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? Who spread the rumor?
Why do I admire Gin so much? Anyone who wants to learn this martial art can do so...
"Are you envious? Then when we get back to Tokyo, do you want to learn from big brother? Don't think big brother is usually cold and indifferent. When it comes to his favorite fighting and firearms, he always teaches step by step. He is very patient. If one time doesn't work, he will teach you a second time. If two times don't work, he will teach you a third or fourth time. He never gets tired of it." Chu Ming quietly urged Lafitte, "I think you have a talent for fighting, but you just lack a qualified teacher. When we get to Tokyo, why don't you come with me to study with big brother?"
Lafitte was a little excited. Fighting was indeed his weak point. It was the first time he heard someone say that he had a talent for fighting... But could someone like Gin really teach others?
Seeing that Lafitte was a little moved, Chu Ming stepped up his lobbying: "How about this, let's go to the training ground to find Big Brother tomorrow afternoon. You will know after you try it. If you are not used to it, you can just not go next time."
Anyway, you will die if you try it, so I don’t care whether you go a second time or not.
"Okay, then I'll go with you tomorrow afternoon to take a look." Although Lafitte suspected that Chu Ming had some bad intentions, he thought it was just a visit and it shouldn't be a big deal, so he agreed.
Seeing this, Chu Ming patted Lafitte on the shoulder, full of relief: "You——"
"Ah——" Xiaolan's scream came late but arrived.
"It's that girl!" Lafitte climbed out of the window and ran in the direction of the sound.
Looking at Lafitte who jumped down with agility, Chu Ming couldn't help but be amazed. Xiaolan was simply Lafitte's voice-controlled switch. Usually, he was lazy and would never stand up if he could lie down, but when he heard Xiaolan's exclamation, he was faster than a rabbit.
Chu Ming shook his head, resigned himself to following him, and chased in the direction of Yingqiao Shrine.
"Xiaolan, are you okay?" Chu Ming met Conan and the village guards on the way. Seeing Conan struggling to follow them with his short legs, he picked him up.
"It's okay, luckily Mr. Watanabe arrived in time." Xiaolan looked at Lafitte gratefully. Every time she was scared, her mind went blank and she completely forgot about defeating the enemy and karate.
"I'm glad you're okay." Lafitte smiled shyly and pointed at the two people lying on the ground in front of him. "The person who just bumped into Miss Maori has been subdued by me."
Conan turned on the watch-shaped flashlight and shone it over. The person lying on the ground with a big bump on his head was Mr. Yabe, the leader of the youth league. Under him was the village chief Funaki, who was killed instantly by a stab to the heart.
This is a rare case that contributes two magnetic fields at once, and Chu Ming felt very happy.
At this time, Captain Yabe also woke up while rubbing his head. Looking at the dead village chief beside him and the people around him, he murmured in despair: "The village chief asked me to come here. When I got here, the village chief was already dead. But if I say now that the murderer is not me, you won't believe it, right..."
"No, I believe it."
Chapter 238: Ordinary College Student
Chu Ming stood beside Lafitte, watching Yabe Takuro looking at him as if he were a savior, and continued, "But it's no use for me to believe it, the police don't believe it."
The hope in Yabe Takuro's eyes was like a candle in a strong wind, which was extinguished in an instant.
Conan secretly pulled Chu Ming aside and said, "Brother Chu Ming, can you find out what happened here seven years ago?"
Chu Ming squatted down and whispered to Conan, "I didn't bring my computer today. Why don't you call Agasa's Miaomiao House and ask for Miaomiao Tools to seek off-site assistance?"
Conan looked at Chu Ming speechlessly. What a mess he was talking about. Just ask Dr. Agasa. What is Miaomiao?
Alas, Brother Chu Ming always utters some weird words.
Conan successfully contacted his information provider and is trying hard to think about the case.
Lafitte took the opportunity to say that it was unsafe late at night and he would send Xiaolan back to the hotel. As for Conan, Chu Ming would naturally take him back later.
Looking at Xiaolan and Lafitte who left talking and laughing, and then looking at Conan who was still talking to Professor Agasa and had no idea that his house was about to be robbed, he sighed slowly.
Conan, oh Conan, please be more careful.
It's not like you can do whatever you want just because you confessed your feelings!!
Chu Ming pushed Conan, and Conan turned around and asked in confusion: "What's wrong, brother Chu Ming, oh - the detectives from the police station are going to take Yabe Takuro to interrogate, right? Come on, let's go too!"
"No, you don't think—"
Conan was so immersed in the case that he was completely unaware of anything. He took two steps and turned back to ask Chu Ming curiously, "Come on, brother Chu Ming, hurry up, or you'll miss the clue later."
……Fine.
Because he was just a suspect and there was no definite evidence, Officer Hino took Yabe to the village police station for a temporary questioning.
On the way to find Conan, Xiaolan almost ran into the murderer. If Lafitte had not arrived in time, the murderer might have attacked Xiaolan in order to silence her.
The more Maori Kogoro thought about it, the angrier he became. He slammed the table and shouted, "Why did you kill the village chief?!" He lost the reward promised by the village chief!
"I really didn't kill him. I just arrived at the shrine and heard the village chief's shout. When I went over there, your daughter just happened to come over. I couldn't explain why I was seen in this situation, so I wanted to run away. But before I took a few steps, I was knocked unconscious by that white-haired guy..."
"Then why are you going to the shrine in the middle of the night?" Kogoro Mori is proficient in interrogation techniques and keeps pressing forward.
"It was the village chief who asked me to meet him!"
"Why would the village chief ask you to go to a remote shrine in the middle of the night?" Kogoro Mouri was confused.
"I..." Yabe Takuro suddenly stopped talking, looking a little embarrassed to continue.
"Hmph, you can't explain it. I think you were the one who killed Mr. Okumura. You had a conflict with him in the car!" Kogoro Mori's beard twitched, and he looked very proud.
"I wasn't the only one who had a conflict with him in the car. Maybe it was Mr. Okumura who forced you to give up your seat in the car and tried to hit you with his cane. You, a world-famous detective, have never been treated like this. You held a grudge and secretly poisoned him to death!!! Wasn't the conflict between Mr. Okumura and I caused by him forcing you to give up your seat in the car?"
Chu Ming looked at Takuro Yabe who suddenly had a burst of imagination and couldn't help but applaud him in his heart. The angle was unique. No one had ever dared to doubt the spokesperson of the god of death like this.
After returning from the call, Conan relayed the news that Dr. Agasa had told him to Chu Ming: "Brother Chu Ming, from the current point of view, the murderer is very likely to be Miss Natsume. Why don't we investigate further--"
Unlike Conan who must have definite evidence before he is willing to tell the truth, Chu Ming chose to directly interrupt the interrogation of Officer Hino and Kogoro Mori.
"Seven years ago, a village bus had an accident. Two people were killed at the time. Tezuka Yoichi and Moriji Yukihira. The conductor on the bus now, Miss Natsume Touko, is Moriji Yukihira's daughter. Mr. Yabe should know what happened on the bus seven years ago. Officer Hino can ask Miss Natsume to come to the police station to talk. She should be the murderer."
Officer Hino looked at Chu Ming who suddenly interrupted and talked a lot, and couldn't help asking, "Who are you?"
Chu Ming put one hand in his pocket, turned his head at a 45-degree angle, and deliberately posed: "Fujiano Chu Ming, just an ordinary college student."
Conan listened to these extremely familiar words, and he almost dug out four rooms and one living room in embarrassment. Why didn't he feel so embarrassed when he said these words normally...
Since Chu Ming had gained a certain degree of fame in the Red Team, the police immediately asked Miss Natsume to assist in the investigation. When she found out that Mr. Okumura, whom she had killed, was not in the car seven years ago and that she had killed the wrong person, she collapsed and told everything.
It was almost dawn when everything was settled. Chu Ming grabbed Conan, who was obviously drunk, and prepared to go to bed.
"Hahahaha, this time I deduced everything. Finally, I was faster than Brother Chu Ming!" Conan was very happy. Then he remembered to ask, "Hey, Brother Chu Ming, where is your doctor friend? Did you see him before?"
"You just remembered that he said he would send Xiaolan back to the hotel first." Chu Ming looked at him dimly.
"?" Conan jumped up suddenly, "Brother Chu Ming, why didn't you tell me earlier!"
Chu Ming rubbed his head hard: "Didn't I say that? You interrupted me halfway through. You said you had to go to the interrogation, otherwise all the clues would be gone."
"Ahhh, Brother Chu Ming, hurry up, hurry up, let's go back quickly, don't let Xiaolan wait anxiously!"
When Conan dragged Chu Ming back to the hotel, he saw Lafitte and Xiaolan sitting in the lobby, talking and laughing.
"Sister Xiaolan~" Conan's words were full of sugar. He rushed over and stuck to Xiaolan's arms, refusing to leave. "What are Sister Xiaolan and Grandpa Watanabe doing?"
Conan maliciously called Watanabe again and put it together with Xiaolan's name, to tell Lafitte that as a grandfather, you should stop coveting my sister Xiaolan!
Lafitte looked at the little boy who was lying in Xiaolan's arms. His expression did not change at all, but there was a hint of pity in his eyes. "Your sister Xiaolan said that you often go to the toilet at a young age, and you stay there for a long time, sometimes even half an hour. This is very likely an infection. When you return to Tokyo, come to Beihua Hospital to find me when you have time. I will ask a colleague to check you out."
Conan leaned stiffly against Xiaolan, looking at Chu Ming who was almost falling on the sofa with a gloating smile, then looked at Xiaolan and Lafitte who were serious, and said in a trembling voice: "I, I'm fine... No, no need. No need to go to the hospital..."
Who could have thought that you guys were chatting so excitedly about my virtual illness!
"Conan, don't be afraid to see a doctor. Don't worry, I will help you."
Lafitte emphasized the word "brother".
Chapter 239: The ten-year period has come, and the god of wine returns
Due to Conan's unreasonable and tantrum, Kogoro Maori and others did not take Chu Ming and Lafitte's car, but took the Shinkansen back.
Lafitte opened the car door with resentment and stared at the familiar driver: "Are you the one who went back to tell Gin?"
The driver was sweating coldly. "No, Master Lafitte, it's like this. All our dispatched vehicles have surveillance cameras. Master Gin will know everything without me saying anything..."
Because Chu Ming had previously disguised himself as Granburch when he joined the organization, this peripheral member did not know that Chu Ming was Granburch. He thought that he was just a member who followed Lafitte to do missions and was highly favored by Lafitte.
Sitting in the back seat, Lafitte lowered the front and rear seats to block the surveillance camera's view: "I heard from Xiaolan before that when her father was at the murder scene, he was sometimes reminded by the kid named Conan to solve the case. When Maori Kogoro first became famous, he was called the Sleeping Kogoro. It is said that when he was investigating a case, he always looked like he was sleeping..."
Looking at Lafitte's thoughtful expression, Chu Ming did not respond. Could it be that Lafitte had seen through Maori Kogoro's sleeping bug?
Lafitte continued, "...You told me before that Maori Kogoro's detective skills vary. Is it because he solves cases while sleepwalking? If he can't enter the sleepwalking state, he can't solve the case?"
...What a mess. Do you think you are Cao Cao? Do you think I can kill people in my dreams?
Seeing that Chu Ming didn't respond, Lafitte didn't care, but continued to say what he wanted to say: "Do you think I should bring that kid named Conan into the organization? He looks very smart. You have always valued that kid so much. Is that what you think?"
Chu Ming didn't know how to look at Lafitte: "He is not suitable for the organization. The kid is just full of justice right now, and he can't stay in the organization. As for you, I heard that all love at first sight is just lust, and Xiaolan is not yet an adult."
When mentioning Xiaolan, Lafitte's expression suddenly softened: "Don't talk nonsense, love at first sight, I just think that girl is very suitable for my eyes."
"Then - what if she has any conflict with the organization, will you betray the organization for her?" Chu Ming smiled, but the words he asked were extremely sharp.
Lafitte pondered for a while and said, "You really know how to give me a difficult problem. If there really comes such a day, I just hope that when I kill her, you don't destroy her head. Leave her head to me and I will preserve it well. Of course, if this cannot be guaranteed, you can leave her skeleton to me."
Looking at Lafitte who calmly uttered the shocking words, Chu Ming straightened his expression and could imagine the image of Lafitte that Gin saw in the interrogation room.
Seeing Chu Ming didn't say anything, Lafitte stepped forward and stroked his face: "If you were a girl, I wouldn't like Xiaolan. I also like your skeleton. It's a pity that you are a man."
Chu Ming slapped his hand away: "I'm a man, I'm so sorry!!"
This pervert! ! Gin, don't give me face later, beat me up!
When they arrived at the base, Chu Ming half-pushed and half-shoved Lafitte directly to the training ground.
Lafitte felt something was wrong: "No, shouldn't we go and hand in the mission first? Why did we go directly to the training ground?"
Chu Ming looked innocent: "Yesterday I told my elder brother that you also wanted to see and learn some fighting. My elder brother enthusiastically said that he would wait for you at the No. 6 training ground today. Let's go."
"Really?" Lafitte was a little skeptical, and finally stopped, "I don't think I really want to see it... or -"
Chu Ming's eyes widened: "What! You actually want to play a trick on me? We've already made an appointment, and you want to leave now?"
Lafitte wanted to cover Chu Ming's mouth: "Keep your voice down, just talk, why are you shouting all of a sudden?"
"Of course - to remind big brother that you've arrived~" Chu Ming smiled and narrowed his eyes, like a little fox.
It was obviously a trap. Although he didn't know where the trap was, Lafitte turned around and ran upstairs.
As a result, Chu Ming forcibly suppressed his hand that was about to take out the scalpel and dragged him to the training ground. Gin also heard Chu Ming's loud reminder and was staring at Lafitte coldly.
"If you want to regain your position as team leader, you still have to rely on your skills. Why do you want to run away now?"
Lafitte's eyes were full of question marks. What do you mean by taking back the position of team leader? How come he didn't know that he still wanted to be the team leader? Who would want to take on such a thankless job?
"When did I say this—" Looking at the message handed over by Gin, Lafitte gritted his teeth in anger, "Do you think I would send out such a message? This is obviously the tone of your apprentice, okay?"
Look at what was posted: You were young at the beginning, so I gave the position of team leader to you; the ten-year period is up, the god of wine has returned, and it is time for you to give up the position.