I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

Chapter 551 Shinkyo Ike, dead!

Chapter 551 Shinkyo Ike, dead!
"Ah Qiu! Damn it, is someone talking bad about me behind my back?"

Conan sneezed.

Then, he touched his nose and muttered to himself.

The two middle-aged men next to Conan completely ignored his reaction, treating him purely as a decorative item.

This is actually normal.

Isao Takeoka's contact with Conan was limited to their meeting at the racecourse and dinner at the restaurant last night. Apart from that, he had no other interaction with Conan.

Furthermore, Takeoka Isao subconsciously assumed that Conan was just an ordinary elementary school student who posed no threat whatsoever.

Even now, with Kogoro Mouri and Conan following him, Isao Takeoka has absolutely no guard against Conan.

Kogoro Mouri, who spends every day with Conan, is unaware of Conan's abilities.

That's just that Kogoro Mouri is... to put it nicely, slow-witted; to put it bluntly, stupid.

—In the main storyline of anime and manga.

Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department officers who have ever had contact with Conan invariably become more lenient and tolerant of him with each encounter, and sometimes even directly ask him how to solve the case.

This wasn't them neglecting their duties; rather, they realized that Conan was the real mastermind.

[This child is Kogoro's strategist, who opened the case with a surprising perspective and subsequently solved it smoothly. This has already spread throughout the police department. Edogawa Conan...]

This is what Kuroda Hyoue said when he first met Conan in the original timeline.

This is enough to show that the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and the Tokyo Police Department, who have not had much contact with Conan, know that Conan's reasoning ability is extraordinary. Only Kogoro Mouri thinks that Conan is just causing trouble every time he is at the scene, and that he is just lucky if he gets the key points right.

If only Takeoka Isao had gone to his former boss to ask about Conan's reputation.

He would never allow Kogoro Mouri to bring Conan along to visit Shinkyo Isuke.

The reason Kogoro Mouri brought Conan over was actually because Ran Mouri hadn't prepared lunch that day.

He was worried about leaving Conan alone at the agency, so he simply took Conan with him to put pressure on Shinkyo Isao. After the visit, he took Conan and Takeoka Isao to have a meal nearby.

This would solve the lunch problem and also keep Conan from running around. Isn't this the best solution?
"Damn it, Shinkyo Isuke!"

"I know he wanted to create public opinion to quickly close the case, but what he did today was perhaps a bit too much!"

Kogoro Mouri said, somewhat angrily.

During an interview, he realized that this was likely a scheme by Shinkyo Isuke to quickly close the case as a suicide so he could obtain Gamo Ryozo's estate sooner.

Therefore, his desire to find Shinkyo Ike is not merely driven by a desire to find clues.

This actually has an element of accusation to it.

Isao Takeoka, who was standing next to Kogoro Mouri, nodded and said seriously.

"That's right, people who manipulate public opinion like this must be punished accordingly!"

"For the sake of inheritance, he would even kill his own uncle. This kind of bastard is no longer human. We must strike hard to appease public anger!"

Takeoka Isao seemed to be saying, "Although I'm not a victim of public opinion, as your good brother, I feel the same way."

Seeing Takeoka Isao's appearance and attitude.

Kogoro Mouri was deeply moved.

It has to be a good brother!

Takeoka Isao is a really good person, a truly kind and honest man!
Conan, who was following behind Kogoro Mouri and Isao Takeoka, twitched the corner of his mouth.

For a moment, I didn't know what to say about the two uncles who had just performed a story about brotherly affection.

He didn't know that if Kogoro Mouri knew that Isao Takeoka was the real culprit...

Not only is the real culprit at fault, but they also deliberately hired reporters to manipulate public opinion. What will Kogoro Mouri's attitude be?

They might want to chop Takeoka Isao into minced meat... or maybe not.

"Anyway, let's go find Yamane and ask about the situation first."

Takeoka Isao stroked his chin and then said.

This person, whose full name is Yamane Yasushi, is a reporter for Dongyang Sports News.

The reporter who previously blocked Kogoro Mouri's door at the Polo Cafe and asked him the most difficult questions, causing Kogoro to angrily declare that he would give up his detective career if he couldn't solve the case, was Yamane Yasushi.

"Although we are no longer criminal police officers."

"However, as former criminal police officers, we must also be evidence-based in our work, and we must adhere to the principle of being reasonable and well-founded."

“We’ll beat up Yamane Yasushi… no, we’ll find Yamane Yasushi and ask him what happened. If Yamane Yasushi says that Shinkyo Ikee hired him to block you in front of the Polo Coffee Shop, then we’ll go directly to Shinkyo Ikee.”

"This is what you call having a reason for something, unlike going directly to Shinkyo Ike now, which is like having no legitimate cause!"

Upon hearing this, Kogoro Mouri suddenly understood, nodded, and said...
"That makes sense."

That's not wrong.

However, is Takeoka Isao's statement a deliberate attempt to delay the process?

For example, could they deliberately delay the process so they could kill Shinkyo Isuke ahead of time, turning the case into a completely unsolvable unsolved mystery of an "unnatural death"?
Conan stared at Takeoka Isao's retreating figure, his heart filled with suspicion.

He decided to keep a close eye on Takeoka Isao from now on, and not let him out of his sight no matter what.

In this way, there would be absolutely no way that Takeoka Isao could sneak out from here to commit the crime and kill someone!

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Isao Takeoka really didn't leave Conan's sight.

This is absolutely true.

Conan is certain that during the entire process of Takeoka Isao leading Kogoro Mouri to find Yamane Yasushi, interrogating Yamane Yasushi about Shinkyo Isuke, and then taking him to Shinkyo Isuke's house with Kogoro Mouri,
Takeoka Isao had no chance or time to leave their side.

From this perspective, if Shinkyo Ike were still at home and dead...

Therefore, Takeoka Isao has an overwhelming alibi and absolutely no possibility of being the murderer. After all, even the most capable person could not make a round trip to the Shinkyo Ikei family in three minutes.

However, Kogoro Mori knocked on the door of Shinkyo Isuke's house, but no one answered or opened the door.

After asking the neighbors, they discovered that Shinkyo Ike was still in the house.

Kogoro Mouri immediately realized that Shinkyo Isuke was probably keeping quiet and didn't want to see him.

Thinking of this, Kogoro Mouri frowned.

Damn it, you dare to do it but not admit it, you don't deserve to be the illustrations for your novel!

In a fit of anger, Kogoro Mouri snapped.

Forget it, Shinkyo Ikesuke doesn't want to see him.

That's alright then, I'll visit again next time.

However, Kogoro Mouri sighed and prepared to turn around.

But Takeoka Isao immediately kicked him.

In the next instant, the situation in the room became clear to Conan and Takeoka Isao.

Takeoka Isao said in shock,