Ke Xue: The thief Cao is actually myself

Chapter 431

"Why, you don't believe me."

Kogoro Mori was a little unhappy.

"I believe it," the man in the windbreaker said with a wry smile, "but I'm afraid that if I meet someone, they'll die. So forget it."

"Then why are you a detective?" Kogoro Mouri was really speechless.

"What are you doing here today?" Conan asked, "Looking for someone or following someone."

"I'm sorry, I can't tell you." The man in the windbreaker shook his head and put on an upright look. "I'm a detective. I have my professional ethics."

"Even if you don't tell me, I know it." Maori Kogoro tried, "Hirota Kenzo, right?"

“Ah….” The man in the windbreaker suddenly widened his eyes in disbelief, “How…how did you know that?”

As expected, Kogoro Mori did not feel the slightest bit happy.

"Uncle Maori, how did you know?" Conan asked.

"Yes," Mao Lilan also said, "Dad, how did you know?"

Maori Kogoro didn't know how to explain it, so he could only make up a story: "Because I'm a famous detective. If I don't have this little ability, how can I be a famous detective?"

"Dad, please stop keeping me in suspense. How did you figure that out?" Mao Lilan asked, "You didn't guess it."

"How could I guess it?" Maori Kogoro would not admit that he guessed it, "I relied on my intuition. As a famous detective, I should have the intuition."

"Isn't it just a guess?" Conan muttered softly.

"Mr. Yoshida," Maori Kogoro asked, "To be honest, I am also here to look for Mr. Hirota. My client is Ms. Hirota Masami, Mr. Hirota's daughter. Can you tell me who is the person who asked you to look for Mr. Hirota?"

Maori Kogoro wanted to know the client of the man in the windbreaker. In order to show his sincerity, he first told the man in the windbreaker about his client and the commission. However, what made him very depressed was that the man in the windbreaker shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Maori, I'm a detective, I have my professional ethics, I'm sorry I can't tell you."

"Then how did you find this place?" asked Kogoro Mouri.

"I asked around in a lot of places," the man in the windbreaker said, "and even went to the taxi company where Mr. Hirota worked. After asking a lot of people, I found out a few places he often went to. I waited for several days before I found him."

He paused and continued, "By the way, Mr. Hirota is really strange. When he drives a taxi, he stops picking up passengers as soon as it gets dark. He drives back and forth on the same road every night, and at a very high speed. For this reason, I even went there to wait for two nights, but found nothing."

"Running at high speed in the same place?"

Kogoro Mori didn't quite understand, but it didn't matter. If he didn't want to understand, then he didn't want to understand. Anyway, Kenzo Hirota had been found and his commission had been completed.

Thinking of this, he said goodbye to the man in the windbreaker and left with Mao Lilan and others...

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The next morning.

Kogoro Mori and the other two went to Kenzo Hirota's residence together, wanting to check on Hirota Masami and her daughter.

The group unexpectedly met the old lady landlady of the rental house, and asked her about the room rented by Kenzo Hirota. However, they did not expect to hear a shocking news from the old lady.

"Ah! He's dead!"

When Kogoro Mori and his companions learned the news of Kenzo Hirota's death, they were shocked. After all, Hirota and his daughter had just reunited yesterday evening, and they didn't expect that he would be gone today.

The landlady complained: "Last night, I found him hanged in his room. What a troublesome thing."

Maori Kogoro asked hurriedly, "So, where is that man's daughter?"

Although Mao Lilan has experienced various murders, this is the first time that a case has happened to someone close to her and she finds it hard to accept.

"daughter?"

"A girl who came to Tokyo to look for Mr. Hirota who ran away from home."

Kogoro Mouri explained to the old landlady who was unaware of the situation, hoping that she could remember something and perhaps learn something from her.

The landlady said, "What? There really is something else going on here. I always feel it's weird. He said he wants to pay a year's rent first, but he wants me to move in without asking him anything. And, all the money is new. I think if his daughter came, the child might be dead too."

Maori Kogoro said doubtfully: "You said that child also... Mr. Hirota committed suicide, right?"

The landlady explained: "I heard from the detective that he was killed."

Everyone was shocked, "Ah!"

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He walked into the floor of the Criminal Department's First Investigation Division's Third Criminal Investigation Section where Inspector Megure was sitting with familiarity. After greeting Inspector Megure, Kogoro Mouri told Inspector Megure the purpose of his coming here, hoping that Inspector Megure could tell him the details of the incident involving Kenzo Hirota.

Inspector Megure spoke out the conclusion he had drawn after investigation, "Yes, it was a homicide. The murderer strangled him and then hung him from the ceiling. Judging from the large hand marks left on the victim's neck, the criminal seemed to be a rather tall man."

Maori Kogoro asked, "What about his daughter?"

After looking at Maori Kogoro and shaking his head, Inspector Megure sighed and took out a pair of glasses from his inner pocket to show him, "Her glasses have fallen near the scene."

Maori Kogoro looked at it carefully and said, "These are Miss Yami's glasses."

Officer Megure said sadly: "The body has not been found yet. I'm afraid... it's not going to be a good thing."

In a bad mood, Kogoro Mouri walked out of the Metropolitan Police Department and came to the two people sitting on the steps. He repeated Inspector Megure's inference in full to Ran Mouri, who was concerned about the safety of Hirota Masami.

After listening to her father's story, Mao Lilan, with her arms around her legs, burst into tears.

Conan on the side fell silent.

"Okay, don't be so sad!" Kogoro Mouri touched Mouri Ran's hair bun and comforted her with heartache.

"But, Miss Yamei might have been killed, right?" Mao Lilan buried her face in her arms and sobbed, "I finally got to meet my father. This is too much! Wuwuwu..."

"No, it's not necessarily that she's been killed!" Looking at his daughter crying again, Maori Kogoro felt distressed, "You can't give up so quickly!" "But, what should I do?" Looking at Maori Ran crying sadly, Conan forced himself to think, "It would be great if there were any clues!"

"Oh, at that time I accidentally stuck the transmitter on Hirota Masami's watch strap." Conan was thinking about some clues and suddenly a light bulb went off in his head, and a memory came to his mind.

Surprised, Conan pressed the button on the top of his glasses. The antenna slowly rose up, and a simple map appeared in front of him, with a light spot flashing somewhere on the map.

After determining the target's location, Conan hurriedly ran towards the target. As for the people next to him, Conan, who only had the clue in his mind, had forgotten them.

"Little devil! Where are you going?!"

Looking at his daughter who couldn't be coaxed, Kogoro Mouri became extremely anxious when he saw Conan doing something weird again and running away without even saying hello.

Unfortunately, Conan has already run away...

"Humph! Such a troublesome brat. If I had known I shouldn't have taken him in, he always causes troubles for me."

Looking at Conan's disappearing figure, Maori Kogoro couldn't help but curse...

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"Pachinko arcade!" Following the prompts on the map on his glasses, Ke stopped and looked confused.

What's going on! Hirota Masami also has a hobby of playing games.

"Oh no! The battery is running out of power!" Conan thought to himself that something was wrong when he heard the beeping sound coming from the tip of the glasses.

"We have to find her quickly!"

Thinking of this, Conan hurriedly began to look for Hirota Masami.

Conan was in a hurry and in order to speed up the recognition efficiency, he only paid attention to the figures in front of the game consoles on both sides and did not notice the figure in front of him at all.

"Bang!" Conan bumped into it directly, and was knocked to the ground with his buttocks.

"Kid! What are you doing? Don't run around!" Conan, who was sitting on the ground, looked up and saw a tall, strong man with a double chin staring at him with a bad look in his eyes and said.

"Oops, the battery is out of power!" Conan didn't even bother to apologize because the map on the glasses had disappeared from his sight.

Without any clues, Conan could only start paying attention to whether there were any figures nearby, but after walking around the store, he found nothing.

Having gained nothing, Conan could only walk out of the video game store in disappointment and walk towards home in the afterglow of the sunset.

"You're back so late, where have you been?" Kogoro Mouri, who was sitting on the sofa drinking beer, saw Conan walk into the house. He looked at Conan with a stern face and questioned him with a worried look.

"I have something to do!" Conan touched the back of his head and began to act cute to answer Kogoro Mouri's questions.

"Hey! What's wrong with Sister Xiaolan?" Conan tilted his head and saw Mouri Ran standing motionless in front of the window. He couldn't help but ask with concern while changing the subject without leaving any trace.

"Alas! She has been like that since she came back." Maori Kogoro said, turning his head to look at Maori Ran's quiet back. His stern face softened instantly. "It seems that she is really worried about Miss Yami!"

"That person is so strange!" Mao Lilan, who was standing quietly in front of the window, suddenly spoke.

"Ah!" Kogoro Mouri and Conan looked at each other.

"He's been watching us since just now!" The man's surveillance behavior aroused Mao Lilan's vigilance.

Kogoro Mouri stood up from the sofa curiously, walked to Mouri Ran's side with Conan, and looked out the window.

The man in a brown coat and sunglasses that came into view instantly brought back the memories of Kogoro Mouri and Conan, and they both showed surprised expressions.

"He's the man who was lingering around Mr. Hirota's rental house that day!" Maori Kogoro, who recognized him, said thoughtfully, "According to Officer Megure, the criminal is a tall man!"

"That guy!" Mao Lilan stared at the man in the alley downstairs with her eyebrows furrowed, muttering, "He was the one who killed Miss Yamei!"

"Okay, Ran, I'll go catch him now and find out where Miss Yamei is!" said Maori Kogoro, who had made the decision.
Just when Kogoro Mouri turned around and was about to go out to catch someone, the impatient Ran Mouri opened the window and jumped down from the second floor.

After a moment of hesitation, Kogoro Mouri, worried about his daughter's safety, hurried out and walked up the stairs. Seeing that Ran Mouri landed safely, Conan also followed Kogoro Mouri out.

"Where is Miss Yamei?" Under the man's astonished gaze, Mao Lilan slowly stood up and roared at him, "Tell me! What did you do to her?"

The man who reacted did not respond to Mao Lilan's plan and ran away.

"Stop!" Looking at the fleeing man, Mao Lilan's anger erupted again and she chased after him.

As Mao Lilan was chasing him, the fleeing man hid in a car parked nearby. In a panic, he inserted the car key into the keyhole and prepared to start the car and escape.

Seeing her target hiding in the car, the furious Mao Lilan kicked the car window glass in desperation and hit the man who started the car in order to stop him.

It took only about a minute from the time Mao Lilan jumped from the second floor to the time she caught the man who was trying to escape.

Just as Mao Lilan pulled the man out of the car, Mao Li Kogoro and Conan hurried over...

"I caught him!" In a good mood, Maori Ran reported the good news to Maori Kogoro who was running over.

"It's amazing!" Mouri Kogoro, who finally arrived, took the man who had not yet recovered from the pain from Mouri Ran's hands, and expressed admiration for her skills and courage.

"The suspect is so brave to come here in person!" Kogoro Mouri grabbed his collar and sneered.

"I'm not!" The man in sunglasses who had recovered from Mao Lilan's kick hurriedly began to explain, "I'm not the murderer!"

"No? Then why were you sneaking around and spying on us!" Kogoro Mouri tugged at his collar and yelled at the man in sunglasses who came in front of him, obviously not wanting to believe his defense.

"Didn't I tell you before that I'm the same as you?" The man in sunglasses spoke in a gentle tone, hoping not to deepen Kogoro Maori's disgust...

Maori Kogoro expressed his doubt, "Detective? Really?"

"I told you, I really am a detective!" The man in sunglasses looked at Kogoro Mouri who questioned his identity again, and couldn't help feeling a little resentful. His words were a little tough, and it was obvious that he was so excited that he temporarily forgot about the terrifying skills of Ran Mouri.

Looking coldly at the man in sunglasses, Maori Kogoro said with a bad expression, "Then why did you run away when you saw us? Tell me!"

(End of this chapter)