Ghost Detectives in the Detective World

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"The past is the past, Mom. Wait for me outside. I promised Dad I would take good care of you."

……

After taking the mother and son into custody, Matsuda began searching through case files from five years ago.

After asking several veteran detectives, he finally found the case file of Mr. Yamamoto's death five years ago in a corner.

As soon as he opened it, Matsuda scratched his head when he saw the name on it.

Megure Juichi...

Was Inspector Megure the one who handled this case back then?

To be honest, Matsuda had a very good impression of Inspector Megure.

This chubby police inspector, aside from not being good at pushing things, is quite good to his subordinates.

Matsuda's rapid promotion to acting inspector was due not only to his own achievements but also to Megure's tireless efforts in recommending him to his superiors.

God help me, I hope he didn't close the case carelessly back then!

Matsuda clasped his hands together, offered a prayer for his superior, and then opened the case file.

"...A Western-style house in Beika-cho 4-chome was broken into by robbers. The homeowner, Yamamoto Taro, was killed by the robbers who struck him on the head with a candlestick. The robbers then fled and have not yet been captured..."

……fine.

Although Inspector Megure classified the case as robbery and murder, at least he didn't close it haphazardly.

The case file also states at the end that the perpetrator has not yet been apprehended.

Be thankful, Inspector Megure, you almost got kicked out of the First Division!

Matsuda shook his head, took out all the case files, and moved them to Megure's office.

"What are these?" Inspector Megure asked, puzzled.

"Evidence that almost got you kicked out of class,"

Matsuda made a joke, and then briefly recounted the story of the Yamamoto family.

"So, that's how things were back then..."

Megure sat blankly in the chair, staring at the wall beside him, muttering to himself.

Matsuda followed his gaze and saw a plastic board hanging on the wall, covered with sticky notes.

These sticky notes are all about unsolved cases that Megure has been unable to solve since becoming a detective.

The Yamamoto family was among them.

"Thank you so much, Matsuda-kun!"

Megure got up and tore down the sticky note about the Yamamoto burglary case.

"One less thing to worry about me."

“This isn’t my doing,” Matsuda shrugged. “The criminal delivered himself to me. I brought these things over because I thought the inspector probably wanted to close the case himself.”

The aftermath of the Yamamoto family case was taken over by Inspector Megure.

After finishing get off work, Matsuda couldn't wait to rush out of the office.

He had previously promised Yoko Okino that he would go over and investigate any potential stalkers who might be following her when she was filming on location.

As a result, I spent several days in the hospital, which caused a lot of delay.

Today is the last day of Yoko Okino's location shooting.

……

The sky was dusky, and the torii gate was old.

The eerie stone lions and the strangely sinister-looking ancient shrine

Accompanied by the ominous cawing of crows, Yoko Okino, holding a blood-dripping dagger and her long dress stained with blood, collapsed weakly to the ground.

In front of her, Matsuda Jinpei was curled up, his face contorted, his eyes wide open, his pupils filled with terror!

Fresh blood was continuously oozing from Matsuda's abdomen, staining a large area of ​​the bluestone floor red.

Yoko Okino stared blankly at the lifeless body of Jinpei Matsuda, his eyes wide open in disbelief.

"Why, why are you so fickle! You only need me! You only need me!"

With angry shouts, Yoko Okino continued to stab the corpse in front of her with the sharp knife in her hand.

Amidst the splattering blood, her figure, and Matsuda Jinpei's corpse before her, gradually faded into darkness.

"Okay! Cut!"

"That shot was very well done, very impactful!"

Director Taketoshi Gondo laughed and praised him.

Kogoro Mouri eagerly handed the towel to Yoko, praising her with an exaggerated expression.

"Ms. Yoko's acting was absolutely superb! Her expression just now looked like she was truly betrayed, and that feeling of collapse was just amazing!"

"Actually, it was all Miss Mamegaki's good ideas."

Yoko Okino took the towel and, while wiping the blood off her face, thanked Taeko Mamegaki, a member of the film crew standing nearby.

Chapter 51 Who is Death?

“That’s a good idea,” Matsuda said, getting up from the ground with a helpless expression. “This is also the first time I’ve ever experienced what it’s like to be a corpse.”

"Thank you for your hard work, Officer Matsuda!"

Seeing Matsuda's face covered in blood, Yoko Okino covered her mouth and chuckled softly.

"Officer Matsuda, you have blood on your face too,"

When Ran saw that Matsuda had tried to wipe himself several times with a towel but hadn't managed to get the right spot, she simply grabbed the towel and started wiping Matsuda herself.

hateful!

That bastard is taking advantage of Xiaolan again!

Seeing Ran practically clinging to Matsuda, Conan, who was standing nearby, immediately started to get jealous again.

Matsuda himself didn't seem to care about any of that, still wearing a look of utter despair.

He had originally come at Yoko's invitation to help her catch a perverted peeping tom.

When they arrived, Yoko didn't mention a word about the stalking and spying.

Matsuda secretly asked Teng Xiangming, who was following her nearby, and learned that there was no stalker at all.

Yoko said this simply to find an excuse to ask him out.

Although he was tricked by the girl, Matsuda naturally hoped to get as many of these kinds of scams as possible.

But what happened next was a bit upsetting. I wonder if it was because Matsuda was there.

Since his appearance, Yoko Okino has faced numerous problems while filming.

It took six or seven takes to get the shot right, even though it was only a few shots.

Director Taketoshi Gondo got angry and asked why, but Yoko Okino only said that she couldn't get into the emotions.

At that moment, Mamegaki Taeko, a member of the crew who was standing nearby, noticed something and suddenly suggested to the director that Matsuda play the role of a corpse.

After a moment's thought, the director agreed.

Since it's just a corpse anyway, all we need to do in post-production is replace Matsuda's face with the original male lead's.

Yoko Okino was immediately tempted by the suggestion and ran over to plead with Matsuda.

Matsuda couldn't resist the nagging any longer and had no choice but to agree.

Then, there was that scene just now.

"Don't worry, Officer Matsuda, we'll cut out all the scenes where you appear in the later episodes," Director Taketoshi Gondo laughed.

“It would be a shame to cut it out,” photographer Morio Anzai couldn’t help but say. “Inspector Matsuda’s expression on the dead body looked exactly like the real thing in the footage captured by the camera.”

"Heh, this guy is the Grim Reaper. He faces corpses at crime scenes every day, how could he not act convincingly!" Conan seized the opportunity and immediately tried to pin the Grim Reaper label on Matsuda.

"Heh, Officer Matsuda acts so well, I wonder if he'd be willing to condescend to come to our entertainment industry? Then we'd have corpses to act in every day!" A young man next to him suddenly said sarcastically.

"Alright, Mr. Nachi, Officer Matsuda is just temporarily filling in, so please don't be angry!" Ms. Mamegaki advised.

The man speaking is the male protagonist of this drama, who was originally supposed to be lying on the ground as a corpse, Shingo Nachi.

"I also hope that Ms. Yoko can find a stand-in like this sooner rather than later when she's acting, so that she won't lose her touch and waste everyone's time..." Nachi Shingo said with a face full of dissatisfaction.

"Feel sorry……"

Yoko lowered her head, looking somewhat aggrieved. Just as she was about to say something more apologetic, she heard Matsuda beside her ask,

"Mr. Nachi, do you know what my biggest takeaway from being a detective for so long is?"

"What?" Nachi Shingo asked instinctively.

The rest of the crew also looked at Matsuda with curiosity.

“Fifty percent of the deaths are due to people who are foul-mouthed,” Matsuda said seriously.

"you!"

Nachi Shingo clenched his fists in anger, ready to charge forward.

"you sure?"

Matsuda gestured with Hiroshi's biceps, and those solid muscles instantly snapped Nachi Shingo back to his senses.

He then realized that the man in front of him was a genuine criminal police officer!

"Hmph! This handsome guy is heading back now!"

Nachi Shingo snorted coldly, turned around and left the shrine.

"Ugh……"

Ran reached out her hand, seemingly wanting to stop Shingo Nachi, but ultimately gave up.