Detective Conan: The White Organization

Chapter 74

In Tottori County, Xiao Yu and others followed the middle-aged woman to her home. It was not a luxurious house, but an ordinary house. It looked clean from the outside, and the family's economic conditions were average.

After the middle-aged woman made tea for the group, she began to talk about the things she wanted to entrust.

"My name is Amamiya Maki. My husband has passed away many years ago. My daughter Sarina got married two years ago to a man named Shida Ha Nao. Later, our contact gradually became less and less. My daughter and

Although my son-in-law often comes to see me, it is true that our relationship has faded away."

"Sarina got pregnant half a year ago. She quit her job and concentrated on preparing for the birth at home. However, a week ago, when Yu Shang came home, she discovered that Sarina was missing. There was no news about her. After calling the police, the police were still looking for her.

I'm trying my best, but there's no news at all so far. I'm really anxious. I heard that you, Detective Maori, were at the Spider Mansion, so I went to invite you over."

"Detective Maori, please help me no matter what, find my daughter. I really can't lose her!"

Seeing Mrs. Amemiya begging like this, Mouri Kogoro was naturally unable to say a single word: "Thanks to Mrs. Amemiya for your praise, I can't guarantee anything. I can only say that I will do my best. But, Madam, there are some things I can't say."

If we have to say that if we are missing for more than three days and there is still no news, in many cases... we have to be mentally prepared."

Mrs. Amamiya nodded. The police had already said this, and she was mentally prepared.

Mouri Kogoro pondered for a moment and asked: "Mrs. Amamiya, the last person who met the daughter was her husband, Shida Unobuo, right?"

Amamiya nodded: "Hi, but the police asked him and he didn't know where Sarina was going."

"Then with all due respect, Shida Yushang is the most suspected now, I think..."

"It shouldn't be possible. Yu Shang was on a business trip and left three days ago. After that, some neighbors saw Sarina going to the convenience store. Therefore, Yu Shang couldn't have hidden Sarina. These police

Confirmed.”

Xiao Yu and Conan looked at each other and realized that the most direct clue had disappeared and this matter was difficult to handle.

Mouri Kogoro made a wrong reasoning and was a little embarrassed. He scratched his hair and said, "Okay, then I will start investigating now."

"Mr. Mouri, how much is the detective fee?" Mrs. Amamiya asked slightly panicked. Hiring a detective, especially a famous detective like the sleeping Mouri Kogoro, costs a lot of money.

"We'll talk about this later. The main task now is to find the person first." Mouri Kogoro said with a wave of his hand.

"Then, I leave everything to you."

Xiao Yu and Conan looked at the environment of the house, looked at each other and nodded, silently.

…

After leaving the Amamiya residence, Mouri Kogoro remained silent, apparently thinking about the direction of the investigation.

Xiaolan had a look of sympathy on her face: "Mrs. Amamiya is so pitiful. First she lost her husband, and then her only daughter also disappeared. Dad, you must find her!"

Mouri Kogoro scratched his head in annoyance: "I know, I know, take the two brats to a hotel to get a room to stay and rest, don't hinder my work."

"No, we have to go too!" *3

Mouri Kogoro was so startled that he almost dropped the cigarette from his mouth.

"Why are you following me? Don't come over and cause trouble for me." Mouri Kogoro waved his hand, looking impatient in his clothes.

"We are going too. Maybe we can help uncle find some clues." Conan said quickly.

Xiaolan glanced at Conan and nodded her head like a rattle. Obviously, instead of dispelling the suspicion that Conan was Kudo Shinichi, it only deepened it.

Xiao Yu remained silent, the meaning was self-evident.

Kogoro scratched his head: "Really, trouble, don't disturb my work, or get out of here."

Although he said this, the eyes that glanced at Conan and Xiao Yu had a slightly different meaning.

Xiao Yu and Conan pretended not to see it, both smiled and deliberately prolonged their voices: "Hi!"

Walking towards the house of Shida Hanao and his wife, Xiaolan asked with some confusion: "Should we go directly to their house? Don't we need to go to the Tottori Prefectural Police to check?"

Kogoro put out the cigarette butt and said with a grin: "It's useless, the Tottori Prefectural Police will not cooperate with us."

"Eh? Why is this happening?" Xiaolan was a little confused.

Kogoro was silent, he didn't want to explain the secrets to his daughter, but Xiao Yu took over the conversation: "This case itself is very troublesome, and the police must be at a loss what to do, and the police must be throwing things around at this time.

, so as not to take responsibility if something goes wrong in the end, but the police will never throw this hot potato to a detective at this time, even if it falls into their hands."

"In fact, detectives themselves are a gray industry, always wandering on the edge of the law. The police themselves are very unhappy with detectives. Uncle Maori is like a fish in water in Tokyo because he is a former criminal police officer, and he still works with police officers like Matsumoto.

We have good relations with officials like the Mumu Police Department, which prevents my uncle from being disliked by the police."

"This is not Tokyo, and the Tottori police and uncle are not familiar with each other. Even if the police are willing to cooperate, it is because uncle Mouri is one of the parties and has the right to know the truth. Otherwise, the detective will never intervene in the case in the hands of the police.

It’s not impossible to give my uncle a good face but get rejected in the end, so instead of wasting time seeking cooperation from the police, it’s better to seize the time to investigate.”

Conan and Xiaolan were stunned by what Xiao Yu said. They had never thought that there were so many things in it.

Conan was even more stunned. He had solved cases before, but he just felt that the police needed him very much, so he went on board regardless of it. He didn't realize at all that if his father hadn't been Kudo Yusaku, he would have been listed as the most hated figure by the detectives.

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Mouri Kogoro glanced at Xiao Yu and said nothing, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Why is this like this? Don't we all hurry up and find Miss Sarina? This is about a life." Xiaolan can't understand this at all. If you look at it vertically, everyone's starting point is the same, why can't they cooperate?

?

Xiao Yu shook his head: "This involves the relationship between the police's own interests. To put it bluntly, the police are civil servants. They solve crimes to support their families. The crime detection rate and reputation are also steps to climb up. To be more direct, then

Regarding next month’s bonus, if the detective solves this case, the credit will not go to the police, and he will be labeled as incompetent in the end.”

"But Officer Mumu and the others don't think so. Don't they always let my father participate in solving the case?" Xiaolan was still unconvinced and continued.

Xiao Yu shrugged helplessly: "But how many times did Officer Memu actually come to your door and beg your uncle to handle the case?"

Xiaolan was choked and speechless.

Yes, that case was not solved because Mouri Kogoro had to deal with Conan, the god of death, a schoolboy who died wherever he went. He had to solve the case and only then got involved. It had nothing to do with Moori Kogoro's egg.

How many times have police officers come to your door for help?

"Ah, it's such a complicated world, but Xiao Jun, you know so much. Even an adult may not know so much about these things, right?" Xiaolan half-crouched in front of Xiao Yu, her eyes seemed to be

It's like testing.

Conan suddenly panicked, "Damn it, this guy Xiao Yu always talks about me, but why don't you talk so enthusiastically?"

Mouri Kogoro glanced at Xiao Yu with interest, obviously waiting to see a joke.

However, Xiao Yu remained calm and calm, with a face full of innocence: "Yes, my father has said since I was a child that I will take over the family business in the future, so I must understand a lot of things. He has taught me this since I was a child."

"Hey! No wonder, Xiao Jun's family is such a big family." Xiao Lan said clearly.

Xiao Yu glanced at Conan, and the look in his eyes clearly meant: Look, this is acting.

Conan rolled his eyes and turned away, too lazy to pay attention to this guy.

"Okay, don't make any noise, we're at the place." Mouri Kogoro interrupted the conversation of several people and said when he came to the second floor of a building.

This is a very modern style bungalow. In Japan, only young people in their twenties would choose such a house as a newlywed residence.

He rang the doorbell, but no one answered the door for a long time. Mouri Kogoro had to shout inside: "Mr. Shida! I am a detective from Tokyo, Moori Kogoro, this time to investigate your wife's case.

Coming!"

But after waiting for a long time, there was no movement inside.

"It seems there is no one... Hey, hey, hey! What are you two brats doing!" Mouri Kogoro was just halfway through his words when he saw Xiao Yu and Conan climbing up the wall.

"Let's go in to investigate the scene. Don't worry, we will record every detail of the scene completely and let you investigate. We will definitely handle it well." Xiao Yu said with a smile.

Mouri Kogoro choked, in fact, this is what he wanted to do.

"No, come down quickly and let the two brats do these things. What will it look like! If you want to go, I will go too." Mouri Kogoro said again.

"You are waiting at the door. If the master comes back, you can explain here easily. We are small and can be hidden when the time comes." This time it was Conan who said.

Mouri Kogoro couldn't think of any reason to refuse, so he could only grit his teeth and said: "Be more flexible with your hands and feet!"

"Hi!" *2 The two of them responded in unison, and then they climbed over the wall and disappeared.

"Dad! How could you let the two of them do such a thing!" Xiaolan, who was worried at first, couldn't help but scolded.

"Don't worry, there will be no problem with these two boys." Mouri Kogoro said seriously.

"Who said this? This is breaking into a house! It's illegal!"

"Didn't you just listen to what Mr. Xiao said? Detective is originally a gray profession, walking on the edge of the law, isn't it?" Mouri Kogoro smiled, his smile was unfathomable.