Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 22 Undercurrent!

Nothing happened all day and time passed in a flash.

At five in the morning of the next day, Yingsheng, who was sleeping at home, was awakened by the noise next door. He picked up the headphones beside his pillow and eavesdropped for a while, and found that it was the police rummaging through the drawers.

"Brother Kudo, are you sure it's her?"

Oh, and Kudo Shinichi.

"I'm not sure, Officer Megure." The voice sounded a little tired.

"Of course I know that Yuzuki Kiyoko has a complete alibi. But after three days of comprehensive investigation, I really don't think Yuzuki Nami is capable of planning such an accident, and Yamada Okao... Sigh..."

"But...Xue Song Qingzi..."

"Yes, she doesn't seem to be someone who has that kind of ability, but with three personal accident insurance policies in place, she is more likely to be a suspect than her mother."

"But she has already handed the policy over to her mother?"

"Officer Sato followed her all day yesterday and found that she was looking at houses with a real estate agent."

"Um...but this apartment has indeed been mortgaged. Debt collectors came to our door for two consecutive days, and we had to stop them."

“It’s mainly the apartment type.”

"What do you mean?"

"Xedomatsu Kiyoko only looks at large flats or duplexes. Even if she pays in installments, the first installment will be around 100 million yen.

Even if she gets 100 million in insurance money, what will she do next? Her father is dead and her mother doesn't care about her. Doesn't she think about the future at all?"

"This……"

"I think she's just used to extravagance and hasn't thought about the future at all."

Megure Juzo didn't know what to say, but Sato Miwako continued in a cold voice.

"The day before yesterday, yesterday, today, do you know where she spent the night every night?
In Shinjuku!
In Okubo!"

The voice sounded a bit like a disappointed person, and the others were silent for a long time.

until……

"I think it's just a disguise."

Kudo Shinichi spoke in a deep voice.

Yingsheng, who was eavesdropping next door, raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Detective, don't talk nonsense without evidence."

"Why do you say that?" Megure Jusan asked hurriedly.

"It's just a feeling."

Kudo Shinichi sighed and said, "We investigated almost all of Xuesong Kiyoko's social relationships, and no one thought she would do such a thing."

"That doesn't mean anything."

Miwako Sato retorted: "Those people also think that she couldn't have killed her father."

Kudo Shinichi was silent.

He believed in his intuition as a detective, but in this case, he really had no evidence.

"Inspector, we have verified that the receipts for the kimonos and luxury goods match the items that Xuesong Masato sent to the pawn shop." Another male voice appeared.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Megure Jusan sighed, "Brother Kudo, now it makes sense. Xuesong Kiyoko got the money from nowhere and bought luxury goods. After Xuesong Masato lost the bet, he pawned the things she bought...

Alas, she lives in such a family, and her values ​​must be really wrong. "

“The key is time.”

Kudo Shinichi: "Yuzuki Masato used to pawn things only once or twice a month. But since thirteen days ago, he has been doing it almost every other day, and his pawn items have also increased.

The turning point is obvious. What happened in those days? "

"Maybe she's just being kept by someone." Sato Miwako said coldly.

Kudo Shinichi did not refute, "Who that person is may be the key." "Do you think that person is the real murderer? Is he helping Xuesong Kiyoko kill people?"

"Only in this way can everything make sense!"

After that, there was another series of investigations and analyses, which made Yingsheng drowsy. Until six o'clock in the morning, when a hint of paleness appeared in the sky, there was a click, and the sound of a door being pushed open was heard.

"I am back."

The woman's voice was soft, like the moonlight that had just disappeared from the sky.

"Mr. Police, are you done with the investigation? I still have to remove my makeup, take a shower, wash my clothes, and then go to school. Time is very tight."

After a somewhat messy sound of footsteps, Megure Jusan's apologetic voice was heard.

"We may bother you again in the future. I hope Qingzi-kun can understand the difficulties faced by the police."

"Oh, I don't understand it at all, but what can I do?"

"Feel sorry……"

Bang! ! !
The door was slammed shut.

Yingsheng took off his headphones, took another nap for an hour and a half, washed up, changed into the Dididan High School uniform and went to school. On the way, he bought two sandwiches for breakfast and two packs of braised beef for lunch.

Both Kudo Shinichi and Xiaolan came today, but they both sat with their heads down and didn't look in a good mood.

Yingsheng took out his textbook and turned around.

"one!"

Kenta Nakamichi looked excited. "A man died in the hospital in Ginza yesterday at noon. It was said that his spleen ruptured due to a fight. The hospital didn't find out what was wrong with him at first, so they put him in a general ward."

Yingsheng asked in confusion: "Doesn't your lottery only count the deaths within the scope of Beihua Town?"

"No, no, no, it's the famous detective index. There's no geographical restriction. As long as it's related to Kudo, it's fine."

"What does this have to do with Kudo?"

Kenta Nakamichi glanced at the front seat, leaned over to Hotaru's ear and whispered, "I heard, just heard, that the man who fought with the deceased was named Maori. Xiaolan happened to take a leave yesterday, you know what I mean."

"Oh... so it was Xiaolan who thought that person's death was suspicious and asked Kudo to investigate, right?"

"Yes, that's it."

"That's amazing, Nakamichi. You really are a know-it-all."

"Hehehe, keep a low profile."

The bell rang and the teacher entered the classroom. Seeing that no one was absent from the class today, he nodded with satisfaction. However, before he was halfway through the class, Kudo Shinichi raised his right hand with a complicated expression and glanced at Xiaolan out of the corner of his eye.

However, Xiaolan did not look at Kudo Shinichi, but just buried her head, as if she was taking notes.

The teacher had no choice but to wave his hand, let Kudo Shinichi leave, and continued with the class.

Then in less than ten minutes, Xiaolan also raised her hand.

After class, everyone was talking about the two empty seats and surrounded Suzuki Sonoko. But this time, no matter how they asked, Suzuki Sonoko just shook her head and said she didn't know.

"Mr. Know-it-all?" Yingsheng turned around and asked.

Kenta Nakamichi looked through his phone for a long time, and said uncertainly, "In the accident that Kudo has been investigating these days, the parties involved have always insisted that the police accepted bribes from the insurance company and want to appeal. You remember that, right?"

"of course."

"The other day the client said in the newspaper that she wanted to ask the famous Eri Kisaki to represent her in the lawsuit. But when interviewed by a gossipy reporter, Eri Kisaki responded that the matter had not been thoroughly investigated and she would not take over."

"so what?"

Kenta Nakamichi turned over his phone, revealing a photo that seemed to have been taken too quickly and was a little blurry.

Computer screen, evening paper layout, time is today.

The tentative front-page headline is:

The Queen of Law takes over the lawsuit involving sky-high insurance money!

(End of this chapter)