Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 95 Reasons
Kogoro Mouri's voice rang out again.

"If we're talking about interests, your motives are undoubtedly the greatest. And since you've been involved in those kinds of transactions, you must know about the existence of the dark web, so I'm guessing you posted the assassination mission on the dark web."

The reason he included Nishimoto Ken in the killing was probably to divert attention and avoid becoming a suspect.

Xia Chuan nodded repeatedly; Conan's investigation over the past day was almost exactly what he had guessed.

So if you want to live in the world of Detective Conan, you don't need reasoning skills, but you must have a wild imagination!
Masato Shimizu calmly raised his eyes, his gaze as still as a deep well: "The reasoning is interesting, but these are all just your speculations."

The reasoning continues!

"I'm afraid you were kicked out of their little group after Kameyama Isamu died. They definitely don't want any extra people to share the revenue from the transactions."

Besides you, Ken Nishimoto was also kicked out, but by then Ken Nishimoto had already lost his mind and probably didn't care about these things anymore.

And you! Suddenly losing a large sum of money must be hard to accept for a while.

At this point, you might not have even considered killing him yet; what truly bothered you was probably related to the village chief election.

Masato Shimizu sneered: "Elections are based on the villagers' support. Do you really want to say that the deaths of those three were murderers hired by the entire village through crowdfunding?"

"If Kuroiwa Tatsuji and Kawashima Hideo had conducted the election through normal means, you might be able to accept this defeat. However, if they had rigged the election, that would be a different story."

I heard that Kuroiwa Tatsuji and Kawashima Hideo spent a lot of money on the election, including gifts of cigarettes and alcohol. While you have a good reputation, you haven't brought enough tangible benefits to the villagers, and your approval rating isn't even half that of Kuroiwa, who came in second.

Kogoro Mouri paused for a moment, as if letting people savor what he had said.

The village officials on Moonshadow Island looked at each other, somewhat embarrassed. They were either from Black Rock's faction or Kawashima's faction, and they had all done a lot to win people's hearts.

"Aren't these reasons enough?"

Seeing that Masato Shimizu didn't speak, Kogoro Mouri slowly raised his hand from the back of the sofa, holding two pieces of white paper between his index and middle fingers. Inspector Megure stepped forward and took the papers from him.

"These are the IOUs you wrote, two IOUs totaling three million, borrowed three days ago. Can you tell me what you're planning to do with so much money all of a sudden?"

"They really are IOUs!" Inspector Megure examined them closely and found that the two IOUs were for 1.5 million yen each.

The debtor's name was listed as Masato Shimizu, but the people who received the loan were actually Tatsuji Kuroiwa and Hideo Kawashima!
"Impressive! Using these two's money to hire assassins to kill them, you not only eliminate your competitors but also avoid paying back the money. Mr. Shimizu, your plan is truly brilliant!"

Conan found these two IOUs in the study of Kuroiwa and Kawashima's families when he went to investigate them today.

"I asked a friend to investigate your computer's IP address. Computers that have logged into the dark web leave traces on their network IP and local host, and the host is forcibly marked with a machine code. Your computer happens to have machine code information left from dark web logins."

Since your computer is not turned on, I cannot investigate further, but checking your computer now will confirm whether what I said is true.

Oh, and I should let you in on something: even if you delete your transaction and chat logs, the Metropolitan Police Department has ways to recover them. Am I right, Inspector Megure?

“That’s right!” Inspector Megure waved his hand again. “Someone, go to Shimizu’s house and bring me the computer!”

He had wanted to do this for a long time, but he had no reason or excuse before. Now he could finally openly turn on Shimizu Masato's computer.

"That was truly spectacular."

This was Xia Chuan's first time watching a Conan mystery, and the step-by-step, inch-by-inch deduction was extremely exciting.

The cases have all been transformed into something completely different from the original story, yet Conan is still able to solve them.

He truly deserves to be called a famous detective.

Joel nudged his arm and said strangely, "Why do I feel like Uncle Mori's voice just now came from behind him?" Xia Chuan coughed and helped Conan clean up his mess, "It's probably some kind of ventriloquism or similar pronunciation technique."

Joel: "."

What other pronunciation techniques can be used to pronounce words from behind?
Don't try to fool me just because I look a bit dull!

"By the way, Miss Joel, I discovered today that the sunrise on Moonshadow Island is absolutely gorgeous. How about we go watch the sunrise together tomorrow?"

Xia Chuan awkwardly changed the subject.

"Really? Okay then." Joel smiled longingly.

Although she looked happy, her voice was very soft.

Many of her colleagues from the Metropolitan Police Department came today, and almost everyone knew her. To prevent rumors from spreading about her when she got back, she deliberately reduced her interactions with Natsukawa.

The two had just finished chatting when Shimizu Masato, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up.

He first sighed, then looked up at the ceiling, leaned against the wall, and opened and closed his eyes repeatedly, as if he were recalling something.

"We were found out after all!"

Inspector Megure's eyes lit up; he had finally solved the case, after not sleeping for a day and a night.

"If I had known, I shouldn't have let Narumi come back. I never imagined that Kameyama Isamu's death was related to him."

Masato Shimizu, looking annoyed, took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it.

No one disturbed him; they waited quietly for him to speak.

Taking a puff of his cigarette, Masato Shimizu began to recount his personal journey.

"After Kameyama Isamu died, Kuroiwa and Kawashima took his share. Nishimoto Ken was abandoned by them because Kameyama Isamu's cause of death was too horrific and he went insane. Nishimoto Ken's share was also taken by the two of them."

Not satisfied with taking away the shares of Kameyama Isamu and Nishimoto Ken, they found an excuse to kick me out and swallow my share as well.

I thought that once I became the village chief, my status would rise, and they would accept me back. But I never expected that they would use benefits to buy off the villagers. As a result, even if I work hard, the position of village chief remains a distant dream.

To get the position of village chief, I sought help from many people and gave them gifts; my savings have long been emptied.

They actually dared to stand up at this moment and mock me for overestimating my abilities, saying I wasn't worthy of participating in their deal. Their insults enraged me beyond measure; the rage within me burned fiercely, which is why I thought of using the dark web we used to trade with to contact the assassin!

“Uncle Shimizu!” Asai Narumi’s eyes welled up with tears as she looked at Shimizu Masato for a long time.

“Dr. Asai Narumi, you don’t need to be sad for him. He was probably one of the murderers who killed your father back then.”

"How could this be!" Asai Narumi exclaimed in astonishment. "This is impossible! Kameyama Isamu didn't mention him before he died. Besides, Uncle Shimizu has been so good to me for over a decade."

"You said it yourself, Kameyama Isamu only gave a rough account before he died, so you probably didn't hear the whole story. As for Shimizu Masato's attitude towards you, it's probably an act of atonement. Let's just say he has a tiny bit of conscience, but not much."

Shimizu Masato glanced at Asai Narumi and gave a wry smile: "It really is karma!"

"Uncle Shimizu."

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