I'm in Detective Conan, and I start with the Grand Theft Auto system.

Kogoro Mouri's eyes widened in shock: "The yakuza? What kind of yakuza are so audacious? They even dared to kill a village chief?"

Megure lowered his voice even further, so that almost only the people at their table could hear him: "During our follow-up investigation at the fire scene, we discovered that the village chief of Kuroiwa Village was not clean either."

"His men were illegally possessing a large number of firearms, and drugs were detected in the fire debris!"

"The police's initial assessment is that it's a case of double-crossing."

"What?!" Kogoro Mouri's voice involuntarily rose a few decibels, then he quickly lowered it again, his face filled with shock.

Xiaolan also covered her mouth, her eyes filled with disbelief.

As for Lin Shen, Mingmei, and Conan, although their facial expressions showed varying degrees of surprise and astonishment, a closer look would reveal that none of them were truly surprised deep down.

Inspector Megure didn't delve deeper into that topic; instead, he asked a standard question: "Where were you all when the incident happened last night?"

Kogoro Mouri was the first to answer, his tone very frank: "I drank too much in my room last night and slept until dawn."

"Conan can vouch for me, and the hotel reception staff can also testify that I haven't left my room since I returned after dinner."

Conan nodded, his voice devoid of emotion: "Yes, Uncle Mori is right."

Then there's Akemi.

She picked up her coffee cup, took a sip, and said in a very natural tone, "When the incident happened, Xiaolan and I were in my room discussing which places on the island we should visit today."

Xiaolan nodded in agreement and added, "Yes, we took a lot of notes last night, and the hotel staff saw us chatting in the room."

Finally, everyone's eyes fell on Lin Shen.

Lin Shen felt a bit of a headache.

At the time of the incident, he was in the Black Rock Mansion fighting with those samurai, exchanging swords and guns, and throwing grenades!

What alibi does he have?

Just as he was about to make up a lie to get by, a voice rang out at the restaurant entrance.

"Mr. Lin and I were together last night." Everyone turned to look at the source of the voice.

Asai Narumi walked in through the restaurant entrance.

She continued, calmly ignoring the surprised looks on everyone's faces, "Mr. Lin said last night that his stomach wasn't feeling well, so he came to my clinic for a checkup."

"I gave him an IV drip, and he rested at the clinic until very late before leaving."

The moment Lin Shen saw Asai Narumi, his heart skipped a beat!

She's still alive?

He had thought that Asai Narumi had been reduced to ashes along with the burning mansion, but he never expected that the other party was still alive.

What is the reason?

Lin Shen didn't dwell on it, temporarily suppressing his doubts, and then nodded in agreement with Asai Narumi's words: "Ah...yes."

"My stomach suddenly started hurting badly last night. I'm so grateful to Dr. Asai for his help, otherwise I really wouldn't know what to do."

After listening, Inspector Megure didn't ask any more questions. He nodded and closed his notebook: "Okay, then I won't disturb your meal any longer."

He finished speaking and turned to leave.

Conan immediately panicked.

He couldn't help but blurt out, "Inspector! Is it really enough to just ask like that? Don't you need to verify it?!"

Megure paused, glanced at Conan with a troubled expression, his lips moved but he didn't say anything.

In short, his expression was very complex.

Kogoro Mouri, having been a detective before, immediately understood what Conan meant when he heard Conan's words and saw Inspector Megure's expression.

Without saying a word, he raised his hand and punched Conan on the head, making Conan cry out "Ah!"

Kogoro Mouri scolded him sternly, "What do you know, kid! Police have their own ways of handling cases. What are you doing asking so many questions?"

"These are all police secrets, so don't interrupt!"

Then he turned to Inspector Megure with a forced smile and said, "Sorry, Inspector. You go ahead with your work, don't worry about us. This kid is just too curious."

Megure nodded gratefully to Kogoro Mouri, then turned to inquire about the other guests.

Conan, clutching the bump on his head from the knock, sat back down in his chair, looking annoyed and filled with suppressed resentment.

But he had no way to do anything about it.

It is unrealistic to ask the police to detain someone based solely on a primary school student's statement that "I think he is suspicious" without any substantial evidence.

Conan felt extremely unwilling!

Knowing full well that the murderer was sitting right across from him, yet being forced to watch him leisurely enjoy breakfast in the brightly lit restaurant, infuriated him!

Seeing his expression, Kogoro Mouri, unusually serious, said to him, "Conan, aren't you usually pretty smart?"

"Why are you making such a silly mistake today? Didn't you notice?"

"Inspector Megure doesn't want to investigate this case at all."

Conan rubbed his forehead, muttering in dissatisfaction, "Why doesn't he want to investigate? Is he afraid to investigate? It's such a big case—"

Kogoro Mouri picked up his beer mug, took a swig, and said in a tone that said, "You're still too young," "Because this isn't the job of the First Investigation Division!"

"What do you take the police for? Are they people who rush to investigate recklessly whenever a murder occurs?"

"This clearly involves drugs and firearms; that's the job of the Fourth Investigation Division!"

"Inspector Megure is from the First Investigation Division. If he gets too involved in cases that clearly fall under the jurisdiction of another division, he won't get any credit when he gets back. In fact, people from other divisions might say behind his back that he's overstepping his bounds!"

"A classic case of putting in a lot of effort for no reward! Of course he won't take it too seriously!"

"If the Fourth Investigation Division hadn't arrived yet, he wouldn't have even bothered with this kind of questioning!"

Conan opened his mouth after being told off by Kogoro Mouri, but couldn't utter a single word in rebuttal.

He knew that what Kogoro Mouri said was true, even though these facts didn't sound so pleasant, but that was reality.

Lin Shen, holding a coffee cup beside him, smiled and added, "Yeah, Conan, you'll see when you start working."

"As long as you work hard, you'll always have more work to do."

Upon hearing this, Kogoro Mouri wholeheartedly agreed, saying, "Well said! President Hayashi's words resonated with me perfectly! Come on, let's have a drink!"

As he spoke, he picked up the bottle of freshly poured beer and raised it with a flourish.

Lin Shen smiled, picked up his steaming cup of coffee, and lightly clinked it against Kogoro Mouri's beer bottle.

Xiaolan sat across from him, watching her father drink beer so early in the morning, and couldn't help but roll her eyes inwardly.

She wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, she swallowed her words.

When you're out and about, you still have to give your dad some face.

I'll settle this score with him when we get back to Tokyo!