Chapter 36 The Secret Behind

"Bang!"

With the weak light from Conan's flashlight, Ran Maori saw that Ms. Miyazaki paused in her forward movement. Her expression remained dull and shocked. She stretched out her hand and opened her mouth to say something to Ran Maori, but she fell forward and fell heavily to the ground, brushing Ran Maori's arm. There was a muffled sound. The folding knife in her hand fell to the ground, making a crisp sound. Ran Maori, who had not yet reacted, subconsciously kicked it away. Conan hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the folding knife and ran to the side.

Seeing Conan pick up the folding knife, Mao Lilan finally came to her senses and quickly squatted down to check on Miss Miyazaki. A huge amount of blood gushed out of Miss Miyazaki's abdomen and quickly spread on the cold floor. Mao Lilan tried to rescue her feebly.

After confirming that Maori Ran was fine, Uncle Maori breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at Officer Nagasawa.

"I... I fired a shot... I killed someone..." Officer Nagasawa knelt down tremblingly with the gun in his hand, his eyes obviously unfocused.

Uncle Maori saw this and quickly stepped forward, turned off the safety of Nagasawa's pistol, and comforted him: "It's okay, it's okay, you did a good job, you protected us. Now let go... give me the gun, very good, very good, relax."

Seeing that Officer Nagasawa finally stopped shaking and couldn't calm down in a short time, Uncle Maori had to come out to take charge of the situation, "Lan, call the police quickly, and see if Miss Miyazaki can be saved?"

Ran Mouri, who was giving first aid just now, shook her head sadly. Uncle Mouri held his forehead in pain. It's over. The matter has gotten out of hand. It seems that Inspector Nagasawa can't make up for it at all.

“Ding ding ding~”

Suddenly, a piercing and sharp cell phone ring rang out, and Uncle Maori patted Officer Nagasawa's shoulder, trying to wake him up. But he found that the other party's eyes were still blurred, so he had to answer Officer Nagasawa's call.

"Hello, hello. Oh, this is Beika Hospital. That's great. Everything is fine now, right? Okay, okay, I understand, okay." Uncle Maori sighed and hung up the phone. He said to Maori Ran, "At least Matsumoto-san is fine now... Now the murderer is dead, so the matter is resolved..."

Really? Conan looked down at the folding knife in his hand. Why did he feel that the whole thing was weird?

Inspector Megure, who had just finished a meeting, rushed over immediately after receiving the police report without even having time to drink water. After knowing the whole story, Inspector Megure didn't know what to say, and could only pat Officer Nagasawa comfortingly, "It's okay, brother Nagasawa, you are also anxious to save people, the Metropolitan Police Department will not give you too severe a punishment. Go to the hospital for a physical examination and rest for a few days." In other words, suspend him from work and wait for the investigation, and come back after the investigation is complete.

Officer Nagasawa was so dazed and speechless from the double blow of having shot and killed someone and having no hope of promotion. He let Inspector Megure put him into the ambulance with a dazed look on his face.

"Okay, brother Mori, you guys go first. The rest are all internal affairs of our Metropolitan Police Department. By the way, I won't report you taking Nagasawa's gun." Inspector Megure said speechlessly, "I know it was right to take his gun at that time, but you are not from the police station. If everyone in the Metropolitan Police Department didn't trust you, you would have been shot on the spot."

Uncle Maori scratched his head awkwardly. He couldn't just watch someone who was obviously having a mental breakdown holding a gun. "Uh, I promise not to do it again. Really, this time it's just a temporary measure."

"Okay, okay, let's go. Xiaolan must be scared, you should go back quickly and have a good rest." Inspector Megure looked at Maori's flattering smile and waved his hand impatiently.

"I... I'll go see Brother Yayoi off!" Conan suddenly said, and ran to Kazukage Yayoi. "Brother Yayoi, didn't you say you have a game console at home? I want to go and take a look."

Game console? He Jing Yayoi was stunned and said hesitantly: "Ah... Yes, okay."

"Conan, it's nine o'clock now?" Mao Lilan looked at her watch, "Isn't it too late? Let's go tomorrow?"

"But, that's the latest release of Lin Daiyu driving a mecha to fight Sun Wukong! I'm so looking forward to it! Now, I want to play it right away!" Conan looked at Mao Lilan with starry eyes, "I promise I'll be back before eleven o'clock, okay?"

"Lin...Lin Daiyu...driving a mecha?" Uncle Maori asked in confusion, "What kind of games are kids playing these days?"

"Okay, don't play too long, and don't bother Kazue too much." When Mao Li Ran heard Conan say this, she could only nod.

"Great!" Conan cheered and ran to Kazukage Yayoi, "Let's go, Yayoi brother~"

"Hmm? Um...Okay."

Conan was jumping around and talking to Jing Yayoi. The two of them walked about ten meters away. When they were out of everyone's sight, Conan quickly calmed down and moved forward in silence.

Seeing this, He Jing Yayoi asked, "So, what do you want to say?" After all, his family had neither a game console nor Lin Daiyu driving a mecha to fight Sun Wukong.

Conan frowned in confusion and tilted his head to confirm Kazukage Yayoi's expression, "I don't believe you didn't notice that Ms. Miyazaki had no reason to kill Matsumoto, let alone Officer Nagasawa. If her motive was to avenge her family, she should have only killed Okubo, instead of killing indiscriminately like she is now." Just like you only killed Professor Endo, a normal person would not suddenly turn evil and become a serial killer just because he killed his enemy.

"She's crazy. She even wants to kill Ms. Mori. So there's nothing wrong with her wanting to kill Matsumoto-san and Officer Nagasawa, right?"

Conan disagreed. "She didn't mean to attack Xiaolan. You weren't there, so you heard what Uncle Maori said and thought she attacked Xiaolan after the power switch tripped. But I think... she was still aiming at Officer Nagasawa. If she wanted to attack Xiaolan, she wouldn't have fallen in that position. In the dark, the police didn't dare to shoot casually, not to mention that Xiaolan was between them. The risk of shooting was too great. She had a knife with her, so she could kill anyone she wanted."

"Moreover, she deliberately brought two weapons with her, throwing one away and keeping the other. She even took the risk of being searched by the police and kept the knife on her body. Her behavior was as if the knife... had a certain necessity. In other words, she was going to kill the police from the beginning."

"You mean, Ms. Miyazaki deliberately planned to kill Officer Nagasawa?" Kazukage Yayoi paused, "But you have to know that Ms. Miyazaki is not from Tokyo, and she has been in Tokyo for no more than two weeks. And Officer Nagasawa has been in Tokyo for less than a month. Since Ms. Miyazaki came to Tokyo to commit a crime, the person she wanted to kill must be a Tokyo policeman, not Nagasawa, a policeman who just came to Tokyo."

Conan agreed with this inference. "No matter who she originally wanted to kill, it is certain that she had nothing to do with Officer Nagasawa. I suspect that she originally wanted the person who called the police to find out that the deceased was taking drugs, and then tell the police about it when calling the police. In this case, it is most likely that the police who deal with drugs in the Metropolitan Police Department are corrupt police and are in collusion with drug dealers. I suspect this is the reason why she called the police but was not accepted. One more thing... Who are you texting with?"

Kazukage Yayoi was not interested in Ms. Miyazaki's strange behavior. He just wanted to know if Matsumoto was okay. Now that Matsumoto was fine, he lost motivation. He yawned and put down his phone. "Hmm? I'm asking Nakajima and the others if they want to go to the hospital to visit Matsumoto tomorrow."

Seeing that Kazukage Yayoi had no interest in this topic, Conan had to solve the case himself, "I'll go visit him tomorrow too. What time do you guys have an appointment tomorrow?"

Kazukage Yayoi glanced at his phone and replied, "Um... maybe five in the afternoon."

The next day, at the Beika Hospital, everyone learned that Matsumoto had just woken up and was undergoing examination, so they went to Matsumoto's ward.

"Matsumoto, are you okay? We're here to see you~" Kobayashi held a large bouquet of flowers and placed it on the bedside of Matsumoto. Nakajima also brought out a gift, a very thick science fiction novel. And Yayoi Kazukage brought a large bucket of honey grapefruit tea.

"It's... okay... but... speaking... is a little... difficult..." Matsumoto said intermittently with a hoarse voice.

The doctor withdrew his hand from the examination and smiled gently: "Young man, you are in good health. Your trachea is damaged, but you are fine. You will be discharged in two days. Well, you can chat with your classmates, and we will leave first."

Conan also put his own condolences on the table, blinked his eyes, and asked sweetly: "Brother Matsumoto, this is the thousand paper cranes I made for blessing. I hope you get better soon~ By the way, have the police uncles come to see you? And, brother, why were you attacked?"

Matsumoto shook his head. "I just... woke up... the police haven't come yet... cough, cough, cough."

Seeing this, He Jing Yayoi picked up Matsumoto's cup and poured him some honey grapefruit tea. "Drink more water, don't hurt your throat later. I saw on the Internet that this thing can moisturize the throat, you should try it."

Matsumoto nodded, took the cup and drank. He felt his throat was indeed much better, and then he said, "I don't know why. I was choosing music to play when I wanted to confess my feelings. As a result, as soon as I went out, I saw her holding..."

Matsumoto paused, a trace of confusion appeared in his eyes. What was the murderer holding at the time?

"Iron stick?" He Jing Yayoi took the cup from Matsumoto, picked up the kettle and asked, "Would you like some more?"

"No, thank you. Ah, yes, it was an iron rod. Before I could react, she hit me with the iron rod. She also took my playing cards away."

Conan asked doubtfully: "Brother Matsumoto, did you really just see the murderer holding an iron rod? Was the murderer masked at the time?"

"Yeah...yes."

Conan tilted his head in disbelief: "Ah? She's going to kill you just like that, Brother Matsumoto, you're too pitiful. I thought you must have seen something super~important~"

Matsumoto paused for a second, but still answered firmly: "No, I...didn't see...anything..."

Well, Conan curled his lips. Maybe he really thought too much. Miss Miyazaki was just crazy and bloodthirsty. When she saw Matsumoto suddenly appear, she attacked directly. It was not as complicated and bizarre as he thought. He even suspected Officer Nagasawa. So he stopped asking questions and waited quietly for everyone to greet Matsumoto. During this time, Sakurai Kiriko also came and confessed to Matsumoto with a red face. Matsumoto was delighted by the envy of others.

Conan said goodbye to the happy crowd with suspicion in his heart and set out on the road back to the Maori Detective Agency.

Suddenly Conan stopped and turned back.

wrong!

Since Matsumoto had been hospitalized and no police had come to look for him, and he had just woken up, how could he know that the murderer was a woman? He must have seen something that allowed him to confirm the murderer's gender, and that thing definitely could not be an iron rod!

Conan turned and ran towards the hospital.

"Ah~ It seems like someone has noticed something is wrong~ What should we do?" In the street coffee shop, two people followed Conan's eyes.

The man on the right retracted his gaze and calmly took a sip of the sweet milk. "It doesn't matter. He can't ask anything. Don't change the subject. Have you disposed of both of their phones?"

The man opposite shrugged and leaned back on the sofa, crossing his legs in an indecent manner, his whole body swaying. "Hypnosis is really useful. Sometime you'll teach me? Okay, don't glare at me. Of course I got rid of the phone. Did I keep it for Gin to kill both of us? Fortunately, you discovered the problem in time. Otherwise, it would be troublesome if you handed it in as evidence." Fortunately, he had colleagues in the police station, otherwise he, a policeman who was suspended for investigation, might disappear in an instant.

"This matter..."

Hearing the other party talking about this matter again, the man on the left rolled his eyes and said, "Don't tell Gin~ I know~ You've said it three times, don't you trust me?"

Then his eyes lit up, and he came to the table and asked as if he was trying to find out some gossip, "By the way, how did you know that Okubo and Miyazaki had the transaction list in their phones?"

"I'm the first person to discover it. Besides, there's such an obvious bloody fingerprint on the Home button. It's hard not to see it, right?"

He Jing Yayoi put down the cup of milk and smiled faintly.