Conan's grammatical investigator

"Qingshan Mental Hospital?"

The name Qin Zhibo was somewhat familiar, but for a moment he couldn't remember where he heard it.

"Could it be that Mrs. Kudo has a mental problem, and this time she returned to Japan to see a doctor?"

"Nope~" Kudo Yukiko smiled and waved her hands, "I just went there to visit some people..."

With her explanation, Qin Zhibo understood that the person she wanted to visit was a prisoner who was diagnosed as mentally ill in the case of "The King in Yellow".

You Xizi didn't want to visit these people because she wanted to do volunteer work.

When Qin Zhibo arrived in Oklahoma during his trip to the United States, Yusaku Kudo and Qin Zhibo had to withdraw to solve a case about a local missing person.

The key to this case involves the belief of a local secret order, the Yellow King of Kakosha.

Yusaku Kudo found a lot of rituals and operation methods for worshiping the King in Yellow with the help of the notes of the cultists brought back from the murderer's house.

These contents are undoubtedly very evil, but it also reveals that the worship of the king in yellow is a very old belief.

Later, the police in Ohio continued to dig deep into the drug trafficking and smuggling network of the murderer Childress family, and found that the name of Keiji Aso, a famous Japanese pianist, was on the list.

Out of curiosity, Yu Kudo inquired about the information on the Tsukage Island case, and found that several accomplices who participated in drug trafficking with Keiji Aso all died recently, and the cause of death was internal strife.

Only one vampire dealer named Hideo Kawashima survived, but he was living in Qingshan Mental Hospital because of a new type of mental illness called "yellow phobia".

In addition to Hideo Kawashima, there are several cases in Japan related to the King in Yellow, such as the murder of Akio Koda's father, the murder of the wife of the president of the Ghana Music Company, and the bombing of the Tokyo Tower.

The perpetrators of these cases all claimed that their crimes were related to the "King in Yellow", and are now receiving treatment in Qingshan Mental Hospital.

So Yukiko was sent by Yusaku Kudo to visit the four mental patients to see if they could find any clues.

At present, Yusaku Kudo is also confused about the contagious power of the "King in Yellow Clothes" belief. He does not understand whether there is an invisible black hand behind it that is fueling the flames, or the natural spread of belief.

But if there is one thing in common with these cases, there is one more.

Qin Zhibo participated in these cases.

Although it is not enough to directly doubt Qin Zhibo because of this, it is at least a very subtle common ground.

And in these four cases, three criminals were directly captured by Qin Zhibo, and one was discovered by the police after he went crazy.

Qin Zhibo, as a witness to these cases and a former FBI investigator who has dealt with many major serial cases, has some personal opinions.

So Kudo Yusaku asked Yukiko to come to Japan, mainly to investigate the behind-the-scenes of these cases, and invited Qin Zhibo to see these prisoners and listen to their opinions.

Yukiko, who came to Japan, lived in the old house at home. Before she could do anything, she was discovered by Conan who noticed the abnormality, and she was dragged to the ghost ship as a temporary foreign aid.

And right now is the business of her coming to Japan.

"A mental hospital..."

Qin Zhibo didn't have a good opinion of the mental hospital, because he had been to the Arkham Asylum, and the feeling there was very bad.

In Arkham Asylum, from doctors to patients, they are all lunatics.

Among the patients, there are lunatics who have seen the ancients and Shoggoths with their own eyes, and the doctors are lunatics who study "soul rejuvenation medicine".

After listening to Miyano Elena's tapes, it is basically certain that "Herbert West", the attending doctor of Arkham Asylum, is the enlightener of Haibara Ai's father in drug research.

It was also under his influence that Koji Miyano conducted taboo research and was eventually exiled by the scientific community.

With that experience, Qin Zhibo didn't like the madhouse at all.

There is only a thin line between geniuses and lunatics, and no one knows what kind of bigwigs lurk in the madhouses of this world.

However, You Xizi's entrustment reminded Qin Zhibo that he had just obtained an artifact yesterday, the indescribable high priest's robe.

Among those four people, at least three were believers in the King of Yellow Clothes.

You can use them to try the effect of the robe yourself.

Qin Zhibo nodded and agreed.

"Okay, let's go now."

……

Aoyama Mental Hospital is located in the suburbs of Tokyo.

Although the name is very similar to Aomori Hospital, which is well-known to Tokyo people, the two cannot be compared. This is a well-known hospital specializing in the treatment of mental illness, which can be compared to Siping Mental Hospital.

You Xizi had long expected that Qin Zhibo would agree to go, so she had already made an appointment with the hospital in advance.

It's just that the person You Xizi wants to visit is a felon arrested by the police. He has a potential violent tendency and needs the consent of the hospital and the police. Ordinary people really don't see it.

But fortunately, the dean here is a fan of Yukiko, so he happily agreed.

As for the police, Mu Mu was an old acquaintance, so naturally it was no problem.

"Mrs. Kudo, I didn't expect you to come!"

"I'm really waiting for you!"

A fat man in a white coat came out from behind the iron gate of the courtyard. He had a round face, Mediterranean, and squinted eyes behind round-frame glasses, looking a little greasy.

You Xizi smiled and shook hands with the man, then turned to introduce Qin Zhibo.

"This is the director of Qingshan Hospital, Mr. Fushan; Mr. Fushan, this is the famous detective Qin Zhibo."

"Hello, Mr. Fukuyama."

"Hello."

Dean Fukuyama turned to shake hands with Qin Zhibo, but he was no longer as enthusiastic as he was with Yukiko, and his attitude towards the man was obviously cold, even if this man was also a celebrity.

Ding Zhen at a glance, identified as LSP, normal index up↑

……

After saying hello, Dean Fushan led the two into the hospital area, and did not go to meet the prisoners directly, but took a tour of the mental hospital first.

Compared with Arkham Asylum, the environment here is more like a sanatorium.

The huge yard is full of greenery, with green brick paths crisscrossing the lawn, occasional gazebos, benches, flower ponds, fish ponds and other facilities, just like a small park.

The only discordant place is that people wandering here are all wearing white hospital gowns, standing, sitting quietly, or squatting on the ground not knowing what to look at.

There was also an old man with a dementia face, who was sitting in a wheelchair looking at the sun, and the nurse next to him thoughtfully put on a pair of sunglasses for him.

Seeing Qin Zhibo's eyes on the old man, Dean Fukuyama introduced with a smile: "Since the patient was paralyzed in a car accident and sat in a wheelchair, he fantasized that he was Apollo, the sun god in ancient Greek mythology, and he had to drive every day. The sun chariot rises in the east and sets in the west.”

"However, according to our hospital's diagnosis, he is just a post-traumatic disorder caused by paralysis. He is worried that he will be abandoned by his family after being paralyzed, so his brain regards the wheelchair as the solar chariot of the sun god. He is Apollo, and he still commutes normally every day. .”

"What a poor patient..."

Dean Fushan sighed, and several people were slightly moved.

In fact, the aging of Japanese society is so serious that it is normal for the elderly to go out to work in Japan.

Such as "cooking fairy" and "sushi fairy" are memes, but they are helpless and sad behind the scenes, because if they don't come out to work, they are worthless, and they are "Daba human beings".

Qin Zhibo looked at the "Sun God", and his eyes gradually swept to the distance, until he reached the outer wall of the hospital.

Unlike Arkham Asylum, the fence here has no barbed wire, and even the fence itself is only 2.5 meters high, and it can be easily turned over by stepping on a large trash can.

"Is the fence here a little shorter?" Qin Zhibo asked casually.

Dean Fushan was stunned for a moment, then squinted his eyes, and said with a smile: "We are a mental hospital here, not a prison. There is no need to set up such a high wall."

"Besides, many patients refuse to receive treatment in their hearts. If the environment in the hospital is too high, it is easy for patients to resist treatment. This is scientifically based."

"What we want to create is a kind of homely warmth, active treatment and passive influence, so that patients can return to normal life..."

Dean Fukuyama's answer was impeccable, obviously he has dealt with the inspecting leaders more than once in this way.

Regarding this, Qin Zhibo didn't study it any more.

Several people continued to walk inside, and soon came to the main building of the hospital.

The main building adopts a central axis symmetrical design, with a total of four built-in wards, corresponding to four levels of mental disability, the first level is severe impairment, and the descending order decreases.

However, those few patients did not belong to any of the four districts, but a special area specially used to detain criminals with mental illness or patients with severe violent tendencies.

Arriving at the third floor on the right, Dean Fushan took two hospital nurses with him, pointed to the three separate wards in a row, and said, "The people you want to visit are in these three rooms."

"The symptoms of the three of them are similar. They all imagined the virtual image of the 'King in Yellow' talking in their minds. So far, they have not found any signs of improvement. They have tried various treatments, but they can only recover slowly. ..."

"There is also the patient named Hideo Kawashima. His condition has improved compared to when he was first admitted to the hospital. He was transferred from here to the first-level ward not long ago."

Qin Zhibo stepped forward and looked in through the glass on the door. The three wards are all highly enclosed wards. Although they can move freely inside, the windows are high and small.

With the addition of 24h surveillance cameras, the three of them are basically treated like prisoners, and they are only a straitjacket short of severe violent tendencies.

At this moment, You Xizi stepped forward and asked, "How is it? Who is better to ask first?"

Qin Zhibo thought for a while, "Let's follow the chronological order of the crimes... the first one should be Akio Koda."

……

Soon, the hospital vacated a ward for face-to-face therapy. Qin Zhibo and Yukiko sat here, and Koda Akio sat opposite.

His hands were tied with a chain, and one end of the chain was connected to the corner of the table to prevent him from suddenly violently hurting others.

Koda Akio, a person who knew he was born in the Showa era as soon as he heard it.

The case of this person happened before the Moon Shadow Island case. First, he beat his father to death, and then imprisoned his mother in an underground prison for a long time. He grew his hair long and pretended to be his mother.

"Hi, long time no see."

The hospital forcibly shaved a dry short inch, and it is not difficult to distinguish the gender of Akio Koda.

He lowered his head, until Qin Zhibo called him, he raised his head slightly.

"You are……"

"I'm the detective who caught you."

Hearing this, Koda Akio's eyes changed slightly, his mouth opened slightly, and he murmured: "So it's you..."

Qin Zhibo used the simplest and most direct way to call out the other party's impression. Although it was a bit rough, it was effective.

Qin Zhibo: "How are you doing recently? Are you still used to being here?"

Koda Akio: "...It's okay, but a little boring."

Qin Zhibo: "Have you dreamed of the king in yellow recently? Or has the king in yellow sent you a letter?"

This sentence surprised Yuxiko who was sitting next to her. Isn't this question too straightforward?
But fortunately, Akio Koda didn't react too much, he just shook his head lightly, "No."

"Maybe the smell of this place is not good, He doesn't like it here..."

"But he will appear. Sooner or later, he will guide me the way to the kingdom of God. My lord will not abandon any devout believer. I am the most devout one. He will not abandon me, because I listen to everything. His..."

Koda Akio's mood gradually became out of place, and as he read brokenly, every sentence revealed strong paranoia.

This is also the characteristic of his kind of "disease". He believes that the king in yellow really exists, and tries his best to use this existence to cover up the fact that he has committed a crime.

You Xizi hurriedly interrupted, "Then can you tell me how the king in yellow contacted you before? How did you... murder..."

Koda Akio suddenly turned his gaze to Yukiko, and after staring at it for two seconds, he said, "I know you, you seem to be..."

"Yes?" You Xizi looked hopeful in her eyes, eager to be recognized.

"Yes..." Koda Akio frowned, and suddenly stretched out, shouting: "Mom!"

"You are my mother!"

"Oh my god! Why are you here?"

"Who released it for you? Go back quickly! The outside world is very dangerous!"

Akio Koda's emotions suddenly became agitated, and he got up and threw himself at Yukiko, but luckily the chain on his arm worked and he didn't succeed.

A nurse behind him hurriedly shot, and another nurse immediately opened the door and walked in, escorting Akio Koda out.

When he was sent away, he kept shouting "Mom" and "Mom". If people who don't know the truth see it, it will definitely make the listeners sad and cry.

The mental patient suddenly shouted for her mother, causing Yuxiko a lot of shock, and she patted her chest with her right hand to relieve the shock.

"call--"

"Maybe your hair reminds him of his mother."

Qin Zhibo turned his head and asked, "Are you okay? If not, you can watch outside and I'll ask."

You Xizi thought about it, she was really not suitable for dealing with these mental patients, and normal human communication experience basically didn't work here.

Moreover, she called "Mom" every sentence, and called herself old, so she should be called "Sister".

"Then I'll leave it to you, be careful."

As Yukiko left the treatment room and went to the other side of the glass to watch, the nurse brought Patient No.2 again.

It was Hideo Kawashima, the only survivor of the Moon Shadow Island incident.

Thank you for your reward every day!