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Maori Kogoro, who has a lot of idol baggage, froze immediately after hearing what Conan said: "Uh... you're right, then let's go back quickly, let's go."

"Are you the famous detective, Mr. Maori Kogoro?" A man who was drinking with his friends in the pub looked up in surprise. "My name is Matsutomo Arata, and this is my friend Tanaka Yura. Do I have the honor to invite you to sit down and have a drink with me? I really want to hear the details of your case handling! I'll treat you!"

When Maori Kogoro saw his fans in the bar, he immediately perked up, straightened his clothes, and cleared his throat: "Hahaha, I'm Detective Maori Kogoro. As for having a drink, hehe——"

Maori Kogoro hadn't drunk enough to begin with, and now someone invited him, Xiaolan couldn't stop him, so how could he not agree? "How can I say that? Hahaha, then I will--"

Before he could finish his words, Tanaka Yura raised his head and challenged Maori Kogoro with disdain: "You are too noisy. What kind of detective is this? I don't want to drink with any detective. It's disgusting! The two of us are drinking happily. His coming here will only spoil our mood."

Kogoro Mori stopped where he was, not knowing whether to go or leave.

Chu Ming glanced at Tanaka Yura and came to Maori Kogoro's rescue: "Uncle, let's go back? We originally said that we would eat alone without you, but Xiaolan still packed a seafood feast for you. Let's buy some barbecue on the way back. If you didn't drink enough, why not have some more at the hotel?"

Maori Kogoro quickly took the step: "Ah-well, let's go."

Matsutomo Arata was embarrassed and apologized to Maori Kogoro repeatedly: "I'm sorry, Mr. Maori, he was not like this before. This time he was drunk--"

Drunk? Chu Ming gave a sarcastic smile. This person was not drunk at all. He was obviously pretending to be drunk.

The purpose of pretending to be drunk is to provoke?

Or - he was using provocation to deepen the impression on others and thus forge an alibi.

Just as they walked to the door and opened it to go out, a pretty girl rushed in, looking anxious: "Mr. Tanaka, have you seen Guangzi?"

"We agreed to meet in the evening, but she didn't show up at the appointed time, and she wasn't at home either. Do you know where she went?"

Tanaka's eyes flickered. "No, I've been drinking here with my friends, and I have nothing to do with Guangzi. What's the point of you asking me? Go away, don't stop me from drinking."

Yamada Tomoko, the girl who rushed in, was full of anger: "You bastard, you——"

Matsutomo Arata quickly reached out to stop the girl who was about to pounce on Dr. Tanaka and tried to persuade her to leave in a gentle manner. Then he heaved a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his head, and looked back at Tanaka Yura helplessly: "I'm telling you, can't you be more tactful when speaking…"

Without paying any more attention to the two of them, Xiaolan urged Kogoro Mouri to hurry back to the hotel.

Along the way, she kept complaining to Kogoro Mori that he had been drinking all night and had not eaten anything, and he was not afraid of hurting his stomach.

Maori Kogoro refuted vaguely, muttering to himself that Xiaolan was really becoming more and more like her mother...

When passing the beach, Chu Ming subconsciously looked into the sea. He saw a strong magnetic field surrounding the sea. Due to the distance, it could not automatically attract him. It seemed that this should be the person killed by Dr. Tanaka in the tavern.

Chu Ming looked at the three people arguing in front of him, thought about it and decided not to call them. Anyway, according to this trend, Conan and Xiaolan should be able to find the body when they go diving tomorrow, and they can absorb the magnetic field then.

Otherwise, he couldn't explain why he could find a body sunk to the bottom of the sea at such a distance and in such a dark night...

Conan turned around accidentally and saw Chu Ming staring at the sea in a daze. He asked curiously, "Brother Chu Ming, what are you looking at?"

"Look at the magnetic field." Chu Ming answered casually, "The feng shui here doesn't seem to be very good."

"..." Feeling that he was being attacked by unscientific knowledge, Conan turned back depressedly, "Forget it."

Chu Ming said that he was extremely innocent and was clearly telling the truth. Not only did Conan not believe him, but he also slandered him. That was too much.

Chu Ming politely declined Kogoro Maori's invitation to accompany him to drink beer. He planned to rest early. After he finished using the magnetic field tomorrow, he could ask the organization to send a car over. Otherwise, it would not be convenient to arrange the route without a car.

Just as he lay down on the bed, stretched his muscles and prepared to fall asleep, the crystal ball that was originally given to Kaito Kidd suddenly trembled and flashed white light.

Hmm??? Kidd is looking for him???

The crystal ball was actually a pair of main and auxiliary communicators. He recorded Kidd's voice into the auxiliary communicator, which only had a one-way communication function. As long as Kidd shouted "Lucifer" to the crystal ball, it would automatically dial Chu Ming. So when he threw the crystal ball to Kidd, he told it to call his name when in danger...

Chu Ming turned on the main communicator and used the video function to take a one-way peek at Kidd's current situation.

Kidd was half-kneeling on the ground at this time, surrounded by blazing flames, and in front of him was Koizumi Akako.

Kidd's face was full of pain: "Lucifer, you, you said, - uh, you will protect me until I come of age - where is your human, uh, no, where is your demon?"

This - isn't it embarrassing... He is a pirated demon king, but Koizumi Hongzi is an authentic magician, and how can he teleport to Tokyo now?

No, he had to think of a way, otherwise he wouldn't be able to gain Kidd's emotional value next time.

Chapter 325 What's the title?

Chu Ming poked at the system that he had hardly contacted since coming to this world: "San San, I heard that Koizumi Hongzi can predict the future. What if I appear as Lucifer this time? Do you have any good ways to curb this kind of magic technology? What if she finds me and puts a curse on me?"

"Ding - the host's soul does not belong to this world. Souls coming from higher-dimensional worlds cannot be detected by people in smaller worlds, and magic will not affect the host. From the perspective of magic, the host is a magic-immune isolated body. So please don't worry."

Wow, so powerful? Then he won't be afraid anymore.

Chu Ming activated the projection on the crystal ball. The reason he gave the crystal ball to Kidd was because this communicator came with an editable projection. Chu Ming set his background to the hell of his imagination and changed his appearance before he was able to connect with Kidd.

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the other side.

Koizumi Hongzi looked at Kidd with disdain: "Lucifer? Are you talking about Lucifer? Ha, to me, the orthodox heir of red magic, Lucifer is just an existence that I can summon and dismiss at will. Don't even mention that you have a crystal ball without any magic power. Even if you can call him——"

Before he finished his words, the light where Kidd was suddenly distorted, and countless black mists emerged from the crystal ball, twisting and gathering together, actually creating spatial cracks in the air. The cracks became larger and larger, and the scenery on the other side could be vaguely seen through the cracks.

It was a world made up of red. The sky, the earth, and even the surrounding scenery were covered with blood-colored mist. No grass grew and the sky was filled with blood.

And in such a world, on the throne made of piles of bones, a handsome man with red eyes and black hair, with horns on his head, was sitting on it with an evil look on his face, his black wings naturally hanging down at his sides, his eyes seemed to be able to cross space: "You are so embarrassed, I really like you like this."

Kidd felt like all the bones in his body were about to be burned. He half-knelt on the ground, turned his head to look at the crack, gritted his teeth, but still let out a muffled groan: "Well - you... your collection is going to be touched by someone else... you -"

"Oh, don't worry. No one can touch my collection. I told you, no one can touch you before you come of age."

Kidd watched as the Demon King Wude in another space stood up. His black wings turned into a black windbreaker and retracted. He slowly walked down from the throne, tore open the space and stepped out, standing in front of Kidd.

Looking at the accurate weather forecast provided by the system, there are still 8 seconds, 7 seconds, 6 seconds before snow falls...

Chu Ming snapped his fingers at the right moment.

"clatter."

With a slight sound, Kidd felt the burning sensation of the fire gradually eased, and a little bit of coolness fell on his face - was it snow?

Will it snow in spring?

Is this magic?

Kidd stood up and saw the heavy snow gradually covering the red magic circle. The red color of the city gradually faded, and white gradually dominated everything. He quietly swallowed his saliva. This demon seemed to be really useful. Anyway, he was not an adult yet - emmm, I wonder if I can let this demon help him find Pandora directly...

"How is this possible..." Koizumi Hongzi looked at the sudden snow and took two steps back. "No, who are you? The former archangel Lucifer has changed his name to Lucifer after his fall from heaven. He also responded to my call before. How can you be called Lucifer? You are not him. Who are you?"

Chu Ming turned around, staring at Koizumi Hongzi with scarlet eyes: "Descendant of Red Magic? Your magic power seems to be richer than your ancestors. What a pity, I don't need the soul of a witch. As for the Lucifer you mentioned, huh, that kind of inferior demon just calls himself Lucifer? It's just an inferior creature derived from the beliefs of your Red Magic family, and it can't be considered the Lord of Hell at all."

Relying on his immunity to magic and the fact that the real Lucifer couldn't find him, Chu Ming talked nonsense and tried his best to pull people down in order to elevate his own status. However, he didn't say too much. After all, the more he said, the more mistakes he made, and the less he said, the better. These people would fill in their own blanks anyway.

Chu Ming turned around and no longer looked at Koizumi Hongzi. He walked to Kidd, and his sharp devil claws slowly slid down Kidd's eyes. It looked ferocious, but it was extremely gentle, without even a trace of red mark left.

A hint of smile appeared in the devil's red eyes. He lowered his head slightly and looked at Kidd: "Since you called me, it means you agreed to my contract. The more you call, the greater the price required to do things, and the stronger our contract will be. I look forward to the day when you come of age."

Ignoring Kidd's wide eyes and high emotions, Chu Ming turned off the crystal ball special effects and disconnected the communication.

Lucifer stepped into the crack and flew back to the throne. Kidd looked at the crack that disappeared after he entered. Kidd stood there in a daze, and what Chu Ming had just said kept echoing in his mind.

Agreed to my contract, agreed to the contract, agreed...

Who agreed!!!

Damn it! !

Without watching Kidd trying to win him back with Erkang's hand, nor did he watch how Kidd coaxed Koizumi Hongzi. Chu Ming let out a long sigh after turning off the special effects. He had called himself a devil just to tease Kidd, but now he felt a little embarrassed.

This time he knew the plot, so he could use the system's warning to pretend that the snow was about to fall was his own magic. What if Kidd got a taste of the sweetness and asked him to help him with the art of clone or invisibility in the future, then the secret would be exposed. It would be better to scare him and make a patch.

After recalling his appearance this time and making sure there were no omissions, Chu Mingxin put Kidd out of his mind.

Go to bed quickly, and follow Kogoro Mori to pick up the magnetic field tomorrow.

Chapter 326 You Are Weird

On the beach, police formed a cordon around the body, and people gathered outside the cordon.

Just now, Conan and Xiaolan called Chu Ming to go diving together. Although he was very reluctant, if he didn't go, when the body was salvaged, he would have no excuse to go underwater to collect the magnetic field. He had no choice but to take the diving equipment, followed the two into the water, and then they discovered the body together.

Chu Ming angrily used a towel to ruffle his hair, full of disgust.

"Brother Chu Ming, this isn't the first time you've seen a corpse, why do you have that expression..." Conan looked at Chu Ming's slightly frowned brows speechlessly, "Sister Xiaolan isn't like you."

"It's not that. Think about it, there are corpses soaking here. When we went down just now, we were swimming in the water soaked with corpses... Ugh - this sea water smells like corpses. I want to take a shower." Chu Ming wiped the water off his head and body with disgust.

"…The police are still questioning, and the autopsy doctor hasn't come yet. It is said that there is no forensic doctor in this place, so they went to the town to invite a doctor." Conan was a little gloating. Anyway, he didn't care about what Chu Ming said, and the body hadn't even started to deform, so where did the stench come from? "So Brother Chu Ming, you have to wait a little longer."

Still waiting? If you wait any longer, it will be marinated well...

"Sorry, I'm late."

Hearing the familiar voice, Chu Ming and Conan looked up at the same time. It was indeed the doctor who spoke so wildly last night.

As soon as Tanaka Yura arrived at the scene, he saw Mouri Kogoro. He calmed himself down. He had deliberately mocked Mouri Kogoro last night just to leave a deep impression on him. In this way, his alibi, which was made by the famous detective himself, would be more credible.

However, although he had planned well, he was still nervous when he saw the legendary detective at the crime scene.

"Mr. Maori, this is Mr. Tanaka, a famous doctor in our town."

Kogoro Mouri followed the police's instructions and the corners of his mouth twitched instantly, but in the adult world, there was no quarrel. The two of them never mentioned what happened yesterday and greeted each other in a friendly manner.

When Chu Ming and Conan walked over, they just heard Tanaka Yura making her final summary.

"… Although it is difficult to make a judgment without a detailed autopsy or other accurate investigation at the hospital, in my opinion, this may be a suicide case. There are no external injuries or signs of resistance on the deceased's body. If it was a homicide, there are no signs of struggle on her body."

The policeman beside him nodded repeatedly: "Oh~ So that's how it is, you are worthy of being Dr. Tanaka!"

Encouraged, Tanaka Yura raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "I think this woman must have taken a boat to the lake, tied rocks to her feet and jumped into the water to commit suicide."

"Wow~ Doctor Tanaka, you are indeed a famous doctor in this town." Chu Ming applauded him for the sake of meaning. Seeing a hint of pride in his eyes, he suddenly changed the subject and said, "You have such a narrow vision. If I were you, I would be embarrassed to say this reasoning. After all, my uncle Maori, the famous detective in the country, is still here. Aren't you just showing off your skills in front of an expert and bringing shame upon yourself?"

"You——" Tanaka Yura's face turned pale, and he glared at Chu Ming fiercely, "I've already said this is just my guess, I——"

Chu Ming waved his hand: "Come on, this deceased is your ex-girlfriend, right? You can't wait to label the death of your ex-girlfriend who prevented you from marrying the dean's daughter as suicide. Are you trying to cover up something?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? !! You will be held legally responsible for saying such things!! You--" A flash of panic flashed across Yura Tanaka's face, but he quickly concealed it.

"Why are you so excited?" Chu Ming looked surprised, "I'm just guessing."

Tanaka Yura, whose defense was broken by Chu Ming's question, stopped talking. His face was gloomy and he lowered his eyes, not knowing what he was planning.

Looking at Tanaka Yura, whose mental state seemed to be a little poor, Chu Ming continued, "You are so weird, Dr. Tanaka, while you are saying, 'Oh, I'm not sure,' and at the same time you are telling others that this is definitely a suicide. As a doctor, you can determine that it is suicide even if there are no obvious external injuries on the body and there seems to be no signs of struggle with others... Then, doctor, do you know that there is something called sleeping pills in this world? Or ether?"

"If you knock someone out, they will naturally let you do whatever you want. There won't be any signs of struggle. As for suicide, that is definitely nonsense. Look at the rope tied around this lady's legs. If she tied the knot herself, the direction of the knot should be upwards, but here it is facing outwards, which means that the rope was tied by the murderer."

Chu Ming raised his eyes and stared at Tanaka Yura, and made a final conclusion: "Moreover, you are related to the deceased, and you are very likely a suspect in this case. In addition to your confusing remarks just now, I think you are very suspicious. You should not do the autopsy work. Leave it to someone else. Right, Mr. Officer."