Kexue Magician

Chapter 30 Special Code

10:05.

Two-thirds of the seats in Poirot's coffee shop are occupied by customers.

Usually, during this time period, half of the seats in the coffee shop can have customers.

"After the store manager became famous, the business in the store also improved."

As a clerk, Enomoto Azusa is delighted with this situation. With more customers, sales will naturally increase, which means that her salary will be increased and she will save more money.

At this time, police officer Megure in orange clothes came in and attracted the attention of the guests.

"Xiao Zi, isn't Brother Feng Chu here?"

Police officer Mumu looked around. As a police officer, even if he was walking, he would carefully observe the people in the surrounding environment to see if there were any familiar faces, such as wanted criminals and robbers.

After finding nothing unusual in the store, Police Officer Megure asked Enomoto Azusa gently.

Brother Fengchu?

The police officer should want to ask the store manager to help solve the case.

Azusa Enomoto blinked, feeling confident, and said with a very natural expression: "The store manager is not in the store, sir, do you need me to call the store manager now?"

"no, I'm fine."

"I just looked around casually, to disturb you."

Police officer Mumu naturally understands the gossip of the public.

But Fengchu was not in the store, and it was not easy to reveal too much about the case here, so he walked out of the coffee shop after saying a few polite words, and walked to the Maori Detective Agency on the second floor.

"Xiao Zi, the police officer of the Metropolitan Police Department seems to be very familiar with the store manager!" The middle-aged office worker said with a smile.

"I don't think anyone dares to make trouble in the store, hahaha!" said the young man in a black suit.

"Maybe." Azusa Enomoto smiled.

"I read every issue of "Dongdu Daily". The store manager's reasoning is really wonderful. I think the store manager is a famous detective!" A young man said in admiration.

"I think so!"

"Me too!"

There is a cheerful atmosphere in the store.

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Office of the Maori Detective Agency.

"Officer Mumu, where is John, what's going on with John now?"

Conan, who was meditating on the sofa, immediately jumped off the sofa and ran to Officer Meguro as soon as he saw Officer Meguro coming in, and asked worriedly.

"John is fine now. He is still in the bureau. After all, he hasn't been sentenced yet."

Police officer Meguro said as he walked, and then sat down in front of the sofa.

Mori Kogoro also got up from the chair behind the iron table and sat down on the sofa opposite Police Officer Megure.

The sensible Maori Lanli immediately poured a cup of hot tea for the two of them.

At 21:[-] last night, Mori Kogoro, Mori Ran and Conan happened to pass by Sakaguchi's Masayoshi Gate, and then they heard a woman's screams from inside the house. The three went in and found that the college student Maehara had died, and the murderer was Mr. A German Shepherd named John.

According to eyewitness Sanae Sugita, John, who was at the door on the second floor at the time, jumped up and threw himself on Maehara Tsuyoshi after hearing the phone call Maehara just passed, causing Maehara to fall down the stairs and hit the back of his head against the wall to die.

Conan knew the dog John of Sakaguchi Masayoshi's family eight years ago, and went to the Sakaguchi house with the Boy Detective Team to play with John a few days ago. Therefore, Conan really did not believe that the meek John would kill for no reason.

Police officer Megure, who had the same idea as Conan, also had doubts about the murder, so he came to the office to discuss with Mori Kogoro.

Mori Kogoro asked: "Officer Megure, what did Mr. Sakaguchi say?"

Officer Meguro took a sip of hot tea and said:

"Mr. Sakaguchi also doesn't believe that John will attack people casually. He thinks that Maehara may have stimulated John."

"However, according to the deceased's girlfriend, Sugita Sanae who was present at the time, Maehara did not do anything to irritate John other than playing music."

"So, I suspected that Mr. Sakaguchi gave John the order himself, so I asked him what he said to John on the phone."

"Mr. Sakaguchi said that before he said good night to John, he said something-John, how are you, how are you John. We also asked the assistant who was with Mr. Sakaguchi at the time, and the assistant said that Mr. Sakaguchi did not lie. "

"So, I asked Mr. Sakaguchi to tell John again in person, but John didn't respond at all."

What the hell is going on here?
It shouldn't be possible for John to attack people for no reason, right?Otherwise, wouldn't it be a mad dog?

But looking at John's appearance last night, it's normal!

Mori Kogoro held his chin and fell into deep thought.

Uncle, are you done asking?
That's all you investigated?

Haven't you checked the newspapers?

"Sister Xiaolan, you said last night that Mr. Sakaguchi's son, Masato Sakaguchi, committed suicide."

Conan raised his head and asked Mao Lilan who was holding the tray, trying to divert the attention of Police Officer Mumu and the others to this matter.

"Yes," Mao Lilan nodded.

Officer Meguro also nodded, then took out a notepad and said:
"I also asked about this matter. According to Mr. Sakaguchi, his wife passed away very early. Masato Sakaguchi is his only relative, and Masato and Maehara Tsuyoshi were classmates in junior high school."

"He also learned from Masato's diary that Masato committed suicide because he was bullied by Xiaogang, but during the wake, Mr. Sakaguchi forgave him when he saw Xiaogang kneeling on the ground crying in pain and apologizing. .”

Can this be forgiven?
How broad can this heart be...

Mori Kogoro touched his chin. As a father, he really couldn't understand.

"Then why did Brother Maehara take his girlfriend to Uncle Sakaguchi's house?" Conan asked curiously.

"Not long after Masato Sakaguchi committed suicide, Maehara transferred to Kansai because of his father's work. Then two years ago, Maehara was admitted to a university in Tokyo and moved next door to Mr. Sakaguchi this year."

"Mr. Sakaguchi and Ko Maehara seem to have forgotten the past unpleasantness. Since they are neighbors, Mr. Sakaguchi often invites Maehara to his home as a guest. Last night, Mr. Sakaguchi was on a business trip in Izu, so he asked Maehara to take care of John."

"And Sugita Sanae was invited by Maehara Go, before the incident, she was singing and dancing in the living room."

Police officer Mu Mu looked at the notepad and said.

"I think Mr. Sakaguchi still hates Tsuyoshi Maehara, and last night he used a special code to get John to attack Tsuyoshi Maehara!"

After hearing this, Kogoro Mori stretched out a finger and said solemnly.

Police officer Mumu was overjoyed, and thought that brother Maoli was going to do it again, so he couldn't wait to ask, "brother Maoli, what is the code?"

"Uh, I haven't thought of that."

Mori Kogoro scratched his head and laughed.

Officer Megure's face twitched a few times, and he looked at Kogoro Mori speechlessly.

Looks like I'll have to check it out again.

Edogawa Conan frowned and thought.

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16:01.

Maori Detective Agency.

"Uncle, the clock at our house won't ring. The clock at Uncle Sakaguchi's house will ring "dang dang" every hour."

Conan, who felt that he had discovered the real code, brought up the topic again.

"clock?"

"I see! It must have been because the clock was striking, and it happened to be nine o'clock at night!"

"Hey hey hey, this time my famous detective Mori Kogoro is going to solve another strange case!"

Mori Kogoro smiled smugly.

(End of this chapter)