Maori Kogoro began to understand everything

"It's all over!" Under Ota Masaru's horrified gaze, Takahashi put the tip of the knife against his throat, crying and laughing, "I have decided to accompany Atsuko in another world as a righteous avenger!"

"Stop being so pretty!"

Mao Li suddenly jumped up and punched Takahashi in the face, knocking him to the ground and knocking the sharp blade out of his hand. He coldly scolded: "Remember, this punch is from a father on behalf of my daughter! Maybe your original purpose was to avenge Atsuko, but did you attack Xiaolan three times later to avenge Atsuko?"

"You are just afraid. You are afraid that your identity as a murderer will be exposed! How dare you call yourself a messenger of justice?!"

If Maori's previous objective reasoning penetrated Takahashi's physical disguise, then his subjective words at this moment penetrated Takahashi's psychological protection shield - he mercilessly revealed the other party's dark side to everyone.

As Takahashi knelt on the ground and cried in despair, the bandage monster case, which was caused by his friend and led to the tragic death of his friend, finally came to an end.

Chapter 19: Live interview turns into live crime solving - Mao Li becomes famous (Part 1)

In the blink of an eye, more than a week has passed since the bandage monster incident. The carnival day for lovers and the day of suffering for singles - Christmas, is approaching.

I don't know if it's because the festive atmosphere dilutes the darkness in people's hearts, but in the past week or so, Maori has not received any commissions - but Conan, who was hanging out with elementary school students, accidentally solved a murder case while accompanying Komei to have a tooth pulled. Of course, in order to avoid attracting attention, even though Maori was not present, Conan still used his name when solving cases.

Since there are no commissions to deal with, why not give yourself a vacation? With this idea in mind, Mao Li simply went to see Eri Kisaki every now and then and spent time with her. The two of them checked in again at many places they visited when they were dating. Although many places are completely different from before, the atmosphere when they are together is quite good.

For example, on Sunday night this week, the two planned to go to a KTV near Beikacho Station, where they used to go when they were students. It was here that Maori officially confessed his love to Kisaki Eri after singing a song, and the two finally became lovers from childhood sweethearts.

However, there are still two days until Sunday, and Mao Li needs to go to Nichimi TV to participate in a one-hour special live show. Although this show is not very popular, considering the 50 yuan appearance fee given by the production team, Mao Li decided to give them some face.

……

"This Friday, we will also be broadcasting the All Japan Detective Agency Unit, but this time it will be a one-hour special live broadcast! Today, I am the host, Takashi Matsuo, serving you all!"

"And me, assistant host Nagai Ayako~"

"Our staff will reveal the answers to all the difficult cases sent to us by viewers across the country!"

"But now, let us welcome today's special guest, the famous detective Mr. Maori Kogoro!"

Sitting next to the host's beautiful assistant, Mao Li, who was dressed in a suit, immediately smiled when he heard the introduction of himself, and nodded towards the photographer's camera and the audience seats below:

"Good evening everyone, my name is Maori Kogoro, and I'm a detective!"

"Oh!!"

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!

Conan, Xiaolan and the surrounding audience who were sitting at the front of the audience immediately cheered and applauded for Maori.

After the applause and cheers faded, the host looked at Mao Li first and asked, "Detective Mao Li, which case do you think is the most difficult one you have handled so far?"

"The most difficult case?"

Maori glanced at Conan in the audience, and smiled as he looked at him with a bad look, "I think it should be a case involving high school detective Kudo Shinichi, which happened in a huge iron bird at an altitude of 10,000 meters..."

……

In the mixing room on the fourth floor of the Nichimi TV building, the chubby program producer Michihiko Suwa was alone in the room watching the studio surveillance footage. He had to admit that the effect of inviting Kogoro Mori, a recently famous detective, to participate in the program was better than he had imagined. Not only did the cases he told were thrilling, but he also interspersed funny jokes and life philosophies appropriately. Even if he looked at it with the most critical eyes, this episode was enough to become a hit and cause a sensation.

"Five hundred thousand is totally worth it! I should invite him to the show more often in the future!"

When a short clip was inserted into the program, Michihiko Suwa couldn't help talking to himself. Suddenly, he received a call from the host Matsuo himself.

"Matsuo? What are you doing? The show isn't finished yet!"

"I just want you to hear my last voice," Matsuo said while running through the corridor, "I'm going to die soon, I'm going to commit suicide by jumping off the top floor..."

"what?!"

Suwa Michihiko cried out in horror.

"Just wait and see what happens when I die!"

"Hey, don't be like this, let's talk about hosting later, don't be like this, don't let yourself get upset!"

"It's too late!"

Matsuo raised his lips and took out a silenced pistol.

"boom--!"

……

In the studio, when Takashi Matsuo rushed back to the scene covered in sweat, the 4-minute short film had just finished playing and happened to show the scene where the victim was shot.

"What happened, Mr. Matsuo? You're sweating a lot."

The assistant was surprised.

"My stomach has been feeling uncomfortable since this morning." Matsuo smiled and panted lightly, then returned to the stage with his assistant to continue hosting the show.

……

In a busy place like the Nichimi TV building, a murder case could not be hidden for long - almost as soon as the live broadcast program that Mori participated in ended and the photographer had not had time to turn off the camera, the dead body of Michihiko Suwa was discovered.

Then it was a normal process. The staff called the police, and the police arrived and took control of the scene.

……

"The victim was Michihiko Suwa, a 37-year-old producer of this TV station... The murder weapon was a pistol..."

At the crime scene in the mixing room, Michihiko Suwa's body was slumped under the window. The window above was covered in splattered blood and a bullet hole. Forensic personnel were taking photos of the scene.

Officer Megure, who was on duty again, came to the body and looked at it seriously: "A bullet hit the head and went through the glass. It will be difficult to find the bullet that flew out..."

"Officer, there are other bullet holes on the wall! Two behind the poster, one next to the clock, and one on the victim's body, a total of four bullet holes were fired here!"

"Four shell casings were in the room."

"Well, there is a pistol with a silencer next to the body. This should be the gun that shot us. Take it for testing immediately!" Officer Megure said in a deep voice.

After giving his instructions, he immediately changed the subject: "There is only one entrance to the room. It seems that the murderer broke into the room and forced the victim to the window, then shot him to death with random bullets. One of the bullets hit him in the head. Then the murderer threw the gun next to the body and fled..."

"Is that so? Maori brother?"

As Inspector Megure spoke, he looked at Mori who had just received the news and rushed over.

"Well, judging from the situation at the crime scene, this possibility is indeed very high..."

Mao Li nodded slightly, without objecting to Officer Megure, nor did he say anything very certain, "But Officer Megure, there is blood next to the receiver of this phone. The victim may have been talking on the phone when he was killed. In this case, maybe the other party heard something... Can his call records be found?"

"Call log, huh?"

Officer Megure hurriedly ordered a police officer, "Investigate immediately!"

- Although when they were police officers and colleagues, they always felt that Maori would lead them into a maze of solving cases, but after Maori successfully solved a series of difficult cases, Inspector Megure now still believes in his title of famous detective.

After the police officer left, Officer Megure continued to question the staff, "Have you seen any suspicious people?"

"No, because Mr. Suwa sent everyone away and is here alone."

"Send everyone away?"

"It's all my fault," the host Takashi Matsuo suddenly said sadly, "Actually Suwa was waiting for me because he said he had something important to discuss after the show, so he sent everyone else away, saying he didn't want anyone to hear..."

"Then there are no witnesses," Officer Megure said with a headache, "We can only wait and see if we can find the call records."

Maori glanced at Takashi Matsuo in confusion. At this time, the outside of the mixing room was already surrounded by reporters. Takashi Matsuo followed the autopsy personnel who carried away Suwa's body. As soon as he walked out of the room, he was drowned by all kinds of microphones.

"Mr. Matsuo!"

"Mr. Matsuo, how are you feeling now?"

"There are rumors that your show is going to be cancelled. Could it be that your fans can't accept this? Could you please give me an answer?"

"Are you guys done yet?" Takashi Matsuo interrupted the reporter's questioning with a roar, and said with tears in his eyes, "You are right, we did discuss the cancellation of the program, but Mr. Suwa later still wanted me to continue hosting, so he asked me to come to this room tonight..."

"I am here to announce to everyone that I will inherit Mr. Suwa's will and continue to serve as the host! Moreover, I will bring this case to the screen and do my best to track down the murderer until the devil who killed Mr. Suwa is caught!"

In front of a program monitor in the mixing room, Mao Li silently watched Takashi Matsuo crying in the camera footage.

This person gave Maori a very strange feeling. He was obviously crying for the death of his colleague, but Maori always felt that he seemed quite happy.

"Uncle Maori, this person is behaving very strangely!"

Conan was thinking with his chin in his hand, looking like a little adult. "And I just heard from the TV station staff that he seems to be a good shooter."

"It's even weirder for a little kid like you to be jumping up and down at a murder scene!"

Maori glanced at Conan and said unhappily, "If you don't want me to throw you out, stay here."

"……it is good."

Conan twitched his lips helplessly - he was used to Maori's attitude of knowing his true identity with a high probability, but not exposing it, and treating him as an adult when there was something going on, and bullying him as a child when there was nothing going on. However, habits are habits, and speechlessness is still speechlessness.

at this time--

"police officer!"

The police officer who had gone out earlier hurried back and handed a form to Officer Megure, "The victim's call records have been found!"

"Well, thank you for your hard work."

Inspector Megure nodded, took the form, looked at it, and couldn't help frowning.

After a while, Takashi Matsuo and several relevant staff were called back to the scene.

"I did call Mr. Suwa at 8:15," a staff member explained, "and he answered the phone at that time. But I called him at 55: and he didn't answer..."

"Why did you call him?" asked Officer Megure.

"I asked him to call," Matsuo explained, "because I still have to do the show..."

Mao Li had already looked at the call records and fixed his eyes on Matsuo Takashi: "Mr. Matsuo, you also called Mr. Suwa in the meantime. We should have been doing the show together when you called, right?"

"About this,"

Matsuo Takashi paused, as if he had expected Maori to ask this question, and raised the corner of his mouth slightly, "Did Detective Maori forget? There was a 4-minute short film in the middle of the program. I left for a while because of stomach discomfort. It was at that time that I called Suwa again..."

Mao Li frowned. "Is that really the case? Judging from the time, the call you made should be the one when the victim was killed. Isn't that too much of a coincidence? And I heard that you are a very good shot."

"Hey, detective Maori, are you... doubting me?"

Matsuo Takashi shrugged innocently and said, "I just made a call for a while and then hung up. Besides, I was recording the show from 8 to 9 o'clock. I was only away for a while when the 4-minute short film was played. You are obviously my alibi! And from the studio on the 9th floor where I host the show to this room on the 4th floor, unless you take the elevator, it should take more than 4 minutes to go back and forth no matter how fast you go."

Although he had some concerns about Mori, the detective who had recently become famous, as an excellent detective program host who had conceived countless cases, Matsuo was still very confident that his crime plan was perfect and even a famous detective would not be able to find any flaws.

Glancing at Maori and Inspector Megure, Matsuo Takashi said without any worry: "If you don't believe Detective Maori and this policeman, you can try it yourself, and it will immediately prove my innocence!"

Chapter 20: Live interview turns into live crime solving - Mao Li becomes famous (Part 2)

Although Inspector Megure was a stickler for truth, given his size and physical fitness, there was no need for him to even try. He was well aware of this, so he looked decisively at Maori.

"Okay, Maori brother, go and try running!"

"Huh? You want me to run? Why not let Conan, that brat, run..."

Mao Li said this dejectedly, but he ran up the stairs quickly. Before leaving, he did not forget to pat the police officer next to him and asked him to prepare for the timing.

By the time Mao Li ran to the studio on the 9th floor and hurried back to the 4th floor, more than 6 minutes had passed.

"Report to the officer! 6 minutes and 18 seconds!"

"Brother Maori, can't you be faster?"

Inspector Megure complained.

"That's a very fast speed, officer!"

Mao Li rolled his eyes at Officer Megure while panting and said, "Unless you are a professional athlete, it is impossible to run under 4 minutes!"

"Then this should prove my innocence, right?"

Matsuo Takashi laughed.

After calming down his breathing a little, Maori looked at Matsuo Takashi's smug expression and frowned.

If Matsuo Takashi were to run, he would not be able to run faster than him, and Mao Li was confident in his physical fitness advantage. Before the show, producer Michihiko Suwa took him to visit the building. Due to certain historical reasons, the stairs here are not connected together. Almost every two floors, you have to walk through the corridor to find the stairs, which is very time-consuming.

Furthermore, even if Takashi Matsuo could miraculously go back and forth within 4 minutes, the corridors and elevators of the Nichiren TV building are monitored by surveillance cameras, and with so many people coming and going, it would be easy for someone to witness it.

While Maori was thinking this -

"police officer,"

A police officer ran in from outside and reported, "I have checked the surveillance cameras in the elevator and corridor at the time of the crime, and I didn't see Mr. Matsuo!"

"In this case, it is impossible for Mr. Matsuo to have committed the crime..."