The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

Now he's left with the whole mess to clean up!

The person who said he was the one who encountered the case was Yuu Aragaki, but it was also Yuu Aragaki who was dragged away first.

What should I do when Officer Shiratori comes looking for me?

I really have no idea what kind of case has happened!

Officer Shiratori, already seething with resentment because Officer Sato ran away, might be punished if he mistakenly thinks he's playing a prank!

Conan started to panic.

He subconsciously looked at Ran and Sonoko beside him with pleading eyes.

However, the two of them wore expressions of helplessness.

Sonoko even showed a hint of schadenfreude.

"Ha ha……"

Conan was suddenly furious. If he could, he wished a masked thug would just rush out and kidnap Sonoko...

Then, Conan looked at Dr. Araide, who was still sitting at the dining table behind him.

However, when Dr. Araide noticed Conan's pitiful expression, he simply smiled and shrugged, indicating that he didn't have any particularly good solutions.

Good grief, if I had known it would turn out like this, I would have encouraged Xiaolan and the others to continue shopping.

That darn Aragaki Yu!

I, Conan, will remember this grudge!

What should we do now...?

Even though Officer Shiratori had some doubts, Conan understood that he couldn't expose the whole thing as a scam to lure Officer Sato out of the matchmaking scene.

This is so annoying!

Conan, feeling utterly dejected, could only sit back down at the table in despair.

In a fit of anger, Conan also got angry, and then he could only turn his grief and indignation into his appetite.

Anyway, let's fill our stomachs first...

Chapter 542 The Crow, the Case

"So, should I take you home, or is there somewhere you'd like to go?"

In the parking lot, Miwako Sato opened the door of the Mazda RX-7 and, as she climbed into the driver's seat, gestured for Yuu Aragaki to quickly get into the passenger seat.

Although they have successfully escaped, it would be bad if Officer Shiratori chased after them.

This surprised Aragaki Yu somewhat, as he hadn't expected her to come to a blind date in such inconvenient clothes. However, Officer Sato still chose to drive himself there.

He truly is a veteran among the Mikasa police force.

As for what Sato Miwako said, Aragaki Yu wasn't too surprised.

As one of the few police officers in Japan with both high intelligence and competence, Aragaki Yu was not surprised when Officer Sato discovered that he was just acting.

"go home."

After a moment's thought, Aragaki Yu decisively opened the car door and got into the passenger seat.

After all, he just tricked Conan, so he's too embarrassed to go back and see him now.

Seeing Aragaki Yu obediently sit in the passenger seat, Sato Miwako smiled slightly and started the car.

Although she was somewhat surprised when she first met Yuu Aragaki, it didn't take long for Miwako Sato to realize that Yuu Aragaki was probably the savior that Yumi had invited.

……

"what!"

Just as Sato Miwako and Aragaki Yu were passing a street corner, a sudden male scream shattered the quiet atmosphere inside the car.

"!!!"

Shinjuku, who had been resting with his eyes closed because he was feeling a little sleepy after eating, opened his eyes at that moment and looked through the car window in the direction from which the sound came.

problem occurs!

While still feeling down about her blind date, Sato Miwako turned around and exchanged a surprised glance with Aragaki Yu. She then reversed the car into a temporary parking space on the side of the road, and the two of them rushed out of the car and headed straight for the direction from which the sound came.

When the two arrived at the scene, they saw a thin man wearing glasses sitting slumped in the alley in a panic, looking at the apartment building below with a terrified expression.

Following the man's gaze, Aragaki Yu and Sato Miwako, who had rushed over, only found an old woman lying motionless on the ground.

A broken vase lay scattered beside the old woman.

Judging from the blood-soaked wound on the old woman's head, she must have been hit on the head by a vase that fell from the apartment building, which is why she collapsed and couldn't get up.

Sato Miwako rushed to the old woman's side immediately, her face grim as she checked the old woman's vital signs. After a few seconds, she looked in the direction of Aragaki Yuu and shook her head regretfully.

Hopeless.

At this point, Aragaki Yu had already hung up the emergency call.

……

More than ten minutes later, Inspector Megure arrived at the scene with his team.

When Inspector Megure saw Aragaki Yu and Inspector Sato at the scene, he was clearly stunned, especially when he noticed the kimono that Inspector Sato was wearing, he was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.

Then, his gaze lingered on Aragaki Yu and Officer Sato, presumably because he had misunderstood something.

"What's going on?" However, Inspector Megure quickly put aside his idle thoughts and, after instructing his subordinates to take over the task of securing the scene from Inspector Sato, asked Inspector Sato, who was walking towards him.

"The deceased was an elderly woman who lived alone in this apartment building. Her name was Egami Tatsue. Today, when she was returning home, a flowerpot fell from upstairs and hit her on the head."

The old woman's body had already been taken away by the arriving ambulance.

While describing to Inspector Megure the information he had learned from the man who had just screamed, Officer Sato pointed to the broken flowerpots scattered on the ground, and then looked at the flowerpots hanging on the railing of a balcony in the apartment building.

There were a large number of flower pots hanging in that place, and among those flower pots, there was a very obvious empty space.

If I'm not mistaken, the flowerpot that fell to the ground and hit the head of the deceased, Egami Tatsue, was located in that very spot.

"Hmm." Inspector Megure nodded in agreement.

Following behind Inspector Megure, Inspector Chiba looked at the balcony covered with flowerpots and muttered helplessly, "Hanging those flowerpots there is indeed a dangerous thing. They could fall down at any time!"

Inspector Megure glanced at the balcony as well, then looked at Inspector Sato again, "So whose room is that balcony?"

“That’s the balcony of room 404.” Officer Sato had already learned this from the passerby, but her expression became somewhat strange when she mentioned it. “The deceased, Egami Tatsue, lived in that room.”

"What!?" Inspector Megure was clearly surprised when he heard this. "You mean the deceased was hit on the head by a flowerpot he placed there and died?"

Even Officer Chiba wore an incredulous expression.

“I think that’s probably it! When we arrived at the scene, there were a lot of crows on the balconies or utility poles nearby. I think it was probably when the deceased, Egami Tatsue, was passing under the balcony that the flowerpot, which was not hanging securely, fell down and hit her on the head because the crows were teasing her.”

After explaining to Inspector Megure, Officer Sato subconsciously glanced at Yuu Aragaki not far away, hoping to get a positive response from his eyes.

However, they found that Yuu Aragaki was looking around the crime scene with a puzzled expression, as if he was troubled by something.

"Brother Aragaki, is something wrong here?!"

Seeing Aragaki Yu's expression, Inspector Megure, who thought he had discovered something, immediately perked up.

When asked about this, Yuu Aragaki glanced at a broken refrigerator waiting to be recycled next to the scattered flowerpots, then simply shook his head and explained, "It's nothing. I was just wondering if people can really be this unlucky."

After all, accidents are not so common in the world of Detective Conan.

"Hmm... Have you found any witnesses at the scene of the crime?" Hearing Aragaki Yu's words, Inspector Megure was slightly suspicious, and then looked at Inspector Sato to ask.

Chapter 543 Accident?

Officer Sato shook his head. "It's a pity that because this road is rarely used, no one happened to be passing by when the accident occurred. It wasn't until the residents of this apartment came out that they discovered Egami Tatsue lying on the ground."

"So that's how it is." Inspector Megure glanced at the spot where the deceased had fallen and sighed with regret.

"Inspector Megure!" Just then, the officers that Inspector Megure had sent out to collect evidence rushed back and reported to everyone: "I heard that many neighbors have also protested to the deceased, Egami Tatsue. They want the old lady to move the flower pots into the house so they don't fall and hit people, but the old lady just won't listen!"

"Is that so? If she had listened to her neighbors' advice, she wouldn't have died in this accident today!" Inspector Megure sighed, seemingly convinced that it was entirely an accident.

"It's really pitiful that this old lady was killed by a crow!" Officer Chiba, who was busy taking notes, sighed as he looked at the flowerpots scattered on the ground.

"Speaking of which!" the officer continued, "there are people nearby gloating that the crows have finally been killed by the crows."

"Crow? What does that mean?" Before Inspector Megure and Inspector Chiba could react, Yuu Aragaki frowned and asked the officer.

"This..." After secretly glancing at Inspector Megure and noticing that the officer did not react, the police officer replied, "It's because many people secretly call the deceased, Egami Tatsue, 'Crow.' I heard that she would go out early every morning to rummage through the garbage dump for things that her neighbors had thrown away, and she always wore all black clothes."

"Going through the trash..." Upon hearing this, Yuu Aragaki subconsciously looked towards the direction of the garbage station not far from the apartment.

This behavior is indeed very similar to the characteristics of crows, but how is it related to this "accident"?

Cases like these, which didn't play a significant role in the previous life's storyline, were completely forgotten by Aragaki Yu. Unable to solve cases based on his memories, Aragaki Yu naturally couldn't let go of even the most insignificant matters.

Moreover, never underestimate garbage, which may seem like "waste".

You should know that many observant people can deduce a lot of amazing things from the types of garbage that each household throws out.

Not to mention that the package might contain identification information, sticky notes with notes scribbled down, or other small items that could reveal a lot of secrets.