I feel that I must have been possessed by the God of Decline these days.

I really just want to quietly collect a protection fee!How did it happen to come across this kind of mess.

Looking at the sudden chaos in the small restaurant, when I don’t leave now, I will take a step back silently holding the manual. If I stay here for too long, I will be scolded by Senior Hulukawa. It would be bad if it was over there.

You must know that although I have a thick-skinned heart like a social animal, it does not mean that I am really willing to be scolded.

He lowered his head and flipped through the blue book in his hand. Since the boss of this house is dead, let's pass it first, and wait until the protection fee of the other house is collected.

What happened to the sudden feeling of growing up?I think I was almost frightened by the dead bodies when I first wore it. Now, in just eight or nine days, I have already dealt with more than a dozen corpses. A sudden death in a shop can no longer scare me.

Sure enough, Port Mafia is not human!Seeing how the low-level employees are being squeezed, especially if they don't pay, I beat my chest fiercely in my heart. A child's voice came from behind me.

"Sister, where are you going?"

"..."

I turned back expressionlessly, and looked down at this six or seven-year-old boy who was only half my height who suddenly stopped me.

Yep, that's where I'm the worst.

Otherwise, why do I feel like I've hit the jackpot these days, the mysterious sound really threw me into the world of comics!I owe tm, was it not good when I wrote Lei Wen and wrote a single fan, I insisted on mixing a bunch of messy worlds in it, now it’s all right, I can’t guarantee the mysterious sound to trap me here type world.

No, there is an example right now...

The elementary school student in front of me wearing glasses and with a bunch of dull hair sticking out of his head is tilting his head, his big eyes are puffing. If I don’t know him, he must be a ghost. He can be said to accompany most people on TV. Half of my childhood, he was a human-shaped killer who had accidents wherever he went. Pastes about him once filled my elementary school pencil case.

In short, it was only after I entered this shop that I discovered that the legendary elementary school student of death was among the customers.

"Sister, there are dead people here. Everyone may be a murderer. If you go out casually, you will be suspected. Let's stay here and wait for the police uncle to come over!"

Edogawa Conan raised his head with a naive and scared voice, as if trying to persuade me not to leave.

Just don't want it!

Although he babbled a lot, I understood the words "wait for the police uncle together" very clearly.

Come on, I'm a mafia, are you waiting for the police to come and catch me?

If a low-level person like me is arrested, no one will come to bail, and I will squat for more than ten years, etc... Japanese black bāng seems to be legal, but why is this guy here? Isn’t this Yokohama? ?

And his acting skills are too bad!

My mood can be said to be turbulent, even though there is a lot of noise and vomiting, but I am dumb and eat coptis, I can't express my suffering, and I can't even show any emotion on my face.

"Hey, you said murderer!?"

We were in a stalemate here, when an unbelievable male voice suddenly came from not far away. The person who spoke was a young man in his 20s: "What's going on? Didn't Sachiko commit suicide!"

"No." Edogawa Conan turned his head when he heard the words, and said confidently in a very confident tone: "It was homicide."

I:……

Why don't you talk?Can you let me go?

"Everyone stop arguing!" At this moment, a middle-aged uncle standing in the center of the dining room cleared his throat, "In this case, before the police come, let me see what's going on with this incident .”

"Eh? You are, that famous detective?" The woman who was slumped on the ground in the last chapter said in a surprised tone, "Sleeping Kogoro!"

"Hmph, I was right."

Mori Kogoro rubbed his upturned nose proudly, "We came to Yokohama this time because we received a commission. We should have left later, but we didn't expect to encounter unexpected incidents here. Fortunately, Xiaolan was still there. Didn't make it here." He said the last sentence in a low voice, as if he was relieved.

But there is no difference in my eyes whether he speaks loudly or softly, they are all bibles.

Seeing that a mystery drama that might take 1 or 2 episodes is about to be staged here, and I can’t leave for a while, I moved a stool to the door in a bitter mood, leaning on my chin and watching them over there Put on a big show.

To sum up, this is an incident in which the proprietress suddenly hanged herself in the back kitchen.

But slightly different from the ordinary way of death, she died by hanging while sitting.

The scene of the crime was obviously the small kitchen behind the bar, and it happened to be the moment I stepped into the store.The deceased—that is, the proprietress's clothes were neat and tidy. She was hanging under the sink with a rope tied around her neck, and the other end of the rope was tied to the faucet of the washbasin.

Mori Kogoro had already put the other party down. Judging from the disappearing vital signs, the proprietress was indeed dead.

As for the parties involved, there are 3 people: the customer woman A, Conan and Mori Kogoro who are also customers, and the office worker B who suddenly rushed to borrow the toilet.

In addition, I, who came in late to collect protection fees, and the boss's wife's boyfriend who rushed over after hearing the news.

By the way, that unbelievable 20-something young man just now is this boyfriend, who looks to be of college age.

"Well, the surrounding environment of the incident looks normal, and the top of the kitchen doesn't even have a beam." Mori Kogoro was already standing at the door to study, and I didn't even bother to listen to what he was saying.

Senior Hulukawa's scolding sound is echoing all over my head, what should I do, I feel like he will call and remind me in the next second, I really don't want to be scolded again!

Sure enough, let's go first, I looked up at their situation, I was a little irritable, and I was about to stand up from the chair, when I heard "Hey", Edogawa Conan who was staying opposite me seemed to be whispering. muttered.

He didn't go to the kitchen to discuss with him, but looked up at the clock first, frowned and said in a low voice: "It's been 10 minutes, and the police haven't arrived yet."

"..."

I lowered my head and glanced at him. Naturally, this distance can still be heard clearly. Unfortunately, today is the day when the port mafia collects protection money. If the police want to arrive quickly, they have to weigh whether we will collect it or not. Come here Anyway, be prepared.

Seemingly noticing the way I was staring at him, Edogawa Conan blinked, raised his head and looked at him again with the kind of eyes that fit a child, his pure tone seemed to be just curious: "Sister, are you here?" Do you want to eat?"

Do, what are you doing?

Are you trying to test me? Being involved in an accident is already unlucky enough, the ghost will answer!I said directly in a bad tone, "I want money."

Sorry, I really can't think of the Japanese word for protection fee, although I didn't intend to say it.

"Huh?" Conan Edogawa was taken aback when he heard this.

"Just kidding." I shrugged and replied honestly, "It's just for dinner."

Edogawa Conan laughed twice: "Ahaha, my sister is really good at joking, you said you wanted money, I thought you had something to do with the proprietress of this store."

"However." He tilted his head and scratched his cheek: "I always feel like you know me, sister. Is it an illusion?"

Hey! ?To be aware of such a thing, I panicked... No wonder, naive!I've learned my lesson since meeting the male god Chuya that day.

Standing up from the chair very calmly, I lowered my head and looked down at him: "Because, you seem like detective Shinichi."

The moment my voice fell, Edogawa Conan's body was obviously stiff for a moment.

Cough, I tried my best, but I really can't remember the last name of Kudo, it's amazing to be able to say the word detective!Complimenting myself a few words in my heart, I continued to say flatteredly, "...'s younger brother."

Why can't you think of it, tell you to test others, and they will also test you hehe.

"Of, people often say that, and I really want to meet that legendary big brother!" Sure enough, Edogawa Conan wiped off his cold sweat, and began to play sloppy speechlessly. Naturally, I would not expose the other party. I am too lazy to continue discussing this topic with him. To be honest, I actually want to leave this store as soon as possible, so I simply asked: "Can I leave?"

"The boss was dead when I came, right?"

"Sister, do you want to say that you are not suspected of committing the crime?" Edogawa Conan raised his head again after hearing the words, his expression was still very innocent, but his tone was imperceptibly calm: "But this doesn't seem to explain the problem, there are some In order to confirm the success of the crime, the perpetrator deliberately came back to confirm the kind."

"I've seen it on TV!"

"..."

Although I only understood a sentence from the TV, I understood that he wanted to hang on to the end. Forget it, since it has been delayed for such a long time, it is better to wait for the matter to be completely over. Looking at the reasoning drama on the other side, they seem to have reached the part of everyone's confession.

The female customer A who screamed at the beginning rubbed her shoulders. She clenched her phone tightly and said with a startled expression, "This is what happened. I entered this restaurant half an hour ago."

"At that time, I ordered a curry pork chop rice."

"But the female boss didn't serve the food for a long time. After entering the small door next to the bar, she never came out. I was a little impatient. I wanted to remind me, but no, I didn't expect it. ..." When she said this, she covered her mouth with an uneasy face.

"Really, just look at the surveillance for this kind of thing!" The man with dark hair who looked about forty was speaking, his tone was a little impatient, and he seemed to be as concerned about being forced to stay here as I am. Things are very dissatisfied, although I did not understand what he said.

"Hey, what's your tone?" The proprietress' boyfriend suddenly grabbed the other party's collar and clenched his fists angrily: "That's Xing Zi!"

Mori Kogoro hurried over to persuade the fight, "I understand your feelings very well, but calm down anyway, you won't make any progress if you do this, right?"

"..."

The proprietress' boyfriend took a deep breath, as if he had listened to the other party's words, he closed his eyes and loosened the collar of the office worker, gritted his teeth and said, "I'm sorry to tell you that the camera in the store just broke down."

"I obviously promised to accompany her to repair it before." He covered his face in a broken state: "Why did this happen suddenly..."

The middle-aged office worker tugged at the collar that had just been grabbed in dissatisfaction, and opened his mouth to look like he wanted to say something, but because the young man in front of him still chose to shut up, he simply changed the subject to clarify for himself:

"In short, I just walked halfway and got a stomach ache. I passed by this store, so I came in to borrow the toilet."

"During this period, I was in the toilet all the time, and I rushed out of the toilet only after hearing screams. You have seen it before, there are two directions from the kitchen."

"If you say that, I have been staying in my position before." Female customer A frowned, and hurriedly followed her to clear herself.

"Uh, everyone, don't worry."

As the saying goes, the public says the public is right and the woman says the woman is right. Seeing that they insisted on their own opinions and they all proved their alibi, the scene developed more and more out of control. Kogoro Mori scratched his hair and said in an uncertain voice: "In this case, The proprietress must have committed suicide."

"what are you saying……"

"After all, no one was there, and the marks on her neck can be definitely ruled out by strangulation. There are no nails or pinch marks on her neck, so it's not easy to see."

Female customer A covered her mouth: "But how do you hang yourself while sitting?"

"This is very simple." Mori Kogoro closed his eyes and raised his eyebrows pretending to be profound: "As long as a pressure of about 15 kilograms is exerted on the neck, it is enough to compress the airway and cause suffocation. Don't say 15 kilograms, in fact, 2 kilograms is enough. It can lead to cerebral hypoxia, as long as the head is put into the rope and the body slowly sinks, it is completely possible to complete the suicide while maintaining a sitting posture.” Note [1]

He raised his chin while talking: "From the environment of the crime scene, there are no beams in the entire kitchen. It is very realistic that the proprietress can make such a death."

"So it must have been suicide!"

"Then let's just wait for the police to come." The office worker's tone became impatient again: "She must have some motive for suicide. What's the use of discussing here?"

"By the way, why haven't the police arrived yet? Did you really call the police?"

"Motivation..." The proprietress' boyfriend suddenly raised his head when he heard the words, as if he remembered something, "Is it possible... no, but..."

Moori Kogoro, who wanted to continue to say something, looked at him: "What's wrong?"

"To be honest, I actually know one thing." The young man pursed his lips.

"Port Mafia."

After his words fell, the atmosphere in the room suddenly froze for a few seconds.

Even when I was just watching a play and couldn't understand what they were saying, I couldn't help but look at each other when I heard this familiar vocabulary.

How does this even have something to do with my stingy company that exploits its employees.

After a short silence, it was Edogawa Conan who broke the short silence first, and walked over curiously, as if he didn't understand at all: "Big brother, what is that?"

"A criminal organization."

The proprietress' boyfriend swallowed, his tone trembling as if he was gradually thinking about something: "It is said that the mafia uses the port as its sphere of influence."

"All I know is that Xingzi moved to this city by herself to work hard. We haven't dated for a long time. She has no relatives here. She only opened such a small shop. We usually live frugally."

"Yokohama has been chaotic these years. It is uncertain when accidents will occur on the street. The shops in the surrounding area are often the first to suffer. In order to ensure the safety of the shops, many bosses choose to cooperate with such organizations."

He lowered his head to cover half of his face, and clenched his teeth: "I don't know the specifics, but I heard that she paid PortMafia protection money."

"Protection fees!?"

The female customer A on the far right yelled loudly. She glanced at the young man in horror, and responded very quickly: "Is this shop being haunted by gangsters? What's the matter with this female boss?"

There was even a hint of regret in her tone, as if she was annoyed at how she would walk into such a restaurant to eat.

"So the truth has come to light?" The office worker was a little thankful, and he put forward his own guess: "The motive of this little girl's suicide was because she couldn't live anymore and couldn't pay the money, so she committed suicide."

"Could it be that today is the day to just pay the protection fee?" The office worker uncle was a little speechless at the end: "Oh, so the young people nowadays are really..."

"Damn it, how could this happen." The proprietress' boyfriend may no longer be in the mood to care about the uncle, he looked away from the female customer, covering his red eye circles, "Why didn't I notice it before."

After the words fell, the store was filled with a quiet and oppressive atmosphere.

In this case, Edogawa Conan didn't ask any more questions in the manner of a child, and ran into the kitchen unknowingly during the conversation.

I:"……"

To be honest, I am still digesting a few sentences of their ba ba ba like 10-level English listening comprehension.

No way, when it comes to the fact that the blame is finally on me, I'm just a low-level tool person collecting money for the organization, so why does it sound like I'm the one who collects protection fees?

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