Ghost Detectives in the Detective World

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When Matsuda announced Anzai Morio's crimes one by one at the Metropolitan Police Department's press conference,

The media outlets showed little interest in the thefts and suicides at Mihara Shrine.

Instead, people started reporting on the photos of Shingo Nachi with several different women.

……

"Matsuda, you've really ruined this guy!"

Yumi, holding a newspaper, barged into the first-class office early in the morning.

Matsuda took the newspaper from her and glanced at it. Even though almost a week had passed,

Various media outlets and newspapers, however, continued to focus intently on the relationship between Nachi Shingo and several women.

Every day, you can find all sorts of novel and interesting reporting angles.

"I've already said it, you shouldn't be so sarcastic or arrogant!"

Matsuda put down the newspaper in his hand and sighed.

In just a few days, thanks to media reports, Shingo Nachi went from being a universally admired celebrity to a universally condemned scumbag.

Now, Xiaolan no longer needs to worry about not being able to get his autographed photo for her friend.

Given Shingo Nachi's current reputation, even if Ran gets his autograph, her friends probably won't want it.

As for the others in this case, Anzai Morio has already been imprisoned for theft and extortion, and several years of prison life await him.

As for Mamegaki Taeko, her act of revealing the information about the shrine's warehouse to Anzai Morio was unintentional.

Furthermore, she did not participate in the division of the loot after Anzai Morio's theft.

Legally speaking, he is not considered an accomplice of Anzai Morio.

After Matsuda had Mamegaki Taeko explain what happened back then and left a note, he let her go.

This way, it won't delay her wedding with Yuji Shimazaki next month.

"Hey, what is this?"

Yumi, with her sharp eyes, noticed the sachet on Matsuda's table and immediately picked it up.

"The embroidery on this is beautiful, Matsuda,"

She looked around the office, and seeing that Sato wasn't there, she immediately asked in a low voice,

"Honestly, which beautiful woman gave you this? Prosecutor Kujo? Or Inspector Matsumoto's daughter?"

"Neither!" Matsuda said irritably. "Open it and take a look."

"Open it? Could there be something inside... um, what is this?"

Yumi pinched a small amount of white crystals out of the sachet and rubbed them with her hands.

“This is protective salt,” Matsuda said helplessly. “The head priest of Beika Shrine said that I was possessed by a ghost, so my friend bought this sachet containing protective salt and gave it to me, saying that it could ward off evil spirits and bring good luck.”

Chapter 58 The Heartbroken Kogoro Mouri

This sachet was a gift from Yoko Okino to Matsuda.

When he first received it, he was delighted to keep it because it was a gift from a beautiful woman.

As a result, when he got home that night, the sachet clashed with Cheng Shi's.

If Matsuda hadn't stopped her, Narumi probably would have thrown the sachet into the trash can long ago.

Matsuda then realized that Narumi was now a ghost, and taking back the exorcising salt would only make Narumi suffer.

Left with no other choice, Matsuda took the sachet to his office and decided to wear it whenever he went to see Yoko.

"By the way, since that sleeping detective solved the luxury cruise ship serial murder case a couple of days ago, has he made any other moves in the last two days?"

Yumi leaned over Matsuda's desk and chuckled.

"Our Metropolitan Police Department's famous detectives should also work harder, otherwise they might be ridiculed by the newspapers for only being able to follow in the footsteps of famous detectives and pick up what others have left over."

"Ha ha……"

Matsuda's cheek twitched.

The luxury cruise ship serial murder case mentioned by Yumi is another case that Kogoro Mouri, who was in a deep sleep, solved the day before yesterday.

Speaking of this, Matsuda was indeed somewhat helpless, as the incident occurred on a cruise ship far from land.

At the time, the only detectives on the ship were Kogoro Mouri and Conan, and they naturally solved the cases that followed.

But some media outlets and newspapers always seem to enjoy stirring up trouble.

That day, when the cruise ship docked, Matsuda, who had received a call in advance from professional alert officer Ran, led a team of detectives from the First Division to pick up the criminals from the cruise ship.

This scene was captured by a reporter from a newspaper.

Then, something that was originally quite normal...

In that newspaper, it became a story of a famous detective solving another bizarre case, while a seasoned police officer could only take on the leftovers.

This is what Yumi made fun of Matsuda about.

"I hope the editor and reporter who wrote this report meet Conan soon,"

Matsuda clasped his hands together and prayed sincerely.

"You've gone too far," Yumi chuckled. "Their reports were just a bit exaggerated, saying that you took over Kogoro Mouri's case, which is a fact. And you're cursing them to die because of that?"

Thanks to Matsuda's tireless efforts in promoting the program within the Metropolitan Police Department, coupled with Conan's unwavering commitment to attending every case,

The title of "Grim Reaper" has now been tacitly attached to Conan within the Metropolitan Police Department.

Even Yumi, a patrol officer from the Ministry of Transportation, knows about it.

Although this is also largely due to the fact that she goes to class every day.

The two were chatting when suddenly Matsuda's phone rang.

He picked it up and saw that it was Xiaolan's number.

"Heh heh, nine times out of ten another case has occurred,"

Matsuda muttered something to himself, then answered the phone.

Sure enough, another case occurred, but this time the incident was rather bizarre.

It turns out that an escaped prisoner hired a female assassin to kill Kogoro Mouri!

"Where is your father? Is he alright?" Matsuda asked.

“Dad isn’t physically injured, but his mental state is another story,” Xiaolan said helplessly.

……

When Matsuda arrived at the scene, he finally understood why Ran had been so helpless.

"Such a beautiful young lady, why did she have to become an assassin!"

Kogoro Mori hugged the sake bottle and burst into tears.

This lecherous old man is actually feeling sorry for the female assassin who wanted to kill him!

"Officer Matsuda,"

Xiaolan pointed to the short-haired beauty who was already tied up with rope and said...

"This woman, Maya Tachibana, is the murderer who killed my father."

"This one, is..."

She then pointed to the equally dejected man beside her.

“I know, the murderer Yuda, the prisoner who just escaped from jail last night. Our department also has his wanted poster.”

Matsuda nodded.

"By the way, you also caught this fugitive?"

“This…” Xiaolan’s expression was a little strange.

"I was knocked unconscious by this bitch!" Tang Tian shouted angrily. "I should never have hired this idiot! She even attacked her employer!"

"Hmph, now that I've accepted the mission, Kogoro Mouri is my target, and of course I won't let anyone else get in my way!" The assassin said with an aloof expression.

"Am I just anyone? I'm your employer!" Yuda roared. "If you hadn't repeatedly interfered with me, Kogoro Mouri would be dead by now."

“Since you’ve hired me, Kogoro Mouri’s life is mine,” the assassin said calmly. “Even if you do it yourself, it’s still breaking the rules.”

"You!" Tang Tian was completely speechless.

Matsuda looked at the comical employer and hitman and couldn't help but laugh.

"Alright, you two, the issues you're arguing about can be discussed at length once we're in jail."

After bringing the two bumbling criminals back to the Metropolitan Police Department, Matsuda took Ran's statement and finally understood why Kogoro Mouri looked so lost and dejected.

It turns out that everything had been going wrong for him today, especially the horse racing, where he lost every single race. But then, at his worst, a beautiful woman appeared out of nowhere – something that usually only happens in the world of anime.

After picking up a beautiful woman and taking her home... no, to the hospital, what happened next was just like something out of an anime.

The beautiful woman has woken up!

The beautiful woman discovers she has amnesia!

Seeing the beautiful woman's pained expression, Kogoro Mouri was immediately filled with motivation to help her regain her lost memories.

If this were a storyline from a two-dimensional anime, the beautiful woman who regains her memories would probably fall in love with Kogoro Mouri, who finds her.

After learning that Kogoro Mouri was her target, the beautiful woman, after a period of painful inner turmoil and Kogoro's persuasive words, was gradually moved and abandoned her evil ways.

Then she and Kogoro Mouri lived a carefree and happy life together.

Unfortunately, anime plots are just anime plots. The beautiful woman Kogoro Mouri picked up, regaining her memories and realizing that Mouri was her assassination target, didn't hesitate to kill her without hesitation.

If Conan and Ran hadn't arrived in time, our sleeping detective, Mr. Kogoro Mouri, would have been killed long ago.

"Waaaaah...why did things turn out like this?"

Kogoro Mouri was slumped over the desk in Class 1, still looking like a listless drunkard.