The man in Conan is the mastermind behind the scenes

"This is definitely Seiko Kiyoko's move alone. The mastermind behind the scenes can't have such a bad psychological quality!"

After the fierce pursuit, Kudo Shinichi became more and more sure of his reasoning.

There was probably some disagreement between Seiko Kiyoko and the mastermind behind the scenes, and the plan she carried out alone seemed to the police to be quite subtle, but in his eyes, it was full of mistakes!

"Tokyo Bay! Itahara, a homeless man who used to be an electrician!"

When Kudo Shinichi accidentally got the news from the crowd, his eyes lit up.

He saw that victory was ahead!

Chapter 64 Drink poison to quench thirst!

In the case of Masato Cedar, the missing homeless man Itabahara was very important. After the police searched unsuccessfully that night, they published a missing person notice in the newspaper early the next morning, for a fee.

But after several days, there has been no harvest.

It wasn't until Kudo Shinichi roughly identified several men who might have been used by Cedar Kiyoko in the Shibuya club where Cedar Nami stayed on Saturday afternoon and wanted to further investigate that the police suddenly received a report from the public.

It was a man who said that when he was drinking at a water vendor in Tsuburaya Town, he overheard a custom woman talking about this name and saying that it was a pity to lose an old customer.

The police had investigated this direction and immediately knew what he was talking about. They also asked the customary woman, but she was completely clueless.

The box of cheap jewelry that Itahara gave her may have hidden secrets, but before the police arrived, they had been bought at high prices by blind customers.

The customer was naturally very suspicious, but the police couldn't find him, but there was nothing they could do.

Is the report this time just in this direction?

Mumu Shisanben was still thinking about what new gains he could get. After listening to the other person's story, he was immediately filled with disappointment. He said some formulaic thanks and was about to hang up the phone.

The person on the other side seemed to realize that her news was not powerful enough, and the police wanted to refuse the bill, so they quickly said: "Not only the name, I also heard her mention Tokyo Bay and Akagi Pier!"

"Nani?!!!"

As expected, Mumu Thirteen was immediately interested, but he quickly hung up the phone, turned to the number he had left before, and called the customary woman involved.

Why do we need a middleman when we can directly connect to the terminal?

"How did you know so quickly?"

After Mumu Shisan asked, the voice of the woman opposite was quite unhappy.

"The person who bought my jewelry before found it and said that there was a note left for me by Mr. Itahara in the box. It was very important and related to at least hundreds of thousands. If I gave him 100,000 yuan, he would be willing to give it to me. Return the note to me."

"What's written on the note?!" Mumu Shisan asked excitedly.

"That person told me that Mr. Itahara left something for me somewhere at Akagi Pier in Tokyo Bay, but I don't know where exactly."

The woman's tone was casual: "Yes, of course I didn't buy that note. Don't I know Mr. Itahara's financial situation? And he's in trouble now, right? I don't want to have anything to do with him. ”

"What?! Contact that person immediately and buy the note back!"

"Yes, yes, the police will pay for it?"

Mumu Shisan gritted his teeth: "The police are out!"

So ten minutes later, the police learned the complete contents of the note, which was to the effect:

Someone hired Itahara to solve the household electricity problem. A deposit of 100,000 yuan was paid in advance, and the final payment was 300,000 yuan. After the matter was settled, the bill was settled at Akagi Pier in Tokyo Bay. There is another hidden secret in this matter. If he cannot come back, he will try his best to hide the money somewhere, and the location is related to the name of his beloved.

Itahara entrusted this note to the custom woman, and it was obvious who his beloved was.

After learning that the customary girl's real name was Kumi, the police immediately retrieved surveillance footage from a few days ago near Akagi Pier, and sure enough, several scenes of Itara appearing in the distance were discovered.

Unfortunately, the area around Akagi Pier is too desolate and there is no monitoring, making it impossible to locate it more accurately.

But now it has been a big gain, and the police team rushed to Tokyo Bay.

Arrival time is:

12:13 noon.

Jiu, the Chinese character number, there are many abandoned containers on the Akagi Pier. When the police saw them at the first sight, they linked the two together and launched a search.

Swiping horizontally, vertically, and diagonally, sorting from all directions, looking for the "Nine" target. From a high altitude, everyone looks like tiny ants, scurrying around in vain on a dark gray circuit board covered with transistors, searching in vain for the smell of food.

Not long after...

"Sure enough, it's another lie."

Kudo Shinichi did not go out to search in person. Instead, he stood on the rooftop of a nearby low-rise building and looked down to get an overview of the whole situation as much as possible. He shook his head:

"I thought it was strange before. It was clearly a note entrusted to a fixed target. Why should I bother writing a riddle when it was enough to just write the address clearly? He couldn't have known in advance that the note would fall into the hands of others. There was no confidentiality. necessary.”

The person beside him looked solemn: "So someone is misleading the police?"

Kudo Shinichi shook his head: "That note was probably a later forgery, but Itahara's presence around here is not fake. Even if we can't find the key clues, we can always find some fragments, and when added up, sooner or later we can piece together the truth.

Giving a vague target for the police to search for is more like stalling for time.

Officer Megure, the investigation inside the Shibuya Club is the key and we cannot let our guard down.

In addition, the person who bought the jewelry from Miss Kumi reappeared. He must be related to Cedar Kiyoko, and it is very likely that he has seen the secret that Mr. Itahara really left in the box. As long as he can be caught, everything will be simple. . "

Megure Thirteen said in a deep voice: "Takagi and the others were attacked, and the nature of the situation has changed. After I reported your reasoning, brother Kudo, to the Matsumoto Police Department, he has already dispatched searches for the first and second departments to Shibuya and Madoka respectively. Tanimachi, assist us in the investigation and we will definitely catch that person.”

Kudo Shinichi was slightly relieved, but also slightly regretful: "That would be great. Cedar Kiyoko used this matter to delay time. It is definitely a big failure. We might be able to use this to expose the true identity of the mastermind behind the scenes."

The opponent he had just identified not long ago would actually lose because of his pig teammates. He really didn't know how to feel.

It can only be said that in this kind of intellectual duel, is the role of women really a negative number?

But there is no time to relax yet.

Kudo Shinichi: "Kyoko Cedarsong drinks poison to quench her thirst. If the mastermind behind the scenes has been paying attention to this, he will be burned and will most likely end up again. There are two directions he may choose. One is to help Kiyoko Cedars wrap up the story, and the other is to To kill her and silence her!

Officer Megure, haven't you found Cedar Kiyoko yet? "

After Takagi and Wataru were attacked last night, the police wanted to arrest Cedar Kiyoko, or at least keep her under the watch of the Metropolitan Police Department so that she could no longer do small things in the dark.

Although the case was temporarily shelved due to lack of evidence, the police still sent people to monitor the area near her new home.

The two police officers who were monitoring her kept reporting that Seiko Kiyoko was always at home supervising the renovation work and had not gone anywhere.

But when Kudo Shinichi unraveled the two framing methods and wanted to question Cedar Kiyoko, the two policemen said that Cedar Kiyoko was missing.

They kept staring at the large apartment on the flat floor, making sure not to see Cedar Kiyoko leave.

She disappeared out of thin air!

Chapter 65 The mastermind behind the scenes is vodka!

Upon hearing the news of Seiko Kiyoko's disappearance, Kudo Shinichi almost instantly thought that she had used the decoration workers' props to circumvent police surveillance.

But the thing had already happened, and he didn't even analyze the method. Faced with the cold eyes of a certain policeman, he just said "Sorry" and turned to the next direction to think.

The police were unable to keep track of the suspect. He did not expect this in advance. It was indeed his lack of consideration.

In the final analysis, it was because of that incident that Cedar Kiyoko only received 30 million from the insurance money.

No matter how high her suspicion was before, everyone still had some doubts after that.

Could they have made a mistake somewhere?

This confusion about the motive of the crime once confused Kudo Shinichi, but now that the situation has developed, he thinks he has roughly sorted out the context.

"Xue Matsukiyoko's target is probably mainly his parents, and the insurance money is only secondary. She purely wants those two people to die. And the man behind the scenes who cooperated with her at the beginning may just help her simply, or maybe it's for money .

Later, the two had a disagreement for unknown reasons, and the mastermind behind the scenes withdrew, and Cedar Kiyoko continued to implement the plan, which is the current situation. "

"Could it be that the situation escalated and the mastermind behind the scenes wanted to ask Xuesong Qingzi to stop, but she didn't listen, so the two of them separated?" At that time, Megure Thirteen asked.

Kudo Shinichi shook his head: "One of the main reasons why the situation escalated is that the man behind the scenes left clues on the tree. I think that was by no means an arrogant mockery that was superfluous, but that he did it intentionally.

Considering the current situation, the person he wants to target is already obvious. "

Mu Mu Thirteen suddenly understood, almost speechless in shock.

"It's Cedar Kiyoko!!!"

Time returns to now, one o'clock in the afternoon.

The sea breeze was strong on the rooftop, and Kudo Shinichi's voice seemed to be tinged with a cold tone.

"The mastermind behind the scenes is secretly trying to harm Cedar Kiyoko, and Cedar Kiyoko probably discovered this, so the two of them parted ways. Now that we are getting closer to the truth, there is a possibility that she will be silenced by the mastermind behind the scenes.

Officer Megure, if we can find her in advance, maybe we can break through directly from her. "

"well--"

Qing Zijun, who has complex eyes and is repeatedly exploited by his parents and lovers, is also a pitiful person.

"Brother Kudo, so you are saying that Kiyoko-kun is not necessarily avoiding us, but the mastermind behind the scenes?"

Kudo Shinichi nodded heavily: "It is possible, but it could also be a worse situation."

"What……"

Buzz buzz!

Before Megure Thirteen finished speaking, his cell phone rang. He looked down and saw that it was the police officer staying near Kiyoko Cedar's house!

He had a happy face, quickly connected the phone, and listened:

"Police Department, Cedar Kiyoko found a group of bad boys and beat up Tie He. I ran over and took out my police card to stop her. She said she found Tie He peeping at her with malicious intent this morning, so she told the decoration workers Asked for help, asked them to hide her in a closet and take her out, and asked her friends to come over and help her.”

"This this……"

The development of the situation was too bizarre, and it had nothing to do with the main business. At the moment, Shi San didn't know what to say.

But when Kudo Shinichi heard this, his eyes were complicated.

"The worst has happened."

Megure Thirteen didn't know why, so he ordered his subordinates to take Xuesong Qingzi back to the Metropolitan Police Department and quickly asked.

Kudo Shinichi sighed softly: "I don't know why the mastermind behind the scenes framed Cedar Kiyoko, and how big the conflict between them is.

But Kiyoko Cedar has now reappeared in front of us in this way. She no longer hides from the mastermind behind the scenes, and no longer worries about losing the initiative after being controlled by the police. She can only let us uncover the truth step by step, and can only explain one point.

The two of them reconciled.

The man behind the scenes, who can be called her other half, will bring closure to her again, and things may change in other ways. "

"!!!"

Megure Thirteen's pupils shrank suddenly: "Brother Kudo, Shibuya, Tsuburaya Town, and here, if we three places work at the same time, it is possible to touch the truth. Even if the mastermind behind the scenes enters the scene again, it is impossible for one person to reverse everything! "

Kudo Shinichi nodded heavily: "This is indeed a great opportunity for us!"

After saying that, he turned around and went downstairs.

He stayed here because he wanted to find clues about where Itawara might have been hiding by observing the overall layout of the dock. Now he has roughly determined several locations.

And at the first place, Kudo Shinichi discovered an abnormality!

This is an open space surrounded by many abandoned containers. One of the containers was riddled with bullet holes, and a large hole was torn out of the iron sheet. Exploded metal fragments and discarded brass bullet casings were scattered on the ground like rubble.

"This place must be caused by the gang war. It probably has nothing to do with Mr. Itahara." Megure Shisan said.

Kudo Shinichi quite agreed with this idea, but out of caution, he still walked around and observed.

And when he walked behind a blue container, he immediately let out a cry of surprise involuntarily.

"right here!"

After hearing this, Megure Thirteen quickly ran over and saw Kudou Shinichi staring at the concrete floor near the container with burning eyes. He quickly followed his line of sight and saw some crooked scratches, which seemed to have no special meaning.

"These scratches are from two people!"

Kudo Shinichi said something, but when he saw that Mu Mu Shisan was still confused, he simply squatted down and pointed with his fingers.

"Pay attention to these. They are generally disorganized, and the marks are slightly shallow and intermittent. This shows that the person who left the scratches did not do it intentionally. He was probably just distracted and used very little force. When he encountered small gravel, the tip of the knife will be bounced.

Look at this spot again. It is straight and deep. The entrance of the mark is shallow and the center is deep. It is definitely not a scratch left randomly, but a slash, and the distance is perfectly controlled!

As for me saying it came from two people…”

Ignoring the dust on the ground, Kudo Shinichi laid his face on the ground and looked carefully.