Ke Xue: The thief Cao is actually myself

Chapter 461: The troubled Seymour, the simple folks of Gotham City! (Seeking monthly tickets!)
"Oh, that's because Shinichi happened to have something else to do, so he asked Conan for help."

Hearing this, Dr. Agasa was slightly stunned and quickly made up an excuse.

"How could there be such a person!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Kogoro Maori could not help but clench his fists, grit his teeth, and the anger on his face deepened a lot.

Obviously, because the high school detective Kudo Shinichi disappeared and instead let a kid like Conan do such a dangerous thing, he felt a lot of dissatisfaction and anger towards him.

"I will definitely not let him off next time we meet!!

Although he is usually a bit sloppy and scolds Conan from time to time, when solving a case, he will often give some naughty kid a dose of justice, making him feel the deep love from an elder.

But human beings are not plants or trees, and who can be heartless? After living together for such a long time, although a certain little brat would sometimes make trouble and steal his limelight, he also brought him a lot of clues, which greatly improved his efficiency in solving cases. Therefore, Kogoro Mouri had already regarded him as a part of the firm invisibly.

Well, he absolutely did not admit that this was because of the huge amount of alimony promised by the other party.

Well, absolutely not!

As a result, the cub he had raised for so long, ahem, his cash cow, almost lost his life because of a certain high school detective. How could he not be annoyed and angry at him?
Not to mention, he has been disliking a high school detective for a long time because of the fact that the detective tried to take his daughter away.

New hatred and old grudges added to each other, and now he was even more dissatisfied with a certain high school detective.

Thinking of this, Kogoro Mori made up his mind silently in his heart.

Very good, it has been decided. When that brat comes back, he will definitely teach him a lesson and make sure his daughter stays away from him!
Because such a bastard and irresponsible guy is not worthy of his Xiaolan!
"..."

Not to mention him, even Inspector Megure felt that his brother was as unreliable as a certain confused detective. Otherwise, why would he entrust such a dangerous task as dealing with a bomb to a child?
Yes, he admitted that Conan was an extraordinary child, and sometimes even more useful and smart than the great detective Kogoro Mouri. But no matter how smart he was, he was ultimately just a child in elementary school.

Can something as dangerous as a bomb be left to a child to handle?
It’s so outrageous!
If a certain high school detective wasn't in front of him right now, he really wanted to have a good talk with the other person.

(How can I tell you this? I am Kudo Shinichi.)
Conan, lying on the bed, had no idea that his big brother had taken such a heavy blame for him, feeling helpless.

How could he not want to hide his true identity? But unfortunately, he had no other choice.

After all, the group of men in black who forced him to drink drugs and turned him into what he is now, as well as the evil organization behind them, are really too dangerous.

Even if it's not for anything else, just to protect the people around him and prevent them from getting into danger, he can't tell them about this!

Thinking of this, Conan frowned slightly, "By the way, Officer Megure, do you know the type of bomb?"

"Hmm..." After a pause, Officer Megure told the police the results of the investigation. "The bombs on the remote-controlled plane and the pet box happened to be plastic explosives."

Hearing Inspector Megure's answer, Conan narrowed his eyes and confirmed his thoughts.

He had this suspicion when he saw the scene after the bomb exploded in Green Park.

Now it seems that it is indeed the case.

The orange-red color with a slight green flash is indeed the characteristic of a plastic bomb.

Touching his chin, Inspector Megure made his own judgment, "According to my judgment, these two are probably bombs stolen from the Japanese gunpowder depot..."

Conan, leaning on the bed, flickered his eyes slightly but said nothing.

In fact, the two bombs he had come into contact with before were made by a mysterious man using bombs stolen from a Japanese gunpowder depot. This was not only Inspector Megure's judgment, but also his idea.

I just don't know why that mysterious man did this.

Officer Shiratori, who was wearing a blue suit, wrote down the information in his notebook while announcing the currently known information to everyone: "The bomb on the remote-controlled plane is an impact bomb with a detonator installed. As for the bomb on the pet basket, it is a time bomb connected to a timer."

"But……"

Listening to the information he provided, Kogoro Maori's expression changed, and he suddenly thought of a key question. At the same time, that question was also one of the key reasons why Conan was able to survive successfully before.

"Why did the bomb suddenly stop 16 seconds before one o'clock?"

If the time bomb had not encountered such an accident, Conan would definitely not be as lucky as he is now, and was just knocked unconscious by the aftermath of the bomb. Instead, he would most likely be blown away like the plane in Green Park before, leaving only debris on the ground.

Well, including the old lady who was nearby at the time, the driver, and the children in the nearby kindergarten!
Officer Megure pinched his chin and then pointed out: "One of the reasons for this result is that the timer suddenly malfunctioned for some unknown reason. The second reason is that the criminal may have stopped it by remote control for some reason. There are probably only these two possibilities."

At this point, Inspector Megure paused and made a bold guess, "However, judging from the fact that the criminal specifically called Kudo Shinichi, he might have heard about the fame of the high school detective Kudo Shinichi and came to challenge him. Otherwise, he has a personal grudge against Kudo Shinichi."

However, in Inspector Megure's opinion, the first possibility is not very likely.

Because a certain high school detective has disappeared for a long time, and now the famous detectives active in society are 'Sleeping Kogoro' - Maori Kogoro and 'Super High School Level Detective' - Aozaki Byakuya.

If the criminal called Kudo Shinichi on purpose because he heard that he was famous, then the other party's intelligence network must be very backward and unable to keep up with the times!
After taking a look at his notebook, Officer Shiratori promptly delivered new intelligence: "According to the investigation results, the criminals in the cases solved by Kudo Shinichi are still in prison and accepting legal sanctions."

Even if there really is a criminal who wants to take revenge on Kudo Shinichi for sending him to prison, he won't stand a chance.

After all, if he can't even get out of prison, how can he take revenge on Kudo Shinichi?
In other words, the mysterious man who stole gunpowder from the Toyo gunpowder depot, made it into plastic bombs, and then called Kudo Shinichi on purpose could not be one of the criminals in the cases solved by Kudo Shinichi.

"so……"

Hearing this, Maori Kogoro rubbed his chin and thought: "Is it the prisoner's family or lover?"

Their family members and lovers were exposed by Kudo Shinichi and sent to prison. It is hard to guarantee that no one will hate Kudo Shinichi, the high school detective. After all, not everyone is reasonable.

"Anyway..." After a pause, Officer Megure turned his gaze to Genta and the other two, "Our police are currently searching for the possible perpetrator based on the feature map they drew."

Hearing this, Yuan Tai cooperated by taking out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Conan: "Conan, this is it, it's very similar!"

Mitsuhiko and Ayumi on the side couldn't help but look at Conan expectantly, "It's a great drawing, right?"

“We drew this together.”

"Wow..." Conan took the paper and looked at it, and couldn't help but feel a little surprised: "You have drawn all the features!"

Unexpectedly, his friends were not just holding him back as he had imagined, but were actually quite useful.

The only pity was that he had no impression of the big bearded man drawn on the paper.

However, considering that the mysterious man had to use a voice changer to change his voice when he made a phone call, Conan felt that the big beard in the painting was most likely the result of the mysterious man's disguise.

Because the other person might be someone he knows. In order to avoid being recognized by him, he not only used a voice changer to change his voice, but also disguised his appearance to a certain extent!

"Inspector Megure..." While Conan was thinking deeply, Dr. Agasa beside him suddenly thought of something, turned his head and looked at Inspector Megure beside him, and asked: "Among the cases solved by Shinichi in the past, which one has attracted the most attention from the society?"

The mysterious man contacted Kudo Shinichi specifically through him, and even asked for the other party's contact information. He suspected that the mysterious man might be seeking revenge on his good neighbor.

Officer Megure touched his chin and thought for a moment before coming up with the answer, "I think it should be the case of Mayor Okamoto of Nishitama City. In that case, a 25-year-old lady who lived in Nishitama City was hit and killed by the mayor's son while walking on the road."

At this point, Inspector Megure paused and said, "It should be that case."

"At first, we all thought it was just a simple traffic accident, but Kudo Shinichi had great doubts about that accident, so he launched various investigations."

"After his investigation, the truth came out. It turned out that the person who hit and killed the young lady was not Mayor Okamoto's son, but Mayor Okamoto himself. His son admitted that he was driving the car in order to help his father take the blame. As a result, this matter was discovered by Kudo Shinichi."

"Because of that case, Mayor Okamoto stepped down in disgrace, and the plan to build a new town in Nishitama City that he had been planning was completely stopped after the new mayor took over."

Since this matter involves a mayor, you can imagine the attention it has attracted.

Hearing his words, Officer Shiratori frowned and said, "Inspector, if that's the case, could it be that Mayor Okamoto's son is holding a grudge against that incident?"

"Well, that's possible." Officer Megure pondered for a moment, "I remember that Okamoto Kohei seemed to be a student studying electronic engineering."

As soon as these words came out, Officer Shiratori's pupils shrank sharply, "I'll go investigate right away."

Remote controlled airplane? Time bomb? Department of Electronic Engineering?
All of this was such a coincidence that it was hard for them not to suspect Mayor Okamoto's son.

Thinking of this, Officer Shiratori said hello to his superior, Officer Megure, and then went out to investigate Mayor Okamoto's son.

Watching him go away, Inspector Megure thought for a while, then walked up to the three members of the detective team and said, "Besides these, if you have any other impressions of the criminal, feel free to tell us!"

If they could know more information about the mysterious man, the police would be able to find out his true identity earlier and arrest him.

"Well..."

Mitsuhiko and Genta looked at each other, lowered their heads and began to think seriously.

Unfortunately, after thinking for a long time, they still couldn't think of any other characteristics.

But their friend Ayumi thought about it for a while and came up with an idea, "Taste?"

Officer Megure was slightly stunned, "Hmm?"

What is the taste?
Under his gaze, Ayumi recalled the scene at that time and told her discovery, "I smelled a sweet scent when that weirdo handed the remote control to Mitsuhiko."

But Genta and Mitsuhiko had no impression of it at all.

"Is there?" Yuan Tai blinked blankly, ""I don't smell that smell at all."

The smell of fragrant food? How could he not know such a thing?

In fact, he was not the only one who didn't smell it. Mitsuhiko also had no impression of that smell. "I didn't smell it either."

"A nice smell?" Maori Kogoro was stunned for a moment and made a bold guess, "Could it be cosmetics?"

However, the fact that she was wearing cosmetics meant that the mysterious person was not actually a male, but a female?
In order not to reveal his identity, the other party disguised himself as a bearded man?

Ayumi shook her head gently, "I don't know."

Although she didn't know what the smell was, she remembered another thing, which was...

"But it seems a little different from perfume."

Her mother had used the smell of cosmetics and perfumes before. If the smell on the bearded man was really cosmetics or something like that, there was no way she couldn't have failed to smell it.

However, although she was sure that it was not cosmetics, she couldn't tell what the specific scent was at the moment.

(End of this chapter)