Conan: Another Famous Detective

"Xiaolan is still photogenic as always!" Mengyu sighed as she looked at Xiaolan holding Conan in the photo.

"It's okay, but the place you chose is not very good, Conan. Look, there is someone standing behind us, which almost takes up one-third of the photo." Xiaolan looked at the photo and said with some pity.

In the photo, next to Xiaolan and Conan, stood the suspicious figure that the few people discussed before.

"Sorry, I was only thinking about taking pictures with Sister Xiaolan, not that much." Conan scratched his head in embarrassment.

"It's okay. After all, it's a souvenir." Xiaolan smiled nonchalantly.

While a few people were chatting, the lights in the venue suddenly went dark.

The sudden turn of events shocked the guests at the party.

Then, there was a spotlight on the stage located on the side of the banquet hall. A host in a straight suit held a microphone and was looking at the guests with a smile.

"Everyone, let me now invite a special guest to say a few words for us." When the host said this, he suddenly took a deep breath, and then said with an excited expression:

"Let us welcome Mr. Masao Takada, member of the House of Representatives, to the stage to speak!"

Only two seconds after the host finished speaking, a spotlight shone on a middle-aged man with thinning hair in the venue.

Obviously, this is Representative Takada.

The thin middle-aged man that Akira Hanomiya and others were talking about before was leading Councilman Takada forward at this time.

The spotlight moves with the steps of Representative Takada, making Representative Takada always the focus of the audience.

The audience burst into applause and it lasted for a long time.

"Look, that person is indeed the secretary of a big shot!" Conan laughed.

"It's true, but those staff are also very powerful. They found Representative Takada from the crowd so quickly." Xiaolan sighed.

"This is nothing surprising. They either have determined the location of Representative Takada in advance, or the microphone on his chest has a signal transmitting function, allowing the spotlight to quickly find him." Akira Hanomiya said with a smile.

"Eh? But why did Senator Takada take such a long detour instead of going directly to the stage?" Xiaolan asked doubtfully.

"Maybe it's to enjoy the feeling of being noticed more?" Meng Yu said.

I saw Representative Takada walking among the guests, waving his hands around from time to time, and even saying hello to the guests he knew when passing by them.

Conan glanced at a certain place when the light illuminated it, and his eyes condensed slightly:

"The man wearing sunglasses just now disappeared?" Conan felt a faint uneasiness in his heart.

While Conan was thinking about it, Representative Takada came to Seiji Ishimoto, who had been chatting with Kogoro Mori before, and even the spotlight shone on Seiji Ishimoto.

next moment!

boom!

A strange explosion, like a thunder, exploded in the venue!

The expressions of Yu Gongming and others changed slightly.

As a group of people who often deal with cases, they are all too familiar with such voices.

"It's gunfire!" Conan said with an ugly expression.

As soon as Akira Hanomiya turned his eyes, he saw that Councilor Takata's face suddenly turned pale. Then he stretched out his hand stiffly and opened and closed his lips, as if he wanted to stop the secretary in front of him who was leading the way.

The secretary turned around after hearing the sound and saw Representative Takada falling straight backwards.

boom!

Under the spotlight, Representative Takata fell to the ground in front of everyone, and the bullet holes in his chest were extremely clear.

Snapped!

The venue lights are turned on.

There was a brief silence.

next moment……

"Ah!!! Murder!!"

Many female guests, and even many male guests couldn't help but scream, and then a group of people swarmed towards the entrance of the venue.

"Look there!" Conan suddenly pointed upward and shouted.

As soon as Yu Gongming turned his eyes, he saw the suspicious figure standing there with an expressionless face in the room with a spotlight placed above the venue!

The next moment, the man quickly left Yu Gongming's sight.

Yu Gongming's face darkened and he hurried towards the room.

After Conan reminded everyone, he took the lead and ran towards that place.

When the two came to the stairs leading to the room, they saw that the door to the room had been opened, and there were many guests running away in panic.

But the only one missing was the person I saw before.

"Damn it! He ran pretty fast!" Conan gritted his teeth.

"Come on, let's go to the room and take a look. Maybe he can leave any clues!" Yu Gongming said.

The two came to the spotlight.

"Huh? There seems to be traces of adhesive on the spotlight, as if something had been stuck on it before." Conan pointed to an area in the middle of the upper part of the spotlight.

"Yeah, but you can't tell much from this trace alone." Yu Gongming frowned.

"Well, now that person has run away, it seems that we can only call the police first." Conan said.

Yu Gongming nodded, and the two returned to the venue.

Mengyu said to the two people who came back: "The police have been notified."

…………

"According to the ballistic simulation, the bullet was indeed shot from the direction of the spotlight, then passed President Ishimoto's shoulder, and finally penetrated Congressman Takada's heart." the examiner reported.

"Is this an assassination attempt on Representative Takada?" Officer Megure frowned.

"No, this should be a manslaughter." came the familiar voice of a police officer.

"Huh? Brother Mouri, why are you here again?" When Officer Megure saw Kogoro Mouri, his face suddenly dropped.

"Hey, there's nothing I can do about it. Who told me, a famous detective, that I would always be summoned by cases?" Mouri Kogoro said with a proud look on his face.

Officer Memu rolled his eyes, and then his expression returned to seriousness: "You just said this was manslaughter? What's going on?"

"Officer Megure, please look..." Mouri Kogoro said, taking out an A4-sized note from his arms.

Officer Megure took the note in confusion, and then his eyes suddenly widened!

[You have no value in this world at all, I will definitely kill you]

After reading the contents of the note, Officer Memu's expression gradually became heavy.

"Is this a threatening letter?"

"Yes, President Ishimoto entrusted me to protect his safety precisely because of this threatening letter." Mouri Kogoro nodded.

"In other words, the murderer was actually supposed to kill President Ishimoto, but because he didn't aim well, the bullet hit Congressman Takada who happened to be passing by?" Officer Megure said, touching his chin.

"It seems so right now." Mouri Kogoro said.

"I didn't expect that my matter would involve Representative Takada. I'm really ashamed!" Ishimoto Seiji, who had already tied a bandage on his shoulder, said with a guilty look.

"I'm afraid it's too early to tell now, right?"

Everyone turned around when they heard the sound, and saw Yu Gongming, Meng Yu, Conan, and Xiaolan walking towards this side.