Chapter 46: Anyway, if you run around again, be careful of Xiao Zhenping's fist now...
Now that the Kanto Tournament is over, Rikkai University still has no time to rest. After a simple celebration, they immediately plunged into training.
Morinaga Yuya, who had just returned home from tennis club training that day, received a call.
"Brother Kenji, did you say Conan chased the criminal and sent himself to the hospital?"
Kenji Hagiwara recalled that Conan, who was not even as tall as his legs, stood on a skateboard and flew directly over the traffic.
"Yeah, he just rushed forward with his skateboard, not obeying any traffic rules at all."
"So I'll have to trouble you, Yuuya, to keep an eye on him. Detective Mori and the others should still be attending a wedding in Karuizawa."
"Conan only hit his head this time, but given his previous record, it's normal for him to run around with injuries, so it's better to have someone nearby."
Morinaga Yuya felt more and more guilty as he listened to Hagiwara Kenji's muttering. Five out of ten times he was there helping him when he ran around injured.
"Don't worry, Brother Yanji, I will definitely take good care of Conan."
"Well, if you keep running around, be careful of Xiao Zhenping's fists."
Feeling threatened, Morinaga Yuuya quickly nodded, "I will definitely do it this time!"
Conan was lying on the hospital bed with nothing to do, and next to him was Morinaga Yuya who was trying to peel a rabbit apple with a serious look on his face.
Conan turned around. He still wanted to go to the Metropolitan Police Department to see what was going on. "Yuya~ Officers Hagiwara and Matsuda won't chase you to Kanagawa to beat you up."
"Conan, are you completely ignoring the fact that I'm going back to Tokyo?"
Morinaga Yuya ignored Conan's burning gaze. He could be a forced accomplice, but he definitely could not be the main culprit.
"So why don't you go up, brother?"
Conan touched his nose and lay back on the hospital bed. Although Ran took into consideration that he was a child, the fist mark on the office table was still there.
The two looked at each other and sighed together.
Damn it, when can I become an adult/change back?
It’s not easy to act in my current status.
As soon as Morinaga Yuya put the rabbit apple on the plate, Conan reached out and ate the newborn rabbit. After an hour of busy work, there was nothing left on the plate, and Conan was full after eating the apple.
"How about I take you to see tennis training while this is going on?"
Conan blinked. "Will we stop by the Metropolitan Police Department?"
Morinaga Yuya lowered his eyes, "Just pretend I didn't say anything."
"I don't think the injury is serious at all."
"Yeah, a mild concussion."
The ward fell silent again. Conan couldn't stand the atmosphere anymore, so he sat cross-legged on the bed.
"Yuya, let's talk about Sherlock Holmes!"
Finally remembering that he hadn't eaten a single bite, Morinaga Yuya slowly stuffed the food into his mouth and nodded randomly.
It would be strange if Shinichi didn’t talk about Sherlock Holmes one day.
When Hagiwara Kenji came over, he saw this scene——
In the ward, one person was obsessed with peeling an apple and nodded occasionally, while the other was talking eloquently and even dancing when he was emotional.
"You didn't run around." Hagiwara Kenji placed his hands on their heads and rubbed them vigorously. "You were very good this time."
Morinaga Yu also put away the fruit knife and placed it on the table, "Brother Kenji, are you off work so early today?"
"Because the kindhearted Jinpei-chan helped me write the report~"
Kenji Hagiwara shook his head proudly, and put his hands on Yuya Morinaga's shoulders, causing him to sway slightly.
Kindhearted Jinpei Matsuda: You bastard, don’t just throw the information on his desk and run away!
Suddenly he looked out the window with a sharp look in his eyes, "He's going to jump off the building!"
Morinaga Yuya and Conan hurriedly looked out the window. The hospital building opposite was about the thirteenth or fourteenth floor. There was a man in hospital gown sitting by the window. Most of his body was outside and he would fall down with just a little bit of force.
Conan fumbled to put on his glasses and zoomed in on the man.
"The devil is coming!"
The man's face was filled with fear and his eyes were cloudy. It was obvious that something frightening had happened in front of him. Suddenly, he raised his hands and leaned forward, then fell heavily to the ground with a scream.
The three of them rushed out almost at the same time, and Conan did not forget to command Morinaga Yuya in the middle.
"Yuya call the police!"
When they rushed downstairs, the man had already been taken away by doctors for emergency treatment, and onlookers said that he might not be able to be saved.
"Go to the ward and investigate first."
Mihua Central Hospital receives a large number of patients on a daily basis, so the inpatient department has expanded a lot in just a few years.
They came to the older inpatient department.
The ward was drab, mostly white.
There were two disposable water cups on the table, and a fruit basket that looked like it was bought at the hospital entrance.
Conan tested the temperature of the cup with the back of his hand and it was cold.
There was a receipt on the fruit basket, and the time was four o'clock. It was now six o'clock in the afternoon.
Kenji Hagiwara skillfully took out a few white gloves from his pocket and threw them to the two of them. It was sad to say, as he had never had this habit before.
"Thank you, Yanji."
Conan held up two small white pills in his handkerchief and said, "I found them under the bed. I'll have the forensic department examine them to see what they are."
Before the search department arrived, the three people searched the entire ward thoroughly.
Finally, he looked at the two pills on the table, the receipt for the fruit basket, two glasses of water, a very short hair, a photo of a painting, and a knife that looked a bit retro and medieval.
"I have absolutely no idea."
When Inspector Megure arrived and saw the two people at the scene, his eyes lit up.
"I didn't expect Hagiwara and Yuya to be here too."
Conan, who was completely ignored because of his height, said: "Inspector Megure, I'm here too."
Inspector Megure touched the back of his head. He felt that Conan had not grown taller.
"Conan, are you still feeling uncomfortable?"
Conan subconsciously ignored the meaning in Inspector Megure's eyes. He was more focused on the case.
"It's not so uncomfortable anymore, Officer Megure. When will the Forensic Science Department be able to analyze the items?"
"It will take at least a few hours including the journey."
"Inspector Megure has already found the victim's information."
Inspector Megure took the information handed over by his subordinates, and Conan was picked up by Hagiwara Kenji consciously.
The victim was named Takehara Nao, a painter of good reputation.
He became famous five years ago for his work "Rebirth", but since then he has not been able to create a work that surpasses that work, so some people call him a shooting star across the sky.
He has a very good reputation and is said to be happy to help those who are just starting out in the painting world.
Morinaga Yuya stared at "Rebirth" and other works for a while, and it seemed that they were not the works of the same person.
After hesitating for a while, I decided to seek help from professionals.
【To Jingshi
(photo)
Link: New work released.
Could this and the other paintings of Jingshi be drawn by the same person?
From Yuya]
Just a few minutes after Morinaga Yuya sent the message, Yukimura Seiichi called directly.
After glancing at the others who were having a heated discussion, Morinaga Yuu also answered the phone and walked out.
There was a smile in Yukimura Seiichi's voice, "Why is Yuya suddenly interested in this?"
Morinaga Yuya leaned against the wall, looking up at the ceiling.
"I came across a case and I think there might be a clue."
"I see." Yukimura Seiichi said seriously, "From what I can tell, it's not the same person. Although his later paintings are all consciously imitating 'Rebirth', there are some differences in the strength of the lines, the proportions of the colors, and the preferences... In short, if Yuya takes it for appraisal, there's an 80% chance that it's not the same person, unless he's suffered some serious injury."
"Can I help Yuya?"
“It’s been a great help.”
"That's good. I won't bother you anymore, Yuya." Yukimura Seiichi breathed a sigh of relief. "Be careful and don't forget me at night~"
"Jingshi!"
What does it mean to not forget him!
"Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore. See you tonight~"
"See you tonight, Jingshi."
Yukimura Seiichi hung up the phone. It seemed that the case Yuya encountered was not particularly dangerous.
Morinaga Yuya rubbed his face and made sure there was no strange blush before walking into the ward.
"We can check with the painting. There's a high probability that this isn't a painting."
I learned from the nurse's station that the person who came to visit Takehara Nao was a man named Keisuke Odani. He stayed in the ward for about ten minutes and then left.
Inspector Megure has already sent someone to look for the other party. If he is nearby, he will be brought here for questioning. Otherwise, he will be taken directly to the Metropolitan Police Department.
There are no other clues at the moment, so we can only wait for the test and investigation results.
In the end, Inspector Megure decided to return to the Metropolitan Police Department first.
Morinaga Yuya was very conscious of getting into Hagiwara Kenji's car. It would be too uncomfortable if he was not allowed to participate in the case halfway through the investigation.
Conan thought about it and decided to get into Officer Megure's car while he wasn't paying attention.
It would be better to wait until his injury heals before experiencing Officer Hagiwara's driving skills. It would be bad if the mild concussion were to be aggravated now.
Kenji Hagiwara looked helplessly at Yuya Morinaga who was sitting in the passenger seat with a firm gaze.
"Let me make it clear first, you are not allowed to run off with Conan."
Morinaga Yuya nodded obediently and seriously, saying that it was okay, he could just wait for his brother Kenji to run out and catch up with him.
Even though Kenji Hagiwara knew very well that Morinaga Yuu was just a well-behaved person on the surface, he still had to admire how deceptive his appearance was.
When we returned to the Metropolitan Police Department, the test results of the pills came out.
It is a hallucinogenic drug, but it takes effect slowly and requires long-term use.
At the same time, before the appearance of "Rebirth", there was a person named Odani Mio who had direct contact with Takehara.
The other person had been dead for more than four years, almost a few months after the painting became famous.
At this time, Keisuke Odani was also brought to the Metropolitan Police Department. When he heard Mio Odani's name, he couldn't help but burst into tears.
"My sister had called me before and told me she had painted a picture very seriously. I didn't expect that guy Takehara Nao to plagiarize Weiyang's work. He kept suppressing her, saying it was for her own good. He even made Weiyang sign a lifetime contract under his manipulation."
"People like him don't deserve to live a good life, so I changed his medication to a hallucinogenic one. My medication will cause him lifelong pain."
Hagiwara Kenji frowned, "You don't know what a demon is?"
Keisuke Odani wiped the tears from his face and said, "Officer, I don't regret it. I avenged Weiyang. Demon? It might be his hallucination. After all, he took so many hallucinogenic drugs."
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