"Excuse me... what's going on here?"
Before Fujie Akiyoshi could answer, a gentle and pleasant voice came from the doorway.
Everyone turned around and saw a young woman in a trench coat and a slender man with a middle parting hairstyle staring in surprise into the room.
"Miss Yoko Okino!"
Apart from Yoruichi Toyama, a complete country bumpkin who knows nothing about fashion, and Inspector Megure, a passive workaholic out of touch with society, everyone present recognized them.
The young woman was the true owner of the house, the popular idol star Yoko Okino.
And behind her—
"Hey, it's Inspector Megure! Long time no see! Are you handling a case here?"
"Hey, Mr. Toyama, you're here too?... Conan, don't wander off!"
...That's right, it really was the Grim Reaper family.
Yoruichi Toyama couldn't help but twitch her eyelids twice.
"Hey, Kotaro-kun!" He turned to look at the black cat squatting in front of the sofa, staring at him with wide eyes. "Why is Conan here too, and Ran and Uncle Mori as well?"
"Is this part of the main plot?"
I thought you already knew...
The black cat looked at him like he was an idiot.
Haven't you watched Detective Conan?
"Conan has hundreds of cases, how am I supposed to know which one this is... Wait a minute!"
For some reason, Yoruichi Toyama suddenly fixed her gaze on the blonde actress who was walking in nervously.
"Yoko Okino...? She looks just like that Yuko Ikezawa!"
Whether it's height, figure, hairstyle, or hair color, these two actresses, who are said to be in different billing positions, have a striking resemblance.
"And... there's that fat otaku who wants to commit suicide at a female celebrity's house..."
His gaze shifted to Fujie Akiyoshi, who was now excited again by Okino Yoko's return.
"Could this be... 'that' case?"
...
"Inspector Megure, let's get back to what we were talking about earlier."
Yoruichi Toyama, who finally remembered which incident this was, didn't want to see Taro's caring gaze towards the mentally challenged, nor did she have the mind to enlighten the otaku with "listen to goodbye" anymore, so she simply went to the person in charge of the incident.
But he was interrupted as soon as he opened his mouth by Kogoro Mouri, who was trying to curry favor with the female celebrity.
"Hey, you! Why do you always have to get involved everywhere?"
"And Inspector Megure, why are the police coming to Ms. Okino Yoko's house? Ms. Yoko is a pure and innocent angel..."
This guy, the moment he opened his mouth, he sounded like a total sycophant.
Yoruichi Toyama glanced silently at Kogoro, whose tongue was practically sticking out, and then at Fujie Akiyoshi, whose face was turning pale and then red.
Honestly, this fat otaku is no match for the uncle's childlike heart.
"Mr. Mori, I'm sorry, but I was a good citizen who helped the police catch a suspect in an illegal burglary!"
Yoruichi Toyama answered with a smile before Inspector Megure could.
As for whether it will cause the older man's favorability to continue to decline, that's not something he's considering.
"Oh, and this one... Ms. Yoko Okino, right? Look, this gentleman broke into your house. It's hard to say whether he's touched any of your things. Should we check him?"
Reminded by Yoruichi Toyama, Inspector Megure also remembered and called two officers to accompany Yoko Okino and her manager, the man with the middle parting, to check the valuables in each room.
"Brother Mori, Mr. Toyama is right. We owe him a lot for his help this time. Otherwise, this idol star might have become the victim!"
Facing his former police colleagues and old subordinates, Inspector Megure still gave them face and explained a few more things.
“By the way, Mr. Toyama…” When turning to Yoruichi Toyama, he seemed to be planning to call him “brother” as well, but given that their previous interactions were limited, especially since he hadn’t done much work for the police and always made them work overtime, he stuck to the previous form of address. “What was that topic you mentioned?”
"How could this Mr. Fujie have mistaken Ms. Ikezawa Yuko for Ms. Okino Yoko, and even despaired and contemplated suicide because of her escape?"
Yoruichi Toyama shrugged, her expression turning into a subtle, almost imperceptible, contempt.
I initially thought that although this fat otaku was stubborn, he was at least somewhat devoted, but it turns out it was just self-pity.
"However, after I met Ms. Yoko Okino, I understood that the two of them do have similarities, and perhaps at first glance, people might mistake one for the other."
"...But this kind of 'apology' shouldn't be happening to Ms. Okino Yoko's 'ex-boyfriend,' Mr. Fujie!"
Yoruichi Toyama's originally lazy and calm tone suddenly turned sharp.
"Didn't you say you've always loved her deeply? Didn't you say she was your life, and that losing her would mean nothing else?"
"So you saw a woman who looked slightly similar, and you mistook her for someone else and even attacked her?"
"I really wonder if you wanted to 'tell her the truth' back then, or if you had ulterior motives?"
It's one thing to assume that the blonde woman is Yoko Okino, but Akiyoshi Fujie, after following Yuko Ikezawa into the room, did something quite drastic.
Otherwise, Yuko Ikezawa wouldn't have been so terrified that she screamed "There's a robber!"
Someone who suddenly kneels down and licks his lip is unlikely to be mistaken for a robber, right?
More like a mental illness.
"Mr. Toyama, you mean," Inspector Megure, who had seen quite a few cases, immediately understood, "that Fujie acted violently at the time?"
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