“It’s Koji, we just came here to chat.” Kisaki Eri lifted her hair and said indifferently.

But what even she herself could not notice was how gentle her tone was now, just like a wife chatting with her best friend and her husband suddenly appeared, cold on the surface but subconsciously getting close.

“Uh (⊙o⊙)…” Yukiko originally wanted to respond to Shimizu Koji casually and then send him away. After all, didn’t Kisaki Eri not want to see Shimizu Koji? But this——

Yukiko said nothing, but turned her head silently and stared at Kisaki Eri’s cheek with her bright big eyes.

At this moment, Hibari Eri was so embarrassed that she could have dug out a three-bedroom apartment from her shoes. All the words she had said just now seemed to have turned into boomerangs, hitting her in the face one after another.

Although Shimizu Koji didn’t know what was going on, he keenly felt that there was something wrong with the atmosphere here. He laughed, took Haibara Ai’s hand and turned away.

“Then we won’t bother you.”

“Um”

Koji Shimizu left silently, but his attention was still on what was behind him. However, as he walked further and further away, he was completely unable to hear or see the expressions of the two people.

It’s impossible that Eri Kisaki and Yukiko’s best friend are talking about him

Well, the probability is very high, so, if Eri and Yukiko talk about him, what will they talk about? Shimizu Koji’s curiosity exploded, because just thinking about it gave him a strange sense of excitement.

Sharing experiences? Or reminiscing? Shimizu Koji couldn’t even control his distracting thoughts.

This special feeling of excitement was no less than when Yukiko and Kisaki Eri talked about his age just now.

“I really didn’t realize you were so bold, ahem—”

Haibara Ai’s voice interrupted Shimizu Koji’s wandering thoughts. Shimizu Koji came to his senses and met her cold eyes. With a slightly awkward smile, Shimizu Koji scratched her palm with his fingers.

“Are you still feeling choked? Do you want me to buy you a bottle of clean water?”

“Hmph, no need.” Huibara Ai snorted coldly, and a hint of unnatural shame flashed between her brows.

Her little secret was discovered by Koji Shimizu by accident.

Recalling what had happened just now, Shimizu Koji had also used his fingers to hook a few times, stirring up the crystal clear dessert to feed her, she felt a little insecure.

“You don’t have any thoughts about those two old women, do you?”

Uh. Shimizu Koji was immediately embarrassed. He remembered that it was still Sister Yukiko in the morning, but now she has become an old woman.

“You think too much, I was just saying hello casually.”

“Huh, I don’t believe it.”

Chapter 541 Suspect Shimizu Koji

Yukiko was fooled by an excuse that Kisaki Eri made up, but only Yukiko herself knew whether she was really fooled.

Ten minutes later, the police arrived. After all, it was in Beika-cho, and in Teitan, not far away. The person who came was the old acquaintance, Inspector Megure.

When Inspector Megure arrived at the scene, he saw Kudo Shinichi, Hattori Heiji, Conan, Mori Kogoro, Yukiko and Kisaki Eri, and his originally relaxed mood suddenly became tense.

After all, each of them is his dear brother, and each of them is a good helper who contributes to his political achievements.

“Brother Kudo, Brother Hattori, Brother Mori, what is the situation now?”

After a simple greeting, Inspector Megure got into the act. With a wave of his hand, a group of forensic police officers rushed over and surrounded the body. The drinks were naturally taken away for testing, and it would probably not take long to get the results.

In response to Inspector Megure’s questions, Kudo Shinichi and Hattori Heiji both frowned. Even Mouri Kogoro, who was always very enthusiastic towards Inspector Megure, did not immediately go up to greet him with a smile today.

“Well, I’m afraid we still have to wait for the test results to come out first.”

Kogoro Mori said hesitantly that he naturally knew what Kudo Shinichi knew. Although there was a big age and seniority gap between him and Shimizu Koji, Kogoro Mori had already regarded Shimizu Koji as his own in his heart. Therefore, he did not believe that Shimizu Koji would poison and kill someone, although all signs indicated that Shimizu Koji was definitely related to this case.

Even, there are very good motives for murder.

“Is there any need to look at this? The murderer must be that brat. Mr. Detective, are you guys covering up for that guy?!”

But Noda Yumemi couldn’t stand it anymore. After the shock just now, she calmed down and just wanted to solve this problem as soon as possible. Being interrogated over and over again made anyone feel a little irritated.

“Mengmei, calm down–” Mitani Yota beside her hurriedly advised her, but unfortunately it was of no avail.

Officer Megure’s attention was also drawn to him. He felt something was wrong. When he heard what Noda Yumemi said, he suddenly became curious, “Oh? Who is that little brat you’re talking about?”

“That’s it – huh? Why is he gone?” Noda Yumemi was about to point out Shimizu Koji, but when she turned around, she found that Shimizu Koji was gone, and with him, Mai Hongue was also missing.

However, she didn’t realize it, she just couldn’t find Koji Shimizu.

This only made her more determined. She frowned and said to Officer Megure, “It was the student-like boy just now. He is the boyfriend of this girl. He was here just now.”

? ?

Kazuha, who was pointed at by Noda Yume, almost suffocated for a moment. Facing the gazes of countless eyes present, especially those of Xiaolan, Sonoko, and Hattori Heiji, her pretty face flushed and she subconsciously retorted: “What nonsense are you talking about!”

Seeing this, Noda Yume was quite unreasonable and refuted loudly, “Am I wrong?! Wasn’t it your boyfriend who was angry because you were hit on that he asked you to exchange drinks with Urata? The poison must have been given at that time! Otherwise, where is your boyfriend? I think he has probably fled!”

Noda Yumemi’s reaction cannot be said to be excessive. It can only be said to be a normal reaction. Her attitude was a little excited. After all, from her point of view, it was indeed the fact. Therefore, He Ye blushed, but could not continue to refute anything.

“He Ye, um, your boyfriend?”

Sonoko and Xiaolan didn’t care much about what Noda Yumemi said. They were subconsciously concerned about this issue, and this issue was also the issue that everyone else was concerned about, except for Kudo Shinichi and Hattori Heiji who were relatively informed.

“Ms. Heye, I didn’t expect to meet you here.” Inspector Megure walked out with a serious expression. Kogoro Mouri subconsciously wanted to pull him, but he was still a step too late.

Inspector Megure couldn’t help but glance at Hattori Heiji next to him, and then silently retracted his gaze. He had a bad feeling in his heart, but due to his identity as police inspector, he had to say a few words.

“Ms. He Ye, may I ask who your boyfriend is and where he is now?”

“No, no, it’s a misunderstanding, Officer Megure—”

“Misunderstanding?! Haha, you are not trying to cover up for your boyfriend, are you? I heard him say with my own ears that you are his girlfriend. How can there be any misunderstanding? Mitani-san, you should be able to testify as well!”

Yota Mitani didn’t expect that Yumemi Noda would be in such a bad mood, but he still nodded. After all, seeing is believing.

“Da da da”

The sound of footsteps just broke the brief silence. Noda Yumemi turned around and saw Shimizu Koji coming in. She immediately pointed and said, “It’s him, Mr. Police Officer!”

Koji Shimizu didn’t know what was happening here. He just vaguely heard something about boyfriend. When he came closer, he found that Kazuya was surrounded with a red face.

He went to talk to Hong Shang Mai. After all, for him, solving a case did not require evidence, and the nervousness shown by Hong Shang Mai at that time was the best evidence.

And the result is very simple. He intends to protect Hong Shangwuyi and the criminal in this case, and he doesn’t even intend to give face to the detectives present.

“Officer Megure.”

Koji Shimizu nodded and greeted first. Inspector Megure was stunned for a moment and then quickly responded.

Inspector Megure and Koji Shimizu are acquaintances, but every time they meet, Inspector Megure can feel more and more the invisible pressure that Koji Shimizu brings to him.

He didn’t know where this pressure came from, but it was just an intuition.

Noda Yumemi saw all this and was a little surprised. For a moment, her attitude was not so excited. She was not a fool. Of course, she could see that the highest-ranking police officer on the scene seemed to be an acquaintance of the suspect she identified.

Japan has never had much rule of law. The more you work in society, the deeper your understanding of this truth will naturally become.

“Brother Qingshui”

Officer Megure looked back and forth between him and Kazuha, his eyes unable to conceal the strangeness, “According to what Ms. Noda said, brother Shimizu, you seem to be the only suspect who has the opportunity and motive to kill.”

“Well, I admit that this point cannot be refuted. I did let He Ye exchange drinks with the deceased, but I was definitely not the one who poisoned him.”

Upon hearing this, Inspector Megure breathed a sigh of relief. His eyes lit up and he perked up. He took out his little notebook, ready to appreciate the performance of his brother Shimizu. Everyone else thought the same, even though Sonoko and Ran were still in a strange mood.

However, Shimizu Koji did not show as much power as they thought.

“I’m sorry, I can’t prove my innocence, so, Officer Megure, please take me back to the police station.” Shimizu Koji smiled and spread his hands, and the faces of the people present changed.

Inspector Megure is a veteran police inspector, but he still reacted the fastest. “Hey, brother Shimizu, are you kidding me? Besides, innocent until proven guilty, we can’t just arrest people without evidence.”

Inspector Megure smiled awkwardly, but Shimizu Koji couldn’t help but smile. Why didn’t you be so law-abiding before? If he remembered correctly, didn’t Inspector Megure in the past just wave his hand and say “Please come with us?”

Then, detectives like Kogoro Mori would appear and say something like “please wait a moment”. Although Koji Shimizu didn’t follow Kogoro Mori often, he had seen many such scenes.

“No, in order to resolve this incident as quickly as possible, I think I should go with Officer Megure. It’s not good to leave the body here. The dead are the most important. Let him rest in peace first.”

Chapter 542: Unexpected Reversal

No one expected this result. Many people were stunned on the spot. Inspector Megure looked embarrassed and hesitant.

There is indeed no evidence, but Urata Kohei and his friends, and even people around Shimizu Koji, and Kazuha all saw it with their own eyes. Shimizu Koji is the only person who had the opportunity to poison, besides Hongjo Mai who bought the drinks.

The reason why Mai Hongue was not suspected was that after she bought the drinks, she put her own drinks and Urata Kohei’s drinks together on a stool. Then, Yumemi Noda took a cup and handed it to Urata Kohei.

This process was completely random, and the short few seconds when Noda Yumemi handed over the drink were not enough to poison him. So, although there may still be some doubts, there is no doubt that the person who openly had a conflict with Urata Kohei and handed the drink to Urata Kohei was Shimizu Koji.

The three detectives, Hattori Heiji, Kudo Shinichi, and Mori Kogoro, all frowned, thinking hard whether there were any missed clues, while Ran and Sonoko pulled Kazuha, and the three of them went straight to Shimizu Koji.

“Koji-kun——”

“I did not do that.”

Before Sonoko could finish her sentence, Shimizu Koji interrupted her directly. It was not because he disliked her, but because of her tearful look, Shimizu Koji really didn’t dare to let her continue.

Koji Shimizu was in a very calm mood, because just like Inspector Megure said, innocent until proven guilty, without evidence, no matter how much you doubt, it will be useless unless he admits it himself. And if he follows Inspector Megure back to the Metropolitan Police Department now, it will just be a formality.

It might be a little troublesome, but thinking about the conversation with Hong Shang Mai just now, Shimizu Koji felt that he could occasionally uphold justice~.

A doctor who can kill his own patients just because of a mistake in his paper is, in the words of Hong Shang Mai, a devil in human skin.

Koji Shimizu did not comment on this. If this was considered a demon, there would be many such demons. But no matter who heard about such a doctor, they would probably want to kill him as soon as possible. What’s more, this Urata Kohei was already destined to die.

Therefore, Koji Shimizu felt that it was right to kill Mai Hongue, so he came up with the idea of ​​helping her.

Anyway, according to his observation and speculation, as long as the criminal is not caught on the spot, once the case is returned to the hands of the Metropolitan Police Department, without the involvement of detectives like Kudo Shinichi, it will soon be unresolved and turned into a pile of waste paper, gathering dust in some information room of the Metropolitan Police Department.

He Ye was not aware of all this, but this did not affect her trust in Shimizu Koji. From the beginning, she had never wavered. Now, hearing Shimizu Koji’s personal denial, she was immediately relieved.

While she was relieved, she still felt a little embarrassed and didn’t know how to face Koji Shimizu.

It’s all your fault. What’s your girlfriend?

She couldn’t help but complain to Shimizu Koji in her heart, but on the surface she couldn’t control her expression and pouted slightly.

“I’m sorry He Ye, it seems that I have caused you some trouble.”

“Ah?!” He Ye suddenly came back to her senses and saw Shimizu Koji looking at her with a slightly apologetic look. She couldn’t help but feel a little flustered for a moment.

“It’s okay, it’s okay, I know you’re trying to help me, Koji.”

On the side, Xiaolan and Sonoko were a little confused, but seeing that Kazuha lowered her head shyly, they were afraid that there was no way to explain it to them.

Now that Koji Shimizu had figured out what had just happened, he naturally would not take advantage of this opportunity of being misunderstood by everyone to continue to put pressure on Kazuha. Not only would that be too boring, it would also be a bit too much. Kazuha already had a good impression of him, so why would he use such an ugly method?

“The reason why I said Kazuha is my girlfriend is that I don’t want her to be hit on by that guy any more. I think young and beautiful girls like you, Xiaolan and Sonoko, should be able to understand, right?”

“Hey——!”*2

Xiaolan and Sonoko were immediately praised and their faces turned red. They were called young beauties and so on. Even though they were such beautiful girls, it meant a lot coming from the mouth of Shimizu Koji, who was always cold (towards them).

As for Shimizu Koji’s explanation, they understood it immediately. He was a brave and righteous flower protector! This was indeed normal.

However, while Sonoko blushed, she also mumbled and complained with a dark look: “I can’t understand why every time they meet a handsome guy, they only chat up Xiaolan.”

Yuanzi’s words made Xiaolan’s face even redder, “Yuanzi, stop talking nonsense.”

He Ye watched from the side, and her originally shy and uneasy heart finally settled down and she breathed a long sigh of relief. Her eyes passed over Shimizu Koji’s face, but she happened to see Shimizu Koji smiling at her.

Her heart couldn’t help but tremble slightly, but this time she held back and didn’t blush again, “Um, Koji, are you suspected now?”

“Don’t worry.”

He Ye was stunned for a moment, then he and Xiaolan Yuanzi turned around and looked behind them.

Wearing a short skirt uniform and high heels, Hibiki Eri had an elegant figure and an indifferent look in her eyes. As soon as she appeared, her aura crushed the three young beauties.

Yukiko, wearing a school uniform, walked beside her. For a moment, she looked like her daughter. Even Xiaolan was dazzled and almost saw it wrong.

Kisaki Eri adjusted her glasses, crossed her arms, and glanced at Shimizu Koji calmly, “I will bail you out, don’t worry.”

Koji Shimizu was a little surprised, but he immediately nodded in understanding and accepted Kisaki Eri’s kindness.

Xiaolan and Sonoko were not surprised at all that Kisaki Eri did this. Shimizu Koji was touched, but not much. He just felt a little weird, especially when Yukiko was looking at him with curiosity.

He didn’t know that after Kisaki Eri had made a huge promise in front of Yukiko, saying something like she would have nothing to do with him, she turned around and came directly to him to offer help. In Yukiko’s eyes, this was naturally quite – weird.

However, while they were chatting, the hesitant Inspector Megure became radiant and straightened his back after receiving a phone call.

Inspector Megure never thought that he would be so relaxed just because he didn’t catch any suspects, but who can blame Shimizu Koji? He has not only his younger brother, but also a young lady like Sonoko, and people like Kisaki Eri and Yukiko, who are even more terrifying old acquaintances.