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For some reason, Aragaki Yu's words suddenly appeared in Conan's ears.
This startled Conan for a moment, and at that moment, the words that Teiji Moriya had said when he, Yuu Aragaki, and Ran were showing him around the exhibition hall suddenly came to mind.
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"this……!?"
In that instant, Conan was as if struck by lightning, his whole body trembling: "This... how is this possible? Could such a thing really happen?!"
Chapter 245 I already know who the culprit is!
"Huh, I don't think this was here last time I was here."
Just as Conan was in shock, he turned his head casually and discovered a place in the room covered by a black cloth.
Curious, he crawled inside the black cloth, only to find a golden nameplate at the very front of the table covered by the cloth, which clearly read—
【Nishitama City, the new town of my dreams】
"So that's how it is!?"
A sudden glint flashed in Conan's eyes as he remembered what Inspector Megure had said earlier—
Because of that case, Mayor Okamoto resigned in disgrace, and his ongoing plan to build a new town in Nishitama City was completely halted after the new mayor took office.
"So that's how it is! So the person who planned this town-building project back then was Master Moriya Teiji!"
Suddenly realizing this, Conan reached out and ripped the black cloth covering the table off completely.
As expected, the town model on the table was designed by Teiji Moriya.
After carefully examining the model on the table, Conan, as expected, found that the town as a whole exhibited an English symmetrical style.
Looking at the streetlights in the town model, Conan was surprised to find that they were exactly the same as the streetlights in the park next to the spot where the time bomb had suddenly stopped.
"!!!"
Now it dawned on Conan. He clenched his fists tightly and said angrily, "The reason the time bomb didn't explode immediately and stopped counting down was because of this. So he's the culprit! But I don't have any evidence yet..."
At this point, Conan finally found himself in the same predicament as Yuu Aragaki.
Desperate to find the remaining explosives, Conan searched around and decided to take a gamble: "Now, I have no choice but to use what I have on hand to gamble!"
……
"I see. You didn't know who would do these things either..." Inspector Megure looked somewhat regretful.
Moriya Teiji spread his hands, looking apologetic: "Yes, I'm really sorry I couldn't help you."
“It’s alright.” Inspector Megure shook his head at Teiji Moriya, then quickly stood up from the sofa, preparing to go to other places to continue the investigation. Of course, he didn’t forget to remind Teiji Moriya, “If you can remember anything else, please contact us.”
"Okay, of course, no problem!" Teiji Moriya smiled slightly as he watched Inspector Megure, Inspector Shiratori, and Kogoro Mouri stand up one by one from the sofa.
"Huh, that's strange, where did Conan go?" Inspector Megure, who had just turned around to walk towards the door, looked around and suddenly realized that Conan was no longer in the room.
"What, this brat!" Kogoro Mouri was about to explode when he was suddenly interrupted by the ringing of Inspector Megure's cell phone.
"Excuse me, I need to take this call." Fearing he might miss some important clue, Inspector Megure hurriedly pulled out his phone from his pocket. "Hello, this is Megure... Oh! It's Shinichi Kudo!"
The name that Inspector Megure uttered instantly drew the attention of everyone present.
Both Officer Shiratori and Kogoro Mouri looked at Inspector Megure, who was on the phone, in surprise.
Meanwhile, Teiji Moriya stared intently at the phone in Inspector Megure's hand, his eyes unconsciously narrowing.
"I understand, we'll leave now and meet at the exhibition hall!" After hanging up the phone, Inspector Megure turned back to Teiji Moriya, who was still sitting on the sofa, and said in an unyielding tone, "Master Moriya, excuse me, could we please take a tour of your exhibition hall?"
Upon hearing this, Moriya Teiji, who was sitting on the sofa, unconsciously darkened his expression for a moment, but he quickly composed himself and replied in a welcoming manner, "Of course... no problem, but before that, I'd like to go to the study first. That should be fine, right?"
"Hmm." Inspector Megure stared at Teiji Moriya, who had stood up, and nodded in agreement to his request.
……
"Come in, please!"
A few minutes later, Teiji Moriya, who had been in his study for some unknown reason, led Inspector Megure, Inspector Shiratori, and Kogoro Mouri to the exhibition room, opened the door, and invited them inside.
"!!!"
However, when he entered the exhibition room, he was shocked to find that the black cloth that had covered the city model had been removed.
It is clear that someone recently entered this exhibition room without the person's knowledge and discovered this city model.
Looking at the model of the new town of Nishitama City placed on the table, Teiji Moriya gritted his teeth, and his face immediately turned ugly.
"Kudo Shinichi!"
The name immediately popped into Moriya Teiji's mind.
And it was at this moment that Inspector Megure's phone rang again.
"Hello, this is Inspector Megure!"
Inspector Megure answered the phone, and sure enough, Shinichi Kudo's voice came from the other end again.
"Yes, that's right, we're in the exhibition hall now."
"Inspector Megure, please press the speakerphone button on your phone so everyone can hear what I'm saying." Conan, who was secretly hiding in a corner outside the exhibition room, said this while observing the situation inside.
"Okay!" Inspector Megure agreed and then pressed the speakerphone button as Shinichi Kudo had invited.
Amidst the somewhat puzzled looks of the crowd, Shinichi Kudo's voice slowly came through the phone.
"The reason I invited you all to this exhibition room is because I already know who the suspects in the arson and bombing are."
At this, the group of people who were still having doubts suddenly became excited.
Inspector Megure stared at his phone in shock, his eyes wide with disbelief: "Shinichi, are you serious?! Who is this criminal?!"
Meanwhile, Teiji Moriya clenched his fists tightly. The words from Shinichi Kudo coming through the phone seemed to confirm his suspicions, and his face grew increasingly grim.
"Wait a minute!" Just as Inspector Megure was waiting expectantly for Shinichi Kudo's answer, Kogoro Mouri suddenly jumped out from the side.
Seemingly not wanting to be overshadowed by Shinichi Kudo, Kogoro Mouri confidently extended his hand and said to Inspector Megure, "I already know who the culprit is!"
Chapter 246 The Truth
"What!?"
Inspector Megure and Inspector Shiratori were clearly drawn to Kogoro Mouri's words and looked in surprise in his direction.
Even Teiji Moriya couldn't help but shift his gaze from Inspector Megure's phone to Kogoro Mouri at this moment.
"Ahem!" Kogoro Mouri cleared his throat, then confidently pointed to Inspector Shiratori next to Inspector Megure and said, "That's right, the real culprit is you, Inspector Shiratori!"
"what!?"
Officer Shiratori was completely stunned.
Inspector Megure was even more startled, staring dumbfounded at Kogoro Mouri and Inspector Shiratori: "Wh...what!?"
Moriya Teiji couldn't help but pull out a handkerchief from his pocket and wipe the cold sweat from his forehead: "..."
Conan, who was hiding outside the door, almost fell to the ground.
Kogoro Mouri remained unmoved by the scene, instead explaining in a serious tone, "Officer Shiratori, you said you always respected Master Moriya's father. So you suspected his death, and Master Moriya became famous after that, so you placed your suspicions on him. You even suspected that Master Moriya started the fire at the villa, right?"
"what!?"
Officer Shiratori was completely stunned by Kogoro Mouri's statement.
"That's right, so you set fire to all of Master Moriya's designs one by one. Your respect and admiration for his father completely transformed into a desire for revenge against Master Moriya!"
With his hands in his pockets, Kogoro Mouri walked up to Inspector Shiratori with an imposing air, staring intently at him and saying, "And why are you always absent whenever the suspect calls?!"
After hearing Kogoro Mouri's amazing speech, Conan, who was outside the door, was completely stunned.
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It was only then that he realized that Officer Shiratori was never around when the criminals called.
This is too much of a coincidence. No wonder Kogoro Mouri is so suspicious of him.
Conan sighed silently to himself, "Sigh, we really can't blame Uncle Mori too much for this..."
"Mr. Mori!" Officer Shiratori exclaimed in shock, hurriedly addressing Kogoro Mori, "You...you can't just say things like that!"
Lacking further evidence to support his reasoning, Kogoro Mouri looked at Inspector Megure's phone and exclaimed excitedly, "Hey, Shinichi, what you're saying is the same as what I'm saying, isn't it!"
At this moment, Officer Shiratori also quickly looked at the phone in Officer Megure's hand with an innocent, pleading gaze.
"..."
However, there was a moment of silence on the phone, followed immediately by an annoyed voice: "Absolutely not!"
"Huh? What?" Kogoro Mouri, who had been excited, lost his balance and fell to the ground.
Officer Shiratori finally breathed a sigh of relief and patted his wounded heart.
"Actually, this series of events was not caused by anyone's hatred towards Master Moriya. The suspect in the bombing is none other than Master Moriya himself, who recently set fire to four houses and also designed that bridge!"
The voice of Shinichi Kudo that came through the phone was startling.
Inspector Megure, Inspector Shiratori, and Kogoro Mouri, who had just gotten up from the ground, all looked at Teiji Moriya in shock.