"The Monster of the Heart, is there still a Detective Mori Kogoro? Hmmm......"

"Officer? Any questions? Seeing that the other party grabbed the police manual in his hand and read the words, and there was no new reaction for a long time, Mao Lilan asked in confusion, "I should be regarded as this, and the inquiry is over, right?" ”

What's the problem? It's all a problem, okay!

Yamamura pressed his forehead and read the ridiculous records of the interrogations in his hand, feeling as if he had traveled into a strange set.

"I said this young lady, even if several of you, such as Mr. Mori and Ms. Concubine, are celebrities in Tokyo, it is not appropriate to play the police like this, right?" Yamamura Cao pointed to the muddy figure on the floor where traces of struggle could be seen, and his mood was very unhappy, "Do you want me to understand this situation as a strange supernatural phenomenon?" ”

"Well, I have a bit of an impression of you. Aren't you, the police from Gunma Prefecture? Mori Kogoro, who had been carefully observing for a long time, touched his chin and asked uncertainly, "You haven't participated in the previous investigation?" ”

Since he became famous, he has handled a lot of various cases, large and small, and Tang Ze has not always followed him.

However, it is related to Gunma Prefecture, and there is a case involving the strange thief of the heart, and there is really a case.

A client named Yutaka Abe entrusts Kogoro Mori to follow him, trying to play tricks, using detectives to make his alibi, playing a trick to transfer flowers and trees, kill friends, and seize the other party's assets.

Due to the intervention of the Monster Thief of the Heart, before the victim was killed, the murderer received a warning letter, and knelt down on the spot to Mori Kogoro, who was following him, wept bitterly and confessed his plans, reflecting on his own obsessed thoughts because of the economic situation.

This was Mori Kogoro's second client to send himself in, and it was also the beginning of his client's title of ruthless sanctioner.

After all, being cried by a middle-aged man kneeling on the street and hugging his thighs, there is no biological connection between the two parties, this scene is very impactful, and it has been hyped up on the pages of many newspapers.

As for the connection between the case and Gunma Prefecture......

"You mean the ghost village case?" Yamamura's eyebrows flew twice, and he reacted quickly, "That case, uh, sounds like the murderer made an excuse......"

"How can I find an excuse to look for myself in the direction of humiliation. He has already repented of his murderous plan, wouldn't it be better to say directly that he has repented? Sounds more like a plot with repentance. Mori Kogoro was speechless for a while.

It's a simple logical problem, so simple that you don't need to call much of the cerebral cortex.

If the threat of the Monster Thief is really just an urban legend, the would-be murderer inexplicably hooks up an anonymous group on the way to surrender, turning his voluntary surrender into a passive change......

Why, does he think that the commutation is too easy, and give himself strength?

However, after receiving a letter of change of mind, he really changed his mind and confessed his crime to the police and the public...... It also sounds too fake. Yamamura scratched his head, still confused.

He has always believed that this may be because the police in Tokyo have been driven crazy by the murder rate and the KPI for solving crimes, and have privately engaged in some methods that violate the principles of criminal investigation, such as torture into tricks, evading the visualization bill and engaging in some prosecution and defense transactions......

You can't say it so ugly to the outside world, you have to have a nice name to whitewash, so you can make such an anonymous vigilante who goes against common sense or something......

He knew that not only him, but also many police officers around the country thought so, but because of jurisdictional relations and other reasons, he was embarrassed to say it directly.

For example, now, in the face of Maori Kogoro's gaze, he is not too embarrassed to say it clearly.

"The problem is that the prisoner didn't commit a crime at the time." Mori Kogoro looked at Yamamura Cao with disgust for a while, thinking that he was not very smart, "What reason does he have for saying that his confession is the effect of an external force on the premise of surrendering?" There's only one possibility. ”

"What possibility?" Yamamura, who is still immersed in the logic of conspiracy theories, reacts slowly and half-beat to reread.

That is, at that time, he had no way to lie, and he had to tell the truth and the truth. I said, Officer Yamamura, didn't we tell you just now that there will be nothing wrong with this 'victim'. You might as well be prepared to hear him turn himself in. Kogoro Mori, who has seen similar scenes many times, skillfully gives guidance.

Regarding the Monster of the Heart, both he and the police in Tokyo already know very well.

It is true that this kind of mud and eventually death has happened, but after bold assumptions and careful verification, in the end, the conclusion of the search lesson is that it may indeed be the missing Dr. Narumi Asai who killed several of the dead.

Considering that the first victim of suicide was convicted a few years ago, this person may have the ability to resemble a monster thief with a similar heart, whatever it may be.

Of course, this kind of outrageous supernatural conjecture is impossible to fall on the file, and Tang Ze is not a night and moon, and he has no intention of doing any unified heart paralysis and speaking for himself, so the case on Moonshadow Island was finally sealed and not closed.

In the end, the Monster of the Heart's thieves have not killed anyone in this way at all, which seems to be closer to a means of deterrence and punishment.

Therefore, Kogoro Mori's conclusion is very confident.

Yamamura stared at his face for a moment, then looked down at his phone.

It does make sense logically, but ......

Staring at the dark liquid on the ground for a moment, Yamamura still shook his head firmly.

"Well, in short, the possibility of poisoning cannot be ruled out at the moment. Everybody don't leave the scene just yet. Repeating this principle again, Yamamura struggled to straighten up and leave the room at the scene of the crime.

"The police in this Gunma Prefecture are not very smart." Turning his head, Kogoro Mori complained to several other people in the room.

Conan, who was still observing the poker at the poker table, silently turned his head and looked at the unconscious Mori Kogoro.

Is it, really? Don't you think his performance makes you inexplicably familiar and familiar?

"That officer is from Gunma Prefecture, but isn't Karuizawa from Nagano Prefecture?" Maorilan cupped her cheek and asked puzzled.

"Karuizawa is the junction of the two places, maybe closer to the police station in his jurisdiction. If there is a homicide, the priority will change. Fei Yingli, who has been dealing with the police for a long time, explained, "Lawyer Saku's state is quite scary, and it is normal for him to be treated as a vicious case. ”

"That can't be called a vicious case, right? This is a vicious case! The frightened Ubibing Ritsuko finally found a chance to speak, and said in a sharp voice, "He's all become like this, why are you all so calm!" ”

When Sakushi spat out black mud, it happened to be when he was replaced from the table and sat on the side to close himself.

At that time, in addition to him, there was also a more autistic Ritsuko Ubibing, so Ritsuko Ubibing became the closest witness to the scene, screaming the most tragic and loudest.

The audience was chatting, looking at playing cards, and discussing the ability of the police to do so, and they all turned their heads and looked at her without speaking.

Really, pinching his fingers, this would-be victim is the only one in this room who lacks knowledge of the situation.

"Lawyer Usui Bing," Fei Yingli said kindly, "you should have seen that card in Saku's hand, right?" ”

"Mr. Saku, who receives something like that, and has symptoms after receiving it, judging from our experience, he probably has evil thoughts or has done something wrong." Mori Kogoro took over and shrugged, "That poker saved your life, Miss Usui Bing." ”

"Huh?" Usui Ritsuko, who was completely out of condition, looked dazed, and instinctively wrapped the quilt on her body.

"This is your room, Aunt Ubi." As soon as Conan spoke, he raised Ritsuko's blood pressure, "You invited Uncle Maori to come over with us to play, this is a temporary thing, right?" Later, Sister Fei Yingli and Sister Xiaolan came to the room for us. ”

He didn't have much skill in what he said, but the effect was outstanding, and Tang Ze couldn't help but turn his head to look at him.

Good guy, your kid's survival ability has suddenly increased a lot, and sure enough, falling off the horse will help hone his deduction skills. You see, I'm not either...... Hey, let's not talk about it.

Hearing his title, Fei Yingli smiled, and her mood was obviously much better: "Yes, that is to say, the appearance of several of us is an unforeseen surprise for Saku. He came to your room just to find you alone. ”

"That card was some form of a warning from the Monster of the Heart, and when he received the warning, he immediately became symptomatic. So......" Conan took over and looked sympathetically at Ritsuko Usui.

Therefore, Sakushi has a clear goal, and he is here to deal with her.

If it weren't for their accidents, the current Usui Ritsuko would have died at the hands of Sakushi Hoshi.

"I, I'm ......" Ritsuko's mind went blank, falling into fear and confusion, "I haven't offended him either, how can I ......"

"Lawyer is a profession that can easily offend people, Tsui Bing." Fei Yingli looked at this thoughtful colleague, and said earnestly, "In the courtroom, we can exhaust all means in order to win, but outside the courtroom, we still have to pay more attention to the way of speaking and doing things. ”

To be honest, according to the style of handling cases and daily actions of Ui Bingzi, it is not surprising that she will be hated.

Tang Ze nodded approvingly.

Yes, you Kexue world is like this, if you don't be kind to others, you will just go, and what you play is really real.

"Playing cards, no less playing cards." While a few people were discussing Sakushi's motives around Ritsuko Usuki, Conan suddenly said, "There are 52 cards of poker on the table. ”

"yes, that joker must have been prepared in advance. Naturally, it was brought in from the outside. Mori Kogoro said as a matter of course.

Considering that Sakushi was prepared in advance today and was bent on killing, he fully suspected that the other party was targeted by the monster thief on the way to the room.

The murderer who was nervous and ready to commit the crime didn't notice that there were little things on his body, so there was nothing strange.

"Well, the playing cards are provided by the hotel, and you ask for them from the front desk when you go upstairs. That's right? Fei Yingli looked at the first wave of four people who entered the room to play cards.

Gray Yuan Wai nodded, glanced at Tang Ze, and kept silent.

That's right, and it was Karasawa who went to the front desk to ask for it, and handed it over to Mori Kogoro to take upstairs.

She said why this guy was suddenly so enthusiastic, and he was doing it for a long time.

Poor detectives, they don't even know that they have been used as tools for strange thieves.

Conan's gaze returned to the table, at the bright red back of the playing cards, and was silent.

So, how did Joker prepare the homemade cards in advance that were exactly the same as the poker cards provided by the hotel?

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"You're really coming along." Sitting in the corner of the terrace, Conan whispered, "And stay in this hotel." ”

"Detective-kun, you asked me to come with you, why, do you think I'm a trouble now?" In the room separated by a wall, Tang Ze changed his sitting posture and hid his ear on the side of the earphone.

"Hey, help me get back to where I was, that's a joke......" Conan grabbed his hair and said helplessly, "There was no emergency, what did I do when I changed back." ”

Getting bigger and smaller, although Joker's assistance can help him avoid the resistance caused by the antidote, it still hurts.

Even if the state of the two of them is reversed by using essentially unscientific cognitive means (at least that's how joker explains), they are equivalent to completing the reaction of drug A twice, and the effect is the same.

Before, in the Rice Flower Central Building, when the 20-minute overtime card given by Joker expired, the scene where two big men rolled shrimp together on the ground in pain in front of Gray Yuan, the little Lori, was still quite embarrassing.

"You're kidding, I'm not kidding. I do intend to test it a few times. Tang Ze glanced at his sister who was leaning against him, holding her mobile phone and reading the email, "This phenomenon and reaction may be helpful to your ongoing antidote research and development work." Anyway, Miss Miyano is an insider now, and there will be no problems with her watching. ”

"Hiss......" inhaled from between his teeth, and Conan recalled the sharp pain that seemed as if every cell was being torn apart, shivering in the early summer night wind.

He really didn't want to experience that pain more than he had to.

"Well, today's deceased, oh no, your target today was discovered by you because it ran into us?" Conan forcibly changed the subject, going back to his original question.

"Pretty much. Miss Ubito is not a pleasant colleague, and it is not a good experience to work with her. Tang Ze replied casually, "However, I think your question should be more than that. ”

Turning back to look back at the room where several people involved in the case were seated, Conan fell silent for a moment.

In the face of a strange thief who has a lot of secrets, and does not like to explain to him, and is only willing to verify after he speaks, there seems to be no need to say something in a twist and turn.

"You guys have other connections around us, don't you?" Conan's gaze swept over the faces of the people in the room and pursed his lips.

He didn't have a chance to witness the method of sending the notice letter to the others, but from the case of Kitagawa Yusuke, he was able to confirm that the "magic" of the Monster Thieves did not include the direct teleportation of the notice letter to the other party.

Looking at the cases where the deeds of the Monster Thieves are verifiable, it seems that the notice letter always likes to appear in unexpected ways to appear in the moment when the target is unsuspecting, giving the other party a mental and emotional impact.

- Defeat the other party's spirit and trigger the strongest backlash from the other party, which is probably one of the purposes of the thief group's purpose in sending the notice, he guessed.

It was unpredictable whether or not Sakushi would be involved in the game before he actually walked into the room, and the fact that he was able to make such a decision to play cards meant that Joker must have observed their actions.

And, in the room there were "accomplices".

"You're a little slow to react." Tang Ze tilted his head, and under the speechless gaze of Gray Yuan's mourning, "You are in the cup again, Ah Tang", he finished the riddle strongly, "I won't answer until I give the right person." Keep it up, Detective-kun. ”

It's not that Tang Ze is playing tricks, the main thing is that after careful consideration, he really didn't cover it very tightly.

Joker's strong connection with Karazawa's whereabouts, the relationship between Akemi Miyano and Shiho Miyano with him, the status of Karasawa and his wife in the organization, and the persecution Karasawa encountered......

Even the bean bag sofa and cat he insisted on buying are actually proof of his identity.

It's not that Tang Ze himself is not aware of these flaws, mainly because he weighed the importance of life and home decoration and vest setting, and he decisively believes that it is not worth it to affect his quality of life in order to deceive the detective.

As for Conan, he didn't realize the connection between his vests, it was really because of the darkness under the lamp.

Tang Ze and Conan are too familiar, their positions are exactly the same, they have a tacit understanding with each other, and Conan is so familiar that he will not feel that Tang Ze has any need to hide from him to make small moves.

After saying this, Tang Ze quickly hung up the phone directly.

It's not that he likes to hang up the phone after saying the riddle, it's mainly that the mountain village with an unbelievable face walked back to the room, and if he didn't hang up the phone, the other party's voice came into the microphone, and it was time to goof.

Although there is no obsessive idea of covering the vest, the dignity of the onion people still needs to be maintained.

"Mr. Saku's woken up." Under the gaze of a room full of people, the stressed mountain village scratched his face and said with difficulty, "He really does not have any discomfort, and he has taken the initiative to show his criminal intentions to the police, and he is receiving criticism and education...... Uh, anyway, anyway, you guys, you can leave. ”

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"It's not that I can't understand Officer Yamamura's thoughts. To be honest, even if I've seen it so many times, every time I see that terrifying state, I still instinctively feel terrified. Moriran dragged Conan and Gray Plains down the corridor of the hotel, feeling sympathy for the mountain village.

After all, it is a police station that has never experienced the baptism of the strange thief group, and looking at the appearance of the police officer in the mountain village, he must be very suspicious of life.

"He should trust the detective a little more." Mori Kogoro crossed his waist unceremoniously, "When you don't understand, what the authority says should be respected." If nothing else is mentioned, I definitely have the right to speak on the issue of the Monster Thieves of the Heart. ”

Conan, who really has the right to speak, and still has a locator in his watch, couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Whenever he heard Maori Kogoro talk like this, it was hard for him to hold back the desire to complain.

If it weren't for the fact that his identity would have to be kept under wraps, he would have liked Joker to come up with an official statement explaining who they were targeting.

"Let's get some rest today." Standing still in front of the door, Mao Lilan reached out and rubbed Conan's hair, "There is such an emergency, it is too late to delay, you and Tang Ze are also sleepy." Eh, speaking of which, what about Tang Ze? ”

After knowing his identity, it was obviously not appropriate to let Conan sleep in a bed when he went out to travel.

It just so happened that Tang Ze came over with his sister, so he simply changed the room, and Gray Yuan Ai followed Mao Lilan to live in their suite, and Tang Ze took Conan and lived upstairs in them.

Now it's time to go back to their respective homes, and the lonely Conan is a little conspicuous.

"He went to the convenience store to buy something." Blinking, Gray Yuan Ai took the initiative to reply, "It seems that I want to breathe by the way." ”

"This kid, you don't say hello when you go out alone so late......"

"The convenience store is just downstairs in the shopping street, so it's safe, right? Being detained and questioned by strange police may also be stressful for Tang Ze, who probably wants to relax. ”

"Hmm, what do you say......"

"Okay Conan, do you have your room card? You go upstairs first, if Tang Ze doesn't come back very late, you can call us by calling the guest room. ”

Gray Plains, who was being held by Moriran, mourned the back of Conan walking towards the elevator, and the hand in his coat pocket pressed the keyboard at a fast speed.

[Pay attention to the time to go back, if it's too late, beware of the detectives coming out to look for you with great fanfare.] 】

[Don't worry, give me two hours, there is no mouth in this world that I can't pry open.] 】

[Your words, I feel even more uneasy. 】

[I don't need to use violent means to achieve my goals. Look down on me too much, mourning~】

Perhaps tired of Tang Ze's sudden nickname at the end of the day and the Wave Number, Gray Yuan Wai did not reply to the email.

After confirming that his sister had no other problems, Tang Ze put away his phone, pulled the clothes on his body, and walked into the store in front of him.

Inside, Yamamura, who is holding a beer glass, is sitting at the bar, muttering something, and when you get closer, you can hear words like "detective", "look down on people", and "inexplicable strange thief".

It seems that the Waterloo he encountered tonight brought him a lot of blows and worldview impacts.

Karasawa walked through the door of the store, passed through the booth where Narumi Asai and Kimie Shimabukuro were sitting, exchanged glances with Teru Hoshikawa, who was sitting at the other end of the bar, and took a seat across from Yamamura.

In fact, among the various objects of change of heart that Sakushi has experienced, it is certainly not a very excessive type, and his killing intent is not strong, and even the reason is not incomprehensible.

will suffer from the threat of their abolition, the root cause is still the real purpose of Tang Ze's trip.

He's here to talk to the mountain village, and there must always be a reason to call the police and contact the police.

"A draft beer, thank you." Tang Ze raised his hand and reported the drinks before looking at the menu.

Hearing a somewhat familiar voice, Yamamura Cao turned his head, saw Tang Ze, and was slightly stunned: "You are, follow Mr. Maori...... Wait a minute, minors can't drink. ”

Even if you don't know him, just looking at Tang Ze's face, which is younger than his actual age, ordinary people will not think that he is old enough to drink.

Although the operational ability is poor, the sense of mission of the mountain village operation as a police officer is still very strong.

"It's true that I'm not an adult." Tang Ze turned his head and smiled at him, "So this is for you, Mr. Officer." ”

The wine table is often the most convenient place to find out information, and Tang Ze knows this very well.

It's a pity that he is now strictly abstaining from alcohol, and he doesn't have the opportunity to drink with people all night and talk about everything the next day.

But who says you can't ask for news at the wine table without drinking? I can't.

(End of chapter)