Conan's All-Member Force Enhancement Plan

"Sister Xuanyu! Shanshan! You're back!"

The three members of the Boy Detective Team who were explaining the situation to Megure Jusan suddenly noticed Si Xuanyu and Shan Hai Jing who stood out from the crowd.

Si Xuanyu and Shan Hai Jing smiled and greeted Megure Jusan who came over. Megure Jusan also smiled and said, "It's Miss Si, long time no see."

Si Xuanyu smiled and said, "It's probably a good thing for me that Inspector Megure can't see me."

Megure Jusan laughed when he heard that: "That's true."

Then he turned his attention to Edogawa Conan: "The kid here who is most familiar to me is Conan."

Megure Jusan smiled bitterly: "In the past six months, I have seen Conan more often than I have seen my wife."

Conan Edogawa smiled awkwardly. It wasn't his fault. He didn't want any murder to happen, but who made him a destined detective?

Si Xuanyu also looked at Edogawa Conan: "Tsk, you are really something, you have only lived in Ni-chome for a few days, and there is already a murder here!"

Conan Edogawa immediately retorted unconvincedly: "What are you talking about! This is none of my business! I used to live..." and nothing happened here for more than ten years.

But at least Edogawa Conan still had some sense and did not say the second half of the sentence.

Si Xuanyu raised his eyebrows: "Before? What happened before?"

Edogawa Conan immediately shut his mouth and said aggrievedly: "No, nothing."

Takagi Wataru took over the half-sentence he was saying, and Takagi Wataru thought: "Before? Ah, come to think of it, when Conan was living in the Mori Detective Agency, it seems that there really were quite a few murders around. Even the restroom in the agency became a sensitive scene!"

Megure Jusan's dead eyes: "It seems that Conan is even more unlucky than Maori brother."

Conan Edogawa jumped up and down: "This is not bad luck! This is a unique guide for detectives!"

Takagi Shigeru scratched his head, smiled with satisfaction and said: "But fortunately, the case was solved every time and the murderer was brought to justice, so it can be considered as getting rid of harm to the people." He also made a lot of contributions because of this, and his professional title and salary were improved!

Megure Jusan sighed, "No matter what, it would be better if there weren't any murders! Unfortunately, for the past six months, I don't know what's going on. Various cases have emerged one after another, and large-scale terrorist attacks have occurred from time to time. It's really worrying."

Si Xuanyu said casually: "Maybe it's because of the bad luck of the country, but it doesn't matter, this situation won't last too long."

When Megure Jusan, Takagi Wataru and the Japanese people present heard Si Xuanyu say that their country's fortune was bad, their faces froze, but then they remembered that Si Xuanyu was Chinese.

Ah, for Chinese people, saying this kind of thing seems... normal?

The main reason is that they don't have enough confidence to argue with Si Xuanyu at the national level, and they also have some understanding of Si Xuanyu's strength.

I can’t beat him, I definitely can’t beat him.

In addition, when they heard Si Xuanyu say that the situation would not last long, they immediately said this somewhat strange sentence as Si Xuanyu's comfort to them.

Since there is consolation, the previous sentence about national destiny should have been just a casual remark without any malice.

Well, that must be it!

Everyone present silently comforted him, and Megure Jusan also forced a smile to save face: "But fortunately, the citizens are still calm and did not fall into panic. It seems that the psychological quality of our people is still very strong."

Shan Hai Jing smiled and continued, "That's true. After all, based on the frequency of murders, most of the citizens of Mihua should have relatives or friends who are related to murders. It's nothing strange."

……

The corners of Megure Jusan's mouth and those of the police officers twitched.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Edogawa Conan immediately pushed Si Xuanyu out: "Oh! Sister Xuanyu and Shanshan came back so late and haven't had dinner yet! Aunt Zhen made delicious spicy shredded chicken and small desserts today! You guys should go back and eat quickly!"

Si Xuanyu stood there with a smile on his face, saying, "We just went out for dinner. We are very full now!"

Edogawa Conan froze, then immediately thought of another excuse: "Well, Xiaolan and Sonoko seem to be coming over, you should go back and entertain them."

Si Xuanyu tilted his head: "Really? How come I didn't know about this?"

Conan Edogawa immediately put his hands together in a begging gesture, "Please, please leave quickly. Can't you see that Inspector Megure is embarrassed? This will affect his ability to solve the case!"

Seeing this, Si Xuanyu didn't make it any more difficult, and followed Edogawa Conan's words and walked out: "Okay, then I'll go back first, and won't interfere with your service to the citizens of Neon."

Megure Jusan's dead eyes: "Is she being sarcastic?"

Conan Edogawa tried to smooth things over: "No, no, Sister Xuan Yu just, just...well, anyway, let's get back to the case!"

The stunned Yoshida Ayumi and the others also came to their senses. After a brief struggle, they chose to stand on Si Xuanyu's side and quickly spoke up to divert the police's attention: "Yes, yes, yes! Inspector Megure, this is what happened..."

Megure Juzo immediately came down the stairs and listened to the children's reports seriously.

"So when you were playing at Dr. Agasa's house, a neighbor gave you a plate of snacks, so you wanted to return the favor with some snacks, but when you got here you found the door was ajar. You knocked on the door a few times and found no one answered, so you came in to check, and then you found this lady lying in a pool of blood, right?"

Megure Jusan, with his big belly sticking out, summarized while looking at the notebook in Takagi Wataru's hand: "Is this lady the one who brought you snacks?"

Yoshida Ayumi immediately shook her head and denied it: "No! The one who brought the snacks was an uncle with a messy beard."

Kojima added: "That's right! We thought the snacks weren't tasty because the uncle looked a bit unkempt, but we didn't expect them to taste really good!"

Megure Jusan nodded to show his understanding: "So it was the person who brought you the snacks who told you that he lived in this house, right?"

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya nodded: "Yes! Because we were thinking about returning the gift at that time, we specifically asked the uncle who sent the snacks where he lived."

At this time, the forensic examiner and the medical examiner came over and said, "Inspector Megure, the deceased died within an hour. He received a severe blow to the back of the head and died from excessive bleeding."

"From the scene, the cause of death should be that the deceased fell for unknown reasons and hit the back of his head on the corner of the table. There were no obvious signs of a fight at the scene."

Conan Edogawa added: "I saw a wedding photo in the house. The photo showed the deceased's aunt and an uncle. The uncle looked a bit like a dim sum uncle without a beard!"

The police officer who went to investigate the living conditions of this house also reported in time: "Inspector Megure, the owner of this house moved in five years ago. The household is a couple. The female owner is Iida Meiko, who is the deceased, and the male owner is Takahashi Mura. His whereabouts are currently unknown. The couple has no children."

The police officer who went to visit the neighbors added: "It is said that when Iida Meiko and Takahashi Mura first moved in, they acted very affectionate, going out to work together, shopping for groceries together and cooking together, and basically going in and out together.

But since last year, Gaoqiaocun rarely went out, as if he was unemployed. Iida Meiko went to get off work, went home and bought groceries as usual, but she looked much more haggard and always had a sad face.

I heard that a few days ago, Meiko Iida asked an agent to come to her house to look at it, and it seemed that she wanted to sell the house, but the agent was kicked out by Takahashi Village.

This afternoon, many neighbors received snacks from Gaoqiao Village. A neighbor who was familiar with him asked him a few questions and heard that he had found a job and would go to work tonight. Iida Meiko was very happy and made a lot of snacks for him to give to the neighbors to celebrate.

at night?

Edogawa Conan was stunned, and Megure Jusan also looked sideways: "Working at night?"

The police officer nodded and said, "Yes, we asked, but no one knew how it worked. They only said that Gao Qiaocun mentioned it once, but he refused to tell us when asked again."

Conan Edogawa recalled carefully and realized that he had seen this couple of neighbors before, but he had to go to school and the school and this couple were in two different directions, so they rarely met.

But he also had a vague impression that the situation was indeed as the police officer said.

Unfortunately, Dr. Agasa is too much of a homebody and rarely interacts with his neighbors, so he knows very little about these things.

Although No. 11 has only been in the area for a short time, its residents are very vigilant and have a detailed grasp of the surrounding situation.

I wonder if I can get any clues from No. 11.

As soon as the owner of No. 11, Si Xuanyu, came back, he asked Hiroki Sawada about this matter. Hiroki Sawada said that he also checked the surveillance after hearing about the case, but the house was a bit far from them, so there was no useful information.

As for snacks, No. 11 also received one, but they didn't touch it yet as they thought they would wait for Si Xuanyu to come back before eating together.

However, the snack suspected to have been sent by the murderer has now been sent to the police as evidence.

Si Xuanyu didn't take it too seriously at first.

As for murders, it's just like what is said in the Classic of Mountains and Seas: they are nothing unusual.

Although this case was not in the memory of Shan Hai Jing, "Detective Conan" was still being serialized when they came over, so it was normal for some cases that they didn't know about to appear.

It was not until the case was solved and he heard the Junior Detective Team coming to talk to Huibara Ai about the case that Si Xuanyu paid some attention to the murderer.

To be precise, it is to focus on the methods used by the murderer.

"Xiao Ai! Xiao Ai! We have solved another murder case!"

"The murderer is indeed Gao Qiaocun!"

"Aunt Ida Meiko is so pitiful!"

The three of them began to chatter about the truth they had learned.

Takahashimura lost his job a year ago, and his mortgage is entirely paid by Iida Meiko, but the houses here are too expensive, and Iida Meiko's salary is not enough, so she has to ask their mom and dad for help. Iida Meiko felt embarrassed, so she urged Takahashimura to find a new job to earn money.

But Gao Qiaocun lost his job because he neglected his duties and caused huge losses to the company. The news spread throughout the industry and no one wanted him. It was also difficult for him to change careers.

Meiko Iida advised Gao Qiaocun to find some jobs with lower thresholds, and it didn't matter if he earned less money, at least to make a transition first. But Gao Qiaocun was unwilling to do so, thinking that he was a high-income earner before, and he would only be willing to find a job with at least the same salary as before.

Later, Gaoqiaocun didn't even want to go out, as he felt that his neighbors would laugh at him as an unemployed man.

In order to comfort Takahashimura, Meiko Iida didn't even urge him to do housework. She would do the housework after coming home from work every day and then comfort Takahashimura.

Later, both of their mothers and fathers tactfully told Meiko Iida that they didn't have much money and couldn't continue to help them pay their mortgages.

Meiko Iida also felt guilty, so she proposed selling the house and buying a cheaper smaller one. This would save her the pressure of paying the mortgage and she could also use the money to pay back both sets of parents.

But Gaoqiaocun was still unwilling to do so. He believed that a house was also a symbol of status, and as a high-paid and top student, he could not live in an old and dilapidated house.

Meiko Iida became angry and felt that Takahashi Village was too vain and did not take the actual situation into consideration at all.

Takahashi felt that Meiko Iida looked down on him because he was unemployed.

A conflict broke out between the two and it got out of control, with them quarreling every day.

Until recently, Meiko Iida couldn't bear it anymore and found an agent to sell the house.

But Gaoqiaocun just scolded the man out with harsh words, and then the two had another big fight.

Meiko Iida couldn't stand it anymore and asked for a divorce.

Takahashimura refused, because he knew very well that once he divorced Iida Meiko, he would be penniless and it would be difficult for him to survive.

So he had no choice but to compromise and go out to find a job.

But he wasn't sincere about looking for a job, so he just went out sloppily every day and wandered around the neighborhood.

A few days ago, when he was wandering around the area, he accidentally discovered a tunnel that led directly from the commercial street to Beika-cho 2-chome.

This suddenly gave him a bold idea.

Si Xuanyu was originally listening to gossip on the side. When this was said, she immediately narrowed her eyes: "Underground?"