Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 170 Writer, high-risk industry!
In the octagonal study, Daisuke Torakura's hands and feet were tied to a cross by belts, and his heart was nailed into a stake. He died grimly like a real vampire.

Mao Lilan and Ma Sheng were so frightened that they did not dare to approach at all, so they stood together at the door of the study.

In fact, the two of them, especially Mao Lilan, should have gotten used to facing corpses long ago, but this time, with the props and costumes on the corpse, it is exactly the same as the scene where vampires are executed in the movie.

Kind of scary.

It was so shocking that the moment Qin Zhibo entered the study, his will value jumped.

90, 89, 90
The appalling task prompt also jumped out.

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Side mission; find out the murderer of this case
Task requirements: 2 hours
Task reward: 300 general skill proficiency, 200 social credits.

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According to the routine procedure, Qin Zhibo first walked to the corpse and conducted a corpse investigation.

【Investigation√】

[Name of the deceased: Daisuke Hukura]

[Death time: 3 hour ago]

[Cause of death: Chest puncture wound]

[The investigation of the corpse is completed, congratulations on obtaining the Art and Craft (writing) skill]

[Repetitive skills, automatically transformed into arts and crafts (writing) 1000 skill proficiency]

This is the third time Qin Zhibo has acquired writing skills through corpse investigation.

The first time was the writer in the case of Brother Christine, the second time was the female script writer in the case of Bandaged Freak, and this time it was the writer of Villa Desura.

Qin Zhibo summed up his experience. It seems that writers also belong to high-risk industries?

If things go on like this, Qin Zhibo feels that within a year, he will be able to acquire the writing skills of a great writer just by picking up corpses.

Of course, this year should be a year in this world, not a year with 365 days in the traditional sense.

In front of the corpse, Kogoro Mori was just about to do the autopsy himself, when he suddenly thought that there were more professional autopsies here than himself.

"Doctor Chengshi, please come and examine the body."

"Huh? Me."

Asahi who was standing at the door was a bit reluctant, but he still came in for a quick examination of the body.

"The time of death of the deceased should be between 2 am and 4 am today."

With a simple sentence, Asahi Shishi immediately left the room again.

This aroused the contempt of Conan the dwarf.

Really, it's just a corpse, the doctor should see a lot, right?
Why do you feel that Dr. Chengshi is as timid as Xiaolan?

In fact, Conan didn't know that after experiencing the Moon Shadow Island incident, Aso Shi's permanent will value became 40, which was exactly the same as Mao Lilan's will.

After getting the autopsy results, Mori Kogoro checked the doors and windows again, and immediately started reasoning.

"Yesterday's party in the living room ended at about 1:[-] in the morning. After that, everyone went back to their rooms to sleep. Only Mr. Hu Cang worked in the study."

"Also. The study windows are locked from the inside."

"In other words, the murderer is likely to be someone in the villa."

According to Mori Kogoro's habit when he was a policeman, the next step was to confirm everyone's alibi.

However, most of them went to sleep after returning to their rooms, and of course there was no alibi.

Except for editor Doi Fumio and researcher Hamura Shuichi who couldn't sleep after returning to their room, they happened to meet when they were out for a walk, so they sat in the living room for more than two hours.

Hearing this information, Mori Kogoro immediately asked: "Then do you remember the time? Did anyone enter the study during that time?"

"It should be from 2 o'clock to 4 o'clock. During this time, no one should have entered the study room, right? Mr. Doi?"

Hamura Shuichi asked Doi Fumio as if seeking advice, and Doi Fumio nodded dully.

After listening to the confession of the two, Mori Kogoro raised his chin and murmured: "In this way, the murderer probably entered the study from other places than the door and windows."

At this moment, Etsuko Torakura on the side was startled, thinking of something unusual.

"correct!"

"I got up to take medicine at two o'clock in the morning, and I seemed to see a blue boat on the lake!"

"ferry?"

When new clues appeared, Kogoro Mori regained his spirits immediately and asked, "Is there a place to stop the boat near here?"

On the other side, Toshiya Tasho thought for a while, and replied: "There is indeed a small dock that has been abandoned for a long time on the opposite side of the lake. When it was used as a sightseeing lake, there were many boats parked there, all of which were uniform blue."

"I don't know now"

After collecting the clues here, Kogoro Mori put his hands in his pockets, stood in the C position of the room and let out a cold snort.

"So, I already know who the murderer is."

"It's the person in the blue boat that Ms. Hukura Etsuko saw!"

Kogoro Mori confidently walked to the balcony of the octagonal study, lowered his head and glanced at the lake below, his face became more confident.

"Sure enough."

"That person came to the lake below the balcony by boat, then threw his flying claws up to hook the balcony railing, and then climbed up with the help of ropes, killing Mr. Hucang in the study."

"The evidence is that there is a bump on the balcony railing!"

what! ?

Conan was surprised that Kogoro Mori was the first to find the evidence at the murder scene, so he hurried to check it, and found that, as Kogoro Mori said, there was a place on the side of the railing that had been bumped and peeled off.

Uncle Maori's reasoning went so smoothly today?
And from the current point of view, there seems to be nothing wrong with this reasoning.

The main entrance of the study was guarded by Shuichi Hamura and Fumio Doi at the time of the incident, so it was impossible for anyone to enter.

The windows are usually locked, and there are no signs of violent intrusion.

In this way, only the direction of the balcony is left to enter the study without anyone noticing.

It so happened that Mrs. Hu Cang saw the boats on the lake and the bump that Uncle Mao Li found on the railing.

All inferences and evidence so far are pointing to the conclusion that an external murderer committed the crime.

But for some reason, seeing that Uncle Mori found out the truth easily, Conan just felt something was wrong.

If Uncle Maori had speculated on the route and used flying claws to invade the balcony of the study from the lake, such a skill would at least require a professional assassin who had undergone special training.

But if it was a professional killer, he would definitely investigate the situation of Desura's villa during the day, and he would also know that the villa is very crowded with people today, so it is not suitable to do it.

But the murderer still chose to do it tonight.

This does not seem to be in line with the code of conduct of professional killers.

And why did the murderer choose to use a piercing method to tie Daisuke Hukura to a cross like a vampire?

Can't you kill it directly?
Hmm. This case is a bit strange.

Conan, who wanted to get some inspiration in other directions, looked back habitually, but found that the uncle who was more reliable than Uncle Maori was no longer in the study room from just now.

(End of this chapter)