Conan, My Neighbor Kurosawa Jin

"There are only two possibilities now, either the writer lied, his manuscript was only shown to others, and the details of the novel were told to others.

Or someone might be paying attention to using the content written in his novel to commit crimes, such as the reader who wrote to him. "Moori Kogoro analyzed.

"Well, brother Maori, we have also considered the two aspects you mentioned, but we can't find any information about the latter, and there is nothing we can do about the former.

We have investigated the other party's computer information and found that the other party has not sent any relevant messages to anyone, and there are no specific details of the case online. As for more, we have no way to investigate. "Officer Memu sighed and shook his head. The police had thought through all the possibilities they could think of, but there was no direction for investigation at all.

"Here, can we talk to the author of the novel?" Mouri Kogoro was at his wits' end.

"Okay, yes! In fact, you all know the author of the novel." Officer Megure lowered his head and pondered, a little embarrassed, but quickly nodded firmly.

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"Conan, Xiaolan, Detective Maori?" Imaguchi opened the door and looked at the three people outside a little surprised, but he soon knew that they should be here for the case.

"Imaguchi sister/Imaguchi." Mouri Kogoro and the other two nodded, feeling a little surprised. They didn't expect that the author mentioned by Officer Megure was actually Imaguchi Kokoro.

"Come in!" Imaguchi stepped aside and allowed the three of them to enter the room.

Mouri, Kogoro and the other three sat on the sofa and looked around at the structure of the room. On the table in front of them were several sheets of scratch paper with something messily written on them.

Imaguchi made four cups of black tea in the kitchen, took out the black tea, and handed it to Mouri Kogoro and the three of them.

"Sorry, we only have tea leaves at home."

"It's okay." Mao Lilan and Conan waved their hands quickly.

"Imaguchi, when you come here this time, I actually want to ask you something." Mao Lilan touched the tea cup in front of her, hesitated, and said.

"I know, it's because of the perverted murder case!" Imaguchi nodded heartily, picked up the black tea and took a sip.

"Yes, Imaguchi, what do you know about this case?" Mouri Kogoro looked at Imaguchi's heart, for fear of missing any clues.

“I actually didn’t know much. It wasn’t until Officer Megure and the others called me that I knew someone had killed someone based on the plot in my novel.

Three people have been killed now, and the circumstances of their deaths are the same as in my novel. "

"Do you know any clues about the reader who wrote to you?"

"I don't know much about him. After all, the two of us just chatted through letters and communicated about the plot of the novel. I don't even know whether the other person is a boy or a girl, let alone other information." Imaguchi shook his head inwardly. , then stood up and took out a box from the room and placed it on the table.

Imaguchi opened the box and there were various letters inside. Imaguchi took out a few letters from it, looked at the signatures on the line, and then pushed them to Mouri Kogoro and Edogawa Conan.

"These letters were written to me by that reader. The photo I took of Officer Megure is only from one of them. The rest I can find are all here." Imaguchi likes to collect these things, so other He put away all the letters written to him.

"This box is full of letters written by readers?" Mao Lilan looked at the not very big box in front of her and was a little confused. Are the novels written by Imaguchi not popular? Why are there so few letters?

"Yes, but it's more than just these. There are just a lot of them put in other boxes. This is just part of it."

Mouri Kogoro and Conan opened the letters. The contents inside were all discussions about the logic of the plot of the novel, as well as some possible methods of committing crimes, the reasons for the murder, etc. They were all related to the novel and not related to the novel. Involving others.

"Sister Imaguchi, these letters only mention "Fuji Flower Case". Sister Imaguchi, haven't you written other books?" Edogawa Conan looked up and asked after reading the few letters in front of him.

"I have written other books, but this book is more popular. I have only seen this reader in this book. I have no impression of this person before." In fact, Imaguchi thought at first when I read what he wrote to me There were so many letters, thinking that he was a loyal fan of hers, and even went through the letters written by previous fans, but he was not in them.

The reader wrote to him and said that the discussion was only about "The Fuji Flower Case", so he always subconsciously believed that this reader was the reader of this book.

"That's right!" Conan nodded and lowered his head thoughtfully.

"Imaguchi, are these pieces of paper on the table the drafts of the novel you wrote?" After reading the letter, Kogoro Mouri pointed to the pieces of paper that had been on the table just now and that Imaguchi later put away.

"Yes, I just came out of the Metropolitan Police Department this morning! So I want to sort out the details of this novel and see if there is anything missing." Imaguchi looked at some fluttering papers beside him and nodded. , and then handed a few pieces of paper to Mouri Kogoro.

Conan and Mao Lilan leaned over to read the content on the paper. The content on the paper was actually very simple. It was like a chain of clues in a police crime combing. Several names, several locations and times, and then they were connected into a chain. The line looks very simple.

"Imaguchi, do you usually write drafts like this?" Although Mao Lilan had not seen drafts by other novel authors, she did not expect that this draft was so crude.

It's all about who, where, what time and what, without any extraneous description.

"Yes, unless I have a special feeling for a certain story, otherwise, the outline in my mind is actually just writing and imagining, giving the character a personality and a general theme." Imaguchi said sincerely.

"Then has anyone else seen your draft, or heard you say it?" Mouri Kogoro looked at Imaguchi's heart. Even if this draft was seen by others, it would be nothing. The key question is whether Imaguchi's heart is consistent with it. Others have said the details of what this draft represents.

"No, I actually don't have many friends. I go to work and go home every day, so I don't have anyone to talk to." Imaguchi shook his head inwardly.

"What about this person?" Mouri Kogoro pointed at the pair of black shoes at the door that were several sizes larger than the ones Imaguchi wore.

"Imaguchi, have you told your boyfriend?" Mao Lilan immediately guessed the owner of the shoes, Imaguchi's boyfriend. She had heard Ayumi and the others talk about it before, but she had never seen him.

The eyes of Mouri Kogoro and the three others were focused on Imaguchi Heart.

"I just said a few words briefly, but not too much. He is usually busy with work, and we get together less and apart more often, so we rarely talk about work matters." Imaguchi shook his head heartily, not completely denying it. , completely denying it will appear guilty and deceptive.

"Does he know the details of the novel and the modus operandi?" Conan asked.

"He doesn't know the details of the novel, but he may know a thing or two about the modus operandi. After all, when I'm joking, I will deliberately use my hand as a knife to make gestures on him." Imaguchi spread his hands heartily.

"Then your boyfriend..." Mouri Kogoro's eyes lit up, and he wanted to ask Imaguchi Koko if his boyfriend could come over, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the ringing of his cell phone.

"Hello?" Mouri Kogoro looked at the unfamiliar number on his phone, a little confused.

"Detective Mori, it's me." Officer Takagi's voice suddenly sounded.

"Officer Takagi? What's wrong? Why did you call me suddenly? I remember your number is not this one?" Mouri Kogoro was a little confused and had a bad feeling in his heart.

"I borrowed the phone. I just found a clue. The information of the reader in the information Imaguchi gave me before was found. He is a man who had a criminal record before but was released because he was not old enough. ." Officer Takagi said softly.

"The phone number on that letter was the one he had used before, but he later discarded it after being caught. We believe that the perverted murderer is probably related to him."

"sure?"

"It is almost certain that this prisoner has some mental illness and is very likely to do this kind of thing. Now we are doing our best to find his location.

Officer Megure asked me to talk to you. "Officer Takagi was on the phone while searching for information about this criminal suspect on his computer.

After the other party was released from prison, they have not heard from each other for two years, and they don't know where he is now, but it is very likely that this case was what he did.

The police extracted some dander tissue from one of the victims' fingernails and are now matching it with the information entered by the previous criminal suspect. If there is a match, they will pursue it.