The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

When Ai Haibara realized that Conan was finally looking at her, she also glanced at Yuu Aragaki, who had been standing to the side without saying a word.

"Oops!"

Finally realizing he had been too complacent, Conan noticed Ai Haibara's thoughtful gaze as she looked at him, and his heart skipped a beat.

"Conan, why did you stop talking?" When Conan abruptly stopped speaking, Aragaki Yu asked with narrowed eyes, "What is the third point of doubt you mentioned?"

“The…third point…” Noticing Aragaki Yu’s ambiguous smile, Conan suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

"Yes, Conan, what are the two remaining points of doubt?"

The most crucial thing is that Officer Sato, whose curiosity had been completely piqued by Conan, also started asking questions at this point.

"I...I..." After stammering for a while, Conan finally had a flash of inspiration and hurriedly pulled out his phone from his pocket, saying, "There are two more suspicious points that I accidentally forgot..."

"What? You, you actually forgot?" Officer Sato was so anxious he almost jumped up from the ground.

"No, that's right..." Conan scratched his head awkwardly, putting on a very embarrassed expression, and said, "Those deductions just now were all told to me by Shinichi after I sent him the photos of the room. But I accidentally forgot what he said about the last two points. I only remember that it seemed to be related to the room's furnishings."

"..."

Watching Conan's awkward acting, Yuu Aragaki almost couldn't keep his expression in check.

He was inwardly both amused and exasperated, and couldn't help but wonder, "With Conan's acting skills, will anyone really believe him?"

"I see!"

To Aragaki Yu's surprise, Sato Miwako actually believed Conan's nonsense, and even showed a look of sudden realization on her face.

"As expected, it was Kudo-kun who helped! I was wondering how Conan could discover so many suspicious points so quickly. If it was Kudo, then it's not surprising at all!"

Aragaki Yu: "..."

Before Aragaki Yu could even think of anything to complain about, Officer Sato looked at Conan anxiously and said, "Then Conan, hurry up and call Kudo again to ask what the remaining two suspicious points are!"

"But, but..." Conan dared not make any phone calls; this was just an excuse he came up with in a moment of inspiration.

If you really asked him to make a phone call, he wouldn't know who to call.

The only person I could call is Professor Agasa, but who knows if he's asleep right now!

Chapter 332 Kudo is right

"But Shinichi just said that a very difficult case suddenly came up, so he hung up the phone!" Conan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and came up with an excuse that he hadn't even thought of before.

Seeing Officer Sato's slightly disappointed expression and Aragaki Yu's ambiguous smile, Conan suddenly felt a pang of panic.

In order to quickly divert everyone's attention, Conan immediately pointed at Aragaki Yu.

"However, Shinichi-nii also said that since Aragaki-nii-san is here, then he must have seen through the truth of this case!"

"..."

Upon hearing Conan's words, Aragaki Yu suddenly frowned.

Goodness, I was watching a show and somehow ended up seeing myself reflected on it.

It turns out that Yuu Aragaki was planning to just sit back and watch the show, and even see another episode of "Detective Conan" live!

Why is it turning into "Detective Aragaki Yu" again...?

"Oh! It's true!"

Standing next to Aragaki Yu, Sato Miwako was naturally sharing much of Aragaki Yu's inner thoughts.

Upon hearing Conan's words, she looked at Aragaki Yu with surprise and excitement, grabbing his arm with both hands and asking, "Aragaki-kun, do you really know the truth?"

Yuu Aragaki sighed helplessly, and after glancing at Conan, who was sitting there receiving Ai Haibara's reproachful gaze, he had no choice but to continue what Conan hadn't finished saying: "Well, what Conan said earlier was correct, there are indeed two more points of doubt..."

"It wasn't me, it was Shinichi-nii...hehehe..."

“Okay, Kudo is right.” Under Conan’s awkward gaze, Aragaki Yu gave Conan a meaningful look and emphasized the word “Kudo” in his voice. “There are indeed two other things in this room that are worth noting.”

"Oh?" Officer Sato perked up, ready to listen carefully to Aragaki Yu's reasoning.

Conan, who had finally escaped unscathed under Ai Haibara's gaze, secretly pricked up his ears, afraid that Yuu Aragaki might say something wrong.

"The third suspicious point is that the furniture in this room all show signs of having been moved slightly."

“You mentioned that!” Officer Sato suddenly interjected. “The forensic investigators also mentioned this. It’s quite possible that Ms. Muranishi herself changed her location!”

“But isn’t it strange that you dropped something important while moving the cabinet and didn’t put it away properly?” Aragaki Yu explained, glancing at Conan.

"Something important?" Officer Sato paused for a moment, then followed Aragaki Yu's gaze and saw Conan, wearing gloves he'd found somewhere, handing him a matchbox.

"That's right, I happened to see what was inside when Conan secretly opened the matchbox."

"Huh?" Officer Sato hurriedly put on gloves before taking the matchbox from Conan. He opened it and found a neatly folded piece of paper inside. "This... is just..."

After unfolding the paper inside the matchbox, Sato Miwako was surprised to find that it was actually a marriage application form. Although the other party's name was not written on it, the applicant, Ms. Muranishi's name, and her seal were already on it.

Such an important marriage application form certainly doesn't seem like something that Ms. Muranishi would simply ignore after losing it.

If that's the case, then someone else probably lost the box of matches.

"And fourthly, it's the cactus."

As Aragaki Yu spoke, Ai walked over to the balcony and helped open the French windows, showing the cactus on the balcony to Officer Sato. "On the day of the incident, it had been raining heavily since early morning. According to the izakaya owner, if Ms. Muranishi wanted the cactus so much, would she have left it on the balcony and gone out without it?"

"Hmm..." Officer Sato took two steps toward the balcony, looking at the cactus still on the balcony and falling into deep thought.

"Of course, Officer Sato, you can take a look at the cactus in the far corner."

Following Yuu Aragaki's suggestion, Officer Sato looked at the round cactus in the corner. Although this cactus did look different from the others, she couldn't recognize its species.

“I think that must be the golden tiger cactus that the landlady gave to Miss Muranishi as a gift on the evening of the day of the incident,” Aragaki Yu continued to explain. “You can take a closer look; on this cactus, one of the thorns is broken off.”

“Yes, yes!” Officer Sato quickly confirmed this.

"I think that if it were a gift, the proprietress of the izakaya would never give a damaged cactus to Ms. Muranishi, and Ms. Muranishi, who especially loves cacti, would certainly not treat it so carelessly."

As he rested his chin on his hand, Aragaki Yu made his final conclusion, "That's right, which means there's another mysterious person who moved many things in the room for some purpose."

"Wait a minute, could it be... could this room be...!?" Officer Sato looked at Aragaki Yu in shock, then turned his gaze to Mr. Higashida, who was completely bewildered.

“That’s right, I think this room, except for some minor details, is basically exactly the same as your room, Mr. Higashida!” Aragaki asked Officer Sato.

"No, that's right!" Mr. Higashino, who had just heard the name, finally came to his senses and nodded at a loss. "Although there are still many differences, the overall layout is pretty much the same!"

“That’s right. The purpose of this mysterious person was to make Mr. Higashida mistake Ms. Muranishi’s room for his own in the dark, so that Mr. Higashida would be completely unsuspecting and follow his instructions. After locking the door from the inside, he could then go to bed in peace,” Aragaki Yu said with a smile. “However, all that mysterious person had to do was wait for this secret room that Mr. Higashida had set up himself, and for Ms. Muranishi, who was strangled in the toilet, to be discovered.”

"So that's how it is!" After Aragaki Yu's explanation, Officer Sato understood everything. He couldn't help but get excited as the truth of the case was about to be revealed.

Conan, who had been hiding in the corner without saying anything after Haibara Ai's reminder, finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Aragaki Yu's reasoning, which was almost exactly what he wanted to say.

Chapter 333 The Injustice Rectified (1)

Next, led by Mr. Higashida, Officer Sato and Yuu Aragaki and the others went to his room to verify the information.

This confirms that Ms. Muranishi's room was indeed decorated very similarly to Mr. Higashida's.

"So, all we have to do next is find a way to prove that Mr. Kitagawa is the real culprit who framed Mr. Higashida for murder?"

As she stepped out of the apartment building, Sato Miwako opened the car door and looked at Aragaki Yuu, who had moved into the back seat.

"That's right!"

Yuu Aragaki nodded, while trying to sort through the details of the entire incident in his mind, recalling the evidence that the murderer might have left behind.

For such an unimportant plot point, he couldn't recall any of the memories he had from watching the anime.

"But why did Mr. Kitagawa kill Ms. Muranishi?" Ai Haibara, who had followed Aragaki Yu into the back row, sat up straight and asked a very crucial question.

“Yes, I don’t understand that either.” Sato Miwako, who had just started the car, shook her head helplessly. “According to the police investigation, Mr. Kitagawa and Ms. Muranishi shouldn’t have had any conflict!”

"Oh right, I just remembered..."

Bang~

"Well……"

Mr. Higashida, who was already sitting in the back, seemed to have thought of something and excitedly tried to stand up, but he forgot that he was sitting in the car and bumped his head on the roof.

Just by listening to that voice, Aragaki Yu could confirm that Mr. Higashida was definitely a good start.

Mr. Higashida clutched his head in pain, but his voice still betrayed his excitement. "I know that. Miss Muranishi has asked Mr. Kitagawa to marry her many times, but he has refused each time. I think the marriage application form found in Miss Muranishi's room might be the one she wanted to give to Mr. Kitagawa again!"

"Oh, a refusal?" Conan pinched his chin, a flash of white light appearing on his glasses. "That means we've found Mr. Kitagawa's motive for murder!"

……

Meanwhile, in a speeding police car.

Inspector Megure appeared to be on the phone with someone, and his expression seemed somewhat agitated.

"What? You said someone saw Sato in Beika Town? Is that true?"

The voice on the phone was unrecognizable. "Yes, it's said that someone saw a group of people, one of whom looks a lot like Officer Sato."

"What else? What about Takagi? Are Takagi and Sato together?"

"This..." The voice on the other end of the phone sounded hesitant, "...the person with her wasn't Officer Takagi, but another man who looked like a man, and two children..."

"What! Are you kidding me?!" Inspector Megure suddenly roared from inside the car.