means that the other party has harmed the victims. Since they have been harmed, our First Investigation Division's Violent Crime Investigation Department has a reason to participate!"

"Moreover, the other party broke into a burglary. Now that these cases have been combined, it's naturally the job of our First Investigation Division!"

"..."

The officers from the Second Investigation Division were completely bewildered.

Seriously, is this how you guys compete for sales targets?!
This is a conspiracy! This is absolutely a conspiracy!

They're stealing sales figures in broad daylight!
Only after they learned that the arrest was handled by the First Investigation Division and that they were only responsible for the follow-up investigation did the Second Investigation Division members cooperate obediently.

The Second Investigation Division officers put Anno-san in an ambulance and accompanied her to the hospital.

Fujino and the others, led by Sato Miwako, boarded a van and headed to the Anno residence.

Sitting in the van, Fujino looked around and remarked, "Seriously, Sato-san, is it really necessary to use a disguised van just to catch a fraudster?" "Why wouldn't we need one?"

Sitting opposite her, Sato Miwako crossed her arms and looked very serious: "What if the other party is a fraud gang? It would be troublesome to arrest them after they are discovered."

"Besides, if there are a lot of people, even a few ordinary police cars won't be enough to hold them all."

Fujino, with a deadpan expression, continued to scoff, "So, this is just ordinary telecom fraud. There's no criminal gang involved."

Miwako Sato touched her chin: "Hard to say..."

Fujino: "..."

What's so hard to say?

They've already gone to someone's house. Even if it's a gang, it's impossible for the entire fraud and pyramid scheme gang to go to someone's house, right?

Just then, a phone rang.

The sound came from inside Conan's pocket.

Conan took out his phone, Ran glanced at it, snatched it back and showed it to everyone: "It was that scammer who called."

Sonoko frowned: "What should we do now? If we can't hear Auntie's voice when we answer the phone, will he just run away?"

Sato Miwako remained completely unfazed. She looked at Fujino and said, "Fujino, show us your special skill."

Fujino: "..."

So you remembered my voice after seeing it change once, right?

Fujino was speechless for a moment, then took the phone, recalled the old lady's voice, and answered the call.

Then, a deep voice came from the other end of the phone:

"Mom, how's it going? Has the money been transferred yet?"

Fujino thought for a moment, then spoke in the voice of Aunt Anno: "Son!"

"...?"

The voice on the other end of the phone paused for a moment, sensing that something was slightly off about the tone.

But considering that he was currently pretending to be someone else's son, he readily agreed.
"Hey... Mom, where are you? Why hasn't the money been transferred yet?"

Fujino thought for a moment and replied, "I'm going out to get the money now, but I'm stuck in traffic halfway there. Wait a minute, my dear son..."

"The bank's about to close!" The voice on the other end of the phone suddenly became anxious. "Didn't I tell you to hurry? If we don't hurry, I'll have no choice but to resort to loan sharks!"

Fujino couldn't help but smile as he listened to this old-fashioned and incredibly immature rhetoric.

Of course, no sound was made.

After all, they're professionals in pyramid schemes; their business acumen is undeniable.

No matter what the other person says, don't laugh. That's common knowledge about pyramid schemes.

However, Fujino still couldn't quite hold back when he heard this young guy using such old-fashioned tricks to deceive people.

Forcing himself to suppress a laugh, he recalled the routine from his past life and continued, "Son, don't be afraid!"

"I was afraid I wouldn't make it on time, so I specifically asked someone to help me beforehand!"

Do you remember Uncle Fujino from your bank?

"...?" The voice on the other end of the phone suddenly paused.

Clearly, Uncle Fujino from the bank had exceeded his expectations.

After a period of rapid thought, he casually agreed:

"Oh, it's Uncle Fujino from the bank! Of course I remember you!"

“Your Uncle Fujino is now the bank manager. He’s waiting at the bank right now. I’ll transfer the money to you as soon as I get there.”

"Mom, hurry up, or I'll have to resort to loan sharks..."

"Okay, okay, son, wait a moment, I'll be right there."

Fujino hung up the phone, looked up, and saw everyone staring at him expectantly.

Fujino was puzzled for a moment, then asked, "Why are you all looking at me like that?"

"Is there something on my face?"

"Ahem." Sonoko coughed lightly. "It's nothing, I just feel that Fujino-senpai is really amazing."

Xiaolan nodded in agreement: "Yeah, yeah, they were fooled by the other party in just two sentences."

Miwako Sato, ever outspoken, immediately teased, "Speaking of which, you're good at voice changing and you're good at fooling people. You keep calling him 'elder son' so affectionately, and you even came up with some 'Uncle Fujino from the bank' thing..."

"You're so skilled, you haven't done any similar scams before, have you?"

"How could that be?" Fujino sighed helplessly. "This kind of scam is so low-level, you know. How could I possibly do such a low-end scam?"

"I'm a lecturer!"

"...?"

Everyone looked at Fujino and silently typed a question mark.

Fujino, as if recalling his past life as a top-notch lecturer, began to explain:
"Take, for example, this kind of emergency call tactic that exploits a lack of funds to do business."

"You all know the process: breaking into someone's house to eavesdrop on their privacy, then sneaking in while they're on vacation, and lying to their elderly mother... This method seems alright, and the preparations are thorough. The idea is correct, but it's something only a fool would do. It doesn't stand up to scrutiny at all!"

As Fujino spoke, his tone was full of disdain: "The biggest failure is still in terms of time."

"A guy who lays out a line for two days before starting to reel it in, without considering any external factors, is simply unbearable to watch. He's a complete newbie."

"If you were in northern Myanmar, you'd be getting stun guns three times a day and being driven around like a train every day."

"The scam is all about speed, accuracy, and stability. It exploits information asymmetry to achieve its goals before the victim realizes what's happening. By the time the victim realizes what's going on and reports it to the police, the money has already been completely laundered."

"Therefore, the shorter the time frame, the better for real scams!"

"For example, they might impersonate a hospital, police officers, or family members. Generally, they tailor their approach to the individual, claiming that a bank account has been stolen and the money has been transferred to a police-secure account, or that someone has been in a car accident and needs money for life-saving treatment."

"Of course, these are all low-end."

"The truly sophisticated scams all use technical means. First, they find out the other party's identity information, and then they use technology to make the other party willingly..."

"..."

Everyone was stunned as they watched Fujino, the top lecturer, begin his lecture in a fluent and engaging manner.

The one with the strangest expression was Sato Miwako.

Looking at Fujino in front of her, she immediately felt unwell.

He thought to himself, "What?! How does Fujino know these scam procedures so well?"

"And there's technology and stuff too..."

"Isn't this exactly what hackers do?"

"It can't be such a coincidence, right?"

"Oh no, a real gold-medal lecturer?"

Sato Miwako looked up at Fujino, who had a hacker friend and was also an expert in deception and fraud, and the more she looked at him, the more she felt a bit uneasy.

(End of this chapter)