The unscrupulous detective in Conan

Chapter 1279: Ke Xue is for Exploitation
"..."

Upon hearing this, Reiko Kujo's expression turned strange, feeling that the other person's analogy was a bit too far-fetched and abstract.

But upon closer reflection, it is indeed the case.

Why is she, a wife, coming to me instead of going to rescue people?

Am I his wife or are you his wife?

What does it have to do with me?

Even a perfect 10 out of 10 suggests something's wrong!

Reiko Kujo suddenly realized this blind spot and felt that the problem was no longer abstract, but rather easy to understand.

At this moment, Fujino looked at the open part of the balcony window, glanced around at both sides of the window, and noticed that the balcony curtain was half-closed. He asked Kujo Reiko, "The curtain of this window should have been closed when you came, right?"

“Yes, it was closed.” Reiko Kujo replied after a moment’s thought.

Upon hearing this, Fujino pondered for a moment and said, "That makes it even stranger."

"What's strange about it?" Sato Miwako asked, puzzled.

Fujino gestured towards the curtains, saying, "If he opened the window himself, the curtains on the balcony should have been open. How could he have closed the curtains inside from the balcony?"

As he spoke, Fujino's tone became strange, and he joked, "Could it be that he can just create a shadow clone, open the window and go out, then have his clone close the curtains, and then commit suicide?"

"If he could create shadow clones, why would he commit suicide..."

“This kind of operation is impossible without two people!” Sato Miwako immediately understood. “So, you mean the key point is that Takeuchi didn’t commit suicide?”

“At least from this point of view, we can see that he did not commit suicide.” Fujino responded and then reasoned in a deep voice, “At that time, someone must have drawn the curtains and closed the French windows of the balcony as well.”

"In that case, all we need is photographic evidence from that time!"

Upon hearing this, Miwako Sato immediately called out to the forensic officers at the scene.

Then, the forensic officer said, looking speechless, "We didn't take any photos of the living room at the time, since the deceased committed suicide..."

"..." Sato Miwako remained silent, feeling her fist harden.

It's hard to say, really hard to say...

At this moment, Reiko Kujo awkwardly spoke up, "Even if we collect photos, there's no way to prove it, because the curtains are in this position now because Mrs. Takeuchi and I opened the balcony window together to look at the situation downstairs."

Sato Miwako: "..."

You should have told me earlier!

Fujino changed the subject: "In other words, there is currently no direct evidence to prove that the curtains were drawn at the time."

As he spoke, he added to Reiko Kujo, "You're a prosecutor, so you could be a witness, but even if you were a witness..."

"There is currently no direct evidence, and testimony can only account for a small portion."

In response, Reiko Kujo echoed, "This point certainly cannot be considered crucial evidence; it can only serve as supplementary corroborating evidence."

At this point, she narrowed her eyes slightly and her expression became serious: "That's true, but given the current situation, while this can't be used as evidence, it does raise doubts about his suicide attempt, and we should investigate that direction."

"Yes, indeed."

Fujino agreed with Reiko Kujo's line of reasoning: "It's also easy to determine who the murderer is."

“From the beginning, that Mrs. Takeuchi has been trying to pin the so-called cause of suicide on you, and her purpose is…”

"It seems they want to use me as a scapegoat." Reiko Kujo's expression had gradually calmed down from its initial state, and she continued after careful consideration: "They'll use the story of her husband being driven to suicide by the prosecutor as the subject of their propaganda, and then retaliate against me."

"As for the motive, it should be to prevent me from investigating the case from back then and to avoid exposing the scandal of their own company."

Miwako Sato glanced at Reiko Kujo: "If a prosecutor drives a defendant to suicide, it will definitely become a social problem if this is sensationalized."

“Given your situation, even if you don’t get fired, you’ll definitely be marginalized. Of course, if your family intervened, things wouldn’t turn out this way.” Fujino continued, walking from the living room to the balcony. “But given your situation, you probably won’t ask your family for help.”

"So for now, we can only solve this one case."

Fujino had a rough character model for Kujou Reiko.

He was upright and incorruptible, to the point of being somewhat naive, and his relationship with the Kujo family was not good.

If I had to say something, it would be that the little girl with a strong sense of justice has grown up.

Thinking this, Fujino shook his head slightly and looked out the window.

At first glance, all that can be seen are shimmering concrete forests, and a great river meanders through the city under the night sky, its surface reflecting the city lights and rippling with light.

A very ordinary city scene.

This is true, at least in highly urbanized places like Tokyo.

It seems there's an urgent need to de-urbanize.

Turning his gaze away, Fujino began to observe the scene.

On site, it looked like that: the balcony of the aerial acrobat, with an air conditioner next to it, and two bricks placed underneath to prevent vibration.

Fujino did remember this plot; it was roughly about Takeuchi threatening his wife, and then his wife killed someone and pretended to be an aerial acrobat.

Then came a fierce legal battle in court, with the lawyers and prosecutors working together to get the defendant imprisoned.

It's a pity he was too lazy to watch that uninteresting courtroom drama at the time, and he doesn't quite remember how the case was solved.

His remaining memory is of Mori as a witness, who first rambled on and on, and then Conan completely confused Mori, starting a series of deductions in court.

The operation is indeed a bit difficult to master.

However, considering the plot, it's understandable.

If Mori wasn't useless, and if the court wasn't like that, how could Mori act so arrogantly in court, and in turn, let Conan act so arrogantly in front of the audience?

Sometimes, rationality has to give way to the plot.

Take Ke Xue for example.

If Conan didn't study Conan, he probably wouldn't even make it past the first episode before being beaten to death.

If I hadn't used cheat codes, I probably would have died in this world long ago.

All I can say is that in the world of Detective Conan, only those who are even less Detective Conan than themselves can survive in this world.

Sometimes, we also need to make good use of scientific knowledge...

Looking out the window, below were streets shrouded in heavy rain, crowds of onlookers, and police cars with flashing red lights.

Fujino glanced around and fixed his gaze on an empty spot next to the balcony, a space meant for a satellite dish. A satellite dish is a round metal dish with an antenna on top, used to receive signals transmitted from satellites to the ground, much like a radar.

Most importantly, once you buy one of these, you don't have to pay to watch TV at all, and you can receive any TV programs that are broadcast via satellite.

People born in Fujino's earlier years might still remember this thing, but by his time, it had completely disappeared, and using it would immediately attract the attention of the police.

There are many reasons for this. One is that it is easily struck by lightning. Another is that some merchants cannot collect cable TV fees for free, so they cannot provide you with a service that costs two or three hundred yuan at a time. Also, this thing has no restrictions on receiving signals.

Whether it's domestic or foreign, they'll just throw a whole set of TVs at you.

Yes, that might be the most important reason.

In those days, neon lights were not prohibited, and they were not prohibited in the future either. Only restrictions were imposed on them. Of course, the use of satellite dishes after the restrictions were imposed also required payment, as well as restrictions on the channels they could broadcast and copyright fees.

Ultimately, Japan did this because it prevents its citizens from watching free television, watching subpar content, and because it lacks television programming.

However, that's not the point.

The key point is that this satellite dish is tilted.

While other people's satellite dishes face upwards, theirs face downwards.

This is very strange.

After a moment's thought, Fujino knew that this was definitely a clue.

Normally, once the murderer is identified as the other party's wife, the next step is a process of wildly imaginative reasoning and evidence gathering.

It's a bit of a shame that Fujino's imagination wasn't that wild.

After thinking for a moment, he decided to ask for help: "Sister Sato, Prosecutor Kujo, come and take a look."

"Ok?"

The two people who were called to the balcony were taken aback for a moment, then came over and asked curiously, "Did you find any clues?"

"It has indeed been discovered."

Fujino nodded with his arms crossed, pointing to the satellite dish below: "Look at that satellite dish down there, isn't it crooked?"

"Satellite dish?"

"Oh, it's a BS antenna..."

At first, neither of them understood what Fujino was talking about.

It wasn't until I saw the satellite dish underneath that I realized it was a satellite dish.

The terminology for satellite dishes in Japan is quite complicated, with terms like BS, CS, and terrestrial wave.

Terrestrial signals are broadcast from ground-based signal towers, such as the Tokyo Tower and the towers in Osaka. Satellite signals are broadcast from BS or CS, and also from cable television stations.

They're all very similar to satellite dishes anyway.

The two men, realizing what was happening, began to wonder: "Is there a problem with the BS antenna being bent?"

"Of course."

Fujino didn't know why he thought so, but he just felt that way, so he lied and said, "Takeuchi's autopsy report hasn't come out yet, so we can't be sure whether he was killed and then thrown down or drugged and then thrown down, but in the end, he was thrown down using some kind of method."

"Do you think it's possible that this antenna was the key to throwing Takeuchi down?"

"If that's the case, it's quite possible."

Miwako Sato nodded deeply in thought, agreeing with this point.

She has seen far too many cases.

Let alone an antenna, even a nail clipper, a small insect, or a piano wire could easily become crucial evidence in a murder case.

Reiko Kujo, a seasoned veteran, immediately began her deduction: "If that's the case, considering the previous clues, then she must have done this on purpose..."

"Hang Mr. Takeuchi up, then use Mr. Takeuchi's phone to send herself a message and pretend to be in a hurry to come here with me. After breaking into the room, we found Mr. Takeuchi as planned, and then, in my presence, we used some kind of mechanism to throw Mr. Takeuchi down."

Reiko Kujo murmured in a low voice, gradually realizing what was happening, and began to enter the state of a prosecutor solving a case.

Japanese prosecutors wield considerable power, even surpassing that of the police.

Although Reiko Kujo was not a frontline member, she had seen just as many crime scenes as Miwako Sato and Fujino.

Because he deals with cases every day, collects clues, and prosecutes criminals, he completely surpasses Sato and Fujino, and even some detectives, in terms of case handling.

So she directly compiled the entire process of the case.

Fujino looked at the two of them and nodded in satisfaction: "That's about it."

"If that's the case, then he must have been suspended in some way."

Based on her years of experience handling cases at the grassroots level, Sato Miwako immediately realized this. Looking up at the two clotheslines overhead, she deduced, "That guy was probably hung up here..."

Reiko Kujo looked up when she heard this: "And judging from the appearance, the hook is obviously hanging down, it must have been hanging from here... If that's the case, she must have used a rope or something to tie up Mr. Takeuchi."

Miwako Sato offered a classic line of reasoning: "I think it might be fishing line."

"Hmm, if it can withstand such great gravity and can be disposed of afterward, it could indeed be a fishing line."

Reiko Kujo couldn't help but agree, then looked down at the BS antenna: "And this antenna is probably part of this mechanism, and it's very likely that it was pulled down when Mr. Takeuchi fell to his death."

As she spoke, she looked to one side: "If that's the case, then we'll need ropes to secure the other person, and also to be able to put them down at any time."

"Judging from the direction the hook fell from and the layout of this building, the only place where it could be operated is probably the bedroom next door."

"If you fix Mr. Takeuchi to the clothes hanger with piano wire or rope, then you can only grab him... After that, are you suggesting you tie a rope to his front, use the satellite dish as a pulley, and use the rope to pull him downstairs to achieve the effect of suicide?"

"The curtain was half-drawn at the time, probably to block my view. After all, with a curtain over it, I couldn't see clearly what kind of magical thing he was wearing; I could only see his blurry movements..."

"Thinking back now, his state before jumping off the building was indeed very strange; it didn't fit the typical action of someone jumping off a building!"

"And after she called me to the living room, she disappeared..."

"She was probably in the bedroom at the time, and she threw him down like a puppet!"

Looking at Reiko Kujo, who had deduced the entire process, and Sato, who was playing the straight man, Fujino nodded in satisfaction.

Well, as expected of the chief prosecutor, he came up with the answer right away with just one hint.

All I can say is that the rules of the Detective Conan world are just too easy to exploit...

With just a few simple reminders, NPCs can automatically fill in the blanks of the crime, just like Megure.

This move truly lives up to its reputation as a rule of science personally certified by the Grim Reaper!
(End of this chapter)