My neighbor's name is Conan

Ayumi introduced, "This is Miss Akimoto Yasuyo. She just moved to Sanchome and used to live in the apartment next to my house."

"Hello, Miss Akimoto, could you please tell me the situation?" Aoki Matsu looked at Yasuyo Akimoto and said.

Akimoto Yasuyo nodded and then said, "This is what happened. Because of work, I have been working overtime this week. Until yesterday, I took the last train home every day. The first time I saw the bearded patrolman was last night, which was the first night of overtime.

I took the last train home and walked towards San-chome where I lived. I met the patrolman, who used a flashlight to help me light the way and escorted me for a while. He also said, "It is very dangerous for a single woman to walk alone at night, so you must be more careful."

Qing Musong frowned and asked, "Is that all?"

Akimoto Yasuyo nodded, and then continued: "Yes, the next day, the day after that, it was the same. I saw the patrolman on my way home every night after get off work this week."

Qing Musong raised his eyebrows and asked, "So, he escorted you home every day, no, escorted you for a while?"

"Not really." Akimoto Yasuyo said, "A few days ago he was escorting an elderly couple, and we just said hello to each other."

Aoki Matsu confirmed: "An elderly couple?"

"Yes, outside the convenience store over there," Akimoto Yasuyo replied, "That's what they said at the time. The patrolman said to the elderly couple, 'It's too dangerous for you two to go out at night. You'd better not go out in the future.' The old man said the old woman said, 'She suddenly said she wanted to drink some soda.' The old woman said the old man said, 'You said you wanted to eat pudding.'"

Akimoto Yasuyo said: "Last night, I saw the patrolman supporting a drunk man. He was a middle-aged man, thin and smelling of alcohol. I didn't see his face clearly. At that time, the patrolman wanted to take the man home, but the man insisted on walking on his own and sat on the ground without moving. I greeted the patrolman, thanked him for his care, and then left. I don't know what happened next."

After Qing Musong finished recording, he asked, "Miss Qiu Ben, do you remember anything else?"

Akimoto Yasuyo thought about it, then shook his head and said, "There is nothing else."

Ayumi exclaimed: "The more I listen, the more I think he's a good person."

"Yeah." Yuan Tai agreed.

Upon hearing this, Huiyuan Ai also said: "No wonder I believe he is a real policeman."

"But according to regulations, police officers in uniform are not allowed to have beards," said Aoki Matsu.

Sayuri responded, "So that person must be a fake policeman."

Conan was very confused at this time and asked, "But why did that person pretend to be a patrolman?"

Qing Musong nodded in his heart when he heard this. This was indeed why this person pretended to be a patrolman! Moreover, he pretended so crudely that anyone who knew a little about the police would find that he was a fake policeman.

"What's the purpose?" The police officer from the Mihua Police Station thought for a moment and said, "I think a person pretending to be a policeman must be trying to do something bad."

Hearing this, Qing Musong looked at him and asked, "Then what bad thing do you think it will be?"

"Um... what kind of bad thing did you do?" The other party scratched his head awkwardly and said, "As for what kind of thing it is, I can't guess."

At this time, the landline on the table rang, and the police officer hurried to answer it. "Yes... This is... Oh, yours. Our guess is that the house was robbed a few days ago... No, the suspect has not been caught yet... But judging from the modus operandi, it should be the same thief who broke into houses and robbed houses this week."

"There have been a series of break-in and burglary cases!" Yuan Tai was shocked when he heard the police officer say this.

At this time, Sayuri suddenly said, "Could that person be the culprit in the series of burglary cases?"

"A thief who broke into a house?" Akimoto Yasuyo was full of disbelief. "Impossible?"

Mitsuhiko said thoughtfully, "He used his police identity to pretend to be on patrol while looking for houses to break into. His affability was just a deliberate disguise to deceive people."

"If that's the case, did the elderly couple report it?" Conan said, "If the patrolman was a burglar, he would have taken the opportunity of sending the elderly couple home to find out their schedule and activities, and then find an opportunity to commit the crime."

"This." The police officer next to him checked the records and said, "No."

Ayumi supported, "Then he is a good man."

The police officer shook his head and said, "We can't jump to conclusions so early. Maybe they just didn't have time to act. Anyway, we can't deny that possibility."

Qing Musong thought for a moment and said, "There must be other people who have seen the policeman, like the old couple and the drunk man."

"Yes, maybe we can find some clues by asking those people." Aihara Yoji said, "Ms. Akimoto, do you remember who those people are?"

Upon hearing this, Akimoto Yasuyo immediately said, "I don't know the drunk man last night. But I have met that old couple several times in Tielong."

"Iron Dragon? What place is that?" asked Yoji Aihara in surprise.

"It's a ramen restaurant." Aoki Matsu replied.

In the world of science, the places with the most cases in Tokyo, Beika-cho and Haido-cho, Aoki Matsu has memorized every trick and every store location.

So everyone went to Tielong Ramen Restaurant.

There were no customers in the store. The owner, with a serious look on his face, was processing the ingredients, apparently preparing for the evening.

After entering, Qing Musong showed his criminal certificate and then asked the boss: "I have something I want to ask you now. Is it convenient for you now?"

"Please wait a moment. I will take care of this batch of things." The boss nodded continuously.

The boss is a 33-year-old man, Tetsuji Odawara, who looks intimidating without even getting angry, which makes Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi a little scared.

Mitsuhiko even muttered quietly: "He seems to be angry."

"And he's very angry." Yuan Tai echoed.

The two were whispering to each other and were heard by Odawara Tetsuji, who said, "I'm not angry, don't make a mistake."

"Ah!" Being caught on the spot, Mitsuhiko and the others were a little embarrassed.

Akimoto Yasuyo comforted him, "Although this boss seems a little difficult to deal with, his ramen is delicious, so I come here often to eat."

Then, Yasuyo Akimoto picked up a small magazine on the table, opened it and revealed the promotional page of Tetsuryu Ramen Restaurant, which also had a photo of Yasuyo Akimoto eating ramen in the restaurant.

"Really?" Ayumi said while looking at the picture in the magazine.

Yuan Tai was interested in the secret seasoning of Tielong Ramen Restaurant, and picked up the glass seasoning bottle on the table, "This is it, the secret of deliciousness."

Seeing this, Mitsuhiko quickly said, "Don't touch other people's things!"

"Tsk!" Yuantai stacked the glass seasoning bottles on the table, and a drop of seasoning splashed out through the tube of the seasoning bottle and splashed onto Ayumi's floral skirt.

"Ah!" Ayumi protested, "Yuanta, come on, the food is splattered all over."

"Did it splash out?" Yuantai was a little embarrassed.

"I didn't eat ramen, but I smell like ramen." Ayumi wiped it with a handkerchief, but how could it be wiped clean? She frowned and said, "Disgusting!"

Upon seeing this, Mitsuhiko quickly scolded: "Yuanta..."

"I didn't mean it!" Yuan Tai argued.

At this time, the boss, Tetsuji Odawara, wiped his hands and signaled that he was ready.

"It's like this." Seeing this, Qing Musong ignored the little ones and went straight forward to tell them about the fake policeman. "So, we are now looking for clues about that fake policeman."

"I remember sometimes," said Akimoto Yasuyo, "I would see an old couple eating ramen here. They were a very close couple and they would sit here by the window."

"Oh, it's them." The boss, Odawara Tetsuji, thought for a moment and said, "Their surname is Takayanagi, I think, and they seem to live in..."

The boss, Odawara Tetsuji, didn't say anything more, and motioned for everyone to look outside. The old couple just happened to pass by. "That's the couple."

Everyone hurried out, and Qing Musong stopped two people and explained the situation to them.

"Fake police?" The old man was a little reluctant to believe. "Is there some misunderstanding here? Right?"

The old lady agreed, "Yes! He is a very kind and good-hearted patrolman."

"That's right." The old man said, "Our house wasn't robbed either. You must have made a mistake."

Qing Musong shook his head and said that it was impossible to be wrong. No policeman would grow a beard except for undercover agents. But if he was an undercover agent, he would not wear patrolman's clothes so blatantly.

The old couple's statements were consistent, and Qing Musong asked about the details of that day, but didn't get anything special out of him.

Just as Akimoto Yasuyo said, they suddenly wanted to eat some sweets, so they went out to buy something. When they came out of the convenience store, they ran into the patrolman, and when they were talking, they met Akimoto Yasuyo. Later, Akimoto Yasuyo left, and it was the patrolman who used a flashlight to light the way and escorted them home.

After Qing Musong recorded the old couple's address, he let them leave and said he would go back to them if he had any questions.

Conan also had a headache at this time, and whispered to Huihara Ai: "His evaluation is so good!"

"It seems that it's a waste of time to ask further." Huibara Ai said lightly.

Haibara Ai's thoughts were the same as Aihara Yoji's: "Who on earth is that guy?"

At this time, the police officer from the Beika Police Station came over and said, "Inspector Aoki, we just received a tip-off that there was another burglary at a house in Ni-chome late last night."

Qing Musong frowned when he heard this. "Just now you said that there have been a lot of break-ins and thefts in this area recently, right?"

"That's right! It seems that the true identity of the fake policeman is about to be revealed." said the police officer.

The implication is that, like Sayuri, she thinks this fake policeman is a robber who breaks into a house!

"He was pretending to be on patrol while looking for a house to break into. His goal was to steal."

But Aoki Matsu has doubts about this.

It is true that you need to scout the area in advance when breaking into a house, but the problem is that there is no need to pretend to be a patrolman to scout the area!

You should know that the punishment for being caught for theft is not as severe as the punishment for impersonating a police officer.

Well, even if the thief didn't know about this, after all, not every prisoner would study these things and do such a stupid thing.

Normally, it should be low-key, and after scouting the area, it should be a low-key burglary.

There's no need for such fanfare!

Besides, at night, you can rely on the lights to see which houses are occupied and which are not. There is no need to disguise yourself as a patrolman!

This is Tokyo, an international metropolis. Not to mention staying up all night, there are many people doing nightlife until three or four in the morning.

If you wear ordinary clothes, a T-shirt on the upper body and jeans on the lower body, as long as you don't look shifty or do any obscene actions, you will definitely not be suspected when walking through here.

Although he didn't know the purpose of the fake policeman, Aoki Matsu felt that he would not be a thief who broke into a house.

But except for Conan and Haibara Ai, the other little ones believed it.

"So..." Yuan Tai said in surprise.

Mitsuhiko responded: "He is a thief!"

Conan also thought with a serious expression: "It is indeed impossible to completely deny the possibility."

"It shouldn't be!" Akimoto Yasuyo argued, "It must be a mistake. I don't think that person is the kind of person who would do such a bad thing.

The police officer asked back: "Then what do you think is his purpose? Why did he go to such great lengths to pretend to be a policeman?"

Akimoto Yasuyo was speechless, and then he said weakly: "That's not the case. I think the thief who broke into the house must be someone else. I always thought he was a kind-hearted patrolman."

The police officer did not want to argue with Akimoto Yasuyo in front of Aoki Matsu, his leader, so he looked at Aoki Matsu and said, "Inspector Aoki, I have to go to the scene. I'll excuse you first."

"Yeah." Aoki Matsu nodded.

The other party is a police officer from the Beika Police Station and is not under Aoki Matsu's jurisdiction. It's already good enough that he can cooperate with Aoki Matsu.

After the police officer left, Akimoto Yasuyo insisted, "I always thought he was a warm-hearted and kind policeman."

Seeing this, Ayumi felt sorry for her and looked at Akimoto Yasuyo and said, "Big sister..."

Huiyuan Ai sighed indifferently: "The trust between people is very fragile."

Sayuri looked at Aoki Matsu at this time and said, "Brother, you feel it."

"I don't think that fake policeman is a thief, but this is just my subjective feeling. Evidence is needed to solve a case. I want to know what his purpose is in pretending to be a policeman?" Aoki Matsu looked at Akimoto Yasuyo and said, "Ms. Akimoto, although I say this, you may find it hard to accept it, but have you ever heard of 'crocodile tears'?"

Akimoto Yasuyo was stunned when he heard this. "Crocodile tears?"

Qing Musong nodded. "This is a famous Western proverb. Legend has it that crocodiles shed hypocritical tears before eating people. Because of different standpoints, sometimes what you think is a good thing may be a bad thing for others. People who kill and set fires may not have helped old ladies cross the road."