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Chu Ming drove for half an hour before he found the two people collapsed from exhaustion next to the woods.
I really don't know how these people can run so fast. He waited for a while for someone to send a car. How did these three people run for dozens of kilometers? Aren't they tired? How can they be so energetic?
This is what Chu Ming thought, so he asked.
The two men who were leaning against the tree and panting stared at Chu Ming with dead fish eyes. How could they not be tired? Wasn't it that the enemy was faster at running and had no martial ethics and brought equipment with them? They also shot arrows from behind and threw smoke bombs. Who could withstand it?
——So even though they chased so far, they still lost the person.
"Brother Chu Ming, wasn't your tire broken? Why did you change it so quickly?" Conan collapsed under the tree with his limbs spread out, looking at the intact tire with some curiosity.
"… I was just wondering, this murderer is too much! He actually punctured my tire!! I was shocked when I was about to drive after him! If I hadn't asked someone to change cars and wasted some time, I would have caught up with him long ago!" Chu Ming became angrier and clenched his fists, "He'd better not be caught by me!"
"The murderer drew his sword after discovering that his tires were deflated. Probably because he couldn't ride a bike and didn't want us to drive." Hattori also followed behind and saw the murderer's actions. He analyzed silently, "I don't know who deflated the murderer's tires."
Chu Ming paused. So I am the culprit?
Damn, my fist is hard.
……
Chu Ming drove Conan and the others to the gate of Sannoji Temple, and happened to meet Xiaolan, Sonoko, and Kazuha who were out admiring the cherry blossoms during the day and were getting ready to go out.
Xiaolan looked at Conan and Hattori who got off Chu Ming's car, and asked in confusion: "Why are Chu Ming and Hattori here? And Conan, didn't you say you wouldn't go with us to see the cherry blossoms, and made an appointment with the kids nearby to go fishing? Why are you with Chu Ming and the others?"
Hattori smiled and said, "Brother Chu Ming and I came here to play, and we happened to run into Gong—no, we ran into this kid, so we came back together. I heard that you were investigating some riddle, so I wanted to join in the fun and solve the mystery of the paper together."
Listening to Osaka Homophony King's daily exposure of Conan's alias, Chu Ming felt that Hattori could even publish a book called "On Kudo's Ten Thousand Homophony". After all, when Conan was exposed, not a single word from Hattori was innocent.
Seeing Conan showing a fake smile, Sonoko put her hands on her hips, leaned close to Hattori, narrowed her eyes, and said in a weird Osaka accent, imitating Hattori's: "Have you solved the mystery?"
Sonoko originally had a good impression of Hattori. After all, Miss Sonoko has a good feeling about every handsome boy. But although she is a little bit of a fan, when she went out to appreciate the cherry blossoms with Kazuha and the others today, she heard Kazuha talk about Hattori's first love, which made her a little unhappy with this man who was always thinking about the big picture while having his cake and eating it too.
Although she knew rationally that Hattori and Kazuha did not have a confirmed relationship, and it did not matter whether he had a first love or whether he wanted to meet her first love, but Kazuha was Xiaolan's friend, or in other words, her friend Sonoko. She just felt a little sorry for her friend's sincerity, and was just being sarcastic.
Hattori would pay close attention to any clues when he encountered a case, but he didn't understand the hidden meaning of Sonoko's words at all. He scratched his head and said, "No, it's quite difficult. I have no clue at all. What about the uncle? Does he have any ideas?"
"..." Xiaolan fell silent, "Dad was invited by the client to drink wine at a teahouse in Pontocho."
"What!!" Conan and Hattori widened their eyes in shock.
"What! You don't take me with you for such a good thing? I haven't seen it before!" Chu Ming accidentally said what was in his heart.
Chu Ming had heard of Japanese geishas for a long time, but he had never seen one.
Xiaolan blushed: "Brother Chu Ming!!!"
Chu Ming coughed twice and said sternly, "Uncle is really too rude. Let's go, get in the car! Let's go and catch him back!"
“……” Conan and Hattori looked at Chu Ming with indescribable eyes.
Especially Conan, if he remembered correctly, Chu Mingge seemed to be underage!!!
Chu Ming looked at the obscure eyes circling around him and pressed the horn: "I just went there out of curiosity! Don't you have curiosity?"
——(▼ヘ▼#)——
As soon as Chu Ming and his companions stepped into the standard room where Maori Kogoro was, they saw Maori Kogoro's face flushed with alcohol. He was clapping his hands in the back row and even shouting, "Great! Great! Miss Chiga Ling is the best in the world!!"
I think you said this to Yoko Okino last time, and said that you were Yoko Okino's number one fan, and that her admiration for you was ultimately misplaced.
Seeing that Maori Kogoro liked it, the client on the side hurriedly asked Chiga Ling to pour wine for Maori. Maori Kogoro raised the wine glass, stretched his neck and looked straight at Chiga Ling, his eyes almost glued to her: "Miss Chiga Ling personally pouring the wine, it makes me feel like I'm in heaven, hehehe..."
Xiaolan looked at her own father's shameful behavior with murderous intent in her eyes: "Then you should stay in heaven and don't come back. Do you want me to give you a ride?"
The wine that Maori Kogoro had just put into his mouth suddenly spurted out, and he sobered up instantly: "Why are you here! ! ! No, how did you know I was here? ! ! "
Chu Ming finally got to see the geisha performance he had been dreaming about. Hearing this, he randomly searched for a scapegoat and pointed at Yuanzi: "Don't underestimate Miss Yuanzi's network of connections. Is it easy for her to track you down?"
...?
Yuanzi looked blankly at Chu Ming who was bragging for her. Didn’t they get the news from the abbot of the temple?
Can this also be considered a network of relationships?
Chapter 389 Nothing
The client quickly invited a few people to sit down and drink tea together. Chu Ming found a corner and sat down, looking forward to the rumored geisha's unique skills.
He had been looking forward to it since he had just come here, but when he actually saw the performance, Chu Ming felt that he still found it a little hard to accept this strange traditional Japanese art.
What is this song about...nothing!
He almost fell asleep!
And this dance, is it slapping mosquitoes or driving away flies?
Chu Ming withdrew his gaze in boredom. It was really boring.
One of the clients had just gone downstairs to sleep because he was too tired. He obviously didn't understand that in the world of science, if a person travels alone, he will either be killed or kidnapped.
Since the Dove of Peace is not here and the client is not a member of the protagonist group, it seems that he must have been killed.
Xiaolan, Yuanzi and several other girls went to the terrace downstairs to admire the moon and drink tea. Because his daughter was not there, Maori Kogoro felt like some seal had been released. He had a lot of fun playing with Chiga Ling, touching her hands and playing small games from time to time. He was very happy.
Hattori saw Chu Ming leaning against the railing looking at the moon, and couldn't help but teasing him: "What's wrong, brother Chu Ming, why are you still unhappy when you come to the teahouse you've been thinking about so much?"
Chu Ming rolled his eyes and pushed Hattori's head away: "Go away, you're blocking my view of the moon."
The bright moon was hanging high in the sky. Under the bright moonlight, Conan's eyes gradually became gentle. He couldn't help but say: "The moon..."
Hattori and Chu Ming looked at him with an expression that said "I have a story to tell", looked at each other, and then sandwiched Conan in the middle, one on the left and one on the right.
"What's wrong? Is there a story?"
"Why, Hattori has his first love under the cherry blossom tree, what are you doing under the moonlight?"
Conan looked helplessly at the two friends who surrounded him, his eyes full of memories, and began to tell them about his date with Xiaolan. He actually forgot about it and was two hours late. As a result, when he went there, he found Xiaolan still waiting for him. She didn't even complain about him when she was late, but was happy that nothing happened to him. The moonlight that night was as bright and soft as today.
Damn it, you tricked me into coming in to kill you again! Conan, what have you done to deserve this! ! !
Hattori nudged Conan gossipingly: "Is that when you realized that she was no longer just your childhood sweetheart?"
Chu Ming also pushed him from the other side: "You must have saved the Milky Way in your previous life, right?"
Conan's face became hot from being pushed by the two people. He quickly turned his head with a red face and looked at Xiaolan who was chatting with Sonoko downstairs. His eyes were focused, full of love and sadness.
Seeing Conan staring at Xiaolan in a daze, Hattori also stood at the window and waved at Kazuha with a bright smile.
He and Sonoko are the only two injured here - er, that's not right, Sonoko already has Kyogoku Makoto, so he is the only real single dog.
hateful! !
Chu Ming leaned against the railing indignantly, but suddenly he felt a magnetic field surging towards him.
Hmm? Where does the magnetic field come from? The one walking alone just now?
Chu Ming looked at Nishijo Taiga who had just walked in and instantly locked onto the identity of the murderer. He just watched the murderer come back and blend into the atmosphere of the game as if nothing had happened, and even played a small game with the geisha with Maori Kogoro.
Time passed minute by minute, and at nine o'clock, everyone heard a subtle and short scream.
Compared with previous scenes, the screams Chu Ming heard this time were much more elegant and reserved.
Following her scream, Chu Ming and others rushed to the warehouse downstairs and found Sakura Masazo lying in a pool of blood. The proprietress of the teahouse was huddled in a corner with a look of fear on her face. Although she was afraid, she still tried her best to maintain her elegance.
Sakura Masazo's throat was cut cleanly with a knife. His wallet was placed on his body, but the banknotes inside were untouched. It was obvious that the murderer did not kill for money.
Kogoro Mouri cleared everyone out of the scene and asked them to wait in the room before the police arrived. He also handed Conan to Xiaolan and signaled her to take him away and prevent Conan from running around the crime scene. However, he did not notice that Conan had quietly taken a bunch of keys from the deceased.
The police officer who came to the scene this time was the officer Ayanokouji who was carrying a squirrel that Chu Ming and Hattori met on the street before. Chu Ming watched him prepare to enter the crime scene for inspection. After looking for a long time, he didn't see his squirrel, so he couldn't help asking: "Officer, where is your little squirrel?"
Ayanokouji glanced at the man who was particularly concerned about his little squirrel, and his expression softened a little: "It's a murder scene, so I won't bring it out."
After saying that, he continued to work.
Hattori, on the other hand, was driven away from the scene because of the police’s arrival, so he simply poked Conan: “Leave?”
Conan was stunned for a second: "Huh?"
Hattori had a look of seeing through everything: "Don't think I didn't see you secretly find something on Mr. Sakura's shirt. Is it the key? I asked around. Mr. Sakura's store is over on Teramachi Street. Let's go over there quickly while the police are still checking the scene."
Conan was dragged out by Hattori and couldn't help but ask: "Without Chu Ming brother???"
Hattori smiled wickedly: "If we don't take him with us, he will steal our meat at noon. Let's go quietly and don't let him find us."
Conan tilted his head, but...
"It's so late, are you planning to just walk me there?" Conan was obviously a little speechless, "It's such a long way! We are the only one with a car now!"
"His keys are still in the car, let's just drive away!" Hattori had never driven a car before and was a little excited.
"Calm down, Hattori! You are the son of the director, you can't break the law! You can't drive without a license!" Conan dragged Hattori's paw as he tried to open the door, with a look of despair on his face.
What should I do? Neither of my two good friends is in a normal state of mind, and as the only normal person among them, I feel so much pressure.
Chapter 390 Vehicle Killer 2.0
In the end, Conan dragged Hattori, such a big crying monster, and found Chu Ming for help with great difficulty, hoping that Chu Ming would drive them to Mr. Sakura's antique art shop.
"What are you doing there?" Chu Ming waved his hand. "It is illegal to break into a private residence. Are you two detectives trying to break the law?"
There is actually no problem in sending them there, but the main thing is that the various antiques stolen by Genji Hotaru were all placed in Sakura Masazo's antique shop for sale, and now there are still many that have not been sold and are stored in the warehouse behind his shop.
No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. These antiques can be sold for a lot of money in total. Chu Ming remembered these antiques because his car was destroyed in the afternoon. He immediately ordered the people in the organization to move them. He also emphasized that they should not move too messily and make sure to empty the warehouse. However, the furnishings in the store should remain basically unchanged. After all, the police will definitely come to check later.
"To find out the truth! We are not trespassing, I have the key!" Conan carefully shook the key in his hand.
Chu Ming deliberately delayed time for a while by joking with them, and then drove them there. As soon as they entered the door, they found that the book that he had asked the organization members to take out and put it in a more conspicuous place was now placed on the table and could be seen as soon as the door was opened.
No, this is too obvious, isn't it? Are you trying to fool a child?
As soon as Conan entered, he found a copy of "Yokeiki" on the table. He walked forward and opened it, and saw a name written on the title page - Ise Saburo.
He did not suspect that someone had put it here on purpose. He just thought that Mr. Sakura had just seen it before leaving, so he quickly called Chu Ming and Hattori to come and take a look.
"Mr. Sakura is Ise Saburo, which means that the members of the Genji Hotaru who have died are: Suruga Jiro, Ise Saburo, Bizen Heishiro, Kamei Rokuro, Washio Nanaro, and Kataoka Hachiro." Chu Ming counted the people who had been killed on his fingers, and suddenly realized, "Isn't there still five missing? Maori Kogoro?"
Suddenly I dreamed of the fourteenth goal.
"..." Conan looked at Chu Ming speechlessly, "Brother Chu Ming, have you been infected by uncle recently?"
"I just said it casually. Wasn't the last incident with the water crystal also named after it..."
Chu Ming tried to argue, but seeing that Conan wanted to say something, he pushed them to quickly look for clues: "Hurry up and look, the police will probably be here by then. After all, this is not Osaka or Tokyo. The police don't have anyone we know, and it will be hard to explain later. Let's finish our search and leave as soon as possible."