The unscrupulous detective in Conan

Chapter 1181 Why don’t you reward me!

Megure Jusan next to him had the same idea.

You don't even need to look at this question, it must be self...

Megure Jusan thought to himself and subconsciously thought of the classic way to deal with it, but then he thought that since Brother Fujino was there this time, it must be a homicide.

So he coughed lightly and continued to think:

Ahem, that person must have poisoned the person and then used some magical method to achieve his goal of killing him.

In line with the rigor of professional police officers not being able to say for sure who the murderer is, lest they be slapped in the face and become a joke, and finally being transferred to the island to guard the reservoir, Megure Jusan added:
"That's the case right now. Of course, although the possibility is very small, we can't rule out the possibility that someone indiscriminately poisoned someone and intended to randomly kill them."

"But……"

Inoue Ryoko opened her mouth and said, "How could this happen..."

"That's exactly why I called you out."

Megure Jusan took over the conversation and asked, "Ms. Inoue, do Mr. Koda and Mr. Yagami have any conflicts or personal grudges?"

"It's better to say it's some workplace matter than a conflict."

Inoue Ryoko lowered her head and explained, "The script of Detective Maguro was originally written by Mr. Yagami and Mr. Sakuma in turn. Later, Koda, who joined the TV station, found me and said that he was a loyal fan of Detective Maguro and had wanted to participate in the script writing for a long time... He also brought the script for me to read."

"I thought his script was wonderful, so I invited him to join the production team of Detective Mamushiro."

"Mr. Sakuma admired the script he wrote very much, but Mr. Yagami always disliked him and even mentioned kicking Koda out of the production team more than once."

As she spoke, she sighed: "If you think about it this way, Xiangtian is indeed very uncomfortable. The scripts he writes are usually used only when the other two have no ideas. I think he must have felt that Yagami doesn't like him, so he came to me several times to discuss the script and how to make Detective Mamushi more popular..."

Fujino touched his chin when he heard this: "So this is the old-timers showing off their authority and bullying the young newcomers in the workplace, right?"

"Well..." Inoue Ryoko was obviously unwilling to admit this, "It's not really bullying. Maybe he just feels a little embarrassed to be writing a script with a junior."

"What do you think?"

Fujino stared at her, observing her expression, "Have you listened to Yagami's idea of ​​kicking Xiangtian out of the production team?"

"Absolutely not."

Inoue shook his head slightly. "I brought Xiangtian here, and he is indeed very talented and energetic. He even bet his entire future on the famous detective Mamu. How could I possibly chase him away?"

"Well, we understand almost everything. Sorry to bother you, Ms. Inoue."

"Well, it's nothing."

Megure Jusan took the initiative to send Inoue Ryoko away.

Then, he closed the door, touched his chin, and thought: "It seems that this is the motive... I think he must have killed Yagami because Yagami wanted to drive him away and exclude him."

"The key issue now is the evidence, and how he made sure that the cup of poisoned coffee fell into Yagami's hands accurately."

"The modus operandi doesn't really matter."

Fujino reminded, "The key is evidence. As long as his fingerprints are found on those disposable cups and it can be confirmed that there is no poison on the other cups, we can rule out the theory that the cups were poisoned in advance."

"Once we have confirmed that the cup was not originally poisonous, we can be sure that the poison was put in when he was brewing coffee. If we can find a poison reaction in the sewer, this chain of evidence will be complete.

"Hmm..." Megure Jusan nodded and groaned, "When that guy said the poison was smeared inside the cup, I had someone go test the disposable paper cups in the tea room and other paper cups at the crime scene."

"If no toxin is detected in other cups, then it can be determined that the poison was not in that cup, or that the cup was the top cup."

"As for the sewer in the tea room... I guess the time-based appraisal class should have finished checking it."

"Let's go over and take a look."

Fujino nodded, stood up and followed, while glancing at his system tasks:

[System Task: A Half-and-Half Murder Case]

【Task Summary: The screenwriter of the Japanese TV station who invited you to direct the case script became the material for the TV series after your arrival, causing you to suffer the injustice of becoming the "God of Death". Even the screenwriter colleague who is the murderer is still blatantly making trouble after the murder. This is just a sign of not taking you, a famous detective, seriously!

We must teach him a lesson and send him to prison to make him eat delicious prison food! 】

[Mission objective: Prove that Tsurugi Koda is the murderer of Joji Yagami]

[Mission Reward: 3 Detective Coins, 300 million yen, 300 detective reputation points]

It seems like this time it’s a scientific proof question…

Fujino touched his chin, feeling that the answer to this question was a given.

They must be severely punished.

…………

Fujino was thinking about this as he and Megure Juzo came out of the TV station's conference room. Then Momiji and Haibara Ai also came out of the conference room next door.

When they saw Fujino, they both came forward.

Hongye asked in a low voice with even more expectation: "Fujiano, have you found the murderer?"

"I think it's most likely that guy Xiangtian."

Fujino replied calmly, "But we haven't found any evidence yet, nor the method he used to poison Yagami, to fully prove that he was the murderer of Yagami Joji."

Megure Jusan beside him sighed and agreed, "Yes, according to them, he left right after putting down the coffee. He was not there when they were choosing the coffee, not to mention that he deliberately let Mr. Yagami choose that cup."

Hongye touched his chin and said, "If that's the case, then why not just induce him?"

"Induction?"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Ooka Momiji, wanting to hear what this rich woman had to say.

Hongye thought for a moment, then said, "For example, when placing a tray, deliberately change the direction of the cup's handle. Generally speaking, the person with the handle facing himself will subconsciously pick up the cup."

"Freshly brewed coffee poured into a disposable cup will become very hot, and the handle of the disposable cup will insulate the heat."

"I think this should be possible. At least there are often such cases in the detective novels I have read."

"You're overthinking it. Novels are just novels, not reality. Although there is a certain chance of success by doing this, it doesn't guarantee that he will get the coffee."

At this time, Huiyuan Ai suddenly spoke up, denying Ooka Hongye's idea, and said calmly: "If there is even the slightest deviation, it will poison people other than the target. It is too risky to do so."

Hongye pouted and said with a bit of resentment: "Then how did he manage to poison Mr. Yagami to death?"

"I don't know either." Huiyuan Ai spread her hands helplessly: "Maybe he didn't have a chosen target at the beginning, and who he wanted to poison this time might be random."

"Ah this..."

Megure Jusan and Daisuna Momiji were silent for a while, feeling that this statement was inexplicably casual and sloppy.

Fujino pondered and said, "Don't say it, is it really possible?"

"...?"

Everyone who heard this was confused.

No, you...

Such a rough guess turned out to be true?

Haibara Ai was also a little stunned: I actually guessed it right?
Megure Jusan couldn't help but say, "But, Brother Fujino, don't Mr. Koda and Sakuma have a good relationship? And Mr. Sakuma seems to praise Mr. Koda. Even if Mr. Koda wants to kill, he can't kill Mr. Sakuma."

Fujino shook his head slightly: "I don't know about that, but it is certain that he wanted to kill one of the two people randomly. Although it is a bit illogical, this is the simplest fact."

"Don't forget, he's a screenwriter for detective dramas. Maybe he did this just to mislead us."

"Think about it carefully. If the person who died was not Mr. Yagami but Mr. Sakuma, would we not suspect him?"

"That's true. After all, he has no personal grudge against Mr. Sakuma." Megure Jusan thought for a moment, "But if that's the case, there's no point in him killing Mr. Sakuma."

Fujino pondered: "Any killing is meaningful and has its own purpose, unless the other party is an executioner, and killing is just for pleasure... In this way, it is also meaningful."

"So we have to look past the surface and see the truth. What good will it do him if we kill Sakuma or Mr. Yagami?"

Everyone frowned and thought about it, but they didn't expect it.

Huiyuan Ai frowned, and continued to reason according to her previous guess, and then whispered: "Is his purpose to get rid of one of the two people and then take the other's place?"

"Hyouka!"

Fujino chuckled and snapped his fingers: "You got it right. I'll reward you with ribs tonight."

Haibara Ai folded her arms across her chest, her expression remained calm, but there was a hint of pride in her look.

Hongye on the side had a gloomy look in his eyes: Why don’t you reward me?

She felt a little resentful in her heart, and secretly decided to go to Fujino's house for dinner tonight and steal all the ribs that the little Loli was rewarded with.

Megure Jusan suddenly realized what was going on: "If that's the case, then his motive and reason for murder are very reasonable, even the method of poisoning is self-defeating..."

"He didn't specify who to kill, but was betting on who he could kill!"

"No matter who died, he has a key loophole of how the poison was administered. In the end, even if he is caught and sent to the procuratorate, he will be released due to insufficient evidence!"

"Yes, that's right." Fujino nodded, "It's a pity there is no reward."

Mu Mu Thirteen: "..."

Damn it, why don't you reward me?

No, why should I fight for any reward?
The bonus that Brother Fujino contributed to me this year is the greatest reward!
In addition to their own salaries, Japanese police also receive bonuses and overtime pay.

There is no need to say much about overtime pay. The Metropolitan Police Department's Criminal Division is full of overtime addicts.

I estimate that half of the Metropolitan Police Department’s funds are used to pay overtime pay.

As for bonuses, it depends on performance.

"Megure Police Department!"

At this time, the deputy just ran over quickly: "The test results of the sewer are out. We detected the same toxin as coffee in one of the pieces of paper and the residual water!"

"Nani?!"

Megure Jusan was stunned, "Did you really find it?"

Fujino's mouth tilted when he heard this: "Inspector Megure, it looks like this case has been solved."

…………

Upon hearing this, Megure Jusan followed the same plan he had used to help his brother Kudo before and called the two screenwriters and a female producer to the meeting room.

"Mr. Fujino, do you know who the murderer is?"

Inoue Ryoko looked a little nervous and asked Fujino.

After all, no matter who killed the person, it would be a devastating blow to their current TV series.

Fujino nodded and triggered his passive [Moment of Truth] immediately. Without giving him any chance to refute, he said in a deep voice, "Mr. Koda Tsuneo, you were the one who poisoned and killed Mr. Yagami Ryouji, right?"

Tsuyoshi Koda's expression remained normal. He was about to speak, but found that he couldn't open his mouth.

Why can't I speak?
Tsuyoshi Koda was in a mess.

Fujino followed up with, "You must be going to continue making nonsense. You were not at the scene at the time, so how could you have poisoned someone so accurately? Or, the poison was already applied to the cup, right?"

"Your idea is quite good. You want to trap the police in a maze of techniques."

"But in fact, you didn't use any tricks at all... But in a way, it can also be considered a trick."

"You pretended to be innocent and deliberately said that it was an outrageous idea to kill indiscriminately. You also borrowed the fact that you and Mr. Yagami had a conflict of interest to induce the police to investigate how you poisoned Mr. Yagami, while ignoring the fact that you did not specify the target to kill."

"That's right. You didn't think of poisoning Mr. Yagami. It should be said that Mr. Yagami is just one of your targets. If you fail to poison Mr. Yagami, you will poison Mr. Sakuma."

Sakuma: “……?”

Brother, I am usually so nice to you, why do you still want to kill me?

Sakuma was disheveled in the wind.

Fujino continued, "That's the plan. Double bet. It doesn't matter who gets poisoned. This will also provide you with an alibi."

"You dare to poison like this because you have been confident since the moment you poisoned the person. The evidence that can convict you has been destroyed, so you are so confident and show off..."

Fujino said in a deep voice, looking at Xiangtian, with a strong sense of oppression around him: "You, what else do you have to say?"

(End of this chapter)