BWDC:SDDK Chapter 66: Hey, Can We Settle This Privately?
[Dear passengers, we have arrived at Beika Middle School Station.]
[Passengers getting off, please exit through the rear door. Please hold on firmly, let others off before boarding, and please yield to the elderly...]
The familiar subway announcement rang in Mouri Kogoro's ear.
Mouri Kogoro snapped his eyes open.
---Crap, how did I end up at Beika Middle School Station?
He was supposed to get off at the previous stop!
He had overdone it with the drinks and slept right through his stop!
Seeing the train doors flashing red—a sign they were about to slam shut—Mouri Kogoro didn't care about anything else. He lunged forward and scrambled out just before the doors closed, letting out a long sigh of relief.
He lifted his wrist, habitually trying to check the time on his watch.
But as soon as he raised his arm, he realized he wasn't wearing one.
Thus, Mouri Kogoro let out a yawn and swayed forward, planning to take the long way home.
Beika Middle School... it was a bit far from the agency.
Still, a few extra steps would get him there eventually.
There was no other way now; taking a taxi felt like a bit of a waste of money.
As Mouri Kogoro passed the blooming cherry blossom trees behind the school, he walked a few paces forward.
He noticed a woman leaning over to tidy things up inside a car parked ahead. She looked very familiar.
He squinted his eyes for a moment, then exclaimed in pleasant surprise,
"Isn't this Sachiko-san!"
The woman tidying up stiffened instantly.
She turned to look at Mouri Kogoro, her expression filled with a growing sense of panic.
However, to Mouri Kogoro, this looked more like the reaction of "Sachiko" not recognizing him yet.
Therefore, the dazed Mouri Kogoro pointed at himself and shouted loudly,
"It's me! The world-famous Sleeping Detective, Mouri Kogoro!"
"Haven't we met many times at the Poirot Coffee Shop below the agency?"
Shimamura Sachiko gave a strained smile.
She turned around unobtrusively, pulling the car door shut, and replied with a smile,
"Ah, yes... of course I remember you, Detective Mouri..."
"I didn't expect to run into you here. Would you like to go for a stroll with me over at the Toto Beach Bridge?"
"I've been having some trouble with my business turnover lately, and I was just thinking of clearing my head."
---What was this? A date request?
Mouri Kogoro's old face instantly flushed red.
He never expected such a stroke of luck to befall him.
Looking closely, Shimamura Sachiko was indeed a top-tier beauty.
It would be a crime not to go!
Mouri Kogoro replied without a second thought,
"Of course! If Sachiko-san is inviting me, I definitely have to go!"
"Wh-when are we leav—"
"You aren't going anywhere, at any time."
A familiar girl's voice rang out.
At that moment, Mouri Kogoro, whose brain was clouded by alcohol, didn't immediately register whose voice it was.
He asked back dazedly,
"Why not? Despite how I look, I'm actually a..."
Mouri Kogoro's words came to a dead stop.
Because Mouri Ran was standing there with her hands on her hips, having appeared beside Mouri Kogoro and Shimamura Sachiko at some unknown point. She looked extremely displeased and said huffily,
"Dad! You and Mom aren't divorced yet, are you?"
"Going on a date with another woman like this counts as an affair! I really should call Mom over to straighten you out!"
Mouri Kogoro: !
The moment he saw Mouri Ran, Mouri Kogoro's heart nearly stopped.
The brain that was previously fogged by alcohol cleared up completely in the next second.
Question: What should you do when you're caught red-handed by your daughter while trying to go on a date with another woman after drinking?
Mouri Kogoro didn't know the answer.
His eyes widened, and he found himself speechless.
He felt that the current situation was utterly hopeless.
---However, the even more despairing part was yet to come.
He saw Ren Ichimonji, Conan, Inspector Megure, Takagi Wataru, and others standing neatly under the cherry blossom tree. They were all looking at him with expressions that said, So this is the kind of person Mouri Kogoro really is.
This was total social death.
It was over. Whether it was his reputation as a famous detective or his dignity as a father, it was all leaving him!
Mouri Kogoro's face turned bitter.
Watching Ren Ichimonji approach, he asked,
"Hey, can we settle this privately?"
Just as Mouri Kogoro thought Ren Ichimonji was going to "eliminate an evil for the people" and give him a punch.
Ren Ichimonji walked straight past him and looked at Shimamura Sachiko.
His gaze was fixed on this increasingly panicked urban lady.
After watching her for a while, he said,
"What you've done is a crime. Come on, go with me to turn yourself in!"
Mouri Kogoro: !
Does it have to be that serious?
It was just an attempted date; it's not like he actually cheated. Has it really reached the level of needing to turn oneself in? Besides, he remembered that Shimamura Sachiko was single!
Those words shouldn't be directed at her, right?
Mouri Kogoro's expression shifted as he struggled internally. Finally, he reached out and patted Ren Ichimonji on the shoulder.
He said seriously,
"If we're looking at the law, the one who broke it should be me. It has nothing to do with Shimamura-san."
"Ren Ichimonji, if you're looking for someone, take me!"
Ren Ichimonji: ?
He turned to look at Mouri Kogoro, stared for a while, and then asked,
"Are you saying... you're the one who killed the person?"
"Ye... Like hell I am! What person?!"
Mouri Kogoro instinctively started to agree.
Then, the moment the words left his mouth, he realized something was wrong and immediately retracted his statement.
He asked in shock,
"Exactly what is going on here?"
Seeing this, Inspector Megure sighed and patted Mouri Kogoro on the shoulder.
As a colleague and old friend of many years, he said,
"Mouri-kun, you've had too much to drink. Your sense of smell has failed you."
"Can't you smell the scent of blood coming from the car?"
---The scent of... blood?!
Mouri Kogoro finally reacted.
His "attempted date" wouldn't have been enough to attract Inspector Megure and Ren Ichimonji.
Because Inspector Megure belonged to the Criminal Investigation Task Force. Even if it were a case of infidelity, it would be handled by officers from the local police box. The only reason Inspector Megure would be here is because a violent murder had occurred!
Shimamura Sachiko had actually killed someone!
"You..."
Shimamura Sachiko looked at Ren Ichimonji, who had cut straight to the chase.
She felt nothing but shock.
She thought she had left no trace or sound of the person she had just killed.
Yet this man had brought the police straight to her and cornered her right by the car with the evidence—how on earth did this happen?
Thinking about the new life she was supposed to start.
And the "prison life" she was likely about to face.
Anger flared in Shimamura Sachiko's heart, and malice took hold.
She directly pulled out the knife she had just hidden in her clothes and intended to stab Ren Ichimonji.
And then, there was no "and then."
Ren Ichimonji flipped the switch on his electric gloves and performed an electromagnetically driven "Sea Tiger Blasting Punch" right into Shimamura Sachiko's face.
He sent her and the knife flying two meters away!
---Don't think I won't hit you just because you're a woman!
When the Batman of Beika hasn't had his coffee, he has no idea what "showing mercy to the fairer sex" even means!
End of Chapter
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