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Chu Ming casually interjected, "Then why didn't Mr. Jinzhu come to the festival with you?"

"Imatake doesn't like these overly lively places."

"So when did Mr. Sai leave the hotel?"

"Hmm? I left at 7:30, and I confirmed the time with the hotel front desk several times because I didn't want to miss the festival at all..."

Chu Ming continued to ask: "Have you ever gone back during the journey?"

Shi Jing's face turned a little unhappy, "No, what's wrong with you? Why do you keep asking these questions?"

Chu Ming raised his eyes and stared at Sai Jing Xuanyi: "Because your good friend Imatake Satoshi was murdered in the hotel."

"What!!" Conan, Maori and others also shouted in surprise.

"So the robbery and murder case you just mentioned, could the victim be..." Maori asked.

Chu Ming nodded: "Yes, when I was chasing outside, I heard people discussing that the victim was the famous writer Imatake Satoshi who won the Naomoto Prize."

Sai Jing Xuanyi gently lifted his clothes, trying to cool himself down: "How could it be..."

"Yes, I was just thinking of asking Mr. Saii about this case." Officer Yokomizo, with curly hair, popped out from somewhere and said, "Hello, my name is Yokomizo, and I'm a police officer from Saitama Prefecture."

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I took the police's ride back to the hotel, and there were already several police cars parked at the door.

"The murder weapon was a pistol. The time was 8:02 or 8:03. The criminal was a young man. He escaped from this room after committing the crime. That should be correct." Officer Yokomizo turned around and confirmed with the witness.

Maori Kogoro, Conan and Chu Ming all squatted in front of the body of Imatsuchi Satoshi. Maori Kogoro observed carefully: "The bullet passed through the head, he should have died on the spot. The foam around his mouth--"

The three of them simultaneously reached out their hands, dipped a little and rubbed it: "It's tooth powder."

Kogoro Mouri looked up at the two people in front of him, ignored Chu Ming, and reached out to hit Conan on the head.

Chu Ming quickly grabbed Conan and pulled him back, but he didn't control the force well. Although Conan was not hit by Maori Kogoro, he was pulled to the ground by Chu Ming. He looked at the two hateful adults with resentment. Just as he was about to get up, he noticed the toothbrush on the ground: Huh? The victim was killed while brushing his teeth?

On the other hand, Officer Yokomizo is overjoyed about the increasingly famous detective Mori, and hopes that Kogoro Mori can help him solve the case.

After some inspection, Uncle Maori cleared his throat and said, "This should be a robbery case. Only money was taken from the victim's wallet, and the criminal also made the room a mess. This is probably a crime committed for money." Maori lit a cigarette and took a long breath.

Chu Ming clasped his hands, and sure enough, the Maori method of elimination, the robber committed a crime×.

Officer Yokomizo said solemnly: "But Mr. Mori, is it possible that he deliberately pretended to be a robber breaking into the house, but was actually in the same room--" He turned and stared at Sai Shinichi.

Sai Jing Xuanyi was sweating coldly when he was looked at, "Don't be ridiculous! Officer, didn't you just say that the case happened around eight o'clock, but I went out at around seven o'clock and met Mr. Maori and others at the venue!"

Chu Ming retorted: "But when I met you, it was already the later stage of the festival. If you drove, you could have made it there."

"But I have evidence!" Sai Jingxuan held up the camera, "Officer, you can take this to develop. This kind of point-and-shoot camera cannot be tampered with. The photos inside can prove my innocence!"

Soon, the photos were developed and everyone gathered around to look at them. Sai Jingxuanyi pointed at one of them and said, "Look, this is the burning background of the word '天' in Tianxia No. 1 Middle School. This is enough to prove that I was already at the venue when the festival started! It takes more than 30 minutes to drive from this hotel to the venue, and the word '天' was lit at 8 o'clock!"

Chu Ming glanced at the photo and argued: "So what? This festival is not the first time it's been held. What if you took this photo last year~"

Sai Jing Xuanyi's face changed drastically: "Where's the evidence? Now you don't even need evidence to slander someone, you can just open your mouth and say it!"

Chu Ming rolled his eyes: "Why are you so excited? Could it be that I was right?"

"You little brat, I won't bother with you!" Shijing Xuanyi secretly calmed his heart that was about to jump out of his chest. He turned his head away with disdain and stopped looking at Chu Ming. He always felt that this little brat was a little evil, as if he could see through him.

Chapter 16: Uncle Maori is playing dumb?

"Teacher Jinzhu!" A short man squeezed out from the crowd.

Officer Yokomizo looked at the man and explained, "His body has been sent to Shuli. Who are you?"

"I'm Yamada, a reporter for the monthly magazine "Bungei Jidai". I rushed here immediately after receiving the notification from the police. My teacher serialized "The Legend of the Sword Hero" in our newspaper. I wonder if the police can give me the manuscript of my teacher first when they sort out the relics..."

Sei Nobuyuki on the side said, "But I heard from Imauchi that his manuscript is about to be due and he hasn't started writing yet."

"What! But the manuscript is due tomorrow!" Yamada paced around the room anxiously.

Saii Xuanyi coughed suggestively, and when Yamada looked at him, he walked into the house, took out a stack of manuscripts and handed them over: "There is no other way. This is my previous work. You can take a look and see if it is useful."

Yamada was overjoyed: "Why not! Can you please write for Bungeishidai on behalf of Mr. Imatake? Please!"

After pretending to refuse several times, Shijing Xuanyi agreed immediately. Chu Ming stroked his chin and looked at Yamada who left happily with the manuscript, feeling quite sympathetic:

He probably never dreamed that the author he had just made an appointment with would soon go to jail. But being arrested shouldn't affect his writing, after all, it seems that there is no need to operate a sewing machine in Japanese prisons.

Chu Ming turned around and muttered to Conan: "This plot is so familiar to me, I seem to have seen it before. Have you read Keigo Higashino's "Malice"? "

Conan's eyes lit up and he leaned over: "Brother Chu Ming, do you like to read detective novels too? Are you suspecting that Shi Jing acted out of jealousy towards his good friend Imatake? But we have no evidence and he has a complete alibi - cough cough cough cough cough"

Conan, who was intoxicated by the detective novel, was horrified. Why did Chu Ming say this to a primary school student? Was he testing him? "Brother Shinichi once told me this story. I love listening to detective stories. Did I learn to be a detective well just now?"

Chu Ming was confused. He didn't know what Conan was secretly thinking about in his mind and why he suddenly spoke in a pinched voice.

He pulled the corner of his mouth helplessly and responded: "It's like, it's like, you are the most handsome detective in this room."

Seeing that Conan didn't say anything again and lowered his head in thought, Chu Ming glanced at his mobile phone. It was already past nine o'clock. If he delayed any longer, his brother would be angry.

He deliberately stood next to Conan and muttered to the photos: "It's so hot, but he refuses to take off his clothes. Could these photos really be taken last year? And these photos of his are too deliberate. I always feel something is wrong. He even went to chat with the front desk because he didn't bring a watch. I guess it was to make the front desk more impressed with the time he left--" Chu Ming deliberately dragged out the tone on the word "watch".

Conan raised his head suddenly, and he understood! The murderer was that man!

He glanced at Chu Ming who was in deep thought, quietly took out the anesthetic needle while holding the balloon and anesthetized Maori Kogoro. Conan huddled behind Maori's chair while holding the rabbit balloon, and began to describe the method of Sakai Nobukazu's crime.

Oh? The first appearance of the dormant Kogoro? It should be from this time that Maori Kogoro embarked on the road to becoming a god. Chu Ming raised his eyebrows.

But is it true that no one can see Conan? Chu Ming felt that he could clearly see Conan sitting behind the Maori chair and fiddling with the red bow.

——Just as Conan accused the criminal in Maori's voice and was about to pick him up and point at the evidence, the little rabbit balloon he had been hiding suddenly rose up behind Maori Kogoro. Xiaolan, with a serious face, rushed over, grabbed the balloon string, and picked up Conan.

"Conan! Don't disturb Dad while he's working!" Conan was suddenly picked up, panicked, waving his hands and feet. He slapped Mouri Kogoro on the body, and Mouri Kogoro fell forward, his hand pointing at the photo.

Chu Ming widened his eyes. Just now——

Maori Kogoro opened his eyes? ! !

It seemed that he didn't expect to be hit so suddenly, he couldn't help but open his eyes and then closed them immediately...

No one else noticed it, but Chu Ming didn't miss it because he was staring at Conan behind him.

This uncle usually pretends to be confused. Could it be that he already knew that this dwarf is his son-in-law, so he often hits Conan for no reason...

While thinking about this, Chu Ming took the opportunity to look at the photo and stared at Maori Kogoro, wanting to see if he was really pretending to be unconscious or it was just a conditioned reflex of his body after being beaten.

But no matter how he looked, he couldn't see any clues, as if Chu Ming had just opened his eyes and was dazzled. But could it be such a coincidence that his hand just happened to point at the key evidence when he fell down? Or was this just Ke Xue?

Chu Ming blinked. It seemed that this uncle was either really stupid or had some secret. He wondered what it was.

Finally, Officer Yokomizo arrested Saiki Nobukazu, and Chu Ming took the opportunity to come over and pat Maori on the shoulder: "Uncle, you are so awesome! You are my idol!"

But this time, Kogoro Mouri didn't react at all and continued to sleep soundly on the table.

"Oh no!" Conan ran over upon seeing this and was about to say something.

"Uncle is worthy of being a famous detective! He was so tired that he fell asleep after dealing with such a complicated case--" Chu Ming couldn't help but smile with interest while praising him.

There seemed to be a lot of analysis on Uncle Maori’s speculation in the forum in the previous life.

He has top-notch fighting skills, able to defeat his classmate who is a national jiu-jitsu champion in a single move; he is an accurate shooter, a former legend in the police academy; he can fish up a car with his bare hands, with amazing arm strength; he learned from Heihachiro Shiota, the legendary detective who is known as the Japanese Sherlock Holmes. With such a master, how could Maori's reasoning ability be bad?

So is Kogoro Mouri really stupid or is he just pretending?

Chu Ming was very interested in this.

What could be more interesting than researching this mystery, rather than a case you’ve already seen and are familiar with?

Chapter 17 Encounter again

After saying goodbye to Conan and the others, Chu Ming went straight downstairs. Because there was a murder in the hotel and the festival was over, many people checked out directly. He booked a new room, hoping to have a good sleep tonight.

After checking in, Chu Ming returned to 203. Hearing the sound of the door opening, Gin looked over vigilantly. Seeing that it was Chu Ming who came back, he gave him a questioning look.

Chu Ming explained succinctly, "The writer who died next door was killed by his friend who was also a writer but not famous, because of jealousy. He also pretended to be a burglar and was arrested. I didn't help, and it was Maori Kogoro who solved the case."

Gin tilted his head and lit a cigarette: "Malice?"

Sure enough, Gin also reads detective novels when he is bored. Chu Ming smiled and said, "Brother, you also feel that this case is very familiar. It seems that being a writer is also a high-risk profession. Sure enough, I can't publish my novels. What if someone is jealous of my talent?"

Gin taunted: "Just your Amuro Boko? The fact that you were killed means you weren't well trained. Why not--"

Seeing that Gin was about to say something he didn't like, Chu Ming quickly interrupted him: "Brother, I'm here to get something. I've opened a new room. You can rest assured tonight."

Just pick up your notebook and run away.

"Take this with you." Gin threw a stack of information over, "Look at it tonight. Here are the information on several drug dealers on Moon Shadow Island. Don't leave any traces. The police have been very strict recently."

After returning to his room, Chu Ming lay leisurely on the bed flipping through some documents.

Kawashima Hideo, Kuroiwa Tatsuji, Nishimoto Ken. They all look familiar. If you want to leave no trace, you should just wait for the Grim Reaper to arrive and sneak into the team. You can also get some magnetic field fragments.

The points exchanged for the magnetic field of killing people on his own initiative were pitifully few. I was busy evacuating the scene yesterday and didn't pay attention to it. Later, Chu Ming discovered that Gomachi Yamato, who was killed by him, only had a pitiful 80 points, but the several public security officers who were shot and killed by Gin's sniper had 1600 points.

The points seem to be related to a person's identity or physique. People with higher status have more points, while ordinary people have relatively fewer points. If you kill someone yourself, you will only get a few points.

The system's explanation at the time was: "If the host kills the person, the magnetic field will be scattered, and the system can only collect sporadic magnetic field fragments, because the host's own magnetic field is superior to the magnetic field of the human beings in the small world. And because the magnetic field of the local human beings in the small world is consistent, this situation will not occur."

The only problem now is that it’s best not to bring Big Brother over there.

Chu Ming stared at the 'Emergency Card' worth 2000 points in the mall: Randomly adding emergencies to designated targets is the perfect choice for slacking off.

I gritted my teeth and thought that the old must go before the new can come. The four fragments of Moon Shadow Island are worth it.

After confirming that the designated target was Gin, Chu Ming's phone rang after a while.

"Big brother."

"I'll go back to Tokyo, you go to Tsukikage Island by yourself. Miyano Akemi is trying to take her sister away from the organization. Tsk, does she think the organization is a charity?" Gin's words were full of murderous intent.

??? The special event is this. Has it come to the point where Shirley becomes smaller? Actually, it’s better for her to leave. Shirley is really not suitable for the organization.

However, once Shirley joins the protagonist group, her identity will probably be lost. No, she has to think of a way, otherwise how will she mix the magnetic field fragments in the future.

"Okay, don't worry, big brother."

"Hmph, if you fail this mission, I will send you to the laboratory as well." Gin was confident in Chu Ming. After all, with his ability, it would be easy for him to kill three drug dealers. The main reason was that he seemed nervous recently, so he kept a tight grip on him.

Chu Ming was choked by Gin's threat. Just as he was about to show his ability, Gin hung up the phone with a beep.

Chu Ming poked the system: "San San, are you trying to cheat me out of points? This sudden incident is obviously a plot development. Even if I don't use event cards, this will happen. Give me back!"