Ke Xue: The thief Cao is actually myself

Chapter 578 Paw Patrol, take the blame! (Please give me a monthly ticket!)
"What happened?"

This sudden change made Kogoro Maori's pupils shrink suddenly. He keenly realized that something was wrong, and immediately pushed open the two wooden doors without hesitation and rushed in.

"Hey, what happened?!"

Kogoro Mouri banged on the door with both hands, his voice full of anxiety and worry.

Just as he was knocking on the door frantically, it suddenly opened and a brown-haired woman staggered out.

She ran only a few steps before she knelt on the ground, as if all her strength had been drained away. Her face was full of fear and helplessness, and tears welled up in her eyes.

"what?"

Conan and Mao Lilan were startled, and quickly ran to the brown-haired woman who ran out of the room barefoot, and asked with concern: "What's wrong with you?"

"That dog! That dog!"

The brown-haired woman's lips trembled, her voice shaking as well, her whole body gripped by fear.

"John? What happened to him?"

Conan was slightly stunned when he heard the brown-haired woman's words, and then seemed to realize something and hurriedly asked anxiously.

The brown-haired woman's eyes were filled with tears. She looked up with a look of fear and uncertainty and said to Conan: "It...it's lying on Xiaogang's body!"

As she spoke, her body was still trembling slightly, as if she was still immersed in the horrific scene just now and unable to break free.

As soon as these words came out, Conan's face changed instantly. He rushed into the house without looking back, as fast as a gust of wind.

Conan had just rushed into the house when he stopped in front of a house with lights and a door that was also wide open, and looked in amazement at the corner of the second step of the stairs inside.

There, a man with his eyes wide open, his face full of shock and disbelief, was lying on the ground in a twisted state, blood oozing from the back of his head, and his whole body motionless.

"what!"

Kogoro Mouri and Ran Mouri, who were following behind Conan and worried that something had happened to him, were also looking at the scene in shock. They were stunned by the tragic sight and stood there for a while, unable to speak, and could only cry out in fear.

Conan was stunned for only a moment, then he reacted quickly, moved his legs, and ran towards the man quickly, eager to check on his condition.

But Maori Kogoro, who was also anxious, moved even faster, and with the vigorous steps of an adult man, he easily ran ahead of Conan. At the same time, he stretched out his strong arms, grabbed Conan's collar, and threw him aside like a doll, shouting: "Don't get in the way here, get out of the way!"

"Ouch, it hurts!"

Conan fell heavily to the ground. Fortunately, the ground was clean and there was no debris. However, the fall still made him gasp in pain and he couldn't help but cry out in pain: "It hurts!"

While rubbing his arm which was sore from the fall, Conan sat up with difficulty and looked in the direction of Mouri Kogoro, wanting to accuse him of his violent behavior.

But before he could utter the words of accusation, he suddenly seemed to sense some danger and raised his head abruptly to look up the stairs.

The next moment, a familiar figure came into his sight.

It was none other than John, the sturdy German Shepherd he had seen before.

At this moment, the other person was standing on the second step of the stairs, looking down condescendingly, his eyes were cold and weird, and flashing a terrifying light in the dim light.

"Oh! It's me! John!"

Conan pretended to be calm and called out to John loudly, trying to comfort the dog that looked a little abnormal.

"Wang Wang Wang..."

What surprised him was that John did not respond to his call as usual, but instead let out a few fierce roars.

He glanced at Conan with a gloomy face, then John exerted force on his limbs and rushed madly downwards with a few jumps.

At this moment, Maori Kogoro, who was checking the body of the man lying on the ground at the corner of the stairs, was frightened by John who suddenly rushed down and barked. His body shrank back uncontrollably and he leaned against the wall tightly, not daring to move, his face full of fear, and beads of sweat kept rolling down his forehead.

"what……"

Ran Mao Li stood not far away, watching John rush down the stairs aggressively, aiming directly at Conan.

Unfortunately, everything happened too suddenly and she had no time to react. She could only subconsciously cover her eyes with her hands, not daring to look at the potentially bloody and cruel scene that was about to happen.

"Hahaha...no more!" Just when Mouri Ran closed her eyes and was filled with fear, Conan's smiling voice suddenly came over.

Mao Lilan slowly opened her eyes curiously and looked in their direction eagerly.

John was seen sticking out his tongue excitedly and licking Conan's face.

Conan was knocked to the ground by John, laughing and dodging left and right, trying to avoid John's wet tongue, shouting, "It's so itchy, John! Hahahaha..."

In that scene, there was no trace of the dangerous atmosphere that was tense just now.

While Mao Lilan was stunned by this scene, a voice suddenly came from a big mobile phone next to where Conan fell: "Hello? Xiao Gang! What happened?"

It was the voice of the uncle that Conan and his friends met that morning.

Conan listened to the voice, quickly stood up, crawled to the mobile phone, and shouted to the person on the phone, "Uncle! I'm Conan!"

"Huh? Conan!"

Masayoshi Sakaguchi on the other end of the phone seemed very surprised, his tone full of confusion. Obviously, he didn't understand why Conan appeared in his house.

"Uncle, where are you now?"

Conan didn't have time to think about anything else and immediately asked John's owner, Masayoshi Sakaguchi, who was on the other end of the phone, with a hint of urgency and urgency in his voice.

Sakaguchi Masayoshi frowned slightly, "I'm on a business trip in Izu now! I seemed to hear Xiaogang screaming just now, right? What happened?"

Hearing this, Conan straightened up, turned to look at Maori Kogoro, and asked the man's situation with his eyes. Maori Kogoro understood what Conan meant, and slowly shook his head at him, his face looking sad and helpless.

Seeing Maori Kogoro's actions, how could Conan not understand that the man was beyond saving? His expression instantly became extremely heavy, "Uncle, you'd better come back soon! John, something's wrong with it!"

As soon as these words came out, John's owner, Masayoshi Sakata, couldn't help but yelled in surprise on the other end of the phone: "Huh?"

……

"Click, click, click."

Inside the house where the incident occurred, a police forensics officer was taking photos of the scene to collect evidence. His eyes were focused and serious, for fear of missing any key clues.

Behind him, another forensic police officer was carefully recording the photos and his colleague's words in a notebook.

"The victim is called Maehara Tsuyoshi, 20 years old, and a college student who lives next door."

At a door not far from the body, Inspector Megure and Kogoro Mori stood side by side, their eyes fixed in the direction of the body, talking in low voices.

As he spoke, Officer Megure seemed to suddenly remember something and quickly cast his gaze towards the brown-haired woman beside him. "Mr. Sakaguchi Masayoshi asked him to come over to take care of John today, right?"

The brown-haired woman obviously hadn't recovered from the shock just now. Her face was as pale as paper, her legs were trembling slightly, and her expression was still a little frightened: "Yes!"

Officer Megure's expression became more serious, and he said, "Ms. Sugita Sanae, Xiao Gang just asked you to come to his house to play, so you happened to be at the scene! So, can you please explain what happened just now?"

Hearing Inspector Megure's question, the brown-haired woman, Sugita Sanae, took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down, and recalled with a trembling voice: "Uh, okay!"

"I came at about eight o'clock. Xiaogang was drinking beer and listening to music on a tape recorder while I was dancing."

"Just when we were having fun, Mr. Masayoshi Sakaguchi suddenly called us and asked about John's condition. He later asked him to let John out of the stairs."

"Who knew? Xiao Gang, standing downstairs, called John several times, but John didn't respond at all. Xiao Gang had no choice but to go upstairs and call him."

"But just as he walked upstairs and put the phone in John's ear with a smile, John suddenly turned into a dog and pounced on him, knocking him down from the upstairs to the corner of the stairs. Then, Xiaogang stopped moving..."

Sugita Sanae rubbed her eyes and cried, "Officer, this is what happened."

Maori Kogoro hesitated for a moment, then took over her words and said, "And then we appeared at this time!"

Hearing what Maori Kogoro said, Inspector Megure frowned and glanced at John, who was squatting next to Conan. He looked puzzled and puzzled, "But why did this dog suddenly become like this?"

Sugita Sanae said quickly, "I don't know either! Then he suddenly jumped towards Xiaogang and attacked him!"

Hearing what Sugita Sanae said, Conan couldn't help himself and immediately stopped in front of the German Shepherd John and said, "Nonsense! John will not attack others for no reason!"

John is such a good kid, how could he suddenly attack someone!
Sugita Sanae responded somewhat unhappily: "But Xiaogang didn't do anything!"

Listening to the conversation between the few people, Mao Lilan couldn't help but frowned slightly, her eyes full of worry, and asked anxiously: "Officer Megure, what happened to this dog?"

Officer Megure looked solemn, sighed helplessly, and said slowly: "The situation is still unclear, but if it attacks people for no reason after this, we can only treat it with drugs."

"Ah?" Conan widened his eyes in disbelief. He was full of resistance and difficulty accepting the cruel result that was about to befall John.

"Medication treatment?" Mao Lilan was also shocked, with astonishment and pity written all over her fair face. "Are you going to kill it?"

"Um……"

Officer Megure raised his hand and touched his chin, then nodded with a complicated expression, "However, all this still needs to wait until Mr. Sakaguchi Masayoshi comes back!"

Conan pursed his lips tightly and frowned slightly.

He had lived with John before and knew that he had a gentle personality. He just couldn't believe that such a docile John would suddenly attack people.

He secretly made up his mind: he must launch an investigation to find out the truth of the matter and clear John's name...

……

The night faded away quietly like ink, and the first ray of sunlight in the early morning gently fell on the Maori Detective Agency, giving the house a layer of warm golden color.

"Officer Megure, how is John? Could it be that he has been treated with drugs?"

As soon as Conan saw Inspector Megure step into the office, he didn't even bother to say hello, but rushed forward and asked anxiously, his eyes full of anxiety and worry.

Officer Megure looked at Conan who was extremely worried. He also knew his feelings towards John, and a trace of helplessness welled up in his heart. He smiled gently and patiently comforted him: "Don't worry, Conan. We just brought John back to the police station. We haven't done anything to him yet. After all, the matter has not been concluded yet. Don't worry too much."

"Huh...Is that so? That's great!"

Hearing this, Conan's heart finally settled down and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Maori Kogoro also came over and asked anxiously, "Officer Megure, what did Mr. Sakaguchi Masayoshi say?"

Officer Megure walked to the sofa and sat down. He picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, put it down slowly, and said seriously, "Mr. Sakaguchi Masayoshi doesn't believe that John, who is always docile, would suddenly attack someone."

Conan, who was standing aside, saw the right opportunity and couldn't help but interrupt: "Yes, I don't believe it either. John would never hurt anyone for no reason!"

When Maori Kogoro heard this, he immediately flew into a rage. He covered Conan's mouth with his hands like a pair of pliers and shouted with a frown, "Kid, can you be honest? Stop messing around here!"

Then, he smiled again and apologized to Officer Megure: "I'm so sorry, Officer Megure, please continue."

Officer Megure didn't take this episode to heart. He took out the police handbook from his pocket calmly, turned to the page recording the case, and began to narrate in an orderly manner: "I first asked Mr. Masayoshi Sakaguchi what he talked about with Maehara Tsuyoshi on the phone. He said that he just asked Maehara Tsuyoshi to call John over to answer the phone, because he was used to saying good night to John every night before going to bed. But just after he asked a few questions like 'John, how are you?', he heard John's crazy barking, followed by Maehara Tsuyoshi's screams."

Maori Kogoro stroked his chin, thinking, and then asked: "Did Mr. Sakaguchi Masayoshi mention anything else?"

"That's all." Inspector Megure shook his head and added, "I also asked the assistant who was in the room with him, and the statements he got were consistent..."

(End of this chapter)