This guy!
Experiencing such frustration for the first time, Hattori Heiji was filled with mixed emotions.
It turns out that he never considered himself as an opponent at all...
Looking at Hayashi Yoshiki, who was just smiling throughout the whole process and probably didn't pay any attention to the murder case, Hattori Heiji realized the gap.
The reluctance that rose up in his heart made his face become extremely calm. Hattori Heiji was about to say something when he looked at Hayashi Yoshiki, but suddenly an uninvited guest broke into the study.
"How's the case going?!"
--Kudo Shinichi
Because he was sent to rest earlier than in the original plot, he was not yet aware of the trap set by Tsujimura Kimie.
"Shinichi!?"
Ran Mouri looked at him in astonishment.
Kudo Shinichi was seen holding the door frame of the study with one hand, gasping for breath with cold sweat all over his body, looking like he was seriously ill.
Megure Jusan was somewhat happy to see his old friend whom he hadn't seen for a long time, but he still replied: "As for the case, Tsujimura Kimie has already confessed, and we are preparing to bring her back to the police station now."
"What!?"
Kudo Shinichi cheered up.
He looked at Hayashi Yoshiki and realized that this must be another case solved by the other party.
"Damn it... Did I lose to you again?"
This guy, why does he always act like he's cheating?
He was still thinking that he had finally recovered and could have a fair reasoning contest with Hayashi Yoshiki.
"What are you talking about, Shinichi? You haven't had a reasoning contest with Yoshiki-san. The loser was this Hattori Heiji."
Ran Mouri's words made Hattori Heiji feel moved.
At this time, he looked at Kudo Shinichi again and found that the other party looked extremely similar to the little kid just now.
"Long time no see, Kudo-kun."
Hayashi Yoshiki walked up to him and greeted him.
"Ah, long time no see, Jiashu brother..."
"You look a little exhausted, don't you? Do you have a severe cold?" Hayashi Yoshiki showed a concerned expression, "If you really can't take it anymore, you should go and get some rest."
"No! I'm fine, it's just a small problem." Kudo Shinichi rubbed his nose and couldn't help asking: "By the way, what is the matter with this case?"
"You're so sick and you still say you're fine. You're such a crazy lunatic!"
Faced with his curiosity, Ran Mouri seemed a little angry.
She is indeed a girl who cares about others...
Hattori Heiji then walked up and faced Kudo Shinichi, who looked quite similar to him: "Are you the 'Kudo from Kanto'? Let me tell you about the case. I just happen to have something I want to ask you."
"...What?"
Hattori Heiji brought Kudo Shinichi, who was sweating from exhaustion, to the side.
He explained in detail the methods and traps used by Tsujimura Kimie in this case. After the other party had digested the information, he asked about what he was concerned about:
"Kudo, you just said 'I lost to you again', are you also competing with Hayashi Yoshiki in reasoning? Tell me in detail how he performed?"
"...Hayashi Yoshiki is very powerful."
Kudo Shinichi looked at Hattori Heiji who was serious, and after hesitating for a moment, he finally spoke, "Every time he makes deductions, it's as if he has never encountered any obstacles. As long as he looks at the details of the scene and some evidence, he can connect everything in an instant."
"Is this true?!"
"He said that was his way of thinking as a mystery novelist - putting himself in the murderer's perspective, using the scene and environment to imagine the murder method, and thus directly identify the murderer."
"So it can be done this way..."
Hattori Heiji was a little shocked.
He suddenly remembered that when he had said they wanted to compete in reasoning, Hayashi Yoshiki had jokingly said, "Both parties have committed a crime each." He was afraid that the other party would really think about these things on a regular basis.
Hattori Heiji began to ask about various details.
Kudo Shinichi did not hide his feelings either - as a high school detective who was also "persecuted" by the great devil Hayashi Yoshiki, Kudo Shinichi felt quite close to Hattori Heiji, and they felt like brothers in distress, especially since he could finally confide in him the frustrations he had suffered for a long time.
After listening to Kudo Shinichi's narration, Hattori Heiji had only one thought:
--Hayashi Yoshiki is not a human being.
At the same time, he looked at Kudo Shinichi's face and became more and more suspicious - Kudo Shinichi had been hiding and had never shown up, but he knew so much about Lin Yoshiki's reasoning. Even though he said that he heard all this from Conan, what about the desire to win and the unwillingness to accept defeat in his words?
Of course, the most important flaw is that he confirmed that Mao Geli Kogoro is a fool.
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That night
In the safe house, Gin received a report.
--Files on diplomat murder cases, as well as transcripts and reports.
There is someone in the winery who is undercover in the police system, and his position is not low, so it is not difficult to get such information.
"Tsujimura Isao died at 4:41 pm..."
Gin took out his cell phone and entered the text message interface.
Cointreau: "I didn't do this. The diplomat's wife did it."
--This text message came from him at 4:42 p.m.
In other words, just one minute after the diplomat died, Cointreau figured out that the murderer was the diplomat's wife?
What a joke!
Gin felt a subtle annoyance in his heart - he really believed that this was a coincidence at that time, but now according to the records in the transcript, Hayashi Yoshiki and Maori Kogoro and his group arrived at the diplomat's house at around 4:30, and the methods and traps used by Tsujimura Kimie also confused the famous "Sleeping Kogoro" and the high school detective Hattori Heiji.
A case that even a famous detective could fool, but Cointreau saw through it in an instant and confirmed the identity of the criminal?
Rather than believing such absurd things, Gin would rather believe that the death of the diplomat was orchestrated by Hayashi Yoshiki.
But he didn't know what method Kundu used to instigate Tsujimura Kimie to kill her husband.
If you think about it carefully, there was a college student named Wakamatsu Toshihide who was accidentally killed by Jundu's design. Could it be a psychology like psychological suggestion or hypnosis?
Gin's thoughts were working.
He thought that Cointreau could even perfectly deceive professional psychologists in psychological assessments, making them believe that he was a healthy, positive and kind person, which undoubtedly showed that Cointreau had very deep attainments in psychology.
"What a dangerous guy..."
Gin felt more and more satisfied with Hayashi Yoshiki.
But when he thought that he was actually treating him like vodka, he still felt a little unhappy.
Cointreau: "Today's case has already been reported in the news. Look, the murderer is the diplomat's wife."
Gin: "Shut up."
Cointreau: "?"
"..."
On the other side, Hayashi Yoshiki was puzzled when he saw the other party's reply on the phone.
Did Gin take the wrong medicine?