Ghost Detectives in the Detective World

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Conan watched from the side and shook his head.

While Mori's reasoning seemed correct, everything was just too coincidental. And what criminal would be foolish enough to leave such obvious evidence on their person?

Conan looked up and around, and noticed that Matsuda was holding a small notebook and asking a female attendant at the stadium something.

Could this guy have actually made some discovery?

Conan hurried over and happened to hear Matsuda's last question.

"So, what Mr. Yasui said is true? Every time he comes here, he orders coffee before the victim finishes playing ball?"

"Yes!" The waitress nodded affirmatively.

"Thank you very much for the clue; it's very valuable," Matsuda said politely.

After the waitress had walked away, Conan looked around and, seeing that no one was paying attention, immediately approached.

"Hey, Officer Matsuda, did you get to the point? You seem so happy."

"Yeah, more or less," Matsuda replied with a smile.

"Hey, what do you know? Tell me!" Conan couldn't help but urge.

Matsuda glared at him, intending to ignore him.

But who would have thought that Conan would be so unexpectedly persistent when it comes to detective work?

Matsuda didn't say anything, but he kept acting like a child, which annoyed Matsuda, so he had to explain.

"There's something wrong with the golf ball fragment left over from the explosion."

"What's wrong?" Conan asked hurriedly.

"The perpetrator used black powder this time. Although black powder isn't the most powerful bomb, look at the scene. The explosion was so powerful that it's clearly not small..."

“Then it’s impossible for most of the golf ball, which was the carrier, to remain and be discovered by people,” Conan immediately replied.

“Yes,” Matsuda nodded, “So, the biggest question now is still, where exactly is the bomb hidden?”

“In any case,” Conan said slowly as he thought, “the bomb exploded when Captain Tachibana hit the ball, that’s something I’m absolutely certain of.”

"Hit the ball..."

Matsuda reached out and made a grasping motion, mimicking a golf swing.

Immediately, both he and Conan had a flash of inspiration.

"If the bomb wasn't inside a sphere, then all that would be left is..."

Chapter 219 Jealousy

"Club!"

The two said it almost in unison.

Having pieced together the clues, Matsuda immediately called Okubo over and began questioning him.

Because of Minami Tomofumi's previous betrayal, Okubo had long harbored resentment towards him.

Upon hearing Matsuda's question, he immediately answered without hesitation.

"That's right, Minister Tachibana's long-distance club was indeed taken by Minami Satoshi for repair, and he only retrieved it this morning!"

"So, Minister Tachibana's explosion occurred when he hit the ball with a long-distance club?"

“Yes!” Okubo nodded firmly.

Haha, I'm sure now.

The murderer is Minami Tomofumi! Matsuda thought excitedly.

……

In a corner of the course, Matsuda found the actual fragment of the bombed golf ball.

What happened next was simple: Matsuda went directly to Megure and whispered the whole truth to him.

Meanwhile, Mori was still reasoning that "Okubo is the culprit."

"In my opinion, Okubo is definitely..."

"I already said, I'm not the murderer, I didn't..."

Okubo continued to argue his case.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Megure coughed twice, interrupting Mori's reasoning.

“Mr. Minami Tomofumi, we now have enough evidence to confirm that you are the murderer of Minister Tachibana. Please come with us to the Metropolitan Police Department for investigation.”

"What? Minami Tomofumi? Inspector Megure, are you sure you're not mistaken?" Mori shouted hurriedly, "The real culprit should be Okubo!"

“Mr. Minami Satoshi,” Matsuda mimed a golf swing, “you hid the explosives in here, didn’t you?”

"you……"

Minami Tomofumi stared blankly at Matsuda for a moment before shaking his head with a wry smile.

"I originally thought that the famous detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department would be on leave these few days and not at the Metropolitan Police Department, so I chose this time to make my move. I didn't expect that I still couldn't escape in the end..."

"Hey, what do you mean by this..." Megure put his hands on his hips, his face turning black with anger.

“His meaning is very simple,” Conan added fuel to the fire, “Apart from Detective Matsuda, everyone else in the Metropolitan Police Department is useless!”

"hateful!"

Megure and the other officers immediately cast resentful glances at Matsuda.

It's all because this bastard is too outstanding; otherwise, without comparison, how could they be looked down upon like this!

"cough,"

Matsuda was secretly delighted, but outwardly he punched Conan hard on the head.

"You brat, what nonsense are you talking about? If it weren't for these police officers working until dark every day, do you think you would have such a peaceful life now?"

Conan rubbed the large bump on his head and said quietly, "Is my life peaceful...?"

Uh……

Matsuda was also somewhat speechless.

Everyone forgot that this guy's attribute is Death God; a peaceful life is basically something that's completely foreign to him!

"Alright, Inspector, I've had the forensic team take the golf clubs and the golf ball that was damaged by the blast wave back to the Metropolitan Police Department for examination."

Matsuda ignored Conan and reported to Megure.

"As for Mr. Minami Tomofumi, he has already admitted that he did it, so can I..."

Matsuda made a gesture to leave.

"Matsuda, you bastard, don't even think about running away, there's more to come..."

Inspector Megure was halfway through his tirade when he saw Matsuda's innocent expression.

Then it suddenly dawned on him that Matsuda had been called over today while he was on vacation.

"Sigh, let's go!" Megure waved his hand awkwardly.

Matsuda greeted the others present and then prepared to leave.

He also needed to return to the Metropolitan Police Department to ask Yumi for Hoshino Terumi's cosmetics and clothes.

He didn't expect that when he reached the entrance of the golf course, someone would suddenly call out to him.

Matsuda turned around and saw that the person who called out to him was actually Ran.

"Xiaolan, what's wrong?"

Matsuda found it strange; Ran was acting noticeably different today.

When he and Megure arrived at the golf course earlier, he had asked Ran some questions.

But the girl hurriedly dodged away.

Matsuda thought he had done something to make Ran dislike him.

Unexpectedly, it was Xiaolan who called out to him alone.

"Actually..."

Xiao Lan hesitated, as if she was still unsure about something.

While waiting for the girl's answer, Matsuda looked around for someone who might be jealous.

"Actually, I wanted to ask, Officer Matsuda, do you have time tomorrow?"

Xiaolan hesitated for a long time before finally blurting out everything she wanted to say.

In her panic, she didn't notice the volume of her voice.

As soon as he shouted, everyone in the entire golf course lobby turned to look at him with curiosity.

Matsuda, meanwhile, heard a clattering sound from behind a cabinet nearby.

“I should have time tomorrow,” Matsuda nodded with a smile, “after all, I’ve been on vacation recently.”

"That's right, Officer Matsuda,"

Xiaolan lowered her head, her face slightly flushed, and said...

"Our family is planning to go to the mountains to see the cherry blossoms tomorrow. If Officer Matsuda has time, why don't you come with us?"

"Going to the mountains to see cherry blossoms?" Matsuda asked, puzzled. "Why go so far? Can't we just find a park in Tokyo to see cherry blossoms?"

"Sister Xiaolan, Officer Matsuda finally has a chance to take a vacation, he definitely wants to rest well and doesn't want to go too far!"

Conan hurriedly ran out from behind the cabinet next to him.

"Let's not cause Officer Matsuda any trouble!"

"Ah, I'm sorry, Officer Matsuda, I didn't consider that..."

Ran hurriedly tried to apologize, but Matsuda interrupted her.