Chapter 2169 Bet again
As soon as he heard Linton say this, Conan's face immediately turned green. Of course, Hattori Heiji next to him didn't know what was going on, and started to inquire with interest.
"A physique that easily attracts crime... Hahaha... It seems that this is really the case." After listening to Conan briefly explain the situation, Hattori Heiji here thought about it carefully and seemed to agree with this statement. After all, This is really based on facts. Even Officer Memu and the others feel that something is wrong. It is an official complaint.
"What do you want to drink? If according to what he said, the cases brought by famous detectives attract people, aren't you also one of the famous detectives?" Conan said, rolling his eyes.
"Uh..." I have to say that these words of anti-shogun Ichijun made Hattori Heiji a little speechless. Indeed, thinking carefully about the many cases he encountered inexplicably, especially every time he wanted to take Kazuha everywhere. When playing, you can always encounter cases that suddenly appear, and as a detective, Hattori Heiji always leaves Kazuha aside to solve the case. Kazuha has complained about this many times, so if you think about it, Conan's words seemed to be right.
"Muji Sai, in short, does the matter of attracting physiques in the case have anything to do with your wearing women's clothes?" Hattori Heiji here once again rebelled against General Ichijun.
"伱..." Conan was indeed choked and speechless again, but shouldn't he be unanimous at this time? Why did you suddenly stab him in the back?
"Yes, no matter how much you talk about other things, you can't get away with the women's clothing matter." Linton also said with a smile, "Without further delay, let's go buy it now."
"Huh? Now?" Conan here was also stunned. "Hey, you are too urgent anyway. Don't you care about Kaneki Ken's matter?"
"It doesn't look like there's much to gain from this," Linton said, spreading his hands. After asking several neighbors, except for the former prisoner Misari Ito who provided some information, the other neighbors either had no one at home or were not very familiar with Kaneki Ken here.
The only clear information provided is that Kaneki Ken is not married, because the proportion of women in Japan and Japan who work as full-time housewives is still very high. In such a community, if gossip is about these women who have nothing to do at home, they will visit everywhere. , then there will be more gossip news. Kaneki Ken is not married and has no wife, so few women go to his house, and he gets less gossip information.
In this way, except for a few houses where no one was home, Linton basically asked about them all. What we actually know is that Kaneki Ken spends a lot of time at home. Most people also speculate that he just works from home. There are not many reliefs.
While talking, Linton and others also returned to Jin Muyan's house. At this time, Toyama and Ye here had also woken up. Apart from being a little panicked, there was really nothing wrong with them.
"Heiji, did that person just... explode?" Seeing Hattori Heiji's return, Toyama and Ye asked hurriedly. Although she had asked Miyano Akemi and Haibara Ai the same question, neither of them were involved, and of course they didn't know what happened there.
"Ah... this prisoner probably had explosives on him, and he accidentally detonated it and blew himself up." Hattori Heiji here said vaguely. Of course he knew that Linton did it, but he just didn't want Toyama to do it. He was involved in too many things with Ye, so he responded casually, "The police are already investigating this matter. It has not been made public yet. In short, several prisoners have been arrested now."
"It's really scary." Obviously, the previous incident had cast a considerable shadow on Yuan Shan and Ye, and they were still confused now.
"Are you done asking?" Miyano Akemi asked Linton.
"There is not much useful information." Linton spread his hands and said, "Have you gained anything here?"
"I can only say... there are too many things left behind." Miyano Akemi said, "But most of them are notes and settings for some works. It seems that Kaneki Ken's goal is to establish an entertainment company... …”
"What's surprising is that this guy's steps are really a bit big, with scripts, songs, novels, games..." Haibara Ai next to him said, "But most of his works... are pretty good."
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Since it was copied, Linton was certainly not surprised. In short, it seems that Kaneki Ken is really planning to become a literary copywriter in the world of Conan and establish an entertainment empire? This goal is a bit too small. If you just visit a few worlds, you can achieve more than this. I don’t know what this guy wants to do.
"Aren't there any special original works?" Linton asked.
"Are you saying that these things are not original? I haven't seen them anywhere else." Haihara Ai said.
Linton thought about it and realized that it was useless to say so. Haihara Ai had no way of judging whether these works were plagiarized.
"But apart from these, there are still some discoveries." Hui Yuan Ai suddenly said again.
"Oh? What is it?" Linton asked.
"That..." Haiyuan Ai pointed to a small cabinet not far away. Linton looked over there. The cabinet was not the focus, but the phone on it. "I found some clues on the answering machine. .”
"What is it?" Linton asked.
"The phone has been down for at least half a year due to arrears." Haibara Ai said, "But before the shutdown, there was someone who often called to press for payment. This Kaneki Ken must have disappeared at that time. Of course, no one answered, so the answering machine I left a lot of messages from that person until the tape was full. "Who? Why did you leave a message?" Linton asked. Answering machines are still quite popular here in Japan. Know why. In fact, there are some aspects here in Japan that are really strange. As recently as 2022, ZHENG government departments were using fax machines to send out materials. I don’t know what they were trying to do.
"The person who left the message is named Itakura Taku. Most of the content in the message is a reminder. The general meaning is that if no payment is made, the game will not be able to continue. So it is estimated that Kaneki Ken contacted a game company to help him produce the game. , it is very likely that the money he mortgaged for the house was also used for this, but later because he disappeared, the funds were cut off. People from the game company have been calling to collect payment, but it was only half a year ago. Well, this game is probably dead," Huihara Ai reasoned.
"Itakura Taku?" Linton always felt that he had some impression of this name. It must be the first time he heard it, so it must have appeared in the original work?
If you can't remember, it probably isn't an important role. However, Linton also wanted to ask the other party about the situation.
Kaneki Ken used to run his own game company, the one that made Pokémon, but later the company went bankrupt due to the failure of the game launch. So is he planning to change his approach this time and find an existing game company to provide funds to help him develop games? So this Itakura Taku should know Kaneki Ken, or be very familiar with him?
Linton also wanted to know what game the other party developed. It would be best if it was an original game, so that he could see the idea of Dianjin Muyan. For example, making a game using his experience and background as an investigator would really help a lot. It's a pity that Linton probably won't have such a good thing. The Pokémon in the first game suffered a lot. The second game will probably be more cautious, the kind that guarantees to make a fortune...
Speaking of which, why is Kaneki Ken so interested in entertainment? Do you want to try posting some works of your own? Linton wonders if there are special rules for valuables in this world, such as copyrights and the like? Of course, it's not impossible to say that this guy just likes to play like this.
Linton decided to have a chat with Taku Itakura, and maybe try to buy a game copyright or something. Or do I have to make one myself? Kaneki Ken was just trying to figure out whether it would be okay to pay others to do it? Forget it, let’s meet and ask when the time comes.
"Can I still contact Taku Itakura?" Linton asked, "There should be his number on the phone."
"Yes, do you want to contact him?" Hui Yuan Ai asked.
"Call him." Linton said directly.
Of course, Haihara Ai called immediately, but he didn't expect to receive the news that the other party had turned off his phone.
"Ordinary business people rarely turn off their phones during the day." Haiyuan Ai frowned and said, "It's likely that this number is no longer used."
"Well... don't let it get cold." Linton said suddenly.
"Huh?" Hui Yuan Ai was slightly stunned.
"In detective films like this, if you encounter someone you can't contact, you'll most likely die immediately," Linton said.
"So... I said this is the real world." Haiyuan Ai held his forehead.
"Then... how about we make a bet?" Linton said with a smile, "If I win, you will wear women's clothes... for three days."
"I am a woman to begin with. What have you always thought of me so far?" Haiyuan roared.
"Tch...is she really a woman? Don't think that you can stop wearing women's clothes..." Linton curled his lips and said.
"So what I'm wearing now is..." Haibara roared.
"Then... let's get some high-end ones, like LO Lita outfits, and then take a full set of photos." Linton thought for a while and said.
"Hey!" Haiyuan roared.
"I was just about to buy women's clothes for Conan, and I bought all yours by the way." After Linton finished speaking, he shouted directly in the direction of Miyano Akemi next to him, "Miyano Akemi, your sister said she wants to wear lolita clothes."
There was a "ding" sound, and for some reason Haihara Ai saw a flash of light in the eyes of Miyano Akemi who turned around.
"Nonsense, I never said it at all!" Hui Yuan Ai said quickly.
"Pull her together and go shopping for dresses." Linton said with a wave of his hand.
(End of chapter)