Ke Xue: The thief Cao is actually myself

Chapter 396: Walking into a trap! (Seeking monthly votes!)

"Sir, I'm sorry. When I was taking the photo just now, a balloon accidentally ran into the camera. I wonder if this photo can still be used? How about I take another one for you?"

Mao Lilan felt a little embarrassed and apologized softly to the horse-faced man.

At this time, Kogoro Mouri noticed that when Maori Ran was taking a picture of the horse-faced man, a certain kid had quietly slipped aside, and the hydrogen balloon in the other person's hand happened to enter the camera.

"Conan! Stop running around, kid!"

Kogoro Mouri's eyes twitched, and then he punched Conan without hesitation.

This naughty kid, will he die if he doesn’t act up for a day?

He just didn't believe that the other party didn't hear the conversation between his precious daughter and the horse-faced man, but the other party clearly heard it and still insisted on running over there!
In his opinion, this was clearly a deliberate act of trouble!

As for saying that he has no evidence to prove that Conan did it on purpose?
Does that matter?

No, it doesn't matter at all!
As long as Kogoro Mouri thinks that Conan, the little brat, is causing trouble, then the other party must be causing trouble!
After all, that little brat has quite a criminal record!
"It's okay, thank you!"

The horse-faced man waved his hand, took the camera cheerfully, and said with a smile, "I am now collecting records of customs of various local festivals! This is a photo of these materials!"

"The unexpected arrival of the balloon this time not only did not destroy the atmosphere of the photo, but added a lot of life to the photo. It can be said that this is a very good material!"

Mao Lilan blinked her beautiful big eyes and was slightly stunned. "Hey? Sir, are you a writer?"

At this point, Mao Lilan paused and added, "Looking at your tanned skin, I thought you might be an athlete!"

"Haha, that's it."

After hearing this, the horse-faced man subconsciously touched his cheek and explained, "This is a tan from interviews. Because of my work, I need to go abroad frequently to find more and richer sources of creativity!"

"By the way, maybe you can read this book!"

As he spoke, he took out a brand new book from his pocket and handed it to Mao Lilan.

"Is it really possible?"

Mao Lilan was a little hesitant.

The horse-faced man smiled and said, "Of course!"

Mao Lilan took the book, her face full of excitement, "Thank you so much!"

Maori Kogoro took a closer look at the cover of the book, and then subconsciously read out the author's name: "Sakai Nobuichi? This name..."

"This name sounds strange, you haven't heard of it before, right?"

The horse-faced man kept his expression unchanged and explained with a smile, "This is a new pen name I have started using in recent years. Before, I had always written novels under the pen name 'Imai Kyoshu'!"

"If it's Imai Kousuke, I'll know it!"

Hearing this, Mao Lilan couldn't help but reveal a surprised expression, "When I was in junior high school, I read a lot of his books."

When she said this, Mao Lilan's expression was a little excited. "Could you be Mr. Imai Kyosu himself? I didn't expect to meet you today. This is really exciting!"

But despite being excited, Mao Lilan couldn't help feeling confused and puzzled.

Because, as a literary girl, Mao Lilan is very fond of literature and movies. When she was in junior high school, she admired Imai Kyosuke and read almost all of his novels. She also liked to read the works of Kariya Shigei very much.

It is also because she has some understanding of her idol.

In her impression, her idol Imai Kyoku should not be so thin and his face should not be so long.

But the horse-faced man in front of him claimed that he had been writing novels under the pen name "Imai Kyosu".

Could it be that her idol encountered some kind of stimulation and lost weight?
Or did she recognize the wrong person?

The horse-faced man in front of her who claimed to be Imai Kyosu was not the great writer Imai Kyosu whom she admired?

"But...it's very strange!"

Maori Kogoro frowned slightly, "If I remember correctly, that name should be the one used by Mr. Imatake Satoshi when he first debuted."

Although he didn't know the real name of the horse-faced man in front of him, he was sure that the other party was definitely not Imatake Tomo!

"I didn't expect you to use this pen name, sir? This is really a coincidence!"

As an old father, he was not unaware that his daughter admired Imai Kyoshu.

But he also knew that Imai Kyosu was the pen name of Imatake Satoshi.

The horse-faced man in front of him didn't look like the great writer Imatake Satoshi at all.

What's more, the other party even claimed that he had been writing novels under the pen name "Imai Kyosu"!

He seriously suspected that the man in front of him might have known that his daughter admired Imai Kyosu, so he tried to impersonate Imai Kyosu and use the identity of an idol to get close to his daughter and take advantage of his daughter Xiaolan!

Otherwise, with so many people around, why would the other party choose to take pictures instead of asking his daughter to help!
"No, sir, you misunderstood. This is not a coincidence!"

The horse-faced man kept smiling. "Actually, I'm an old friend of mine. We wrote those previous works together."

"You wrote it together with Mr. Imatake Satoshi?"

Hearing this, Mao Lilan suddenly realized, "So that's it."

She said, why did the horse-faced man in front of her claim to have used the pen name of Imai Kyosu, but in her impression, Imai Kyosu didn't look like this.

It turns out that the novels she had read before were not written by Imatake Tomo alone, but were created by him and the horse-faced man in front of her!
"Then Mr. Shijing, do you know where Mr. Imatake Tomo is now?"

Since the two have created many works together, I think they should have a good relationship, or at least be good friends!
As a good friend, the horse-faced man in front of her might very well know the whereabouts of the person she admired, Tomo Imatake.

"I know that!"

The horse-faced man nodded gently and said, "Because we are here together today.

"Imatake Satoshi won the Naoki Prize this time. To celebrate, we plan to drink all night long."

When he said this, the horse-faced man wiped the sweat from his forehead and let out a long sigh.

"But, this weather is really hot!"

After saying that, the horse-faced man slightly lifted the collar of his coat, trying to let the cool breeze blow into the clothes for ventilation. "If it's hot, why not take off your coat?"

Seeing him like this, Conan couldn't help but be speechless.

If you feel hot, take off your coat!

He clearly felt extremely hot, but still refused to take off his coat. Who could he blame for being so hot?

“This neighborhood is pretty good.”

“Could you take two or three more photos, please?

After fanning himself gently with the clothes in his hands to ease his condition a little, the horse-faced man looked to the side, then made a new request to Mao Li Ran with great interest.

Mao Lilan smiled and nodded, "Okay!"

"Kakaka..."

As the shooting went on, the horse-faced man picked up a mask from a nearby stall with interest, ready to put it on and take a few more photos in his unique style.

But at this moment, a burly young man with thick eyebrows, big eyes, coral hair, a square face, wearing a dark brown suit, a white shirt, and a maroon tie walked over and interrupted his actions, "Are you Mr. Saii Xuanyi?"

The horse-faced man put down the mask he was about to try on and looked at the young man behind him in confusion, "I'm Saiki Nobuichi, who are you?"

The coral-haired man replied in a deep voice, "I'm a police officer from Saitama Prefecture, my name is Yokomizo!"

As he spoke, he showed his police ID to the horse-faced man.

When Bai Ye saw his police ID, a strange look flashed in his eyes.

Officer Yokomizo, whose full name is Yokomizo Sango, is the older brother of Yokomizo Shigego, a detective (with the rank of Inspector) of the First Investigation Division of the Criminal Department of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Headquarters. When he first appeared, he was a detective in Saitama Prefecture, and later transferred to Shizuoka Prefecture, where his rank was promoted to Inspector.

He often appears in cases that Edogawa Conan and others encounter at his place of work. He has many years of experience in handling cases and is very careful and cautious when handling cases. He is easy-going and respects detectives.

Of course, this is not the point. The point is that this guy, in the original work, admired Maori Kogoro very much and wanted to become Maori Kogoro's apprentice. He also mistook the women who commissioned Maori for "Madam Maori" many times, and finally saw the real Madame Maori (Eri Kisaki) in TV589~590.

I just wonder if with this variable, the other party will still worship a certain confused detective like in the original book!
While Bai Ye was thinking, the horse-faced man took a deep breath, turned around and responded politely: "Hello, Officer Yokomizo, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Officer Yokomizo looked at him deeply, and stated his purpose with a serious expression, "I want to ask you something about Mr. Imatake Satoshi's case!"

Hearing this, the horse-faced man was slightly stunned and asked in astonishment: "Did anything happen to Jin Zhu?"

"He has been killed!"

Officer Yokomizo announced the shocking news word by word: "It's in the hotel room where we stayed together!"

"what?!"

Upon hearing the bad news, the horse-faced man was shocked, with an expression of disbelief on his face, "Impossible, Officer Yokomizo, you must be kidding me, right? How could Imatake die!"

"You know, he was fine when I left. We even agreed to drink together after I finished watching the festival. How could he get into trouble?"

"You must have been hired by Jinzhu to deceive me, right?"

Looking at the scene in front of them, Maori Ran, Maori Kogoro, and Conan couldn't help but stare in amazement.

what's the situation?
They were just talking about the famous writer Imatake Satoshi, but the next second, the other party encountered an accident?

Moreover, the suspect who murdered the other party was the veteran writer who was chatting with them enthusiastically just now?

For a moment, several people felt that the changes in the world were too unpredictable...

Taking in the expressions on their faces, especially the horse-faced man whose face was full of disbelief, Bai Ye's eyes flickered slightly.

To be honest, if he didn't know the truth, he might have been fooled by the horse-faced man's wonderful performance.

After all, the other party's performance was really wonderful, vividly portraying the image of a good friend who was unwilling to believe the fact after learning that his friend had been unfortunately killed.

It’s a pity that as a time traveler who knows the plot, he knows very well that the horse-faced man in front of him is the real murderer of this homicide, so he will not be paralyzed by the other party’s performance!
Looking at the horse-faced man who was clearly unable to accept the sudden bad news of 'Imatake Satoshi's death', Officer Yokomizo took a deep breath and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Sakai, I was not hired by Mr. Imatake Satoshi to deceive you."

"He really met with an accident! Not long ago, he was shot and died in the room of the hotel where you checked in with him."

To be honest, if possible, he didn't want to believe it.

After all, Satoshi Imatake is a famous writer in Japan. The death of such a great figure is a great loss to the literary world and other fields.

But unfortunately, even if he didn't want to believe it, he couldn't, because Imatake Satoshi's body was right in front of him.

He had no choice but to accept this bloody fact!
"So next, please come back to the hotel with me, and we can discuss the details there..."

Kogoro Mouri and Conan, who learned that a murder had occurred, naturally chose to go together without hesitation.

Seeing this scene, Conan hurriedly shook the corner of Maori Kogoro's clothes: "Uncle Maori, why don't we go and take a look too."

As a detective, he simply couldn't resist the temptation brought by the case.

Even though, now he has grown smaller and become an elementary school student!

"Well..."

Kogoro Mori pondered for a moment and hesitated.

Although he also wanted to see what was going on, he was not going out alone this time. He still had to ask his daughter and a former apprentice for their opinions.

"Xiao Lan, Bai Ye, what do you think?"

After exchanging a glance with her boyfriend, Mao Lilan pursed her pink lips and nodded gently, "Well, let's go and take a look!"

As smart as she is, how could she not see that her father and a childhood friend were curious about this murder case.

As for her boyfriend, although he did not show much curiosity, it is impossible for a detective not to be curious about the case.

As a sensible and considerate girl, she would naturally not do anything like suppressing the other person's instincts.

Moreover, she also wanted to know who killed the writer she admired!
Thinking of this, she took long steps and followed Officer Yokomizo with everyone else...

(End of this chapter)