Conan: About the fact that I have a black brother

I need to collect more evidence to prove that someone in the orphanage poisoned the children, so I can't reveal it yet. I can't tell them that my health has been deducted from my attribute panel, and I saw a debuff.

In that case, he would probably end up sending himself to a mental hospital before catching the criminal.

——Lin Xiaochen thought silently.

Just as he was thinking about it, Lin Xiaochen put on shoe covers and white gloves and walked into the office.

The dean's office was even more messy than he had imagined, with large pieces of broken glass scattered on the ground and yellowed papers floating in every corner.

As Lin Xiaochen opened the door, a gust of cold wind blew in, and the papers slid low in the air and scattered again.

———It leaves people with nowhere to stay.

Yui Uehara was sorting the papers on the floor. Seeing the situation getting more chaotic, she couldn't help but let out a long sigh: "Haya——"

Lin Xiaochen carefully avoided the broken glass on the ground, and occasionally bent down to pick up a few pieces of paper: "Sorry, I'll sort it out, Sister Uehara, be careful not to scratch your hands with the broken glass."

He quickly shuttled around the room, a thin stack of yellowed papers gradually appeared in his hands. He took a big step and jumped in front of Uehara Yui: "Sister Uehara."

Uehara Yui took the document from Lin Xiaochen, put the document in her own hand together, and said, "The dean said that a fund flow was lost. It would be very troublesome if the government sent someone to confirm it. In addition, the office was messed up like this, so we called the police."

Lin Xiaochen nodded, opened the desk drawer, and found that the expensive watch was missing.

"No property was lost?" Lin Xiaochen asked inconspicuously, "No children are missing either."

"Nothing." Uehara Yui also felt strange. "The criminal didn't steal money, but stole the report... A Gan has already gone to question him. By the way, did you find anything just now?"

"I saw a kid who didn't eat well, so I went over to persuade him to eat." Lin Xiaochen said, "By the way, Sister Uehara, were you picky about food when you were a kid? Did you like a certain food before, but then stop liking it after a while?"

"Well, maybe he ate too much before, so he doesn't like it anymore." Uehara Yui guessed, "Is it the child's problem? If it's a child, it's normal for his interest to come and go."

Is this really the answer?

Lin Xiaochen sighed and changed the subject: "Sister Uehara, can you show me the information?"

Uehara Yui nodded slightly: "Of course, but the order is messed up."

"It's okay, I'll try it first." Lin Xiaochen reached out to take it, and changed the positions of a few copies as usual.

"Did you figure out something, Lin?" Uehara Yui saw that Lin Xiaochen's brows were getting more and more furrowed, and she couldn't help but become anxious, "Is... there a big problem...?"

Lin Xiaochen held the document in his hand and said, "No, everything is normal. In other words, I can't see anything unusual. Let's take the documents back and let the seniors in the bureau take a look."

Uehara Yui had no objection to this and took out the evidence bag and put it in.

The two cordoned off the scene and left.

Yamato Gansuke had almost finished taking notes and was about to check the surveillance footage at the time the three mentioned when he saw the two of them coming over: "What did you find during the on-site inspection?"

"There are scratches on the outside of the keyhole. It is preliminarily determined that the door was pried open. The glass of the bookcase was smashed with the ashtray on the table, but no blood was found. The criminal should have taken protective measures." Uehara Yui summarized and looked at Lin Xiaochen, "Lin, do you have anything to add?"

Lin Xiaochen shook his head: "No, but I think it's very strange. The dean's office is far away from the area where the children play, but the footprints by the window are very messy. Although I can't tell them apart, they are obviously two people's footprints."

"It's hard to tell how the footprints were covered on the snow, but the security guard or the dean should have seen the prisoner." Lin Xiaochen looked at Yamato Gansuke, "Senior Yamato, did they mention this in their notes?"

Yamato Gansuke denied: "No, according to what they said, they found it in the morning. This is indeed strange. The footprints by the window are not fresh. There are signs that they were covered by heavy snow again."

"One of them is definitely lying!" Uehara Yui stared at the direction of the dean's office, her eyes full of suspicion and thought, "Could it be that... this is a case of embezzlement?"

"Yes, it's very likely." Yamato Gansuke agreed, "There must be some secrets hidden here that they don't want the police to know."

After thinking for a moment, Yui Uehara suddenly suggested, "Why don't we go talk to those children? Maybe we can get some clues from them. After all, children's observation skills are often more acute than adults."

Then, she turned to look at Lin Xiaochen and invited him with a smile: "Lin, come with me. The children seem to like you very much. With you around, they should be more willing to speak."

Lin Xiaochen scratched his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "Sister Uehara, how did you figure that out? I was just planning to check the information on those footprints again."

"Then let's go later." Uehara Yui waved her hand, "The most urgent thing now is to get more information from the children. I'll go first." After saying that, she took the lead and walked towards where the children were.

Lin Xiaochen carefully stuck to the wall, moving slowly step by step, and returned to the way he came last night.

The heavy snow that fell last night had completely covered up the footprints he had left behind. It seemed that the footprints near the window could not have belonged to him.

So what are these footprints all about?

Has anyone else been here before? Or is this all just a carefully planned farce, a self-directed drama?

Not long ago, Lin Xiaochen keenly noticed that something was wrong with the data in the account book. After careful comparison, he found that the date recorded in the account book was exactly the same as the day before yesterday! However, what was suspicious was that the data in the account book was not the same set of numbers he saw last time.

There must be something fishy going on here... But how should I investigate further...

[Host, do you plan to contact the police now?]

"Why contact them?" Lin Xiaochen just thought it was funny, "There's no reason to push the credit to others."

[What are your plans for next?]

"Use public security methods." A cold light flashed in Lin Xiaochen's eyes.

[Host, your position...]

"Aren't the Japanese police the ones who disregard the law the most?" Lin Xiaochen's smile deepened. "Since I'm on the list, of course I have to follow their lead."

【Are you crazy? 】

"No~" Lin Xiaochen was in a good mood, "I have always been like this"

are you crazy?

If he really wanted to go crazy, he would have gone crazy ten years ago.