Chapter 5

According to the information given in the comic book, Date Kou's car accident happened in the middle of Sakurada Road, very close to the Metropolitan Police Department. After learning the destination, Nishimoto Masato, who had finally found an opportunity to speed without being controlled by his superiors, drove the police car very fast along the way.

Other vehicles along the way could hear the sirens from a long distance away, and seeing the police car speeding towards them, they saw that it was heading towards the Metropolitan Police Department. They thought that the police car was in such a state because it contained some extremely vicious and dangerous criminal who needed to be sent to the Metropolitan Police Department in a hurry, so they all got out of the way early for fear of being contaminated by the bad luck.

At the same time, Xingchuan and Ming, who were at the center of the bad luck, were in a very complicated mood. Not to mention that they were arrested as criminals for the first time in their lives, they were now using the police car as a taxi, and the reason was very reasonable: to thank the sacrifices made in helping to solve the case.

Although the process seemed like a farce, was the result too much to their liking? After calming down, Xingchuan and Ming began to reflect.

It's only natural.

Whether it is Kudo Shinichi's tricks and intimidation, or the speeding police, it seems that there is an invisible force secretly pushing all of this to happen.

An answer immediately popped into his mind: comic books.

If there is really a power that can control fate and the future, then there is only this one answer. I need a result that allows me to rush to the scene of the car accident in time, so the comic book gave me such a result.

But, he rubbed his still sore shoulders and thought, is this process a bit too tiring? Can't you be a little gentler to me?

He thought of the 43 points of favorable rating that were instantly reset to zero, and he began to feel a little uncertain.

You're not complaining that I gave you too few favorable reviews, are you?

After complaining in his heart, Xingchuan Heming remembered the comments and forums that he had not had time to read before, so he opened the comic book to check it out while he was on the way.

There were only a few comments, most of which were about the surprise that the Detective comic had opened a new chapter. However, the latter part of the forum had more content, not only did it have readers' immediate emotional feedback, but it also released the update of the comic performed by Hoshikawa Kazuaki.

The story of the comic begins after I enter the vest body. Although I am still wearing the apron of the Poirot Cafe in the comic, I have my own highlights, a gentle smile, good looks, a slightly youthful appearance and a head of gentle and docile curly hair, which makes me look unexpectedly well-behaved.

Coincidentally, forum readers probably think the same way.

[Wow! It’s a handsome boy. Is he the protagonist? Is he the protagonist? 】

[Has Detective Conan come out with a new manga? Waiting for the update. I’m actually quite interested in the science boy comics! 】

[Is this a transition or a flashback? Is our little star going to start hanging out with the big detective? A pre-warm-up?]

[Hmm? Did the suspect, Little White Flower, fall in love at first sight when the detective rescued her? Waiting online, it's quite tempting...]

The corners of Xingchuan and Ming's mouth twitched when they saw this. Although being liked by forum readers is a good thing, look at these, what kind of lewd words are these? Isn't the cultural difference between the other world a bit too big?

However, the forum is the only place that can reflect readers' opinions on the new manga. Hoshikawa Kazuaki had no choice but to read it quickly with his eyes squinting. In the end, he concluded that although forum readers tend to like to see their interactions with the original characters, the enthusiasm of the forum is the highest when they participate in solving the case and find clues faster than Kudo Shinichi.

Xingchuan and Ming remember that the popularity score they received at that time was also the highest. Could it be that stealing the spotlight is the shortcut to quickly collect likes and increase the popularity score?

After getting the information he wanted, he quickly left the forum and opened the comic. Compared to those eye-catching remarks, Xingchuan Heming wanted to know what happened in the cafe after he was "arrested".

As expected, Kudo Shinichi openly identified himself as the criminal, but secretly teamed up with Inspector Megure to create an opportunity for the real murderer to find access to the stack of photos that the three had fought over.

Just when the criminal was about to get the photo, Officer Chiba, who had been lying in ambush, suddenly appeared and grabbed the gloved hand.

"It's you! The one who poisoned Shunsuke Uei and pinned the blame on Senior Hoshikawa, Ms. Eguchi Reiko!"

Kudo Shinichi jumped out from his hiding place, striking his classic pose, with his arm raised, a finger pointed at the criminal, his eyes determined as if to pierce through the fog.

"Wait, wasn't it the waiter who poisoned me? I just can't bear to part with these photos that record the beautiful memories of my school days. I'm not the criminal!"

Reiko Eguchi's eyes were filled with fear, and her expression suddenly became panic. She nervously tried to pull back her wrists, but she found that her hands were cold, and her gloves had been pulled off by the police who had been prepared.

Kudo Shinichi still had that confident look on his face as if he had seen through everything. He walked over, picked up the photo, and asked back:

"But Miss Eguchi, are these memories really beautiful to you?"

He spread out the photos one by one, and saw that in addition to the photos with other people, there was also a photo of Reiko Eguchi wearing cute clothes but was dirty and even had bruises on her face.

"I infer that besides Hoshikawa and Akira, you were also bullied by Uei Shunsuke on campus, right? Judging from your age in the photo, Uei must have given up on bullying Hoshikawa and Akira and turned to you, who was still in junior high school. And that's why you hate him so much."

Kudo Shinichi looked at Eguchi Reiko, whose face immediately distorted when she saw the photo, smiled confidently and continued:

"Years later, you thought you had finally moved on, but he reappeared and blackmailed you with indecent photos. You couldn't stand it anymore and finally decided to end it all."

Reiko Eguchi was shocked and angry, her whole body began to tremble, but she still said firmly:

"But, but, the coffee cup and sugar bag only have the waiter's fingerprints, right? Even if I really hate that guy, I didn't poison him, did I?"

"Well, I have to say that Miss Eguchi is really smart." Kudo Shinichi took the women's gloves in the evidence bag from the police officer next to him, "Of course you won't leave fingerprints, because you wore special gloves the whole time, and the fingertips of the gloves were coated with makeup and artificial sweat, and there were silicone sheets with the fingerprints of Hoshikawa and Akira. So the whole process of your crime will only leave the fingerprints of Hoshikawa and Akira!"

Hoshikawa Kazuaki, who was still flipping through the comics, paused and gasped. He really didn't expect that this ID card would be stolen out of nowhere. It was too scary. Although he guessed that there was something wrong with the gloves, he didn't expect it to be this kind of problem!

In the comic, Kudo Shinichi is still talking:

"You revealed at the beginning that Xingchuan and Ming had been bullied. I guess you have always been resentful that he was able to get rid of Shangjing, so you wanted to put the blame on him."

"You specifically ordered the same coffee as Kamii, and drank half of it, just to prepare for poisoning. You specifically asked for no sugar, so that you could put the poisoned sugar cubes in the cup while Kamii and Nagata were teasing you with the photos, and then secretly swap your coffee cup with Kamii's!"

"You were wearing gloves the whole time, so whether it was the sugar bag or Kamii's coffee cup, Hoshikawa and Akira's fingerprints were found. Even on your own coffee cup."

"Of course, after you made the switch, you wiped off the fingerprints on the cup that belonged to Shangjing with the inside of your gloves. But don't forget that the coffee originally belonged to Shangjing, and it contained sugar containing fat specially made by the coffee shop. The traces left on the inner wall of the cup when the fat was shaken are the best evidence!"

"Also because you were wearing gloves, when you collected the photos that had to be taken back, the fingerprints of Hoshikawa Kazuaki on your gloves were also imprinted on them. And we all know that Hoshikawa Kazuaki, who stayed on the kitchen table, could never have touched the photos that belonged to Uei Shunsuke."

Reiko Eguchi took a step back. Everyone could see the panic on her face. But she still tried to defend herself:

"No, no, I was also framed. I didn't know that these gloves could leave other people's fingerprints. Maybe Xingchuan and Ming were misleading you in this way..."

"The fingerprint left on the photo that ignited your flame of revenge is the evidence that you wore gloves to do all these evil deeds! Even if you say that you didn't know about the gloves, the only person who knew about the existence of this fingerprint and would definitely destroy the evidence is the murderer who deliberately used fake fingerprints to commit the crime, and that's you, Eguchi Reiko!"

Kudo Shinichi raised the evidence bag in his hand, which contained a pair of beautifully crafted women's gloves and a stack of photos covered with fingerprints. Eguchi Reiko finally knelt on the ground, trembling and crying softly.

"It's all their fault! Kamii Shunsuke is a villain who takes other people's suffering as fun. He deserves to die. And that Hoshikawa Kazuaki, why did he resist? Why did he want to get rid of Kamii's bullying? If he hadn't gotten rid of Kamii, then Kamii wouldn't have turned to me because he had no one to bully..."

The case was closed, the criminal was caught, and Kudo Shinichi once again boasted his reputation as the "savior of the Japanese police". However, Hoshikawa Kazuaki still had some questions in his mind.

What role did Ryo Nagata play in the whole case? Was he Shunsuke Kamii's friend? Or was he a tool for Reiko Eguchi? Or was he really completely unaware of this?

For some reason, Hoshikawa and Ming suddenly thought of Ryo Nagata's sneer at him when he didn't know the identity of the deceased at the crime scene. He always felt that it was familiar.

In the comic, Kudo Shinichi was still complaining to Mao Lilan: "You still remember Senior Hoshikawa who is one year older than us, right? When we first entered the school, he was our senior and served as our guide. But when we met again today, he didn't recognize me."

Mao Lilan was not surprised at all. Instead, she scolded, "Senior Hoshikawa has been an orientator for all the freshmen, and it's been so long. Why did he have to recognize you the first time he met you? It's so rude of you to let him pretend to be arrested as bait!"

Kudo Shinichi was very confident about this: "That was something we discussed. I winked and gestured to him in advance, and he agreed to it..."

Seeing this, Hoshikawa Kazuaki finally understood what Kudo Shinichi was trying to do by blinking and waving his hands at him after exchanging clues. The anger that had just subsided in his heart suddenly rose again.

Did you discuss that with me? I don't understand what you mean by all that gesticulation! Even if you need to cooperate in acting, can't you just talk to me properly?

At this moment, the speeding police car suddenly braked, and Xingchuan and Ming were not paying attention and their shoulders hit the seat. He covered his shoulder with a hissing sound, and felt that the position that was sprained when he pretended to be arrested before became more painful.

In the driver's seat, Nishimoto Masato turned around with a refreshed look on his face and said with a smile, "We've arrived at Sakurada Road. How's it going? Is it fast enough?"

Hoshikawa Kazuaki perked up, said thank you hastily, then got out of the car quickly and walked towards Date Kou.

I saw Kou Ida standing on the empty street, and his colleague and junior Takagi Wataru standing beside him talking to him. Hoshikawa Kazuaki, with curly hair and wearing an apron from Café Polo, was walking towards them quickly.

Everything is exactly like in the comics!