After the Undercover System Went Haywire, I Switched to Grinding Suspicion Points Chapter 252

Upon hearing the key phrase [Consultant Moriarty], Edogawa Conan felt... a bit excited, though not excessively so.

While he still sowhat suspected Samukawa Shinryu might be connected to that organization, since Tequila's death was just an accident, he had completely ruled out any connection between Samukawa Shinryu and this murder case.

No matter how loudly Mr. Takeshita shouted now, it was useless.

After all, thinking about it calmly, if Samukawa Shinryu had really given this Mr. Takeshita so criminal plan, Samukawa Shinryu would never allow a situation that exposed himself to occur—such a mistake was far too elentary, completely incompatible with Samukawa Shinryu's caliber.

...Though it was also possible he was brazenly showing off, confident that the other party had no evidence. After all, Samukawa Shinryu's personality seed quite malicious... But he couldn't treat all the police as fools either!

If sothing substantial really ca out, an investigation would be unavoidable. After multiple incidents, even if they couldn't arrest him, his credibility would certainly not be what it once was, which should be counterproductive for Samukawa Shinryu.

So the little bit of excitent Edogawa Conan had left was mainly because he had finally heard intelligence about [the Consultant] again.

Although he had previously asked Hattori Heiji, who got along well with him, to investigate [the Consultant], he had now turned back into a child and couldn't easily contact Hattori Heiji again. Even if there was intelligence, communication would be difficult. Moreover, his habit was never to just wait around—he always had to investigate on his own first.

He expectantly waited for the police to question Mr. Takeshita about that [Consultant].

Instead, Inspector gure turned to complain to Samukawa Shinryu: "Another one of that guy's criminal plans, another case of mistaking you for him. Seriously, couldn't that guy consider changing his codena? If he switched to sothing like Hols, people probably wouldn't mistake you for him anymore."

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

Don't arbitrarily decide to give Hols as a codena to criminals!!!

Samukawa Shinryu also looked speechless for a mont: "...Why not just catch him sooner."

"That guy's case isn't my responsibility... or you could go help them out." Inspector gure hinted that Samukawa Shinryu could work overti to permanently solve this problem of being mistaken for soone else.

Samukawa Shinryu pretended not to see.

System: [If you're farming hate points, that Moriarty's hatred toward you is already off the charts. Why don't you just arrest him and stop tornting the guy.]

Usuha Izuki: [I'm doing everything—what are the police for? Besides, when I occasionally encounter criminals who bought that 'Moriarty's' plan books, they give much more suspicion values than ordinary criminals. It's actually beneficial for .]

Moreover... it had to be said that 'Moriarty's' criminal plans were full of holes. Combined with most people's tendency to be penny-wise, only buying simplified versions and such, it often resulted in their basic objectives not being achieved while they were directly caught, contributing to police performance statistics.

Under these circumstances, the police in charge still hadn't caught that instigator. Usuha Izuki couldn't be bothered to help—in his view, the responsible officers desperately needed training, so he wouldn't deprive them of their training opportunities.

System: [You just like the feeling of having things fall from the sky... fall suspicion values, don't you!]

Usuha Izuki: [No, it's also because his existence makes my entrapnt operations more convenient. He's made the waters muddier, which is good for .]

Edogawa Conan was very skilled at extracting intelligence from conversations. After hearing these few sentences, he imdiately realized—that [Consultant Moriarty] indeed wasn't committing cris for the first ti, and criminals weren't pointing fingers at Samukawa Shinryu for the first ti either... uh, this was understandable...

Inspector gure and the other officers nearby all knew of that person's existence, they just hadn't caught him yet. They were also used to Samukawa Shinryu being falsely accused, which ant Samukawa Shinryu had definitely been investigated many tis. That's why everyone could be so relaxed around the dangerous-seeming Samukawa Shinryu.

This could be considered indirect proof that Samukawa Shinryu and the "criminal consultant" were two different people.

Edogawa Conan felt sowhat disappointed, yet also sowhat relieved as he accepted this conclusion.

From the first ti he t Samukawa Shinryu, Edogawa Conan couldn't help but suspect him. Even when various evidence was presented before him, he felt he couldn't completely clear Samukawa Shinryu of suspicion. Now, based on the new intelligence obtained, he could finally completely rule out any connection between Samukawa Shinryu and [the Criminal Consultant].

However, considering the intelligence that Tequila ntioned bumping into soone called "Botanist" at the venue, and how Samukawa Shinryu—who looked just as dangerous and ominous as that Gin—coincidentally appeared here... whether Samukawa Shinryu was connected to the organization remained questionable.

To divert the attention of several outsiders present from "Samukawa Shinryu being accused," Hagiwara Kenji casually brought up a topic: "Speaking of which, Mr. Nakajima, who exactly was your transaction partner? What do you know?"

Mr. Nakajima looked ashen, and after realizing he had nearly been the one blown up today, he was in a daze: "I don't know much either... but aside from today, every ti we t, it was at that cocktail bar on the top floor of the Big Black Building on Beika Street..."

Inspector gure imdiately dispatched people to check that address.

Hearing this, Usuha Izuki finally coughed: "If there's nothing else here, I'll head out first."

"Oh, alright then." Inspector gure was also used to Samukawa Shinryu's habit of leaving once business was finished. "How are you getting back?"

Matsuda Jinpei said: "I'll drive him."

Hagiwara Kenji sighed: "Hai~ hai, understood. I'll write the report. You two hurry back, and try not to run into any cases on the way."

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

Wow, that level of proficiency... How many reports had Officer Hagiwara helped write?

Mouri Kogoro also didn't intend to stay any longer. After all, with the explosion, this launch event definitely couldn't continue. So after bidding farewell to Inspector gure, the group followed Matsuda Jinpei and Usuha Izuki toward the parking garage.

Usuha Izuki, completely unaffected by the incident, asked Matsuda Jinpei: "How was the gaming?"

"Not bad... ah." Matsuda Jinpei suddenly rembered sothing. "Today I t a..."

He was about to say, "t a guy who looks quite similar to you," and had already prepared his next line in his head: "could he be a relative?" or sothing like that.

Then he suddenly realized that Samukawa Shinryu was an orphan.

Even if he had relatives who resembled him, Samukawa Shinryu wouldn't know about them.

Besides, there were quite a few people in the world who looked alike. That guy Takagi Wataru from Investigation Division One had been told by several people that he looked like him... though he couldn't really see it himself.

This topic might not be very friendly to Samukawa Shinryu... Although Matsuda Jinpei knew Samukawa Shinryu didn't really care about this, usually he wouldn't mind ntioning it accidentally, but since he had already beco aware of it, there was no need to continue.

Usuha Izuki knew perfectly well what he had encountered, and from Matsuda Jinpei's sudden silence, he deduced that the other was struggling with the fact that he was an orphan.

But he still deliberately asked: "A what?"

Matsuda Jinpei paused, then continued: "...A guy who was pretty terrible at gas."

"Hmm, was there sothing worth ntioning specifically?" Usuha Izuki continued pressing.

"..." Matsuda Jinpei, who was trying hard to be considerate, got a bit irritated, but since he had brought up the topic himself, stopping suddenly would be strange. Fortunately, he quickly thought of an excuse: "That guy's na sounded familiar, but I can't rember where I heard it."

Usuha Izuki noticed that Edogawa Conan, walking ahead of them, had unconsciously slowed his pace slightly, indicating that Edogawa Conan was paying attention to the conversation between him and Matsuda Jinpei.

His mood beca cheerful, though his expression remained bland as he continued asking: "So, what was that guy called?"

Matsuda Jinpei: "Hattori Heiji. He said his na was Hattori Heiji. Have you heard of him?"

Edogawa Conan: "...?!?!?!"

Hattori was there too?!

No, impossible, absolutely impossible!

Although he wasn't very close to Hattori Heiji, when it ca to solving cases, he was quite confident in his assessnt. If it had been Hattori Heiji, with such a major case happening just now, he definitely would have erged to join the investigation. There was no way the police had arrived and he still hadn't appeared...

Considering the timing, it shouldn't have reached the point where he'd played enough and left either.

Then, there was only one truth—soone was impersonating Hattori Heiji!

Who would do such a thing?! Such a strange prank... uh...

He suddenly rembered what Hattori Heiji had ntioned about soone who had once claid to be the famous detective Conan.

...It's you! Usuha-nii! It's definitely you!

His deductive abilities weren't bad at all, but he just didn't like encountering police, so even when he saw them and cases, he wouldn't co forward... Could Usuha-nii possibly...

A trace of suspicion flashed through Edogawa Conan's mind.

But at this mont, what erged in his thoughts was the scene of Usuha Izuki speaking up for justice on the shinkansen, declaring in front of Gin and Vodka that he would call the police.

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

Hmm... even if Usuha-nii had so little secrets, he probably wasn't connected to the organization... After all, Usuha-nii seed to radiate an aura of "carefree and unencumbered" from head to toe, completely unlike what soone who had joined that kind of organization should feel like...