He's in Detective Conan, and he's the mastermind behind everything.

“Uncle Mori, even if we're going to assume that possibility, we should at least rule you out first. Let's start from the beginning. Tell us what you went through after you left the ward, everything you saw and heard.”

"well."

Kogoro Mouri nodded hurriedly. A doctor, led by nurse Keiko, entered the room, intending to examine his leg injury, but Kogoro waved him off. He mentally reviewed everything that had happened, organizing his thoughts:

"I was woken up by my alarm clock and saw the reflection of someone committing a crime in the window of the building across the street, and then..."

"and many more."

Shinichi Kudo wasn't interested in listening to stories; he wanted to analyze and organize the information, interrupting as soon as he found a point that interested him.

Who set the alarm for 11:30?

"Seems to be……"

Kogoro Mouri recalled, "It must have been Dr. Shirai who arranged it. He came to my ward at 9:30 to deliver my medicine and lingered in front of the alarm clock for a while."

"After he left, did you check the position of the alarm clock hands?" Shinichi Kudo continued to ask.

"This does not."

"And what about Miss Aida?"

Shinichi Kudo turned his head and looked at Masayo Aida, whose face remained calm. It was so good to have such a mentally stable observer who could replace Mr. Mori.

Masayo Aida nodded: "I'm sure it was Dr. Shirai who set the alarm. I've been paying close attention to that spot."

This step is still within the original scope of reasoning. Shinichi Kudo thanked him and was about to ask the next question, but just as he was about to turn his head, he heard Masayo Aida continue:

"But not long after Dr. Shirai set the alarm, Dr. Eto also came over and set the alarm back to 7 a.m.."

"What?!!!"

Everyone's expression changed drastically upon hearing this. Shinichi Kudo frowned and asked, "But the alarm clock did go off at 11:30. What's going on?"

Aida Masayo remained calm as he looked at Mori Kogoro: "Mr. Mori, I need to confirm first. You should also remember that Dr. Eto came by, right?"

Kogoro Mouri looked somewhat bewildered: "Why do you say that? I fell asleep very quickly after taking the medicine Dr. Shirai gave me, and I don't know if Dr. Eto came or not."

"You fell asleep?"

Aida Masayo's usually calm brows finally furrowed slightly: "But weren't you talking to him back then?"

"!!!!!!"

Kogoro Mouri almost jumped up again despite his broken leg, and under the suspicious gazes of everyone, he blushed and hurriedly said:

"How could such a thing be! I absolutely did not speak to him!"

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look at Masayo Aida, who stared at Kogoro Mouri for a long while:

"Are you sure?"

"Absolutely not!"

Kogoro Mouri was resolute.

Hearing this, Aida Masayo's slightly furrowed brows suddenly relaxed completely: "I understand, it sounds like I'm framing someone." She looked around, "Where's Dr. Eto? Can we ask him to come out and testify?"

"Feel sorry."

Amuro Tooru, who had been standing silently to the side, spoke up: "It seems I accidentally killed him, so I can't testify for you."

Aida Masayo's eyes flickered slightly as she glanced around at the group of people looking at her:

"So, what I'm saying and what Mr. Mori said are just one side of the story and not credible?"

Megure quickly spoke up: "No one doubts you, Miss Aida, Mori-kun..." He sighed and pointed to his head, "There might be something wrong with him. Just tell me what you know."

Ran nodded in agreement: "Ms. Aida, I believe you."

"Thank you."

Masayo Aida smiled slightly and took out a black voice recorder from his pocket: "Actually, it doesn't matter if you don't believe me, just believe this."

Thank you so much for reminding me, Mr. Shuiyue, otherwise it would have been troublesome.

The others' eyes lit up at this sight:

"Play it now!"

Chapter 159 Uncle Mori, It's Over

……

"Mr. Mori, how is your recovery going?"

"That's all. Is there anything you need?"

"..."

The voice recorder in Aida Masayo's hand continued to play, and although it was just some meaningless nonsense, it was enough to prove that Kogoro Mouri and Katsutoshi Eto did have a conversation during that time.

The crowded ward was silent under the recording. Nurse Huizi looked around uncomfortably, feeling that everyone's face looked like they were wearing cast iron masks, cold and lifeless.

The only one that is somewhat vivid is the most central character, Kogoro Mouri.

Although his face was now so pale that it was completely bloodless, even more so than the white sheets in the morgue illuminated by the freezer light, it was still in a state of flux.

Moreover, the involuntary trembling of his facial features undoubtedly confirmed that he was alive; his lips moved.

"Impossible, how could this happen..."

The incredulous murmur was the only sound in the ward after the recording ended.

Masayo Aida glanced at her former patient, handed the recorder to Juro Inspector Megure, and felt quite regretful. She had earned more money in the past two days than in the previous half month, and she wondered when she would have such a good opportunity again.

“The police can use technical means to verify whether I have committed any fraud.”

Megure Juzo took it, nodded heavily, and felt quite pessimistic.

With Miss Aida's attitude of taking money to do things and not bothering with trivial matters, there's no way she could have framed Brother Mori for no reason.

Alas, I fear Mori has truly ruined his brain with drinking.

But why did it all happen during this period?

Could it be that after ten years of accumulated problems, the contraband in last week's Ginza incident was the last straw that broke the camel's back?

"The inner one..."

Nurse Keiko spoke up weakly: "Actually, I knew that Dr. Eto went to Mr. Mori's room. He even told me and Kokoro at the nurses' station that if Dr. Shirai went there again, we should call him."

Koko, who was also a nurse, was present at the scene and nodded immediately upon hearing this.

Shinichi Kudo and Tooru Amuro exchanged a glance, both thinking to themselves, "As expected, Katsutoshi Eto discovered Mitsuo Shirai's plot. However, he didn't seem to intend to retaliate; he simply wanted to prevent Mitsuo Shirai's plan from succeeding."

"Ugh……"

Megure Juichi crouched slightly, placed his hand on the distraught Kogoro Mouri's shoulder, and said in a muffled voice:

"Brother Mori, can you remember anything?"

Kogoro Mouri stared at him blankly for a long time, his gaze somewhat unfocused, before finally shaking his head.

Inspector Megure sighed inwardly and rose to his feet...

"Uncle Maori."

Ok? !

Inspector Megure immediately looked hopefully at Shinichi Kudo, who had spoken, and heard him ask thoughtfully:

"If you don't remember saying those words back then, could you have said them at some other time?"

Inspector Megure's eyes lit up: "That's right! It could be a pre-recorded broadcast. Eto Katsumi recorded what you said earlier, Mori-kun, and then wrote his own dialogue based on those words, pretending to be talking to you, Ms. Aida..."

Inspector Megure suddenly paused.

He originally intended to ask Masayo Aida for verification, to ask her if she had actually seen Kogoro Mouri speak, rather than just hearing his voice.

But after seeing Aida Masayo's slightly furrowed brows, he couldn't bring himself to ask any more questions.

Yes.

What would it look like to an onlooker when he just said those words?

Ha, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that this is turning black into white.

Inspector Megure immediately turned to look at the two nurses, who, quick to react, had already avoided his gaze. He then looked at the doctor who arrived later; his reaction was slightly slower, but Inspector Megure still caught the fleeting look of disgust in his eyes.

"Yes! That must be it! I say that kind of meaningless nonsense so many times a day!"

Kogoro Mouri was on the verge of a mental breakdown and roared as if he had seen a lifeline.

After he shouted this, Inspector Megure noticed that even his subordinates silently turned their gaze away.

"I'm sorry, it was just my unfounded speculation."

Shinichi Kudo also witnessed this scene, sighed inwardly, and looked at Inspector Megure:

"Everything still depends on the evidence."

Megure Juzo nodded heavily. Seeing that Kogoro Mouri still wanted to say something, he patted him heavily on the shoulder, shook his head slightly in the face of Kogoro's blank gaze, and only after Kogoro Mouri slumped down did he turn to him and say:

“Ms. Aida, please continue. We are certain that Dr. Eto entered the ward at that time.”

Masayo Aida nodded: "After Dr. Eto left, I found that my alarm clock had been set back to 7 a.m. At first, I was quite concerned about it and would check it every few minutes. But after I found that it hadn't changed again, I stopped paying attention to it."

After 11 o'clock, I felt sleepy and thought that if the alarm clock still went off at 7 o'clock the next morning, I would just go to sleep.

When I looked at it, I found that the alarm clock was pointing to 11:30 pm again. I was instantly wide awake and sat on the bed waiting for the alarm to ring.

"And then you all know what happened."

After listening, Shinichi Kudo was silent for a few moments: "Miss Aida, do you mean that Uncle Mori set the alarm for 11:30 himself?"

“I didn’t mean anything by it, I’m just stating the facts,” Aida Masayo said calmly. “You have the recording pen, you can listen to the sounds little by little, and you may know more than I, a sleepy passerby, do.”

"Understood, thank you, Miss Aida."

Inspector Megure took out his phone and contacted Miwako Sato: "Seal the alarm clock in the room as evidence, then examine the fingerprints." After receiving a reply, he looked at Shinichi Kudo, "Kudo, is there anything else you want to ask?"

Shinichi Kudo nodded: "Uncle Mori, you said you saw a reflection of someone committing a crime in the window of this building. Which room was it exactly?"