Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"So, you guys found the body of this deceased person while playing around, right?"

The park was soon surrounded by Princess An's guards. Only after the arrival of Officer Shiratori and Chiba Takagi did the Tokyo police take over the current situation of the park.

"Is this okay, Princess?"

Mitsuhiko noticed that the Principality's bodyguards in black suits disappeared into the park: "Your safety..."

"It's okay. I'm just a high school girl here." Princess An winked playfully. "Even if others think I look familiar, they would at most suspect that I look like a famous person."

"What a pity. After something like this, I probably won't be able to leave the park for a long time."

Conan expressed his unhappiness, but everyone's eyes were fine and everyone could see that the guy with glasses was secretly happy.

[Damn Detective! ]

"Officer Shiratori, the deceased has been identified."

Gao Mujun, the assassin, ran over with his police manual. After disappearing for about ten minutes, he quickly found out the identity of the deceased. He often dealt with the information department and was very familiar with the face, so he got what he wanted soon after the phone call and photo were sent.

"Well done, Takagi-kun."

Officer Shiratori immediately asked Takagi Wataru to explain the situation.

"The deceased's name is Takamatsu Jiro, he is fifty years old, works in the financial industry, and his workplace is in a nearby building. The estimated time of death is two to three hours ago."

"Near here?" Kuroba Kaito said, "He works in the more prosperous part of Beika Town. I was right at first. He is indeed a high-income earner."

"why?"

Princess An didn't understand why Kuroba Kaito said "as expected". The deceased was only wearing a Uniku suit, and his leather shoes were not a high-end brand. At least the princess, who had never worn ordinary goods, could tell at a glance that the leather shoes were of very poor quality.

“Although this uncle’s clothes are cheap, look carefully.”

Kuroba Kaito pointed at Takamatsu Jiro's belt buckle and said, "That accessory..."

"Accessory? Isn't that a key?" Everyone was dumbfounded: "A key inlaid with yellow maple leaf glass, is it also considered an accessory?"

"Hey Hey hey."

Kuroba Kaito held his head and said, "Don't you guys pay attention to luxury goods? This is the latest souvenir launched by the Fusa brand. It's called Golden Memories. The product description says that everyone will be happy. There are only 2,000 pieces worldwide, and each one is priced at 5 million yen."

"Eh?! So expensive!" Qingzi covered her mouth and said, "Look carefully, there are traces of things being worn on this uncle's wrists and neck. They should be precious jewelry."

"A key..." Officer Chiba pointed at the confused children who each took out the same key from their bags: "These kids have them too. They must be fake."

"Well, no matter what, all the valuables on Takamatsu are gone. His wallet and valuables are gone." Takagi Wataru turned a page of the manual: "Although this person said he was in the financial industry, he is actually a loan shark. Officer Shiratori, I suspect it's a financial dispute."

"What is loan sharking?" Rize, who was standing next to Haibara Ai, poked her curiously.

"I lend you 9 yen, and you have to pay me back 100 yen."

"This guy is even worse than the fat uncle." Rize saw Kuroba Kaito walking over and staring at her seriously.

"It's true that this person is not a good person, but that doesn't mean others can take his life at will. This is wrong." Although Kaito Kidd is an international criminal, Kaito has a strict bottom line on this kind of thing.

"…I'm a little uncomfortable with your righteous and stern look."

Conan complained, doubting the relationship between this guy and the girl, but when he turned around, he found that the police were starting to retreat.

"Huh?!" Conan hurried over: "Officer Shiratori, are you guys leaving already? But the criminal..."

"The criminal has already escaped." Officer Shiratori shook his head. "There are bloody footprints around the deceased, but the footprints extend to the wash basin on the other side of the park. The criminal must have washed away all the blood on the soles of his shoes." Officer Chiba also came over. "We asked around, and it seems that no one saw a person with wet soles leaving the front and back doors of the park."

"That's nothing we can do. The police can't waste time here." Kuroba Kaito was also helpless, but he pointed at the crime scene and complained: "Do you really have to clean this place so clean? The original scene can't even be recognized."

"The park is open to the residents of Beika Town. If we don't clean up all the blood, what will happen if it scares other children?"

The policemen comforted the man, promised to catch the criminal as soon as possible, and then drove away.

"Let's go too."

The case couldn't be solved immediately, and Kaito didn't want to waste time here, so he persuaded Princess An and himself to go back to the Suzuki Museum.

"But, it's not easy for me to go out and play alone..."

Her Royal Highness the Princess sat down on the bench with a wronged look on her face. Except for Conan, who was usually hard-hearted, everyone else walked past without saying a word.

"Since I was born, my father and mother have sent people to follow me all the time, saying that they want to protect me."

Princess An's eyes were filled with tears and her voice was choked: "When I went to the toilet, they held silk beside me. When I ate, they cut the food and put it in front of my mouth. When I wanted to read, they read to me."

Seeing that the children were indifferent, Her Royal Highness sniffed again: "Even when I was playing games, they took the controller away and insisted on helping me level up. They said how could Her Royal Highness level up herself and just watch them play."

"What! How could such a thing happen!" Mitsuhiko's eyes widened suddenly.

"You're so pitiful that you can't play the game yourself." Yuan Tai clenched his fists: "Have you ever eaten eel?"

Princess An shook her head: "What is that?"

"Princess, you're so pitiful. I'm going to tell my mom not to call me little princess anymore." Ayumi looked at Rise: "What do you think, Rise-chan?"

“…Is it really that pitiful?”

The girl, who was as novice at playing games as Conan, thought it was actually okay, but the four people next to her were already dumbfounded. Kaito, who had long realized that the princess was talking nonsense, fell silent halfway through.

"I know there's a little door in the park where I can sneak out!"

Yuan Tai immediately raised his hand: "Princess, we can get rid of those guards and have a good time all day."

"Really!" Princess An clasped her hands in front of her chest: "Captain Yuantai's court knights, you are so reliable."

"I can treat Princess An to oden and nigiri." Mitsuhiko took out his wallet and counted it, making sure the pocket money he had just received was enough.

"I'm counting on you, Minister of Finance of Mitsuhiko's court!"

Her Royal Highness the Princess bribed Rize and Ayumi with her identity as a court lady, and the four children were all smiling foolishly.

"Hey, everyone, cheer up and don't be fooled. We are the Junior Detective Team!" Conan held Genta's shoulders and said, "Captain!"

"What is the Junior Detective League, Conan? Please call me the Captain of the Genta Court Knights."

The devastated boy with glasses turned to Haibara Ai for help again.

"What does it matter? As long as they have fun, that's enough." Haibara Ai rolled her eyes at Conan in disdain.

"To be discouraged by a joke, someone must be extremely childish."

(End of this chapter)