Ghost Detectives in the Detective World

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Yukiko cursed inwardly as she walked towards the door.

Just then, she suddenly heard Yusaku Kudo behind her say, "Officer Matsuda, your clothes are all wet too, come in and rest for a bit!"

"Wait a minute, Yusaku, he..."

Yukiko was about to object, but when she saw Matsuda's still dripping trouser legs and remembered how he had bravely jumped into the river to save her, she softened.

"What's wrong?" Kudo Yusaku asked in surprise.

“What I meant was that you and Officer Matsuda are about the same size, so it would be perfect for you to give Officer Matsuda your clothes,” Yukiko replied with a smile.

Her statement was perfectly reasonable, and coupled with her precise control over her expressions, Kudo Yusaku failed to notice his wife's unusual behavior.

“Officer Matsuda, Yukiko is right. You saved her life. How can we let you leave with wet clothes?” Yusaku Kudo said sincerely. “Please be sure to come inside and rest.”

Matsuda, seeing that he was indeed sincere, nodded.

"That's fine. I just went into the water, and standing outside, I really can't stand it anymore."

"...Please come in quickly," Kudo hurriedly invited.

After Matsuda followed him into the house, Kudo Yusaku first invited Matsuda to sit down, and then asked Yukiko to find her clothes.

Yukiko gritted her teeth in anger. She had just escaped a near-death experience and hadn't even had time to change out of her wet clothes before she had to get to work!

But Yukiko understood that this was not something Yusaku Kudo did on purpose.

This is actually a common problem among Japanese men, unlike those on the mainland across the sea.

The men over there are expected to be completely obedient to their girlfriends before marriage.

When getting married, one must provide an exorbitant dowry to the fiancée's family.

After marriage, one must earn money to support the family outside and be proficient in housework inside.

Even if you do both of these things well, if you don't spend enough time with your wife, she will still say that you don't understand romance and women's feelings, and then she will feel justified in cheating on you.

If something goes wrong in real life, I'll be dragged online and attacked.

Even though I'm already living such a humble life, I'm still accused of sexism by women every day...

Compared to the miserable lives of men on the mainland, men in Japan are undoubtedly much happier.

Most Japanese men don't do housework at home.

All the household chores were handled by the wife.

Japanese women, after marriage, do not go out to work; they focus on housework and taking care of their husbands and children.

Although Yusaku Kudo is a world-renowned mystery writer, his marriage to Yukiko Fujimine and subsequent retirement from the film and television industry after the former famous actress Yukiko Kudo became known as Yukiko Kudo is a testament to his remarkable talent and his refusal to return to acting.

This shows that, deep down, Yusaku Kudo is just a traditional Japanese man.

For him, housework was something he would never do.

Even if you asked him to get the clothes, he probably wouldn't even know where they were.

After Yukiko stormed into the house, she quickly found several pieces of Yusaku Kudo's clothing and brought them to Matsuda.

While Matsuda was changing clothes, Kudo Yusaku hurriedly asked what was going on.

Yukiko then briefly recounted how Matsuda had saved her.

The section on Matsuda's artificial respiration and CPR is naturally omitted.

She only said that after Matsuda rescued her from the car, she did not lose consciousness, but only choked on some water.

Kudo Yusaku's mind wasn't on the danger his wife was in. After listening to Yukiko's story, he frowned and said, "You only said you were Kudo Yukiko, and Officer Matsuda chased all the other police officers away?"

"right……"

Yukiko snorted. Seeing that Yusaku Kudo ignored the danger his wife had just encountered and was only preoccupied with unrelated issues, Yukiko became increasingly annoyed.

Actually, she had misunderstood Yusaku Kudo.

In Kudo Yusaku's view, since Yukiko is still standing here safely, it means that there is no problem anymore.

Why ask any more questions?

Therefore, compared to what Yukiko just experienced,

Now, Kudo Yusaku is naturally more concerned about another issue: whether Matsuda Jinpei knows Conan's true identity.

"Do you think Officer Matsuda knows that Conan is Shinichi?" Yusaku Kudo asked his wife.

Hearing him mention his son, Yukiko temporarily put aside her anger.

She thought about it carefully: "He probably doesn't know. Didn't Professor Agasa tell him before that Conan is a distant relative of ours? Maybe that's why he did what he did after he found out my identity?"

"Distant relatives just met, and they're already joking about kidnapping? Not to mention that Conan, who's being kidnapped, looks like only a seven-year-old child?"

Kudo Yusaku said slowly,

"Furthermore, I also learned from Professor Agasa that Shinichi often complains to him that Officer Matsuda likes to target him."

"Officer Matsuda is, after all, a renowned detective in the Metropolitan Police Department. Just look at the cases he's solved in the past month or so; his title as a renowned detective is clearly well-deserved."

"Would a renowned detective target a seven-year-old child for no reason? Even an ordinary adult probably wouldn't do that, would they?"

"In addition, our son forgets everything else as soon as he gets involved in a case."

"If he slipped up somewhere, and the reason Officer Matsuda has been targeting him is to force him to reveal his true identity..."

Chapter 160 There's definitely a mole in the Metropolitan Police Department

"Yusaku, are you saying that Matsuda Jinpei has long suspected Conan's identity?" Yukiko asked, looking surprised.

“Yes, that’s very likely,” Yusaku Kudo said seriously. “Conan’s identity might not matter to the unintentional, but for the intentional, it’s not difficult to find out anything unusual.”

"But so what if he finds out?" Yukiko asked, puzzled. "Matsuda Jinpei is a member of the Metropolitan Police Department, and judging from how he jumped into the river to save me without hesitation today, he's clearly a good person. Even if he knows Shinichi's identity, he might still be able to protect Shinichi in the future. What's there to worry about!"

"It's not that simple!" Yusaku Kudo shook his head. "Have you forgotten about the Black Organization that turned Shinichi into Conan?"

"Weren't we talking about Officer Matsuda? How did we end up talking about that dark organization?" Yukiko asked blankly.

"That dark organization was able to develop a drug that could shrink adults into children, something that many countries and governments have been unable to do. From this point of view, the power behind that dark organization is obviously considerable."

Yusaku Kudo explained to his wife,

"Actually, over the years, I've heard a little bit about it from my friends in the Japanese Public Security Bureau and the US FBI. They seem to be investigating a dark organization with influence all over the world."

"Shinichi got into such serious trouble this time?" Yukiko said worriedly. "No, we must bring Shinichi back to America this time. Once we get there, we'll find someone to change his identity. If necessary, we'll make him start over as Conan!"

"Actually, I was just guessing,"

Seeing his wife's anxiety, Kudo Yusaku quickly comforted her.

"Furthermore, I think that organization might not care about Shinichi, and might not even know that he has become Conan. Otherwise, how could they abandon an experimental subject like our son outside!"

"That's true,"

Yukiko breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Yusaku Kudo and couldn't help but start complaining.

"Why didn't you say this sooner! You were just trying to scare me! By the way, since that organization probably hasn't even noticed Shinichi, what does this have to do with Matsuda Jinpei?"

“Generally speaking, the most likely reason why transnational organizations like this can survive in various places is that they collude with local forces,”

Yusaku Kudo looked at his wife and asked her a question.

"In Japan, national security is the responsibility of the Public Security Bureau, but daily security is the responsibility of local police. If that organization is operating in Tokyo, what do you think is the best way to cover up their activities?"

“The activities of dark organizations are definitely illegal, and when they do illegal things, someone will call the police…”

Yukiko thought for a moment, then suddenly exclaimed in surprise,

"Yusaku, do you mean there's a mole from that organization within the Metropolitan Police Department?"

“Yes,” Yusaku Kudo nodded firmly, “There is a mole in the Metropolitan Police Department from that dark organization, and his position is definitely not low, that’s for sure!”

“Not low-ranking? Then it definitely isn’t Matsuda Jinpei,” Yukiko smiled. “That guy is just a deputy inspector. In other places, he might be considered a mid-level officer, but in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, he’s just a low-level officer.”

“But I just learned from Megure yesterday that the Metropolitan Police Department leadership is planning to promote him to inspector,”

Kudo Yusaku said with a serious expression,

"He was in a coma for three years, and he only woke up a month ago. He's already been promoted from patrol chief to police inspector. That's incredibly fast!"

"But that's all because Matsuda Jinpei has been solving cases and making meritorious contributions lately!"

After all, Matsuda had just saved her life. Although Yukiko was somewhat annoyed with him, she really didn't want to believe that a policeman who would risk his life to save a stranger could be a member of the Black Organization.

She couldn't help but defend Matsuda: "Didn't you say when you watched that detective Koshien tournament that Matsuda Jinpei suppressed the influence of detectives in society, and that he would definitely be appreciated by the higher-ups in the Metropolitan Police Department?"

"I did say that, but what if the person who appreciates him is from the Black Organization?"

Yusaku Kudo said meaningfully,

"Even if Officer Matsuda isn't a member of the Black Organization, he could still be used by them."

"And because of the case, he frequently meets with Shinichi. If Shinichi finds out about something, and Shinichi reports it to the Metropolitan Police Department without any precautions..."

"In short, we need to probe him first to see how much he actually knows about Shinichi!"

“By the way,” Kudo Yusaku looked at his wife with a puzzled expression, “why do you keep calling Officer Matsuda by his full name? Did he offend you in some way?”

Matsuda had just saved Yukiko's life, yet Yukiko addressed him by his full name, which was clearly impolite.

In Kudo Yusaku's view, this was also inconsistent with his wife's usual personality.

"Hmph, who told that bastard to dare say I was so ugly even dogs wouldn't bother with me?" Yukiko gritted her teeth and said angrily.

"Ugly?" Kudo chuckled. "He must be referring to your disguise, right? That appearance was indeed quite ugly!"

"Yusaku, even you're like this!"

Yukiko gave a reproachful look, then turned around and slammed the door shut as she went to change her clothes.

strangeness……

Why is Yukiko so angry with Officer Matsuda?

As Shinichi Kudo's father, Yusaku Kudo is far more insightful and analytical than his son when it comes to details.

Although Yukiko tried her best to cover it up after returning, Yusaku Kudo still discovered many problems.

Before Kudo Yusaku could think it through, Matsuda had already changed his clothes and came out.