Chapter 956 Crime Lovers
"What kid, what are you talking about..."
"Oh, Dad received a new commission. The fee was very high, but the client looked a little strange." Lifting up the invitation letter in his hand, Mao Lilan handed it to Conan.
"It's an invitation letter again. Well, it's very strange. It's also very strange to ask Uncle Mouri to bring the young detective team by name. Ordinary clients wouldn't do this, right?" He was already dissatisfied with this form. Conan, who was too cold, looked at it casually, and finally his eyes widened when he saw the content at the end of the letter, "Hey, wait a minute, this number...?!"
"Shh!" Mao Lilan raised her finger and whispered, "The price is nearly ten times the price of a normal commission... but the matters that need to be investigated were not clearly written in the letter... so it is very strange."
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You know, Mouri Kogoro has long been at the top of the Tokyo detective community, not only in terms of reputation, but also in terms of price.
Giving a tenfold premium on this basis is unusual enough, coupled with such vague explanatory lines...
"Sounds like a very troublesome thing." Conan immediately understood what she meant.
"With so much money and so many strange special requirements, either he is a very idle rich man and is ready to spend some money to have some fun. Otherwise, it may be a particularly difficult thing." Mouri Kogoro said disdainfully He stroked his mustache and said, "Rich people have a lot of troubles. Being a private detective who specializes in commissions from rich people is never an easy job."
In this world, people's power and desire often complement each other, and the former is always inseparable from money.
Entrustments related to them will inevitably involve some complicated entanglements, or the matter itself may have strong confidentiality requirements, coupled with voluntary price increases...
"Rather than inviting children to play, this is more like asking us to bring a group of 'mortgaged hostages'." Mouri Kogoro rolled his eyelids, feeling that he was being underestimated, and was quite unhappy, " Am I the kind of guy who is blind to money?”
"Well, I don't know the situation yet, and I can't make such malicious assumptions about others." Shaking her head, Mao Lilan still gave some leeway, "Maybe the other party really needs something from everyone in the Youth Detective Team."
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"Huh, I hope that's true..."
Conan looked at the invitation in his hand, thoughtfully.
It's not that he has any idea about the amount. Even if he accepts the commission, the money will not fall into his hands.
He just couldn't help but remember what case a similar invitation brought last time.
Thinking of this, he secretly took out his mobile phone, and while Maori Kogoro was still discussing with Maori Lan, he ran to the window and secretly sent a few emails.
The replies came quickly, and almost everyone he asked gave an accurate answer in a short time.
After flipping through the pages quickly, Conan looked up with a clear expression and said, "Otherwise, how about just calling this contact number? Ask them what they think. If they insist on bringing the Young Detective Team there, I will You can talk to Dr. A Li.”
Since we are going to pick up people from the Young Detective Team, we certainly won’t use the client’s request to take the children with us. The invitation from Dr. Ali, a kind old man who often travels with children, sounds good. Much more natural.
"...Is there any reason why we have to go? If it's because of the amount of money, my father's work has been going very smoothly recently..." Mao Lilan was a little confused, but she still gave him some advice.
Conan just smiled: "Since the other party is so sincere, there's nothing wrong with going to see what's going on, right?"
As for the reason? Of course...
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"Another commission in Tokyo." Hattori Heiji looked at the contents in the envelope and sighed greatly, "I have been in Tokyo for so many days, and if I keep replenishing my meals, I might as well transfer to Tokyo. …”
This time he came to Tokyo following the Suzuki Group case. The investigation was actually quite unsatisfactory, and he was not in a particularly good mood now.
He failed to stop the actions of Kaito Kidd on his territory. He also failed to stop the hunting of Kaitou Kidd. He also failed to stop the hunting of the hunters who were hunting Kaitou Kidd...
It's a bit of a tongue twister. In short, in this Phantom Thief incident that happened in Osaka, he only played the role of an atmosphere team from beginning to end.
Apart from running around with Conan and paying for Tangze and others to have a few meals, it basically didn't play any decisive role.
Unwilling to do this, he volunteered after hearing that there were other subsequent cases in the art museum, rolled up his sleeves, and prepared to continue participating in the investigation of subsequent cases.
If I can't catch Kaitou Kidd, I can't catch you, Scorpion, whose identity and appearance are all exposed?
——After all, this still happened in Osaka, and he didn’t overstep his bounds.
As a result, before he could figure out the reason for his investigation, he had just received Scobin's entry and exit records shared with him by the police, and received a notification from the Suzuki Group claiming that the exhibits had been recovered and the investigation could be concluded.
"Although the police believe that this incident was done by Scobin, we all know that she could not have time to do these things. It is estimated that there is someone else who stole it. Seeing that the target of the police search is not herself, she will have to contact the Suzuki Group again. Bian got in touch and secretly extorted some ransom. Jin, please return the things." White Horse Detective looked at the letter in his hand that was exactly the same as Kaitou Kidd's, and replied casually, "It's not easy to sell such a conspicuous thing for cash. It's better to go directly to the Suzuki Group. Negotiation.”
"That's what you said..." Hattori Heiji breathed out, "Scobin is active in our sights basically every day. On the day of the banquet, she was busy going to the pier to snipe Kidd, and there was no way she could make it to the art museum. True Crime There is someone else.”
"Her fate may be much worse than those who died under her gun." Baima Tan raised his eyes, his brown-red pupils shone slightly under the sunlight, matching the smile on his lips , and in an instant Hattori Heiji was confused. Seeing Akechi Goro's delusion, "What I am pursuing is very dangerous. If her identity is really exposed to someone, she will regret not confessing her crime the first time she saw me."
"...What you said is a bit too scary." Hattori Heiji's mouth twitched.
"Crime is terrible, but there are always more things that are more terrible than this." Detective Baima shrugged, showing no interest in continuing the conversation. "In short, this theft case has nothing to do with Scobin. I did not continue to pursue it. idea.”
Detective White Horse is not very interested in theft cases, and thefts against rich people.
It's not that this is not a crime, but compared to other cases, unless it's like Kaitou Kidd, who can use his theft techniques in a variety of ways and arouse his curiosity to explore the truth, the rest of these cases tend to be more complicated. It's not complicated, but there are so many chains of interests involved. It's not interesting, and the truth is often disgusting.
If possible, Detective Baima would still like to be a detective who pursues the truth and social justice and is somewhat helpful to the world.
Just like Osaka this time, he was not attracted by the Egg of Memory, but followed her footsteps after his intelligence network was touched by Scobin's appearance.
But now, the attraction of this invitation is much greater than some stolen precious treasure.
"It's this letter." No longer elaborating on these issues, Baima tried to prove which case was more interesting with practical actions. He held the card folded in half with two fingers and turned it a few times against the light. Next, "This is a handwritten letter. It does not use carbon ink, and the paper used is also very sophisticated. It is definitely not something you can buy in a roadside stationery store."
Hattori Heiji's attention suddenly shifted. He imitated the movements of the white horse detective, also studied the paper, and soon discovered some clues.
"You are right, the special watermark can be seen by looking at the light." Hattori Heiji nodded slowly, "This is specially customized paper."
"And it's probably the kind of special handmade paper that has a special supply channel." Putting down the card, Detective Bai Ma picked up the envelope on one side again, "The situation with the envelopes is different."
"Well, the paper used is also very delicate, but this is obviously a special envelope made in batches. A hotel? A souvenir from a scenic spot? Or will it be used by some specific institutions?" Hattori Heiji reasoned.
"I vote for the hotel. The paper is all very new, and it doesn't look like it has been used infrequently."
"It's normal for someone who pays such a generous salary to write an invitation letter on customized letterhead, but for a hotel..."
"Long-term rent? Some business people do have similar habits."
"It's possible..."
"Look at his handwriting, it's very smooth. There's basically no difference between the letter you gave me and the letter you gave me."
"You want to say that he is emotionally stable? Tell me why the amount given to you is more than the amount given to me...Can we treat him so differently..."
"I wonder if it was copied by someone else. If more than one such invitation letter is sent out, it would be too tiring to manually copy each one."
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"It makes sense. Rich people always have butlers or secretaries to do the work for them..."
The two detectives no longer paid attention to the pile of documents and reports spread out on the table, pushing the two envelopes and studying the contents.
After reasoning for a while, the white horse detective raised his head.
He glanced at the pile of information that no one was interested in and suddenly laughed.
"It seems like it is a detective gathering that cannot be missed." Hakuba pointed at the new information obtained from their trip to Osaka among the documents on the side. "Tell me, Akechi-kun, will he also receive the same information?" What about the commission? ”
"...Of course I can." Hattori Heiji waved the items in his hand, "It's just like what the Suzuki family considered. They don't have to be short of money anyway, so why not find the most expensive one."
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"And Akechi almost never refuses a commission from a rich person." Bai Ma Tan twitched his lips, "Without giving any clear information, he instead casts a wide net to find well-known detectives? I'm actually a little curious now who the client is. What’s going on?”
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"What else could it be? A lunatic."
Faced with the questions from his teammates, Tang Ze did not waver and answered decisively.
"What's wrong? I just saw a commission, and you know about it?" Matsuda Jinpei originally just came up to help Zhufu Jingguang hold Tang Ze who was obviously upset. Hearing this, he made a strange expression, "I know. Your cognitive abilities are almost miraculous, but you are also a bit too miraculous.”
Just by looking at the invitation letter from the Riddler, I don’t know the name of the client or the content of the request, so I can get accurate information so quickly...
"What's the reason why you haven't uprooted that organization yet?" Matsuda Jinpei asked sincerely, "Do you not like it?"
Even Karasawa, who was mentally sentencing Ito Suehiko with a straight face, couldn't help but cast a sidelong glance at Matsuda Jinpei upon hearing this.
What else could it be because of? Because I didn’t write this spoiler!
Of course, such words cannot be said directly, so Tang Ze just said casually: "Organizations are different from ordinary people. They have their own defense system in terms of understanding the world. It's not like you haven't seen it before."
"Hmm..." Matsuda Jinpei touched his chin and didn't say whether he believed it or not. He just silently exchanged glances with his friends.
Karasawa's tone doesn't sound like that at all...
"All in all, this inviter is a lunatic." Tangze tossed the envelope and said angrily, "If you have to talk about his situation, he should be said to be full."
Everyone knows that Tang Ze has a particularly unforgiving mouth.
However, rather than outright scolding or scolding, Tang Ze usually chooses to use a more tactful approach, using yin and yang to blame others, criticizing others, hiding needles in cotton, hiding knives in smiles, etc...
It was rare for him to criticize someone in such a determined tone. Now, even Asai Narumi, who had not planned to stop him and was watching the show on the side, raised his eyebrows and became curious.
"Let me put it simply. This client should be named Ito Suehiko, and he is, um, a crime lover." Tang Ze thought of his deeds and couldn't help showing a trace of disgust.
"What is the position of a crime lover?" Zhu Fu Jingguang touched his chin, "Is he the kind of person who worships criminals? So he doesn't have any good intentions in inviting detectives?"
"It means he is really good at it. He is a pure amateur."
Karasawa first pointed at himself, and then at several well-known outlaws in the Phantom Thieves.
"Crime."
Then he shook the letter in his hand again.
"Crime lovers."
It refers to the kind of person who is good at food and loves to play. Because he is too rich and too full, he wants to sing about suffering and feel the poetic and romantic life, and then he kills a motionless corpse. , the kind that depicts the human body with seven shots...
Suehiko Ito might have thought he was "A Clockwork Orange" under Kubrick's lens, full of poetry, deconstruction, surrealism, romance and rebellion...
In fact? He's almost done with it.
(End of chapter)