The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

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As soon as the doctor came out of the room, Inspector Megure and Inspector Shiratori rushed into the room, looking somewhat anxious, and said, "Conan, it might be a bit hasty to ask you these questions now, but could you please tell us the details first?"

Although Inspector Megure had a general understanding of what had happened based on Professor Agasa's description and the testimonies of some eyewitnesses, he still hoped to learn more from Conan, who was directly involved, and to find more clues.

"Ah."

Conan nodded and then gave a detailed account of how he received a call from "Brother Kudo" asking him to help find clues related to the bomb, and how, under the guidance of the mysterious person on the phone, he discovered the remote-controlled airplane bomb and the pet carrier bomb.

"I see!" Inspector Megure stroked his chin, gazing out the window, and said with some relief, "You rode away on your bike with the explosives to prevent others from being affected by the explosion!"

"Hmm!" Conan nodded, then, as if remembering something, spoke again, "Oh, right, Inspector Megure, Shinichi said the criminal might call him at any time, and Shinichi would send the information the criminal tells him to me. But aren't mobile phones not allowed in hospitals?"

Seeing Conan's worried expression, Inspector Megure quickly reassured him, "Don't worry, this ward is different from the others. They are all independent, and there are no medical electronic devices here, so you can still use your mobile phone."

"That's good." Conan breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Inspector Megure's explanation. He was worried that the cell phone signal was blocked in the hospital and he might miss the criminal's call, which could cause innocent people to be affected by the bomb.

"Oh, right, I broke that borrowed bicycle. Uncle, could you help me get it back?" Conan finally remembered the bicycle he had broken after relaxing.

"..." Kogoro Mouri realized that Conan only remembered him when he was about to lose money, which made him feel a little helpless. Just as he was about to say something...

Suddenly, Yuu Aragaki spoke up: "Don't worry, Conan, I think Inspector Megure will definitely cover the compensation! You don't need to worry about this at all."

"!!!"

Inspector Megure immediately looked at Yuu Aragaki beside him in horror, his eyes filled with shock.

"Right, Inspector Megure?" Aragaki asked with a smile.

"Hmm...yes, Conan, you don't need to worry about that."

Inspector Megure swallowed hard and nodded with difficulty, but couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "Sigh, it looks like the operating funds will be reduced again."

Inspector Megure didn't know why, but recently the department's operating funds had been running out particularly quickly, and he wondered if it was because of the addition of his younger brother, Aragaki.

A few days ago, Inspector Megure had the finance department roughly tally up the reward amounts for the cases that Aragaki's brother had solved, and the final total figure shocked everyone.

At this moment, Inspector Megure really missed his brother Kudo. After all, no matter how many things Kudo had to complain about, at least he didn't like the bounty money!

It's always better to have something that doesn't cost money.

"Let's not talk about that now. You child, why are you doing such a reckless thing!"

Just as Inspector Megure started to have wild thoughts, Kogoro Mouri suddenly complained to Conan.

He bent down, pointed angrily at Conan, and criticized, "If anything goes wrong, you'll lose your life!"

"I'm sorry," Conan said silently, bowing his head.

"There's one more thing!" Kogoro Mouri suddenly narrowed his eyes, his gaze turning sharp. "Where exactly is Shinichi Kudo? Wasn't it Shinichi who received the call from the prisoner?"

"Ah!" Professor Agasa quickly explained, "Didn't I just say that? Shinichi really was tied up with something, so he had no choice but to ask Conan for help!"

"Damn it, how could there be such a person!" Kogoro Mouri's face was filled with anger as he clenched his fists and said, "Next time we meet, I'm going to teach him a lesson!"

"..."

Seeing Kogoro Mouri like this, Conan broke out in a cold sweat, and muttered to himself, "How am I supposed to tell you I'm Shinichi Kudo when you're like this...?"

Conan, who was sweating profusely, quickly looked at Inspector Megure and changed the subject: "By the way, Inspector Megure, has the type of bomb been identified?"

Because the people in the ward had all helped the police solve various cases to varying degrees, Inspector Megure didn't hide anything: "Yes, the bombs on the remote-controlled airplane and the bombs in the pet carrier were both plastic bombs!"

Upon hearing this, Conan narrowed his eyes and confirmed in his heart: "As expected, the orange-red flash with a hint of green when the bomb on the remote-controlled plane exploded was indeed a characteristic of a plastic bomb."

"So, the culprit really is the guy who stole the bomb from the Japanese gunpowder depot!" Aragaki Yu suddenly remembered the news he saw on TV this morning.

"Yes!" Inspector Megure nodded with a wry smile. "Although I'm very reluctant to admit it, it seems that's indeed the case now."

At this moment, Officer Shiratori, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up and added, "The bomb on the remote-controlled plane is an impact bomb with a detonator installed, while the bomb in the pet carrier is a time bomb with a timer attached."

"But why did the bomb suddenly stop 16 seconds before 1 o'clock?" Kogoro Mouri suddenly remembered the suspicious point he had found in Conan's narration.

Inspector Megure thought for a moment and then explained, "In my opinion, one possible reason for this situation is that the timer suddenly malfunctioned..."

Chapter 235 Taste

"As for the second possibility..." Inspector Megure paused suddenly, as if considering whether he should continue speaking in front of so many people.

However, before Inspector Megure could ponder for long, Yuu Aragaki had already voiced his thoughts: "There is another possibility, perhaps the culprit used remote control to stop the time bomb for some reason."

"Hmm." Since Aragaki Yu had already said it, Inspector Megure didn't intend to hide anything anymore. After signaling to Inspector Shiratori to send the Junior Detective League kids out of the ward, he began to analyze, "Judging from the fact that the culprit specifically called Kudo Shinichi, perhaps he heard about the reputation of high school detective Kudo Shinichi and came to challenge him, or perhaps the culprit already had some personal grudge against Kudo Shinichi."

Upon hearing Inspector Megure's words, Conan couldn't help but frown slightly. In fact, he had already thought of this when he first received the criminal's call.

Back in the ward, Officer Shiratori glanced at his police handbook and added, "According to our investigation, the criminals in the cases solved by Shinichi Kudo are still in jail, facing legal punishment."

Uncle Mori stroked his chin and continued Officer Shiratori's words: "So, the criminal might be a family member or a friend of the criminal?"

"In any case, our police searched for potential perpetrators based on the descriptions of the suspects given by those children."

The children Inspector Megure was referring to were Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi from the Junior Detective League.

As for Ai Haibara, judging from Professor Agasa's words, she seemed to be staying at home and not going out, so she was not involved in this incident.

Although Professor Agasa didn't say anything, Yuu Aragaki guessed that she was probably hiding in the basement of the professor's house doing some research right now.

But this is good, at least for now we don't have to worry about Akemi Miyano running into Ai Haibara.

However, Yuya Aragaki was well aware that dragging things out like this couldn't go on, as Japan was such a small place.

Not to mention Beika Town, where we see each other all the time, and both of them have some connection with me. I'm afraid it won't be long before they discover each other.

While Conan was unconscious, the police had already drawn a rough sketch of the suspect based on the descriptions given by the three of them of the man who gave them the remote-controlled airplane.

Inspector Megure handed Conan a sketch of the suspect, but Conan had absolutely no recollection of the bearded man in the picture.

However, the thought that the mysterious person even uses a voice changer to make phone calls makes Conan even more certain that this mysterious person might be someone he knows.

Just then, Aragaki Yu seemed to have thought of something and turned to Inspector Megure, asking, "Inspector Megure, of all the cases that Kudo Shinichi solved in the past, which one received the most attention from the public?"

“Hmm…” Inspector Megure rested his chin on his hand, looked up and thought for a moment before answering, “I think it should be the case of Mayor Okamoto of Nishitama City! At that time, a 25-year-old woman living in Nishitama City was walking on the street when she was hit and killed by the mayor’s son’s car. Yes, it should be that case.”

“At first, we thought it was just a regular traffic accident.” Inspector Megure hesitated for a moment, then realized there were no outsiders in the ward at the moment, so he told the whole story. “But Shinichi Kudo had a lot of doubts about that accident. After a series of investigations, the truth came to light. It turned out that the person who hit the person was Mayor Okamoto, and his son was just taking the blame for him.”

“Yes, this case did cause quite a stir at the time.” Kogoro Mouri, who was standing next to him, also remembered the case he had noticed back then. “It seems that Mayor Okamoto resigned in disgrace because of this case, and his plan to build a new town in Nishitama City was completely stopped after the new mayor took office.”

"Inspector, could it be that Mayor Okamoto's son still holds a grudge about that incident?" Officer Shiratori also raised his own thoughts.

Inspector Megure nodded to Inspector Shiratori: "Yes, I remember that Mayor Okamoto's son is a student in the Department of Electrical Engineering."

"Yes, I'll go investigate right away!" Officer Shiratori immediately understood Officer Megure's meaning, put away his police handbook, and ran out the door.

However, the moment Officer Shiratori stepped out of the ward, he discovered that Ayumi and the others were all crowded at the door, eavesdropping on something.

"Ouch!!!"

Because the three of them were pushing and shoving against the door, the moment the door was opened, Ayumi and the others stumbled and fell into the ward, successfully attracting the attention of everyone in the ward.

"..."

Looking at the Junior Detective League members sprawled on the ground, Conan sighed helplessly, rubbing his forehead.

He had been wondering why the Junior Detective Club had been so obedient as to follow Officer Shiratori out of the ward today; it turned out they were all there to eavesdrop at the door.

Conan, still wearing the eavesdropping clip invented by Dr. Agasa, thought to himself, completely oblivious to the fact that these kids don't know that eavesdropping is immoral!

"hey-hey……"

Noticing that everyone's eyes were on them, Ayumi and the others quickly got up from the ground, awkwardly scratching their heads and grinning sheepishly.

"You kids!!!" Inspector Megure looked a little angry, and was about to reprimand them.

However, seeing Inspector Megure's stern expression, Ayumi immediately panicked and explained, "Inspector Megure, we... we just remembered we forgot to mention an important clue, that's why we're still here!"

"what!"

Upon hearing that there were new clues, the people in the ward immediately became excited.

Ayumi Yoshida said confidently, "Yes, that's the taste!"

"The taste?" Inspector Megure asked, puzzled.

“That’s right, it’s the smell!” Ayumi nodded and continued to explain, “I smelled a sweet fragrance, which I smelled when that strange man handed the remote-controlled airplane to Mitsuhiko.”

"Really? I can't smell it." Genta scratched his head, somewhat confused.

Mitsuhiko shook his head: "I don't have any either."

Finding that even her companions didn't believe her, Ayumi became a little anxious: "But, but I really smelled it, it smelled really nice!"

Chapter 236 Perhaps we should make Conan suffer a little longer?

"Hmm, Ayumi, don't worry, we all believe in you." Seeing Ayumi's anxious expression, which was on the verge of tears, Aragaki Yu couldn't help but reach out and pat her head to comfort her.

"Yes, yes!" The people around finally realized what was happening and quickly chimed in.

"It smells nice?" Kogoro Mouri speculated. "Is it the smell of cosmetics?"

Ayumi shook her head: "I don't think so..."

Although Ayumi didn't know what the smell was, she knew for sure that it was definitely not the smell of perfume.

"It smells so good..." Conan muttered to Ayumi's words, lost in thought.

At this moment, Aragaki Yu had a general idea in his mind that the culprit was probably none other than the explosion maniac Moriya Teiji.