Maori Kogoro began to understand everything

"if……"

Hikigaya Hachiman had a gloomy face, and he looked at Mori coldly with a terrifying look in his eyes, "What are you going to do if you don't find it? You are just talking nonsense. If you have to check my personal belongings because of this..."

"Then you can expose me."

Maori met Hikigaya Hachiman's eyes without any fear, "Aren't you a photographer? Whether it's Nichimai Shimbun or Uo Nichi Shimbun, go ahead and expose me, ruin my reputation, and make me lose my foothold in the detective industry and society completely."

The impact of Maori's reply was too great, and Hikigaya Hachiman's momentum suddenly weakened, but he still said stubbornly: "Okay! This is what you said! Don't think of bowing and getting away with it when the time comes!"

After saying that, he looked at Maori silently for a while and then moved away.

Hikigaya Hachiman had never come into contact with a famous detective before, but he did not expect that this seemingly ordinary middle-aged man in front of him seemed to see through everything after just walking around the scene a few times, as if he had seen him kill someone with his own eyes.

There really is a detective as good as the one in detective novels... However, when he was killing people, no one touched the camera, so it is impossible for anyone to be photographed...

Hikigaya Hachiman watched as Mori took away the film camera, and a trickle of sweat seeped from the corner of his eyes.

"Officer Sato,"

After Mao Li handed the camera to the police officer, he whispered in Sato's ear, "Please check the camera later. If I'm not mistaken, there may be the same pollen on it as at the scene."

"Eh?"

Sato was surprised for a moment, then nodded in understanding, and began to give instructions to the forensic personnel without carrying Hikigaya Hachiman on his back.

Because Miss Yuigahama Yui had a darkroom at home, the film was taken out and directly handed over to the photographer's assistant Zaimokuza Yoshiki for development, while the forensic personnel quickly identified the pollen on the camera.

Maori is not sure what is in the camera. Maybe there is evidence of Hikigaya Hachiman and Yuigahama Yui's relationship, or maybe there is nothing. But in any case, as long as the same pollen as that at the crime scene is detected and it is proved that the camera was taken away from the scene, the other party can be convicted.

In the darkroom, Hikigaya Hachiman stood behind Mori, watching Zaimokuza Yoshiki develop one photo after another, swallowing his saliva from time to time, his nails digging deeply into his palms.

"It'll be fine soon..."

Zaimokuza Yoshiki operated carefully, and as time passed, all the photos gradually appeared, all of which were selfies of Yuigahama Yui.

"See it!"

Hikigaya Hachiman's nervous heart relaxed, feeling that he had escaped a disaster. He could no longer calm down and laughed out loud, "Now we know that the person who killed her was not me, but a thief who came from nowhere! You, a famous detective, are just like this! Hahaha! I will expose you! You will be ruined!!"

Maori ignored Hikigaya Hachiman's ridicule and continued to quietly observe the dozens of photos lined up in a row. Although there was no substantial evidence, some information was still left.

So many photos are all selfies of Yuigahama Yui, which looks strange, but if you look closely you can find that there are subtle differences between these photos.

The shape of her mouth changes gradually. It seems that Ms. Yuigahama Yui is telling something in the form of a comic strip...

"Detective Maori!"

Sato rushed into the darkroom with a camera in hand, looking surprised. "It's the same, the same pollen, 99% consistent!"

"pollen?"

Hikigaya Hachiman was stunned.

"On this camera body,"

Mao Li took the camera and said, "I detected the same pollen on it as at the crime scene. Maybe you didn't notice it, but I think it must have been contaminated when you took the camera from the room."

"How can it be……"

Hikigaya Hachiman's lips trembled, and his expression was horrified as he recalled the scenes after he killed Yuigahama Yui.

"Ms. Yuigahama Yui, you must have bought these flowers this morning. Why is the camera in your bag covered in pollen?"

Mao Li put away the developed photos and returned to the restaurant. "Do you still think this is your backup camera?"

"Duanzi..."

Hikigaya Hachiman's face trembled violently, his hands clenched into fists, and he said with rapid breathing: "I am not wrong, it was her, this woman who was playing with me! That's why I..."

"Haven't you noticed yet?"

Maori glanced at the hysterical Hikigaya Hachiman, took the stack of photos and started flipping through them in front of him like a book. Suddenly, the smiling Yuigahama Yui in the photos began to move her lips.

"Take a good look at it."

The animation is composed of dozens of photos. The mouth shape is very clear, slowly forming "I love you"...

Hikigaya Hachiman took the photo and flipped through it in a daze, his face instantly froze and he took a few steps back in a daze.

"Ms. Yuigahama Yui does love you,"

Mao Li turned around and said, "She just wanted to keep this love in her heart, for her sister Yukino, and for you."

"The forensic report has just come out,"

Sato said sadly, "She didn't die immediately, Mr. Hikigaya Hachiman. If you hadn't done those disguises and called an ambulance immediately, she might have been saved..."

"Duanzi..."

Hikigaya Hachiman's lips trembled and his chest felt a sharp pain. He wanted to cry but couldn't. In agony, he knelt on the ground, clutching the photo in his hand.

I regret it from the bottom of my heart, but the person will never come back. All that is left is the outline of the body taped on the floor and a group of photos with a bright smile.

"I'm sorry, Tuanzi... wuwu!"

Looking at Hikigaya Hachiman who was kneeling on the ground crying, Mori shook his head and turned away.

Although he didn't know what exactly happened between the victim Yuigahama Yui and Hikigaya Hachiman, he could probably reconstruct the true situation from the few words of Hikigaya Hachiman.

Can you really get used to the new relationship between three people so willingly? Can you really let the person you love leave you and move on? Everything is just forced.

The person she likes most is the one who likes her, but she is her most important sister... Yuigahama Yui wanted to continue to get along with her, but she was forced to give up and choose to bear everything alone.

Maori had nothing much to say, but he was deeply moved - Hikigaya Hachiman, a man with deep sins!

Chapter 36 Listen to Conan and you will be wrong every year

After this tragic case ended, Hikigaya Hachiman was taken away by a police car, crying while holding a photo, and Mori also walked out of the apartment under the admiring gazes of many police officers.

"That's incredible, Mr. Maori!"

Detective Takagi followed beside him, still immersed in his reasoning, and said excitedly, "We found the criminal with just a casual investigation. If it weren't for you, we would have treated it as a robbery. Is this the way a famous detective does it?"

"It's nothing, actually."

Mao Li waved his hand modestly, "Even if I wasn't there, you would have discovered it sooner or later..."

"But there won't be any evidence by then, right? The case certainly won't be resolved so easily!"

Takagi followed Mori like a follower and continued excitedly, "Anyway, Detective Mori is amazing!"

"Well... rather than complimenting me,"

Maori looked at the sky which was already dusk, and then looked at his watch. "Detective Takagi, could you please take me there in the police car? I have to go to Teitan University to participate in a drama, and I feel like I don't have enough time..."

"Eh?!"

……

“Wow wow wow wow——!”

On the way to Teitan University, a police car sped along, even with its sirens turned on, attracting the attention of pedestrians one after another.

"There are so many police cars on the street today."

"I heard they are looking for a murderer who kidnapped a young girl. Could it be the man sitting in the police car just now?"

"I feel so! It is said that the rate of middle-aged uncles like these becoming perverts or lunatics is quite high!"

"But why do I feel that person looks familiar..."

"Yeah, it looks like the famous detective Maori Kogoro to me!"

"No way?! The famous detective Maori Kogoro's reputation has collapsed?!"

"Nowadays, the stars..."

……

At the same time, inside the speeding police car.

"Step on the gas, Officer Takagi! You're a police car, what are you afraid of?"

Maori, who was completely unaware of what kind of person he had become in the eyes of passers-by, smoked a cigarette while keeping an eye on the time, and only breathed a sigh of relief when the gate of Teitan University appeared in his sight.

Although it was just a background role without any lines, it was performed at my alma mater after all, so it was great to be able to catch it...

However, just as Maori was thinking this, a car suddenly rushed out from the corner of the street. There was a water pipe connected to the back of the car, and at the end of the water pipe was -

"Shh-!"

In the confused sight of Detectives Mori and Takagi, the skateboard slid vertically over the window of the police car in a posture that even Newton's coffin could not cover, and they could even see Conan and the kids from the Junior Detective League up close.

"WTF?"

"Uncle Maori?!"

Conan saw the police car and was about to call for help, but he unexpectedly discovered that the people inside were Maori and Takagi. He hurriedly shouted, "Uncle Maori, quickly catch up with the car in front, Ayumi is trapped in their trunk!"

"Ayumi?"

Mao Li was suddenly startled. He didn't have time to think too much or rush. He hurriedly shouted to Takagi, "Detective Takagi! Stop the car in front!"

"Stop the car! Stop the car now!"

There were two men dressed in fierce clothes sitting in the car that Conan mentioned. When they heard the shouting from behind, they turned around in fright and stepped on the brakes in a daze.

"What's up, officer?"

"Open the trunk! Put your hands on your head!"

Gao Mu swiftly stopped the police car in front of him, then got out, holding his gun solemnly to guard against the two men.

"Yes Yes!"

The two of them followed Takagi's instructions in confusion, and watched in confusion as Maori rushed to the back of the car and opened the trunk, and was surprised to find a little girl inside.

"what is going on?"

"Ah! Don't kill me!"

As the hood opened, Ayumi, who was hiding inside, suddenly screamed. When she found out it was Maori, she suddenly jumped up and hugged Maori around her neck like a koala: "Uncle Maori, save me!!"

"Don't cry, Ayumi, it's all right now."

Mao Li hugged Ayumi and patted her back soothingly. He turned his gaze coldly to the two suspects and asked, "Do you want to explain?"

"Why is there a kid in our car?"

The two men, who were dressed rather fiercely, were sweating profusely. "Officer, we know nothing!"

"Hmph, wake up! A murderer who kidnaps young girls all the time!"

Conan and the others also rushed over at this time, "We have heard your conversation in the car! There is a body and money in the trunk!"

Ayumi even had tears in her eyes, hugging Maori tightly: "Yes, they can kill even a child without batting an eyelid..."

"murderer?"

The suspect was stunned for a moment, then angrily said, "What are you talking about?! The things in the trunk are all fake, they are our props!"

"Props?"

"The conversation in the car was just rehearsing our lines. We're about to perform a play!" The suspect said angrily, pointing at Teitan University where a campus festival was being held not far away.

Maori then realized what was happening and looked at Conan: "Conan! What is going on? The serial kidnapper and murderer of young girls has just been arrested by Inspector Megure!"

"Eh?"

Conan walked closer with a guilty conscience and found that there were indeed some props made of newspapers in the trunk, "Uh, this...haha..."

"So it was just a misunderstanding?"

Detective Takagi also looked embarrassed, "But why is Ayumi in the trunk?"

The two actors were also confused: "Anyway, we haven't done anything. Can you please let us go to the scene quickly? It's almost too late!"