Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 1389 True Soul Detective

  what's the situation?

Tokatsu Junya slumped on the floor of the corridor, his back leaning against the wall, looking around with wide eyes in surprise.

The "female ghost" took off her hood, revealing a girl with short wavy hair, and the makeup artist was standing next to her.

"You, you..."

Although Tokatsu Junya's head was buzzing at the moment, he roughly understood what was going on.

Everything that happened just now was a play performed by these two people, the purpose of which was to scare me into telling false testimony.

Even if Tokatsu Junya wanted to take back his words at this moment, it was too late.

In the profile position of his face, the cameraman was holding the camera against his face and shooting.

Those few words just spoken have been broadcast across the country through television without missing a word.

Although this could not be considered evidence in court and could not be used to bring a lawsuit against him, it had destroyed his reputation, which was what he valued most.

Once this matter is exposed, he will basically bid farewell to the detective profession. No police officer or client will dare to trust a detective who has wronged a good person.

Thinking of this, Tokatsu Junya's expression became completely stunned and his body completely collapsed.

……

Inside the studio.

Junya Tokitsu's performance was also played simultaneously on the projection screen on the side of the stage.

The audience was shocked to hear that he admitted to having perjured someone and forced someone to death.

Compared with Tokitsu Junya's complete dejection, the soul detective Horida Kaito at this time had a very energetic look on his face, with his head held high and his chest puffed out, looking very majestic.

The host, Rena Mizunashi, also said at this time: "Then we move on to the next stage, where the audience will vote based on their own ideas to select the winner of this show..."

Although Mizunashi Rena said this, the winner was obvious.

Now there is only one detective left on the court, Kaito Horida. Who else should we vote for if not him?

Just as the audience was preparing to raise their hands to vote, a figure in the middle of the front row stood up.

"Please wait a moment..."

Soul detective Kaito Hotta was about to walk to the center of the stage to be crowned the winner, but was stopped by this voice.

A mixed-race man walked onto the stage and asked directly, "Mr. Horita, are you really a psychic?"

Kaito Horida narrowed his eyes slightly and recognized that it was Qin Zhibo, the famous detective of the T1 level in the Tokyo detective world.

But it doesn't matter. His psychic skills have been exposed as fake more than once, but as long as there is no direct evidence, it doesn't matter.

Besides, he really obtained information that no one else knew except the deceased, and that was the point.

"Of course I can be psychic."

"Really? Then can you channel the spirit here for all of us?"

Kaito Horida was silent for half a second, then replied: "Souls cannot appear in crowded places. There are too many people here..."

"Is that right?"

Qin Zhibo sneered, turned his head to gesture to Mizunashi Rena, and then continued.

"In fact, your spiritualism is completely deceptive. The information you said you got from the souls of the dead was obtained from other places..."

As soon as Qin Zhibo finished speaking, the projection screen next to the stage came into play again.

On the projection screen, the camera at a very low angle was capturing half of a person’s face, with a message “Abnormal shooting” in the lower right corner.

Although only half of the face was photographed, the square chin, thick lips, and dark skin revealed in that half of the face make it difficult to find another one like Kaito Horita's distinctive Indian face in Japan.

As the video progressed, the sound of two people talking could be heard.

"Is what you said on the Internet true? The truth about the Lavender Villa case..."

"Yes, and this truth is almost unknown to anyone."

"Okay, I'll check the content first. If there's no problem, I'll give you the money..."

Kaito Horida stared in surprise, looking at the contents on the projection screen in disbelief.

As one of the protagonists in the video, he certainly remembered that this happened a day ago.

At that time, he received a message from TV director Furuli Sanpei, saying that the case to be discussed would be temporarily changed.

Although Kaito Horida wanted to protest, he was a second-rate detective who had already been involved in negative news, and it was good enough that the program team asked him to be on the show.

For the opportunity of exposure, he had no choice but to agree.

Later, when he was looking for news about the Lavender Villa case on the Internet, he saw a post written by someone who claimed to be an "insider."

The post contains the details of the Lavender Villa case.

So, Kaito Horida contacted this insider and wanted to use money to buy the exclusive information and use it for a TV show.

The video shows the scene of him meeting the insider in a cafe yesterday.

"...Well, the information looks quite interesting. I'll give you the money according to the price we agreed on in advance."

"Don't you need to confirm the accuracy of this information?"

"No, no one will investigate whether what the 'Soul' said is correct or not. As long as it is topical enough, it is enough..."

The video ends abruptly.

"Mr. Horita, please explain what is going on."

Mizunashi Rena looked at Hotta Kaito and asked sternly.

At this time, Kaito Hotta stood on the stage at a loss, his eyes aimlessly scanning everything in front of him.

He couldn't understand why his image suddenly collapsed when he was originally sure of victory.

In fact, from the very beginning, he fell into the trap set by Qin Zhibo and others.

The program team changed the topic temporarily, and Kaito Horita was not a real psychic, so of course he could only search for some information on the Internet temporarily.

At this time, the sudden appearance of someone who claims to be an insider would definitely make him grab at a life-saving straw like a drowning man.

Of course, this "insider" was actually Sera in disguise.

The information he was told was accurate enough to bring down Tokitsu Junya.

This way, he can fall from the peak to the bottom just when he is enjoying the peak moment of victory.

“No, that’s not the case…”

“The show shouldn’t be like this…”

Kaito Horida shook his head and kept repeating that he should not be the villain in this episode.

But in fact, the original purpose of this episode was to expose the hypocrisy of both him and Junya Tokitsu.

Qin Zhibo continued, "It's obvious that you, Mr. Horita, don't have any psychic powers at all. The information about the deceased you mentioned was either purchased in this way or made up..."

"Similarly, you used 'psychic' to find the bodies of the dead. You also found the bodies of the suicide victims in advance and buried them, pretending that you found them yourself."

"You were afraid that the identity of the suicide victim would be discovered, which would lead to your act of burying the body being discovered, so you took away the items that could prove the identity of the body, as well as the suicide note..."

Kaito Horida suddenly yelled, “No!”

"I really can communicate with spirits. I found those bodies by communicating with the spirits of the dead!"

But before he could finish his words, director Furuguri Sanpei walked onto the stage and stared at Horita Kaito angrily.

"That's you!"

"You found my sister's body in the suburbs two months ago! And you said my sister was murdered!"

"But the police later found a suicide note in the computer at my sister's company, as well as medication prescribed by a doctor to treat depression!"

"You bastard buried my sister's body there and used her as a propaganda tool for your own benefit!"

As Furuli Sanpei spoke, he became more and more excited, and he almost rushed up to attack Horida Kaito, but fortunately, several colleagues nearby stopped him.

Originally, Kaito Horida wanted to cheat by taking advantage of the fact that there was no direct evidence at the scene.

But as the person involved came forward to tell his story, he had no room to deny it.

In the end, he left the stage in dismay amid boos from the audience.

Junya Tokitsu and Kaito Horita were completely defeated.

……

In the hotel room, Kaito Hotta stood by the bed, packing his luggage with a gloomy look.

Although this is not the first time he has been exposed for perjury, this time is different from the last time and the impact of the incident is greater.

Even the burial of the bodies of suicide victims was exposed.

Although the police cannot do anything to him for the time being without direct evidence, they will at least come to him to ask about the other unidentified bodies.

Before that, he could only go back to his hometown and hide for a while, waiting for the storm to pass.

Kaito Hotta was born in a small place far away from Tokyo.

Since he was a child, he has suffered a lot of discrimination and bullying because of his "outstanding" appearance.

When he grew up, due to his appearance, he had a very difficult time in the workplace and even found it difficult to find a decent job in the company.

By chance, he saw an American psychic performing spiritualism on the Internet. The psychic even appeared on a TV show and became a local celebrity.

In the American concept, the indigenous people of that land - the Indians often possess mysterious powers that cannot be explained by common sense.

Just like the stereotype that “all Chinese people know Kung Fu”.

Coupled with the idea that "everyone has their own unique characteristics", Kaito Horida found the track that truly suits him.

So he began to perform psychic skills on the Internet, learning his every move from American psychic masters.

But even so, there was no response at first.

Until he realized that he could combine psychic science with the most popular detective culture of the time to create the image of a "soul detective".

Just like that, the soul detective Kaito Hotta appeared.

Although he doesn't know how to solve cases, he can accumulate believers by using the voice of the dead person's soul to tell some things that outsiders don't know.

In addition to occasionally playing tricks, he has also gained a lot of fans on the Internet.

But with the collapse of his personal image this time, his basic plan on the Internet is completely over.

In this era, a new way of playing that can be both “black and red” and “red” has not yet been developed, and there is no way to use influence to sell goods through live streaming.

As long as no one believes in his psychic powers anymore, his value will no longer exist.

Fake psychics are even worse than fake kung fu masters, who don’t even have the chance to perform in bars or shows.

But fortunately, I have saved a lot of money over the years...

While packing his luggage, Kaito Horida fantasized about returning to his hometown and living a comfortable life away from the world.

It is not impossible that after a few years, he can change his name and become a "detective" again.

At the same time, Kaito Horida was completely unaware that the large wardrobe behind him was being pushed open silently from the inside.

  Bang!

……

When Kaito Horida slowly opened his eyes, his hands and feet had been tied to a chair.

"Answer my question..."

"One more word and you're dead."

Kaito Horida turned his head in shock to look in the direction of the sound, only to find a black gun muzzle pointed at the side of his forehead.

The man holding the gun was not masked and appeared to be a man in black with slightly long hair.

"Who are you?"

Kaito Hotta asked the other party tremblingly.

But the answer he got was not words, but the sound of the pistol hammer being pressed down, which was the signal for the pistol to be put into the ready-to-fire state.

Kaito Horida immediately understood what this meant and quickly shut up.

The next second, the man asked in a cold voice: "What do you know about the Haneda Hiroshi case?"

"The case of Hiroshi Haneda?"

Kaito Horida was puzzled for a moment. He originally guessed that the family members of the deceased had watched this episode and were looking for him for revenge.

It turned out that he came to inquire about the case of Hiroshi Haneda.

"I, I don't know much..."

"I only heard that Amanda's bodyguard, Asaka... is a woman..."

"Before she disappeared, she was holding a female makeup mirror..."

"anything else?"

The man's voice was extremely cold, and the muzzle of the gun in his hand moved closer.

This frightened Kaito Horida even more, and his expression became out of control, and even his crotch area started to get wet.

"There are also some people who have entered Amanda's room... The man in the lead is a bald man..."

"Where did you get this information?" the man asked.

The muscles on Kaito Horida's face began to twitch and his voice became intermittent.

"It was an eyewitness..."

"A man wearing glasses..."

"Female……"

Kaito Horida's voice became lower and lower, until his head tilted and his wide eyes were completely lifeless.

The man looked at the violent death of Kaito Horita, his face expressionless.

He calmly put away the gun, then took out his cell phone and sent a text message.

【Rum, target solved】

After sending the text message, the man cleaned up the scene, pushed the door and left the room.

……

"cheers!"

"cheers!"

In a Chinese restaurant near the TV station, Qin Zhibo, Sera Masumi, and Koshimizu Nanatsuki raised their glasses to celebrate.

"That Tokatsu Junya is finished now. Discussions about the Lavender Villa case have spread on the Internet..."

Shira said this excitedly, and picked up a piece of mapo tofu and put it in his mouth.

Nanatsuki Koshimizu, who was sitting next to him, smiled and turned to Sera to thank him, "Thanks to your help this time, otherwise that guy would definitely continue to be stubborn..."

"Haha~"

Sera patted Nanatsuki Koshimizu's shoulder and said, "What are you thanking me for? Aren't we friends?"

Hearing this, a warm feeling welled up in Koshimizu Nanatsuki's heart.

"But I never thought that you were a high school girl..."

"Haha~" Sera laughed again, "People often mistake my gender for mine, I'm used to it~"

"is it?"

Nanatsuki Koshimizu also smiled playfully, "Actually, I am often misidentified..."

Qin Zhibo looked at the two people across the table who were exchanging experiences in this area, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

At this moment, the phone in my pocket suddenly rang.

What was a bit surprising was that the call was actually from Inspector Megure.

"Brother Qin, where are you?"

"Come on, Kaito Horita is dead..."