Well hello! Here is a new chapter from the Azure Redi-fanfiction. I will start planning the next chapter. See you in the next chapter.
"Who are they?" Looking at Kogorō, he asked Shizuka's new friends who were sitting on the couch in Kogorō's study to discuss.
"They are new friends of Irene-chan. They recently founded a detective club called Shōnen Tantei-dan", Ran said.
"Or a detective club?" Kogorō asked.
"Yes", Shizuka said.
"We want to see how the real detective works, so we came to see you", Mitsuhiko told Kogorō.
"Okay, as long as you don't cause me any problems", Kogorō said.
Kogorō was wearing a white blouse, and blue pants on his legs, and white socks. The television on his desktop was currently becoming a Hoshi no sekai program, and the performer was Okino Yōko.
Pim pom!
Kogorō walked to the door, and opened it to see the man, and the woman.
The woman was wearing a pink, high-necked jacket, and wearing a dark red cylindrical hat. She had a dark red blouse under her jacket. He had black shoes on his feet.
"Sorry, but we have already closed the office from this day", Kogorō said. "Come again tomorrow".
"I need your help", The woman said, and took the hat off her head.
"Sorry, but are you Okino Yōko?!" Kogorō asked after recognizing the woman's voice.
"Yes", Yōko said.
"But you are on TV!" Kogorō said in surprise.
"Uh...it's recorded", Yōko said after seeing himself on television.
"What is your idol doing here?" Ran asked Yōko.
Ran was wearing a school uniform with a light blue apron in front of him.
Shizuka was wearing a blue hoodie with a light blue blouse underneath. He wore black pants, and white socks.
Kogorō suddenly rushed to his bedroom, and returned from there later. Now he was wearing a blue jacket. He had a red tie around his neck, and he was holding a red rose in his right hand:
"I'm at your service, madmoos".
"Oh thank you", Yōko said.
"Who's that?" Shizuka thought of Kogorō.
Ran went to the kitchen, and returned with a tray with tea cups on top.
Yōko had pale skin, long brown hair, and blue eyes. She had tied a pink hair band to her hair. He was skinny, and 21 years old. He was skinny.
The man who accompanied Yōko had black hair, blond skin, and blue eyes. He was wearing a brown jacket with a blue jacket underneath and a white blouse underneath. He had a red tie around his neck. He had blue pants on his feet, and black shoes.
Yōko sat on the couch:
"Sorry we're coming here so late, but I feel like someone's watching me. So I'm not talking about fans now".
"Someone is watching you?" Kogorō asked.
"Yes", Yōko said.
"Could he be an over-zealous paparazi?" Kogorō asked.
"That's what I thought at first. But he's acting kind of scary. When I went to my house yesterday I noticed that my furniture had been moved. I've gotten secretly taken photos of me, and constantly made anonymous phone calls. And last night someone drove me behind me on the street. no longer even close my eyes at night!" Yōko shouted nervously.
"You pervert too! How dare you do this to Yōko-san?!" Kogorō asked.
"Sorry, but I'm an assistant to Mōri-san, and I'd like to ask you something, Okino-san. Is that okay?" Shizuka asked.
"Yes", Yōko said.
"Was anything stolen from your apartment when you went home yesterday and noticed that your furniture had been moved?" Shizuka asked.
"No. Nothing had been stolen", Yōko said.
"Good. Burglary can at least be ruled out. You have clearly learned something by following my actions", Kogorō told Shizuka.
"Yes, Mōri-san", Shizuka said.
"Uh, would it be appropriate for us not to talk about this very loudly? The media could spread this subject if they heard about this", The man accompanying Yōko said.
"Who were you?" Kogorō asked.
"Oh. I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm Yamagishi Eiichi, Okino-san's Manager", The man said. He gave his business card to Kogorō.
"Manager, then? Good. I'll take it up. Write your address here, and your phone number, and your singing on this signature platform", Kogorō put two papers and one signature platform on the table.
"All right", Yōko obeyed.
"All right. The case is as resolved. Let's check the situation in your home for safety to ensure your safety", Kogorō said.
"Come on. I want to see how the stars live", Ran told Shizuka, and his new friends.
"As curious as before", Shizuka set out with his new friends to follow Ran.
After walking for a while, the crowd arrived in front of the big apartment building.
"Wow! Just the kind of environment you could imagine living in a star like Okino Yōko!" Kogorō said.
"Hysss! No one knows he lives here", The manager said.
"Sorry. Be quiet about the location of Yōko-san's home because of his privacy", Kogorō told the teens.
"All right", the teens said, walking with the others from the front door of the apartment building inside.
After walking for a while, the crowd arrived at the door that Yōko opened.
"Iiiiiik!" Yōko shouted unexpectedly.
"What now, Yōko?" The manager asked.
Everyone was nervous to see a man lying on the floor of the apartment with a knife on his back.
The man had short, black hair. She was fat and has dark pants, and a shirt. He looked 22 years old.
The room was messy.
"Call the police!" Kogorō shouted.
"No! If the media hear about this, then it will result in a scandal", The Manager said.
"Yes, of course. Are you confused?! There has been a murder here with all its bodies!" Kogorō shouted at the Manager.
"I think I'm trying out the inventions I made for me now", Shizuka thought.
"I'll call the police", Ran said, taking his cell phone from the pocket of his jacket.
"It's hot here. Someone has put the heating on this apartment to the fullest. There's a little water on the floor, and that one chair is upright", Shizuka thought, watching the room.
The police finally arrived on the scene.
"So you found the victim here", Commissioner Megure said.
"Yes", Yōko said.
"And this detective was with you", The Commissario said, looking at Kogorō.
"For a long time, Commissioner. We used to fight crime together", Kogorō said.
"Yeah, and thank you for losing the fight if any", Megure said. Then he saw the teenagers next to Ran:
"Who are they?"
"I'm Miyamizu Irene, niece of Professor Agasa. I recently moved here to study at the high school here. I currently live in Mōri-san's home and am now his assistant. I sometimes become a detective, and now I am learning detective skills by acting as an assistant to Mōri-san", Shizuka said.
"You could have chosen a better detective role model", Megure whispered to Shizuka.
"Maybe", Shizuka thought:
"Here are my new friends, Yoshida Ayumi, Kojima Genta, and Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko".
"Well now that the presentations have taken place, could we return to the subject?" Looking at the victim, Megure suggested:
"Is this your kitchen knife, Okino-san?"
"Yes", Yōko said.
"So it probably has your fingerprint on it", Megure said.
"But I couldn't harm a fly either!" Yōko said.
"The killer must be Manager Yamagishi! Yōko-san rejected you, and now you want revenge on him, don't you?" Kogorō asked.
"How can you be sure?" Megure asked.
"After all, such a beauty could in no way be a murderer", Kogorō said.
"It was how it was. It's too hot here. You've put the heating on this apartment to full", Megure said.
"No. I turned off all electrical appliances before I left here to meet Mōri-san", Yōko said.
"Do you have enemies?" Megure asked.
"No. Everyone likes him", The manager said.
"Do you know the victim?" The commissioner asked.
"We haven't even dared to take a look at him yet", The Manager said.
"Aha. So if I may ask", The Commissioner suggested.
Yōko, and the Manager looked at the victim, and then looked really nervous.
"Well, do you know him?" Megure asked.
"I...I have to look a little closer", The Manager leaned close to the victim, and slipped into the blood, falling over the victim.
"You must not touch the body!" One of the police shouted.
"Sorry!" The manager said picking something up from the victim's hand.
"He picked something up from the victim's hand?" Shizuka thought, walking behind the Manager as the Manager put his right hand in the pocket of his jacket, but accidentally dropped something from there. Shizuka stopped behind the Manager, picked up the object that had fallen to the ground with his left hand:
"Hair? Why did the Manager try to hide it? Could he suspect Okino-san as a murderer, and therefore tried to hide the hair? So could this be Okino-san's hair?"
Shizuka walked in front of her new friends, and put her hair in the pocket on the left side of her pants.
"Well do you know the victim?" The commissioner asked.
"We've never seen him before, have we seen Yōko?" The manager asked.
"No", Yōko sounded a little hesitant.
"Well, how would a murderer get inside if he wasn't one of us once?" Megure asked.
"Okino-san, do you have a spare key?" Shizuka asked.
"Yes. The backup key is with my manager", Yōko said.
"That's right, but I lost it a couple of days ago in our work break room", The Manager said.
"Is that supposed to be believed?" Kogorō asked.
"I can prove it, because everyone present helped find that spare key, and since that day, inappropriate guests have been here", Yōko said.
"Uh. If you say so", Kogorō said.
Shizuka looked around until he saw something shiny under the couch. He bowed curiously lower to see that it was a gold earring.
"Sorry good gentlemen, but could we talk a little?" Shizuka asked.
"It's great that you want to help, but you still have a lot to learn, so we'll talk later", Kogorō said.
"They don't take me seriously because I don't look like myself now. Pretty frustrating. But what if I tried this audio converter?" Shizuka hid from a loved one around the corner, and adjusted the sound transducer on his neck with his right hand:
"Commissioner, there's something shiny under the couch!"
"What?! Who said that?!" Megure leaned lower, and picked up an earring from under the couch:
"Earring?!"
"I was right!" Shizuka thought turning off sound converter. "When I just used the audio converter, the situation improved right away!"
"That's Yuko-san's earring!" Yōko said.
"Yuko-san?" The commissioner asked.
"Yes! Ikezawa Yuko-san's! She had her debut at the same time as I did. I have a lot to do with her for my job. That's why I recognized that earring. But how has it ended up in my apartment?" Yōko asked.
"That reminded me of something. Yōko grabbed the main part in front of Yuko's nose a while ago and, according to rumors, Yuko was very irritated about it", The Manager said.
"But why did he..." Yōko said.
"Aha! The case survived! The killer is Ikezawa Yuko!" Kogorō shouted.
"Well, you can ask him here for questioning", Megure said.
Police went to pick up Yuko for questioning.
Police brought Yuko to the apartment a short time later.
Yuko was 21 years old. He had pale skin. Her eyes were blue, and she had long, brown hair. He had gold earrings in his ears, and golden necklace around his neck. She was wearing a purple jacket with a black dress that extends to her thighs underneath. He wore black tights on his legs, and blue slippers, as in others.
"I demand that you let me out of here right away!" Yuko shouted. "This is murder, so shouldn't the owner of this apartment be suspected?"
"Yuko-san", Yōko said.
"I haven't been here before, so I couldn't commit a crime", Yuko said.
"But we found your earring here! How do you explain that?" Kogorō asked, showing the earring to Yuko. That earring was now put in a small plastic bag.
"Johan now! I thought I lost my jewelry, but you found it!" Yuko said after seeing her earrings.
"Besides, the Doorman of this apartment building mentioned to us that he had seen a woman like you in the past visit here often", Kogorō said.
"Many may look like me, but it wasn't me. I don't know anything about this crime, but why don't you suspect the owner of this apartment? If he's guilty, then then he will have a lot of free time, just like me. I go to powder my nose. Heh heh!" Yuko laughed slyly.
"They remind each other misleadingly when viewed from behind. And how did he know the toilet was over there? Could it be that he's been to this apartment sometime before?" Shizuka thought, looking at Yuko, and then Yōko.
Yuko went to the bathroom, which was on the left side of the living room hallway, and pressed the light switch next to the toilet door, putting the toilet on the light as she went to the toilet, and closing the door.
"What now, Irene-chan?" Ayumi asked after seeing Shizuka's pensive look.
"Nothing. I just noticed that Okino-san and Ikezawa-san resemble each other misleadingly from behind", Shizuka said.
"True", Mitsuhiko said.
Yuko finally returned from the bathroom, sitting on a jacket near a table.
"I didn't commit this crime, so let me get out of here already", Yuko said. He took a cigarette case from the pocket of his jacket, and pulled out one cigarette from there. She put put the case back in his pocket, and the tobacco in his mouth.
"But your earring was here!" Kogorō shouted.
"Yoko may have stolen it from me", Yuko took the ornament depicting the Statue of Liberty from the table on his left, and pressed it to one point, lighting its torch on fire while lighting its tobacco.
"That's the lighter we saw. It looked decorative at first, but it was really a lighter. How did you know it was a lighter, even though you're only here for the first time?" Shizuka asked Yuko.
Everyone was a little nervous to hear.
"That's true, so how did you know that?" Megure asked.
"My...my friend has a similar lighter at home", Yuko said.
"Where does your friend live?" Megure asked. "I'll send a patrol to his apartment right away to interrogate him!"
"Uh...he's traveling", Yuko said.
"Sorry, but where's the toilet?" Shizuka asked Yōko.
"Uh...In the hallway on the left", Yōko said.
"Thank you", Shizuka said, and went to the bathroom to think about the situation, leaving the door open to eavesdrop on the conversation in the room.
"Exactly. You just found the toilet without any problems, because the floor plan of your acquaintance's apartment is similar to the floor plan of this apartment, right?!" Kogorō asked Yuko.
Shizuka pressed the pull button on the top of the toilet seat, and then washed her hands to make others believe she was actually in the bathroom. He closed the faucet, dried his hands on the hand towel in the hanger on his right, and then returned to the living room.
"Uh..." Yuko said nervously.
"Aha! You've been here before, Ikezawa-san! You broke in here, and murdered that man to stage Okino-san as a murderer to destroy his career!" Kogorō said.
"No! I didn't kill him...The man just attacked me...and I just defended myself!" Yuko shouted.
"Did you say attack?!" Kogorō asked.
"In this apartment?! So you've been here before!" Megure asked.
"Yes! I've been here a few times. I got in with this apartment's spare key, which I stole from our work break room!" Yuko finally shouted.
"Yuko-san?" Yōko asked.
"At first I just wanted to scare Yōko a little because he grabbed the main part of me. I persecuted him with dumb phone calls and sent him secret photos of him. I sneaked into this apartment yesterday and even moved the furniture here to scare Yōko further. However, he didn't seem to be a mox, but continued to do the work. That's why I decided to re-enter his apartment, looking for something in my hands that would stink of scandal. But when I came here earlier this afternoon, that man was here. I defended myself for my life. And somehow I escaped", Yuko said.
"I see. And at the same time, you must have lost your earrings", Megure said.
"I think that sounds more like killing than self-defense", Kogorō said.
"I already said I didn't kill him!" Yuko said.
"Commissioner, we got identification for the victim!" A police officer shouted when he arrived.
"Ah, finally", Megure said.
"Akiyoshi Fujie is 22. After graduating from Kohoku Kōkō, he went to work in Kakubeni Industry", One police officer said, including papers in his hands. "He resigned later, and has been..."
"Kohoku Kōkō?! Didn't you also go to Kohoku Kōkō a long time ago, Yōko-san?!" Kogorō asked.
"Q...quite a coincidence, isn't it Yōko? Coincidence, isn't it?" The manager asked.
"I...I...I knew the victim! No. I didn't just know him. We socialized while we were in high school. He was my boyfriend", Yōko said.
"What?!" Everyone asked.
"Yōko!" The manager shouted angrily.
"I'm sorry, Yamagishi-san! I couldn't keep quiet about it!" Yōko shouted.
"Hm. I guess you didn't murder him to improve your chances with men?" Megure asked.
"Of course not! Besides, he left me then. After receiving the publicity, he returned and started bothering me. He wanted to start dating again. That's why I secretly moved here. To escape him. I recognized him as soon as I saw the victim's face, but my manager never denied me talking about my ex-boyfriend. I swear however, I don't know why my ex-boyfriend was found dead in my apartment. Tell me who murdered him", Yōko said.
"Did Ikezawa kill Yuko Fujie-san in self-defense? Okino Yōko would have at least a motive. Actions of the manager? Water ponds on the floor? High room temperature. Hair the manager used to try to hide There is something suspicious here", Shizuka thought. Then he saw a dent in the floor next to the victim, which was really small. "I think I know what really happened that night!"
"Aha! Now it turned out to me! The killer is Manager Yamagishi. You don't think it occurred to him that this man was following Yōko-san. He had been dating Yōko-san, and was disturbing this now.."That's why you lured the man into this apartment, and murdered him here".
"No. I didn't do it!" The manager shouted.
"I'm sorry, but can I ask you something, Mōri-san?" Shizuka walked behind Kogorō, taking his stunning ring out of the pocket of his pants.
"What now?" Kogorō asked.
Shizuka touched Kogorō's neck with the bead of his atoning ring. Zhah!
"Uh!" Kogorō sounded, sitting in the armchair behind him, closing his eyes, and looking pensive after falling asleep.
"Sorry, Mōri-san", Shizuka thought.
"Are you OK?" Megure asked Kogorō.
Shizuka sat behind the armchair, and adjusted the sound converter:
"I'm fine, but I just found out the real culprit. Suddenly it was hard to spot, but I just saw something that made me understand what was going on".
"What did you see?" Megure asked.
"Let's repeat the killings first", Shizuka said in Kogorō's voice. "At first I suspected the manager was a murderer because he was hiding something from us. Namely the hair that the manager previously tried to hide his jacket in his pocket".
"What?!" Megure asked, and the Manager became more nervous.
"I saw how the manager slipped in the past, and then took the hair I just mentioned from the victim's hand as he got up while standing", Shizuka said. "Irene will show that hair to you later".
"Is that true? So it was you, Yamagishi-san", Megure said.
"It wasn't him. Now think a little more closely. Why would someone being stabbed from behind hold hair in his hand? Doesn't that sound pretty far fetched?" Shizuka asked.
"Now that you said it, yes", Megure said.
"It was meant to look like murder. And the evidence was meant to brand Yōko-san guilty," Shizuka said.
"Looks like murder? Do you mean...?" Megure asked.
"Yes. The killer was Fujie-san himself", Shizuka said.
"Suicide! How would he have organized that situation?" Megure asked.
"Suddenly it's hard to understand. But a little imagination, high room temperature, water ponds on the floor, a big piece of ice and a neatly upright chair in an otherwise messy room so the situation understood properly. He put a piece of ice on the living room floor, then got up on the chair and jumped back on top of the knife, he had previously raised the room temperature so that the crushed ice would melt faster. Proof of my theory is the dent in the floor of this living room, which is on the floor right next to the victim", Shizuka said.
"Is this?!" Megure asked after seeing the dent in the floor.
"Yes. That dent could very well have arisen when the head of a knife handle hit the floor when a piece of ice crushed after Fujie-san's deed. It's probably no exaggeration to say that the shape of that dent matches the shape of a knife handle. But Fujie-san decided to add even more details to gather the evidence against Yōko-san", Shizuka said.
"The hair you mentioned earlier?!" The commissioner asked.
"Yes only. In carrying out the plan, he held that hair in his other hand during the act I just mentioned. The manager saw that hair first, and tried to hide it in the pocket of his jacket because he thought Yōko-san had murdered his ex-boyfriend", Shizuka said.
"Did you really think so?!" Yōko asked his manager.
"Sorry, but it looked like it", The Manager said.
"I'm sure the fingerprints of Fujie-san will find Yōko-san's comb, or something like that. It should prove my theory correct", Shizuka said.
"But why did Fujie-san do that?" Yōko asked.
"Maybe because he probably still loved you, Yōko-san", Shizuka said.
"What?" Yōko asked.
"Yōko-san, Yuko-san, haven't you noticed that you remind each other misleadingly when viewed from behind? When Yuko-san came to this apartment earlier today, the victim then attacked Yuko-san. No. Maybe he just wanted to talk. But Yuko-san thought it was an attack, and panicked, and he escaped shouting, and swinging wildly around. Fujie-san, of course, thought Yuko-san was you, Yōko-san because you, and Yuko-san remind each other misleadingly from behind, and the man was deeply hurt after seeing Yuko-san's reaction at the time. Beaten to the ground, as well as unhappy love, pain and anger winged, he saw only one option", Shizuka said.
Shizuka turned off the sound converter, and walked out from behind the armchair, giving the hair he had previously mentioned to the commissioner.
"But he left me. Why did he then?" Yōko asked.
"You're wrong, Yōko. The truth is, I made him leave you. I told him you wouldn't necessarily succeed as a star if you were dating a man he looked like(The reason I invented for myself, why Yamagishi made Fujie leave Yōko a long time ago)", The manager said.
"W...what? You did what?!" Yōko asked.
"Commissioner, we found a diary in the victim's apartment!" A police officer shouted when he entered the apartment.
"Diary?!" Megure asked, and took a dark-covered diary, starting to read it:
"Inside the diary, he says he's unhappy. When Fujie-san had divorced Yōko-san, Fujie-san couldn't forget Yōko. Even though Fujie-san would ruin Yōko's career, Fujie-san wanted to get Yōko back. Finally, Fujie-san says this in the last entry in the diary I said",... I must at least clear up the misunderstanding, for I can no longer lie to Yōko about our separation. This is the last line of the diary".
All previous suspects looked at the floor in silence.
"So this was all due to lies, misunderstandings and coincidences that this is going to be a sad ending happened", Megure said, closing the diary.
Shizuka glanced at Kogorō, who woke up, and from the white end of the tobacco, burnt tobacco fell on Kogoro's right foot:
"Burn!"
"Mōri-kun! Your theory for the crime caused by the victim himself seems to be true! You are indeed a master detective! Sorry for our previous suspicion!" Megure said.
"What?" Kogorō asked.
(On the next day)
"The police found Fujie-san's fingerprints on Yōko-san's comb. Yōko-san's comb was full of Fujie-san's fingerprints. It confirmed the theory my father told me. And Yōko-san prosecute Yuko-san. They stay as racing siblings", Ran said while cooking in the kitchen.
"Great", Shizuka said, looking out the window.
It was snowing outside.
"Yōko-san seems to have no worries!" Ran said, looking at Yōko singing on the TV screen.
"He does it because of the expectations of his fans", Shizuka thought.
"Irene, what did you want to ask me yesterday?" Kogorō asked.
"It's just that your neck is still itching. I noticed yesterday that you scratched your neck quite a lot yesterday morning", Shizuka said.
"I didn't tickle it last night anymore. The size tag on my blouse just tickled my neck yesterday", Kogorō said.
"Good", Shizuka said.