The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

"What?" Everyone looked up in the direction Ms. Zhouchuan was pointing, but they didn't see any suspicious figures.

"Do you remember what that person looked like?" Conan asked hurriedly.

"I...I've seen that dress. Maybe it's someone I know..." Ms. Zhouchuan hesitated for a moment, speaking with some uncertainty.

"Ran, you two quickly notify the police, and then monitor this place with the security guard. Make sure no one leaves here!" Conan immediately instructed Ran.

Then, he immediately looked at the three witnesses and said, "As for you, I'd like to trouble you to come with us to the rooftop and take a look!"

After saying that, without waiting for the three witnesses to react, Conan turned to look at Aragaki standing next to Ran... Aragaki...

Huh? Wait a minute!

What about Yuu Aragaki and the others?

Conan turned around blankly and looked around, only to find that Aragaki Yu, who had just rushed out of Beika Hotel behind him, had not run into the parking lot.

……

the other side.

Inside the annex of the Beika Hotel, as the elevator doors slowly opened, Aragaki Yu's figure appeared inside.

The elevators here are the type with double doors at the front and back.

However, nowadays, this type of elevator is very common in many large shopping malls or special places such as hospitals.

Perhaps because the villa was under renovation, Aragaki Yu did not find any other guests in the entire villa.

Even the walls of the annex are covered with graffiti, and even the security cameras are no exception.

"..."

Faced with this situation, Aragaki Yu shook his head helplessly.

For some reason, in the world of Detective Conan, there seems to be no time when surveillance cameras are ever used.

Either there were no cameras installed at the crime scene at all, or the installed cameras were unusable for various reasons.

In cases where the only camera is functioning properly, those cameras are often used by the perpetrators as tools to create their alibis.

This……

That's really outrageous.

Following the strange noises coming from the annex, Aragaki Yu found an electric wheelchair that had been activated and was repeatedly crashing into the wall of the annex on the second floor.

Even more suspiciously, a fishing line of considerable length was found wrapped around the bottom of the electric wheelchair.

"Is it some kind of organization?"

Yuu Aragaki glanced suspiciously at the wheelchair. To avoid causing trouble for the police investigation later, he didn't go forward to turn off the wheelchair. Instead, he looked towards the back of the wheelchair.

Sure enough, even without anyone controlling it, judging from the direction the wheelchair was moving, it could move directly from the elevator door to this place by itself.

Then, during his investigation of each floor, he discovered another suspicious place.

On the sixth floor, there is a window that does not have glass installed.

The windowsill wasn't high, barely reaching Aragaki Yu's knees.

Looking down from here, it turns out that this place is exactly above where the deceased fell to his death.

"Is this where the deceased fell?"

Yuu Aragaki didn't think this was a coincidence.

Moreover, there was a lot of dried paint at the seam between the wall and the floor below the window, and there were traces of something being placed on the paint.

Judging from the size of this mark, it matches very well with the paint cans scattered around.

The two closest paint cans showed signs of being bumped by something.

The marks of being hit by something were not only on the paint can, but also below the elevator door.

Moreover, the height of the impact mark seems to be about the same as the footrest of the electric wheelchair that was in operation.

An electric wheelchair tangled in fishing line, not turned off...

A double-door elevator...

A sixth-floor window without glass, located above the scene of the fall...

And then there was Ms. Zhouchuan's strange behavior of deliberately preventing everyone from entering the elevator...

And then there's Conan, that unlucky brat who seems to be favored by death...

The truth of the matter seems to be quite clear.

As Yuu Aragaki pondered the connections between all of this, he took the elevator to the rooftop.

However, as soon as he stepped out of the elevator, he heard several familiar voices.

"It's all my fault. I blame myself for saying those things that drove him into a corner..." This was the voice of Ms. Zhouchuan, whom I had met once before.

"No, I think this should be..."

Before Conan could finish speaking, another female voice abruptly stopped him.

"A murder case! Right, Conan?"

As Aragaki Yu walked toward them, Conan looked at the person who had appeared behind him at some point with suspicion.

That's the guy they met on the bus earlier.

"You... Brother Aragaki!"

Conan looked at Sera Masumi with some surprise and uncertainty. Just as he was about to ask something, he was pleasantly surprised to see Aragaki Yu walking towards them.

"Aragaki!?"

This time, Sera Masumi, who was admiring the surprised expression on Conan's face, was startled and hurriedly turned to look at the spot behind her.

Damn it, who is this person? They walk without making a sound!

Chapter 733 Like them, he is a detective

"you you you……"

When Sera Masumi turned around and saw the somewhat familiar handsome boy walking behind her, her almond-shaped eyes widened, and her expression was both bewildered and shocked.

Instead, it was Aragaki Yu who greeted Sera Masumi with a smile, noticing her sudden slightly tipsy expression, "Hello, we meet again."

As for Conan, after hearing what Aragaki Yu said, his eyes behind his glasses suddenly became sharp.

The sudden appearance of this girl named Sera Masumi around him and Ran already aroused Conan's suspicion, and now it seems that she has had contact with Aragaki Yuu.

This made Conan, who was already sensitive, even more alert.

He didn't think an ordinary girl could be evenly matched with Xiaolan, especially since she happened to be nearby.

Having experienced the Vermouth incident, he couldn't afford to be careless.

"Brother Aragaki, how do you know him?" For a moment, Conan couldn't care less about the case at hand and hurriedly asked Aragaki Yu.

"Well..." Seeing Conan's barely concealed wariness, Aragaki Yu knew exactly what he was worried about. "Last time we went to eat ramen, I happened to sit next to him, so we've met once..."

"Just call me Sera, Aragaki-kun." By this time, Sera Masumi had already dropped her earlier unprepared demeanor and introduced herself with a smile, her eyes narrowed.

"Then please take good care of me, Sera-kun!"

Yuu Aragaki did not ask her why she knew his name, nor did he dwell on how she addressed him.

Even if I asked, she would probably just tell me that she'd seen me in newspapers or on the news.

As for the term "classmate," the prescient Aragaki Yu already knew that Sera Masumi should have already completed the transfer procedures at Teitan High School by this time.

They should run into each other at school soon.

……

Because of Aragaki Yu's explanation, Conan was still slightly stunned and didn't notice the way the two addressed each other.

Ramen shop?

So, their meeting was entirely accidental?

Conan didn't think anyone could have predicted that Aragaki Yu would go to eat ramen, so he waited for him at the ramen shop in advance.

……

Just as Conan was deep in thought, Aragaki Yu and Sera Masumi were exchanging smiles.

"You mean a murder case!?" The three witnesses standing nearby had no idea what they were thinking. Instead, they were shocked by Sera Masumi's statement. "Do you mean you personally saw someone push that person down?"

"No." Faced with the question, Sera Masumi looked away from Aragaki Yu's face, looked at the trio, and shook her head, saying, "I just overheard your conversation, saying that the man who fell down seemed to have committed a very serious crime."

At this point, Sera Masumi pointed to her ears, "Because of the demands of my work, my hearing is exceptionally good."

"Work requirements?"

A sound engineer?

musician?

Or is it telephone customer service or something similar?