Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 5 Approaching the truth!

Kiyoko had a perfect alibi because she did nothing.

In other words, the steps she needed to complete took place long before yesterday noon, in Room 2601 of Ian Apartment in the early hours of yesterday morning, and Kudo Shinichi has not found the key yet.

"Is this the end of the matter?"

At night, on the adjacent balcony on the 26th floor, Qingzi was swinging on the swing and asked softly.

The focus of the police and Kudo Shinichi's investigation was ultimately on Yuzukana Nami. After Kiyoko's suspicion was completely ruled out, she returned to the apartment.

Hotaru continued to listen at the scene of the accident for a while, then said hello to Kudo Shinichi and slipped away.

He is just a passerby.

"I don't think I left any loopholes, but who can tell for sure about this kind of thing?"

Yingsheng raised his hand and threw a small cyan MP3 into Qingzi's hand. "For example, this one. Although Mr. Xuesong's derogatory term for you and your son is the same, the word 'small' is still a bit redundant."

小，
Bitch.

The sound that Yuzukatsu Nami heard at 11 o'clock last night was actually made by Yuzukatsu Masato in the early hours of yesterday morning.

The location is not Yamada's house, but Ian Apartment 2601; the target is not Yuzuki Nami, but Yuzuki Kiyoko, who accidentally revealed that she now has pocket money.

Masato Xuesong did not dare to use violence to interrogate Kiyoko, who was about to become a gift, so he could only search around cursing. His voice was clearly recorded, which became the evidence of his burglary last night.

In fact, the person who sneaked into Yamada's house was of course Hotaru!
The light in the room was very dim at the time, and Hotaru was wearing a mask and a cap, so Yukino and Nami did not see his face at all. Therefore, when Nami Yukino told Shinichi Kudo about that incident, she said that she was 100% sure about the voice, not the appearance.

I don't know if Kudo noticed this detail.

"Do you think I'm doing this in vain? It would be much better if Mr. Xuesong just died in an accident." Yingsheng asked with a smile.

Qingzi shook her head slightly. "If we don't point out a clear path for the police and detectives, they will always focus on the accident itself, which will only cause more trouble. I think no matter how sophisticated the accident is, there is no guarantee that it will be foolproof."

"Yes, this is for insurance purposes and out of respect for Kudo. However, there are more steps in the deception now, and the possibility of revealing flaws is greater than before. Why do you think I did this?"

Qingzi's eyebrows drooped slightly, and her eyes were filled with the shyness that only belongs to a young girl. "In order to clear my suspicion, Yingshengjun took such a risk. How can I express my gratitude when I have nothing to offer?"

[Love +1]

Yingsheng smiled. There was actually some sincerity in Qingzi's words, which was really rare.

"You didn't say a word about the five hundred million."

"Eh……"

Qingzi's mouth pursed, "I only have one hundred million, and it's still a long way from getting it."

"How can I let the duck fly away? I brought your mother in for this reason. Let her go to the front and sue the insurance company. What do you think about what will happen after that?"

"Well... it's too suspicious that both parents met with accidents in a short period of time."

"Then use some gentler methods, but it's too early to say that now." Yingsheng took out his phone and took a look. The connection was still there. "Do you think the police found the bug on Officer Sato's sleeve?"

“Probably not.

The premise for obtaining insurance money is an accident. Hotaru-kun induced the police to suspect my mother, not to frame him, but to believe that Kudo Shinichi could find out the truth and find that it was just an accident. "

"I hope so. It would be unlucky to be discovered after being silent for so long." Yingsheng stood up and put on the Bluetooth headset. "There is only one last step left. I pray that I will not be caught by the police on the spot."

"Absolutely not. Hotaru-kun is very capable."

"Well, I'll give you some good wishes. Good night."

"I will definitely feel at ease. My second peaceful night..."

[Love +1] Yingsheng walked into the dark living room and couldn't help shaking his head and laughing.

Really, he should have thought of it earlier that Qingzi's love would increase greatly because of this kind of thing.

There were several times before when he was stuck on the death line to extend his life. If he had known it was so simple, then...

Huh? !

Yingsheng suddenly discovered a bright spot. This pattern in Qingzi might be replicable.

Although the system's definition of love is not yet clear, in terms of the emotions that humans categorize, this thing is very broad. Lust at first sight, the suspension bridge effect, Stockholm syndrome...

Who says they are not love?
Even though he suffered a setback in Kabukicho, Shinjuku at the very beginning and almost died.

But now that I have a little more money, I always look for opportunities to do more experiments.

sizzle-

"Inspector, we have questioned residents near the park one by one, and someone did see someone leaving dressed like the homeless Itahara. However, we checked the surveillance cameras along the way and found no trace of him. The pawn shops nearby have also not received the jewelry described by Xue Song Nana."

A clear voice came from the headphones, and Yingsheng gave them a thumbs up in his heart.

Still working at 10 o'clock in the evening, how dedicated.

"I see." Megure Jusan's voice was quite low, and after a pause, it sounded again, "Brother Kudo, are there any other directions for investigation?"

There was a long silence.

In Beika Central Park, Kudo Shinichi stood in the center of the accident scene, constantly looking around. At his feet were traces of the body circled with white chalk.

"Inspector Megure, do you also think it was just an accident?" he asked.

Megure Jusan scratched his head. "I'd like to trust your intuition, Kudo-kun, but didn't you check everywhere? Even the broken ends of the high-voltage wires were caused by metal fatigue, not human damage."

"Mr. Itahara used to be an electrician. He might have a way to forge it."

"But...it's powered."

Kudo Shinichi looked at the policewoman standing nearby, "Officer Sato, did you find anything?"

Miwako Sato shook her head. "You asked me to ask nearby residents if there were any abnormal flickering in the lights over the past two days. I visited several households and found nothing."

"Is this so..."

Kudo Shinichi frowned and explained to the confused Megure Jusan: "I suspect that Mr. Itahara privately connected the wires, cut off the power supply of the original wires, and then artificially created metal fatigue. But he may have done this in the early morning, and I can't find any evidence."

"This……"

Megure Jusan was a little confused. Was his younger brother thinking too much?
"Brother Kudo, even if this method is feasible, there is no way to determine when the wire will break and where it will fall after breaking."

If Banyuan had this skill when he was an electrician, he would not have become a homeless person.

Kudo Shinichi nodded, "Indeed, even if he found a reason to trick Xuesong Masato here, he couldn't grasp the timing well. No matter how you look at it, it's just a pure coincidence."

Megure Jusan let out a long sigh, "So..."

Can we close the case now?

"so!"

Kudo Shinichi interrupted, his tone firm, "I deduced that the first person who was electrocuted to death was not Xuesong Masato at all!"

"Nani?!!!"

(End of this chapter)