Ke Xue: Xiaolan delivers goods to your door at the beginning

"Crash!"

With everyone working together, the last spark was extinguished.

Inside the tent, a basketball club member named Urushihara, who had suffered severe burns, was unconscious.

Everyone stared at Qi Yuan, who lay on the ground, his body charred black and twisted in a contorted position, and their expressions were all very grim.

"Urushihara... how could this happen?" Midori stared at the scene before her in panic, tears welling in her eyes.

"What... what happened? How did the tent catch fire?" Lu Ze asked, equally shocked.

"Hey! Look! There's another tent next to Urushihara's!" Mitsuhiko exclaimed, pointing to another tent about two meters away from Urushihara's. "Maybe the people in that tent know something?"

Everyone couldn't help but turn their gaze over there.

Just then, the zipper of the tent was unzipped, and a figure emerged from inside.

"Whoa!" The three little ones exclaimed in surprise.

This was because the man's face was far from kind and approachable, and the black eye patch he wore over his right eye only added to his fierce appearance.

Conan was also somewhat surprised to see this person and couldn't help but ask, "You...you're Supervisor Kuroda?"

"Oh? Manager Kuroda?" Lin Xiaofeng looked down at him.

Conan snapped out of his daze and nodded: "Yes! He's the newly transferred supervising officer of the First Investigation Division of the Metropolitan Police Department. The former supervising officer, Matsumoto Kiyonaga, has been promoted to head of the First Investigation Division. I only met him once when I went to the Metropolitan Police Department to give a statement."

"I see." Lin Xiaofeng said, understanding dawning on him.

Kuroda Hyoue glanced around, his gaze lingering briefly on Kudo Yukiko before finally turning to Lin Xiaofeng.

"Detective Lin, I've heard so much about you." He said softly.

"No, no, I wouldn't dare," Lin Xiaofeng waved his hand.

"Chief Administrator Kuroda should have seen the current situation as well. You were 1.4 meters away from the burning tent. Did you notice anything suspicious?"

Kuroda Heibei shook his head and straightened his pajamas: "I'm sorry, I've been sleeping with earplugs on, so I'm afraid I can't answer your question."

"I see..." Lin Xiaofeng nodded noncommittally.

Kuroda Hyōe glanced around again and said calmly, "It seems you managed to rescue him in time. You must have called an ambulance and the police, right?"

"An ambulance has already been called," Conan said. "As for the police, we're not sure whether to call the rapist division or the fire department."

Upon hearing this, Kuroda Hyōe hesitated for two seconds: "After all, it's a fire. Shouldn't we call the fire department over? What do you think?"

His gaze lingered on someone, a strange smile playing on his lips: "Mrs. Kudo?"

"Yukiko-neechan, do you know Inspector Kuroda?" Conan asked.

"Yes. A long time ago, he and Yusaku had some kind of feud." Yukiko Kudo smiled wryly, never expecting to run into Heiji Kuroda here. It's true what they say, enemies always meet.

187. Damn it! I got tricked by Brother Xiaofeng again.

"Yukiko-neechan, what's your grudge against this man?" Lin Xiaofeng was also very curious about this.

"He didn't have a grudge against me, but against Yusaku. At that time, I was already Yusaku's fiancée, and he kept trying to trip Yusaku up and steal her away. At that time, Yusaku was still a detective, and he did a lot of things to sabotage him."

"So, he failed?"

"Yes."

Kuroda Hyoue overheard Yukiko Kudo and Xiaofeng Lin's whispers and coughed, "Mrs. Kudo, I am a married man now. I won't be like before, fighting with other men for the sake of women."

"I see. Officer Kuroda, I don't care about you. I think you'd be better off saying these things to Yusaku."

"As far as I know, Yusaku is in quite a bit of trouble right now. If Mrs. Kudo begs me, I can help Yusaku."

Kuroda Hyōe said with ill intent.

"No need. I already have Detective Lin, why would I need you?"

"Detective Lin!"

Kuroda Hyoue's one-eyed dragon glared at the imposing Lin Xiaofeng. No matter what aspect he was in, Lin Xiaofeng was completely outmatched by him.

Only the strong deserve to possess a beautiful woman.

Clearly, Lin Xiaofeng is the stronger one, and he is the weaker one.

"I shouldn't be in the car, I should be under the car."

Kuroda Hyōe felt devastated; he had absolutely no chance with a beauty like Mrs. Kudo.

After some time...

Ambulances and police arrived one after another. Urushihara had already been lifted into the ambulance and rushed to the nearest hospital for emergency treatment, while the police, led by Inspector Yumioka of the Fire Division, began to investigate the scene.

Inspector Gong Chang squatted in front of the ruins, his eyes intently observing the entire area.

"I'm so sorry, Yuminota." Kuroda Hyōe had walked over unnoticed. "I had considered calling Inspector Megure and the others from the 17th rapist gang, but the situation is still unclear, so..."

Upon seeing that it was Superintendent Kuroda, Inspector Yumikaze quickly waved his hand and laughed, "No, that's not true! Since there was a fire, it should have been called by our Fire Division!"

"So, how is it going?" Kuroda Hyōe asked politely before getting back on track.

Inspector Gong Chang turned his gaze back to the ruins and solemnly explained, "The source of the fire was likely a candle lit in a lamp. That candle melted together with the other candles on the ground, ultimately causing the fire."

"After the candle in the lamp fell over, it ignited nearby comic books and clothing. The fire spread rapidly and eventually engulfed the deceased who was sleeping in the chair."

After a pause, Inspector Gong Chang continued, "Judging from the situation at the scene, the deceased had drunk quite a bit of beer, and upon inspection, the tent was found to be zipped up and locked."

Kuroda Hyōe looked thoughtful: "So, this was an accident?"

“That should be correct,” Inspector Gong Chang nodded in agreement.

"But don't you find it strange?" A childish voice interrupted their conversation.

Conan walked naturally to the edge of the ruins and pointed to a melted candle among them, saying:

"Look, isn't there a bamboo skewer in that melted candle?"

Following Conan's pointing finger, Yukichi and Kuroda saw a bamboo skewer, blackened by smoke, lying in the pile of wax.

"These must be the bamboo skewers the deceased used to skewer the dumplings," Inspector Gong Chang guessed.

He paused for a moment, then seemed to belatedly realize something and asked in surprise, "What's wrong with this child?"

Yukiko, worried that Conan would notice something was wrong, quickly took Conan's hand and pulled him away, saying, "Conan, don't forget who you are now."

"No, the Japanese police are unreliable." Conan tried to shake off Yukiko's hand, but to no avail. After all, she was his mother; one thing can subdue another.

"Even if the Japanese police are unreliable, it won't be your turn to step in. With Lin Xiaofeng around, he's a detective who's even better than you and your father combined!"

Yukiko's tone was filled with admiration for Lin Xiaofeng. This famous detective, who could bring her endless pleasure, was truly outstanding.

Detective Lin explained to Inspector Gong Chang, "Officer, it's like this, we came here to camp and encountered an incident."

"You are—the famous detective Lin Xiaofeng!" Inspector Gong Chang quickly recognized Lin Xiaofeng. After all, Lin Xiaofeng was the most outstanding detective in Tokyo, so of course he knew him.

"Detective Lin, what do you think?" Inspector Gong asked without hesitation.

Lin Xiaofeng smiled, then pointed to the ruins and said, "There are indeed still many questions surrounding this fire, such as here..."

He pointed to a piece of candle that had solidified again and said, "There's a small hole near the top of this candle, which is clearly not naturally formed."

He then pointed to a magazine: "And this magazine next to the laptop, the V-shaped burn marks on it are also quite abnormal."

"Moreover..." He recounted the strange things he noticed before the tent caught fire, and finally said, "So I reasonably suspect that someone tampered with the tent, which caused the fire."

“That makes sense!” Inspector Gong Chang nodded repeatedly.

Kuroda Hyōe also looked thoughtful: "Indeed, if someone tampered with it, the only suspects should be... you guys who went to the Urushibara tent, right?"

Kuroda Hyoue turned his head and looked sharply at the three basketball club members who were waiting to be questioned.

The expressions on the three people's faces changed simultaneously!

Kuroda Hyōe looked at the three basketball club members: "Now, please tell me, what exactly were you doing at the Urushibara tent back then?"

Under the gaze of Kuroda Hyōe's fierce face, all three of them showed varying degrees of unease.

"Let's start with Ms. Furuoka Midori, who went to the tent first," Kuroda Heibei said calmly.

“Yes!” Midori nodded and said, “When I went to Urushibara’s tent, he was already drunk. No matter what I said, he kept yelling at me, complaining that I was too noisy and telling me to leave. So, I didn’t really have a chance to say anything to him.”

"Weren't the deceased's tent lit up at that time?" Kuroda asked.

Midori nodded: "Yes! Because it was still quite bright at the time."

"And what about the candles?" Inspector Gong Chang asked as well. "Although we need lights, aren't there a lot of candles in the tent?"

“Because the matches and candles were brought by Urushibara,” Midori replied.

"Were those comic books also brought by Urushihara-nii-san?" Conan asked.

“Oh! Those are my books,” Midori explained. “I brought them because Urushihara said he wanted to read comics while camping.”

A look of sadness crossed her face: "If I had known it would be like this, I should have forcibly dragged him out of the tent and made him stop reading comics and come out to eat curry with us! Waaah!"

As she spoke, Midori couldn't help but cover her face and burst into tears.

After exchanging a glance, Kuroda Hyōe and Inspector Yumina decided to question the next suspect.

"Mr. Ashizawa, it's your turn." Kuroda Hyōe looked at Ashizawa, who seemed a little nervous.

Ashizawa said, "When I went to Urushibara's tent, he ignored me no matter what I said. I thought he was deliberately ignoring me. After hearing what Midori said, I think he was probably drunk and asleep."

"Once that guy gets drunk and falls asleep, you can't wake him up no matter what you do. He even got graffiti drawn on him when we went to training camp before!"

"Was the tent lit up at the time?" Kuroda asked.

"I remember the tent wasn't lit at the time." Lu Ze looked reminiscing, paused for a moment, as if remembering something, and continued:

"Oh, right! After I left Urushihara's tent, the light in his tent came on, and then he started doing squats."

“Squat…” Kuroda Hyoue murmured.

"Yes!" Lu Ze nodded: "I heard him say that he does squats every night before going to bed."

Inspector Yuzuriha stroked his chin: "If what they say is true, then Mr. Urushihara should have been awake at the time."

“Then Mr. Danno, who approached the tent the third time, is more suspicious,” Kuroda Hyōe said calmly.

Duan Ye's expression immediately changed!

“I don’t think so,” Lin Xiaofeng rejected Kuroda Hyoue’s reasoning.

"Detective Lin, who do you think the murderer is?" Kuroda Bei asked in annoyance.

Suddenly, Lin Xiaofeng raised his hand and pointed at Lu Ze.

Lu Ze's body stiffened, and he forced a smile: "What do you mean by suddenly pointing at me?"

Lin Xiaofeng said coldly, "Mr. Lu Ze, please explain when you got the mud on your right elbow?"

"Uh!" Lu Ze's expression changed drastically upon hearing this. He immediately raised his arm and saw a patch of black mud on his clothes at his elbow.

His expression visibly turned panicked. He subconsciously patted the mud off his clothes while stammering, "That...that's..."

Kuroda Hyoue glanced at him dismissively and interrupted him directly, "I think that must have been when you cut the tent open with a knife when no one was looking, and then you used your right elbow to brace yourself as you crawled into the tent, right?"

"So that's how it is!" Inspector Gong Chang strode up to Lu Ze, staring at him sharply: "You're the one who secretly set fire to the tent."

"No...no!" Ashizawa panicked even more. Under Inspector Yuki's intense gaze, he couldn't help but take a few steps back, frantically waving his hands and saying, "That...that's because I accidentally fell and scraped myself!"

Inspector Yukihara wasn't about to let such an opportunity slip by, and continued pressing, "However, I think the knife that tore the tent is still on you, right? And there are probably still fibers from the Urushihara tent on that knife, aren't there?"

As Inspector Gong Chang finished speaking, Lu Ze froze completely.

He lowered his head, then slowly raised it, grinning with a sinister smile: "Yes! That knife... is on me right now!"

As he spoke, a sharp paper cutter suddenly appeared in his hand!

His gaze swept quickly across the area before finally settling on Ayumi!

"Hehehe!" Ashizawa let out a chilling laugh and suddenly reached out to grab Ayumi!

Ayumi's eyes widened in horror, and many others' expressions changed as well!

but……

Snapped!

Lu Ze's outstretched hand was intercepted.

Lin Xiaofeng grabbed Lu Ze's wrist, his expression cold and resolute: "Don't pretend I don't exist."