Ke Xue: An outlaw, a maniac who sets out to usurp the throne! Chapter 009

Kudo Shinichi’s questioning tone made Mouri Ran frown. She said, displeased, “Kudo.”

In the past, Mouri Ran and Kudo Shinichi had a good relationship.

However, in the past two years, Mouri Ran always felt that Kudo Shinichi’s personality… seemed to be truly not good, too stubborn.

“Ran, are you and Kudo classmates?” Jiang Heng said thoughtfully.

“Yes, we are classmates in the same class.” Mouri Ran nodded. Jiang Heng’s voice calmed Mouri Ran’s mood quite a bit.

Then, she turned to look at Kudo Shinichi and said, “Kudo, you—”

“You haven’t been to school recently, you are still a student.”

“Even if it’s just to keep Uncle Yusaku and Aunt Yukiko from worrying, you should… go to school properly.”

Mouri Ran was actually not very good at lecturing people other than Mouri Kogoro, so she spoke with some hesitation.

However, this was also Mouri Ran’s last act of kindness, after all, the relationship between their two families was good.

“I…” Kudo Shinichi opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

Thinking of his experiences in the past two years, Kudo Shinichi subconsciously turned his head and glanced at Jiang Heng.

Noticing Kudo Shinichi’s gaze, Jiang Heng narrowed his eyes and said,

“Kudo, Ran is saying this for your own good.”

“As for detective work… you are still young, you should prioritize your studies.”

“Once your knowledge and experience are rich enough, perhaps you can continue, but now…”

Jiang Heng did not finish the rest of his words, but Kudo Shinichi understood the mockery in Jiang Heng’s eyes.

Thinking of the cases where he had clearly found the culprit, but the crime was committed by someone else because of Jiang Heng, Kudo Shinichi couldn’t hold back.

He angrily blurted out, “I am a detective!”

Looking at Kudo Shinichi, who seemed to be in a state of madness, Mouri Ran subconsciously frowned.

“Kudo, Jiang Heng is also saying this for your own good, you shouldn’t be like this…”

The old Kudo Shinichi, though a bit arrogant, was not so impolite.

Ever since he became a detective, Kudo Shinichi’s behavior had become much stranger, especially… he had almost caused several wrongful convictions.

Thinking of this, Mouri Ran couldn’t help but frown.

“I…” Kudo Shinichi opened his mouth, feeling that the bitterness in his heart was truly unspeakable.

Finally, Kudo Shinichi could only turn to look at Jiang Heng and said in a deep voice,

“Jiang Heng, Lawyer Jiang, do you really think that the car accident a year ago wasn’t done by Mayor Okamoto?”

A car accident that occurred a year ago, with the hit-and-run driver escaping… was a case Kudo Shinichi could never forget.

Not long after the case occurred, the son of Mayor Okamoto, the then mayor of Nishitama City, surrendered himself.

But—

After Kudo Shinichi participated in the investigation, he found that the culprit should have been Mayor Okamoto himself, and he told the police about it.

However, when the case went to court for judgment…

At that time, Jiang Heng, who was Mayor Okamoto’s defense lawyer, actually submitted new evidence.

It directly proved that the culprit should have been Mayor Okamoto’s son, who first surrendered, not Mayor Okamoto himself!

When he received this news, Kudo Shinichi was completely dumbfounded.

Originally, Kudo Shinichi was 100% confident in his investigation.

However, after finding connections to review the evidence submitted by Jiang Heng, Kudo Shinichi couldn’t find any flaws.

It was as if… the culprit really was Mayor Okamoto’s son, and his Kudo Shinichi’s deduction—

Was a completely arrogant and self-important guess by a high school detective, without any supporting evidence.

However, Kudo Shinichi always firmly believed that the culprit should have been Mayor Okamoto, whom he had investigated first!

Unfortunately, he couldn’t find any flaws…

“The case from a year ago…” Jiang Heng narrowed his eyes, seemingly in thought.

“It’s not that I think the culprit isn’t Mayor Okamoto, but the evidence tells us that the culprit isn’t Mayor Okamoto!”

“From the civilian surveillance video at the time, it’s clear that Mayor Okamoto’s son did indeed steal his car.”

Jiang Heng frowned and glanced at Kudo Shinichi, as if wondering why Kudo Shinichi was still dwelling on such a clear-cut matter.

No!

Kudo Shinichi felt all the cells in his body screaming.

Kudo Shinichi had always felt that there was something wrong with that surveillance video.

After all, during the initial investigation, the surveillance videos around that area were all missing…

How could it be that when the trial came, a private surveillance camera installed in a corner was found?

One should know that people in Sakura Country are very concerned about their privacy nowadays, and not many people install surveillance cameras.

Too many coincidences become a problem!

However, when Kudo Shinichi asked Professor Agasa to help check the surveillance video, he couldn’t find any traces of tampering.

It was as if… he had truly found the wrong culprit…

“I know, this kind of thing is a big blow to you.”

“But, young man, you always have to learn to face your mistakes and correct them.”

Jiang Heng shook his head, looking at Kudo Shinichi with profound words, as if educating a junior.

This strange sense of déjà vu made Mouri Ran turn her head to look at Jiang Heng.

However, comparatively speaking, although Jiang Heng was only three years older than herself and Kudo Shinichi.

But, clearly, Jiang Heng was much more reliable than Kudo Shinichi…

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