My neighbor's name is Conan

Just as Aoki Matsu was in deep thought, editor Shimaki suddenly said, "Officer, can I leave now? Do I really have to rush back to the editorial office to work?" He looked at his watch as he spoke.

Without waiting for Aoki Matsu to speak, Manda Nenjiu spoke first: "Hey, hey, you should come back after you finish proofreading the manuscript. Aren't we still discussing the next work?"

Editor Shimaki touched the back of his head when he heard this, and said awkwardly, "But Mr. Manda, let's not rush to discuss mystery novels today."

"Mystery novel?!" Qing Musong raised his eyebrows: "Didn't you say you wrote a period novel?"

Neon’s period novels are historical novels.

"Well, I want to take on a challenge at this age, and in fact, I'm almost there," said Man Tian Nian Jiu.

At this time, Huihara Ai noticed something: "Now that he mentioned it, I seem to have seen some books on the shelf. More than half of them are mystery novels."

Ms. Ichimura also said, "Yes, yes, Mr. Originally likes to read detective novels. He also said that his first work must be a mystery novel."

"Ah!" Wantian Nianjiu was shocked when he heard this.

Aoki Matsu had been paying attention to Man Tian Nianjiu's actions, and he immediately understood what was going on when he saw this.

The mystery novel that Man Tian Nianjiu said he wrote was most likely not written by him, but by Yuan Xiaoping. He killed Yuan Xiaoping and took the novel for himself.

Ms. Ichimura had her back to Aoki Matsu and Manda Tokuhisa, so she didn't know this. She continued to talk to Haibara Ai and the other two, "The detective character designed by Haragi-san is really interesting."

Fearing that Ms. Ichimura might reveal something if she continued, Manda Nenku immediately stepped forward to interrupt Ms. Ichimura and said, "Ms. Ichimura, did he ask you to bring anything today?"

Seeing the look on Manda Nenjiu's face, Aoki Matsu shook his head and said, "This guy has really bad mental quality and poor acting skills. He's simply exploding himself."

Thinking of this, Aoki Matsu took out a small notebook from his pocket, wrote a line on it, placed it in front of editor Shimaki, and motioned for him to read it.

Editor Shimaki was stunned when he saw this, and his pupils dilated after taking a look.

Aoki Matsu took the initiative to cover editor Shimaki's mouth, made a hushing gesture to him, then let go of his mouth and pointed at the words on the small notebook.

Editor Shimaki hesitated for a few seconds and then nodded to show that he agreed.

Then Aoki Matsu handed the small notebook to Maruta Ayumi and others, asking them to make arrangements in advance.

Ms. Ichimura was stunned by Manda Tokugawa's words. "Huh?"

"Did you forget?" Man Tian Nian Jiu didn't notice what was happening behind him, and said to Ms. Ichimura, "Didn't he often ask you to help buy some of his collections? Every time he was too busy to go out."

"Today." Ms. Ichimura was a little confused. "Besides waking him up..." At this point, she suddenly remembered something. "Ah, I only made an appointment for him to see the dentist, but he didn't ask me to buy anything for him."

"Is that so? No, I called him from the hotel earlier, and he told me that he was very happy that everything was finally together today." At this point, Maruta Ayumi smiled and said to Ms. Ichimura, "It's okay, don't worry about it. I think it must be something boring."

Upon hearing this, Qing Mu Song took a few steps forward, looked at Man Tian Nian Jiu and asked, "Did you call Mr. Yuan Mu today?"

"Yes, every time I really have no inspiration, I will call him to change my mood." Man Tian Nianjiu explained.

Qing Musong raised his eyebrows. "Was there anything unusual about him at that time?"

[The more questions you ask, the more answers Man Tian Nianjiu will give. The more lies he will tell, the easier it will be for him to reveal his true colors.]

"No!" Man Tian Nianjiu replied, "It feels no different from usual."

"Do you remember when you made the call?" Aoki Matsu continued to ask.

Man Tian Nianjiu answered without thinking, "Before 2 o'clock."

Aoki Matsu nodded, then gave a look to Editor Shimaki, who nodded.

"Well, it suddenly occurred to me that I could borrow the computer at Teacher Manda's home to proofread the manuscript. The teacher's home is just across the street, so it would be more convenient if the police officers need to find me for something. Teacher, I'll stay at your home tonight and discuss your next book with you. Do you think that's okay?" Editor Shimaki said.

Man Tian Nianjiu naturally wanted it. "Okay, no problem. Officer, do you think we can go now?"

Qing Musong nodded, "Okay."

Then Man Tian Nianjiu left with the cat and editor Shimaki.

Conan looked at Manda Nenjiu seriously, then looked at Aoki Matsu, thought for a while and didn't say anything. Because he had seen Aoki Matsu's little trick behind Manda Nenjiu before, and it seemed that Aoki Matsu already knew that the other party was the murderer, but he had no evidence, so...

After Manda Nenku and Editor Shimaki arrived at the house opposite, Manda Nenku first asked Editor Shimaki to sit in the living room while he went to tidy up the study.

Editor Shimaki agreed, and then Manda Nenku went to the study to read the detective novel first to get a general idea of ​​it.

Who would have thought that as soon as he took out the CD, he was caught by the person that Qingmu Song had arranged next to the window.

There are bloodstains of the victim on the CD, and now there are Wan Tian's fingerprints from a long time ago, so he has no chance to argue.

"I didn't expect it was really Mr. Manda..." Editor Shimaki felt a little disappointed.

The motive for Manda Nenjiu's murder was because Gao Ping had originally said that he would be in charge of all matters related to the production, and that Manda Nenjiu would just sit there and be a good audience. This made Manda Nenjiu feel so sad and unwilling, so...

Qing Musong said nothing after hearing this. There was nothing much to say about this matter. It was just because of greed.

"Take it away." Aoki Song said.

Afterwards, Aoki Matsu thanked editor Shimaki and asked someone to send him back. He didn't need to go back to the publishing house now. Manda had become a murderer and no one would buy his book.

After Aoki Matsu had Sayuri and the others sent back, he went home in a police car.

Then I told Shinna Kaori about the case.

Hearing this, Shinname Kaori sighed and said, "This kind of thing is not uncommon in the literary circle. After all, few people can let go of fame and fortune."

As long as there are people pursuing fame and fortune, this kind of thing will never stop.

***

The next day, Aoki Matsu went to work on time, but he didn't expect to receive a call to the police early in the morning, saying that someone was found dead in the Pearl Apartment in Beika Higashimachi.

Aoki Song was assigned to investigate this case again. When he arrived at Pearl Apartment and got out of the police car, two familiar voices sounded from the side: "Inspector Aoki." "Brother Aoki."

Aoki Matsu turned his head subconsciously and looked over. Haha, who else could it be if it wasn't Maori Kogoro and Conan? !

"Detective Mori, could the deceased be your client?" Aoki Matsu asked with a raised eyebrow.

Maori Kogoro shook his head and said, "No, I was just taking this brat to read in the bookstore next door. I heard the alarm and came out to check what was going on."

Upon hearing this, Aoki Matsu ignored Maori Kogoro who was standing beside him, and instead looked at the police officer who had arrived earlier and asked, "What's the situation?"

"The victim is Ms. Saikawa Murakami, the owner of Pearl Apartment 6. She is years old and a mystery novelist. She lives here alone." The police officer replied.

"I understand." Aoki Matsu nodded and went upstairs.

Maori Kogoro hurriedly followed him upstairs, muttering as he walked: "I remember there was a mystery novelist with this name."

"Teacher Saikawa Murasaki was a very famous mystery novel writer in the past, but in recent years, her works are not as popular, but she is still a best-selling mystery writer." Aoki Matsu said.

During her heyday, she was known as Japan's number one female mystery writer.

Unfortunately, I don’t know if it’s because she’s getting older and her brain power is not as good, or she can’t keep up with the times, or the new generation of young writers are too good. In short, the sales of her new works are not as good as before, but relying on her previous fame, she is still among the best-selling mystery writers.

If Japan ranked all mystery writers, it would be a bit of an exaggeration to say that she was in the top ten, but she should be in the top fifty.

"More famous than Miss Arata?" Kogoro Mouri asked subconsciously.

"Right now, the sales of Kaori's new works are higher than her current ones, but they still don't reach the sales of her peak period works," said Aoki Matsu. "She is also someone Kaori idolizes."

Before, Aoki Matsu and Shinname Kaori had met each other at various banquets attended by the work circle and said hello to each other, so he knew it so clearly.

Wearing gloves, Aoki Song entered the scene.

The police officer at the side continued, "Teacher Qichuan was hit on the head with an ornament and died on the spot. Judging from the state of the body, the victim's time of death should be between 7 and 9 last night. The exact time of death should be known after the forensic autopsy."

"I understand." Qing Musong nodded, checked the body, and after making sure that nothing was missing, he let the forensic detective take the body away.

[Especially for a writer, he won’t be another copyright fighter! ] Aoki Matsu complained in his mind.

"The first witness?" Aoki Matsu asked.

Maruta Ayumi quickly brought in the first witness, "Inspector, these two are the first witnesses."

A handsome guy wearing glasses who looked like he had just graduated from college nodded to Aoki Matsu and said, "I'm Tono, an employee of the editorial department of Labyrinth Publishing House, and I'm the editor in charge of liaison with Mr. Saikawa."

Standing next to him was an elderly man.

Maruta Ayumi introduced: "This is the manager of Pearl Apartment."

"I'm Murata." the other party said.

Maruta Ayumi looked at the two and said, "Please explain the situation again."

Editor Tono spoke first, "I was supposed to come this morning to deliver the materials she wanted me to deliver during the meeting last night, but no matter how many times I rang the doorbell, the teacher never answered the door.

At that time, I suddenly had a bad feeling, so I ran to ask the administrator for help. After he opened the door for me, I went in and saw the teacher... "At this point, editor Tono was a little sad and couldn't continue.

But everyone understood what he didn't say - he fell to the ground and died.

"I see. So, Mr. Toono, you also came to Mr. Saikawa's place yesterday, right?" Aoki Matsu asked.

Editor Tono nodded. "Yes, I was here, from the evening until around eight."

Qing Musong raised his eyebrows when he heard this. This was within the estimated time of death of Qichuan Village.

Although the writer is dead, according to scientific analysis, he was most likely a copyright fighter.

But there is a small chance that it is not.

The main reason is that Qingmu Song has never heard that Qichuancun has ever had an apprentice, and he has not seen Qichuancun bring new people to the banquet.

So if there are no apprentices in Qichuan Village, then this case should be treated as a normal case.

In a normal case, the first witness would be the most likely suspect.

So Qing Musong looked at Editor Yuanye and asked, "Editor Yuanye, besides ringing the doorbell, didn't you call Teacher Qichuan? Did you just rely on your intuition to know that something happened to her?"

Editor Tono was clearly prepared. While taking something out of his bag, he said, "I called the teacher, but no one answered. That's why I had a bad feeling."

As he said this, he took out a postcard from his bag and handed it to Aoki Song. "In fact, the teacher received something like this a few days ago."

Aoki Matsu took it and looked at it "Dear Mr. Saikawa Murasaki, I plan to use your life as my next collection. I will visit you soon."

"Murder notice!" Kogoro Mori and Ayumi Maruta were both shocked.

But Aoki Matsu frowned and said, "The sender is OROCHIYA RIO. I remember this character from Mr. Saikawa's masterpiece, and he is a genius criminal."

"That's right!" Editor Toono nodded in response.

"Ah, he is a character in the novel?" Kogoro Mouri was confused.

Maruta Ayumi was also confused: "The author was killed by a character in the novel?"

Aoki Matsu rolled his eyes when he heard this. "How could there be such a stupid thing? This must have been sent by the real murderer in the name of Ooshitani Ryo."

It's just very strange.

If the murderer was an arrogant criminal genius, he would not have dared to leave his own name or code name when sending a murder notice, and instead used the name of a character in the novel.

But if the murderer is not this kind of person, then why did he send a murder notice? Isn't he afraid that the victim will be alerted?

"That's true." Maruta Ayumi quickly admitted his mistake.

Editor Tono said, "But, it's clearly like this!"

Maori Kogoro also came to his senses at this time, "This is a trick played by the criminal, the purpose is to confuse the case."

Aoki Matsu disagrees with Kogoro Mori's inference, not because of science, but because only a fool would fall for such a trick.

Since the murderer sent this postcard at the risk of alerting the victim, that must be the reason.