Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 104 A Series of Frame-ups

A man wearing a dark red Prajna mask saved Xuesong Kiyoko. The man said that the female warrior who was fighting with the Nizang Society outside was his companion, and he was going to help her. He asked Xuesong Kiyoko to wait for him here, and he would be back soon and take her away.

But the result...

He never returned.

After listening to Xuesong Qingzi's account of what happened before, everyone was at a loss for words. Saving people was definitely an act of honor, but leaving the people here and not caring about them, and not keeping their word, was a little difficult to evaluate.

Finally, Megure Jusan shook his head and sighed: "That man has done enough. Didn't he say that he has called the police and the police will be here soon? He couldn't have imagined that an accident would almost happen later."

Megure Juzo took out his cell phone and took a look, but did not find any call records at that time, but he did not care.

Normally, people would call the Metropolitan Police Department, which would then transfer the call. There were definitely countless calls regarding this place tonight, and Megure Juzo and the others were already heading here before, so there was no need to make any more calls.

"Do you know this person on the ground, Xuesong?"

Kudo Shinichi did not dwell too much on the actions of the Hannya Mask and turned in other directions.

Xuesong Qingzi shook her head: "I don't know him, but he is one of the people who kidnapped me. The other kidnapper was knocking on the door before. He probably heard you coming and ran away. I don't know that person either."

"What about appearance?"

"Square face, short hair, small eyes, wearing a grey jacket, no other features."

After Yuzumatsu Kiyoko finished speaking, Megure Juzo immediately asked his subordinates to search for the man carefully, but no results were found for a while. Kudo Shinichi walked back to the lounge and paced around for a few circles. Feeling suffocated, he walked outside to the larger meeting room to get some fresh air.

Megure Jusan followed him out and patted him on the shoulder: "Brother Kudo, you just acted bravely and did nothing wrong. Don't take it to heart. If you are worried, it's my gun and I am responsible for it."

Kudo Shinichi shook his head: "My vision was black at that time. It feels like a dream to say that I killed someone. Sorry, I don't want to shirk responsibility, but I was wondering, what was the purpose of that person knocking me out?"

"Maybe he wanted to save someone, but you shot him at the critical moment. When he saw that the person he wanted to save was dead, and was worried that the gunshot would attract us, he ran away."

"Indeed, this possibility is more likely. Could he be the one who knocked on the door before? Why did he knock on the door? Did he want to save Xuesong Kiyoko? Could he be Ishida Mamoru?"

Megure Jusan sighed: "I don't know about that. Things are too complicated. I can't understand them anymore."

In his eyes, this place was a complete mess.

"But at least one thing is certain, the Nican Society is being used. No matter who is behind it, he is just using the Nican Society as a platform to expand his influence. It doesn't matter even if it is another Yakuza." Megure Jusan paused:
"I just contacted my friend in Marunbao, and he said it might be related to Sumiyoshi-kai. The two have been fighting fiercely recently, and Nican-kai will suffer huge losses."

Kudo Shinichi didn't care much about the Yakuza, he just asked: "Can we follow this line and trace back to the person who leaked the information?"

"Well...it shouldn't work. It's too scattered." Megure Jusan said with some embarrassment.

The police's slow response in many aspects made him, as a police chief, feel a little ashamed.

Kudo Shinichi was quite sympathetic towards them. The Yakuza were a group of scattered people and could easily be exploited for money. The police had limited manpower and unless clues came to them, it would be unlikely for them to find a needle in a haystack.

"Police department!"

A policeman came running into the lounge with a very happy tone. Kudo Shinichi looked back. Could it be that a clue really came to him?
"The password of the deceased's phone has been cracked!"

Oh, so it is...

this?!
Kudo Shinichi looked excited and looked at the phone expectantly. Megure Jusan took it without hesitation and handed it to him. Kudo Shinichi flipped through the call records, but there was no familiar phone number, nor any convenient call recording.

He flipped through the emails again, but they were all blank. Damn it, this couldn't be a blank phone he was using temporarily!

Kudo Shinichi clicked back to the call record again and looked at Megure Jusan: "Can the police track the location of the other party on the phone?"

"Yes! Of course! There is equipment in the car!"

Having anticipated that this kind of situation might happen, Megure Juzo had made preparations in advance, and now it just happened to be used. He didn't know how to operate it, but Chiba Kazunobu, who had just unlocked the phone, knew how to do it. As a otaku, he was good at this.

But there is a problem.

"One minute. The call must last at least one minute."

Chiba Kazunobu said this after testing the police's reverse tracing program.

Kudo Shinichi wondered if the police's technology was a bit behind the times. He remembered that even the movies during the Cold War didn't take that long. But now he didn't have time to be picky. After thinking for a while, he called Maori Kogoro on his cell phone.

"I'm a psychiatrist, Mr. Maori is sleeping."

The voice on the other end of the line was a female voice he had heard before. Kudo Shinichi couldn't help but feel curious:

"Now that he's asleep, why don't you leave?"

"The client requested subliminal therapy on him, which simply means continuing to intervene while he sleeps."

"…Putting headphones on him and playing audio? Isn't that brainwashing?"

"No, it's treatment. What can I do for you?"

"Wake him up, it's something important."

A moment later, using Chiba Kazunobu's phone, Kudo Shinichi dialed the number of the last call record on the deceased's phone. The other end remained silent, so Maori Kogoro's voice came from Kudo Shinichi's phone:

"Hello? Is this Harada-kun?"

Kogoro Mouri's tone sounded casual, but as soon as he asked this question, the three people in the police car held their breath and dared not make a sound.

They didn't have to wait too long, as a middle-aged man's laughter came from the other side:

"What's the matter, Brother Maoli, why did you call my number without using your own phone? I was shocked. What's the matter?"

"!!!"

Everyone was shocked, it was really Harada!
but……

What did he say this number means?
He was not surprised that Kogoro Mouri knew this number and was able to contact him?

Maori Kogoro was also quite confused about this, but he still remembered what Kudo Shinichi told him to delay time, so he immediately laughed:
"I wasn't paying attention for a moment. I just wanted to talk to you about horse racing."

"Haha, so that's it. Don't worry, Brother Maoli. I have already arranged for that big fat sheep to go to Biyuanfang to pick up customers. I will definitely squeeze out all her value!"

"!!!"

The address appears: Biyuanfang!

(End of this chapter)