Conan: The Romantic Daily Life of a Ghost Detective

Xiaolan didn't remember much information, but it was enough to deduce the meeting place mentioned in the letter.

The Yuke Cafe, I think it's the one near the Tanaka Cake Shop?

Okay, in that case!

Let me, the great detective Ran Mouri, personally find that sly cat who secretly dropped the letter into the boy's house!

Thinking of the shocked expression on Wen Shui's face after she caught him, Xiao Lan was filled with motivation.

Chapter 50 White Dove Pharmaceuticals Emerges

In the days following receiving Eri Kisaki's invitation letter.

Kazuki's life fell into a peculiar routine: going to school, participating in club activities, helping to find Aoi Kazama's whereabouts, and incidentally investigating the Slit-Mouthed Woman murder case.

As for Eri Kisaki's letter.

It was actually just an invitation. The other party asked him to meet at a coffee shop on the 22nd of this month to chat, using the excuse that Xiaolan had been in a bad mood lately and wanted to find out some information from him.

But Wen Shui guessed that Eri Kisaki's real goal was probably to understand what kind of person he was.

The reason I didn't want Xiaolan to know was probably because I was worried that Xiaolan would develop a rebellious attitude.

Although meeting that top lawyer was a bit stressful, Wen Shui was actually quite looking forward to it.

If he remembers correctly, Eri Kisaki's first appearance in the original Detective Conan series was in a coffee shop, where a murder also occurred.

Although the original work did not mention the name of the coffee shop, he remembered that in that part of the story, there was a scene where Xiaolan went to a nearby cake shop to buy something.

Wenshui checked the map near Yuuke Cafe and found that there was indeed a cake shop called Tanaka next door.

It must be that case.

In the original story, Ran dressed up carefully before going on a date with Eri, but didn't tell Conan the truth, which immediately triggered Shinichi Kudo's jealous nature, and he followed her all the way.

What left Wen Shui speechless was that Conan didn't recognize who Eri Kisaki was at first.

Absolutely unforgivable!

How could I mistake such a lovely... well, my friend's mother?

In addition, the investigation into the Slit-Mouthed Woman in Wenshui has also made some progress.

After Sato Miwako gave him the information about the victims in the Slit-Mouthed Woman murder case, the investigation became much easier.

An investigation into Matsuzaka Ume's family situation revealed that she had been living alone since her parents divorced a few years ago.

Wen Shui took the girls to visit each other's homes, only to find that Matsuzaka Ume seemed to have not been home for a long time, with a thick layer of dust accumulated on the floor.

According to the neighbors, Matsuzaka Ume began living a nocturnal life not long after her parents divorced, and later she was rarely seen by anyone.

It seems like she was devastated by the news of her parents' divorce and ended up becoming a delinquent girl.

Now it's Wen Shui's turn to be in a dilemma.

Because in this country, delinquent girls like this are the hardest to find.

Young and beautiful enough, yet extremely lacking in care and completely indifferent to her own body, she's just like the "goddess" that Wen Shui learned about online in her previous life.

You can stay at any old man's house for a few days, then steal some cash before leaving, and squander it in an underground place for a few more days, repeating this cycle over and over again.

They seemed to live in another parallel world.

They leave almost no trace of their lives.

After completing her investigation of the Matsuzaka Ume family, Nukumizu told Sato Miwako about the news, hoping to use her help to find Matsuzaka Ume's whereabouts.

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When Sato Miwako received the news, she was at the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters holding a tactical meeting regarding the investigation of the Slit-Mouthed Woman.

The conference room, which was the size of a basketball court, was packed with people.

A closer look reveals that the criminal police officers sitting in the conference room were roughly divided into three factions.

Apart from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department members sitting near the door.

There was also a temporary investigation team, composed of criminal police officers temporarily drawn from all over the country, to assist in the case. The leader was a middle-aged man who looked a lot like "cut okra".

The men sitting by the window, wearing trench coats and barely uttering a word, were from the Ministry of Public Security.

Inspector Megure stood at the front of the stage, pointing to the crime scene photos displayed on the big screen, explaining the current progress of the investigation, and some speculations about the possibilities of the case.

The police officer sitting in the first row who looked a lot like an okra seemed to have had a grudge against Inspector Megure when he was young, and had asked very sharp questions more than once.

This put Inspector Megure in an awkward position.

Superintendent Matsumoto Kiyonaga, who was overseeing the operation from the side, had a dark expression on his face, clearly also dissatisfied with Inspector Megure.

Honestly, that Officer Okra has only been here for a short time and hasn't been involved in many case investigations at all, Miwako thought to herself.

But could the gray-haired foreigner sitting next to Superintendent Matsumoto Kiyoshi be a newly hired crime expert?

Sato Miwako looked at the old man with curiosity, and the old man immediately noticed her gaze and gave her a kind smile.

Miwako lowered her head shyly, pretending to look at the file in her hand.

Just then, her phone vibrated.

Unlike other professions, criminal police officers, when involved in solving cases, will not put their phones on silent even when in a meeting, so as not to miss important calls.

When Sato Miwako took out her phone, she saw that it was a call from Onamizu Kazuki. She hesitated for a moment, then hung up and told the other person that she was in a meeting and it was inconvenient to talk, and asked Onamizu to send a text message instead.

Not long after, a text message flashed on the screen: "It's too complicated to explain, so I've sent the clues to your email."

Miwako Sato immediately grabbed her laptop from the tall wooden table next to her and logged into her email.

Then I saw the photo of Midori Yoshinaga that I found in Hiroki Kakutani's camera.

Below is Wen Shui's speculation, as well as the results of his investigation over the past few days.

"what?!"

Miwako Sato couldn't help but gasp and jumped up from her seat.

Everyone in the conference room immediately turned to look at her.

Officer Okra curled her lip: "As expected, like boss, like subordinate. So unruly, no wonder we haven't been able to catch the murderer."

Although Matsumoto Kiyonaga, the highest-ranking person present, did not speak, his face was even darker than before.

Inspector Megure, now the target of public criticism, stood on the stage, his face alternating between red and white. However, knowing that Sato had barely rested lately and had been working overtime investigating the case, he couldn't bring himself to say anything too harsh.

Inspector Megure said in a deep voice, "Sato, sit down first. We can talk about it later."

Miwako Sato held up her laptop: "Officer, my accomplice, Wenshui, has discovered an important clue."

"Brother Wenshui has discovered an important clue?" Inspector Megure was overjoyed.

Although Inspector Megure and Nukumizu are not familiar with each other, pretending to be very familiar at this time can reduce the negative impression in front of the superior to some extent.

"That's right, it's about the suspicious points surrounding Matsuzaka Ume, the victim of the first incident..."

Miwako Sato then connected her laptop to the large projection screen and explained the clues found in the warm water to everyone present.

The detectives who can get into this place are all outstanding individuals in the local police station. Just by looking at this clue, they know that they have really caught the key to the problem this time.

The detectives began whispering among themselves.

"She truly lives up to her reputation as the Metropolitan Police Department's beauty queen. She's not the kind of pretty face you might imagine," a detective transferred from Shimane Prefecture remarked quietly.

The middle-aged man from the First Investigation Division sitting next to her said with dissatisfaction, "Don't underestimate Officer Sato. Her professional skills are among the top in our police station."

A detective from Shimane Prefecture couldn't help but retort: ​​"But this whole thing was handled by that guy named Kazuki Nukumizu, and he was the one who found the clues."

"Finding excellent collaborators is also one of the abilities of a criminal investigator!" the detective from the First Investigation Division argued.

At this moment, Officer Chiba, who was hiding in the crowd, suddenly interjected, "Warm Water is no ordinary collaborator; he is a formidable detective who can rival Shinichi Kudo."

"Shinichi Kudo?"

The Shimane Prefectural Detective's mouth gaped open in an "O" shape: "Is that Shinichi Kudo, the one the media called the Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei era? Is that kid named Nukumizu really that amazing?"

Although he didn't know Wen Shui and Shu, he had seen reports about Shinichi Kudo in the newspaper and had a general idea of ​​Shinichi Kudo's reasoning ability.

The uncle from the First Investigation Division wore a mysterious expression.

Although the uncle didn't know Wen Shui, he was secretly pleased that he had managed to embarrass the out-of-town criminal police.

At this moment, Matsumoto Kiyonaga stood up from his seat: "Alright, let's stop discussing this for now."

Matsumoto Kiyotaka's imposing physique and the scar on his left eye gave him a terrifying aura: "Immediately interrogate that murderer named Kakutani Hiroki."

Another group of people were assigned to reinvestigate all the witnesses and those involved in the first attack.

The rest of you, go and find Matsuzaka Ume!

"Yes!"

All the detectives in the room stood up and answered with great enthusiasm.

Only the few men in trench coats by the window remained motionless.

Matsumoto Kiyoshi ignored the police officers, walked up to Sato Miwako, forced a somewhat frightening smile, and patted her on the shoulder:

“Very good, Sato, you have lived up to your father’s reputation.”

Sato Miwako stood ramrod straight, her heart surging with an indescribable emotion.

A large part of the reason she chose to become a detective was because of her father, Sato Masayoshi.

Being recognized by a senior from the same generation as her father on such an important occasion is not just a compliment from her boss for Miwako Sato; it is an affirmation of her unwavering commitment over the years.

At the same time, Sato Miwako also felt a sense of gratitude towards Wenshui.

Unexpectedly, that guy really brought her quite a surprise. She felt that after the matter was over, she had to find a way to deepen her cooperative relationship with Wen Shui, so that other colleagues wouldn't steal his place.

Kiyonaga Matsumoto then handed over command of the scene to Inspector Megure.

Because the case has been stalled for a long time, the people working under him are probably starting to lose their fighting spirit.

Therefore, before Matsumoto Kiyonaga came to the meeting, he planned to have Megure and the temporarily formed investigation team act separately, and see if they could inspire the fighting spirit of their subordinates through competition.

Now that we've found such an important clue, it's more efficient to concentrate our efforts on this.

However, what Matsumoto Kiyonaga didn't expect was that a high school detective would become the key figure in such a complex serial murder case.