Conan Moslin

"So, Mr. Hirota Akira is looking for his brother who disappeared three months ago." Inspector Megure glanced at Hirota Akira, then at Maori Kogoro, "Ms. Hirota Masami is looking for her father who came to Tokyo to work.

Seeing both of them nodded, Inspector Megure took the file from Chiba and opened it to look at it.

As he browsed, he asked the people present.

"So, do you know what Kenzo Hirota has been doing recently?"

Of course, Kogoro Mouri didn't know that he had just received the commission today, and the client was gone on the same day. The commission fee was probably also lost, and he also lost Kuriyasu's commission fee.

Hirota Akira also shook his head: "During the time my brother was missing, I don't know what he did."

Nanami Katagiri threw out his information: "I asked about the taxi company where Mr. Hirota worked. I heard that before Mr. Hirota left, he would stop picking up passengers in the evening and always drive the taxi back and forth on the same route. And he drove at a very fast speed."

"Maybe he's just relieving work stress. It's a common thing once you reach middle age." Kogoro Mori said nonchalantly. He even felt the same way.

Seeing that Katagiri Nanami and Maori Kogoro each had their own opinions, Inspector Megure pressed the brim of his round hat and said, "If Maori's client and this detective's client are looking for the same person, why do they both say that they are the only relative of Hirota Kenzo?"

Hirota Akira looked very unhappy, not sure if it was because he heard that Hirota Masami was looking for someone, or because he heard that the famous detective Mouri Kogoro was also here.

He repeated again: "Hirota Kenzo, my brother, I am your only relative."

However, his ferocious expression could not win people's trust.

Conan relied on his young age and 'plucked up the courage' to ask him: "Big brother, do you know Miss Hirota Masami?"

"No!" he answered immediately, and then added, as if to cover up, "I have never heard of this name."

This doesn't look like someone I don't know.

Conan ran back to Mao Lilan.

Inspector Megure took the file in his hand and discussed with the leading police officer in Shinjuku. They decided to continue investigating the case and question the other people separately.

The only people left at the scene were Kuriyasu, the Mori father and daughter, Katagiri Nanami, Inspector Megure, and the Shinjuku police officers.

"We found out that Kenzo Hirota seems to be connected to other cases."

He said, "Brother Maori also knows about the previous kidnapping case. The kidnapper said that his accomplices had some leverage over Kenzo Hirota, so they forced him to lend them the taxi."

Li An heard this and said, "It was on the day of the school festival..."

Inspector Megure nodded: "It was the incident that day."

Maori Kogoro was a little surprised: "Inspector Megure, you haven't mentioned these things before."

Inspector Megure: "...I found this out later. How could you possibly know that?"

He showed the file to Kogoro Mori.

Conan jumped left and right a few times, but still couldn't see it, so he looked at Li An as if for help.

Li An: ...

She stepped forward to look.

Seeing that she seemed interested in this matter, Kogoro Maori turned the file to her and showed it.

Inspector Megure had no objection to this. He felt that Kurian could also help them solve the case, so he would not stop them.

Kenzo Hirota is from Kyushu and later settled in Yamagata Prefecture. He quit his original job three months ago and went to work for a taxi company in Tokyo. He quit his taxi career a month ago and disappeared for a while.

The time matched what the two people said.

The column for relatives he filled in on the file was "None", but considering the "handle" mentioned by the person in the kidnapping case, it does not rule out the possibility that he deliberately did not write it.

Of course, it is not ruled out that one of the two people is lying for the purpose of this unknown event.

After reading the files, Kogoro Mori and Nanami Katagiri fell into deep thought.

Inspector Megure unconsciously looked at Kuroba Kuriyasu, who was chatting with Conan beside him after reading the file.

"Ms. Kuroba, what do you think?"

She also seemed to know something about the case... maybe an outsider could see it more clearly?

Li An synchronized the message to Conan, and seeing that he was in the same mode as the other two detectives, he ignored him.

Hearing Inspector Megure's question, she raised her eyes and answered, "I think... Miss Hirota Masami seems to be lying."

Kogoro Maori raised his head.

"What Mr. Hirota Akira said doesn't sound like the truth."

Katagiri Nanami also raised her head.

Conan had already thought of something, but at this time, several people's attention had turned to Li An.

Li An: Okay.

She didn't tell her guess, but asked Kogoro Mori first.

"Mr. Maori was in Hirota Kenzo's room before, right? Did you find any clues?"

Maori Kogoro was very happy because he found nothing: "The room was in a mess."

“No photos, diaries, work records, or bank cards were found in Kenzo Hirota’s bedroom.

"But in the open drawer in the bedroom, there was some very fresh cash."

"Oh, and there's also a torn up calendar that probably has a schedule written on it. I asked Conan to piece it together."

"Conan?"

Conan shouted, "I! I got it right! I even figured out a code!"

"Secret code?" Katagiri Nanami became interested.

"I'll tell you your clue later." Li An said perfunctorily and glanced at Conan with a warning.

Conan stopped talking.

"Inspector Megure should take someone there to have a look." Maori Kogoro thought for a moment, then turned around and asked Maori Ran, "Xiaolan, have you contacted Miss Yami?"

Mao Lilan kept on calling, but all she got back was an irritating busy tone.

When she heard her father calling her, she could only shake her head.

"She hasn't answered the phone..."

Li An closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then continued, "When I was looking for the cat at Kenzo Hirota's house, I found that Kenzo Hirota's house did not have any photos or records related to his relatives, not even the photos of him that Miss Yamei showed me."

"She didn't know her father liked horse racing. Although she knew that Kenzo Hirota had four cats, she wasn't very familiar with cats. She couldn't tell which one was which."

"The four cats each have their own characteristics. In the photo she showed Mr. Maori, the all-black cat that Mr. Hirota Kenzo was holding in the photo was called 'Hou', but she called that cat 'Kuai'."

"Cats are familiar with the footsteps of familiar people, and when we came nearby, they had a stress reaction."

Inspector Megure: "Then she..."

Is he the murderer?

Li An did not answer directly, but asked him: "Officer Megure, when did Mr. Hirota Kenzo die?"

"Oh, probably around 1:50 to 2:10 in the afternoon."

"We were having lunch at a convenience store at that time, and Ms. Yami was there too."

Li An glanced at the other detective meaningfully: "And this Detective Katagiri is here too."

Katagiri Nanami: ...