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Chu Ming stood up straight and said righteously: "Uncle Maori had already reminded me who the criminal was. I had the correct answer, but I only found the clue now. I am so ashamed!"
Inspector Megure was even more confused: "Remind you? When? Why didn't we hear it?"
"Uncle Maori just mentioned that Mr. Yasui and Mr. Okubo were suspects, and he also emphasized that Mr. Minami Tomofumi had no suspicion. I guess he was hinting that the murderer was Mr. Minami Tomofumi!"
Nan Zhishi looked up in shock and was about to make some excuses when he was stopped by Chu Ming's words.
"After hearing Uncle Maori's tip, I wondered, if this ball was used to frame Mr. Yasui, then what was the real murder weapon? So Conan and I went to the court to look for it, and sure enough, we found this."
Chu Ming signaled Conan to pass the ball to Inspector Megure and used Conan as his assistant.
"We found this ball near the fence. When I smelled it carefully, it was indeed filled with black powder. So I understood what Uncle Maori wanted me to understand. Manager Tachibana didn't hit the ball with a bomb. He hit the ball with a green line on it that originally belonged to the golf course. What exploded was actually the head of the long-distance golf club! At the moment of the explosion, when the smoke was so thick that no one could see clearly, the murderer placed the exploded golf ball on the golf course. This way, we would have a preconceived idea that the explosion was caused by the ball."
Inspector Megure took a breath in shock, turned around to look at Maori Kogoro, and then looked at Chu Ming: "I see, I didn't even understand Maori's hint. How can you conclude that it was done by Minami Tomofumi based on this?"
"Mr. Yasui, when Uncle Maori was practicing today, Conan and I heard you talking about the cost of repairing long-distance golf clubs."
"Yes, because there was a crack on the club, so Nan Zhifu took it to be repaired - could it be that time!"
Chu Ming turned and looked at Nan Zhishi: "Mr. Nan, where did you send the clubs to be repaired? And when did you get them?"
The golf course owner nearby replied, "I had it fixed here. We also help customers repair golf clubs. I gave it to him the night before yesterday."
Chu Ming choked. The day before yesterday? Wasn't it more than half a month ago that he last saw him? Time in the world of science really does flow backwards = =
But no one noticed Chu Ming's pause, because Mr. Yasui suddenly squeezed to the front and loudly accused Nan Zhishi: "But didn't you just bring it over this morning and say that the club was fixed! ! ! "
Nan Zhishi had a gloomy face and did not speak. He looked at Chu Ming with a sinister look.
Chu Ming raised his head and said, "What are you looking at? I'm not afraid of you. I'm not afraid of Gin's eyes, let alone you."
"Mr. Nan, do you think I have no clues if you don't speak? The injury on your hand also gives me the answer. I have been wondering why your injury is so minor when you were standing next to the crime scene? You want to get yourself injured to escape suspicion. Look at Mr. Okubo, your whole body was basically affected by the explosion, but you only have minor injuries on the outside of your right hand and below the knee."
"Isn't it okay that I'm lucky?" Nan Zhishi finally opened his mouth to refute, but his eyes were full of resentment.
"Tsk." Chu Ming sneered like Gin, "You wanted to use a self-torture trick, but you were instinctively afraid of being seriously injured. Did you subconsciously cover your eyes with your hands and hide behind the pillar a few seconds before the explosion?"
Everyone looked at Nan Zhishi, who lowered his head and was silent for a while: "To be honest, I have always resented the manager. He never valued my talents. And Section Chief Yasui, he only knows how to flatter the manager all day long, so I plan to kill the manager and put the blame on Yasui!"
Officer Megure said seriously: "Your plan is likely to affect others. What if there are a lot of people and many people get hurt?"
Nan Zhishi turned his head away with a proud look on his face: "So what? What does it have to do with me? I just need to kill that guy Manager Tachibana!"
Chu Ming really didn't understand: "If he doesn't agree with you, won't you quit? He didn't steal your ideas. If you change to another company and become successful with your talent, you can show off in front of him. Wouldn't that be more venting?"
Your company is not a winery. If you quit, you will die. But according to the law of science, you might be the one who dies at that time.
Nan Zhishi was stunned for a moment, probably because he didn't expect that he could do this. He was taken away by the police with a dull look in his eyes.
Inspector Megure was praising Kogoro Mouri like crazy, and Mouri Kogoro accepted it all with a arrogant smile.
Throughout the whole process, Conan kept staring at Chu Ming in a -0- posture. He knew that Maori Kogoro did not make any crazy hints to Chu Ming at all. All the doubts the uncle had expressed before were because he really thought so. This was really a beautiful misunderstanding.
but……
Conan asked thoughtfully: "Are all the things Mr. Nan said sincere?"
"Huh?" Chu Ming and Xiaolan looked at Conan in confusion.
Conan lowered his eyes: "Because at that time I went to watch Manager Tachibana play basketball, Mr. Nan reminded me that it was very dangerous there and I couldn't get close to it. I think he didn't want me to be affected at that time..."
Chu Ming touched his chin: "This may be the will of the world. Everyone subconsciously protects the protagonist - except Gin. His will is too strong and the will of the world can't do anything to him."
The more I think about it, the more it makes sense. Aren't the people in the winery protecting Conan in the later period? Vermouth, Curacao, and even Ireland were protecting Conan before they died. Gin, who was fighting alone, was so pitiful. Chu Ming thought of that world-famous painting.
Undercover Waste Driver
Traitor Gin Undercover
Undercover Undercover
Chapter 34: Kudo Shinichi cheated?
After slacking off at home for many days, Chu Ming thought that Shirley would soon become classmates with Conan, but he never heard the trio who came to see Conan mention the new classmate.
Chu Ming couldn't ask any further questions, so he could only go to the Maori Detective Agency whenever he had time, under the pretext of admiring the heroic figure of Maori Detective.
Conan was helpless when he saw Chu Ming praising Maori Kogoro's detective skills, but he couldn't jump out and say that all these cases were solved by me, and that my uncle was not confusing the criminals, he was just really confused...
Chu Ming visited as usual that day. Xiaolan was talking on the phone with Conan, oh no—Kudo Shinichi. As soon as Chu Ming entered the door, he heard a loud sneeze coming from the other end of the receiver.
"Xiaolan, who are you talking to on the phone?" Chu Ming asked knowingly.
"It's Shinichi. He hasn't come back yet. He said he has a lot of cases to deal with. What a joke. Well, you'd better get rid of your cold quickly. I won't chat anymore." With a click, Xiaolan hung up the phone with some resentment.
"Hello, hello——" Conan hid in the telephone booth downstairs with a face full of black smoke. Damn it, Chu Ming hung up on me as soon as he came. Am I not your only little cutie? !
He jumped up in a hurry, hung up the phone, and ran to the office. Damn it, I have to keep an eye on her, don't wait for Xiaolan to get kidnapped!
Chu Ming was just about to sit down and have a sip of tea when there was a knock on the door. He glanced at Xiaolan who was busy, then stood up and opened the door.
"Hey, is there a commission, Dad? Get up quickly! Don't sleep anymore!" Xiaolan ran out of the kitchen and quickly woke up Kogoro Mouri.
"Ah? What, commission? Isn't that kid Chu Ming? What kind of commission could he give..." Kogoro Mouri said sleepily.
Xiaolan looked back at Chu Ming who stood up to open the door: "Brother Chu Ming is going to open the door. Anyway, you should get up quickly! You are so sleepy so early in the morning——"
As soon as the door opened, a dark-skinned man rushed in and Chu Ming was startled.
Dark-skinned Hattori Heiji looked at Chu Ming and said, "Are you Kudo Shinichi? Why do you look different from the one in the newspaper? Damn, you seem to be a little more handsome than me. You are so unphotogenic."
Chu Ming looked at Hattori and was a little confused: "Are you here to look for Kudo Shinichi? I'm not here, and Kudo's house is not here, right?"
"I've been to Kudo's house, and the door is locked. It's obvious that no one has been back for a long time. I heard that he might be here, so I came here. Okay, let him come out!"
Xiaolan was stunned: "Shinichi is not here, and I haven't seen him for a long time."
"It's no use lying to me, miss. I know that guy is here. Hurry up and call him out. Where is Kudo Shinichi? Are you scared of me, the famous detective from Osaka?"
Conan went upstairs breathlessly, and as soon as he opened the door he heard someone calling him.
Um? Looking for me?
"Ahh—" He couldn't help but sneeze again.
When Xiaolan saw Conan coming back with snot still on his face, she quickly took a tissue and handed it to him: "Conan, why did you catch a cold too? Really, everyone caught a cold, is it the flu? Shinichi too, he sneezed one after another after chatting for a while..."
Hattori Heiji turned around and said, "Kudo Shinichi has a cold? Didn't you say you didn't know where he was? How do you know he has a cold?"
Chu Ming continued: "Detective from Osaka, do you know that mankind has the greatest invention - the mobile phone?"
"He called?" Hattori Heiji leaned over to ask.
"You also know that they are childhood sweethearts, so what's so strange about them chatting on the phone for a long time..."
Xiaolan blushed: "Brother Chu Ming, what are you talking about? It's not——"
Conan blew his nose aside, and the tissue slightly blocked the corners of his grinning mouth. Hehe, childhood sweethearts, he liked this expression. Chu Ming was quite sensible. He didn't mind the fact that he came here for no reason. He thought Chu Ming wanted to pursue Xiaolan and used the excuse of visiting Uncle Maori -
"Just childhood sweethearts? I heard that you are Kudo Shinichi's woman——"
Conan and Xiaolan's faces suddenly became familiar, and they said in unison: "Who said such a thing?!"
"It's your friend Suzuki Sonoko. He said Kudo hasn't been to school for a long time, so he must be hiding with you."
Chu Ming couldn't help laughing. He tried hard to hold back the smile on his face. She was indeed the queen of reasoning. Shinichi must be hiding here.
"Tell me quickly, what did Kudo ask you over the phone?"
Hey, hey, what does what the young couple say have to do with you? Hattori, your EQ is so low - Chu Ming couldn't help but complain in his heart.
"He didn't say much. He just told me that he had read an interesting mystery novel recently and how his classmates at school were doing... and so on."
Hattori Heiji adjusted his hat and put on a confident smile: "So, what about you?"
"Eh?" Xiaolan choked, feeling a little disappointed. "So, Shinichi seems to be talking about his own things every time, and never asks about me..."
Hattori ran to the window, opened it suddenly and looked around, waking up Maori Kogoro who was dozing off nearby: "Wait, who are you, kid? What are you doing?"
Hattori leaned on the window with one hand and struck a handsome pose.
"Don't you think it's strange? Since he calls from time to time, he should at least ask about the other person's recent situation to show his concern, right? Even if it's just polite words, like how are you doing recently, whether you have eaten well and slept well, there is only one reason why he didn't ask, and that is-"
"He cheated?" Chu Ming asked subconsciously.
? ? ? ?
Conan was eating the melon when the food fell on his head. The question mark almost hit his face. He loudly retorted: "How is it possible? Shinichi brother is not that kind of person!!!"
Hattori's hand slipped, and he almost couldn't hold up his pose: "What? I mean that Kudo Shinichi must be somewhere keeping an eye on you! I thought he might be nearby, but this guy just reminded me that it's possible. The famous detective is playing two girls at the same time, teasing you while flirting with other girls. Ugh——"
Conan was so anxious that he jumped up and down: "How is this possible! Shinichi brother would never do such a thing!!"
Several people looked at him suspiciously. Chu Ming almost laughed to death, but his face was still puzzled: "Conan, how do you know? Are you familiar with Kudo Shinichi?"
Conan was sweating coldly: "Because... because I have seen Shinichi-nii before, he looks... very... handsome and responsible, he would never do such a thing~"
Damn it, Chu Ming, just wait for me!
Hattori Heiji sneered and waved his hand perfunctorily: "You can't judge a person's heart by his appearance. You are still a child and don't understand these things."
Conan was afraid that the more he explained, the worse it would be, so he quickly changed the subject: "What? You've said so much, but you still haven't told me who you are, brother?"
Hattori took off the hat he had been wearing: "My name is Hattori Heiji, and I'm a high school detective like Kudo Shinichi."
Conan curled his lips secretly: So it's that Kansai detective, ahhh——
Hattori Heiji took off the bag he had been carrying and said, "Little brother, you have a cold. I just happened to bring a good medicine. Everyone is talking about Hattori from Kansai and Kudo from Kanto. I have always wanted to compete with him, but I haven't heard from him recently."
As he spoke, he took out a cup and poured a cup of medicine for Conan.
One dares to give and the other dares to drink. Conan took the cup without thinking and took a few sips. Chu Ming looked at Conan with a malicious look and took a few sips.
He vaguely remembered that underage drinking seemed to be illegal in Japan?
Chapter 35: You give your child alcohol?
After Conan took a few big sips, he put down the cup with a flushed face and staggered around the room.
Chu Ming held him and said quietly, "According to the Law Prohibiting Minors from Drinking Alcohol, minors under the age of 18 are not allowed to drink alcohol. Those who sell or provide alcoholic products to minors will be fined up to 50 yen."
Xiaolan also ran over to support Conan: "You gave alcohol to a child???"
"Hey, hey, this Chinese liquor called Baigan is very effective in curing colds. I was sorry to bother you here before I met Kudo. I specially selected this as a meeting gift for you~" Hattori raised the bottle of liquor and smiled with his big white teeth showing.