After the Undercover System Went Haywire, I Switched to Grinding Suspicion Points Chapter 239

After a whole day, Edogawa Conan felt like his cerebellum was about to atrophy.

He was indeed the [Consultant], but the one he'd been asking about didn't seem to be this [Consultant]. However, thinking carefully, Samukawa Shinryu's previous answers seed to make sense from any angle.

Especially that very outlaw-like line "no matter how dissatisfied they are, they can't do anything about "... At the ti, he understood it as police wanting to arrest him but having no evidence, so Samukawa Shinryu was fearless. Now it seed...

It was indeed police being dissatisfied with Samukawa Shinryu, but the reason for dissatisfaction was needing to ask Samukawa Shinryu for help while being unwilling to admit their own inadequate abilities.

Edogawa Conan was quite worldly and extrely skilled at finding contradictions and lies in suspects' words, but this was the first ti he'd encountered a situation where everything was true and the problem was entirely his own misunderstanding.

...But that person actually believed in [age regression]! No matter how he thought about it, it felt related to that organization! How could this Samukawa Shinryu be explained?!

No, no, no, it could be explained. For instance, the other party just believed in it, like so foreigners who insisted Santa Claus existed—no reason needed at all. Theoretically, it was indeed feasible...

Edogawa Conan felt unprecedented fatigue, as painful as if he'd stayed up all night until now without sleep.

Sigh, forget it. Although he'd lost a lead on that organization, having one more good person was ultimately a good thing.

So when Usuha Izuki woke up and checked the system logs, he found Edogawa Conan had been steadily giving him suspicion values since last night, then abruptly stopped at noon, changing from a waterfall to a stream.

"...?"

Usuha Izuki thought about it and could guess that soone had probably resolved his doubts.

After all, Hagiwara Kenji and Matsuda Jinpei had both stayed overnight there. If Edogawa Conan asked carefully, he'd probably learn about him working as a consultant at the tropolitan Police.

Sigh, a bit unfortunate, but also within expectations. He couldn't rely on this one trick to farm suspicion values for a whole year.

He leisurely checked his emails, went for a al, then headed to the activity center.

When Usuha Izuki arrived at the activity center, there were already many people there. Just the island residents who attended last night's second anniversary morial numbered over thirty, more than the police Inspector gure brought from the tropolitan Police. Questioning each one about what happened last night, everyone's movents, whether they noticed anything strange, who they suspected, what conflicts they had with the deceased, etc., took from noon until Usuha Izuki's arrival and still wasn't finished.

Inspector gure seed to have so kind of radar. The mont Usuha Izuki entered, Inspector gure quickly looked over, then enthusiastically ca to greet him: "Samukawa-kun, long ti no see!"

"Long ti no see." Usuha Izuki also politely nodded. "Thank you for coming so far."

"Not at all, not at all." Inspector gure smiled. "Your timing is perfect. Look at these statents first—there are still people we haven't finished questioning... With you here, it's rare that this case made no progress overnight."

Edogawa Conan passed by with complex feelings. So just how high was Samukawa Shinryu's case-solving ability to earn such admiration from Inspector gure?

Usuha Izuki slacked off righteously: "Mouri-san refused my help. To avoid suspicion, I decided to be an ordinary suspect."

Inspector gure: "...Honestly, even as a suspect, you're not ordinary enough."

Edogawa Conan listened with exasperation.

Was it his imagination? He felt like even when Samukawa-san wasn't joking, his way of speaking was weird...

Just then, the activity center's speakers suddenly played the lody of "Moonlight Sonata" Movent 2. Everyone imdiately froze.

Edogawa Conan was first to react, imdiately rushing toward the broadcast room to see if he could catch the culprit.

Inspector gure quickly followed, but by the ti he reached the scene, it was all too late. A new corpse appeared before everyone.

With the previous case unsolved and another death, Inspector gure's expression was full of pain: "Samukawa-kun, we're probably going to work overti..."

If you don't want to work overti, why don't you try harder?

But Usuha Izuki said: "Have you investigated the previous victim's ho?"

"...? Not yet. I thought it wasn't necessary at this point... Do you think it's needed?"

"Probably won't help catch the killer." Usuha Izuki said. "But it'll help identify the next victim—'Moonlight Sonata' doesn't only have two movents."

Inspector gure's expression beca serious: "You an...?"

"This is revenge. The two victims must have done sothing that earned soone's hatred. This matter probably involves other people too. Searching the victims' hos might reveal sothing... I'm guessing drug trafficking."

Inspector gure: "...Huh? Wasn't that case already solved by you and Hagiwara two years ago?"

"How could such a case involve only two people? It must be a group, but the person who was caught only cooperated with the forr village chief and didn't enter the core. The forr village chief's side didn't reveal anything useful either... These two victims might have been the forr village chief's accomplices." Hagiwara Kenji followed the logic. "I initially thought they were just using the deceased Aso Keiji as a shield again, but now it seems the two cases are probably connected."

Inspector gure was about to kneel: "We really don't have enough manpower..."

Usuha Izuki volunteered: "Then I'll check the victims' hos while you continue investigating the scene. With the famous 'Sleeping Kogorou' here, I'm sure this won't be a problem for you."

Mouri Kogorou imdiately beca proud. If not for the inappropriate occasion, he probably would have laughed out loud: "No problem! Leave it to !"

Asai Narimi was startled and couldn't help speaking up: "Samukawa-san..."

This doctor, still cross-dressing after two years, seed to want to say sothing.

But Usuha Izuki only blandly stated: "Good luck."

Edogawa Conan: "...?"

A detective's intuition made him imdiately sense sothing fishy.

Good luck? Good luck with what?

Just as Edogawa Conan was about to follow this line of thought, Inspector gure sighed.

"Right, the forensics team already took the previous victim's body back to Tokyo. Now we'll probably have to trouble Dr. Asai to help with the autopsy..."

Asai Narimi smiled bitterly: "It's fine. This isn't the first ti. I'm glad I can help."

Edogawa Conan: "............"

Oh, Samukawa Shinryu was considering this issue, so he told Asai-san to do his best...

Hagiwara Kenji felt sothing else was strange.

Samukawa Shinryu choosing to leave the scene at this ti and investigate the victims' hos—did he deliberately not want to touch this case?

Matsuda Jinpei had the sa feeling. He directly followed Usuha Izuki out, asking suspiciously in a low voice: "You don't want to get involved in this case?"

"With Mouri Kogorou here, I don't need to worry about it."

This tone made Matsuda Jinpei very confused: "...? So you're upset with Mouri-san?"

Samukawa Shinryu had encountered quite a bit of discrimination and prejudice, but he seed very used to it and didn't really hold grudges. This sudden show of displeasure made Matsuda Jinpei feel sothing was wrong.

After farming a wave of suspicion values from Matsuda Jinpei, Usuha Izuki calmly replied: "I just feel he's sowhat different from the rumors. I want to see what his actual level is."

Matsuda Jinpei: "............"

Alright, understood. This reason he could understand, and he was quite curious himself... Fine, when Mouri Kogorou couldn't solve the case, they could call Samukawa over.

So Matsuda Jinpei returned to the scene. Without specifically hiding from Edogawa Conan, he whispered to Hagiwara Kenji.

"That guy Samukawa wants to see Mouri-san's deductive abilities."

"...I see. But there really are too few clues now. It's fine for him to look for information from other angles..."

Speaking of information from other angles, the seemingly senile local Tsukikage Island police officer finally rembered sothing: "Speaking of Aso Keiji, he's definitely dead. Only a handwritten manuscript in a safe survived the house fire..."

Noticing sothing was off but not having ti to think deeply, Edogawa Conan's attention imdiately shifted back from Samukawa Shinryu as he decided to follow the old officer to find that manuscript.

Walking along, Edogawa Conan asked the old officer: "Has that manuscript been kept in storage all this ti? Will it be troubleso to find?"

"Should be okay. We specifically looked for it two years ago, so it shouldn't be buried too deep..."

Edogawa Conan was startled: "Specifically looked for it?"

"Yeah, because two years ago the case involved Aso Keiji, right? Dr. Asai, as an outsider who just ca to Tsukikage Island, was curious about Aso Keiji's affairs. When we were chatting, I told her about this. She asked if what was in the safe might not be Aso Keiji's own manuscript but a master's, sothing valuable. So we specifically found it to take a look... But later we discovered it seed to be Aso Keiji's own manuscript, not worth much money..."

That uncomfortable feeling in Edogawa Conan's heart surfaced again.

His mind flashed with Asai Narimi's complex expression when walking into the activity center one after the other with Samukawa Shinryu, then recalled Asai Narimi's subtle attitude when Samukawa Shinryu indicated he wouldn't participate in the scene investigation...

Two years ago, shortly after Asai Narimi ca to Tsukikage Island, the forr village chief died. Was this a coincidence? But Samukawa Shinryu and Hagiwara Kenji had specifically confird it was a heart attack...

Besides, dragging the first victim from the seaside back to the room would more likely require male strength.

For so reason, although he'd already cleared up his misunderstanding about Samukawa Shinryu, when Edogawa Conan recalled these things, he still felt like Samukawa Shinryu had problems.

As for what the problems were, Edogawa Conan couldn't figure it out himself.

Ah, so annoying.

Soon, Edogawa Conan and the old officer reached the warehouse. The old officer searched for a long ti. Just when Edogawa Conan thought they wouldn't find it, he finally found a file folder.

"I rember taking it out two years ago, should be placed here. Look!"

Edogawa Conan was very pleased, quickly rushing over to take out the sheet music inside.

If he guessed correctly, this sheet music should be a code, maybe containing so clues.

"To my son, Seiji..."

Old officer: "Oh, besides a daughter, Aso also had a son who's been hospitalized in Tokyo for treatnt. I rember he was called Seiji."

Edogawa Conan: "...You should have said this earlier!!!"

Seiji—written in kanji, could be written as "Narimi"!

How Japanese nas were written in kanji was completely unrelated to pronunciation!

Just like how Samukawa Shinryu's "Shinryu" was actually pronounced [Shizuka]! Even if soone knew Aso Keiji had a son called Narimi [Seiji], Dr. Asai Narimi's "Narimi" was pronounced [Marumi], so they wouldn't connect them at all!

Not to ntion changing surnas and disguising as a girl made it even harder to associate with Aso Keiji's son!

The deceased, including the forr village chief, were all people who once had good relationships with Aso Keiji. These people most likely participated in drug trafficking. Aso Keiji's death was problematic—maybe he was silenced for wanting to quit midway. These people's deaths were Aso Keiji's son's revenge for his father.

...Samukawa Shinryu ca to Tsukikage Island two years ago and uncovered the drug trafficking case. He t Dr. Narimi then—hadn't they contacted each other since? Did Samukawa Shinryu know about Dr. Narimi's murder plan? It felt like before the two walked into the activity center together, they should have talked, which was why Dr. Narimi had that expression...

And Samukawa Shinryu... wait, that "good luck" Samukawa Shinryu said before leaving... was it really just encouraging Dr. Narimi to do his best with the autopsy?!