"If Mr. Gao Yuan is willing..."
Are you sure he did it willingly? Or was he just being manipulated by those two?
This is why Ai held back her complaints when facing her beloved older sister.
“By the way,” Mingmei smiled and ruffled her sister’s slightly longer hair, her face full of affection, “after we’ve settled things, you and Mr. Gao Yuan can go home for dinner together.”
What?
Who and whom?
Going home for dinner?
Not only Takato, but Ai and Yoruichi Toyama also kept their eyes on the girl who was talking to herself.
How did you manage to say that so naturally?
“Mr. Takato, aren’t you a member of our detective agency?” Akemi continued, “You’re practically family.”
Is this okay?
Even though he was in the Metropolitan Police Department office, Akechi still had a vague feeling that he should leave and not disturb this family's moment of affection.
Finally, Gao Yuan realized what was happening and grabbed the stack of documents that Mingzhi had been trying to hand to him, but which Gao Yuan had been refusing.
"The incidents related to Master Harui Fuden," he said hastily, as if explaining, "I'm interested in learning about them."
“Even if, as Officer Akechi said,” his expression gradually calmed down, and a sarcastic smile reappeared on his lips, “it’s to atone for some of the sins I’ve committed in the past.”
...
In fact, the name Harui Fuden was almost never mentioned in the stack of documents provided by Akechi.
That was a chat log from an online chat room.
When Yoruichi Toyama first saw it, she was somewhat dazed.
Having just experienced the invasion of virtual reality games and artificial intelligence, it's really hard to adjust to suddenly returning to this primitive era of internet culture.
However, this chat room and its members were relatively fixed, and it can be seen as a group chat in later generations.
This is a chat room called "Magic Lovers Alliance," and many of the members' nicknames seem familiar to Yoruichi Toyama.
"Disciple of the Magician", "Red Herring", "Deceitful Child"...
There's also the "Shadow Mage"...
"'Deceptive Child'," Gao Yuan said, looking up from the documents. "That was the stage name that Master Harui Fuden used when he first debuted."
Is it him?
Since Mingneng managed to get this chat log, he should have already checked all the users who joined this chat room.
Gao Yuan never seeks to attract attention in situations where he doesn't need to use his own reasoning.
However, Mingzhi shook his head.
"To register a chat room account, all you need is an email address. Most people here don't use their real names for their emails."
"As for the internet access address, many of them are internet cafe addresses, since only a very small number of people have personal computers."
"However, speaking of the fraudster, it is certain that the person who has been using this account for the past month is definitely not Master Harui Fuden."
Isn't that obvious?
However, Gao Yuan didn't complain; instead, he scrolled through the nicknames of the people participating in the chat.
"'Escape King' is the nickname given to Harui Fuden by the audience. It seems that these people also admire him, so it is not surprising that the nickname is related to him."
With that said, my gaze naturally fell upon a chat log.
It was only recently, after Harui Kaze was rumored to have died on stage due to a performance mishap.
'...'
Phantom: Have you heard? Harui Kaze had an accident, it's so sad!
The taciturn ventriloquist: Yeah! I was shocked when I saw the news too.
The Escape King: Sigh, he probably wishes he could die on stage too (laughs)
The Vanished Pani: The old man died in the cold water...;)
"Disciples of the Magician: You mustn't say that!"
Phantom: That's so rude...
The Escape King: Sorry, sorry.
'...'
So, these magic enthusiasts were indeed following Harui Fuden and were saddened by his death.
However, there are some discordant words and phrases in it.
With the keen sense of a criminal expert, Gao Yuan detected a hint of malice in the conversation.
He turned two more pages and sure enough, he saw a man named "Shadow Mage" raging at the crowd, declaring, "This great magician's death is all your fault."
“Shadow Mage…” Gao Yuan muttered the name and looked up, immediately seeing that Akechi and Yoruichi Toyama were both looking at him with a half-smile.
“Yuanshan,” Mingzhi deliberately drawled, “you, this ‘crime radar,’ are probably going to be replaced.”
Yoruichi Toyama could only shrug.
How can you compare them?
That was a complete spoiler; the person in front of me is the real crime detector.
Gao Yuan is all too familiar with the evil thoughts in people's hearts, and the conditions under which evil thoughts sprout and turn into real crimes.
Since he's already figured it out...
"This morning, a 41-year-old man named Nishiyama Tsutomu was found dead in his apartment."
"That's what I'll say directly," Mingzhi said.
"The body was found slumped over in front of the computer, which was still on, with a line of text left on the screen:"
"'This is the first person... Shadow Mage'..."
Gao Yuan's eyebrows twitched upon hearing this, and he quickly flipped through the chat history in his hand again.
"So, is this Xishan's online name 'Escape King' or 'Disappearing Pani'?"
These two were the people who made jokes when everyone was discussing Harui Kaze's death, and they are probably the real targets of "Shadow Master's" accusations.
“It’s ‘The Escape King’,” Akechi replied, not minding revealing the progress of the investigation to the former crime expert before him.
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