Ghost Detectives in the Detective World

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"That prosecutor is really impressive for being able to send so many Ghost Tiger gang members to prison," Matsuda remarked.

Japan is a country that allows the existence of yakuza gangs.

The fact that Kujo's colleague sent most of the Ghost Tiger Gang members to prison was tantamount to a direct declaration of war against the Ghost Tiger Gang.

No wonder the Ghost Tiger Gang was so motivated that they wanted to kill him in retaliation even after taking a police officer hostage!

Putting everything else aside, Matsuda truly admires this prosecutor's courage!

"In short, Officer Matsuda has done us prosecutors a great favor this time," Reiko Kujo said gratefully. "If the Oni Tiger Gang had succeeded in their revenge this time, I'm afraid many prosecutors would have been hesitant to act in the future."

“In any case, I don’t think you, Prosecutor Kujo, would do that,” Matsuda said with a smile.

“Of course not,” Reiko Kujo paused, then said jokingly, “After all, I believe that even if I am in any danger, with Officer Matsuda there, he will definitely be able to help me resolve it.”

The two chatted for a while longer before Matsuda hung up the phone.

Well, solving this case wasn't too bad; at least I got a thank you from the girl.

……

"Officer Matsuda, wake up! You have a phone call!"

Since it was finally Matsuda's turn to take a vacation, he naturally spent the first night having a good time with Narumi.

Cough cough, it's just playing pretty ordinary games, the kind without any color.

He didn't fall asleep until almost dawn, intending to sleep until the afternoon the next day. However, just after noon, Matsuda was woken up by Narumi.

"What's wrong?" Matsuda groggily got up.

"Officer Matsuda, there's a phone call for you. It's from Conan," Narumi said softly, standing by the bed in a maid dress.

"Hey," Matsuda took the phone irritably, "kid, if you still want to report this, call Inspector Megure. He's on duty these next couple of days!"

"What? Inspector Megure is right next to you?"

"Matsuda, why don't you come over here first?" The call was transferred to Inspector Megure. "These kids insist on talking about a murder, but we didn't find anything at the scene. Anyway, it's not too far from your apartment."

"……All right."

Upon hearing about the murder, Matsuda had no choice but to quickly get out of bed.

"Ah! Officer Matsuda! Your clothes..."

Chengshi suddenly covered her face and turned her back.

Matsuda looked down and thought, "Okay, last night I played a normal game with Narumi, baseball."

Matsuda originally intended to take advantage of Narumi, but in the end, he lost everything, even all his clothes, and Narumi ended up benefiting from his loss.

Ugh, what a failure...

Matsuda shook his head dejectedly and picked up the clothes that had fallen from the ground last night.

After Matsuda was almost dressed, Narumi turned around with a blush and said, "Officer Matsuda, I've prepared sandwiches and milk and eggs over there. Would you like to eat before you go over?"

“Forget it,” Matsuda sighed. “There might be a crime scene over there. If we eat too much, we might encounter something like a dismemberment and throw up, which would be terrible.”

……

Inspector Megure was indeed not lying to him.

The crime scene was indeed very close to Matsuda's apartment.

Matsuda Ayumi arrived in about ten minutes.

"Tanaka..."

Matsuda glanced at the nameplate at the entrance, then pushed open the gate and went inside.

"Brother Matsuda, you've arrived?"

When Megure saw Matsuda, it was as if he had seen a savior.

"What exactly happened, Inspector?" Matsuda yawned.

"Here's what happened..." Inspector Megure gave a brief explanation.

"Officer Matsuda, we really saw the body!" Conan said confidently, and the other three kids nodded frantically.

“Yes, Officer Matsuda, I really saw a person lying in the bathtub covered in blood.”

Ayumi grabbed Matsuda's trouser leg, looked up, and said with a frightened expression.

"Don't worry, of course I believe what Ayumi says." Matsuda patted Ayumi's head.

"Heh, you believe what Ayumi says, but not what I say?" Conan rolled his eyes.

"By the way, Inspector, has the blood on the cat been tested to confirm that it's human blood?" Matsuda asked.

"Well, the forensic department is still conducting tests," Inspector Megure thought for a moment.

"What about the bathroom? If it's really what these kids are saying, that there's a corpse there, can't we just use luminol to test it?" Matsuda asked. "Even if the bathroom was washed a lot in a short time, luminol should still be able to detect bloodstains!"

“This…” Inspector Megure paused, “It seems the forensic department hasn’t done it yet.”

Chapter 36. Even grown men can be brother-obsessed, how disgusting!

"What nonsense are you talking about? Why should I let you inspect my bathroom at will!" A middle-aged man with a clean-shaven face and squinting eyes suddenly shouted angrily.

"Who is this guy?" Matsuda asked.

“He is the owner of this house, Tanaka Tomoya,” Megure introduced.

"I just casually mentioned the test," Matsuda said, surprised. "You don't need to be so nervous, do you?"

"I... I was just worried that you were disturbing my brother's rest," Tanaka Chiya quickly explained. "He's a writer, he often writes at night, and he really needs to sleep during the day."

“What he said is true, Matsuda,” Megure said in a low voice. “His brother is on the second floor. He just fell asleep while watching TV. One of our officers broke a vase and got yelled at by him.”

"You all saw me scolding him?" Matsuda retorted.

"No, we just heard noises coming from the second floor," Inspector Megure explained, then looked at the Detective Boys with a headache. "These kids insist they saw a corpse, but there are only two people in this house, and they're both alive. It's really inexplicable!"

"Whether they're both alive or not is not necessarily true!"

After saying something that left Megure completely baffled, Matsuda suddenly stepped into the house.

"Hey, what are you doing!"

Tanaka Tomoya immediately blocked Matsuda's path.

"You police officers have already checked everything that needed to be checked. Now get out of here right now!"

“Matsuda, we did search the house, but we didn’t find a body,” Inspector Megure said, pulling Matsuda aside. “We don’t have a search warrant, and the search we did just now went a bit too far. If he reports it to the media, the Metropolitan Police Department might…”

"Don't worry, Inspector. If anything goes wrong, I'll take full responsibility."

Matsuda smiled, then suddenly shoved Tanaka Tomoya aside, ran towards the stairs, and rushed to the second floor.

"stop!"

Tanaka Tomoya chased after him desperately, but caught off guard, he was no match for Matsuda who had taken the lead.

"...So, Mr. Tanaka, this is what you meant by your brother sleeping?"

Matsuda barged into the second-floor living room and placed his hand directly on the neck of Tanaka Tomoya's older brother, Tanaka Kazuyuki.

"There's no pulse, and his body is getting cold and stiff. Did your brother just die in his sleep?"

"This……"

Tanaka Tomoya took two steps back, then collapsed to the ground as if his legs were powerless.

Megure and the four brats who followed behind were also completely bewildered.

No one expected that the person they thought was alive was actually a corpse!

And it was placed right there in the middle of the room!

"But just now, it was this same person who opened the door for us. Later, the police broke the vase, and we even heard him cursing..."

Megure's eyes widened, still somewhat incredulous.

“Inspector, look at these two men’s faces. Apart from their beards, aren’t they almost identical?”

Matsuda placed the body on the ground and pointed to the face, saying...

"If the younger brother pretends to be the older brother and opens the door for you, then finds a way to leave the house, goes outside to rip off his beard, turns back into the younger brother, and comes back through the front door, that's all."

"As for my brother's scolding,"

Matsuda looked around the room and then at the telephone beside him.

"That shout of 'brother' must have been pre-recorded by the younger brother using the answering machine,"

“Inspector, try having someone make a phone call. In such a short time, and with the police still around, he probably hasn’t had time to destroy that recording.”

Just as Inspector Megure was about to give orders to the officers, Tanaka Tomoya, who had already broken down, blurted out everything.

"No need to fight anymore, it was indeed me who killed my brother!"

"It's all his fault! I've been letting him eat, drink, and stay for free every day! And he even threatened me by saying I was involved in illicit stock trading, trying to force me to give him more money!"

As he spoke, Tanaka Tomoya's expression gradually began to crumble!

He took out a fake beard from his pocket and, in front of the police, disguised himself as his brother!

"Why did my brother, who used to be so outstanding, become like this!"

"My brother was once my ideal. I want to bring back the brother of my dreams. I want to become my brother..."

Uh, this middle-aged man is actually a brother-complex?

Matsuda shivered.

A girl's brother complex can be considered cute, but what about a grown man's brother complex? Is it a toxic trait?

……

Both Tanaka brothers were taken back to the police station; one was put into the morgue of the forensic department, and the other was put into the interrogation room of the first division.

Matsuda was on leave today anyway, and since the criminals had already confessed, he naturally wouldn't get involved in what happened next.

"Thanks to Officer Matsuda today, otherwise Inspector Megure and the others would have treated us like lying children," Mitsuhiko said with deep emotion.