The cross-dressing master in the world of Detective Conan

"Reporting to Officer Kazama, those two high school girls are definitely here."

"Now I know why they said the prisoner was about 1.8 meters tall. He was standing on the road steps, and from that point he did appear taller than the crowd, so it's not surprising that they would assume he was 1.8 meters tall."

"Therefore, it is estimated that the prisoner's actual height is less than 1.8 meters, or even only around 1.7 meters."

"I see. In that case, does that mean other people's testimonies might also be problematic?"

After all, Takagi has been by Inspector Megure's side for so long, and he is one of the key people he has been training. If he doesn't even have this ability to apply what he has learned to other situations, then he would be letting down Inspector Megure's long-term cultivation.

“That’s right, so the next person we need to verify is the owner of that coffee shop.”

As Kaoru Kazama spoke, he walked forward.

The clothing store and the coffee shop are only about 100 meters apart.

Moreover, the coffee shop manager was a rather meddlesome person. Ever since the incident occurred, he had been standing on the street observing the situation and even went around telling everyone that he had been in close contact with the criminals.

Kazama Kaoru suspected that with such a high-profile approach, if they couldn't find the real culprit today, the first person to face retaliation upon their return would probably be the coffee shop manager.

"Hey, officer, didn't I already tell you? Why do you need to ask again?"

"Well, we need you to verify something."

Kaoru Kazama gave Takagi a look, and then Takagi led the coffee shop owner outside.

"Why can't we talk about this inside? Why do we have to come outside..."

"Manager, are your glasses sunglasses?"

After stepping outside, the store manager's glasses quickly turned black; it turned out they were a pair of color-changing sunglasses.

"I get it, because the boss is wearing sunglasses, so the colors he sees change, right?"

"Therefore, by combining the testimonies of these individuals, we can determine the true identity of the perpetrator."

Kaoru Kazama said with absolute certainty.

In other words, the actual height the two girls saw was about 1.7 meters, which matches the store manager's testimony.

As for the color of the inner clothing, the store manager, who was wearing sunglasses, saw everything as black, so it cannot be taken as accurate testimony.

In this way, the prisoner's actual clothing color could only be chosen from the blue provided by the old man and the green provided by the two girls.

"Takagi, go and bring that old man over. Be careful to be gentle with him, and don't tarnish the reputation of our police."

"Yes"

Takagi looked disappointed. It seemed that the title of "friend of women" had no effect whatsoever in front of the old man.

There's even a possibility that your indecisive nature might lead to being disliked by the other party.

Takagi, who had conducted extensive street surveys, was well aware of this.

"Can't you police officers be a little more efficient? It's been a whole afternoon and you still haven't solved the case."

"We are also working hard, so we need your cooperation, sir."

"I'm so unlucky. I was knocked down for no reason today, and now I have to be tormented by you police officers. My old bones can't take it anymore."

"Grandpa, it's not a big deal. I just want you to take a look at the colors of these suspects' clothes from a distance and then tell me what they are wearing."

Is that all?

The old man had quite a temper; he stood with his hands behind his back, fuming. Takagi felt that even Inspector Megure's roar was nothing compared to this.

"That's right, that's all."

"Okay, okay, I got it. Are they the two men and one woman?"

"That's right, it's those three people."

Takagi, with the old man by his side, watched from about five meters away from the three suspects.

Because Chiba was verifying the statements, the three of them didn't look in their direction.

"The woman was wearing a black sweater, and the two men were both wearing blue. That's all. I'm going back now."

"Wait a minute, you just said that the two men were wearing blue clothes? Are they the two of them?"

Takagi stared at the contrasting colors of the blue and green jackets worn by Hiroshi Zama and Yasuo Kamieda, his eyes filled with shock.

Is this old man colorblind? Although these two colors are not very different, they shouldn't be mistaken for the same thing.

"Why are you so long-winded? It's just that tall guy and that guy with glasses, do I have to tell you several times?"

Being repeatedly asked questions made the old man's already bad mood even worse.

After seeing the old man off as if he were his own father, Takagi quickly ran to Kazama Kaoru's side to report his discovery.

"This is not surprising. The elderly naturally have a weaker ability to distinguish colors. In addition, due to the dyeing techniques of the past, blue and green were not clearly distinguished. Most of them were blue-green, so they would all refer to them as blue."

"Oh, I see."

Takagi looked as if he had just realized something.

"Now that you know, the rest is up to you."

"No problem. Wait a minute, Officer Kazama, what do you mean?"

"It's exactly what it sounds like. Now that you know the issues with the eyewitness testimonies, you can piece them together to get the real answer. Next, you just need to explain this reasoning to the real culprit, and he'll confess on his own. But you have to be careful not to let the culprit escape. Okay, that's all for now. I have something to do, so I'll be going now."

The sun was slowly moving westward, and although the sky hadn't darkened yet, it already had a slightly yellowish tinge.

Kaoru Kazama took out his phone and, as expected, saw a barrage of text messages from Miwako.

However, the closing time is around three o'clock.

That should be when the clone makes its appearance and the real show begins.

In order to meet the deadline, she has neglected her duties.

Hopefully, Takagi will be more reliable this time and won't let the criminal escape again.

This guy is actually pretty good in every way.

As a non-professional police officer, he became a patrol chief at a relatively young age.

Moreover, he is diligent and hardworking, but he is a bit slow-witted.

Moreover, he is rather weak and cannot control the prisoners; he is often overwhelmed by the prisoners' imposing manner.

However, this is not something Kazama Kaoru should worry about.

She and Miwako are both professional police officers, unlike Inspector Megure and Takagi who are not.

Inspector Megure has already reached the pinnacle of his career; it's practically impossible for him to rise any higher.

However, as long as the non-professional police officers pass the professional exams and have the corresponding qualifications, they can be promoted step by step in a structured manner.

This can be seen from the fact that Kazama Kaoru, at such a young age, already shares the same police rank as Inspector Megure.

Therefore, as a junior police officer who rose step by step from patrolman to inspector, the successor he most hoped to cultivate was Wataru Takagi, who had a similar experience to him and was currently even more outstanding.

Instead of the professional team members Kaoru Kazama, Ninzaburo Shiratori, and Miwako Sato.

Of course, as colleagues, there's no difference in how close or distant we are.

Chapter 507 A Melodramatic Development

It's 5:30 now. Before Kaoru Kazama even got on the car, he could already see the road completely blocked.

During rush hour, Yumi and her classmates' traffic class is extremely busy.

Yumi must be busy clearing the roads right now.

Therefore, she cleverly chose to use 3D Maneuver Gear to get to the Water Tower.

In this setting sun, the optical camouflage effect on her body will be maximized.

It is practically impossible for human eyesight to detect her presence.

Therefore, he confidently used gas and directional jets to quickly approach the Water Tower.

Moreover, while flying around in the steel jungle, you can still free up one hand to check text messages on your phone.

It's really impressive that Miwako managed to squeeze out so much free time to send her text messages during her date with Shiratori.

Based on the volume of text messages, we can basically deduce Kaoru Kazama's identity.

Shiratori's blind date this time was actually just a pretense of meeting someone online; it was more like an online romance with herself.

Three minutes later, before the gas ran out, Kaoru Kazama arrived at the Water Tower in time.

Actually, after the improvements to the 3D Mobility system, the gas supply is still quite sufficient.

However, when the speed is far exceeded, the amount of gas consumed will also increase.

"Clone Technique, dispel."

Upon arriving at the Water Tower, Kaoru Kazama immediately went to check on the situation in the private room where he had initially treated Sumiko Kobayashi to dinner.

He discovered that only his clone was there.

So without the slightest hesitation, he immediately dispelled the clone technique.

Then, the remaining five minutes are the time for Kazama Kaoru to receive the memories of his clone.

The symptoms are very similar to schizophrenia, but fortunately it doesn't last long.

"So that's how it is. So that's how things turned out."

The matchmaking event did not unfold as Kaoru Kazama had predicted.

Instead, it sped off in an extremely absurd direction.

The original script was like this.

Miwako will make the judgment and wait for the right time. Kazama Kaoru will then find a reason to make Kobayashi Sumiko go to the restroom.

Then she took the opportunity to switch the room numbers.

Having come this far in the project, I must commend the interior design of Shuidulou.

The unique features of this place, besides its traditional style, include its maze-like architecture.

It is said that the original purpose was the same as that of the Nichiuri TV station, which was to prevent the occupation from being invaded and occupied.