Conan: I'm really not the mastermind behind the scenes

A minute later, both sides sat on the sofa.

Mao Lilan wanted to serve tea, but was rejected. She sat between Mao Li Kogoro and Edogawa Conan, put her hands on her knees, and looked at Morobushi Keimitsu across from her, looking a little uneasy.

Zhu Fu Jingguang was already accustomed to the attitude of outsiders towards the public security police. He asked directly: "Ms. Mao Li, do you know a man named Kadokaya Nobuyuki?"

Mao Lilan bit her lower lip and said hesitantly: "I remember him. He was my elementary school classmate. But seven years ago, when I was in the third grade of elementary school, he suddenly left..."

She paused for a moment, and finally couldn't help asking the question that had been in her mind for a long time: "Officer Zhu Fu, I seemed to have seen him on the live TV just now. Are you... investigating this case?"

Kogoro Mouri and Conan Edogawa next to them were both stunned.

Maori Kogoro was surprised that his daughter actually knew the people in the live broadcast just now, and they were even her former classmates;
Conan Edogawa was also very surprised. Professor Agasa had just called him to tell him about the live broadcast, but he did not see the specific footage.

Kadokusha...why him?

Why would he do such a thing?

Thinking of the figure he saw at the door of Lawyer Sakaguchi's house not long ago, a strong sense of uneasiness made Edogawa Conan frown.

Zhu Fu Jingguang took in all the reactions of the three of them. He slowed down his tone and said in a gentle voice, "Don't be nervous, Ms. Maori. I'm just asking a few questions. You just need to tell us what you know. We will investigate the rest ourselves."

He comforted her but also avoided her questions, and Mao Lilan still felt a little uneasy.

Zhu Fu Jingguang continued to ask: "What kind of person was he when he was in school?"

"Kadōya, he is..."

Mao Lilan frowned slightly and fell into thought.

"He was a very quiet boy who didn't talk much, but he got along well with his classmates. He sat in front of me at the time and was often assigned to a cleaning group with me. He always cleaned very well."

"Do you know about his family situation?" Zhu Fu Jingguang asked.

Mao Lilan shook her head: "I'm not sure about this. I just heard him say that he hasn't seen his father since he was a child..."

As the public security police in front of me asked questions, some memories that had long been buried deep in my heart gradually came to my mind.

She finally remembered why she was so impressed by Kadokawa Nobuyuki.

At that time in elementary school, she and Kadokawa Nobuyuki were the only ones in the entire class who came from "single-parent families" - one's parents separated early and her mother left home; the other lived with her mother and had never seen her father.

Because of this shared sympathy, she and he were considered friends in the class at the time, and Kudo Shinichi also gradually became familiar with each other until he left in the third grade.

"...He lives with his mother. His mother occasionally comes to pick him up from school. I have seen her a few times." Mao Lilan said, "As for other relatives, I don't know."

"Do you know where their home is?"

"I don't know. I haven't been there."

Mao Lilan added: "But he may still be in Mihua. On Monday, my parents, Conan and I encountered a case. At the door of that family, I saw him again. He was about to ring the doorbell, but suddenly there was a scream inside, and he ran away."

Zhu Fu Jingguang's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he noted this detail: "I know."

He then asked a few more questions, and Mao Lilan told him everything she knew.

After finishing the inquiry, Zhu Fujingguang reviewed the few pieces of information, sighed in his heart, and stood up to leave.

"Thank you for your cooperation. If there is any need, I will contact you again." He first thanked you politely, and then made a request, "I hope you can keep my visit today confidential. I think Mr. Maori should know the rules?"

Maori Kogoro, who had been listening in on the entire process, came to his senses and nodded uncomfortably: "We won't spread it around."

"Thank you so much."

Zhu Fu Jingguang once again politely thanked this senior whom he had heard from his instructor more than once during his time in the police academy, then turned and walked towards the door.

As the footsteps gradually faded away, the Maori Detective Agency became silent, with only the sound of rain outside.

Edogawa Conan sat there for a few seconds, but finally couldn't help it. He jumped up from the sofa, grabbed his phone and ran towards the door.

Mao Lilan was immersed in the memories of the past. She was very worried about her former classmate's suspected crime. It was not until Edogawa Conan ran away that she reacted: "Conan?!"

"Don't worry about him. Maybe Qingliu sent him a message just now and he wants to go out and play."

Kogoro Mouri lit a cigarette and lost interest in watching TV for a moment.

As a former police officer and an active detective, he knew much better than Mao Lilan what it meant when the police came to her house and what the brutal live broadcast directly exposed to the public by the media meant.

He took a deep puff of his cigarette, looking a little irritated. Then he noticed his daughter's expression: "What's wrong, Xiaolan?" Mao Lilan glanced at him and said hesitantly: "I just remembered something about Kadoya..."

Maori Kogoro sat up straight: "Why didn't you say that just now?"

People in the intelligence agencies would not kill people at will, but they would not have any lower limit in what they did and how they treated others. What if they thought his daughter was deliberately hiding important information...

Mao Lilan didn't understand his nervousness, so she quickly explained, "I just remembered it a moment ago. It's not really an important thing."

It's about Kadokuni's mother.

In her memory, she had seen Kadokawa's mother pick him up from school. She had even greeted them and she had a good impression of them, except...

"I always felt like she was weird when she greeted us," explained Mao Lilan.

"Strange?" Maori Kogoro was puzzled. "Is she a woman with a bad temper?"

"no."

Mao Lilan quickly denied it. She thought for a moment and tried to describe the scene in her memory: "She was a completely different type from my mother. She didn't look like an elder. When she laughed, she looked like... well, like a child."

Maori Kogoro was puzzled: "Huh?"

……

On the other side, Edogawa Conan ran downstairs.

When he was chasing after him, he was still worried that the other party might have already left by car. Unexpectedly, as soon as he ran down the stairs, he saw Zhu Fu Jingguang standing at the door of Polo waiting for him.

"Conan-kun." Zhu Fujingguang looked down at him, "I heard your footsteps and simply waited for a while. Are you coming down to see me?"

When Edogawa Conan met his inquiring eyes, which did not look like those of a child at all, his heart skipped a beat and he suddenly could not utter the question he was about to ask.

"No, I made an appointment with Mr. Qingliu to go to the art museum, and it's about time." He quickly made an excuse.

"Really?" Zhu Fujingguang looked at him, "But why didn't you even take an umbrella when you came down to wait for him? It's best for children not to get wet in the rain."

"I……"

When Edogawa Conan was looking for an excuse, his cell phone suddenly rang.

He saw that the caller was Aoyagi Hikari, and he felt like he had found a life-saving straw. He pressed the answer button and waved to Zhufu Jingguang: "Well, Officer Zhufu, I won't bother you anymore!"

"..."

Seeing Edogawa Conan turn around and run away, Morobushi Keimitsu withdrew his gaze thoughtfully and returned to the car.

He checked his phone and took a deep breath.

The next stop is the Eto family.

……

Edogawa Conan didn't run too far. He turned into an alley and then started talking to the person on the other end of the phone.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Aoyagi, I've encountered an emergency. It's quite urgent. I'm afraid I can't go to the art museum today."

He did not tell Aoyagi Akimitsu about the live broadcast. Regardless of whether he saw it or knew about it, given his status, he was not suitable to participate in this case.

"What a coincidence, that's why I called." Aoyagi Binguang said, "I also encountered something and can't go over for the time being."

Edogawa Conan was puzzled: "What's the matter?"

"It's not appropriate to tell you the details about work." Aoyagi Binguang said gently, "I will solve it as soon as possible, so there will be time in the afternoon. You should also work hard on your side."

It seems that Mr. Aoyagi is looking forward to this art exhibition? Edogawa Conan thought so and said, "Okay."

The man on the other end laughed lightly and hung up the phone.

Edogawa Conan put away his phone, looked up at the gray sky, and sighed.

It involved his former classmates, and the case was so serious that he couldn't just ignore it... Since he couldn't ask the police, he had to investigate on his own.

The first stop is to go to Dr. Agasa's house. (End of this chapter)