Conan: Tennis Boys' Scripted Murder

The shop that Mao Lilan chose was the laundry because they had Mr. Kimura's coat and she wanted to see if she could find any clues from that.

Kogoro Mouri still looked indifferent. He sat on someone else's motorcycle parked in front of the store and admired his own mustache. It was because of this action that he saw the truck coming towards them in the rearview mirror.

He noticed that the truck was about to hit them, but still didn't slow down.

"Xiaolan, Conan, get out of the way!"

While shouting, he ran towards Mouri Ran and Edogawa Conan who were standing there, and knocked them to the ground. The laundry shop owner next to them also tried to dodge to the side.

The truck crashed straight into the wall. The person in the driving seat saw that no one was injured, so he quickly reversed the car. With a series of smooth movements, he quickly drove away from here.

Kogoro Mouri is really angry now. This criminal should never touch Xiaolan.

He caught up with the truck at the fastest speed, jumped up and grabbed the truck's rearview mirror. He only saw obvious burn marks on the driver's right elbow.

When the criminal saw Kogoro Mouri hanging on the side of the car, he was almost scared to death. He quickly shook the car body left and right and threw him off.

Kogoro Mouri rolled on the ground in a panic and pounded the ground hard with his fists. He would definitely catch this criminal and bring him to justice.

He gave the police the license plate of the truck he had just seen.

A group of people gathered on the rooftop, and Miyano Osamu received a call from the Ministry of Transportation, "Yes, yes, thank you for your help."

“The truck was stolen by criminals and has been abandoned not far away. Colleagues from the Forensic Department are collecting fingerprints to see if they can extract any information.

It seems that this criminal had premeditated the crime. Was his target Mr. Maori or Mr. Kimura whom he had never met?"

At this time, Takagi Wataru ran over to report to Miyano Osamu (Takagi Wataru's police rank was lower than Miyano Osamu), "Officer Miyano, the owner of the laundry shop only suffered some minor injuries, but just in case, the doctor kept him in the hospital for observation for one night."

"This is really too much! Even if you want to kill me, you can't involve innocent people!"

Kogoro Mouri was very angry, but also felt a little guilty. If the criminals' target was really him, the laundry shop owner suffered the disaster because of his mistake.

He felt the phone in his pocket vibrating, and when he took it out, he found it was Mr. Kimura's phone. The new text message read, "Kimura, I will definitely kill you tonight."

"I'm going to catch him!"

Miyano Osamu grabbed Mori Kogoro and he was pulled back two steps.

"Mr. Maori, your life is in danger now. You should not go out."

"I am the famous detective Maori Kogoro! I can't always accept the protection of your police. I have to take the initiative to find Mr. Kimura, and then follow the clues to catch the criminals!"

However, to the anxious Maori Ran, these words were interpreted as her father Maori Kogoro, who, due to face issues, did not intend to accept police protection and wanted to have a fight with the criminal hiding in the dark.

"Dad, your life is in danger now! Don't bother trying to save face!"

"What?! Xiaolan, you actually think that I care about my face!

Superficial! I did this for a reason. Now the criminals obviously think I am Mr. Kimura. If I am here, I can lure the criminals out and ensure that there will not be a second or third victim! "

Kogoro Mori's words were so righteous that neither Miyano Osamu nor Takagi Wataru could refuse.

"Mr. Maori, if you want to be bait, I can agree with you, but there is one requirement, that is, I must be by your side to protect you!"

"But, in this way, the criminals are likely not to take action."

"It's okay, I can dress up."

Miyano Osamu did what he said. He changed out of his unchanging suit (I don't know who came up with this idea, but police officers have to wear suits to work every day, which is really cumbersome), put on a hooded sweatshirt, a pair of blue jeans, and a pair of sneakers. He looked young and handsome no matter how he looked at him.

In this way, Miyano Osamu and Mori Jusaburo searched all the laundries in Beihua Town, but they couldn't find a Mr. Kimura who met their requirements.

Three days later, Miyano Osamu sat on the sofa in the Mori Detective Agency and began to recall the entire case.

The inspection results of the previously stolen truck have come out. Only the biological information of the original owner was found in the car. The criminals did not leave any fingerprints, let alone hair or anything like that.

The first time Kogoro Mouri was attacked was when steel bars fell from the roof of an abandoned building after he walked out of the Lemon Tavern. The second time he was attacked was when he was almost hit and killed by a truck in front of a laundry shop during the day.

The former can be said to be that Kogoro Mouri mistakenly wore Mr. Kimura's coat, and it was dark, so the criminal recognized the wrong person.

But in the latter case, not only did the criminals act in broad daylight, but Kogoro Mouri was not wearing Mr. Kimura's coat, but his own private clothes.

Clothing style, hairstyle, the impression given and many other factors may have made the criminal feel uncomfortable, but he still did it.

This doesn't make sense, unless...

"Conan, do you think it is possible that the criminal's original target was Mr. Maori, and Mr. Kimura was just a cover for him?"

Conan Edogawa was also thinking about this question, and was suddenly cueed by Miyano Osamu. He almost jumped up.

"Ah, Officer Miyano, why are you asking me this?"

"Because I found that Conan is also very perceptive and can always find some points that we adults would never expect."

"Haha, I see." Conan half believed and half doubted. He followed Miyano Osamu's words and said, "I also think this matter is very strange. You said that the criminal did not leave any information on the truck. Could it be because he has a criminal record? As long as he leaves information about his identity, he will be arrested?"

"Conan, you are really smart. If you are targeting Mr. Maori himself, then we need to start with Mr. Maori's social relationships.

The cases Mr. Maori usually solves are murder cases. Even if the murderers harbor hatred, they are willing but unable to do so, and are now in jail.

Conan, do you know of any small cases where the criminals have been released?"

Miyano Osamu's hint reminded Conan of a certain case. He ran to the cabinet and took out a booklet.

"Officer Miyano, this booklet contains news that Xiaolan cut out from the newspaper. It contains almost all the cases that Uncle Maori has solved. We can look for it together."

"Ok, no problem."

Miyano Osamu took the thick notebook from Conan and slowly began to search through it.