Ke Xue: The thief Cao is actually myself

Chapter 432

"That's because your daughter suddenly chased after you!"

In response to Kogoro Mouri's question, the man in sunglasses once again recalled the fear of being dominated by those feet.

Damn it, a unicorn girl looks like she wants to kill someone. Anyone would run away if this happened to them!
"I have been very timid since I was a child. I wear this pair of sunglasses to prevent my opponents from looking down on me." The man in sunglasses scratched the back of his head and pointed at the sunglasses he was wearing and said with a sneer.

"Stop talking nonsense! Take them off!" Kogoro Mouri became impatient listening to the man in sunglasses talking nonsense, and instantly took off his eyes.

"Hahaha..." Looking at the man in sunglasses with such cute eyes after taking off his glasses, Kogoro Mouri and Conan, who were stunned for a moment, laughed very unkindly in perfect synchronization. Of course, Ran Mouri, who was facing the scene, was also shocked. After all, a pair of cute eyes appearing on the big man's face was really out of place.

Faced with the laughter of Kogoro Mouri and Conan, the self-abased man in sunglasses silently lowered his head and played ostrich.

"Listen carefully, this concerns Miss Yamei's life!"

Maori Ran, who woke up from the two people's laughter, complained to Maori Kogoro with raised eyebrows.

"Oh! I understand!" Kogoro Mori said with some embarrassment after being taught a lesson by his own daughter.

As for Conan, when he saw that Uncle Mouri had attracted the attention of Ran Mouri, he closed his mouth and tried to reduce his presence so as not to be noticed by Ran Mouri.

"So, you've also been asked to help find Mr. Hirota Kenzo, just like me!"

Looking at the man in sunglasses like this, Kogoro Mori, who completely believed him, quickly returned the sunglasses to him. Otherwise, looking at his eyes, he was afraid that he would not be able to help laughing.

"Yes! It's just that I think Hirota's family is a little strange." The man in sunglasses hurriedly took the sunglasses and put them on. He suddenly felt his confidence returned, and he expressed his feelings to Kogoro Mouri.

"It's like this, the person who came to commission me is this person." Facing Maori Kogoro's doubts, the man in sunglasses pointed to the man in the photo on the coffee table and said, "He asked me to help him find his brother who left Kyushu to work in Tokyo, because that is his only sibling!"

"He said he was his only sibling!" After hearing what he said, Maori Kogoro remembered what Hirota Masami said to him a few days ago. He thought, "Mr. Hirota has no one to rely on except Miss Masami."

"And it's very strange!" Mao Lilan thought of something and said, "The father that Miss Yamei is looking for came from Yamagata Prefecture to Tokyo."

"Hmm! It's really strange!" Maori Kogoro sat upright and looked at the photo on the table and fell into thought, "It's impossible for there to be two Mr. Hirota."

"Another thing that I find strange is something I asked about the taxi company where Mr. Hirota works: I heard that Mr. Hirota no longer picks up passengers in the evening every day, and always drives the taxi back and forth on the same route at a very fast speed." The man in sunglasses said, recalling the things he heard from the taxi company that puzzled him.

"Maybe he is just relieving work stress. This is a common thing once you reach middle age." Kogoro Mori suddenly guessed with emotion.

"Oh! By the way, who is this client?" Kogoro Mouri came back to his senses from his feelings, picked up the photo on the coffee table, and asked the man in sunglasses opposite him.

"Hirota Akira, 28 years old, over 199 cm tall, a very tall man." The man in sunglasses stated the client's information very professionally.

"A very tall man!" Kogoro Mouri was shocked again and blurted out.

"Yes!" Facing the surprised Kogoro Mouri, the man in sunglasses just nodded calmly, because when he first met Hirota Akira, he was as surprised as him. After all, it is almost impossible to find a person 199 cm tall in Japan, so it is reasonable to be surprised.

"The tall man the police officer mentioned, could it be..." Maori Kogoro lowered his head and muttered to himself, then he remembered something and asked the man in sunglasses, "Did you tell the tall man where Mr. Hirota lives?"

"Yes, in short, Mr. Hirota was killed after that, right? So, I thought there must be something wrong, so I came here!" The man in sunglasses, who felt a little timid at the serious look of Kogoro Mouri, crossed his fingers and raised them to his chest, sat up straight and began to lean towards the sofa at the back, his voice gradually weakened.

"That's right!" Maori Xiaowu frowned and looked at the man named Hirota Akira in the photo, and said his inference, "This man killed Mr. Hirota and took Miss Yami away with him."

"Oh, right!" Maori Kogoro suddenly leaned on the coffee table with his arms, approached the man in sunglasses and asked, "Where is this guy's contact address?"

"I'm sorry, he was the one who contacted me." Facing Kogoro Mouri who suddenly approached him, the man in sunglasses subconsciously stretched out his hands to block himself and said timidly.

"In that case, there are no clues?" Kogoro Mouri looked down at the man in sunglasses who looked like he had made a mistake, and his tone gradually softened.

"Yes, I'm sorry!" The man in sunglasses said weakly, lowering his head and not daring to look at Mouri Kogoro.

While Kogoro Mouri was chatting with the man in sunglasses, Conan quietly picked up the photo that Kogoro Mouri had posted on the coffee table.

After seeing the face of the figure in the photo, Conan's pupils suddenly shrank, because he knew this man, the man he bumped into in the video game store.

Conan looked at the photo of a man named Hirota Akira and fell into deep thought. If this man was really the criminal who took Miss Masami away as Uncle Mori said, and if he wore Miss Masami's watch on his hand, then it would make sense that I would accidentally bump into him in the video game store while following the transmitter. In this case, Miss Masami might be in great danger.

"No matter what, let's go to Dr. Agasa and help me charge the batteries in my glasses." Conan touched the button on the top of the glasses and made a decision.

Conan turned and walked out the door. At this moment, everyone's attention was focused on how to find Hirota Akira, and no one noticed Conan's sign of leaving...

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"Hurry up and charge it for me! Dr. Agasa!" As soon as Dr. Agasa opened the door, Conan couldn't wait and took off his glasses to urge him.

"Okay, okay!" Dr. Agasa took the glasses handed to him by Conan and walked towards his laboratory.

"Doctor, are you ready?" Conan, who was impatient, looked at the clock and urged Dr. Agasa again.

"Okay, don't be anxious!" Dr. Agasa calmly began to comfort Conan.

"But, if we don't hurry up this time..." Conan, who was anxious, obviously didn't listen.

"Do you still remember the 10 billion dollar armored car robbery that happened not long ago?" Seeing that this method didn't work, Dr. Agasa changed the subject in an instant.

"Oh, there are three suspects." Sure enough, Conan miraculously calmed down after talking about the incident.

"There was a security guard who was not prepared and tried to subdue the criminal but ended up being killed. This is the result of underestimating the enemy!" Dr. Agasa took the charged glasses off the charging tool and handed them to Conan, offering some advice. "Be calm and cautious, isn't that what the Sherlock Holmes you admire is like!"

"Oh, I understand!" Conan was stunned when he saw the calm and peaceful Professor Agasa. After calming down, he took the glasses and put them on.

Conan opened the map on his glasses and saw the signal from the transmitter flashing and moving, so he quickly chased after it.

... "Is that guy really in this hotel?" Kogoro Mouri got off the car and looked at the luxurious hotel in front of him with a puzzled look.

"Yes, I saw him walk into this hotel when I came back from Dr. Agasa's house."

Conan answered in a baby voice.

"Hey, let's go in." Kogoro Mouri believed that his son would not play tricks on him, so he took the lead and strode into the lobby of the luxury hotel with his chest held high.

Following closely behind him was the man in sunglasses.

"How strange!" Conan looked at the signal on the map in his glasses and saw that it had just stopped moving. He fell into deep thought, "Could it be that he took the watch and ran away?"

"Conan, let's go in!" When Mao Lilan saw Conan standing still and thinking about something, she hurriedly urged him.

"Excuse me, does he live here?" Kogoro Mouri came to the counter and handed Hirota Akira's photo to the lobby manager for consultation.

"Yes, this person lives in room 802." After taking the photo and looking at it for a moment, the lobby manager gave Kogoro Mori and others the room number where Hirota Akira lived.

"Thank you!" Kogoro Mouri thanked the lobby manager and took the photo of Hirota Akira from him.

After learning Hirota Akira's specific room number, Conan hurried to the elevator and waited for it.

"Conan, be careful and don't run around!" Ran Mouri couldn't help but worry as she watched Conan running in a hurry.

"Is it really here?" Kogoro Mouri muttered as he paced to the elevator entrance.

"Ding..." The elevator door opened, and a waitress carrying a suitcase on a trailer appeared in the elevator.

Suddenly, an accident occurred. The suitcase inexplicably fell off the trailer. Several people in front of the elevator door took a big step back, fearing that their feet would be hit.

At this time, seeing that it was a beautiful lady, Kogoro Mouri became a gentleman who extended a helping hand and took the initiative to help her lift the fallen suitcase and put it on the cart.

Seeing this, the man in sunglasses knew that Kogoro Mouri had already taken action, so he would be remiss not to help, and so he rolled up his sleeves and started moving the boxes.

"I'm so sorry!" The waitress apologized to the three people, then pushed the cart with the suitcases out of the elevator.

"Hey! I seem to have seen her somewhere!" Conan walked into the elevator and looked at the waitress who passed by him, feeling an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

Before Conan could think about it, the elevator door slowly closed and began to rise to the eighth floor where the target was.

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"Open the door! We know you are inside." Kogoro Mouri found Room 802 and knocked on the door hard.

Seeing that no one answered the door for a long time, Kogoro Mouri was about to grab the door handle and start banging on it, but he didn't expect that the door would open as soon as he gently turned the handle.

When everyone opened the door, they saw that the room was pitch black, and Kogoro Mouri pressed it lightly.

The light in the room illuminated the room, and everyone was surprised that no one expected Hirota Akira to be found dead here.

"He's dead!" Looking at Hirota Akira with blood on his chest, Mao Lilan couldn't help but say the fact that everyone had seen with trembling voice.

Maori Kogoro frowned slightly, "Is Xiaolan okay?"

Covering her mouth with her hands, Maori Ran shook her head, telling Maori Kogoro that she was fine, but her eyes were still fixed on the corpse.

"It's Miss Masami's watch. It turns out that this person took her watch." When Conan saw the watch on Mouri Kogoro's wrist when he picked up the beer can from the corpse's right hand with a handkerchief, he showed an understanding expression.

"This is the smell of potassium cyanate!" Maori Kogoro put the beer can he picked up through the handkerchief under his nose and sniffed it. A smell of almonds rushed into his nose. Based on his years of criminal experience, he quickly came to the conclusion, "Could it be that he couldn't stand the pressure of committing a crime and committed suicide!"

"I'll notify the police right away!" The equally experienced Mao Lilan knew what she should do instantly.

This time, Kogoro Mouri did not respond to Mouri Ran who volunteered, but called Inspector Megure of the First Investigation Division himself.

While Kogoro Mouri was busy making a phone call, Conan, the man in sunglasses, began looking for clues in the room.

"Hmm... empty aluminum boxes!" The man in sunglasses and Conan, who were each looking for clues, turned their eyes to the eye-catching number of empty boxes.

“Looking for the same person, but the context of the commission is completely different.

Kenzo Hirota's strange behavior of driving the same route every day.

Then there are the boxes..."

Conan stared at the empty box and thought.

"Why do these strange boxes look so much like the boxes used to store money at banks?"

Conan muttered thoughtfully as he looked at the box.

"What!" Maori Kogoro suddenly shouted when he heard the voice of Inspector Megure on the phone, and said in disbelief, "Mr. Hirota is single!!!"

What's going on? If Mr. Hirota is single, what about Hirota Masami?
Hirota Masami was adopted by Mr. Hirota, so she is not his biological daughter?

Or did Hirota Masami actually deceive them, and the other party had no relationship with Mr. Hirota at all?
If this is true, why did the other party do this? Also, when the "father and daughter" reunited, why didn't Mr. Hirota expose Hirota Masami's lies?

"Yes! He has no daughter at all, and he was born and raised in Tokyo!" Inspector Megure's voice reached Kogoro Mouri's ears through the phone.

(End of this chapter)