In the world of Detective Conan, however, he was bound to the Naruto System.

Chapter 223 The Infidelity Investigation Team

Chapter 223 The Infidelity Investigation Team

After hearing their ideas, a bright light bulb suddenly appeared above Akutagawa Hiko's head. Seeing that the two were looking at the top of his head, he quickly waved his hand and turned it into a puff of smoke.

"Ahem, I've thought about it carefully, and what you're saying isn't without merit. We should eliminate all possibilities of murder. Just then, I received a request—"

Akutagawa Hiko had no professional ethics as a detective who couldn't tell others about his cases; on the contrary, he felt that the man named Torakura Daisuke had profited.

He only paid for one person and hired three famous detectives to investigate—something most people wouldn't even dare to dream of, and this scumbag just happened to stumble upon it. Tsk tsk tsk, "cheating?!"

The two people, one tall and one short, looked through the floor-to-ceiling window at Etsuko Torakura, who was focused on painting in the courtyard. They glanced at the open interview magazine on the table and, for a moment, had an unexpected thought.

"Cough cough—"

Being detectives of high moral character, the two quickly dismissed their impolite thoughts and instead looked at Akutagawa Hiko: "Does Mr. Torakura have anyone he suspects?"

Akutagawa Hiko shook his head helplessly. If there were any suspects, Torakura Daisuke would probably have taken drastic measures himself long ago. How could someone like him tolerate someone cuckolding him?

It's definitely better to kill a thousand innocent people than let one guilty person go free.

The two were not surprised. Although their main business was solving murder cases by chance, it still made private detectives who couldn't get big cases grit their teeth and "duty" to solve cases, completely disrupting the market.

However, they have also been involved in similar investigations into infidelity cases.

Especially Conan, Kogoro Mouri is a well-known expert at catching adulterers. Although his reputation for catching cats and dogs has been overshadowed by Hiko Akutagawa's agency, which is big enough to run a pet shop, most people still trust Kogoro's ability to catch mistresses more.

The dismissal times for high school and elementary school are not the same, and Conan is sometimes taken by Kogoro Mouri to wait at their destination.

Ever since Hiko Akutagawa discovered Conan's hidden uses, Kogoro Mouri has also enjoyed bringing Conan along to make the targets he's monitoring less vigilant.

"Let's gather intelligence first. This will not only help us solve the case quickly, but also eliminate potential threats, such as who has a grudge against whom."

Akutagawa Hiko brought up the two million yen reward, which he initially thought was just an empty promise. However, Torakura Daisuke seemed to trust Akutagawa Hiko's abilities very much and directly transferred the two million yen into his account.

He never hesitated to assume the worst about this kind of person. Others might think they trusted him as a famous detective, so they didn't care about any deposit or anything and just transferred the whole reward to him.

However, Daisuke Torakura might not trust his abilities, and might even assume that he has a large team behind him who is constantly promoting him and giving him advice.

But whatever the truth is, if you don't want your hard-earned fame to collapse overnight when facing fellow celebrity Daisuke Torakura, then you must do your best.

Otherwise, even if he only mentioned it subtly in public, his many book fans would definitely not let this famous detective live a good life.

"How despicable, Daisuke Torakura."

Akutagawa Hiko, relying entirely on his own subjective assumptions, put a label on Torakura Daisuke. Anyway, Torakura Daisuke had done so many despicable things, so one more wouldn't make a difference.

Using his child advantage, Conan approached Etsuko Torakura, who was drawing outside.

Compared to the high school detective who only knew how to rush forward and didn't care about other people's feelings at the beginning, Conan's emotional intelligence has improved a lot now.

At least he didn't directly ask for information. Instead, he waited until Torakura Etsuko had leisurely finished drawing a small part of the picture and lit a cigarette to relax before he spoke up.

"Wow, that's beautifully drawn!"

Etsuko Torakura seemed to only then notice Conan standing to the side, her melancholy expression brightening considerably after a cute little child complimented her oil painting.

"Friend, you like oil paintings too?"

Conan looked up at Torakura Etsu, who was sitting there, and nodded: "Mm."

Torakura Etsuko curled the corners of her lips and chatted with Conan about her favorite works. She originally thought that Conan simply liked bright colors, but after talking to him, she found that Conan actually knew quite a lot and spoke eloquently.

While Conan was trying to get information out of him, Hattori Heiji turned his gaze to Hamura Shuichi, who was said to frequently come here to borrow books because of Torakura Daisuke's collection of ancient books containing many records related to vampires.

If the person they were having an affair with was Toshiya Tadokoro, the student who lived there and took care of them, they should have noticed it long ago.

As for the editor, it wasn't that Hattori Heiji looked down on him, but rather that a middle-aged man with a puffy build, thinning hair, and an age not much different from Torakura Daisuke was unlikely to attract the young and beautiful Torakura Etsuko.

As for talent and wealth, he is probably far inferior to the writer Daisuke Torakura.

In conclusion, it is still this Hideichi Hamura who is more suspicious.

After pondering for a moment, Akutagawa Hiko walked over to Tadokoro Toshiya and slowly said, "Mr. Tadokoro, would you be willing to have a chat with this inquisitive detective?"

Tadokoro Toshiya scratched his head, looking puzzled, and realized that Akutagawa Hiko wanted to talk to him alone: ​​"Is it about Torakura-sensei's request? Of course, no problem. Let's go to the collection room."

Thinking of the murder plan he had been pondering for a long time, Toshiya Tadokoro made a suggestion.

Akutagawa Hiko knew this was part of a murder plan, but he wasn't too concerned about it. What he really wanted to ask was whether the man still wanted to take revenge himself, and then decide what to do next.

Tadokoro Toshiya turned on the light and introduced it to Akutagawa Hiko: "This is the room where the teacher collects vampires. Many of them are props used in filming vampire movies. The wooden pegs over there are one of them." Akutagawa Hiko's nose twitched, and a smell of white paint hit his nostrils. No wonder the little guy with short legs smelled it immediately.

This should have been done sooner, otherwise such a big flaw wouldn't have been left. But if this plan had been thought of earlier, it wouldn't have taken so long to be implemented.

Akutagawa stared at the "wooden nail" for a while, so long that Tadokoro Toshiya started sweating profusely: "What's wrong, Mr. Akutagawa?"

Without answering the question, Akutagawa Hiko put on gloves, picked up the plaster prop, and slowly said, "This prop is quite new."

Toshiya Tadokoro knew that his revenge plan might be ruined; after sending Daisuke Torakura to hell, he probably wouldn't escape either.