Conan: I'm just an ordinary novelist

Chapter 522 The Difference Between Stars and Stones

"Hey, Mr. Mizutani."

"Ok?"

"After drinking this wine, you plan to die, right?"

On the observation deck.

Conan, who had walked all the way here, put his hands in his pockets and looked up at Mizutani Kousuke.

The other person was as gentle as he looked in the photo, and didn't look like someone who would commit serial murders at all.

Conan looked at the other party and said in a serious tone:

"'There are eight unforgivable people, and there is one left.' The remaining person is you, Mr. Mizutani, right?"

Mizutani Kosuke held a goblet filled with red wine and looked at Conan silently.

The latter said with a firm tone:

"I think I can understand how shocked and angry you were when you found out why Nanako died... That's why you went to the hotel to find out the identities of those seven people, right?"

Mizutani Hirosuke did not deny Conan's words, and admitted directly:

"Everything is just as you said."

The man seemed to remember something.

The corners of his lips curled up slightly, and his straightforward voice was full of longing:

"If I hadn't gone to find my friend that day two years ago, Nana wouldn't have died. When I think of this... I can't forgive myself."

Although he was clearly smiling, Conan felt like Mizutani would burst into tears in the next second.

He urged:

"But purple sand is wrong! Purple sand is equivalent to killing yourself."

"I know!"

Mizutani Kousuke interrupted Conan.

He turned his head to look at the cloudy night sky outside the window, his tone sad:

"Although I know this, I can no longer bear to live in a world without Caicai. Besides..."

At this point, Mizutani Kousuke paused and chuckled:

"I will definitely be sentenced to death anyway."

"You will not be sentenced to death."

The decisive tone made Mizutani look back in surprise.

The little detective smiled gently, and spoke in a brisk and confident tone:

"Because you didn't kill anyone."

Originally Conan just felt something was wrong.

After a recent phone call with the neighbor who lived next to Mizutani's house, he understood the key.

At the same time, all the small details that were originally easy to overlook also emerged.

"Someone proposed to you, who is kind-hearted, that he would be responsible for killing those seven people, on the condition that you commit suicide to take the blame, right? And you have always felt deeply guilty about Nanako's death, so naturally you would not object."

Mizutani Kousuke wanted to refute.

But Conan obviously wouldn't give him such a chance.

The little detective who had sorted out the whole incident looked at the ignorant and even somewhat foolish man in front of him with some pity, and said in a deep voice:

"But do you know? In fact, the person that person really hates and wants to kill is you."

"…Why?"

Mizutani Kosuke was stunned when he heard this.

After realizing what Conan was saying, he was even a little at a loss.

Is he the person that the other party really hates so much that he wants to kill him?

But how is this possible...

Seeing that Mizutani didn't believe him, Conan further explained:

"Because it was you who stole his most beloved sister. Am I right?"

The little detective's voice suddenly rose, and he turned to the figure approaching from a distance and said:

"Nanako's brother - Mr. Motokami Kazuki."

The man with a shoulder bag walked out from the darkness with a stern face and looked at Conan coldly.

Mizutani Kousuke asked in disbelief:

"Brother?! Why are you here?"

Wasn't this part of the plan they had discussed at the beginning? !

However, facing Mizutani's enthusiastic voice, Motokami Kazuki seemed very angry and shouted loudly:

"You have no right to call me brother!"

"…Why,?"

"Little devil! How do you know it was me?"

It was clearly a perfect plan, could it be because that woman Shindou Sumire woke up?

"Because I just can't figure it out... If Mr. Mizutani is really the murderer, why would he choose to commit the crime at the corresponding position of the North Star and the Big Dipper? This is equivalent to desecrating his favorite star."

The little detective's voice was powerful.

Upon hearing this, the criminal, Motokami Kazuki, looked a little unhappy.

"That's why I thought that this might have been planned by someone else in order to pin the blame on Mr. Mizutani who likes stargazing..."

The detective, the criminal, and the scapegoat were still discussing the case.

In the shadow of the stairs to the observation deck.

'Matsumoto Kiyonaga' looked sharply at Conan who was talking there.

This child's IQ is too high...

As he thought about it, he looked down at Yun Xianhe, who was still unconscious and had been tied up and thrown aside by him, and chuckled silently.

He is truly worthy of being a disciple trained by a genius.

Not only can we use him as a bargaining chip if we capture him, but if we train him from a young age, he may be a great help.

disobedient?

They have plenty of means to do this.

There is nothing disobedient in this world.

After all, apart from the option of being obedient, only hell and death await them.

"But what you said was mixed with lies."

The standoff between detectives and criminals continues.

Conan turned to look at Mizutani Kousuke:

"On the first anniversary of Nanako's death, people living on the sixth floor actually sent flowers. If only one or two people sent flowers, it might be explained as atonement. But seven people sent flowers, which must be to express gratitude -

'Thank you so much for giving up her spot in the elevator for all of us. '"

Hearing this, Mizutani Kousuke was stunned, and his voice even trembled:

"Could it be that Nanako wasn't kicked out of the elevator, but took the initiative to do so?"

As he said this, Mizutani turned to look at Motokami Kazuki, wanting to confirm with him.

At this point, there is no need to hide anything anymore.

Motokami Kazuki admitted bluntly:

"Yes, because Nanako has a kind heart... But! Even if she voluntarily gave up the elevator, it still can't change the fact that Nanako was killed because they took the elevator!"

The angry man yelled at Mizutani.

It was like asking him, was what he said wrong? Was he wrong?

Mizutani, who had never thought that his hatred this year was caused by the deception of someone he trusted, held his forehead and recalled everything that had happened recently in disbelief.

Cai Cai...wasn't she killed by other people?

"Mr. Mizutani."

The calm voice of the young detective awakened Mizutani's consciousness.

He turned to look at the child beside him who seemed too calm. His figure was reflected clearly in his blue eyes, which seemed to penetrate his soul directly.

"As a result, Nanako did die because of those seven people. However, although she died for others, it is very different from you committing suicide to take the blame for Mr. Motogami!

It's like the difference between the stars shining in the sky and the stones found everywhere on the ground."

...stars and stones?

Mizutani silently thought about everything that happened when he was with Motogami Nanako.

He murmured the other's name and closed his eyes in pain.

“I want to quit, too.”

"what?"