The unscrupulous detective in Conan

Chapter 1354 You don't care about fame? Not even a dog would believe that!
When Makoto Yata slowly woke up, he found a large group of people watching him.

He was immediately dumbfounded.

Immediately afterwards, a sharp pain shot through his brain, and the memory of being knocked unconscious by Fujino Hajime before dawn this morning was retrieved from the depths of his brain.

Compared to the bewildered Makoto Yata, the others present were much more determined.

Hattori Heiji had a complicated expression, while Toyama Kazuha put her hands on her hips.

Xiaolan, with a slight hint of anger on her face, grabbed his collar, her eyes narrowed in fury, and whispered:

"Shinichi, what exactly did you do to him?!"

"..."

Makoto Yata was slightly stunned again.

In his mind, the girl in front of him should be a quiet, honest, and kind girl.

How did you end up looking like such a shrew?
Having received no answer, Xiaolan completely transformed into a unicorn girl, her face immediately darkening.

In an instant, her aura surged wildly, transforming her into a corrupted unicorn girl.

The hand gripping Makoto Yata's collar tightened even more.

The fabric made a series of crisp rustling sounds, clearly about to be torn to shreds by our unicorn girl.

Only then, sensing the girl's genuine killing intent, did Makoto Yata stammer out:
"I've locked him in the small room!"

"I didn't kill him!"

"I'll take you to him!"

Under the absolute and terrifying restraint of the food chain, Makoto Yata immediately revealed Shinichi Kudo's location without any delay.

I'm terrified that I'll be punished by the unicorn girl in the next second.

Imagine you've just been knocked unconscious with a blow to the head, and then a seemingly delicate girl suddenly grabs you by the collar, acting like she's gone mad, transforming into a menacing person with even her eyes glowing red like special effects. Wouldn't you be terrified?
Upon hearing this, Xiaolan's expression gradually softened.

She seemed like a deflated balloon, returning to her former harmless self, like a pure white unicorn girl surrounded by rainbows.

Seeing this, Fujino could only smile helplessly.

That's just how Xiaolan is.

If it involves her friends or someone she cherishes, she'll instantly split into two personalities.

Forget about beating you up, I'll just say this: I'll kill you within three days!

That murderous aura wasn't feigned; it was genuine.

Fujino had no doubt that Ran could snap the neck of the unfortunate man in front of him.

It was precisely because she was able to do it that her killing intent felt all the more real.

It's something that can be done, and it's different from pretending.

It can only be said that karate training is not for nothing.

…………

Shinichi Kudo was an imposter, and the imposter was Makoto Yata, who had been missing for half a year. This news quickly spread throughout the village.

The village is small, yet it has created a legend.

The villagers have always been good at passing on information.

Upon hearing about the incident, the veteran police officer rushed over immediately.

The main problem is that this Makoto Uta actually has a gun, and he even wants to use it to hurt people.

This is a very serious crime under Japanese law.

If investigated thoroughly, it would be sufficient grounds for sentencing.

They were all from the same village, and the police officer had watched the child grow up, so naturally he wanted to lend a hand wherever he could.

After all, in a village, personal relationships are the secret weapon for uniting the group.

And so, accompanied by the police officer, and led by the trembling Makoto Yata, the group arrived at the small wooden hut where Kudo was being held.

The cabin is located by the lake, or more precisely, on the top of a cliff overlooking the lake, with the gentle flow of the lake behind it.

The wooden door of the hut was blocked by a wooden plank.

Given the thickness of the wooden board, it was indeed quite difficult to pry it open.

Xiaolan doesn't care about any of that.

Upon hearing this, he rushed forward and kicked the wooden door of the cabin open with a 'crack'.

Everyone who saw it was stunned.

The door collapsed inwards.

Then, Shinichi Kudo, who had been lying on the ground, came into view.

Lying on the ground, covered in sweat and panting heavily, he looked to be in a lot of pain.

Shinichi, how are you?!

Xiao Lan saw this and, fearing that her childhood sweetheart was about to die, went up to him and asked him with concern.

Conan, who had just transformed back into Shinichi Kudo, fell silent for a moment.

I looked at the door panel lying on the ground.

He eventually said that he just had a cold and it was nothing serious.

Hearing this, Xiaolan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Meanwhile, Hattori Heiji watched this scene, clicked his tongue, glanced at his childhood friend, and sighed.

Sigh, we're all childhood friends and we've all learned some skills to make a living, so why is there such a big difference between us?
Why is it that everyone else is a high school detective, but you get to act like a little kid and get to be affectionate with an older sister while I get disliked?

That Kudo guy deserves to die!

Seeing his brother doing well made Heiji Hattori feel uneasy.

As the saying goes, I'm afraid my brother isn't doing well, and I'm also afraid he's driving a Land Rover.

That was his feeling at that moment; he was so angry that his back molars started to hurt.

At this time, Shinichi Kudo also recovered from the side effects of turning back into an adult.

He looked at the guy who looked exactly like him, who was following behind the crowd.

He said, "Hey, you're the one who locked me up here, aren't you!"

Upon hearing this, everyone turned around.

Makoto Yata looked somewhat unnatural. He felt very embarrassed to appear in front of the real person after undergoing plastic surgery and now appearing in his current appearance.

But after thinking about it, he felt...

It's not my fault, why should I feel embarrassed!
The one who should be embarrassed is the guy who got the reasoning wrong!

Having figured this out, he said in a deep voice, "That's right, I'm the one who locked you up here."

"If I'm not mistaken, you must be Yuta..."

Upon hearing this, Shinichi Kudo was not angry. He simply showed off his skills and then asked, "You impersonated me and locked me up here. Judging from your current actions, you seem to be trying to frame me. What is your purpose?"

"I'm testing you now..."

Makoto Yata's expression suddenly turned sinister: "Of course, it's also because of what happened a year ago."

Hattori Heiji asked in a deep voice, "Is it the case involving the village chief and his wife?"

Makoto Yata exclaimed in response, "That's right, it's that case!"

"They murdered the village chief of Hihara, killed his wife, and robbed their home, yet it was deduced that the village chief forced his family to commit suicide—a truly idiotic deduction..."

"If he can deduce even this kind of case like this, then I'd like to see how he can deduce anything when the evidence is irrefutable!" With that, he chuckled, "If this so-called high school detective Shinichi Kudo is really like this, then I, the imposter, will personally destroy this fake!"

"I'll ruin the reputation that high school detectives like you value most!"

Upon hearing this, Shinichi Kudo frowned, his sense of justice (and chuunibyou) instantly surging, and he immediately launched into his chuunibyou declaration with zero frames: "What are you thinking! Just to destroy me, you want to harm innocent people?"

"What exactly do you take a detective for?"

"Do you really think I care about these things?!"

People around: "..."

It's hard to say. You, Shinichi Kudo, don't care about your reputation. Even a dog wouldn't believe that.

In response, Makoto Yada scoffed, "Arrogant and conceited, even capable of spouting this kind of reasoning to solve cases, your reputation as a famous high school detective is ultimately nothing but a lie..."

Hattori Heiji felt a surge of anger upon hearing this.

To put it bluntly, he's also a high school detective, so he and Kudo are essentially from the same lineage.

This guy is insulting all high school detectives by cursing like this!

He glanced at Fujino, wanting to observe Fujino's reaction so that his good older brother could go up and punish the kid.

However, Fujino appeared relaxed and indifferent.

Please don't drag me into your high school detective stories!

I'm not a high school detective, people call me a famous detective now, okay?

Don't come to me if you're looking for a high school detective, okay?

Hattori Heiji seemed to have already heard Fujino's response.

He was speechless for a moment, then decided to personally deal with the kid.
"Hey, what are you talking about?"

"The village chief and his wife committed suicide."

Upon hearing this, Makoto Uta immediately lost his composure. His face, which was slightly stiff from plastic surgery, contorted in a grotesque expression as he roared, "Even now, are you still trying to cover yourselves up and evade your mistakes?"

"The murder weapon, shoes, and the jeweled Niou statue are all gone!"

"Even now, with such an obvious case, you still insist on making excuses!"

Faced with the almost insane Makoto Yata, Shinichi Kudo sighed: "Tie the Niou statue inside, wrap the murder weapon and the jewels inside, and then use the medal's ribbon as a rope to throw it into the lake. That way, we can do it."

"Back then, we found the murder weapon and those other things in the lake."

"Impossible! How could a human possibly do that!"

Makoto Yata turned his gaze to the police officer who was present at the time, his eyes wide open.

But then he saw the police officer lower his hat brim and say, "Indeed, just as Kudo-kun deduced, we did find the murder weapon back then, and we also found the village chief's fingerprints. It was because of this that we came to our conclusion."

"And what's the motive?"

Makoto Yata's expression became increasingly exaggerated: "If he killed the person, why would he go to all that trouble? The village chief's family is so loving, how could that be..."

"Because the village chief has type AB blood."

"what?"

Faced with the puzzled Makoto Yata, Shinichi Kudo explained calmly, "Back then, the village chief discovered that his blood type was AB, but... the village chief's wife and son were both blood type O. According to Mendel's genetics, this is impossible."

"So the village chief's son is not his biological son at all."

Fujino, who was standing nearby, immediately perked up upon hearing this.

Wow, I came here to watch a show and I even found out about a scandal!
Is there also a romantic relationship involved in this case?
The village chief was actually cuckolded?

Good heavens, it's no wonder they killed him.

Imagine if a normal person suddenly discovered that the child they've raised for so many years was someone else's, not their own, but an illegitimate child conceived by their wife's affair—any man would probably be agitated...

The motive for this murder is self-evident.

The worst of all emotional disputes.

To be honest, Fujino felt that the village chief was being a bit too merciful by not taking that bastard child with him.

Makoto Yata couldn't hold back any longer.

The case back then was committed by the village chief, and the child in question wasn't even his child...

So what am I doing now?
She got plastic surgery to look like Shinichi Kudo, and then she made all these plans...

Have I become a clown?!

Thinking this, he roared, "Nonsense! Nonsense! How could this be! I know nothing about this; you're all lying!"

"I understand, I understand!"

"You're all definitely conspiring to lie to me!"

"I understand everything!"

"It must be so!"

Makoto Yata, standing before them, bent over at an angle, raised his hands high, and then began frantically tearing at his own face.

He had this whole "I've finally become a master!" vibe.

They'd be treated like royalty in a VIP room at a mental hospital.

"Enough, Makoto!"

At that moment, the police officer stepped forward and pinned Makoto Yata to the ground: "Kudo said back then that we couldn't tell anyone about this except you."

"How could this be? How could this be? I don't remember!"

"I told you about this the night Kudo-kun finished his investigation, didn't you even listen?!"

"I didn't...I didn't! I didn't hear anything!"

Looking at Makoto Yata, who was starting to act incoherently, the police officer sighed: "I guess you probably didn't hear any of that at the time, you only heard about the village chief's death. I should have told you about this later..."

"Impossible, impossible!"

"How could that be? I don't remember!"

"Yes, I am Shinichi Kudo. I fell into the water and lost my memory!"

"I am Shinichi Kudo, hahahahahahaha!!!!"

Makoto Yata was pinned to the ground, his face initially filled with confusion, then contorted with rage, and finally burst into maniacal laughter.

He gives off a crazy, eccentric vibe.

Just then, a giant hand suddenly descended from the sky.

With a 'snap' sound.

With a single karate chop, Fujino knocked out Makoto Yata, who was already on the verge of insanity.

"?"

"What are you doing?"

Shinichi Kudo was momentarily stunned by Fujino's decisive and efficient actions.

Fujino glanced at him and retorted, "Can't you see he's gone completely mad? Are we just going to let him keep going like this and spout all that nonsense?"

"But isn't this going too far..."

Shinichi Kudo couldn't help but exclaim, "That sound just now...did it break his bones? Why didn't you use a wooden sword?!"

Upon hearing Shinichi Kudo's words, Fujino gave him a look of disdain: "You've only been a detective for a few years, do you even know anything about psychology?"

(End of this chapter)