Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 1388 Where do ghosts come from in this world?

"Wow!"

The shocking remarks made by the soul detective Kaito Hotta shocked the audience.

Mizunashi Rena, who was standing in the middle, immediately turned to Hotta Kaito and asked, "Mr. Hotta, are you serious?"

I saw Kaito Horida slowly put down his hands, nodded heavily with a stiff Indian face, and said with a long breath.

“Absolutely not wrong…”

"The wronged ghost of that maid has told me everything. A high school detective had repeatedly interrogated her and forcibly pinned a crime on her that was not her fault..."

"In the end, the maid couldn't stand the pressure and chose to commit suicide..."

As soon as Horita Kaito finished speaking, Tokatsu Junya suddenly shouted, "No! That maid committed suicide out of fear of punishment!"

"She tampered with the screws on the window frame of the room where the rich girl hanged herself, creating a secret room and misleading the police into concluding suicide the first time they investigated the case!"

"She is the murderer!"

"Besides, I don't even know that maid! So it's impossible for me to interrogate her!"

Tokatsu Junya pressed his hands tightly on the table in front of him, his face was very excited, his long, soft hair hung on both sides of his cheeks, and he even looked a little ferocious.

On the other hand, the dullness of Hotta Kaito's Indian face gives people a sense of composure.

"Mr. Shijin, you know the methods of this case so well. Have you handled this case before?"

"no!"

In a panic, Shi Jin Run Ya suddenly shouted, "I said I didn't know the maid, how could I have handled that case? I just said what was reported in the newspaper..."

"Oh……"

Horida Kaito nodded in understanding, then changed the subject, "That's strange, the window frame in the video just now didn't have any screws..."

"Fool!"

"Because the house filmed in that short video is not the Lavender Villa where the crime happened!"

As soon as Tokatsu Junya finished speaking, his eyes suddenly froze.

He realized he had spoken out of turn, but it was too late.

At this time, the host Rena Mizunashi showed a puzzled look on her face, "What's going on? I didn't say that the scenes shot in the short film were fake..."

"Have you really been to the Lavender Villa on Shikoku Island, Mr. Tokitsu?"

It was not until this moment that Tokatsu Junya realized that he had fallen into a carefully laid trap.

This episode is not at all meant to make him famous!

He wanted to leave immediately and quit the filming.

But when he glanced, he saw that on a surveillance screen not far away, the camera was pointed at him and the images were broadcast synchronously on the TV program.

This is actually a live broadcast!

My performance so far has actually been broadcast on TV!

Moreover, it happens to be the prime time now, and the number of people watching in front of the TV is the highest in the day.

If I leave at this time, it will definitely lead to bigger discussions afterwards.

Even if he strongly denied his involvement in the investigation of the Lavender Villa case, once the influence of the program became too great, those newspaper reporters who had contacted him half a year ago would definitely come out and write an article about it.

Half a year ago, in order to put pressure on the Shikoku police and reopen the investigation, Junya Tokitsu chose to publicize the methods he had investigated in the newspapers, which attracted enough attention.

And those journalists will help publicize their case methods for the sake of traffic, and will also reveal things about the cases they have participated in for the sake of traffic.

No...

I cannot step down now. I must find a way to reverse the situation and eliminate the impact.

After a brief internal weighing, Tokatsu Junya's expression regained a little composure and he spoke softly.

"no solution anymore……"

"I didn't want to talk about that past anymore. I feel sorry that the prisoner committed suicide because of his crime..."

Tokiczu Junya shook his head helplessly, then changed the subject.

"But there is absolutely no problem with my investigation. The maid cut off the screws that fixed the window frame and twisted one end of the nut into the surface of the window frame, pretending that the window was intact."

"Afterwards, she hanged her daughter in the room, opened the window, left the scene, and then restored the window frame with woodworking adhesive to create the illusion of a secret room."

"This is the truth of the case..."

Before Tokatsu Junya finished speaking, Horida Kaito shook his head and retorted: "No, this is not the truth..."

"The spirit of the maid has told me everything. Nothing is more convincing than the truth spoken by the dead herself."

At this moment, the lights in the studio went out and the projection screen on the side of the stage lit up again.

The video played this time was recorded in a hotel room. The overall filter of the video was gray, like the style commonly used in horror movies.

On the big bed in the hotel room, Kaito Horida, wearing a white suit, sat cross-legged in the middle.

Next to his body were various strange little gadgets, including small bones, lizard tails, dried puffer fish, colored eyeballs, etc.

Kaito Horida was seen making hand gestures, crossing his hands and drawing a few circles in front of him, and then he entered the "psychic mode".

In "psychic mode", Kaito Horida lowered his head and placed his hands naturally on his knees, like an old monk who had passed away in meditation.

Suddenly, Kaito Horida raised his head again, rolling his eyes under his bulging eyelids.

At this time, a voice in the voice-over asked: "Who are you?"

Kaito Horida suddenly looked towards the camera, and his huge whites of his eyes were a little scary.

He answered in a deep voice: "I am a maid at Lavender Villa..."

"Mizuguchi Kana..."

The voiceover continued to ask: "Who killed you?"

"Horita Kaito" answered: "It's a high school detective named Tokitsu Junya..."

"He forced me to confess to the crime of murdering the young lady..."

The voiceover then asks: "Who killed the young lady?"

"Horita Kaito" replied: "The young lady committed suicide..."

"She was cheated on by a man named 'Kondo'...she suffered from depression...she was emotionally unstable for a long time..."

"He finally committed suicide..."

The voiceover finally asks: "Do you have any evidence to prove that the murderer is not you?"

"Horita Kaito": "The screws that Tokatsu Junya found were left behind by a thief named 'Trumpet'..."

"The marks on it were left recently. They are not from the time when the young lady hanged herself half a year ago..."

"Also, the villa manager knows about the young lady's depression..."

Suddenly, "Kaito Horita"'s head jerked back and his arms spread out to both sides, as if some invisible force rushed out from his crown.

"what--!"

"I'm so resentful!"

It seemed that the maid's soul was expressing her resentment through Kaito Horita's mouth.

This eerie scene that sends chills down one's spine, coupled with the underworld tones of the scene, caused some timid female audience members to subconsciously cover their eyes.

However, their curiosity about the follow-up of the incident made them unable to restrain themselves and they left a gap between their fingers.

But immediately afterwards, Kaito Horida in the video suddenly collapsed and fell on the bed as if he was exhausted.

The video also stopped abruptly at this moment, and the lights in the studio came on again.

The lights and cameras were already focused on Tokitsu Junya's face.

At this time, Tokitsu Junya was still staring at the direction of the projection screen, with the shock on his face not concealed at all.

He was not shocked by Keito Horida's "psychic" ability, but by the fact that everything Keito Horida said was actually correct.

There were even things that he didn't even know.

Half a year ago, when he was traveling through Shikoku Island, he heard about the "Lavender Villa Case."

After getting a rough understanding of the case, he felt that there might be something hidden behind it, so he went to the villa to investigate.

Under the window of the suicide room, he found a few screws and thought there might be a way.

In order to demonstrate his abilities, he quickly contacted reporters from the newspaper and published the techniques in the newspaper.

Under pressure, the police had to restart the investigation.

However, the maid was the only one serving the young lady in the villa at that time, so the maid was the first person to be suspected. Tokatsu Junya also firmly believed that the maid was the murderer.

Until one night, when he was re-examining the evidence, he discovered that the marks on the screws were relatively new and did not seem to have been left half a year ago.

There were also broken screws placed on the grass outside the window, and there was no sign of rust after half a year.

This made him realize that there was a fatal flaw in his reasoning.

However, the police had already begun investigating and public attention was very high. He did not dare to admit that his reasoning was wrong, otherwise his reputation as a detective that he had worked hard to build for several years would be completely ruined.

So he chose to hide his name from the police and the media and left.

Later, while traveling, he learned that the maid had committed suicide.

Although he vaguely guessed why the maid committed suicide, he didn't dare to think about it carefully, let alone verify where the screws came from.

And so it has been delayed until today.

……

"Mr. Shijin, is there anything you want to say?"

Facing the questions from the host Rena Mizunashi, Junya Tokatsu's eyes opened wide, filled with anxiety and fear.

"No, it's impossible!"

"This is all fake!"

"Absolutely not!"

“Impossible——!”

Suddenly, in full view of everyone, Junya Tokatsu rushed out of the studio like a madman.

Until this moment, his subconscious behavior was to refuse to accept the fact that his reasoning was wrong and choose to escape directly.

Anyway, the words of the "ghost" cannot be used as evidence. As long as I don't admit it, I haven't lost!

Tokatsu Junya ran out of the studio and rushed into the backstage lounge next door.

"hateful!"

Tokatsu Junya stood in front of the dressing table and angrily punched the table top with his fist.

I was calculated...

  But how did he know those things?

How could that low-class charlatan know the details of so many cases, even the origin of the screws and the fact that he had participated in the investigation of the case?

Psychic...

How can it be?

It is impossible for soul to exist in this world!

"soul……"

"Ha ha……"

The corner of Tokatsu Junya's mouth curled up in a twisted angle, and he sneered at himself for wanting to believe in the existence of "psychic" for a moment.

But at this moment, a figure quietly appeared behind him.

Tokiczu Junya was hunched in front of the mirror and at first did not notice anything unusual behind him.

When he raised his head slightly to look at the mirror in front of him, he suddenly noticed a figure behind him.

"drink!"

Tokiczu Junya subconsciously turned around, but because he was frightened, he moved too much and hit his butt on the dressing table, making a "bang bang" sound.

“你、你是谁！？”

Tokiczu Junya looked at the woman in front of him in horror.

The woman had a pair of ponytails, her head was mostly hidden by long bangs, and she was wearing a blue and white maid outfit with an apron tied around her waist.

Suddenly, a memory from half a year ago flashed through Tokatsu Junya's mind.

At that time, he was eager to "solve the case" and once found the maid herself and forced her to confess her crime.

"You are……"

"Mizuguchi Kana!"

The figure did not speak in response, but raised his head slightly from deep within the ground.

He saw a pair of resentful eyes staring at him from between the bangs, and below it was a gray mouth with blood flowing from it.

"No, it's impossible!"

"You're the makeup artist...you're trying to scare me, right?"

"You are all in collusion!"

Although Tokatsu Junya's body kept retreating, his mind became clear at the first moment.

A smile uglier than crying appeared on his lips, and he forced himself to appear calm.

But at this moment, the door of the lounge suddenly opened and the makeup artist appeared at the door.

"Mr. Shijin, the production team is still waiting for you to return!"

"Mr. Shijin, what's wrong with you?"

Tokatsu Junya's butt was almost sitting on the table of the dressing table, and he turned to look at the makeup artist standing at the door.

But the makeup artist seemed to be unable to see the woman in front of him and just looked at him with a puzzled expression.

"you you……"

"Can't you see her?" asked Tokatsu Junya in a trembling voice.

"See what?"

The makeup artist looked confused, "Aren't there just you and me here?"

At this moment, Tokatsu Junya's brain had no time to think any more, he turned his head again and stared at the figure in front of him.

Looking at the approaching gray face, his legs began to tremble unconsciously.

"you……"

"You killed me..."

A long, ghostly sound emanated from the female figure's mouth, which matched all human fantasies about the sounds made by dead people.

Just then, the lights in the lounge began to flicker, accompanied by crackling sounds.

At this moment, Tokatsu Junya's nerves, which were already stretched to the limit, were properly provoked, and the emotional dam that had been compressed for a long time collapsed like a tidal wave.

"not me!"

Tokatsu Junya turned around and ran to the door, pushing away the makeup artist who was blocking the door.

But he ran too fast and didn't see the threshold under his feet clearly, and he tripped and fell at the door of the lounge.

He ignored the pain in his knee and quickly turned to look at the back of the room. The terrifying female figure was chasing him.

"Don't come over here!"

"I didn't commit perjury on purpose! I didn't expect you to commit suicide!"

"It is not my fault!"

"Don't come over here!"

Sitting on the ground, Tokatsu Junya retreated backwards while waving his free hand about.

But even so, it couldn't stop the "female ghost" from approaching him.

Until the "female ghost"'s palm approached his head, he was so scared that he quickly covered his head with his hands.

But after waiting for a few seconds, nothing happened.

He tentatively released his hands from covering his head and looked around nervously, only to see the maid and the makeup artist standing right in front of him.

He was surrounded by TV crew members holding cameras, shooting at his face with the lenses pointed at him.

The maid also took off her wig at this time, revealing her original wavy short hair underneath.

Beneath the cheerful smile are two cute little canine teeth.

"Haha~"

"Admit it!"