"Have our colleagues from Shizuoka Prefecture arrived yet? Have they confirmed whether it was an accident or suicide?"
“N-nothing…” Clearly, he was all too familiar with his harsh superior, and Kenmochi’s voice became much softer. “The Shizuoka Prefectural Police are currently investigating this as a murder…”
"What's the reason?"
"Because...among the tourists at the scene, there was a detective who was very certain that this was a murder case..."
As if sensing the oppressive atmosphere, Kenchi swallowed the rest of his words.
Mingzhi remained silent for a moment before sighing.
"I understand. You come to the island immediately with the police speedboat to take over, I'll go to the scene to take a look."
"Yes!" Kenmochi was clearly relieved, but Akechi's next question made him nervous again.
"What's that detective's name? It can't be Hercule Poirot, who's here on vacation, can it?"
Even if Kenchi didn't know who Poirot was, the sarcasm in his words was enough to smear him.
"It's that guy... the one who recently became famous for solving cases live on TV, Kogoro Mouri..."
"puff--"
Yoruichi Toyama, who had been listening in the background, couldn't hold back any longer and spat out a mouthful of saliva.
What's going on here? I've never heard of any collaboration between Kindaichi World and Detective Conan like this.
Noticing the questioning gaze that Akechi was giving him, Toyama Yoru had no choice but to cough:
"Um... Mr. Mori? I'm quite familiar with him..."
We're so close that his affection for me has turned negative...
"Wait a minute!" Yoruichi Toyama suddenly realized something. "Mr. Mori...where is he now?"
"Hey, Akechi, can I... come with you?"
...
Kogoro Mouri, along with Ran and Conan, participated in an event called "The Mysterious Journey to Izu," a puzzle-solving activity with the prize of a 3-day, 2-night accommodation fee waiver.
The task of solving the mystery is to find the true organizer of this event, "The Dark Baron," among the tourists.
The original "Dark Night Baron" was a mysterious villainous boss-type character in the works of the famous novelist Yusaku Kudo. He was not only extremely popular among book fans, but also well-known to the general public.
On the first night of the event, one of the participants, dressed in the full "Dark Baron" costume, fell from a room on a high floor of the hotel and landed right on the knight statue holding a sword in front of the hotel. His body was pierced on the spot, and the scene was horrific.
All of the above was reported to Akechi in person by Kenchi, who traveled to Golden Island by police speedboat.
After exchanging hands with Kenmochi, Akechi and Yoruichi Toyama immediately headed to the Izu Princess Hotel.
As for Akechi, who has always been extremely averse to detectives interfering with police investigations, why did he agree to go with Yoruichi Toyama...?
It was because Toyama Yoru said to him:
"That Mori guy isn't actually very good at solving cases."
"The one who's really smart is the kid next to him, who's probably now called his assistant, Conan Edogawa."
"In a sense, that child has a very close connection with my 'cousin'."
The words were vague, but enough to draw wise attention.
Yoruichi Toyama thought that although he had heard of Shinichi Kudo before because of the world's merger, he would probably be considered mentally ill by the scientifically minded Visionary Akechi if he told him directly that "Conan is Shinichi".
It's because they haven't been completely assimilated by Ke Xue yet.
At this point, four hours had passed since the 32-year-old victim, Tokio Ehara, fell from the height of the hotel.
2 a.m.
Upon receiving the report, Shizuoka Prefectural Police Officer Yokomizo, who had already conducted one round of investigation, rushed to the scene and reluctantly saluted Akechi.
No police officer would be happy if a murder occurred within their jurisdiction.
Fortunately, among the people present was the famous detective "Sleeping Kogoro".
This relieved the detective in charge of the case, Yokomizo.
He had heard about it and witnessed Kogoro Mouri solving many cases firsthand.
I believe it won't take too much effort this time either.
Kogoro Mouri was one of the tourists this time, and all he asked for was a reduction in the cost of his accommodation for the trip, without even asking for a commission fee.
The credit for solving the case can be attributed to the Shizuoka Prefectural Police.
That couldn't be more wonderful.
...This carefully laid plan came to nothing after the arrival of the inspector from the First Investigation Division of the Criminal Investigation Department of this agency.
In cases involving the chief of this department, the county police would only try to avoid making mistakes and would never dare to claim credit!
Moreover, Yokomizo had also heard that Inspector Akechi was the number one troublemaker in the First Division, and even the head of the Seventh Division, Inspector Kenmochi, whom he directly supervised, called him "annoying" behind his back.
Police work is a team-oriented profession. What good is being handsome if you're not popular with your colleagues?
Detective Yokomizo, sporting a coral-shaped hairstyle, reported on the case while glaring at the handsome face of the young inspector and the mysterious background effects behind him that seemed to glow in the darkness, and thought irritably.
"So, the 10 tourists who came to participate in this prize-winning event, I mean the original candidates, all have a background in computer engineering?" Mingzhi asked at that moment.
"Huh?" Detective Yokomizo was taken aback. "Is...is that so? I didn't know that..."
“The deceased, Tokio Ehara, was a computer programmer,” Akechi interrupted him.
"Genichiro Kaneshiro, an investor in a computer company."
"Hideko Kamijou, president of a computer software company."
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