Conan: The Romantic Daily Life of a Ghost Detective

“Inside, we were planning to go to the house of the little boy who said he saw the shadow of a horse yesterday, to ask him about it,” Kogoro Mouri said.

No sooner had he finished speaking than Hattori Heiji emerged from the conference room.

Upon seeing the warm water, Hattori Heiji said with a dissatisfied expression, "I'm telling you, you should at least pay some attention to the case. Even if I beat you like this, I won't feel any sense of accomplishment."

Wen Shui smiled and said, "Not necessarily. Maybe I'll win again this time."

"Have you figured out how the murderer committed the crime?" Hattori Heiji's eyes lit up.

"Not yet." Wen Shui shook her head. "I just feel that the God of Detectives will be on my side this time. Okay, let's go to the scene first. We can't deduce anything useful from the clues we have."

Afterwards, the group followed Inspector Yumikaga and, on behalf of the Metropolitan Police Department, visited the little boy next door to Ryoko Morozumi's house, who claimed to have seen the shadow of a horse.

When the Metropolitan Police Department personnel went out this time, the boy's mother was very cooperative and even took the initiative to tell a lot of gossip about Ryoko Morozumi's family.

This can be considered to fill the information gaps in the police's understanding of the Morozuka family to some extent.

However, there is still a considerable gap between this and solving the case.

Officer Gong had other cases to handle, so he took the investigation records and parted ways with Wen Shui and the others. Before leaving, he made sure to leave his contact information with Wen Shui, telling her to call him immediately if she made any discoveries.

After parting ways with Officer Yumigata, Ran and Kazuha originally planned to go shopping.

However, Wen Shui suggested going to the home of the antique shop owner, Genda Takatoku, to see if they could find any useful clues.

Ran and Kazuha thought about it for a while, and in the end, they came along anyway.

So the group arrived at the Genda family home in Rizen-cho, Tokyo. Genda Takatoku was still under police control and lived alone, so there was no one at home.

Hattori Heiji frowned slightly as he looked at the detached house in front of him: "There's no search warrant, so should we...?"

Before he could finish speaking, he discovered that his childhood sweetheart had already followed Wen Shui around to the side of the courtyard.

Wen Shui and Xiao Lan are measuring the height of the courtyard wall.

Kazuha Toyama brought over a trash can to use as a footrest, making it easy to climb over the wall.

Hattori Heiji was shocked.

Wait a minute, Kazuha, how come you're so skilled?

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"Hey Wen Shui, isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to just barge into someone's house like that?" Hattori Heiji couldn't help but ask.

Wen Shui smiled and said, "Don't be so rigid. We're not criminal police officers, so we don't need to follow so many rules."

“It’s not that non-detectives need to follow the rules even more.” Hattori Heiji himself wasn’t exactly rule-abiding when investigating cases, but seeing his childhood friend being led astray like this made him somewhat uncomfortable. “And what if there’s someone involved?”

"But just now at the police station, didn't Officer Yumio say that Mr. Genda lives alone?" Toyama Kazuha brushed the dust off his hands.

Heiji Hattori: "But he's had such a big accident, and the antique shop is closed. Maybe his relatives will come over to check on him. What if he gets hit by a car?"

Heiji Hattori knew the odds were low, but seeing Kazuha speak up for Nukusui made him feel annoyed.

I really don't know how Kudo managed to get through it. He just watched Ran and Nuku flirt with each other without getting angry. Do all detectives in Tokyo have such strong hearts?

"It's okay, we can just use this to test it out." Wen Shui smiled and walked to Conan's side, grabbed him by the back of the neck, and lifted him up against the wall.

"Huh? What kind of method is this?" Ran and Kazuha were also stunned.

As soon as Wen Shui let go, Conan fell into someone else's yard: "Let Conan go in and take a look. If there really is someone inside, use his identity as a child to cover it up."

Kazuha Toyama glanced at Ran and whispered, "Warm Water is so smart, but it feels like he's using Conan like a dog."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than Conan's disgruntled voice came from inside the courtyard: "Brother Wen Shui, don't treat me like a pet dog."

Wen Shui: "Keep your voice down, don't let anyone hear us. If we get caught, our investigation plan will be ruined."

Warm water directly hit Conan's weak spot. In fact, Conan also felt that the house of that eccentric antique shop owner, Genda Takatoku, might hold the key clues to solving the case.

Even though he was reluctant, Conan listened to Wen Shui's advice and circled the house before sending a signal to Wen Shui and the others outside the wall to make sure no one was there.

Of course, Conan wasn't that honest either. This case could be considered a showdown between him, Wen Shui, and Hattori Heiji, who had come from afar.

Entering the crime scene first gives you the advantage of finding clues first.

Before Wen Shui and the others could come in, Conan slipped through the bathroom window and began searching Genda Takatoku's house.

Outside the courtyard wall, Hattori Heiji glanced at the height of the wall and said to Kazuha, "You shouldn't go in, be careful not to expose yourself."

"Heiji, why are you still thinking about this kind of thing at a time like this?" Toyama Kazuha glared at her childhood friend.

Heiji Hattori: "I was just trying to be helpful, so if you don't appreciate it, that's fine too."

Seeing that the two were about to start arguing again, Wen Shui quickly advised, "Yuan Shan-san, Uncle Mao Li has already rented a car, why don't you go and rest in the car for a while, and also help check if there are any suspicious people around?"

Kazuha and Ran exchanged a glance and nodded: "Okay, let's go back first and switch Uncle Mori with him."

Ran: "Keep an eye on Conan, don't let him run around and break other people's things."

Wen Shui smiled and said, "Don't worry, I've got it covered."

They came from the Metropolitan Police Department in Officer Gong Chang's car, but he went to handle a case, and they suddenly lost their means of transportation.

Kogoro Mouri felt it wasn't right to always let Heiji Hattori use his connections at the Metropolitan Police Department to borrow cars, since this was his territory after all. So he called a car rental company he knew, and they quickly brought a van.

Ran and Kazuha walked together toward the roadside parking area.

Wen Shui and Hattori Heiji easily scaled the courtyard wall, and just as Wen Shui had guessed, Conan had already disappeared.

Judging from the expression on Hattori Heiji's face, he guessed the situation.

The bathroom window was too small, so Onami and Hattori Heiji couldn't get in. However, Genda Takatoku hadn't been getting enough rest due to the recent series of arson incidents, and several windows were unlocked.

With little effort, Onami and Hattori Heiji climbed through the guest room window and entered Genda's house.

The two exchanged a glance, about to discuss who would be responsible for searching which areas, when the doorbell rang.

Hattori Heiji was startled and instinctively tried to run away.

However, upon seeing Wen Shui standing calmly in place, Hattori Heiji blushed and scratched his head somewhat awkwardly.

In fact, Wenshui was also a little puzzled. Could it be that the murderer made a mistake in the setup here, so he came over and rearranged the things that framed Genda Takatoku before the police paid attention to the Genda family?

This case is quite complex in the original Conan manga, and Wen Shui didn't fully remember the ins and outs of all the events.

All he knew was that Genda Takatoku had been framed.

The person who deliberately misled Genda Takatoku into believing he was the arsonist was none other than the husband of the deceased, Morozumi Ryoko, a psychiatrist named Morozumi Akira.

Morozumi Akira had not originally intended to use Genda Takatoku; Genda Takatoku had come to him on his own. So he went along with it and used psychological suggestion to make Genda Takatoku believe that he had started sleepwalking again.

Then, on the other side, they installed a bugging device at Genda's house to track Genda Takatoku's travel patterns, making it easier to frame the other party for the fire.

However, Akira Morozumi was unaware that, in addition to him, the lover and sister of the deceased Ryoko Morozumi had also installed listening devices at Takatoku Genda's house.

Of course, these two people had nothing to do with the arson.

They simply felt that Genda Ryūtoku was mentally unstable and wanted to use this method to obtain information about Genda's life so that he would believe in their feng shui theories and divination methods.

They're just making money off Genda Takatoku in this way.

Wen Shui exchanged a glance with Hattori Heiji, then tiptoed toward the entrance.

Before I even reached the door, the person outside became impatient and rang the doorbell faster and more frequently than before.

The warm water eliminated the possibility that the visitor was the murderer, Akira Morozumi. If it were him, he wouldn't do something so conspicuous; at most, he would just confirm that no one was in the room.

Wen Shui pressed her face against the peephole of the security door to look out, and to her surprise, standing outside was a man with a small mustache wearing a sharp suit.

Wen Shui opened the door speechlessly and complained, "Uncle, why did you ring the doorbell? We're here to conduct a surprise search."

Heiji Hattori also stared at Kogoro Mouri at the door with a dark expression.

Kogoro Mouri: "Didn't they say the Genda family is empty? I just washed these clothes, and I don't want to climb over the wall and get them dirty. Washing them costs a lot of money."

Heiji Hattori pulled Kogoro Mori closer, then glanced around warily. Fortunately, the nearby office workers had all gone out, and it seemed that no one noticed the strange situation at Genda's door.

Kogoro Mouri took off his shoes and said nonchalantly, "You two are being too cautious, like you're doing something wrong."

“We came here illegally to begin with,” Hattori Heiji emphasized.

Kogoro Mouri patted Heiji Hattori on the shoulder: "It's alright, it's alright. With me, Kogoro Mouri, here, as long as we find evidence proving that Takatoku Genda was the arsonist, I'll talk to Old Man Fire when I get back."

With that, Kogoro Mouri walked straight into the living room and began his Mouri-style investigation.

Heiji Hattori: "Is this how you guys usually solve cases? Never made a blunder before?"

Wen Shui shook her head: "I'm not always with Uncle Mori, but when I'm around, I can usually find the culprit, so even if Uncle Mori goes a little too far, it doesn't matter."

Hattori Heiji's lips twitched slightly: "You bastard, you don't actually think you can find the culprit this time, do you?"

"Not necessarily." Wen Shui smiled. "I'm a player who relies on intuition, and sometimes I get into trouble because I can't find any clues."

Heiji Hattori didn't say anything more: "By the way, we don't know where Conan has run off to. Let's go look for him first."

Wen Shui nodded, then walked into the living room with Hattori Heiji.

In the living room, Kogoro Mouri was wearing gloves and carefully inspecting the food in the refrigerator, seemingly trying to find a starting point from there.

When Wenshui and Hattori Heiji heard a noise in the bedroom, they went over to check and saw Conan carefully examining a crystal ball.

Heiji Hattori walked over and asked, "Conan... ah, no, little brother Conan, do you think there's something wrong with this crystal ball?"

Hattori Heiji almost blurted out Kudo Shinichi's name out of habit, but thankfully he realized what he was saying just before it came out.

Conan glared at Hattori Heiji with displeasure, then glanced at Wen Shui with a guilty look, only to find that Wen Shui's attention was fixed on the crystal ball in his hand, seemingly unaware of anything amiss.

Conan breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, if his close friends and family were around him, they might have had a chance to guess the truth that he was Shinichi Kudo.

Heiji Hattori guessed it by sheer coincidence, so logically, since Wenshui frequently appeared in his neighborhood, the chances of him guessing it should have been even greater.

Fortunately, Wenshui's personality is quite different from Hattori Heiji's.

Wen Shui's attention was focused on Xiao Lan.

Of course, that guy sometimes acts quite intimately with his mother, Yukiko, so she doesn't really take him, this little kid who's a bit like an adult, seriously.

Having grown accustomed to this state, Conan's initial sense of crisis gradually weakened.

As a result, Heiji Hattori almost exposed Conan's identity just now, which scared Conan so much that he broke out in a cold sweat.

Logically speaking, even if Wen Shui knew that he was Shinichi Kudo, at most it would only involve the innocent Wen Shui in the Black Organization's struggle. Although Conan didn't want innocent people to get hurt, he wasn't that afraid.