Ke Xue: This police officer is too martial

Chapter 239: Self-investment in the pastoral network
Rice Flower Hospital.

The light in the ward was very bright, but it did not completely block out the moonlight that sneaked in from the window.

Makino sat back in his chair, picked up a comic book from a cabinet not far away, and began to read it curiously.

Although I don’t know why there are comic books in the ward, using comics to pass the time is undoubtedly a better option than simply sitting in a chair and admiring the moon outside the window.

"Hmm? Magic baby spirit?"

After taking a closer look at the little yellow mouse in the comic book, a gleam of surprise flashed in Makino's eyes.

It’s not that he hasn’t read comics in recent years, but he has never come across a “familiar comic”.

That's why he was surprised when he saw the familiar yellow mouse in the comic books.

After looking at the comic book twice more, Makino casually put the comic book on his lap, took out his mobile phone, and did a careful research on the Internet.

If I remember correctly, Magic Baby Spirit should have had a game first, and then an animation and comics.

But he had never heard of a similar game.

After a moment, Makino put down his phone and looked down at the comic book with a flickering look in his eyes.

Sure enough! There are no related games or animations on the market!

Thinking of this, Makino picked up the comic book and took a look at the publisher and the author's name.

At present, this comic is not very popular, but he will not underestimate the potential of this work at all.

Apart from anything else, the "future value" of this IP alone is enough to make anyone excited.

Although Makino is not short of money, who would complain that they have too much money?
The name [Magic Baby Spirit] is indeed a bit strange. After purchasing the copyright of this work, I will change it to a more familiar and nice name.

At this moment, Xiaolan on the bed seemed to regain consciousness and uttered a soft hum: "Hmm~"

After hearing Xiaolan's movement, Makino got up from the chair and slowly walked to the bed.

After opening her eyes and seeing Makino, Xiaolan quickly supported herself with her hands and prepared to stand up: "Brother Makino?!"

Makino quickly stepped forward and gently helped Xiaolan up, and helped her adjust the position of the pillow so that she could sit on the headboard of the bed: "Although it's just a minor injury, you'd better pay more attention to it."

Xiaolan nodded, then glanced around the ward: "Okay, I got it~ By the way, Brother Makino, why are you here? My dad and Conan..."

Before Xiaolan could finish, Makino chuckled and nodded, saying, "Inspector Megure notified us. After seeing that you were okay, your father and others went to the scene to investigate. I am responsible for guarding here~"

"Guard?" Xiaolan blinked in confusion.

Before Makino could explain, there was a gentle knock on the door.

The next second, a nurse walked into the room holding a book: "The patient is awake, I brought this book for you."

Makino looked at the book in the nurse's hand curiously and asked, "What is this book...?"

The nurse handed the book in her hand to Makino and chuckled, "It should be the book your friend left on the counter. I saw it said 'For Miss Maori', so I took it.

I'll leave first. If you need anything, just press the bell next to the bed~"

After the nurse left, Makino carefully examined the book in his hand.

Soon after, a piece of paper appeared in Makino's eyes. The content on the paper was very concise:
[To Mao Lilan, I warn you to reject that immediately, otherwise you will definitely die next time! - Hit-and-run]

Makino: "..."

After seeing the words "hit-and-run" in the signature, a sneer suddenly appeared on Makino's lips.

It had been a long time since he had seen a prisoner with such courage and such a low IQ.

If you want to write a threatening letter, just write it. Why do you have to specifically indicate in the signature that you are the “hit-and-run driver”?
Since the prisoner was able to place this book on the front desk, it means that there is a high possibility that he is still in the hospital.

Knowing that the police are already keeping an eye on this matter, why are you still so arrogant?
Just pretend I don't exist, right?
At this time, Xiaolan on the bed also noticed that Makino's expression changed after reading the note, and quickly asked, "What's wrong, Brother Makino, what's written on the note?"

Makino turned his head to look at Xiaolan, carefully checked Xiaolan's current condition, and then handed the note in his hand to Xiaolan.

After seeing the contents of the note, Xiaolan immediately covered her mouth and said, "Is this a crime warning against me?!"

Makino nodded: "Yes, I think you have the right to know this. While you were still asleep, Inspector Megure and his men had already roughly investigated the scene of your car accident.

There were no signs of braking at the scene, and the criminal drove away from the scene directly after knocking you down. In short, this was not a car accident, and the criminal had the intention of killing you from the beginning. "

Xiaolan: "..."

After a moment of silence, Xiaolan carefully looked at the contents of the note and frowned, "But... apart from agreeing to go to a newly opened crepe shop with Sonoko recently, I don't think I have agreed to any other people's requests?"

Makino casually put the book in his hand on a chair beside him and nodded seriously: "Well, if that's the case, then the culprit must be Sonoko!"

Xiaolan: “?”

After being stunned for a moment, Xiaolan covered her mouth and laughed: "Hahaha, Brother Makino, I didn't expect you to be so good at joking~"

Makino glanced at Xiaolan, who seemed to be in a good mood, then turned to look at the jacket hanging on the hanger next to him, chuckled and asked, "Xiaolan, is this jacket yours?"

Xiaolan smiled and nodded: "Well, I bought this from a store that specializes in handmade clothing and accessories two days ago. I don't know why, but I fell in love with the handmade pattern on it at first sight~
When I wanted to buy it, the clerk suddenly told me that it was made by her herself and was not a finished product for sale in the store.

But seeing how much I liked the dress, the clerk finally sold it to me at cost price~"

Hearing this, Makino continued to ask, "How far is that store from the path you took today?"

Xiaolan thought for a moment and said, "Well... that store is near that path, it doesn't seem to be very far away."

Hearing this, Makino glanced at the jacket on the wall, chuckled and shook his head.

He originally wanted Kogoro Mori and the others to catch the criminal themselves and avenge Xiaolan.

But now it seems that the prisoner does not seem to agree with his idea.

Thinking of this, Makino continued: "Xiaolan, do you remember what the store is called? Or do you have the contact information of the clerk?"

"Yes, I remember it all. I got along very well with that clerk, and we were about the same age. After I bought this dress last time, we exchanged contact information." Xiaolan nodded.

……

the other side.

The scene of the hit-and-run accident.

The situation at the scene has been almost fully investigated by Officer Chiba and others.

Unfortunately, this path is narrow and dark, and there are no surveillance cameras, so few people pass by here. The resident who helped Xiaolan call an ambulance and the police seemed to be the only person who walked into this path in the past two hours, except Xiaolan, so there was no so-called eyewitness at the scene.

After carefully learning about the situation from the residents who called the police and confirming that the criminal did not live nearby, Kogoro Mouri and Conan embarked on a journey to look for other clues.

Although there is no surveillance in this path, there is a very busy street around it where the Rice Flower Hotel is located.

If you want to drive into this trail, you will definitely pass that street.

Therefore, both Conan and his companions as well as Inspector Megure and others turned their investigation in that direction.

Inside the police car.

Conan held his chin with his hand, closed his eyes and lowered his head, thinking about something.

After a few seconds, Conan seemed to have thought of something, and quickly opened his eyes and looked out the car window with a nervous expression.

The criminal hit Xiaolan with his car with the intention of killing her. Although Xiaolan was miraculously fine, if the criminal knew that Xiaolan was still alive...

not good!

Xiaolan is in danger!!

Conan just turned his head to look at Kogoro Mouri beside him, and was about to express his judgment.

But the next moment, he suddenly shut up, breathed a sigh of relief, shook his head helplessly, and thought to himself: "What on earth am I thinking about? With Officer Makino here, Xiaolan is probably safer than all of them now..."

……

Mihua Hospital, inside the ward.

Makino used Xiaolan's cell phone to call the clerk in the clothing store.

After a brief chat, Makino asked the other party a question: "Ms. Shanmei, have you encountered anything strange recently?"

Miss Shan Mei, the clerk on the other end of the phone, was silent for a moment, then said:

——"An incredible thing did happen recently! About two months ago, I went out wearing that jacket and helped an elderly gentleman who was lost.

A week ago, three men in black suits suddenly came to me and said that they were ordered by their master to find me based on the pattern on the back of the jacket.

They said their master was going to give me a legacy worth 10 billion yen as a thank you, and at first I thought they were joking.

The old man said that his relatives were all evil-minded, so he wanted to give me most of his inheritance. But I didn't want to accept the money, and I was afraid that the old man's relatives would hate me for it, so I refused.

But the old man kept urging me to agree, and he also said that he would prepare the relevant documents tomorrow, which made me very troubled! "

"..."

After hanging up the phone, Makino and Xiaolan looked at each other.

At this moment, both Makino and Xiaolan knew why the criminal wanted to kill Xiaolan.

The criminal is most likely a relative of the old man, and his motive for murder is very simple, which is to prevent the property that is about to be obtained from falling into the hands of others.

Most likely, he was searching for Miss Shanmei, who was about to inherit the old man's fortune, knowing only the clue of "jacket pattern".

Unfortunately, Xiaolan had just bought the jacket from Miss Shanmei two days ago, so she was targeted by the criminal.

According to Xiaolan, apart from the age, Miss Shanmei's figure is basically the same as hers.

After thinking for a moment, Makino looked at Xiaolan and said slowly: "Xiaolan, I know you don't want to doubt Miss Yamami. But after catching the criminal, I will ask Inspector Megure and others to investigate Miss Yamami as well.

If she sold you the jacket knowing that someone wanted to kill her, or even receiving threatening letters from the criminal, then she also has some responsibility."

Xiaolan slowly closed her eyes and sighed with a complicated expression: "I understand, Brother Makino. But I still think that Miss Shanmei didn't sell this jacket to me on purpose."

Makino was not surprised that Xiaolan said that.

After all, it was Xiaolan who won Vermouth's favor with her "extreme and even excessive kindness."

Compared to this, through this incident, Makino has some new understanding of Xiaolan.

Even when she knew that someone wanted to kill her, Xiaolan's emotions and mentality did not change much. She was not as "weak" as Kogoro Mouri and Conan imagined.

Perhaps because she has experienced countless murders with various reasons around Kogoro Mouri and Conan, Xiaolan's psychological quality and ability to endure have probably already been raised to an extremely high level.

Makino guessed that even if Conan told Xiaolan his true identity and all the information about the winery now, there should be no problem.

The only thing he needs to worry about is Conan's own life.

After all, he took advantage of his body becoming smaller and heard Xiaolan's inner thoughts more than once, and even...

Thinking of this, a strange light flashed in Makino's eyes.

Huh? Thinking about it this way...it seems quite interesting~
At this moment, Xiaolan suddenly remembered what Makino had said before, and asked in confusion: "By the way, Brother Makino, what did you mean by 'catch the criminal later'?"

Before Makino could answer, the lights in the ward suddenly went out.

Since the lights were turned off suddenly, Xiaolan's eyes immediately entered a dark adaptation state. She could only squint and use the moonlight outside the window to look in the direction of Makino: "Power outage?"

Makino turned his head and looked at the door of the ward. A red light flashed across his eyes and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "It's not a power outage, but a little mouse that is not afraid of death~"

——“Crack!”

As soon as Makino finished speaking, the door of the ward was suddenly opened from the outside.

Then came a very faint voice, a bit like a man talking to himself: "I warned you clearly, but you still refused to accept the inheritance. Greedy woman, it's all your fault! Don't blame me for doing this!"

Xiaolan didn't hear clearly what the man said, but she obviously realized something. Her eyes narrowed and she looked at Makino calmly.

It was not until then that Xiaolan realized that Makino had disappeared.

——“Crack! Bang!!”

In an instant, two strange sounds of different sizes came into Xiaolan's ears.

The first sound was extremely crisp, like the sound of something breaking.

Although the latter sound was much louder than the former, it was relatively dull.

Before Xiaolan could think, the voice of a strange man came into her ears: "Ah! What are you...Ah!!!"

As the screams became quieter and quieter until they disappeared completely, Xiaolan looked towards the door with a worried look on her face: "Brother Makino, why can't I hear the voice of the criminal? He...he should still be alive, right?!"

(End of this chapter)