After school.
Kudo Shinichi swung his schoolbag and walked towards home while recalling the details of the case sent by the Megure Police Department.
When he arrived at the door and was about to open the door, a black car parked in front of his neighbor A Li's Dr. Hospital attracted his attention.
"This is?"
Kudo Shinichi had seen this car before. The owner of the car was a fellow detective with whom he had a good relationship. They occasionally discussed the case on the Internet.
He threw his schoolbag into his courtyard, walked a few steps quickly around the car and arrived at the door of Dr. Agasa's house. He stood on tiptoe to observe the situation inside. Then he saw Dr. Agasa and the private man named Asakura Makoto. The detective stood at the door of the house, talking about something.
"Dr. Ari!"
Across the courtyard gate, Kudo Shinichi said hello.
"Shinichi, come in yourself." Dr. Agasa, who heard the voice, looked up and looked at where Kudo was. He responded and introduced to Asakura, "He is my neighbor's child. His name is Kudo Shinichi. He is also a child. detective."
"I know him. He is quite famous in the detective world." Asakura nodded, "It's just that he is a bit too high-profile. I always feel that he will encounter a lot of trouble in the future."
"Everyone has this time. The cases he takes over are basically difficult and complicated cases of the Metropolitan Police Department. It is relatively safe to have police officers following him when handling cases." Dr. A Li said with some pride, his tone was like Like showing off his grandson.
However, their relationship is indeed no different from that of grandfather and grandson.
"That's right. I really didn't consider the situation of the private detective on him."
While talking, Kudo Shinichi had already walked up to the two of them.
"Uncle Asakura." As soon as he opened his mouth, it was a title that only a person without vision could call out with peace of mind.
Asakura rolled his eyes and did not reply to his words. He took out his checkbook from his pocket, signed one and handed it to Dr. Agasa: "Let's finish our business first. This time I need a small enough tracker, the previous one was still a little bit big.”
"Is that one still big?" Dr. Ali took the check and held it in his hand. "If it shrinks any further, the signal may not be guaranteed."
"The signal problem doesn't matter, as long as it can be received stably within a range of two hundred meters." Asakura Makoto repeated his request, "The specifications must be small enough, preferably one-third of the current model. Within.”
"Within one-third?" Dr. Ali looked confused. He was about to explain the difficulty of research and development, but when he recalled the number on the check, he replied, "I'll give it a try."
As an unreliable inventor, Dr. Ali's financial situation is not that good. He is not a person who loves money, but in this society, it is really difficult to make a living without money.
"Sorry for the trouble, please contact me after you make it. I will come and pick it up in person."
After talking about business, Asakura said goodbye and was about to leave. When he opened the car door, Kudo Shinichi suddenly came to him: "Uncle, are you interested in going to handle something together?"
This sentence seemed to be a question, but at the moment he said it, the man had already slipped to the passenger door and was about to get on the bus.
"Is there any reward?"
Asakura didn't refuse, opened the door and let him get in the car.
"No."
"Climb for me."
"Don't worry, don't worry. The one who is missing is Haneda Hideyoshi. You know that famous shogi player. If you break this piece, your reputation will greatly increase. Then it will be more convenient for you to catch the big piece."
In Kudo Shinichi's perception, Asakura is really a capable but unknown private detective. Most of his usual tasks include looking for cats and dogs to catch people having affairs.
If you can participate in famous offers, you can use this to increase your reputation and receive money-making offers——
Of course, the main reason was that the disappearance of Haneda Hideyoshi was very suspicious. Kudo Shinichi thought about it for several days without any clue, so he wanted to find someone to work with him to find a solution.
"Hideyoshi Haneda?"
While Asakura started the car, he wondered, "Does this need to be checked?" The murderer behind the scenes is sitting here.
"Shogi player Haneda Hideyoshi suffered from unbearable diarrhea during the match. He was sent to the hospital after abandoning the match. He mysteriously disappeared in the ward the next day. When he disappeared, the hospital had a power outage and monitoring failed. The hospital was busy restoring power, so no one noticed Haneda Hideyoshi. 's disappearance."
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"Kidnapping?"
"Uncertain." After entering the situation analysis state, Kudo Shinichi focused all his attention on the information sent by Officer Megure. "Normally speaking, the criminal who kidnapped Yu would demand ransom from the victim's family. For such a long time, the Metropolitan Police Department has not received any relevant news.”
Haneda Hideyoshi's kidnapping occurred on the eve of Asakura's departure to England, and now that he has returned from England, such a long time has been enough for this incident to ferment.
"Is it possible that kidnapping Haneda Hideyoshi is the purpose in itself?" Asakura said casually, "There are many jealous guys from all walks of life in this country, and there are also those who kill because of the talent gap between them. Quite a few, the rise of Haneda Hideyoshi should affect the interests of many famous shogi players."
"No." Kudo Shinichi said firmly. He had already conducted an investigation. "Haneda is a shogi family, and its influence in the shogi world is very important. Rather than infringing on the interests of his colleagues, it is better to say that his colleagues have to rely on the momentum of the Haneda family."
"Good reasoning, what could it be, kidnapping celebrities in society to create panic?"
"It doesn't seem like it. To create panic, it would definitely be more effective to kidnap and dump the body. However, among the unidentified corpses discovered by the Metropolitan Police Department during this period, Haneda Hideyoshi was not found.",
"Unidentified corpses discovered during this period?" Asakura frowned.
"The few murder cases I broke were just small cases compared to this missing case."
"..."
"Originally, I wanted to advise you not to take the path of professional detective, but it seems like you, the plague god, don't have to worry about making money anymore. People will die wherever you go."
"What does it mean to go somewhere and die? This is the call of the case. A real detective should appear at the scene when the murder occurs to crack the case and give justice to the victim?"
Kudo Shinichi resolutely refused to admit his identity as the God of Plague.
"In short, the cases that have been solved are not important. I investigated the case of Haneda Hideyoshi and found that he had an older brother who died of unknown causes more than ten years ago. He was also a genius shogi player named Haneda Koji."
"Is it related to this incident?"
At this time, Asakura Makoto felt that Kudo Shinichi was getting close to the topic. Haneda Hideyoshi was not important, but Haneda Koji was important - otherwise there would be no need for him to let "Haneda Hideyoshi" disappear. It would not be difficult to find someone to pretend to be Haneda Hideyoshi for a long time. Even if the actor doesn't know how to play shogi, he can still explain it by saying that he is unfortunately seriously ill.
"possible."
