Ke Xue: Shinichi and I are childhood friends

After getting the floppy disk, Conan relaxed, not as tense as before.

He continued to play the role of "Sleeping Kogoro" and reasoned.

"Inspector Megure, when you were using the computer just now, did you find anything special on it?"

Inspector Megure was stunned: "No."

He knew that Brother Mori would not ask this for no reason, so he walked to the computer and observed it, and found that each keycap was affixed with a sticker with raised dots on it.

"Isn't this Braille? It's for the blind." Inspector Megure said, "But why does Mr. Itakura use this?"

When Naito heard this, he hurriedly said: "I know this, Mr. Itakura has severe vision deterioration like me, so he is learning to use Braille recently."

"I see." Inspector Megure suddenly realized.

Takagi Wataru suddenly shouted: "Mr. Maori just said that the terminology of some things can only be understood by people who know them. Could it be that this chess game is hinting at Braille?"

The chess pieces on the chessboard are arranged one by one. At first glance, they thought that the chess game was played like this. After the reminder of Kogoro, the spirit behind Maori Conan, they found that this arrangement may have a deep meaning.

Inspector Megure couldn't help but look at Naito.

Naito adjusted his glasses, squinted at the chessboard, and slowly analyzed: "This shape is not Braille... No, if you only look at the black chess pieces, you can translate the text."

"What does it mean?" Inspector Megure asked hurriedly.

Naito read it word by word, and finally spelled out a complete sentence: "The criminal is Soma, and the evidence is the watch."

"What?" Everyone looked at Soma in shock.

Soma's face changed drastically, and he argued in a panic: "Hey, hey, this is what the murderer left on purpose to frame me, right?"

Inspector Megure looked at Maori Kogoro: "Brother Maori?"

"Then let me tell you the origin of this death message. Mr. Itakura knew that the criminal would definitely return to the room after his death, so he used Go and Braille to leave a secret code.

And he knew that Mr. Soma didn't know Go and Braille. Even if he saw Go, plus there were chess and shogi in the room, he would only think that it was used as a reference when he designed the Go software.

After his body was found, the three of you as related personnel will definitely be called in for questioning, and the photos in the room will be shown to you.

And Mr. Subei, who knows Go, will definitely find the place where the white pieces violate the rules when he sees the Go board, and Mr. Naito, who knows Braille like Mr. Itakura, can see the secret code he left from the chess game, and then know who the murderer is."

Soma's face suddenly became extremely ugly.

Inspector Megure nodded and asked, "Then how do you explain the watch as evidence?"

"I would like to ask Mr. Soma, when did you buy your watch?"

Soma answered blankly, "Five days ago..."

"Then it's very clear. Mr. Itakura is very particular about watches, and the three of them have bought brand-name watches. If I guess correctly, when you came over a few days ago, Mr. Itakura must have taken your watch to appreciate it, right? There must have been fingerprints left at that time, otherwise he would not have left evidence of a watch."

Soma's face suddenly turned pale.

Inspector Megure suddenly realized: "So that's it. If the watch was bought five days ago, then no matter from what angle, it can't explain why Mr. Itakura, who has lived here alone for a week, has his fingerprints on your watch?"

He walked towards Soma and said in a deep voice: "Then Mr. Soma, please cooperate with us to check the watch."

Soma sighed deeply, raised his wrist to show the watch: "You can investigate it casually, I think it must be covered with his fingerprints."

"At that time, I took advantage of his mind on the watch, put sleeping pills in the water, and tied him up with a towel and tape."

Soma said his motive for murder.

Twenty years ago, Itakura Taku was just an unknown game engineer, and he was also a small employee of a video game company.

The two met in the Shogi Club. When they were chatting together, they mentioned that they must be able to design a Shogi software that can defeat the "Shogi Master" in the future. To this end, Soma spent a full twenty years collecting famous shogi games and borrowing money to invest in this dream. However, Itakura Taku's response to his efforts was always "wait until the time is right...", "wait a little longer..."

Soma waited for twenty years, but in the end, it was Itakura Taku's words "How many times do you think a person should wait?" This was undoubtedly a perfunctory and mocking remark to Soma.

Soma finally couldn't stand it anymore and decided to kill.

···After the case was solved, Maori Kogoro followed Inspector Megure and left, saying that he had something to discuss.

However, Maori Ran suspected that they were going to have a drink.

Forget it, let's pretend that we don't know today. Maori Ran secretly glanced at the back of her father's neck and turned her face away with a guilty conscience.

I am such a bad child. Maori Ran thought so.

Maori Ran held Conan's hand and walked on the way back.

"Conan, is there anything in the diary? You seem to care about it." Maori Ran asked in a low voice.

Conan nodded slightly and answered in a low voice: "Do you remember that Mr. Soma said that a big man went to find Mr. Itakura? That man is their man, and he was killed by a bomb at the previous Mantian game conference."

"What?" Maori Ran widened her eyes in surprise.

"Shh!" Conan made a gesture to keep quiet.

Maori Ran quickly covered her mouth.

"Let's talk about this matter when we go back." Conan whispered.

Ran Mao Li thought of the peeping feeling she had recently felt and nodded repeatedly.

The two continued walking, and when they were near a telephone booth, Ran Mao Li suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Conan looked up in confusion.

"That person..." Ran Mao Li hesitated.

Conan looked forward.

A man wearing a knitted hat was walking out of the telephone booth with a cigarette in his mouth. He was walking towards them. Seeing Ran Mao Li and Conan looking at him, he also stopped.

The three stood face to face.

Conan frowned. This person looks so familiar? Where have you seen him?

That's right! This person was also present during the last bus hijacking incident, and was called over by the criminals to be a substitute.

Conan instinctively doubted. How could he be here? What a coincidence?

Could it be that... Conan took a half step forward without making a sound and protected Ran Mao Li behind him.

Ran Maori noticed Conan's little move, and her heart was warmed.

Shuichi Akai looked at the two of them calmly, and his eyes fell on Ran Maori. He slowly spoke, and the slightly cold voice came into the ears of the two: "You look much stronger than before."

"What?" Ran Maori was a little stunned.

"Nothing." Shuichi Akai smiled and walked towards the two.

When they passed by, Shuichi Akai suddenly said: "I hope you don't just look strong on the surface."

When I first met Ran Maori, she stood in the rain and cried alone; and recently, when I was secretly monitoring and protecting her, I would see her showing a fragile and worried expression from time to time.

This girl doesn't seem to be as strong as she seems. Is she troubled by something?

Ran Maori's eyes widened slightly, and she stood there in shock.

"Ran, do you know this person?" Conan asked in a deep voice.

Mao Lilan came back to her senses and said, "I've seen him before. I met him when I went to New York with you."

"Huh?" Conan was stunned. How could he not know about this?

"I was waiting for you in front of the abandoned building at that time. This man suddenly came over and asked me if I had seen a Japanese man with long silver hair and stubble on his face."

Conan was shocked. New York, silver-haired man, isn't that the building where they met the road demon?

"Come to think of it, on the day we went to the blind date between Inspector Shiratori and Officer Sato, he also appeared there. It seemed that he was looking for someone, but he recognized the wrong person."

"What?" Conan's pupils shrank suddenly. Could it be that the person who secretly monitored Mao Lilan was Shuichi Akai?

"But I don't think he's one of them," Ran Maori comforted Conan when she saw his ugly face, "Because the person who came with him at that time was wearing a jacket with the FBI logo, so I think he might be..." Ran Maori didn't finish her words, but Conan already understood what she meant. She thought Shuichi Akai should be an FBI agent. Is he really an FBI agent? Conan subconsciously doubted. Because he only met him once in the bus hijacking incident, Conan didn't take him seriously, but Ran Maori said that Shuichi Akai appeared around them one after another. Let's not talk about the New York date, was the blind date a coincidence? Or, who did he follow? Him? Ran Maori? Or... Tomoaki Niide?