Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 95: Criminal - Maori Kogoro! (Gincho Boss's Reward +1)

The police quickly arrived at the scene where Kiyoko Sugimatsu was kidnapped. Kudo Shinichi quickly explained the situation to Megure Juzo and without further ado, they immediately rushed to one of the suspected locations.

Shibuya!

After taking some detours, the clue surprisingly came from Kogoro Mori, who was hospitalized in Beika Central Hospital. His first sentence made Kudo Shinichi and Megure Juzo's brains freeze.

"Officer Megure, I...want to turn myself in."

"!!!!!!"

Needless to say, Kudo Shinichi and the other were shocked, especially Megure Jusan. "Brother Mori, what the hell stupid thing have you done again? Don't you know that Xiaolan and Lawyer Himeking have called you to express their concern?"

Can't you just give me some peace of mind?!
Could it be that what Dr. Shirai said last night was true, and that you really drank so much that your brain was damaged?

Not only is he mentally ill and seeing hallucinations of someone committing a crime, but now he is so bold that he has started to break the law?!
Officer Megure's face was twisted with anger, and he couldn't speak for a long time. Kudo Shinichi took a deep breath:

"Uncle Maori, we have urgent matters here too, let's get to the point!"

"Ugh……"

Maori Kogoro sighed and said, "It started last night, Officer Megure, you know. I saw someone committing a crime in the window of the building opposite, so I ran over with my crutches and asked the nurse to help me call the police on the way.

In the end, I didn't see anything there, and the same thing happened when you came. You all suspected that I was hallucinating.

Dr. Shirai said that it might be caused by alcoholism and the excessive psychological pressure caused by the Ginza case.

You went even further and asked me to take a urine test directly."

Veins on Officer Megure's forehead were throbbing wildly: "Get to the point! Don't you know how suspicious you were last night?!"

Maori Kogoro paused, apologized twice, and continued, "Because of that incident, I couldn't sleep after I went back. At about one o'clock in the morning today, a friend of mine who often bets on horses and drinks with me called me and said he had something great to share with me.

I asked him what it was.

He said that when he was drinking in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, he ran into a nouveau riche who was not very smart. After a few of them instigated him, the man agreed to gamble with them.

They teamed up to let the woman make a small profit, and then started to kill her after she fell into the trap. "

"What?!!!"

Although time was tight, Megure Jusan couldn't help but interrupt in shock after hearing this:
"Brother Maori, did you just agree to this?! Do you know how heinous this crime is?!"

"Absolutely not!"

Maori Kogoro responded quickly. Just when Megure Jusan was about to feel relieved, Maori Kogoro's tone became a little lacking in confidence again, and he stuttered:

"I refused sternly at first and told him not to do that kind of thing. If he didn't listen, I would call the police.

but……

but……"

Megure Jusan looked desperate. It's over. Brother Mori, why did you suddenly become so strange?
With his experience, Megure Jusan knew what would happen next without even having to listen to the end, and said with an angry look on his face:
"But that pig... No, it's that innocent person who has too much money, right? Millions? Or tens of millions? Brother Maori, how did you become like this!"

"Alas, it's four hundred million."

"puff--"

Megure Jusan almost vomited blood: "Brother Maori, do you know how much crime you can be charged with for such a large amount of money? Ten years! You will have to go to prison for at least ten years!"

"Hey, hey, hey! That's not necessary!"

Maori Kogoro panicked and said, "I didn't get that much. I... I... I only took 60 million! And I wasn't there, I can get the money back!

I really didn’t mean it. I didn’t expect that person to lose so much!
I...Inspector Megure...Brother...I...that's right!

I really can't be said to be greedy, the big fat sheep is Yukimatsu Nami! I just wanted to simply take revenge on her! Harada also told me the same thing, he knew Yukimatsu Nami had 500 million, he just wanted to simply knock some of it off.

how do you know...

how do you know...

Xue Song Nami had extremely bad luck and was easily carried away. We won so smoothly that she forgot about time. By the time we came to our senses, she had already lost everything!"

"What?!!!"

This time, it was Kudo Shinichi and Megure Jusan who exclaimed in shock at the same time.

What the hell! The world line has ended?!

Maori Kogoro had no idea what was going on here. He thought the two were angry at him again, so he quickly tried to make amends: "We didn't leave her with nothing! After Harada found out about the seriousness of the matter, he gave her 5 million and let her go home. We left some room for her!"

There is room for you XXXXXXX!!!

Megure Jusan felt a sudden surge of anger in his heart. Even though he had a good temper, he really wanted to curse.

You guys conspired together to cheat others out of hundreds of millions of dollars, and then you gave back five million, and you still think you are good people, right?

Also!

Megure Jusan suppressed his anger and said, "Are you sure you really paid her back?"

"I have paid it back! I have definitely paid it back!"

Maori Kogoro quickly responded: "At six o'clock in the morning, I heard it with my own ears. Xuesong Nami thanked Harada profusely, and she definitely repaid him!"

"Then why is Xuesong Nami now so heavily in debt that she has to sell her daughter!!!"

Megure Jusan finally couldn't help but roar in anger.

Kogoro Mouri was stunned and dazed for a long time and couldn't speak. Kudo Shinichi was also full of anger, but he was slightly better than Megure Jusan. While patting his broad back to help him calm down, he told Kogoro Mouri in a cold voice the whole story of the kidnapping of Yuzuki Kiyoko.

"No! It's definitely not us!"

After hearing this, Maori Kogoro immediately refuted loudly, his voice was distorted:

"It must be that Yuzuka Nami couldn't help herself! After Harada left, she started gambling with other people! It's not our fault. At most, it was Harada who shouldn't have left her money!"

The corners of Kudo Shinichi's head twitched wildly, but he barely managed to hold back: "What's Mr. Harada's phone number?"

Kogoro Mouri immediately gave the number and Shinichi Kudo called with his own cell phone.

Powered off!!!
This clear female voice was like a bolt of thunder, hitting Kogoro Mori's heart hard, shaking his whole body and almost causing him to faint.

But with the support of the woman beside him, he gradually came to his senses and gritted his teeth:

"I was only involved in this matter until six in the morning. I was not aware of anything that happened afterwards. If you don't believe me, you can check my call records. My leg was broken, so it was impossible for me to go there in person!"

"I will look into this matter."

Kudo Shinichi's voice was cold: "One last question, why do you want to turn yourself in?"

Inside the Beika Central Hospital, Maori Kogoro glanced at the woman beside the bed with a complicated look in his eyes:

"Because...something."

(End of this chapter)