Chapter 38: Although Salted Fish, Dedication

"Letter?" Hearing this, Maori Kogoro tore his eyes off the pile of money with difficulty and looked away, only to find that there was indeed a piece of paper in the envelope.

He pulled out the piece of paper and unfolded it.

Bai Shu leaned over to watch and saw a few lines written on the plain white paper, "Twenty-five million, ζ‰•γ„η΅‚γ‚γ‚ŠγΎγ—γŸ, εΌ•γζ›Ώγˆγ«, γ„γŸγ γγ«ε‚γ‚ŠγΎγ™"

"What does that mean?" , Maori Kogoro touched his mustache in confusion, he could understand every word on the paper, but he was confused when he put it together, "'I've paid 25 million, I'm going to take it?'" 'Take what?' It's all about subject-verb-object! ”

"......", Masayuki Ogawa muttered in his heart, if I can understand, why did I come to you with this pile of things? Do you have nothing to do to take a walk with weights?

"Uncle, does your son play with these toys a lot?" Conan also sensed that something was wrong, and he leaned down on the table and carefully examined each box, and found that none of the boxes had a barcode on them, and they were badly damaged.

- It's not like a new gift, but something someone used a few years ago.

Ogawa Masayuki shook his head, "That's it when I sent it, it's all this kind of flawed or damaged things." ”

"It's weird, it's not like you can't afford to buy new toys when you send so much money every month." , Mori Kogoro thought for a moment and came to the conclusion, "I think this must be a prank!" ”

Bai Shu sang and harmonized with him, nodding solemnly, "If that's the case, this must be a rich man with a lot of money." ”

Ogawa Masayuki wiped his sweat and began to think about changing the detective agency, whether this group of people is reliable or not.

Conan interjected, "Could it be that someone wants to buy something from this uncle?" Is there anything worth twenty-five million in my uncle's house? ”

This idea sounded okay, but Masayuki Ogawa tried to recall it for a while, and remembered, "On the wall of my office, there is a painting handed down from my grandfather, which seems to be worth about 20 million ......."

Maori Kogoro had a flash of inspiration and slapped the table, "I see, that person must want to buy that painting, and he is too embarrassed to speak, so he will give gifts every month to please your son, and then please you!" ”

"He deserves to be a Maori teacher, and his reasoning skills are really strong!" , Bai Shu was very face-saving, "Do you want to go to the hospital to see that painting first?" ”

Hearing this, Conan was stunned and looked at the white tree.

…… Masayuki Ogawa had mentioned the painting in his office, but he hadn't said that his place of work was in the hospital!

I knew that Masayuki Ogawa was a doctor, because when Masayuki Ogawa pulled him up before, he saw the oblique indentation on the other party's index finger, and judged that it might be caused by pulling the thread during the operation, plus smelling a little disinfectant water on his hand, and came to this conclusion.

…… But Bai Shu was not supported by him.

He reasoned out again?

Conan: This is the Nth time that he cares about Shiraki's reasoning ability.

And every time I notice this, another question can't help but come to mind: So...... Why did he come here to be Uncle Maori's assistant?

In retrospect, the time when Shiraki lived in the Maori Detective Agency was very close to the time he moved in. There is also the roller coaster incident, and the night he was drugged by the man in black to make him smaller, the white tree also appeared nearby......

Although he doesn't feel like a bad person, all kinds of slight disobedience always make Conan feel faintly uneasy.

He subconsciously probed, "Brother Naoki is so powerful, how do you know that this uncle is a doctor?" He didn't say it. ”

After Conan mentioned it, Xiaolan also noticed this. Masayuki Ogawa didn't object, it seems that Shiraki's reasoning was right.

She didn't think as much as Conan, her eyes were shining, "That's right, Brother Naoki, you deduced it!" ”

"Not really." , Bai Shu smiled, "It's just that when Mr. Ogawa handed the business card to Mr. Maori just now, I saw it." ”

Conan, "......"

It seems that there is such a thing.

Sure enough, is it because his observation power is not enough, Conan can't help but fall into deep thought

……

Not paying attention to this little episode, the group quickly changed into coats and set off for the hospital.

Shiraki remembers that the case started three years ago, when Masayuki Ogawa operated on a 5-year-old patient with appendicitis, but because the patient was sent too late, the operation failed and the child died.

The child's father did not want to accept the facts, so he put the blame on Masayuki Ogawa and decided to kill Masayuki Ogawa's son as a revenge when he was 5 years old.

The 25 million is the insurance compensation that the patient received after the death of his son.

In the end, Conan deduced the truth based on various clues, rushed to the scene, and played a football at the last moment to prevent the patient's father from killing him. After that, several people rushed over and talked with him for a long time before they succeeded in reaching a settlement.

According to the original trajectory, there was no homicide this time.

…… However, this does not mean that Baishu has nothing to do.

- The people who should have died did not die, and the people who should have been alive died, it was a mistake in their work, and even the latter violated the interests of mankind, and the fines were even greater.

In the original world line, the patient's father swung the knife very decisively, and if Conan's kick was a few seconds late, Masayuki Ogawa would have no son.

And the butterfly effect is a mysterious thing, in case Bai Shu went out to lift the wrong foot, or stretched his waist while drinking water, causing Ogawa Masayuki's son to be killed, this will definitely be counted on his head again.

As a somewhat responsible Grim Reaper, he decided to find Masayuki Ogawa's son in advance and observe it secretly to ensure that even if something went wrong on Conan's side, Masayuki Ogawa's son would not die.

The reason why Shiraki proposed to come to the hospital was because Yuta Ogawa's kindergarten was near the hospital, and he was picked up by the patient's father at the end of the kindergarten and taken to a nearby park.

The kindergarten is not too dense, and I want to know where Yuta Ogawa is, and when I get to the hospital, it's OK to look nearby.

Plan pass.

When they arrived at the hospital, Mori Kogoro walked in energetically, while Shiraki didn't go with them under the pretext of going to a convenience store to buy drinks.

He walked into the convenience store, picked up the magazine, picked up snacks and drinks to take to the checkout, and asked the clerk how to get to the nearby kindergarten.

The cashier was very enthusiastic about describing the route, afraid that he would not understand, and drew a sketch for him.

Shiraki soon found a place: a group of children frolicking under the watchful care of their teachers in a cute fence painted blue, and the occasional cute laughter could be heard.

Bai Shu looked at these energetic little dots from afar, especially the glutinous rice dumplings-like little Lori, and couldn't help but sigh, "Human cubs are so cute." ”