Conan’s Unscientific Detective Chapter 024

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Fujino ()

Ogawa ()

Yuta ()

Ogino Tomoya ()

This case, Fujino remembered, was the “Monthly Gift Case” from Detective Conan…

If he wasn’t mistaken, this case should have been triggered by a little boy who died of appendicitis two years ago, a case Ogawa had handled.

The little boy’s father had sent him both the insurance money and gifts. It wasn’t until today, two years later, that he came to take the life of his son, Yuta…

“My son?!”

Ogawa stood up at the sound of this, looking at Fujino with a face full of confusion, “Is that really true?!”

“Twenty-five million Japanese Yen, that’s not a small sum…”

Saying this, Fujino picked up a toy from the coffee table and pointed to its packaging: “And haven’t you noticed? These packages are already very old… There are even some scratches on the toy.”

“Detective Fujino, do you mean…”

“The toys that person sent you should all be old toys. The money and the toys are clearly aimed at your son.”

Saying this, Fujino took out a game console from the pile, turned it on, and brought up the character name interface: “Ogino Tomoya… do you know this name?”

“Ogino Tomoya…”

Ogawa frowned, then shouted, “I remember! This should be a patient I took on three years ago when I first started working!”

“That patient was a little boy who died because his appendicitis wasn’t discovered in time. After the child died, his father even beat me up, so the impression is particularly deep!”

“That should be it.”

Fujino nodded at the sound of this, “Twenty-five million, I remember this should be the reimbursement amount for an elementary school student’s accidental death insurance.”

“Ogino Tomoya unfortunately passed away during treatment. His family, unable to bear the pain of losing their son, started sending you gifts and money from then until today, which happens to be twenty-five million…”

“As for those toys, I think they should be the child’s belongings.”

Fujino slowly stood up, deep in thought as he deduced:

“Combining this with the content of that letter, if I haven’t guessed wrong, the person who sent you these things intends to take your son’s life today, so that you can also experience the pain of losing a child!”

“I’ll call my wife right now and tell her to pick up Yuta!”

Just as Ogawa was about to make the call, Fujino shouted, “You don’t need to rush yet!”

“Then, what should I do now?”

Ogawa, already flustered, anxiously asked Fujino.

“Ahem…”

Fujino coughed, “First, use our phone to call the kindergarten and confirm if he’s been picked up.”

Ogawa quickly called the kindergarten at the sound of this. After confirming that his son hadn’t been picked up yet, he breathed a sigh of relief and sat back down on the sofa.

“Then Detective Fujino, what should I do now? Should I call the police?”

“Since your son is fine for now, we still have time to prepare, no rush.”

Saying this, Fujino poured Ogawa a cup of steaming hot tea and explained, “If we call the police, we don’t have concrete evidence yet to prove that someone wants to abduct your son. It’s probably useless even if we call the police…”

“How could this be?”

Ogawa lowered his head and kneaded his thigh, a dejected expression showing on his face.

“However, this matter is not without a solution…”

“Detective Fujino, just say it!”

Ogawa looked up at the sound of this, already seeing Fujino as his last hope.

Clearly, this detective in front of him was absolutely reliable.

Simply by relying on fragmented clues, he had determined the identity of the person who sent him money and gifts, and had even deduced that person’s intention to harm his son.

If this person couldn’t do anything, then probably no one could.

“It can be solved.”

Fujino poured himself a cup of black tea and took a sip: “However, the original 60, 000 Yen investigation fee might have to be raised to 600, 000 Yen for protecting the client.”

“What?”

Fujino was not surprised by this reaction and explained, “Strictly speaking, you are currently consulting me on a matter. Although you are my client, you only entrusted me to investigate who the other party is.”

“Now, entrusting me to protect your son is another commission, and the commission amount is different. Ordinary investigation cases are 60, 000, but protecting personal safety is 600, 000.”

“If that person is after your son’s life, no one can guarantee whether he’s carrying a weapon… 60, 000 Yen isn’t worth me risking my life.”

“I’ll pay the 600, 000!”

Ogawa tightly grasped Fujino’s hand, “Please, Detective Fujino, protect my son!”

“Since that’s the case, your son is my son. I will absolutely not let Yuta suffer any harm!”

Fujino said seriously.

Then he instructed Ogawa, “Oh, and the 60, 000 Yen paid earlier will be considered a deposit. Remember to transfer the remaining 540, 000 to my account after the commission is completed.”

“No problem!”

Ogawa nodded vigorously.

…

An hour later, in front of a certain daycare center.

“Detective Fujino, are you sure that person will come to pick up Yuta?”

Ogawa, sitting in the passenger seat of the car, saw no movement for a long time and couldn’t help but ask Fujino with some doubt.

“According to my deduction, it won’t be wrong.”

Fujino glanced at Ogawa and explained, “Even if Yuta doesn’t encounter danger, the previous 60, 000 Yen commission has been completed, so you won’t have any loss, right?”

“Understood…”

Ogawa nodded at the sound of this, thinking that was indeed the case.

A moment later, he looked up and saw a shifty-looking person appear at the kindergarten entrance.

“It’s him!”

He widened his eyes and excitedly pointed at the shifty figure: “I won’t be mistaken, that’s the person who hit me three years ago!”

But just as he was about to get out of the car to stop that person from abducting his son, he was held back by Fujino.

“Are you just going to stand there and watch him abduct my son?!”

He, whose head was already clouded by anger, shouted at Fujino.

“That’s enough!”

Fujino tightly gripped his shoulder and said in a deep voice, “You must know, he recognizes your face. If you alert him now, it won’t just be your son who dies! The other children in the kindergarten could also be buried with him!”

“How could this happen…”

He slammed the glove compartment, “Why does something like this happen to me?”

“I can understand your feelings.”

Fujino nodded and promised, “Since I accepted your commission, I will absolutely not let Yuta suffer any harm!”

With that, Fujino looked at the dented glove compartment, feeling a little pained. He paused, then continued, “However, you’ll have to pay me 50, 000 for the repair of the glove compartment.”

“No problem.”

Ogawa nodded, feeling guilty about his earlier agitated emotions.