Ghost Detectives in the Detective World

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According to Matsuda and Koshimizu's plan, the initial detective reasoning competition of Detective Koshien was filmed on that private island.

After the match footage is edited, it will be broadcast live in the studio of Nichiri TV.

That was also the place where Matsuda and Koshimizu were preparing to uncover Tokitsu Junya's true colors.

……

Upon receiving the message from Rena Mizunashi, Matsuda and Koshimizu immediately packed their things and prepared to leave.

Just before setting off, Matsuda suddenly remembered that day at the Suzuki family villa, and Conan's somewhat disappointed expression after hearing about the Detective Koshien tournament.

Thinking that he often bullied him, Matsuda wanted to make amends a little.

So, before heading to the private island used for filming, Matsuda took Koshimizu to Mori's detective agency.

Although Matsuda had been here several times before, this was his first time going upstairs.

After knocking on the door of Mori's office on the second floor, Matsuda looked at the surprised expression on Ran's face when she opened the door and teased, "What, you're not happy to see me?"

"No, how could I not welcome Officer Matsuda?" Ran quickly stepped back to make room for Matsuda and Koshimizu to enter the house.

In the office, Mori was sitting behind his desk by the window.

Wearing headphones and listening intently to the horse race, Conan sat on the sofa, looking at a rather thick magazine.

"The era of literature and art? Shin-name Nittaro, is everyone looking forward to the revival of Jizuoji?"

Koshimizu read aloud the magazine cover Conan was looking at, then exclaimed in surprise,

"Detective Samonji has started serialization again?"

"yes,"

Conan was also very excited.

"I only found out about it yesterday when I watched TV, and then I rushed out to buy this magazine."

"It's truly moving. I remember that Zuo Wenzi disappeared in the fire with the murderer ten years ago. I never imagined that he could be resurrected ten years later," Yue Shui exclaimed.

"Yes, when I saw Samonji's revival on TV this morning, I also felt a lot of nostalgia!"

After Conan finished speaking with deep emotion, he immediately noticed that everyone else was looking at him strangely.

"What's there for a kid like you to reminisce about in a detective novel from ten years ago?"

Mori took off his headphones and looked at Conan with an annoyance.

Matsuda suppressed a laugh; he hadn't expected to hear Conan's self-disclosure so soon after arriving.

Seeing that everyone else looked puzzled, Conan quickly explained, "Shinichi told me this morning on the phone."

"Heh, it's that little rascal with the deduction skills again," Mori snorted angrily.

Ran, who was standing nearby, immediately frowned upon hearing Shinichi's name.

Seeing that he was about to get scolded again, Conan quickly changed the subject and pointed to the three cacti on Mori's table.

"Officer Matsuda, Sister Koshimizu, look at these cacti, aren't the flowers beautiful?"

"Yes, these cacti are indeed growing quite well,"

Matsuda examined it carefully and praised it.

"I never knew you were so good at growing cacti, Mr. Mori!"

He said this because the cacti on the Maori table were all growing exceptionally healthy and robust, and they had even started to bloom with beautiful flowers.

"Ah, that's actually..." Xiaolan was about to explain when Mouri interrupted smugly.

"That was my reward for stopping a tragic revenge."

"A tragic revenge? What's that?" Yue Shui asked curiously.

Seeing that Mori was only focused on being smug, Xiaolan had no choice but to give a brief account of what had happened.

It turns out that a couple of days ago, a young woman named Noriko Okaya came to the Mori Detective Agency.

She asked Maori to find a man.

Mori initially thought that the man Miss Okaya was looking for was her crush, so after investigating the matter, he told Miss Okaya the man's detailed address.

But what happened next was completely different from what Mori had guessed.

That man was not only not Ms. Okaya's crush, but was actually her enemy.

It turns out that six months ago, Ms. Okaya and her fiancé went out together.

On the mountain road, the two were provoked by thugs. Ms. Okaya's fiancé was enraged and stepped on the gas to race the thugs, but unfortunately, a car accident occurred.

Ms. Okaya survived, but her fiancé was not so lucky and died in a car accident.

Although Ms. Okaya survived the car accident, she was seriously injured.

After her arduous rehabilitation, the first thing she did was go to the Mouri Detective Agency.

The man she was looking for was actually the thug who had provoked her fiancé on the mountain road.

Chapter 117 Teasing Cats and Dogs

"After getting the thug's address from me, Ms. Noriko Okaya immediately grabbed some gasoline, intending to go find him and die together with him,"

Mori said smugly, "Luckily I arrived in time and managed to persuade her to give up her revenge."

"Dad, it was Conan who reminded you that Miss Okaya wanted to take revenge on the man she found..." Ran sighed.

"No matter what, in the end I was the one who stopped her revenge!" Mori muttered resentfully.

"That's all thanks to Conan. If he hadn't brought all of Miss Okaya's fiancé's cacti with her, Miss Okaya wouldn't have been reminded of him by them and ultimately given up on revenge."

Xiao Lan continued to expose her father's past.

Kogoro Mouri was so angry with his daughter that his face turned pale, while Koshimizu gave Conan a strange look.

"Well done, Conan! By the way, how did you know that Ms. Okaya wanted revenge?"

Seeing that Koshimizu seemed to doubt him, Conan quickly said,

"Actually, I told Shinichi-nii everything I saw, and then he told me that Okaya-san wanted revenge,"

"Hey! Conan, why didn't you tell me any of this?" Ran said angrily, her face stern.

"Yes, I forgot!"

After Conan finished speaking, he covered his head and waited to be beaten up.

Fortunately, at that moment, Yue Shui suddenly remembered something and asked Xiao Lan.

"By the way, Ran, I heard you and Shinichi Kudo are childhood friends. Do you know where he went?"

Koshimizu said, "We originally wanted to invite him to the Detective Koshien tournament, but we couldn't get through to his home phone or contact him."

"That heartless bastard, who knows where he went!"

After complaining for a moment, Xiaolan noticed Koshimizu's surprised look and quickly chuckled awkwardly, "By the way, Officer Matsuda, Ms. Koshimizu, is the Detective Koshien tournament about to start filming?"

"Yes, the first detective reasoning competition is on a small island, and Yue Shui and I are going there today."

Matsuda noticed Conan's complicated expression when Koshimizu mentioned that he couldn't contact Shinichi Kudo, and then smiled and said, "So, Ran, how about watching four high school detectives compete in deduction?"

"Can I go?" Xiaolan asked excitedly.

"Cough cough..." Conan, who was standing to the side, quickly coughed twice.

"Conan wants to go too? I'm afraid that won't work."

Matsuda couldn't help but tease him, saying, "The production team is worried that children will interfere with the filming, so it seems they've banned children from going there."

Seeing the disappointed look on Conan's face, Koshimizu, though she always felt he was acting strangely, felt a pang of pity for him at this moment.

She gave Matsuda a reproachful look, then said to Conan, "Senpai was just joking. If Conan wants to go, he can come along too."

"Really?" Conan asked excitedly.

"Well, for some reason, Nichiri TV agreed to film the first episode entirely according to your request, so as long as you agree, you'll definitely be able to go," Koshimizu explained.

"Officer Matsuda, please take Conan with you," Ran pleaded.

Conan, standing to the side, was also staring longingly at Matsuda.

Matsuda didn't want to tease him anymore, so he nodded in agreement.

It's important to know that you have to be careful when teasing cats and dogs. If you don't handle it well and provoke them, they might bite.

"Great!"

Seeing that Matsuda agreed, Ran and Conan exchanged a joyful glance.

At this moment, Kogoro Mouri, who had been silent since the beginning, suddenly asked, "Detective Koshien, what is that?"

"Dad, Detective Koshien is a program that Ms. Koshimizu and Inspector Matsuda planned together. They invited famous detectives from all over Japan to compete in a reasoning contest!"

"What? It's this kind of competition? Then I... cough!"

Kogoro Mouri coughed lightly and ran his hand through his hair.

"Why didn't they invite me, the sleeping detective?"

As he asked the question, Mori secretly observed Matsuda's expression out of the corner of his eye.

"Mr. Mori, you may not know this, but for the first episode, we invited high school detectives from all four directions of Japan," Matsuda explained.

"What? It's just a bunch of kids playing a deduction game. What's so interesting about that?" Mori complained.

"Dad!" Xiaolan gave her father a reproachful look.

Detective Koshien was a program planned by Matsuda and Koshimizu together. Even if you're unhappy, you can't say that in front of the two of them!

Yeah, we're all kids, but you're the best detective... Conan thought to himself.

Matsuda didn't seem to mind, and instead smiled and said, "We didn't invite Mr. Mori this time because of the rules, but I think that for a famous detective like Mr. Mori, Nichiri TV will definitely invite him for future programs."

After hearing Matsuda's words, Kogoro Mouri was finally satisfied.

He said smugly, "Now I need to think about how much appearance fee I should ask Nichiri TV for."

"father!"