Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"Officer Megure!"

A man who seemed to have a lower rank than Megure ran in and explained to the leading police officer: "He is Izumi's tutor."

"Tutor?" Officer Megure frowned and looked at the young man suspiciously: "You don't look like a guy who studies hard."

"Hey, this gentleman is so rude!" Maori Kogoro's mouth twitched, but he did not refute: "It's just a simple tutoring."

"Where's the time?" Officer Megure waved his hand, pretending to be indifferent, but in his mind he had already listed the man in front of him as one of the suspects.

"From 8 to 10 o'clock, he would go to study every weekend, and then I would come back to explain the problems to him. But the landlord of this building is dead." Holding his chin, Maori Kogoro imitated the routine on TV and said meaningfully: "The criminal... is that person."

When these words were spoken, Inspector Megure, who was standing at the door, was startled. After looking at Kudo Yusaku, he immediately walked up to Kogoro Mori and punched him.

"It hurts! What are you doing?" Covering his swollen head, Kogoro Mouri glared at the fat man.

"Don't cause trouble for the police. You are also a suspect!"

"Please wait a moment, Inspector," Kudo Yusaku let go of his wife and looked at Maori Kogoro. "Morri-kun is also married, and he rents a house in 6th chome, which is a place with many residents. His alibi is easy to confirm."

"Is that so?" Inspector Megure glanced at the young policeman, and only after the latter went out and came back and nodded did he make a snort and glared at Kogoro Mouri with disdain.

"Then could you please tell me who you think the murderer is?"

"Is there any need to think about it? It must have been Izumi who made the call. He is the only one with a complete alibi."

"Isn't he your student?"

"My greatest strength is that I will sacrifice my relatives for the sake of justice. Even if my father-in-law kills someone one day, I will not hesitate to take him to the police station."

"Then I have to praise you a few more times."

"No no."

【How can this person be so shameless? 】

The two people over there were joking with each other, and just by listening here, Kudo Yusaku understood that Mao Li in front of him was just guessing according to the routine in mystery novels, but the facts are mostly not like this, because reality does not require readers to pay for it, and there are not so many reversals.

"Mori-kun, you have to be very careful when reasoning. Because of our words, an innocent person may be thrown in jail for several years, so you must not just rely on guessing."

"By the way, Inspector! The resident on the third floor said that Izumi Hibiki went to Kishida Hirotoki's house last night with a bag of Japanese confectionery, but he came back soon."

A policeman knocked on the door, handed over another statement, and turned back to continue the search.

"Japanese confectionery? Have they appeared in his room?" Kudo Yusaku saw Inspector Megure pointing at the coffee table, walked over and found that three of them had already been eaten, and under the coffee table, several boxes of snacks were neatly placed there.

Inspector Megure held up his hat and said, "This probably has little to do with the case. Other residents said that Izumi often sends food to the landlord, hoping that he can postpone the rent collection."

Hearing this, Kudo Yusaku narrowed his eyes and glanced at Maori Kogoro unconsciously.

(Is it a coincidence? Or does this guy really see through everything...)
"Brother Kudo, what do you think?"

Noticing that Kudo Yusaku was smiling confidently as usual, Officer Megure greeted him hurriedly and took out a pen and paper from his pocket to take notes.

"I know a little bit."

Maori Kogoro watched as Kudo Yusaku walked to the balcony, took a pair of gloves, put them on, fumbled around the fire escape, and nodded. "The murderer is Izumi Hibiki. While delivering snacks last night, he took advantage of the residents' inattention and opened the escape without closing it tightly. He then ran upstairs from downstairs at around four this morning, killed someone, and went downstairs through the escape."

Nodding, Kudo Yusaku put his hands in his pockets and paced back and forth.

After dragging the old man into the kitchen and committing the crime of murder, Izumi Hibiki left 401 again as he had reasoned and headed to the Haido Library at his usual schedule.

"The air conditioner probably caused the time of death to be misjudged. The actual time of death of Hirotoki Kishida should be around 4 o'clock."

Kudo Yusaku picked up the Japanese confectionery box on the dining table and said, "There must be sleeping pills in this. Why haven't they been detected?"

If the police had detected it, there would be no suspense in this case at all.

"Um...um...I'm so sorry..."

A group of people walked out of the apartment building and saw the high school student being pressed down and approaching the police car. Kudo Yusaku shouted, "Please wait a moment."

He took out a piece of paper from his pocket, glanced at Inspector Megure, and handed it to Izumi Hibiki.

"This is what Hirotoki Kishida wrote in his diary. I pleaded with the police and they agreed to show it to you."

The high school student, who had originally been indifferent, suddenly knelt down after seeing the words on the paper, and even scared Professor Agasa who was following Kudo Yukiko.

"What have I done!!!"

The paper fell to the ground and was picked up by Kogoro Maori. He found that it was a diary written in English. He read it word by word.

[I have been too harsh on him recently, but young people should be tempered. Whenever I see him now, I think of the days when I was working hard in the UK alone.

I have put his rent money into a card. His grades are very good. When he gets into college, I will add a little money to it and pay him back. Hehe, my house can also produce a young man who goes to Dongdu University! 】

(The arrogant old man didn't expect to be defeated by the young man who had high hopes for him.)
"He must have been very happy when he received the Japanese sweets you gave him. Otherwise, he wouldn't have eaten three in one go even though he has diabetes." Kogoro Mouri sighed and watched the police car take Hibiki Izumi away.

"Wait! He hasn't paid me the tuition fees for these two months yet!"

Suddenly his eyes widened, and he became unwell and started shouting and making a fuss.

The tuition fees of this student in the last two months are just enough to subsidize the family's household expenses. Although he is not completely without money, it is the money given to him by his parents to buy a house.

Kogoro Mori has been hesitating between buying a house in a shopping street or an ordinary single-family house. Now he has to set aside some money for household expenses from the two.

"Well, fat officer, when can I ask that boy for the tuition fee?"

Kogoro Mouri rubbed his hands and walked to Megure. After getting a hopeless result in the short term, he couldn't help but wailing.

"Well, since you have helped us, I will help you apply for a subsidy."

Officer Megure looked at Mao Li carefully, one eye looking big and the other small, and said, "You have a good figure. Would you like to consider becoming a police officer? Your information says that you are a sophomore at Beika University. Your school should have a channel for applying to the police academy, right?"

[This guy can talk about the criminal in one breath, and he is also Yusaku’s friend, so he must be an expert in reasoning…]

"Really? Then I'll go and try." Maori Kogoro widened his eyes: "Police..." (End of this chapter)