The man in Conan is the mastermind behind the scenes

Uncle Maori is indeed innocent, but his innocence is different from what you think! I am oblivious! Go back to school, I will solve it here! "

Shinichi said this was a game, but who was it aimed at?

What's the problem?

Dad, Shinichi, Officer Megure...

They didn't tell her anything, so how could she not "know nothing"?

"Miss Towako, what was your makeup like at that time?"

"Oh, the high school detective also asked about this.

You think that Kogoro admitted that I was dressed up to be close to the concubine by that guest, right? But unfortunately, there is a big difference. The makeup is more youthful, and the hairstyle is different from that of Ms. Fei.

The only thing that can match him is probably a pair of flat half-rimmed glasses. "

That's it...

"Where is that guest?"

"Still not awake in the hospital, Kogoro fell over his shoulder and seemed to hit the back of the man's head."

"!!!"

Another unknown situation. How many stupid things has Dad done?

"He was drunk?"

"It's true that I drank more than usual."

Xiaolan felt slightly relieved... No, she couldn't relax at all, it was still a very bad situation.

Dad, didn't he just sleep when he was drunk?

What happened to him that night?

"Have the police told you the identity of that guest?" Xiaolan asked again.

"He was just a clerk from Shibuya. His wife did die of illness two months ago, but in fact, he doesn't look much like me."

Shibuya, clerk...

Xiaolan kept thinking, but in the end she could only find out to her frustration that she might really have no detective talent.

This doesn't tell anything at all.

"Shinichi, the high school detective, did he ask any questions after this?"

"He asked me some details about how I got along with that guest. Officer Megure asked him why. He said he wanted to use this to analyze the guest's daily behavior pattern and whether he was instructed by others that night."

"What's the conclusion?"

"He analyzed that the customer would not be so lavish on weekdays and asked the police to investigate the customer's financial situation. I don't know what happened next."

"He came directly to you that night?"

"No, he looked at all the girls in the store and finally chose me."

Xiaolan thought for a moment and said, "Miss Towako, can you call the police to ask for follow-up information?"

"Oh, yes, I'll just ask in the name of returning the money. But why don't you ask yourself? You can be considered half a party."

"They all used me as a burden and didn't tell me."

"As expected, it's all evil male chauvinism."

Towako hung up the phone and called back again after about five minutes.

"The police have investigated clearly. After the death of the guest's wife, he spent the whole day getting drunk at the izakaya. Two days ago in the afternoon, he borrowed a loan shark and began to hang out in various entertainment venues. The police deduced that he may have had the idea of ​​​​seeking death. ”

"usury?!"

Xiaolan suddenly had a noun in her mind and asked quickly:

"Is it Watanuki Credit Co., Ltd.?"

Chapter 26 Xiaolan opens the door to a new world

"I didn't ask which one it was, but the police said it was from Shinjuku," Towako said.

Xiaolan felt relieved when she heard this. Before Mouri Kogoro's accident the night before, she had searched Watanuki Credit Co., Ltd. on the Internet and knew that its address was in Mihua Town.

Really, she really thought too much.

Don't make unreasonable associations just because you've heard similar things recently.

"What's wrong with that club?"

Towako said: "If it is an important clue, you'd better tell it to the police."

"No, I just heard that this club is related to the Yakuza, so I asked..."

"Puch-"

Towako couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Little girl, there is no Yakuza platform behind any loan shark. You just haven't seen too many of them."

That's indeed the case...

Xiaolan laughed at herself and said, "Sorry, Miss Towako, I just want to know about this matter. I believe in the police investigation. Please don't tell them."

"No problem, see you then..."

"I have one last question."

"Please say."

Xiaolan hesitated for a few seconds, finally took a deep breath and asked her original purpose.

"Have you ever heard of Liuying?"

"Liu Ying? Specifically..."

"Happiness Field."

"Is that so? Is he related to the case? Liuying..." Towako murmured carefully, and suddenly said: "Is it the urban legend that appeared recently?"

"What?"

"That's the heart-stealing noble man. He first appeared in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, and broke this year's sales record in one day and one night. But he didn't love money, so he only took a token amount of 500,000.

He said that he came here to find love, and when he was sure that a woman was just looking for pleasure, he would drift away. Even if that woman gave her all to him, he would just shake his head in despair and say:

The gods did not approve.

Except for the first day of business, he would only appear after midnight and leave before dawn. The location would be different, and sometimes he would not show up at all.

According to word of mouth, he has a noble and elegant temperament, his words and demeanor are like a spring breeze, his eyes are as bright as stars, and he wears a gorgeous black gold kimono, just like the Tang Dynasty prince who came out of Heian Capital across the ages.

People who have seen him say that he is so beautiful that it is almost unreal.

People who have never seen him naturally do not believe that such a person exists in the world. They regard him as an urban legend over and over again. "

Xiaolan listened blankly, silently.

The Suigetsu-kun she knew, the scumbag Sonoko said, the urban legend Miss Towako said...

Could these three distinct images really be the same person?

"Ms. Lan, could such a person be related to the incident that night?" Towako asked.

Of course not, it had nothing to do with the case, she suddenly asked, just...

Just what?

Let's think of it as recognizing a friend.

Xiaolan was thinking this, but what she said was: "Have you seen him?"

Towako sighed softly, "Unfortunately, I don't have that fate, and I heard that his appearance time has become shorter and shorter recently, and he has been missing for the past two days. I am really worried that he will leave...

Alas, but this is also a good thing. People like him don't belong in this dirty land. "

"..."

Xiaolan's eyelids jumped when she heard that. You haven't even met him, how can you say such protective words?

"You don't understand."

Towako seemed to know what she was thinking, and said softly: "For people like us who live in the world, he is such a transcendent and dreamy existence.

Even if what we know is not his full picture, or even completely false, as long as we have such a beautiful profile, it is enough for us to comfort ourselves. "

Is that so...

Xiaolan thought, could the Shuiyue Lord she knew be just a silhouette?

What is his full picture?

"Can I find his contact information?" Xiaolan asked.

"Hey, is he really related to the case?"

"No, that's another thing."

"real?"

"real."

Towako was silent for a few moments, then smiled softly: "Thank you for your white lie, but even if you really find something out of your investigation, please don't tell me, okay?"

No one believed the truth, and Xiaolan felt helpless, but she had to admit that she changed the subject so abruptly...

Normal people would associate it with each other.

"Okay, please don't tell the police."

Sorry, Suigetsu-kun, I hope I won't cause any trouble to you.

"Of course not, just wait for me."

The phone hung up again, and Xiaolan felt an inexplicable feeling of uneasiness in her heart. After only three minutes, the ringtone rang again.

"His phone number is widely circulated here, but it is said that whether he turns on the phone and whether he answers the phone after turning it on is completely random. I am not sure whether you can contact him. The number is..."

Xiaolan quickly took the notebook and wrote down the number.

"Thank you, Miss Towako."

"It's nothing." Towako paused and said softly: "Tell Kogoro for me that I am very grateful for his care in the past, but in the future, it is best for him not to come again. This will be good for us all."

"I know, bye."

"Goodbye."

Dududu——

The phone hangs up.

Xiaolan put down the phone and lay heavily on the office chair, looking out the window at the already slightly groggy night, with complicated and difficult to understand emotions.

It always felt like this world that she had lived in for nearly seventeen years and was extremely familiar with suddenly revealed to her the mysterious veil called "turning a blind eye" and revealed the truth contained in it...

There is a slight shadow, even worse.

But inexplicably, there is also an attraction that stems from curiosity and mystery.

Xiaolan rubbed her cheeks, braced herself, picked up her phone, and entered the number into the notebook.

Now that we have reached this point, even if we have to give in, let’s give it a try first.

Maybe it won't get through.

With this thought in mind, she pressed the dial button. The phone on the other end was not turned off, and the waiting bell rang.

Xiaolan felt inexplicably uneasy again, should she just give up?

If the other party is connected, if the other party is really Suigetsu-kun, what can she say?

Suigetsu-kun must have said that.

——Except for yourself, everyone in this world is someone else.

Even if Suiyue-kun has done some bad things, who is she qualified to say?