Chapter 1329 Chasing a Dog

Mouri Kogoro's first stop is Rick Hawkins' ex-girlfriend, the first love who abandoned him.

Statistics show that the majority of homicides are committed by someone known to the deceased, with a higher proportion of those murdering spouses. Although women are less likely to kill their husbands than their wives due to their natural physical weakness, it still cannot be ruled out that some ruthless women make up for their weakness in other ways, such as poisoning or hiring murderers.

Rick Hawkins' ex-girlfriend is Benita Galli, and Kogoro Mori investigated that she worked in a cafe near Lincoln Square.

"Benita Galli has sufficient motive to commit the crime." In the corner of the cafe, Maori Kogoro said to Mao Lilan and Edogawa Conan under the cover of a coffee cup, "The person she ignored back then has suddenly become a It must be a bad feeling to have a diamond king who is beyond her reach. And I also found out that she also knows Rick Hawkins' current wife, so I can't rule out that she received greater stimulation from her. "

Maori Kogoro's voice was a little loud, and Maori Lan quickly reminded: "Dad, be careful, there must be many regulars in this coffee shop, be careful they tell Benita what the detective is investigating!

"And what you just said was just your own speculation. Benita doesn't necessarily resent Mr. Rick for this reason, right? Even the court can't convict the suspect without direct evidence."

Mao Lilan looked at the busy figure in an apron behind the counter and sighed: "I think Miss Benita is very gentle. When I ordered just now, she reminded me that Italian coffee with cinnamon is great."

"That's just her job, right?" Conan said helplessly, "And there are actually many cases in history that were judged based on circumstantial evidence only. This kind of thing has more room for maneuver under the jury system."

Mao Lilan glanced at Conan gently, and she assured that her eyes and expression were normal. However, Conan suddenly trembled and fell silent for an instant.

This reaction is very similar to Shinichi...

No no no!

Soon Mao Lilan denied himself again.

Because this reaction is also very Conan.

In fact, the two of them are very similar in many places. In addition, Shinichi has been absent during this period, and Mao Lilan can hardly tell the two people apart.

When Conan grows up and Shinichi doesn't age too much, she might really shout Shinichi's name to Conan, right?

It seemed pretty interesting until then.

Conan felt that Mao Lilan's smile was a little strange, and this strangeness made him even more silent.

It would be best for him not to make any noise at this time.

The area around Mouri Kogoro suddenly became quiet. He looked at this and that, not knowing what was going on with Xiaolan and Conan.

"Mr. Mori!"

A standard Japanese sentence suddenly broke into the peaceful and calm space.

Uncle Maori, who had become accustomed to listening to English in recent days, looked up unexpectedly, and then he recognized a familiar face.

"Oh, you are... who are you?" After thinking for a long time and not remembering the other person's name, Mouri Kogoro smiled sheepishly.

However, Mao Lilan recognized it immediately: "Have we met in Nagano County before?"

"Yes." The man nodded.

"Huh, Nagano?" Mouri Kogoro was confused.

"It's the case of the red wall. Mr. Asano and the Morofushi Police Department were both injured. When we went to the hospital to pick up Mr. Asano, the criminal we met outside the ward!" Mao Lilan asked, "Are you the criminal Ogawa Yumatsu?" ?”

A flash of surprise flashed in the man's eyes, and then he laughed: "I didn't expect you to still remember my name."

Hearing Ogawa Yumatsu's name, Mouri Kogoro and Conan also remembered it. But to them, Ogawa Yumatsu was just an ordinary police officer involved in an ordinary case. No one expected that they would meet again in a foreign country.

Mouri Kogoro asked strangely: "Ogawa Criminal, why did you come to the United States?"

After all, Uncle Maori is also a former criminal who has worked in the Metropolitan Police Department for a period of time, and has a certain understanding of the rules and regulations of the Metropolitan Police Department. Although the Metropolitan Police Department does not restrict police officers from traveling abroad, they need to report to the chief of their department before leaving and after returning, which is generally not as convenient as ordinary people. Therefore, it is basically an unspoken rule of everyone at the Metropolitan Police Department not to leave the country unless necessary.

The Metropolitan Police Department is like this, so the local police departments will probably not be much different.

In this regard, Ogawa Yumatsu's answer was very natural: "It was a business trip. There is intelligence that some terrorists are preparing to detonate bombs in Tokyo. The Metropolitan Police Department suspects that these things may be related to the case in Washington. But the Metropolitan Police Department Everyone was too busy to leave, so the Zhufu Police Department sent me over to investigate."

Mouri Kogoro suddenly became serious: "So the bombing in Washington was indeed a terrorist attack?"

"Ah, this..." Ogawa Yumatsu was confused, "These are just our speculations, there is no evidence yet. Moreover, the bombing in Washington was such a big deal, and I heard that copycat crimes have occurred in many places. It is difficult to say whether these incidents Is there any definite connection between them?"

He didn't want his lies to mislead Kogoro Mori and Conan in their investigation direction.

As for why he lied——

After all, even Ogawa Yumatsu’s identity is fake!

If Nobushige wants to create an opportunity to meet the protagonists by chance and gain trust as soon as possible, he must choose an identity that everyone in the protagonists knows, preferably one that will not be revealed in the future.

After much thought, he finally chose Ogawa Yumatsu, a character who had little contact with Conan and others but had a natural level of trust because of his identity.

The more important point is that Nobushige once successfully played Ogawa Yumatsu under the nose of his brother. Since all the clever people can be deceived, it should be easier to fool a few unfamiliar people, right?

"So, Mr. Mori, why are you in the United States?" Nobutushige asked in Ogawa Yumatsu's voice with a slight Nagano accent.

"Ah, we are here to investigate a client. The client has received many phone calls and letters threatening his property and life." Mouri Kogoro didn't seem to have the consciousness that as a detective he should keep the client secret. He raised his chin and looked at Penny Tower Galli's direction was raised,

"That woman was the first target of my suspicion. Her name is Benita Galli, and she is the client's ex-girlfriend."

Nobushige glanced at Moori Kogoro strangely: "Wouldn't it be more convenient to directly investigate the source of threatening calls and letters?"

"Ah?" Mouri Kogoro was confused.

Conan's expression was similar to his.

damn it! Because he had encountered too many examples of IP address hiding before, he subconsciously ignored this most basic method.

But at the same time another problem arose.

Conan said helplessly to Nobutushige: "Ogawa Criminal, have you forgotten that we are in the United States? Except for the police, no one else has the authority to investigate communication records."

"Anyway, let's ask first. Even if we can't investigate the sender of the mail, what about the letter? There must be a sender for the letter, right? Even without a sender, we can tell from the postmark which city it was sent from, right? "

"Then Benita..."

"Interrogating the suspect directly is the most undesirable method. It is easy to alert the snake. What if the person is angered and attacks your client in advance? As the little brother said, we are not the police and we cannot do it 24/7 Protect the client at all times.”

"But……"

"My car is parked outside. I'll take you to the client's house."

In this way, Nobushige used his great deception skills and successfully coaxed the Maori family into the car.

It was only then that Conan showed a look of surprise.

Wait, what on earth did this Ogawa Criminal come here to do? Doesn’t he also have a job? Why does he go with them so naturally?

And why should they listen to a guy who is basically a stranger?

This feeling felt familiar to Conan.

He looked through the rearview mirror at Ogawa Yumatsu who was driving seriously.

Anyway, he couldn't tell whether this person was disguised. After all, there should be no bad people in this world who know the art of disguise, right? If it were Mr. Asano in the past, he would indeed be able to do such a thing, but now...

Conan shook his head, tentatively believing Ogawa Yumatsu's words.

Half an hour later, under the guidance of Mouri Kogoro, Nobushige drove the car to a high-end residential area.

Rick Hawkins' house sits among them.

Mouri Kogoro knocked on the door, but no one answered.

"Isn't Mr. Hawkins home? Mr. Rick Hawkins! I'm Maori!!"

The whole house was silent. Not only was Rick not at home, but it seemed that his wife and children were also absent.

"Will they still be in the company at this time?" Mao Lilan speculated.

Conan relied on his small stature to easily climb over the fence and ran to the backyard.

Mouri Kogoro tried to stop him but failed. He could only be blocked by the fence and was helpless and furious: "Hey! Conan! It is very impolite to break into other people's homes. Come out quickly!!"

Seeing that the reprimand was ineffective, Mouri Kogoro thought that children were more afraid of police uncles, so he turned to look at the only current detective Ogawa Yumatsu.

However--

"The client's mailbox is unlocked and there are some advertisements in it..." Nobuhiro said while checking the mailbox.

Maori Kogoro:"……"

Can such a person really be a police officer?

Soon Conan came back, and with him was a dirty dog.

Conan and his dog got out of the gap in the fence.

"What is this?" Mouri Kogoro frowned.

"A dog." Conan replied obediently.

Maori Kogoro:"……"

"boom--"

It was obvious that Conan's head had been damaged again.

"I don't know if it's a dog? What I'm asking you is why is there a dirty dog ​​in Mr. Rick's backyard and why are you taking it out!!"

Conan held his head and felt aggrieved: "I didn't bring it out, it insisted on following me."

The scene in front of him was so childish that Nobuhiro couldn't bear to look at it. He didn't care about the person, the child, or the dog, but took out all the letters from the mailbox.

"Ogawa Criminal, what are you doing?" Mao Lilan asked doubtfully.

"Since the client has received so many threatening letters before, maybe he still does." Nobuhiro didn't want to take the risk and go out in vain. His subconscious told him that the client, Rick Hawkins, must be related to the organization.

Half a minute later, Nobuhiro found a letter without a postmark, stamp, or address among a pile of advertising letters.

Seeing this letter, Mao Lilan said disappointedly: "If there is nothing, we have no way of knowing the situation of the sender."

Nobushige was not too disappointed: "This is a smart move. But since he can personally deliver the letter to the client's mailbox, at least it means that he lives not far from here. And in a community like this, every household Everyone knows each other well, so you might be able to gain something by asking your neighbors.”

"Woof woof woof!!"

The dog in Conan's arms suddenly started barking mode.

Nobuhiro frowned and reminded: "Take care of your dog, little brother, it will attract the attention of the neighbors."

"This is not my dog!" Conan's argument was drowned in the barking of the dog.

Conan thought that the dog that took the initiative to get close to him was a good dog, but he didn't expect that it suddenly struggled violently, broke away from his arms with all its strength, and ran towards the side of the road.

"Oops!" Conan cursed secretly and hurriedly chased after him.

Nobushige said it was difficult to understand: "Didn't he say that it was not his dog? Why did he chase it?"

Mao Lilan was helpless: "Maybe... it's because he brought the dog out?"

Nobushige looked back at the fence: "With this kind of gap, it can come out by itself even without Conan, right?"

In any case, the investigation itself is full of uncertainties, and Nobuhiro and the others cannot let Conan get lost. So they had no choice but to temporarily shelve their plans to ask the neighbors and chase the dog in the direction where it escaped.

…

Nobuhiro was having a great time chasing the dog, but on the other side, the FBI investigation was at a deadlock.

"They are still rescuing people in the emergency room, but you told me that the investigation can't be continued?!"

In the hospital, Ariane Swann looked at the person in front of him with red eyes, and asked angrily, "The criminal is there, we have found the clues, haven't we?!"

"This is an order from above, we can only execute it." said the FBI opposite him.

Of course, this reason did not satisfy Ariane, and he shouted loudly: "I'll go find them to reason clearly!"

A palm fell on Ariane's shoulder, and then James Blake's voice sounded: "Calm down, Ariane. No matter who you go to, the result will be the same."

"Why?!" Ariane was extremely disappointed.

Never before had he felt so useless. He tried his best to become an FBI, and later left the FBI for revenge. Is it just because he was powerless again and again?

"Because according to our investigation, the bomb used by the murderer is the same batch of arms that the TENSE Group just shipped to the United States not long ago."

Ariane was slightly startled: "If that's the case, then sue TENSE! Even they can't ignore the evidence, right?!"

James Blake looked at him, as if he couldn't bear to continue: "Not long after this batch of arms entered the country, TENSE reported the theft, so we have no evidence to prove it, even though that is the fact."