Conan: The Romantic Daily Life of a Ghost Detective

Kubota was completely stunned, speechless for a long time, kneeling in front of the armor and muttering to himself.

At this moment, Officer Chiba finally arrived.

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When Inspector Chiba first saw the crime scene layout, he thought Shinichi Kudo had arrived, as he had watched Shinichi Kudo solve many cases before.

But upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the person standing in the middle was actually Xiaolan's classmate who was a master of manzai (Japanese stand-up comedy).

"What's going on? Didn't I tell you to keep an eye on the scene?" Officer Chiba asked irritably as he pushed through the crowd and entered the area.

"The case is solved. The murderer is Mr. Kubota," the team leader reported to him, then added, "It was this... uh, this young man who helped find the clue."

"What? The case is solved?!"

Officer Chiba looked at Wen Shui with suspicion, seemingly somewhat disbelieving.

After all, in his view, it was hard to imagine that someone who was being investigated by the police for damaging public property just last night, and who was a fan of paranormal shows and good at making jokes, could be associated with a detective.

After his subordinates showed him Wen Shui's reasoning and the evidence they had found, he was deeply moved.

Officer Chiba's gaze toward Onami underwent a dramatic change.

Because the chain of evidence is too complete.

The mere fact that the armor was stained with the victim's blood was enough to convict the perpetrator, not to mention that Wen Shui also found a note hidden in the victim's palm that the forensic team had overlooked.

Looking at the terrified and guilty expression on Kubota's face, Officer Chiba was almost certain that this person was the murderer.

But for some reason, he found himself unable to feel truly happy.

Although it was good news that the murderer had been found, his initial surge of pride was dampened considerably.

He now finally understood why his colleagues at the Metropolitan Police Department were so dissatisfied with Shinichi Kudo.

Officer Chiba felt as if he had finally gotten a holiday, spent the day shopping with his girlfriend, and then booked a room at a love hotel to prepare for a battle until dawn.

When he returned from the pharmacy after buying his things, he opened the door to find his girlfriend sprawled on the bed, looking completely satisfied.

Then, while getting dressed, Wen Shui politely said things like, "I've already taken care of this little thing for you."

There's absolutely no sense of participation whatsoever.

At least let me see the process, okay?

Officer Chiba, his face dark, decided to vent his anger on the criminal: "Take him back to the station. The rest of you continue searching the scene to see if there is any other evidence."

The Metropolitan Police Department officers immediately sprang into action, carrying Kubota away.

Wen Shui suddenly spoke up: "Wait a minute, Officer Chiba, I have something I want to ask him."

Officer Chiba hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded: "Okay, but put the handcuffs on first."

Kubota was put in cold handcuffs, and his gaze toward Wenshui was filled with resentment.

Wen Shui walked up to Kubota and lowered his voice, saying, "Why did you attack that girl with the headband?"

"Wh...what? I didn't." Kubota retorted instinctively.

Wen Shui said in a voice only Kubota could hear, "I'll ask you one more time. If your answer doesn't satisfy me, you'll be the scapegoat and go to prison to repent."

"Scapegoat... You... you know I'm innocent?" Kubota's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.

When he first met Wen Shui and the others at the door, his attention was focused on the two girls, and he thought this guy was just a purse carrier.

Unexpectedly, this seemingly pretty boy, somehow got hold of a crumpled piece of paper, and became a murderer.

Before he could even recover from the shock, she took the initiative to reveal her hand and offered him a lifeline.

A series of astonishing reversals have rendered Kubota largely incapable of thinking.

His only feeling now was that Wen Shui's warm smile, as gentle as a spring breeze, was more terrifying than a demon.

Moreover, it seems that cooperating with the devil is currently the only path he can take.

If he were taken back to the Metropolitan Police Department, putting aside the possibility of being tortured, given the overwhelming evidence, the chances of someone like him who can't even afford a lawyer being acquitted are practically zero.

Kubota's voice trembled as he looked in Suzuki Sonoko's direction: "It was...it was me! I attacked that lady..."

Kubota knelt on the ground and began to recount the details of his attack on Suzuki Sonoko.

Officer Chiba was secretly delighted.

I originally thought it would take some effort and several days to get the prisoner to confess.

Unexpectedly, just a few words from Wen Shui were enough to get the prisoner to start confessing.

Solving the case so quickly should earn you a bigger bonus and paid leave in your year-end performance review, right?

He suddenly began to understand why Inspector Megure kept calling Shinichi Kudo "brother."

Huh? Wait a minute!

Didn't we just agree to protect the peace of Beika Town?

In just a few minutes, Officer Chiba felt as if he had gone through the transition from a young man with dreams to a seasoned veteran in the workplace.

At this moment, Kubota, who was kneeling on the ground, finished explaining his motives for attacking Suzuki Sonoko.

"What? You're saying you attacked Sonoko because of the teru teru bozu on her backpack?" Wen Shui found this explanation hard to accept.

Before Sonoko could speak, Ran blurted out, "Eh? You...you're also a pervert who likes to steal girls' personal items?"

Wen Shui felt that her use of the word "also" was somewhat insinuating.

Xiaolan noticed Wenshui's slightly displeased gaze and immediately ran to his side, explaining in a low voice, "I'm sorry, Wenshui-kun, I absolutely did not imply that you stole Hualian-chan's gym uniform."

This explanation is also redundant.

And weren't they indoor shoes last time? How did they turn into gymnastics uniforms?

Fortunately, everyone's attention was focused on the prisoner at that moment, and they did not notice the subtle interaction between Wen Shui and Xiao Lan.

The victim, Sonoko Suzuki, removed the teru teru bozu (a Japanese doll-shaped ornament) from her schoolbag and asked suspiciously, "Why did you steal this?"

Kubota: "Don't you know that this limited edition 'Bubble Puppy' has been resold for a very high price? A perfectly intact one can be traded for a decent motorcycle."

Sonoko Suzuki was utterly shocked.

It seems that Miss Suzuki just treats this as an ordinary pendant.

Xiao Lan noticed Wen Shui's confusion and quietly explained it to him.

It turns out that this bubble puppy is a product similar to a "blind box doll," which is currently one of the most popular trendy toys among young people. Because it can only be obtained by opening blind boxes, coupled with deliberate marketing tactics by merchants, some products can suddenly become very valuable.

The reason Wen Shui didn't know was because he was too poor to even afford the basic blind boxes.

As for why someone of Kubota's age would know so much, it's because he had previously speculated and hoarded a lot of Bubble Puppies, only to lose money and end up owing a large sum of money.

He started stealing museum artifacts to pay off his debts.

Kubota's original plan was to disguise himself as the armored knight, scare Sonoko Suzuki, and then secretly steal the teru teru bozu from her schoolbag.

These small items are easy to hide, and given that the "culprit" is the protagonist of a paranormal event, it would be difficult for the police to figure out the motive even if they were to investigate.

Not to mention, there's a possibility that it might be accidentally dropped during a fight and then picked up by someone else.

But before he could even grab it, another armored knight appeared.

Kubota was terrified, thinking that divine retribution had truly arrived. He barely escaped capture thanks to his ruthlessness and knowledge of the museum's structure.

"I really didn't kill anyone, officer, please believe me," Kubota cried, looking at Wen Shui.

Unfortunately, no matter how he explained at this point, it would be difficult to convince anyone present.

[Campus mystery and detective challenges are a battleground: 16.8%]

Wen Shui was secretly delighted.

Finding the armored knight who attacked Suzuki Sonoko will indeed increase the material gathering progress.

However, things are not completely over yet, and there are too many people, so Wen Shui didn't take a closer look at the rewards for this upgrade.

He glanced at the seemingly composed Director Ochiai beside him and sighed, "Alright, now that the person who attacked Sonoko has been found, it's time to expose the real culprit hiding behind the scenes."

"for real?"

"murderer?"

Those around were once again drawn to the astonishing remarks made by Wen Shui.

Wen Shui nodded: "That's right, the one who actually killed Mr. Manaka was Director Ochiai..."

5 minute later.

Another penitent kneeling beside the warm water has joined the ranks.

In fact, Onami had considered whether to let Ochiai go, but he was worried that it would affect the progress of the research.

More importantly, Wen Shui didn't want to get involved in this moral dilemma.

After all, he will inevitably encounter cases from the original work in the future, and because the motives of the murderers in Detective Conan are so varied, it is difficult to distinguish who is right and who is wrong.

It would be better to treat everyone equally and regard them all as tools for him to gather material.

Anyway, he's practically a member of the Black Organization now, so not killing people on his own initiative is already a sign of a change of heart, and he's more comfortable living like this.

Wen Shui admires the heroes who sacrifice their lives for justice, but he is not so noble as to put himself in danger for a stranger, at least not at the moment.

He just wants to get out of the Black Organization's control as soon as possible.

Then, using the abilities granted by the cheat, they can fully enjoy the wonderful life they couldn't experience in their previous life.

Just as he was thinking this, the data retrieval system in his mind responded to his thoughts.

Wen Shui closed her eyes and noticed that the progress bar for "[Campus Reasoning, Detective's Test is a Shura Field]" had already risen to over 20%.

New nodes were also unlocked.

[Randomly acquire one special ability from the character in the current case]

The reward for completing Chapter 11 is being pinned against a wall by a beautiful girl?

Because another prisoner, Director Ochiai, was added to the list of criminals, the police officers at the scene had to repeat the investigation and evidence collection process once again.

There's nothing we can do; this country just has a lot of strange rules.