"He seems to be there all the time, and he's always behind dad, helping him with reasoning. He's like my dad's little assistant."

"From behind him?" Hattori was a little confused. He lifted Conan up with ill intentions and looked at him, "Come out from behind to help."

"Because I like playing detective games—"

Just as I was about to say something, the lights suddenly turned off and everything around me was dark.

"Hmm? Is there another magnetic field?" Chu Ming sat up straight. His good night vision allowed him to clearly see Kento Toba holding an ice pick in his hand. At this time, Fujisawa was opening his lighter and preparing to turn on the light.

"This wave is worth it, three magnetic fields, so nice." Sitting on the chair and shaking his feet, Chu Ming prepared to start eating.

"Ah——" With a scream and the sound of glass breaking, Chu Ming stood up in surprise. Where is the magnetic field? How could he have such a big magnetic field? No way, this murderer couldn't be so useless that he could stab such a big person? This batch of murderers was the worst batch he had ever seen!

The lights were turned on. Chu Ming looked at Fujisawa with displeasure, who was screaming so miserably even though he was only stabbed in the arm by an ice spike, and sat back with a lack of interest.

"There's a big hole in the window. The murderer must have slipped away after committing the crime! Ran, let's go--" Before Kogoro Mouri could finish his words, Chu Ming interrupted him lazily.

"Yes, uncle means the murderer is still among us!"

"..."

"..."

Everyone had a questioning look on their faces, wondering if there was something wrong with their ears?

Ever since Hattori began to suspect Conan, he has completely given up on studying Chu Ming's Mao's elimination method, and is now looking at Chu Ming with a dark face.

Seeing that Maori Kogoro's eyes widened and he wanted to refute, Chu Ming quickened his speech: "Uncle is right. When I was sitting here just now, I felt that the murderer picked up a chair, smashed the glass and put the chair back. If he really jumped out of the window to escape, how could he have put the chair back in time?"

Maori Kogoro was interrupted by Chu Ming and was about to get angry. However, after hearing Chu Ming's analysis, he coughed twice and changed the topic: "Ms. Iwami, when the power went out just now, I heard you shouting in the kitchen that the fuse was broken, right?"

The waitress nodded and said, "Yes, when I was about to plug in the coffee maker, the power went out with a click."

Everyone went to the kitchen to see the scene. Chu Ming lazily sat in the chair, not moving.

Conan was halfway there when he saw Chu Ming still in the living room, so he ran over to pull him back. He was about to be exposed again, so he needed someone to cover for him.

When they entered the kitchen, they heard Maori Kogoro pointing his finger at Mr. Kawazu and said, "You are the murderer, right? You and Mr. Toba are the only ones who have come into contact with the wire. Mr. Toba and Ms. Ayako are a couple who are about to get married, so they will definitely not kill their girlfriend. Only you!"

Chu Ming raised his eyebrows, poked the Hattori in front of him, and raised his eyebrows to Conan, and whispered: "Uncle Maori has already told us that the murderer is Mr. Toba, and now we just need to find evidence."

Hattori looked at Maori Kogoro who was lying seriously, and then looked at Chu Ming's upright expression. He suddenly doubted his own judgment. It was just as Chu Ming said before. As long as he listened to Maori Kogoro's judgment in reverse, he could find the real murderer... He really suspected Toba Kento. Could Maori Kogoro really have real skills? That kid was really just an assistant?

No, try again.

"I think Mr. Maori's reasoning this time makes sense, kid, what do you think?"

Conan was thinking with his chin in his hand. When he heard someone asking him a question, he answered casually: "I think that Toba Kento that Chu Ming brother mentioned is very suspicious, and Miss Ayako's death seemed to be sudden. It is very likely that it was not in the murderer's plan. Moreover, the only person who communicated with Miss Ayako before her death was Mr. Toba. The excuse used is very likely that the collection of books, but I haven't thought of what the evidence is-um..."

Chu Ming did not remind him again. In order to prevent Hattori from seeing through his vest, he had tried very hard to teach Hattori the Mao's elimination method. Obviously, Hattori was not worried about solving the case. He almost fooled him before. At this time, he didn't stay quiet and acted like this... Chu Ming decided to quit and let him go.

Conan realized that something was wrong and touched his head, trying to get away with it. "I'm just guessing. I also want to be a detective~ Just like my uncle~ I'm just a child and I don't know anything~"

Conan, who was acting cute, was pulled aside by Xiaolan, but Hattori's deep eyes stopped on Conan. Sure enough, this child was -

Conan was also restless on the side, looking around. It seemed that Brother Chu Ming was such a strong reasoner, but he always liked to slack off and was playing with folding paper frogs. Um, wait, paper?

He suddenly remembered what Xiaolan said at noon that she saw Oki Ayako wandering around the corridor with a stack of papers. If she wanted to see the answers, she would definitely not look at other people's papers. The first priority would definitely be to look at her boyfriend's papers.

He was just about to knock out Kogoro Mori as usual, but then he glanced at Hattori next to him. No, it would be bad if he was discovered.

He pulled the corner of Hattori's clothes and said, "Hey, big brother, when Miss Ayako took the test paper to try to cheat at noon, whose test paper did she look at? Now you know the evidence, right?"

Hattori looked down at Conan who was blinking and acting cute, and recalled the righteous Kudo Shinichi that day, with a proud look on his face.

"I have no idea what's going on ~because I'm stupid~"

Conan Half Moon Eyes, hey, are you so shameless? You even start to make fun of yourself just to hook me.

He turned around and tried to find Chu Ming. Although Chu Ming didn't know that the uncle's reasoning was all from him, now that things had come to this, he had already known his identity. Knowing this would at most break his filter on the uncle, and he wouldn't care much about it anymore, huh? Where is Brother Chu Ming?

You want me to be your tool? No way! Chu Ming quietly hid in the kitchen at the back, drinking coffee, keeping his achievements and fame to himself.

Conan glanced at Hattori who was looking very smug. Damn it, if that’s the case, don’t blame me for being ruthless. Just watch and see if I stab you or not. You’re done for.

"I'm going to the bathroom..." Conan glanced at Hattori, turned around and prepared to go out, and quickly hid behind the door.

Sure enough, Hattori also followed, but when he went out the door, Conan was no longer there.

"Huh? What about people?"

Chu Ming estimated that the time was about right, so he came out of the kitchen, just in time to see Hattori staggering in from the door and sitting down on the ground.

"I already know who the murderer is! It's you! Mr. Toba Kento!!"

The strange Kansai accent almost made Chu Ming laugh. To be a detective, do you have to learn accents from different places? Did you learn this in Hawaii?

"How could it be me? I just explained it. I stayed in my room all day yesterday. I was with you after dinner, right? And we were all in the hall when Ayako died. There was no timer ignition device in the garage. I can't split myself, so how could I be in the hall and kill Ayako in the garage?"

Uncle Mori rushed to Hattori with great momentum and punched him, finally giving him the chance to beat this kid.

Chu Ming noticed that Hattori's fingers moved, and when he realized that his voice was coming from behind him, a tiny, almost imperceptible smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

I found you, Kudo Shinichi.

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