The unscrupulous detective in Conan

Chapter 1306 Following procedure... fishing, huh?
Fujino was speechless as he explained, "This case doesn't look like suicide at all. After all, if it were suicide, he wouldn't have told the maid and the butler not to open the door when they were opening it."

"If his subjective intention was suicide, then he wouldn't have said that; he should have said nothing at all..."

Megure Juzo asked in confusion, "Wait a minute, bro, what do you mean by that? What does his suicide have to do with opening the door?"

"Didn't he commit suicide by stepping on a vase?"

Fujino: "..."

Dude, take a closer look at the scene, okay?
While he was internally complaining, Conan began to show his skills.

He simply said, "Huh?" and "That's strange," then pointed directly to the row of books by the door.

He spoke in a childlike, innocent tone, "This uncle seems to really enjoy playing dominoes. He's practically committing suicide, yet he's still playing with these books like dominoes..."

Dominoes?

Inspector Megure looked over in confusion upon hearing this, and then Conan began his performance: "Look closely, don't these books leaning together look like dominoes falling down?"

"And another thing, it seems there's blood on this book too. There are scattered bloodstains, and it looks like a large patch of blood has dripped onto the title marks."

"Oh my, isn't this Kaori Shinmei's book!"

"It's got blood on it, what a pity!"

Everyone looked at Conan upon hearing this, not surprised at all. Sonoko, however, gave him a deadpan look, walked up to him speechlessly, put her hands on her hips, bent over, and complained, "You brat, what exactly are you trying to say?"

"Why are you talking nonsense again?"

Facing Sonoko, Conan could only laugh awkwardly and say, "I just thought it was interesting, so I told Inspector Megure!"

"So, can you stop getting involved in cases like this, you little brat?" Sonoko complained. "What kind of kid goes around hanging around corpses all the time..."

Conan chuckled awkwardly, but Sonoko didn't delve any deeper into the matter. She simply thought the little rascal was a brat who liked to get involved in other people's business.

However, Hondou Eisuke, who hadn't been around Conan much, fell into deep thought.

He felt that the child was somewhat strange.

If you want to provide clues, just do it. Why be so secretive?

Moreover, the fact that this child could see through all this and use it in this way shows that his cunning is almost unlike that of a child.

Is he possessed?

After Conan said that, Inspector Megure also started paying attention to this: "But what does this have to do with the case?"

"..."

Fujino and Conan looked at Inspector Megure almost simultaneously.

This guy seems hopeless.

Fujino said, "What I heard was that the jar broke first, and then Mr. Okudaira shouted not to come in."

"Forehead……?"

Seeing Inspector Megure's expression, Conan immediately said, "That's why Mr. Okudaira wasn't hanging himself when the jar broke. After all, he bit his tongue when he died. How could someone who hangs himself possibly make a sound while hanging himself!"

Ai Haibara echoed in agreement, saying, "When someone hangs themselves, their cervical vertebrae are broken. Putting aside whether they could control their throat, their throat was compressed at the time, making it impossible for them to make a sound."

"Oh! So that's it!"

Megure imitated the gesture for a moment, then realized something was wrong. He immediately understood and whispered, "So, this case is indeed another homicide disguised as a suicide?"

As he spoke, he reached out and patted Conan and Ai's heads: "You two kids are really observant!"

"..." So no matter how you look at it, there's no disguise, right?

Conan and Fujino both had deadpan expressions, a rare moment when they reached a consensus on this point.

Ai Haibara tilted her head, revealing a slightly disgusted expression.

…………

From Fujino's perspective, it seems that Inspector Megure's IQ has dropped significantly. But if we look at it from another angle, is it that Inspector Megure has become stupid, or that I have become smarter?

This is a problem.

Fujino thought for a moment, realizing that he only understood the whole process after seeing the method of the crime through Eagle Vision.

If I hadn't seen it, and if only a few minutes or ten minutes had passed since I arrived at the crime scene, I probably wouldn't have thought of these things.

After all, who could have imagined such a bold and abstract method of committing a crime?

Thinking this, Fujino glanced at the maid and was fairly certain that the maid was the murderer in this case.

The motive for the murder was likely related to the butler's death two years prior...

I guess the two of them have some kind of special relationship?
Fujino was thinking to himself.

Megure looked around the room, unable to fathom how the murderer had committed the crime.

In the end, he could only look to his good younger brother, Fujino, for help.

He leaned closer and asked, "Brother Fujino, you should know how the murderer committed the crime, right?"

"Stop beating around the bush, just tell me directly, okay?"

Fujino nodded upon hearing this, and after thinking for a moment, it seemed that there was no case like this this time. He didn't intend to keep his brother Megure in suspense, and immediately explained in a low voice, "The murderer probably used the cart, the book, and the vase over there to commit the crime."

"Put him on that trolley, then grab his neck with a rope, make him hold the vase, and threaten him that if he puts the vase down, it will break and then you'll push open the door and kill him."

"Push open the door and kill him?"

Inspector Megure was momentarily puzzled.

Fujino then explained, "Simply put, those books that look like dominoes are a mechanism. If the door is opened forcefully, the books will push the cart backward and then suspend it in mid-air."

Megure frowned upon hearing this: "But, if a lively person is tied up, wouldn't he resist?"

Fujino pondered for a moment: "They probably used sleeping pills or something..."

"Takagi, come here for a second."

"Inspector, is there something you need?"

Inspector Megure immediately ordered Takagi to make a phone call to the hospital and request a blood test to check for the presence of sleeping pills.

I just made a phone call and got a reply from the hospital.

"The hospital autopsy showed that they did indeed find sleeping pills in the stomach."

"It seems that what you said is true, Brother Fujino."

After receiving the reply, Inspector Megure glanced at the scene and then suddenly realized, "Oh, I see..."

"So that's how this case came about; it's so complicated." He then said in a low voice, "Then the murderer must be either the butler or the maid, right?"

"As for the contents of that book, it must be some information he left behind before he died, just in case he realized he couldn't escape, as a precaution?"

Listening to Inspector Megure's speculation, Fujino nodded in agreement, saying, "Yeah, that's about right."

“I feel this case was premeditated, after all, their son was also killed a year ago, and that case is still unsolved.”

"Another case?" Inspector Megure stroked his chin. "So this becomes a case within a case of serial murders..."

Fujino glanced at his older brother Megure, quite approving of his logic. "I think the most likely candidate is the maid, since she deliberately faked a fall to destroy evidence."

Upon hearing this, Inspector Megure pondered for a moment, seemingly lost in a memory, before finally sighing, "This guy is exactly the same as that female celebrity's manager we encountered back then..."

Fujino was surprised to hear this: "Brother, you still remember this?"

"It hasn't been that long, how could I possibly forget that case..." Inspector Megure was speechless, feeling that his younger brother was really looking down on him.

Dude, I admit I'm a bit of a noob, but you can't say I have a bad memory!

"I see." Fujino chuckled upon hearing this, but felt rather helpless inside.

Well, in the world of Detective Conan, it seems like not much time has passed since the first year that a certain Hatchling was knocked unconscious.

At least in Ke Xueren's understanding, not much time has passed.

In the end, it seemed like it didn't even last five months...

So now, hasn't only been two or three months?
Fujino squinted, feeling that these past few months had been far too long, even longer than two or three years.

Bringing himself back to reality, he continued, "Although we've now confirmed that the maid is the murderer, we still don't have any evidence."

"Without evidence, it cannot become an ironclad case that can never be overturned and can withstand the test of history."

"Even if we identify her as the murderer now, it won't be easy to handle the case when it comes to the prosecution."

“Especially since the last case happened a year ago, and the source of the case was two years ago, the evidence has probably been lost long ago.”

Inspector Megure was already used to the loss of evidence in old cases: "In that case, the case is at a standstill. Even if the deceased left behind death information before their death, such things cannot be used as direct evidence."

As the older brother, he was already extremely skilled at this kind of thing. He looked at Fujino with an unwavering expression and said seriously, "Brother, just tell me what to do."

Fujino thought for a moment and said, "I don't have any ideas yet. Let's proceed according to the normal procedure."

Megure nodded in understanding and said in a low voice, "So, you're thinking of finding a way to fish... cough hum, to find evidence, right?"
"That's about right." Fujino was slightly speechless for a moment, wanting to complain, but then he felt that what Inspector Megure said was correct.

In the current situation, although it can be confirmed that the murderer is the maid, evidence is still a crucial factor.

When it comes to solving cases, Ke Xue emphasizes evidence; relying on tricks like memory recovery is simply ineffective.

Without evidence, you can't arrest anyone.

Once you arrest someone, you can't get through to the procuratorate.

After all, in Japan, the prosecutor's office has more power than the Metropolitan Police Department. If the prosecutor's office says something, the Japanese police won't dare to utter a sound.

…………

Just as Fujino was talking to his brother Megure.

Hondou Eisuke, Ran, Sonoko, and Haibara were all idle, while Conan was still at the crime scene diligently searching for clues.

With no one watching, Conan searched through the items, his eyes occasionally narrowing, sometimes flashing with a lion-like glint like Lu Mingfei's eyes, and sometimes his mind seemed to be struck by lightning, his expression quite fascinating.

Seeing this scene of Hondo Eisuke bending over to search for evidence left him speechless for a moment.

He glanced at Fujino and saw that Fujino was chatting happily with the police officer.

He could only turn his head and whisper to the girls next to him, "By the way, is this how you usually handle cases?"

Ran thought for a moment after hearing this, "Pretty much. Senpai is busy solving cases, while Conan plays around near the crime scene and sometimes finds clues or something."

Sonoko retorted, "If you ask me, it's just a lucky break."

Ai Haibara took out a pair of earphones, put them on, and started listening to Yoko Okino's new song. Clearly, she had no interest in chatting with Eisuke Hondo.

For things like this, Edogawa and Fujino are enough.

Why should someone like me, who's involved in Conan research, get involved in this?

Ai Haibara felt that since Fujino wasn't coming to find her, it would be better for her to just laze around like a cat compared to solving cases.

"I see..." Hondo Eisuke nodded, feeling a bit awkward about not doing anything.

After thinking for a moment, he slowly walked over to the blood-stained book and asked, "Um, these bloodstains, could they be some kind of death message or something that often appears in detective novels?"

Upon hearing this, Takagi Wataru looked at him.

He didn't have a clear impression of the boy, but simply nodded and replied, "That's true..."

Hondo Eisuke continued, "Officer, look, these bloodstains look very strange. The bloodstains on top, which are supposed to be on the Yellow Springs, and the blood below, look like they're writing something."

"If that's the case, then this must be a death message!"

Upon hearing this, Takagi stroked her chin, and after understanding, she suddenly became excited.

Then, he turned his gaze to the boy he didn't remember well: "By the way, classmate, I remember you went to the same school as Fujino-kun..."

"My name is Hondo Eisuke."

"So it's you, Brother Bentang... Um, by the way, are you a detective, brother?"

"...?" Hondo Eisuke was quite puzzled. "I'm not a detective."

"I see. He's not a detective, so it's not a big problem..."

Takagi felt a little disappointed upon hearing this, as he felt that the boy in front of him had the talent of his younger brother.

It's a pity he's not a detective...

But it's not a big problem; you don't have to be a detective to be a younger brother!

To be honest, he had been envious for a long time about his boss and his female boss sharing a younger brother.

When will I be able to have a younger brother who can help me solve cases?
It's available now!
Thinking this, Takagi immediately treated Hondo Eisuke as his younger brother, picked up the book, and ran to find Inspector Megure: "Inspector Megure, Fujino-kun, you two should look at this book!"

Our hall Yingyou: "..."

Uh, it's both a younger brother and a younger sister.

So, do these people have some kind of obsession with the title "little brother"?

(End of this chapter)