Chapter 163 - I Chose to Be a Scumbag in Conan!

"Conan, have you searched the entire house? Still no sign of the body?

Lin Yi began to deploy his strategy, sending friendly signals to Conan.

"Yeah... I've searched inside and out, but I can't find the body anywhere."

As soon as the case was mentioned, Conan immediately got into gear, nodding as he said, "...But Ayumi and the others and I have been waiting at the front gate of the yard the whole time, and no one has come out."

"So, I'm certain that the body is hidden somewhere in this room."

"I see..."

Lin Yi looked at Conan with a surprised expression: "You're amazing... You can think about these things so clearly! When I was your age, I didn't understand anything."

"It's nothing."

Conan was flattered by Lin Yi's praise, and felt a little smug.

"Lin Yi, how is it?"

Mouri Kogoro asked after seeing Lin Yi come up: "Any idea where the body might be hidden?"

Conan curled his lip, muttering to himself: What ideas could he have? He's been chatting nonsense with us since he got here. I bet he doesn't even know where the bathroom is.

"Not yet... but I want to ask the person involved a few questions," Lin Yi said.

Mouri Kogoro looked at the office worker who was talking to Inspector Megure and said, "His name is Tanaka Masashi, an ordinary office worker who just got off work."

"Just got back? Then he's not the person involved, right?" Lin Yi asked deliberately.

"No. The person involved is sleeping in the study," Conan proactively pointed to a room: "But he's not in a good mood."

"Who's this kid?" Mouri Kogoro frowned at Conan.

"Oh, his name is Edogawa Conan... He says he learned a lot of deductive skills from Kudo. So I thought, why not have him help out."

Lin Yi smiled at Conan.

"Tch, help? It'll be good if the kid doesn't cause trouble," Mouri Kogoro said dismissively.

Mouri Kogoro's nasty attitude was in stark contrast to Lin Yi's.

Conan suddenly found Lin Yi much more pleasing to the eye, and his favorability increased again.

"Then I'll go ask the person involved a few questions."

Lin Yi said as he walked towards the study.

Lin Yi's actions caught Tanaka Masashi's attention, and he immediately said, "Um... Excuse me, is there something you need?"

He said as he walked over, apologetically: "My brother is already asleep, and he hates being disturbed. If you have any questions... you can ask me directly."

"Ask you?"

Lin Yi smiled and said impolitely, "You're not the person involved, so I don't think you can answer some questions."

With that, Lin Yi continued to walk into the study.

Tanaka Masashi became anxious. He didn't expect someone who didn't play by the rules to come along. He anxiously stopped Lin Yi in front of him, frowning as he said, "Hey, don't go too far! Officer... who is he? Why is he here?"

The last sentence was shouted at Inspector Megure.

Inspector Megure said a little embarrassedly, "Ah... he's Mouri Detective's assistant..."

"Detective? Assistant?" Tanaka Masashi feigned displeasure: "My brother is willing to cooperate with your police investigation, but you're actually pushing your luck and calling a detective over?"

"This..." Inspector Megure looked embarrassed, but fortunately he reacted quickly: "They were just passing by..."

"I'm sorry, but I don't welcome them. Please ask them to leave," Tanaka Masashi said with a cold face.

Just as Inspector Megure was about to say something, Lin Yi spoke up: "Mr. Tanaka... I'm just asking the person involved a few questions, is there any need for you to be so nervous?"

With Lin Yi's point, everyone else suddenly began to feel that Tanaka Masashi's attitude was indeed a little strange.

Tanaka Masashi snorted: "I already said that my brother doesn't like being disturbed when he's sleeping!"

"That has nothing to do with you, right?" Lin Yi smiled: "Whether he hits me or scolds me later... I won't mind."

"..."

Tanaka Masashi didn't expect Lin Yi to be so shameless. He had already made it so clear, but he had to go in. This made him pause involuntarily for a second or two before saying, "In short, it's not allowed."

Lin Yi didn't say anything, just glanced at Mouri Kogoro.

Mouri Kogoro received the signal and stepped forward without saying a word: "Excuse me, Mr. Tanaka, I have a question to ask you."

"What question?" Tanaka Masashi looked at Mouri Kogoro warily.

But before he could finish speaking, Mouri Kogoro made his move, grabbing his collar and giving him a clean and neat throw.

This time, except for Lin Yi, no one could have imagined that Mouri Kogoro would actually do this, and everyone on the scene was petrified.

"You... what are you doing?" Tanaka Masashi cried out in pain: "Officer, aren't you going to do anything?"

"This..." Inspector Megure looked at Mouri Kogoro with a dazed expression: "Mouri, why don't you explain?"

After solving several murder cases in a row, Mouri Kogoro became very tough, humming twice: "You'll know later, Inspector Megure."

Lin Yi went into the study and called out "Mr. Tanaka" a few times, but when he didn't respond, he pushed him.

As a result, the person involved, Mr. Tanaka, fell straight down, crashing to the ground motionless.

Conan was stunned at the time, and then understood something, slapping his head hard, regretting why he hadn't thought of it.

Tanaka Masashi's face was ashen.

Mouri Kogoro looked smug.

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"Uncle Mouri, you were so cool just now... I was stunned at the time and didn't have time to take a picture."

Lin Yi said with a regretful expression.

"Hey, it's nothing, you'll see it often in the future," Mouri Kogoro said smugly, smoothing his collar.

"Then... I'll take them to eat something, I'll leave this to you."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, you take these kids to play. Leave the adults' affairs to the adults!"

"Conan, have you searched the entire house? Still no sign of the body?"