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The traces he left on the Internet were extremely clean.
But it was this "cleanliness" that made Karasuma Ying notice something unusual.
He was born in the 1930s and died in the 1970s. His position before his death was Superintendent of Police.
Karasuma Ying didn't know much about the promotion rules in the Japanese police force, but since he had been able to climb to the position of superintendent of police at the age of less than 40, she personally guessed that Officer Shirakawa had probably achieved "unprecedented" promotion speed, at least.
Regardless of whether this is due to his "ability" or "background", just based on the record-breaking speed of his promotion, it is impossible that there is no discussion about this person on the Internet.
I remember that when Mr. Maori mentioned Officer Shirakawa, there was a hint of admiration in his tone, and he was even proud of having met Officer Shirakawa in person.
And in the information she found online about the Changchun cruise ship explosion that led to the death of the Baihe police officer, there were many descriptions of him as the most dazzling star in the police force.
Combining these two points, we can preliminarily infer that this Baihe police officer must have been a very outstanding police officer during his tenure.
He was very capable, was promoted very quickly, and finally died on the job...
According to the boring mentality of modern people who want to dig into everything, a person who has a life experience like the protagonist of a novel should not be unable to cause any waves even if he is dead now.
Especially in the context of today's incompetent Japanese police force...
At the very least, there should be some posts on the Internet exploring his life, instead of almost nothing like now.
This is definitely not right.
Did someone deliberately hide his information?
Almost in an instant, Karasuma Ying came to this conclusion.
Someone must be deliberately downplaying the existence of this Baihe police officer.
She thought this should be the correct answer.
The photo of Officer Baihe was given to her by her sister.
Although her sister didn't tell her anything at the time, everything was implied.
This photo, or rather the person in this photo, was the direction her sister pointed out for her to investigate.
Thinking of this, Wu Wanying pressed the computer button and twisted her sore neck.
Maybe she could change direction. Since she couldn't find out from the outside, she could try to investigate from the inside.
Taking out his cell phone, Karasuma Ying found Sato Miwako's phone number and dialed it.
"Um...Xiaoying?"
When the phone was connected, the lazy and hoarse voice of Officer Sato was heard. It sounded like she had fallen asleep before.
"Why are you calling me so late?"
"I'm sorry to disturb your rest."
After silently apologizing to Sato Miwako, Karasuma Ying continued:
"Officer Sato, I would like to ask you to help me check someone."
Also in the middle of the night, on the other side of the city, two "kids" were quietly talking on the phone.
"You finally woke up. Did you sleep well this time, great detective?"
"Don't make fun of me, Huiyuan..."
Listening to the cold teasing voice of Haibara Ai on the phone, Conan hid his head in the quilt and pulled the corners of his mouth helplessly.
He was indeed careless this time. He was knocked unconscious for two days by a stick. If Kidd hadn't been there at that time, he would have died there...
After learning from his painful experience, he must be more careful in the future and never make such a mistake again!
"So? What's the matter with you calling me so late at night? You don't want me to listen to your uncle's snoring, do you? If that's the case, I'll hang up first..."
"Why do I feel like you're deliberately avoiding me, Huiyuan?"
Having slightly exposed Haibara Ai's trick, Conan straightened his tone and asked seriously:
"Do you have any clues about the fake Miyano Shiho who appeared at the party of Ed Company that night?"
This question is very important. If he had not been in a coma for two days, he would have asked this question long ago.
At the party that night, Conan confirmed that the only person who knew about the relationship between Haibara Ai and Miyano Shiho, besides himself and Haibara Ai, was "Vermouth" who was also present at the time and appeared as Chris.
But after the fake Miyano Shiho appeared, Conan paid close attention and found that "Vermouth" also showed a very surprised expression at that time.
Under the circumstances at that time, there was no need for her to act at all.
At that time, the appearance of the fake Miyano Shiho was completely beyond the expectations of "Vermouth", which was also beyond the expectations of the organization.
Based on this further speculation, it means that the appearance of the fake Miyano Shiho that night actually had nothing to do with the organization?
So, who was Miyano Shiho at that time? What was her identity?
On the other end of the phone, Huibara Ai was silent for a long time, and finally sighed softly.
"You really still want to ask this question..."
"Haibara, do you have any clues?" Conan keenly noticed this from Haibara Ai's tone.
However, in response to his question, Haibara Ai remained silent again.
"Who is she?" Conan asked again. Haibara Ai's reaction at this moment made him feel very abnormal.
"Habara, what are you...worrying about?"
He could feel that Haibara Ai might know the identity of the fake Miyano Shiho, but for some reason, she was very worried and she seemed not to want him to continue investigating.
"Kudo..."
After a long silence, Haibara Ai finally spoke again, but she did not answer Conan's previous question. Instead, she asked her a question in return.
"Do you think my sister is still alive?"
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Sleepy, sleepy
Chapter 127 Ignored Doubts
"Mr. Maori, are you going out?"
At the Mouri Detective Agency, Karasuma Ying, who was sweeping the floor, looked at Mouri Kogoro, who was standing in front of the mirror in a suit, and asked in confusion.
"Ah, I received a commission yesterday and I have to go to Teitan University today."
As Kogoro Mori spoke, he took out a razor from the drawer and started shaving the stubble on his mouth.
“Is this a request from a college student?”
Karasuma Ying asked curiously. She was in the hospital during the day yesterday. In the afternoon, she completed the discharge procedures for Conan, sent him back to the office and then went home. She only now found out that Mouri Kogoro had accepted the commission.
"Well, a college student called me yesterday and said that someone at school stole his living expenses, and hoped that I could help him find the thief..."
"For things like this, it's usually better to call the police or notify the school, right?"
"That's what I originally said, but the guy said he didn't want to make a big deal out of it, so he just wanted me to quietly help him find the thief who stole the money...
Really, that's why I say that young people nowadays don't even have the basic legal awareness. That's 100,000 yuan! It can be filed as a case, right? The boy's tone was not panicked..."
"It sounds like the client this time is a rich young master..." After hearing Kogoro Mori's complaints, Karasuma Ying said with a smile.
One hundred thousand yuan...her monthly salary at the firm was not even that much.
"Rich young master? That's not the case..."
After shaving off the stubble on his face, Kogoro Mouri put down the razor and adjusted his clothes in front of the mirror.
"When I asked him for information yesterday, he said that he seemed to be the assistant of Narisawa Sanpei who specialized in solving commercial and financial cases. I remember his name was Takasugi Yuto, right?
Oh, by the way, Xiaoying, you probably haven't heard of the name Narisawa Sanpei, right? This person is actually quite famous in the detective world..."
【Naruzawa Sanpei? ! 】
Hearing the name, Karasuma Ying's hands that were sweeping the floor suddenly stopped, but she quickly returned to normal and continued swinging the broom in her hand.
I really didn't expect that this name would appear around her so soon.
Ever since Conan completed the most crucial piece of information in the hospital yesterday, Karasuma Ying has roughly deduced the relationship behind the events that have happened in recent days.
Yamatoda Mifuyu, this person is most likely Noriko Kawai, the daughter of Kimiko Arai who died in an accident twelve years ago.
If I am not mistaken, perhaps in this accident, Noriko Kawai used some incredible means to deceive the police's judgment and successfully replaced the real Yamatoda Mitoyuki, and has lived as Yamatoda Mitoyuki until now.
Until some time ago, with Kimiko Arai's sudden inspiration and Narisawa Sanpei's meticulous investigation, the secret that she had hidden for twelve years was gradually uncovered.
Unfortunately, Narisawa Sanpei's investigation did not escape the eyes of Yamatoda Mitsufuyu. When she realized that her true identity was exposed, she immediately began to kill everyone who might pose a threat to her.
Ichiro Yamato, Kimiko Arai, and even her sister Kawai Shoko, who was totally unaware of the situation, could not escape her schemes...
If we calculate the time now, it is almost time for Narisawa Sanpei to take the turn.
Karasuma Ying found this a little strange, because according to normal logic, after Yamato Ichiro, the next person to be killed should be Narisawa Sanpei.
After all, among all the people who know the true identity of Yamatoda Sandu, Narisawa Sanpei's social influence is second only to Yamatoda Ichiro, not to mention that even the secrets of Yamatoda Sandu were investigated by him personally.
As long as Narisawa Sanpei was not stupid, after seeing the news reports about Ichiro Yamato and the Arai mother and daughter, he should have realized the real murderer behind these incidents.
Under normal circumstances, the subsequent development of events should have been that Narisawa Sanpei, who realized that his life was threatened, handed over the information he had investigated to the police. Then the police confirmed the identity of Yamatoda Mifuyu through evidence collection from multiple parties and finally successfully arrested him.
However, this is not the case.
After Yamatoda Mifuyu had eliminated several people in succession, Narisawa Sanpei, as the only remaining person who knew about the matter, still did not make any move.
Yesterday afternoon, after sending Conan back to the Mori Office, Karasuma Ying actually went to the office of Narisawa Sanpei and took a look at the detective training class run by this veteran detective.
In the office, Narisawa Sanpei was still teaching those people calmly. Other staff members of the office also said that Narisawa Sanpei had been very normal recently. Apart from not accepting any commissions, he went to get out of class and went home normally every day, played mahjong and drank, and then went back to sleep...
His calm reaction made Wu Wanying doubt whether his reasoning was wrong.
There is indeed such a possibility. After all, all the speculations so far are actually inferred by Karasuma Ying based on the details collected by Karasuma Ying in the past few days and the pitiful information provided by Conan.
To put it simply, she actually has no substantial evidence to prove that her reasoning is correct.
In other words, except for Narisawa Sanpei, all possible evidence has been almost cleaned up by Yamatoda Sanfuyu.
Kimiko Arai is dead, and Masako Kawai committed suicide. Their bodies were cremated the night before, and even if we wanted to find someone to do a DNA test, we couldn't find anyone...
what.