"No need, Miss Murakami. Officer Takagi has gone to check the surveillance cameras. They just ate the food prepared in your cold drink shop. The people present shouldn't be hungry yet. Let's wait a little longer. When Officer Takagi returned, everything would be clear.”Although he didn't know what the Murakami store manager was thinking, if he didn't close the case today, Conan might not be able to sleep tonight.
"But, Conan, if we don't leave, we might be late. Don't you and I still have to go to school tomorrow? If that's the case, we won't be energetic tomorrow.”Xiao Lan, who was already a little tired, looked at the sky outside the door and said with some difficulty.
"Yeah, let's go back. Even if the police have some clues, it's the same if we come back tomorrow. Why waste time here?”However, although Conan wanted to stay here and wait for Takagi's results, he was still very worried. However, neither Xiaolan nor Mao Li wanted to stay here.
Helpless, Conan looked at Tushan Xunxun for help. Tomorrow, he would have to go to school. At that time, he would basically say goodbye to this case. However, Conan obviously felt that there was something wrong with Murakami. If it weren't for him, he didn't believe that Mao Li would be able to find out where the problem was.
But this time, Conan was destined to be disappointed. Mud Mountain Seeker, who had been helping him, wasn't on his side. Looking at Tushan Xunxun crossing his arms over his chest and smiling, Conan lowered his head dejectedly and followed Mao Li and the others into Murakami's car without saying a word.
The night was particularly long for Conan. Murakami's calmness, as well as his seemingly careless flaws, gave Conan a headache. Almost all the clues pointed to the Murakami store manager. It seemed that the case could be closed only if Takagi found the body. However, it was also this point that made Conan suspicious. This shop owner could hide Lumino's reaction to the greatest extent, so there should not be such a flaw in the handling of the corpse!
Time passed as Conan tossed and turned in his reverie. The sun slowly climbed up to the balcony of Maori Detective Agency, illuminating Tushan Xunxun's face.? Tushan Xunxun rubbed his eyes and slowly opened them, feeling uncomfortable under the warm sunlight. He then kicked out reflexively.
"Aiya! What are you doing!" Conan rubbed his aching butt and looked at Tushan Xunxun, who was patting his chest on the bed.
"Who asked you to put your face so close? Moreover, your eyes are bloodshot. Are you trying to scare me to death early in the morning?”" I'm fine," Mud Mountain Seeker replied unhappily as he calmed his racing heart from being scared by Conan.
Usually, after being woken up by the sun, he would turn over and build a barrier to fall asleep again. However, after Conan's disturbance, the entire fox became energetic! How could he sleep like this?
Neither of them thought that they were wrong. One of them was on the bed, and the other was under the bed. However, when these two people were doing such a thing, they did not feel out of place at all.
Just as the two of them were staring at each other, the door to their room was suddenly opened. Almost instantly, the two people in the room focused their gazes on the door, which confused Xiao Lan, who had come to wake Conan up.
"What are you doing? You scared me. Since you're all awake, come over and eat. It's not that I want to say it! Little Xun, even if you're a fox demon and your body structure is different from ours, it's still good to have some breakfast, right? Don't sleep in so late in the future.”? Lan stood at the door and looked at Mud Mountain Seeker, who clearly hadn't slept enough.
However, even though she said that, Xiao Lan was actually very envious of Mud Mountain Xunxun's life. He didn't have to worry about food and drink all day long, and he could sleep as long as he wanted. He didn't have to go to school like she did. He didn't have to work like Mao Li to support his family.
Therefore, Xiao Lan's words just now were obviously filled with jealousy. Because of this, she didn't even notice Conan's bloodshot eyes and tired expression.
It was only when Conan had washed up and was sitting in the dining room that Lan noticed this. After a few words of concern, Xiao Lan thought about it and finally called Conan's form teacher. She gave Conan a day off and asked him to rest at home before leaving.
However, God seemed to have decreed that Conan could not rest. As soon as Xiaolan left, the phone of Maori Detective Agency rang. The person who rang was Officer Takagi, who Conan had been waiting for.
After receiving this call, Conan, who was originally listless, instantly became energetic. Even his strength seemed to have increased a lot. That was because Mao Li had been pushed out of the room by him. Mao Li only managed to calm down after knocking Conan's head hard.
On the way from Maori Detective Agency to the police station, Conan kept mumbling something and shaking his head. This kind of abnormal behavior made the taxi driver suggest that Mao Li transfer to the Mi Hua Mental Hospital several times.
Mud Mountain Seeker couldn't do anything about this Conan. Other than a few things, this deduction maniac treated solving cases as his most important thing. However, Tushan Xunxun had to admit that there was a reason why Conan was known as the savior of the Japanese police. It wasn't just because of his rigorous reasoning, but also because of his sin-like fate. The most important thing was his seriousness and persistence in the case.
Mud Mountain Seeker had heard everything Takagi had said over the phone. According to the phone call, Takagi and the others found the body in the direction that Conan pointed out. They also found the murder weapon next to the body. Murakami's fingerprints were on the murder weapon. Generally speaking, the case should have been over. All they needed to do was to record the statement. However, Conan still insisted on solving the doubts in the case. This was much better than Mao Li, who had always wanted to be lazy.
At about 8:40, Conan and the others arrived at the scene. At the same time, they saw Murakami being escorted by the police to the court. However, unlike the zombie Murakami that Conan had seen, Murakami looked very relaxed. It was as if he had thrown away the boulder that had been weighing on him, or as if he had completed what he had always wanted to do.
"Officer Takagi, can you tell me what happened when you caught her?”Looking at Murakami's expression, Conan frowned and asked Takagi, who was standing at the side and looking happy.
Because he was happy, Takagi didn't think too much about it. He told Conan directly,""I followed Detective Mao Li's instructions and followed Dorobiga Park to the outskirts of the city. In the end, I really found a piece of land that had been turned over not too far away, and I found the body there.”
As he spoke, Takagi happily held Maori's hand, looking as if he was able to solve the case thanks to Kogoro. For some reason, Maori, who was still in a daze, accepted Takagi's gratitude and the praise from the surrounding people.
"What happened after that, Officer Takagi?”Conan looked at the two of them and quickly went to their side. He pulled Takagi out and asked anxiously.
"Well, I contacted Officer Megure and went to Murakami's house to arrest him. After comparing the fingerprints, it was confirmed that Murakami's fingerprints were on the murder weapon. The escorts had brought the evidence to court, and the verdict would probably be announced soon.”Despite being rudely interrupted by Conan, Takagi, who had a good temper, was not angry. He was only stunned for a moment before he continued to tell Conan about the situation.
"Speaking of which! This corpse was really terrifying. It was actually a naked high school student. He really didn't know what kind of hatred Murakami had for him to kill him and then slash his face so many times.”Perhaps it was because he was in a good mood, but after Takagi told them about the situation at that time, he actually gossiped very much into Conan and the others 'ears and whispered something that stunned Conan.
"Officer Takagi, does Murakami have children who are in high school?”After coming back to his senses, Conan could not help but grab Takagi's arm and ask anxiously.
Takagi felt a slight pain in his arm and could not help but gasp.""How do you know that, Conan? But, shouldn't you let go of my arm first? You're hurting me."
"It makes sense. Everything makes sense. Officer Takagi, was there any video evidence of Murakami wearing a bloody shirt in the surveillance camera between the amusement park and the place where the body was hidden?”Conan let go of Takagi's arm and asked with a confident smile.
"Why, Conan, have you seen any evidence? How did you know so clearly?”Takagi asked curiously. If he didn't know that Conan had just arrived, Takagi might have really thought that Conan had seen the surveillance cameras.
"Oh, did I learn all this from Uncle Mao Li? Ahahahaha." Knowing that he had gone overboard, Conan quickly pretended that he didn't know anything and rubbed his head as he laughed.
After finally shifting his gaze away from himself, Conan couldn't help but sigh in relief. He wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and rolled his eyes at Tushan Xunxun, who was laughing at him.
After about twenty minutes of recording their statements, Mao Li and the others returned to the detective agency. Conan, on the other hand, walked out alone with the excuse that he had recovered and had to go to school. However, in a place where Mao Li could not see, Conan stopped a taxi and headed to Murakami's home, which he had gotten from Takagi during his confession.
Because of Murakami's accident, her son was still at home and did not go to school. The person who opened the door for Conan was Murakami's son, Murakami Toshihiko. This was a young man who looked very delicate and honest. No one would associate him with any bad things. However, it was this young man who killed his classmate and erased almost all the evidence that could point to him when his mother was willing to take the blame.
"And you are?" The man placed the brewed coffee in front of Conan and asked curiously as he looked at the boy who suddenly appeared in his house.
"The one who killed that person should be you. You must have agreed to go to Dorobiga Park with the deceased, and when you were eating at your mother's cold drink shop, you had an argument. No, it should be said that all of this was your plan. You lured him there and then killed him. And your mother took all the blame on herself to prevent you from going to jail, right?”Conan didn't even look at the coffee in front of him. Instead, he kept staring at the young man sitting opposite him. He spoke in a low voice as if he was telling a story.
After hearing Conan's words, Murakami's hand that was holding the coffee could not help but shake twice, spilling a lot of coffee outside.
He slowly placed the coffee cup on the coffee table. After hesitating for a moment, he said with a trembling voice,"You're right, but there are still some shortcomings. He stole my childhood sweetheart's girlfriend, but he relied on his good looks and money to find many people. After he was discovered cheating on her, he even pushed her onto the road and killed her by a passing truck. I'll get this bastard to go to my mother's cold drink shop and question him. But, but this bastard actually said that he was just playing around. With such a face and money, there was no woman that he could not play with.”At this point, Junyan's trembling voice actually calmed down bit by bit, and he continued with a hint of hatred.
"Then, why did you let your mother take the blame for you?”When Conan heard this story, he didn't know how to evaluate the boy in front of him. He could only ask a question that he had never understood.
"Because my mother doesn't have much time left to live, she made this decision so that my future won't be affected. She knew that this matter couldn't be hidden for too long, so she put on that animal's clothes and deliberately let you see it and suspect her.”It seemed that the young man had been under a lot of pressure during this period of time. Conan had just deduced the truth of the matter when the man told him everything. However, this had something to do with Conan being a child. After all, the words of a child were not very credible.
"So, are you going to shirk your responsibility like this?”When Conan heard the young man's words, he stood up angrily and pointed at the dazed Toshihiko.
"I'm doing this to live up to my mother's expectations.”It seemed that Shunhiko had been triggered by Conan's words to something that he could not touch. His entire person became ferocious and terrifying again. From this, it could be seen that this Toshihiko seemed to have suffered a huge blow from the recent events and had some mental problems.
It seemed that Conan had fallen into a very dangerous situation. After all, who knew when something would happen to this young man if he stayed with such a mentally ill person?
However, before anything could happen, police sirens sounded outside the house. As it turned out, just as Toshihiko went to make coffee, Conan had called the police department, and when he heard that something was wrong, Megure rushed over as fast as he could.
In the end, Murakami Aori was still detained by the police department for obstructing police affairs, and Toshihiko was sent to court for intentional homicide. Conan, who was physically and mentally exhausted, fell seriously ill because of this ordeal. He was truly given sick leave from Didan Primary School, so he could live a short life of searching in the Mud Mountain.
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