The unscrupulous detective in Conan

Chapter 1351 The Saving Princess: Brain Damage Caused by Water in Her Head

After calming down, our Osaka Black Chicken, who had been annoyed by Fujino, turned around and asked Conan about the most crucial matter this time: "So, what exactly happened?"

Conan pondered for a moment and said, "Well, I'm not entirely sure either."

"I'm asking about that case from a year ago."

"That case... why don't you try to deduce it?"

"Why are you keeping me in suspense!"

"Wouldn't it be pointless to just tell you directly?"

"This guy……"

Hattori Heiji felt an urge to kick his good buddy, who had just been defending him.

Ai Haibara believes that this Hakiko is definitely Shinichi Kudo's original self.

There will absolutely be no clones, substitutes, or strange drug side effects.

After all, you can't fake that kind of smug look.

All I can say is that this is the basic design of a certain type of front-loading washing machine.

…………

After all the commotion, they found Shinichi Kudo, and the main task for everyone changed to taking Shinichi back to rest.

"Shinichi, you really don't remember?"

"I'm Xiaolan, your childhood sweetheart..."

"This is Heiji, your good friend who is also a high school detective."

Back at the hotel, Ran began to worry about the amnesiac Shinichi Kudo. In the boys' room, she patiently explained everyone's identities to Shinichi, trying to awaken his memories.

However, at this time, Shinichi Kudo was not Shinichi Kudo.

Even when Xiaolan reminded him, he just shook his head and said he couldn't remember anything.

This really worried Xiaolan a lot.

They went straight to seek help from the old Chinese medicine doctor, Fujino.

Fujino, a veteran traditional Chinese medicine doctor, was quite helpless upon hearing this.

What can I say? Fake Corgis are out!

Left with no other option, they could only conclude: "On the surface, there seems to be nothing wrong with his body, but he must have some serious mental illness, perhaps from water getting into his brain."

Xiaolan revealed her tiny eyes: "Has your brain gotten waterlogged?"

Upon hearing this, the fake Kudo muttered to himself, feeling as if the guy in front of him was insulting him.

Fujino's explanation was much simpler to understand: "Wasn't he just pulled out of the lake?"

"He must have fallen into the water before that."

Our science popularization girl also went online at this time.

She crossed her arms and looked at Shinichi Kudo in front of her, explaining calmly, "When a person falls into the water, the cause of death is the sudden cessation of breathing and heartbeat. As breathing gradually stops, the brain will lack oxygen supply, leading to fainting and eventually brain death."

"So, when they were pulled out of the water before they were completely dead, their brains had already suffered some damage."

"This kind of damage doesn't necessarily occur in a specific area. If it affects the memory area, it can lead to amnesia."

"Then, how can I restore my memories?" Xiaolan couldn't help but ask the crucial question.

Fujino stroked his chin and said, "If it's an unimportant area that's damaged, the brain can repair itself. But if it damages the memory area, then even if it's repaired, those memories won't come back."

Ai Haibara quietly added: "Simply put, it's brain damage caused by water in the head."

"The brain-damaged memories are completely irretrievable."

"how so!"

Xiao Lan was stunned for a moment, looking like a young widow who had just learned she had become a young widow.

While Ran and Fujino were busy with the fake Kudo, Hattori Heiji was already complaining to the real Kudo, Hakiko:
"Hey, Kudo, are you just going to watch this guy put on an act?"

"Don't wait any longer, he let that lady take advantage of him!"

Conan, with a sullen face and arms crossed, said helplessly, "What can I do? I can't exactly run up to him and say, 'I'm the real Kudo, and this guy is an imposter,' can I?"

Hattori Heiji, somewhat displeased with his slightly impotent best friend, said, "Don't you have that medicine that Little Sister gave you?"

"Wouldn't it be fine if you just took that medicine?"

"I don't want to actually lose my memory, okay?" Conan complained. "Besides, even if I change back, we'll still have to find out who Shinichi Kudo really is in the end."

"I think we should see what this guy is really up to."

Hattori Heiji squinted at his best buddy and thought, "Just hope things don't go too far in the end."

"I really don't know how you can be so comfortable letting your childhood sweetheart hang out with someone pretending to be you."

Amnesia is a very mysterious thing, just like the plots in TV dramas. It's unreal, but sometimes it does exist in reality.

We've seen similar scenes of distant mountains and leaves in TV dramas.

Then, she offered her opinion: "Ran, don't worry too much. There's no way we're sure that Kudo can't regain his memories!"

"I think it would be better if we took him to the crime scene."

"Why?"

"Think about it, in TV dramas, some people with amnesia, don't they immediately regain their memories as soon as they are stimulated?"

Kazuha whispered in Ran's ear, "That's how detectives are, especially when they hear that they've made the wrong deduction. They're bound to be devastated!"

"Maybe this blow will remind Kudo of something!"

"Makes sense!"

Faced with Kazuha's suggestion, Ran stroked her chin, revealing a wise look in her eyes.

Fujino didn't understand what made sense about this.

Although sometimes people with amnesia can indeed recall something when stimulated.

But this isn't the real Kudo!
This is a fake Kudo...

Even if you kill his ancestors for eighteen generations and his entire family, he still can't possibly recall Shinichi Kudo's memories!

…………

Led by the veteran police officer, the group headed to the crime scene of the incident involving Shinichi Kudo years ago.

Faced with Kazuha's suggestion, Hattori Heiji and Conan, who knew that this was a fake Kudo, did not express their dissent like Fujino.

They strongly support this action.

According to their thinking, someone lured Shinichi Kudo over and locked him up this time, definitely wanting to use Shinichi Kudo's identity to do something.

This incident, which has angered heaven and earth, is absolutely related to this fake Kudo.

According to what that inhuman guy Fujino might say, this guy used Shinichi Kudo's identity to break into the widow's house in this village at night! (Seriously?)
The crime scene was located in a villa in the village.

The house was a mess, with all sorts of things scattered everywhere.

Normally, crime scenes like these should be cleaned up after the case is closed.

However, at the request of the surviving child, everything was restored to its original state. This child was the one who had just angrily berated Shinichi Kudo at the village office.

The child's father was the village chief, Riyuan Longde, and his wife was named Zhongzi.

Both of them were killed at the time.

According to the police officer who brought the group, the village chief of Riyuan Village seemed to be very prestigious in the village.

From the staircase outside the room, where the village chief's wife was murdered, a trail of bloody footprints led to the balcony of the room where the crime scene was located.

The village chief died after jumping off the balcony.

The murder weapon was not found at the crime scene, and some antiques and gems were missing. In addition to the bloody footprints, there were also some footprints that extended from the back door onto the cement road, going back and forth once.

These are the clues we have this time.

As for Shinichi Kudo's deduction...

Before the police officer could speak, a woman's voice rang out from behind the crowd:

He said it was suicide!

She was a short-haired girl wearing a pink jacket, a dark blue top, and jasmine green leggings.

She pointed at Shinichi Kudo, who was following the crowd, and shouted, "This guy has turned this case into a case where the village chief forced his family to commit suicide!"

"Who are you, big sister?" Hattori Heiji looked at the girl speechlessly.

The girl introduced herself as, "I am Chengren's classmate, Hikawa Moe, who has been taken care of by the village chief's family since my parents passed away!"

"Um, so what?"

Fujino looked at the girl who had given a self-introduction that sounded like she had chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) and asked with some doubt, "Miss Hikawa, who was taken care of by the village chief's family after her parents passed away and is also Makoto's classmate, is there anything I can help you with?"

"...?"

Glacier was caught off guard by this unexpected turn of events and the reversal of power.

I'm the one from the village!

You actually asked me what brings me here?

Hattori Heiji mentally gave Fujino a thumbs up, secretly marveling at Fujino's authority when it came to roasting people, before complaining to her, "So, sneaking up behind someone and yelling is really scary, okay?"

"I have no reason to be polite to a despicable guy like Shinichi Kudo."

With his hands on his hips, Hikawa looked at Shinichi Kudo, who was completely bewildered and ignorant, and was not at all friendly.

Conan glanced at the glacier in front of him and recognized it.

We met a year ago when I came to this village...

So she asked, "Hey, big sister, the Makoto you're talking about, you must be Makoto Yata, right?"

At this moment, Bingchuan seemed to have found a lifeline and continued, "That's right, it's Makoto Uta's classmate who temporarily stayed in this house after the incident and was suspected of being the murderer!"

"However, on that day, in order to prepare for the college entrance examination, he specifically stayed in a hotel in the city, so the suspicion was immediately cleared."

Conan narrowed his eyes slightly upon hearing this: "Where is Makoto-nii-san now?"

“This…” Bingchuan Mengsheng paused for a moment upon hearing this, “He, now, should… probably already be killed.”

"Huh?" Hattori Heiji was quite puzzled by this.

died?

Can a dead person write letters?

This is unbelievable!
In response, Bingchuan explained, "Although the villagers all say that Chengren has gone to work in the city, as the adopted son of this family, he should be able to inherit some of the estate."

"So someone must have killed him and stolen his inheritance, otherwise how could he have been out of contact for half a year?"

"Moreover, the person who killed him must be that guy hiding in the forest!"

"what?"

Faced with this riddle-maker, the crowd naturally had nothing to say and immediately launched into a barrage of questions until they found out who this guy was.

'That guy' is probably just a legend in the village.

The Death God is a type of spirit that must never enter the forest at night. Even if you encounter it in the forest, you must not look at it. If you do not look away, you will be cursed and suffer some kind of retribution.

At the same time, because it belongs to folk legends, it naturally also has the attribute of punishing evil and promoting good.

This explains why Shinichi Kudo lost his memory, and why the villagers said that Shinichi Kudo had gotten his just desserts.

At least that's how the accompanying police officer explained it, and he even cited a real case from about nine years ago where a young girl lost her life in the forest.

At this time, a light rain began to fall from the sky.

This made the story seem even more terrifying and realistic.

Just as a clap of thunder had passed, the clatter of high heels came from behind.

A strange-looking woman emerged from the blood-stained stairs behind them, adding another element to the story.

It was the same girl; after entering the forest, she completely disappeared.

The villagers searched for three days without success, but the girl who broke this rule was found in the lake two days after her father disappeared into the forest.

And the little girl who died was Makoto Yata's younger sister!
That is, Makoto Yata, the one who wrote the letter to Heiji Hattori!
Fujino: "..."

How did it suddenly turn into a paranormal channel?
As Fujino listened to the ghost story, he wondered for a moment whether he was solving a case or had been drawn into some kind of supernatural event.

He snapped out of his reverie, looked at the woman who had suddenly appeared, and asked speechlessly, "So, ma'am, who exactly are you?"

"I am Gum-ri from Hanoi, a reporter from Dongdu News."

"Oh."

Fujino responded and then introduced himself: "I am Fujino, the detective."

"busy?"

"..."

Upon hearing the name Fujino, the reporter, who identified himself as Hanoi, suddenly changed his expression.

As a journalist, she was very familiar with the name Fujino.

In news media circles, the name Fujino has become a symbol of fear.

It's not that it's that scary... it's just really mean.

It's like trying to trick someone into doing an exclusive interview, which ended up attracting two or three major news outlets in Tokyo.

Then, because of the reports, the two or three companies got into a fight, which almost resulted in a death.

It wasn't until the very last breath that they discovered the source was actually the interviewee!
However, an exclusive interview is indeed an exclusive interview; the content is completely different!

You really can't find anything to criticize!

Therefore, all the reporters had one thing in common regarding Fujino: he was incredibly cunning.

Therefore, when faced with the matchmaking invitation from this unethical detective, Kawauchi Fukasato directly chose to refuse.

She politely explained, "There is something, but it's not your business." Then she turned her attention to the washing machine that had gotten a little water in its head.

He extended a matching invitation in an unfriendly tone: "The main reason I'm here this time is to investigate the fact that high school detective Shinichi Kudo mistakenly concluded that a case was a suicide a year ago, which has resulted in the murderer still being at large."

(End of this chapter)