Conan reborn as a detective

Chapter 919 The Queen's Case

The side hall is used as a dining room.

After Gao Cheng found an excuse to get rid of Gerrard's men, he met Xiaolan under the arrangement of Keith. As for Conan, he said that he went out to investigate with the princess's bodyguard.

"I probably heard what Xiaolan said." Gao Cheng looked at Keith who entered the restaurant behind, "but you are the heir in line after Duke Gerald? As the earl, you may also design Jay to inherit the throne It's true, Ladd, that you're not there, but it's not out of the question to ask for help."

"you're right."

After listening quietly, Keith took out his calculator and walked towards Gao Chengdao.

"As expected of Japan's number one detective, since this is my commission, please investigate yourself..."

"I didn't come here for a commission fee," Gao Cheng said with a frown. "Involving civilians in this kind of thing without authorization, money can't solve it..."

"Don't worry, Princess Mira should be back today," Keith paused for a moment, then lowered his tone, "But, if no evidence is found, wait until the day after tomorrow for the coronation parade, Princess Mira..."

The figure of the princess appeared in Gao Cheng's mind.

"This is your business."

"If we have a way, we won't be in such a difficult situation," Keith entered the number on the calculator and handed it to Gao Cheng. "Although it's not a lot, it's these when converted into Japanese yen."

"So it's not about money..."

Gao Cheng snorted and glanced at the calculator.

"Senior Kido," Xiaolan was in a dilemma, and could only persuade Gao Cheng, "It's just too difficult for Conan to investigate."

……

Gao Cheng inspected the palace weapon management room under the leadership of Qisi's subordinate Garyel.

For this Qisi, he actually didn't quite understand. On the one hand, he was strong and rude, but on the other hand, he was able to compromise and admit his mistakes.

It can only be said that maybe he is really loyal to Princess Mila, and he is wholeheartedly thinking about the princess, putting her safety first.

Anyway, Gao Cheng didn't like this guy very much.

"We are responsible for the management of firearms," ​​Galil explained to Gao Cheng, "Even the royal family can't take them away at will, and there are records for their use."

Gao Cheng held a file and asked: "It says that there is no bullet in Queen Sacra's body, and the bullet left a penetrating wound. Finally, it was found in the soil that the rifling marks of the bullet corresponded to the shotgun in Prince Jill's hand... this file Is it credible?"

"I was at the scene at the time," Garyel said sadly, as if recalling the tragedy, "Can you please investigate carefully? As the head of the royal guard, I can't even protect the Queen, the Prince, and Mira. Okay, so I'm involving you in this...

"Please don't blame Master Keith, there is really no other way..."

"I've said it before, this can't be a reason to forcefully bring Xiaolan here. If you want to apologize, just apologize to Xiaolan."

Gao Cheng glanced at Garyel.

The kind-hearted Xiaolan is very considerate of these guys, and instead asks him to help with the investigation.

Can you not help me?

If he refuses like this, it will definitely be Xiaolan who will participate in the parade the day after tomorrow. Even he can't guarantee that Xiaolan will be safe and sound unless he discloses the news to that Gerald.

But Gerald is not a good person, even without Keith, it would be difficult for Gao Cheng to ignore him.

After a pause, Gao Cheng turned back to Garyel and asked, "Can you take me to see the scene?"

……

In the royal hunting ground, Lupine III drove Fujiko Mine and Princess Mira to a hillside, watching Mira get off the car and walk away.

"It is said that before going back, there is a place that must be seen..."

"The front is the place where the two died, right? Is it okay to let her go alone?" Mine Fujiko asked, "She is a good escape..."

"If she wants to escape, she won't come back obediently. Doesn't she also want to save that Japanese girl?" Lupine the Third said quietly leaning against the car, "And, if we are by our side, she won't be able to cry."

The incident happened at a cherry blossom tree on a hill. As the mountain wind blew, the branches swayed and the cherry blossoms fell. Mira stood under the tree alone.

"My lord, brother..."

"It seems like this is the only thing left for me... I can't do anything, I can't respond to other people's expectations, no one loves me, there is no other place except here where you are..."

"Besides here, there is no home for me..."

Mira curled up under the cherry blossom tree choked up, crying out sadly, Gao Cheng, who happened to be hiding behind the tree, couldn't help but hear it.

"It's still too early? Say something like this now..."

"Eh?"

Mira raised her head in a panic, wiped away her tears, and suspiciously found Gao Cheng who was leaning against the tree.

"You, why are you here?!" Mira yelled in disbelief and pointed at Gao Cheng, "I told you that I will let Xiaolan go back!"

"What's so strange?" Gao Cheng glanced at the flustered Mira, "You are not convincing like this. You are just a princess. You have to wait until you become a queen to have the right to speak."

"what?"

"Don't do anything, go back quickly."

Gao Cheng walked out from behind the tree.

"This country that entrusts your mother's nature and peace is not your destination. Where else can it be your destination? Go back and inherit your throne, and I will help you solve the trouble..."

"what?"

Mira seemed to hear some bad joke.

"Just you?"

"I'm enough alone, and maybe I'm not the only one," Gao Cheng shouted towards the bottom of the hill, "Come out, how long do you want to hide?"

"Ahaha, what a coincidence, Brother Kido."

Conan walked out from behind a big rock in embarrassment, followed by Daisuke Jigen, a bearded gunman, with a slender figure, his hands in his pockets, and his eyes under the brim of his hat kept looking at Gaocheng.

"Could this boy be the number one detective in Japan?" Daisuke Jigen asked Conan suspiciously.

First Conan with mature thinking, and now Gao Cheng who looks like a high school student, the younger generation is so powerful...

"Yes," Conan flattered, "Brother Kido is very strong!"

Gao Cheng ignored Conan's flattery, and continued with lowered eyelids: "Hurry up and go back after the matter is over, everyone is going crazy looking for you."

How to send this guy back is still a little trouble...

"Then, detective," Jigen Daisuke came to the side of the cherry blossom tree and asked Gao Cheng, "Is there any gain?"

"I've read the archives and records." Gao Cheng looked at Jigen Daisuke for a while, and said to the other side of the valley, "Prince Jill was aiming at the fox under the shade of the cherry blossoms on the opposite hill, but he accidentally hit him. The queen who let the fox go, the prince who rushed over grabbed Duke Gerald's pistol and committed suicide, these are what Gerald said..."

"Is there a problem?"

"It has been full of problems from the beginning. Queen Sacra has always loved cherry blossoms, and she is also known as the Sakura Queen. The prince actually shot at this cherry blossom tree and broke a branch..."

Gao Cheng glanced at Mira who was listening in a daze.

"The only witness was Duke Gerrard, so it's hard to say whether the prince committed suicide after killing the queen by mistake."

Princess Mila did not go with Gao Cheng and the others, but went back to Fujiko Mine with a heavy heart, planning to go back to the palace directly.

Daisuke Jigen watched Mira leave, and said, "Can I tell her this?"

"She has to face it sooner or later, it's better than the situation where her brother killed his mother and then committed suicide."

Gao Cheng retracted his gaze.

"The reason why I came here is a little strange. How could Queen Sacra, who has always advocated nature and opposed hunting such activities, appear here that day. It is also recorded in the accident file that the queen sent a box of bullets to the prince herself."

"The bullet the queen gave the prince?" Conan thought of something.

"That's right, it should be a blank bomb. After seeing this scene, I completely figured it out."

Gao Cheng stared at a circle of mountains.

Keith's arrangement was not very secretive. Gerald probably knew that he was investigating. He originally thought that someone would be ambushing and assassinating nearby, but he turned out to be a little abnormally calm.

The real danger was probably waiting in the palace, so he didn't plan to take Princess Mira back directly.

Since he chose to intervene, it will be his domain from now on...

(End of this chapter)