Ke Xue: The thief Cao is actually myself

Chapter 471 The criminal is beside me? (Please give me a monthly ticket!)
the other side.

"I see, you don't know who it is either?"

Inspector Megure couldn't help feeling a little disappointed as he failed to find any useful clues from Teiji Moriya.

Moriya Teiji spread his hands and smiled, "Well, I'm really sorry that I couldn't help you."

"It's okay. If you suddenly remember anything, please feel free to contact me."

Taking a deep breath, Inspector Megure sat up from the sofa.

Since there was no useful information to be obtained from Moriya Teiji, it seemed that his only option next was to think of ways to see if he could find a breakthrough from other places, or, like before, to seek help from his brother Bai Ye?

But, isn’t it a bit bad to bother the other person again and again?

Otherwise, why not look for his brother Kudo?
However, he should not trouble two masters for one thing. He has already troubled his brother Bai Ye. If he asks other people for help, wouldn’t that be…

When he said this, Inspector Megure was slightly stunned, because he noticed that someone seemed to be missing from the room, "Conan, where did you go?"

"Beep beep beep..."

Just as he was looking around, trying to find some kid, the mobile phone in his arms suddenly rang.

"Sorry, I have to take a call..."

After looking at Teiji Moriya who was sitting on the sofa apologetically, Officer Megure took out his cell phone from his pocket and said, "Hello, this is Megure..."

The next moment, Inspector Megure couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise, "Kudo-kun..."

When he heard Kudo Shinichi's name, Officer Shiratori's expression changed slightly, and Teiji Moriya, who was sitting on the sofa next to him, also frowned slightly.

Officer Megure didn't notice their change of expression, and was still talking to Kudo Shinichi on the other end of the phone, "I understand, we should gather in the exhibition room right now, right?"

After that, he hung up the phone and looked at Teiji Moriya in front of him, "Professor Moriya, excuse me, can I visit your exhibition room?"

Moriya Teiji pondered for a moment and stood up from the sofa, "Of course... no problem..."

"But before that, I'd like to go to the study first. Is that okay?"

Officer Megure nodded gently, "Of course, that's fine!"

Nodding at him, Moriya Teiji came to the study alone. Without turning on the light, he walked straight to the coffee table in the study, picked up the lighter on it and put it in his arms.

After doing all this, he didn't delay any longer, closed the door gently, walked out of the study, and then looked at Officer Megure and others who were standing near the door waiting for him, and said, "Sorry! I've kept you waiting for so long, please follow me!"

As he spoke, Moriya Teiji took the lead and walked in front, leading the way for Officer Megure and others, "The exhibition room is on the second floor of this house!"

Standing on the second floor, in a place against the wall where it is not easy to be found, Conan's eyes moved slightly as he looked at Teiji Moritani who was leading Inspector Megure and others upstairs.

Is it finally here? Then let him put on a good show and reveal the true face of this guy Moriya Teiji!
……

"Come in, please..."

After entering the exhibition room and turning on the lights, Moriya Teiji was about to say something when his pupils suddenly shrank and his expression changed drastically.

Because he found that the black cloth that was originally used to cover the table not far away where the architectural model of Nishitama City was placed had been taken away.

After realizing this, Moriya Teiji was shocked and quickly strode forward to the table.

Looking at the architectural model on the table without any cover and exposed to the air, Moriya Teiji could not help but grit his teeth and was filled with anger.

Damn it, who on earth could have broken into his exhibition room without the owner's consent and even pulled off the black cloth covering his architectural model?
and many more……

Thinking of the disappearance of a certain little kid, Moritani Teiji suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Could it be that the person who pulled off the black cloth was the other party?

Thinking of this, Moriya Teiji was shocked and angry for a moment.

Because he did not forget that the person standing behind the little brat named Conan is a high school detective.

He seriously suspected that the other party's action this time was instructed by the high school detective Kudo Shinichi.

Inspector Megure and others on the side did not notice anything unusual about Moritani Teiji. They were still observing the things in the room, trying to find some useful clues from them.

As he was watching, Inspector Megure's cell phone rang again.

The person who called was still the high school detective Kudo Shinichi.

"Yes! I'm Megure!"

After answering the call, Officer Megure directly reported his location, "Yes! I'm in the exhibition room now!"

"Inspector Megure..." Conan, who was hiding in the dark at the entrance of the exhibition room, held his cell phone in one hand and his bow-tie-shaped voice changer that had been adjusted to Kudo Shinichi's voice in the other, and talked to Inspector Megure: "Inspector Megure, please press the speaker button so that everyone can hear!"

In this regard, Inspector Megure would naturally not refuse, "Okay!"

The next moment, everyone else in the room heard the voice of Kudo Shinichi, a high school detective, "The reason I asked you all to come here is because I already know who the suspects of the arson and bomb incidents are!"

"Is it true? Who do you think this suspect is?"

Inspector Megure was delighted to hear that Kudo Shinichi actually knew the identity of the suspect.

God knows how much pressure he was under after the explosion, and how much he wanted to solve the case and bring the real culprit to justice. Unfortunately, although the police and railway staff were very dedicated, the criminal was hiding very deep. They searched for a long time but could not find any useful clues, let alone find out the real identity of the criminal, arrest him and bring him to justice.

Fortunately, this torture is about to end, and he can finally unveil the suspect and put everything to an end!

But before Kudo Shinichi on the other end of the line could say anything, Maori Kogoro, who was standing next to Inspector Megure, suddenly stretched out his hand and interrupted him, "Wait a minute, I know who it is too!"

In fact, when he was in the hospital, he had some suspicions about someone.

After searching for clues for such a long time, he can now roughly confirm that the other party is the real culprit behind this series of cases.

Originally, he was thinking of waiting until he had collected irrefutable evidence before identifying the other party, but now that Kudo Shinichi has come out, it would be difficult for him not to come forward even if he wanted to.

Because he doesn't want to give the limelight to some high school detective.

"Brother Maori, you also know about this?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present couldn't help but look at Kogoro Mori in amazement, their faces full of surprise.

Did the other party also discover the real murderer?

So why didn't they find anything?
Could it be that detectives are really that powerful? So powerful that even the police can't find the suspect, any random detective can easily find it?
As they stared, Maori Kogoro pointed his finger at Officer Shiratori with confidence: "The real murderer is you, Officer Shiratori!"

"What? This..."

Officer Shiratori and Inspector Megure looked at each other, both of them stunned.

Oh my god, the criminal is actually me?
Am I the real culprit behind the arson and bombing?
How come I don’t know about this kind of thing?
Conan, who was hiding outside the door and observing quietly, couldn't help but be stunned.

What's going on, Officer Shiratori, how did you become a criminal?

How does Uncle Maori reason this?
Could it be that he just made random accusations like he did in all the previous cases?
But it might have been fine before, but now is a critical moment where human lives are at stake. Can you please not attack our friendly forces at this time?
And it happened in front of the real culprit behind the scenes!

In his silence, Maori Kogoro pondered for a moment, then began to talk nonstop: "You said that you used to respect Professor Moritani's father, so you were suspicious of his death. After that, Professor Moritani became famous, and you shifted the focus of your suspicion to his son. You even suspected that he was the one who caused the fire in the villa."

"After you were so sure in your heart, you set fire to all the works designed by Professor Moritani one by one. At this time, your respect for his father turned into revenge on his son!"

"Besides, you know very well..."

Staring at the confused Officer Shiratori, Maori Kogoro pressed closer and closer, and continued, "Every time the suspect calls, you happen to not be at the scene!"

"Mr. Maori, you..." Officer Shiratori's mouth twitched slightly, and he felt ashamed: "Can you please stop talking nonsense?"

Officer Shiratori was completely dumbfounded.

My goodness, I followed my boss on a police call and ended up becoming a suspect?

This is too difficult for him!
Yes, he admitted that he talked a lot when talking about topics related to architecture, and he also respected Professor Moritani, the father of Moritani Teiji, but that was purely because he was interested in architecture, so when he saw the big names in the architecture world, he would subconsciously show his respect.

As for the fact that he was not at the scene every time the suspect called, he admitted it, but wasn't that because he was investigating information?
How come it suddenly became that because he respected Professor Moritani, he thought Moritani Teiji was the murderer, and so he planned to take revenge on him by burning Moritani Teiji's works?

Such speculation is too far-fetched!
Could it be that some private detective just dislikes him and is maliciously throwing mud at him?
Without paying attention to his rebuttal, after Maori Kogoro finished his reasoning, he turned directly to Kudo Shinichi on the other end of Inspector Megure's phone and shouted, "Hey! Shinichi, what you want to say is the same as what I said, right!"

Conan's mouth twitched slightly, "Completely different..."

To be honest, even though he is a famous high school detective, sometimes he feels that he can't keep up with the thinking of a confused detective at all!
"what!"

Hearing that his reasoning was ruthlessly rejected, Kogoro Mouri's feet shook, he lost his balance and almost fell head over heels.

Different? How could it be different?

Conan was too lazy to create any more suspense. Otherwise, if he delayed any further, who knows what kind of weird things some confused detective would do.

"In fact, this series of events was not committed by someone who hated Professor Moritani. The criminal was Professor Moritani, who had recently set fire to four houses and had designed the bridge! It was him!"

When he said this, Conan's voice was full of confidence and affirmation.

"what?"

Hearing this, Inspector Megure and Inspector Shiratori could not help but turn their heads to look at Teiji Moriya in shock, their faces full of disbelief. Maori Kogoro was even more emotional and shouted at 'Kudo Shinichi' on the other end of the phone: "Nonsense! How can there be an architect in the world who destroys his own work!"

"I think Professor Moritani was identified by his father as a talented architect when he was a child, and he did emerge as a young architect in his early 30s."

Conan turned a deaf ear to his scolding and pretended not to hear it, and continued with his reasoning, "After that, he won the Best Newcomer Award from the Japan Architectural Association for the design of the ring line bridge. After that, Professor Moritani continued to produce many new architectural styles. I don't know when it started..."

"No! It should be said that he had thought about this a long time ago. He hopes to destroy some of his young works. This can be seen from what the professor said at the afternoon tea party held a few days ago!"

“He once said before that many young architects nowadays lack the awareness of beauty, and they must have a stronger sense of responsibility for their own works, which is the right thing to do!”

"And he really practiced what he said!"

"That's right..." Maori Kogoro touched his chin, pondered for a moment, suddenly realized, and said loudly: "That's not right! You didn't attend that day, how did you know about this?"

A certain high school detective, although invited by Teiji Moriya that time, he did not go, but instead gave the invitation letter to his beloved daughter, Ran Mouri.

It was also because of this that he had the opportunity to bring his daughter, his daughter's friend, and a little kid who was staying in the Mori Detective Agency to attend an afternoon tea party hosted by the famous architectural designer Teiji Moriya.

So, the question is, a certain high school detective clearly did not attend the afternoon tea party hosted by Teiji Moritani, so how did he know what Teiji Moritani said at that time?

(End of this chapter)