Ghost Detectives in the Detective World

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Did you have a son just for fun?

Conan stared blankly at the last person whose identity had not yet been revealed.

"Professor Agasa, stop pretending!"

"I'm sorry, Shinichi, this was all your parents' suggestion,"

Professor Agasa's voice came from the bulky, muscular man.

He unbuttoned his shirt, revealing Professor Agasa's receding hairline right in the center of his chest.

Above this burly man's body was actually just a dummy supported by machinery.

"You four adults are really quite bored, actually playing this kind of joke on me?"

Conan, his face dark, plopped down on the sofa next to him.

"Mom and Dad, you two actually got Inspector Matsuda and Professor Agasa to join you in this charade!"

"Do you know how scared I was when I heard that Inspector Matsuda was actually a member of the Black Organization?"

"And you, Matsuda Jinpei! You're a police officer from the Metropolitan Police Department! How dare you impersonate a member of an illegal organization!"

“You can’t blame me for this,” Matsuda said with a smile. “I just happened to be there; your parents dragged me here.”

"Heh, you seem to be having a lot of fun, don't you?" Conan glanced at Matsuda sideways. "You even forced me to wear women's clothes! Hurry up and delete all those photos!"

"It's probably too late,"

Matsuda shrugged, barely managing to suppress a laugh.

"Hey, you...you haven't already sent those photos out, have you?" Conan's eyes widened instantly.

"Yes, Xiaolan sent me a message on the way here."

Matsuda said with a smile,

"I thought she might be worried about your safety, so I wanted to send her something to put her mind at ease, but all I have here are the photos you just took, so..."

Matsuda was lying, of course. Kudo Yusaku had already informed Ran that Conan was with him.

As Shinichi Kudo's childhood friend, Ran naturally knows Yusaku Kudo.

Matsuda already knew this, but still sent Conan the photo in women's clothing, simply wanting to see Conan's embarrassed state.

In fact, besides Ran, there's Sonoko, Sato, Yumi...

All of Matsuda's acquaintances who had any interaction with Conan received photos of Conan in women's clothing.

If those kids from the Junior Detective Club didn't lack mailboxes, Matsuda wouldn't have missed out on their share either.

"Matsu...da!"

Conan gritted his teeth and lunged at Matsuda.

Unfortunately, now that he is short in stature, he could not move forward an inch further just by having his head held down by Matsuda.

"Hey, I'm helping you conceal Shinichi Kudo's true identity!" Matsuda tapped Conan on the head. "Don't be ungrateful, kid. Do you think I'm the only one who suspects you're Shinichi Kudo?"

"You mean..." Conan looked horrified.

"That's right,"

Matsuda agreed with his assessment, though he himself had no idea what Conan was thinking this time.

But in such situations, as long as you leave enough room for the other party's imagination,

He'll convince himself eventually.

Sure enough, Xiaolan has begun to suspect my identity?

Would Officer Matsuda know? Did Ran already ask him about it?

Conan grew increasingly frightened as he thought about it, and his face gradually turned pale.

"So, now you know I'm doing this for your own good, right?" Matsuda said with a righteous expression. "As long as you send them your photos in women's clothing, even if they have any doubts, they definitely won't think that way anymore. After all, how could the famous high school detective Shinichi Kudo dress up as a woman?"

"Officer Matsuda, thank you so much!" Conan quickly expressed his gratitude.

Indeed, Xiaolan knew his temperament best.

Seeing the photo of Conan in women's clothing, people will definitely not associate the two of them together anymore.

Yusaku Kudo, standing nearby, looked utterly helpless. It was the first time he'd ever seen his son being played like this. This kid was really letting his concern cloud his judgment...

When Yukiko heard Matsuda mention those photos, her already bright eyes sparkled even more.

She gently nudged Matsuda with her elbow, and Matsuda, understanding, turned on his phone.

The two exchanged email addresses, and then, before Yukiko could speak,

Matsuda then sent over all the photos of Conan wearing a pink dress.

Yukiko happily picked up her phone to look at her son's photos in women's clothing.

Kudo Yusaku, watching the two's tacit interaction, felt a little jealous.

"Officer Matsuda, thank you for your hard work tonight. My wife and I have something to discuss with Shinichi, so..." Kudo Yusaku politely ushered them out.

"Yes, it's almost time, I should go."

Matsuda stood up, greeted the Kudo family, and then walked towards the door of the room.

Seeing this, Dr. Agasa hurriedly took his leave and followed him out.

After leaving the house, he caught up with Matsuda in a few steps.

"Officer Matsuda, that picture of Shinichi from earlier..." Professor Agasa said somewhat embarrassedly, "Could you send me a copy as well?"

"Doctor, are you also interested in Conan in women's clothing?"

Matsuda was shocked. This old guy was so old and still unmarried. Did he have that kind of interest?

"Don't misunderstand," the honest Professor Agasa hurriedly waved his hand. "Actually, it's just that Shinichi always makes fun of me, so I thought if I had a picture of him in women's clothing, I could make fun of him in the future."

Ah, what a simple wish...

Since Professor Agasa had said so, Matsuda naturally couldn't refuse, so he took out his phone and sent Professor Agasa a copy of Conan's photo in women's clothing.

"By the way, Doctor, what about this?"

Matsuda pointed to the small microphone-like voice changer that was still clipped to his collar.

"This is for Officer Matsuda."

As Professor Agasa answered, he looked with satisfaction at the Conan photo he had just received on his phone.

“Actually, this voice changer is quite useful,” Matsuda said curiously. “Why doesn’t the professor apply for a patent and then sell it to a company?”

"Because this invention can change too many voices, what if it falls into the hands of bad people..." Professor Agasa shook his head and said, "I don't want my invention to become a tool for criminals to commit crimes."

"Doctor, your awareness is quite high!" Matsuda praised.

"Actually, Shinichi told me all of this," Professor Agasa said shyly, scratching his head. "If he hadn't reminded me, I almost would have sold this back then."

This old man is indeed kind, it's a pity that he's still single at such an advanced age.

Are we all destined to be single?

Matsuda shook his head with a sigh.

The two walked out of the Mihana Hotel, went to the parking lot, and said goodbye to each other.

Chapter 170 I must help Yoko keep an eye on this bastard

Professor Agasa went to find his yellow Volkswagen Beetle, while Matsuda arrived at his police car. Ghost Rider and John had already returned.

After thinking that he had nothing else to do today, Matsuda drove straight home.

……

The next day, in the Metropolitan Police Department's First Division office, Inspector Megure had a dark expression, while Shiratori stood beside him with a look of schadenfreude.

"Inspector, didn't I tell you? There were so many things to do last night, I completely forgot about that thief..."

Matsuda explained with an awkward laugh. After leaving the Beika Hotel last night, he went straight home, forgetting that there was an unconscious thief in the back seat of the police car.

So the unfortunate guy spent the whole night frozen in the freezing cold car.

Fortunately, although it snowed in Tokyo for half the night, the temperature didn't drop too much in the latter half of the night.

Although the thief was half-dead from the cold in the back of the police car, at least he was only half-dead, not completely dead.

However, before Matsuda sends him to the detention center, he may have to stay in the hospital for a few days first.

"Matsuda, you must not forget Inspector Matsumoto's warning," Inspector Megure kindly reminded him, "You must be careful during this time!"

"Don't worry, Inspector," Matsuda said hurriedly, "I really had too much going on last night..."

Before he could finish speaking, Sato had already walked into the office with a stack of newspapers.

"Matsuda, it was so cold last night, why did you jump into the river to save someone?"

Sato approached Matsuda and carefully examined his complexion.

How are you feeling? You don't have a cold, do you?

"Don't worry, I'm perfectly healthy," Matsuda replied with a smile.

Seeing the interaction between the two, Shiratori's face immediately scrunched up as if she had eaten sour grapes.

"Hmph, who knows if he really saved people or not..."

“It’s already in the newspapers,” Sato said, waving the newspaper in his hand. “This was given to me by Yumi just now. She’s worried about that little guy…”

She pointed to the cat on Matsuda's desk. Hoshino Terumi, as usual, had come to the First Division's office today, clinging to Matsuda.

"Yumi is allergic to chocolate, so she probably won't be coming to the First Division office for the next couple of days, but she did bring the newspaper over this morning."

Sato handed him a newspaper.

Inspector Megure took it and immediately began to read it.

The white bird nearby peered over, also wanting to see what was going on.

"Actually, besides this, there's another piece of news that's probably not so good."