Maori Kogoro began to understand everything

"That's it."

"Okay, Conan, don't ask so many questions at this time."

The guilty Xiaolan pulled Conan away, but Maori did not leave and stayed with Haibara.

The longevity lady opened her eyes with all her awareness, and saw Mao Li leaning quietly against the door. She asked weakly, "Is there anything else?"

"Should I call you someone you don't know how old you are... or should I call you Miss Jun Hui?"

Maori asked calmly, and seeing that the old man's expression did not change, he continued, "The police have begun searching for Mr. Kadowaki, and I believe they will find him soon. He secretly sold his daughter's arrows to a rich man outside, and then happened to pick up Miss Sumi's number plate that was entangled with the swimming ring by the river. In order to prevent the police from mistaking him for the murderer, he stole the list and hid. But no matter what, he is definitely not the murderer."

"You are absolutely right, Mr. Maori,"

The old man was silent for a moment, then asked with a dim look in his eyes, "When did you find out?"

"When I first saw your movements, I felt a little bit out of place, but Miss Jun Hui's makeup skills are really amazing. Even though I know a few people with similarly superb makeup skills, I didn't expect that the 130-year-old longevity lady was actually Miss Jun Hui in disguise..."

Mao Li crossed his arms and said calmly: "The first case was Miss Sumi being hung on the Mermaid Waterfall, the second case was Miss Naoko being strangled and hung on a fishing net, and the third case was Miss Kimie being burned to death in a warehouse...

"If it was just a single case, I might not be able to identify the murderer, but when combined, all the mysteries have been solved. Miss Sumi and Miss Naoko drawing the dugong arrow is the key to the case. Miss Kimie, you planned everything in advance, right?"

Looking at the silent old man, Mao Li continued: "The reason why Miss Sumi's death was disguised as an accidental death was to prevent the police from investigating her as a homicide, so as to facilitate the murder of Miss Naoko later. It happened that the weather was bad that day and the police could not come, so your plan went smoothly. Then, while the police were distracted by the footprints, you deliberately said that you wanted to come back to check the list, and after using the excuse to get rid of Xiaolan and the others, you burned Miss Kimie to death in the warehouse..."

"However, the charred corpse was actually Kadowaki Saori who had been killed several days ago. The so-called tooth shape was just a trap... That's right, it should have been Miss Saori who went to the dentist before, but you stole her insurance card and deliberately lent her your insurance card so that she could receive treatment under your identity..."

"Even the Miss Saori that Xiaolan and the others saw was dressed up by you, right? Because Miss Saori often ran away from home, her spare clothes and glasses were left with you. Coupled with your superb makeup skills, it couldn't be easier..."

Maori paused and did not continue. He listened to the sound of the waves outside the shrine and asked, "Is the sea behind this?"

"Yes," the old man said, looking at the blue sky, "behind the shrine is the sea..."

"Hattori called Ms. Saori, and on the first call I heard the sound of waves and... a woman sobbing..."

Mao Li stood up with his back to the bedroom, put his hands together, took a deep breath and said, "You were crying at that time, right? Right in the warehouse, next to Miss Saori's body... Miss Junhui, do you know that just now, Xiaolan and the others were still grieving over your death, and didn't believe that the kind and gentle Miss Junhui would be killed..."

"Really?" The old man turned his head away, his voice choked with sobs, "Three years ago, because they failed to draw the dugong arrow at the festival, Saori and the other two went out to drink. After getting drunk, they set fire to the warehouse. They wanted to see if the longevity lady my mother dressed up as was really immortal..."

"A week ago, Saori lost her arrow and ran to me in panic, and then I learned about this..."

"My mother's claim that she died at sea five years ago was just a decision she made to fake her own death in order to concentrate on playing the role of a dead person,"

The old lady had removed all her makeup and transformed herself into Shimadai Kimie again. She choked up and said, "During the fire, my mother called me on her mobile phone... She asked me, for the sake of this poor island, not to let the longevity lady die like that..."

"Your mother is a remarkable person. Perhaps it is precisely because of her love and selflessness for this island that so many islanders are willing to accompany you to continue the story of the longevity lady..."

Maori said solemnly.

"What did you say……"

Shimabukuro Kimie's eyes widened.

"Since I came to this island, I have discovered that young people firmly believe in the story of the longevity lady, while the old people who should be more superstitious have an ambiguous attitude... They probably all know that it was your mother who was burned to death three years ago, but seeing you like that, they couldn't bear to tell the truth, so they could only cooperate with you to fulfill your mother's last wish..."

"How, how could this happen..."

Shimabukuro Kimie was already crying uncontrollably.

Looking at Shimabukuro Kimie who was crying her heart out, Maori hesitated for a moment, but finally patted her on the back comfortingly.

At this moment, Huiyuan, who had remained silent, suddenly spoke:

"Ms. Jun Hui, Uncle, have you ever thought that the legendary immortal mermaids might really exist?"

"At least I have seen the remains of the mermaid with my own eyes and conducted biological tests on it."

As the title says, I will resume updating tomorrow!

And it happens to be the 100th chapter, so polish it well and arrange the plot properly!

I never thought that this book, which didn’t perform very well, would reach the 100th chapter. Thank you all for your support!

One hundred words ahh ...

Chapter 100: The history of the Black Organization's rise and the return of the theater version!

What Huibara said to Shimabukuro-kun and Mori was simply jaw-dropping:

Forty years ago, there was a super-rich man who stood at the top of the world in terms of power and wealth. In order to enjoy the prosperity of the world forever, he summoned a group of the smartest scientists in the world. He hoped to use the power of these world's top brains to develop drugs that can rejuvenate himself or even make him immortal.

Among these scientists, there was a genius couple with particularly outstanding vision - they asked their tycoon's men to secretly visit many places around the world where legends of immortality were circulated, and finally discovered the definite possibility of creating an elixir of life drug on a small island in Japan called American Island.

This possibility is that it is the corpse of a real mermaid, its upper body looks like a human, but its lower body looks like a fish... Although the corpse was already rotten when the couple took over, after their biological tests, they found that this mermaid has the 24th pair of chromosomes that humans do not have!

The next story is about drug development around the mermaid's corpse. The couple developed a first-generation drug that had great side effects and a very low success rate, but could really make people rejuvenate. After their death, their daughter developed a second-generation drug based on their work, which also had a very low success rate but minimal side effects...

This super-rich man is Karasuma Renya, the former owner of the Twilight Villa that Mori wants to take over, and the scientist couple is Haibara's father Miyano Atsushi and mother Sera Elena.

By the way, the second-generation drug was named APTX4869 by Huihara. During the drug development process, with an investigative and nostalgic mentality, she visited this American island in Wakasa Bay, Fukui Prefecture under her real name Miyano Shiho. At that time, she was accompanied by Gin, who used the alias Kurosawa Jin, and Vodka, who used the alias Uozuka Saburo.

……

Unlike Maori who had already prepared herself mentally, Shimabukuro Kimie took quite a while to digest all the information that Huibara said. But what surprised Maori was that although Huibara did not produce any evidence, Shimabukuro Kimie, who was undoubtedly a very smart girl, did not show any doubt after sorting out the information.

"Don't you doubt what Xiao Ai said? Miss Jun Hui..."

Maori couldn't help but ask.

"I have no doubt about it, Mr. Maori,"

Although Shimabukuro Kimie's eyes were still red and swollen, she had stopped crying, shook her head, and replied, "Because there is no need for you to lie to me, right? And..."

"and?"

"The real longevity lady, my grandmother, was actually shot to death."

"!!!"

Not only Maori's eyes widened, but even Xiao Ai was extremely surprised. "When I was looking through the organization's action logs from that year, it said that in order to snatch the mermaid's body, a member of the organization shot and killed a local woman. That means..."

“The local woman who was shot dead must be my grandmother.”

No wonder Shimabukuro Kimie didn't doubt what Ai said at all, because the story Ai told her just answered Shimabukuro Kimie's question about her grandmother's death...

Looking at Shimabukuro Kimie who was silent with her head down, Mao Li thought for a moment and murmured:

"It seems that your revenge is not over yet, Miss Jun Hui... Now we have a common enemy."

……

To be honest, as a famous detective who often needs to appear on TV, Mao Li has actually long wanted an assistant who can help him disguise himself in events related to the organization. Although he can ask Kaito for help, this kid is often busy, and in case of a time conflict, he can only simply wear a mask or a hood.

For a top killer of the organization like Gin, whose intuition is as good as that of a wild beast, such a simple disguise is fine once or twice, but once it happens too many times, it is basically equivalent to exposing his identity directly.

Therefore, Maori actually originally wanted to wait for Chengmi to be released from prison and have him act as his disguise assistant, or directly let Ai, who was by his side, go to Kaito to learn some disguise techniques - but he didn't expect that he would meet Shimabukuro Kimie, a girl whose makeup skills were not inferior to Kaito's.

You know, Mao Li, who values ​​substantive justice more than procedural justice, had no intention of asking her to surrender or report her, not to mention that she now knows the truth about her grandmother's death and has a hostile relationship with the organization.

Taking all these into consideration, Maori decided to take her away from the American Island and live in Tokyo with a new identity - of course, she would also serve as Maori's assistant and help him fight against the organization when necessary.

Shimabukuro Kimie naturally had no reason to refuse Maori's proposal and gladly accepted it...

……

A few days later, in Tokyo, Nishi Kunitachi Shrine.

In the quiet night, three men leaned against the wooden house, seemingly waiting for something. They lit a cigarette impatiently and looked at their watches.

"Isn't Benkei too slow?!"

"Yes, he said the mystery has been solved. He should be the one who is most interested in this..."

"Swish!" Suddenly a cold arrow shot from the darkness and hit the heart of one of the men wearing glasses. While the other two were screaming, a figure rushed out from the opposite side like lightning and drew his sword to cut vertically and horizontally like flowing water.

Accompanied by the sound of screaming and falling to the ground, the visitor was unwilling to give in. He shook off the blood stains and sheathed his sword. Then he leisurely picked up the three volumes of "Gikyouki" and left.

The moonlight shone on the kind old man's mask, revealing a hint of chilliness. His turban and the blue-gray samurai uniform he wore were particularly distinct from the three people who had been killed, as if he had returned to the ancient sword-fighting era.

……

Three days later, a joint meeting was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

Maori brought Xiao Ai and Conan to the meeting. It was said that the incident this time was related to a theft group led by Genji Hotaru...

Inspector Megure led representatives from all parties to explain in the chairman's seat: "According to the investigation, the five people who were killed in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto have been confirmed to be members of the thief group Genji Hotaru. In view of this, this incident will be jointly investigated by Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto..."

"We discovered that Genji Hotaru has been targeting famous Buddhist statues or works of art since 1903, mainly in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka. All members call each other "Yoshitsune's retainers," and each of them has a copy of Yoshitsune's Chronicle..."

Officer Shiratori reported: "The leader is Yoshitsune, and his subordinates include Benkei, Yinsei Saburo and other eight people. Currently, except for Yoshitsune and his three companions, the other five have been killed one after another, and even the Yoshitsune Ki that they held has been taken away..."

"We only know that the murderer is an expert in kendo and archery. We don't have any clues about other aspects, including the age and gender of Yoshitsune and the other two...."

"Anyway,"

Inspector Megure raised his voice and said, "No matter what, we must arrest the murderer and other members of this thief group as soon as possible. For this purpose, we have invited the famous detective, who is also our special consultant to the Metropolitan Police Department, Kogoro Mori, to assist in the investigation!"

There was an immediate burst of applause in the conference room, and all the police officers turned their eyes to Mao Li who was sitting in the back.

"Please give me your guidance, officers,"

Mao Li, who had already attended the Egg of Memory protection meeting before, stood up calmly, looked around and said, "Let's work together to catch the murderer as soon as possible!"

Although the words sound nice, in fact, if it weren't for Inspector Megure's strong invitation, Mori would not be willing to get involved in such a troublesome case.

Let’s not talk about the complicated procedures of handling cases across regions. If a detective like him solves the case before so many police officers, how can the other police officers save their faces…

Of course, fortunately, he is also a special adviser to the Metropolitan Police Department, otherwise just sitting here would make many police officers feel uncomfortable.

After the meeting, Mao Li was taken to a small meeting room alone.

"The murderer was last seen in Kyoto, right?"

Maori suggested to Inspector Megure, "Speaking of Yoshitsune, it should be related to Kyoto, so I think it is better to start the investigation from Kyoto."

"Kyoto..." Officer Megure nodded after a pause, "I also think that Hotaru Genji has some connection with Kyoto. How about this, Brother Mori, you and Officer Ayanokouji will investigate the Kyoto area together..."

"Officer Ayanokouji?"

When Maori heard the name, he thought it would be a female police officer, but when he turned around, he found that his partner this time was the serious representative of the Kyoto Prefectural Police who sat next to Officer Shiratori in the meeting just now.

He had a typical long and thin face, with droopy eyes and a bulging forehead with two bangs. He looked a little arrogant. The weirdest thing was that there was a little squirrel in his shirt pocket...

"I am Fumi Ayanokouji of the Kyoto Prefectural Police. Although you, Detective Mori, are well-known for your ability to solve cases, I would like you to be the lead when we arrive in Kyoto, just in case."

Ayanokouji shook hands with Maori with a cold face, turned to Officer Megure and said, "Well, there will be a press conference later, I'm going to wash my face first."

"..."

Mao Li watched Ayanokouji leave in silence, and whispered to Sato and Takagi, "Who is this police officer? Do you know?"

"I heard that he is a descendant of an ancient court official and is known as the 'noble police officer'," Officer Sato said with a smile, "Detective Maori, you also saw the little guy in his pocket, right? It's his pet squirrel. It seems that he always carries it with him when he goes out. His personality is even weirder than Officer Shiratori's, but he and Officer Shiratori are classmates..."

"Ah, such a strange temper..."

Mao Li had a headache. "It seems that partnering with him this time may not be easy..."

As the ancient capital of Japan, Kyoto is a famous historical city. Although Maori has some knowledge of history, he is definitely not as familiar with Kyoto as the local police officer, especially since Kyoto is a somewhat xenophobic city.

This kind of investigation requires the help of local police officers, and he has to go to Kyoto to handle a commission from a temple called "Sannoji"...

"Why not just let Officer Ayanokouji act on his own..."

……

The next day, it was already afternoon when Maori walked out of Kyoto Station with his bag.

He looked at the excited Xiaolan and the others with gloomy eyes, especially Conan who was following Xiaolan.

"Listen, I brought you here out of kindness, so don't interfere with my work these few days!"

"it is good!"

Conan agreed readily, and Sonoko looked like a good kid.

Maori nodded in satisfaction.

……

Twenty minutes later, a taxi stopped outside the Shanneng Temple and Mao Li and his party got out one after another.

Cherry blossoms can be seen faintly outside. The driver told me that Sanneng Temple is quite famous in the surrounding area. The Buddha statues and cherry blossoms in the temple are very popular. In a few days, it will be the day of the 12-year consecration of the main Buddha of the temple, Medicine Buddha.