The unscrupulous detective in Conan

Chapter 1352 The evidence is irrefutable, yet you still try to deny it!

Shinichi Kudo, who was being pointed at by the media, remained standing there dumbfounded, like a fool.

Hearing this, Xiaolan, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but ask in confusion: "You mean, the murderer who killed Shinichi is still at large?"

"impossible?"

Hanoi Shinri crossed his arms and said, "Nothing is impossible; the evidence is now conclusive."

"Since you say you have conclusive evidence, then show me the evidence, okay?"

Hattori Heiji spoke up at this point, using the same tricks he'd seen the Beika people use to argue, directly demanding that they produce evidence.

Even though this old woman is now dealing with a fake Kudo.

But if you think about it carefully, even if the current Kudo is fake, in the end it will be the real Kudo, that is, the reputation of your best friend, that will be ruined.

Hanoi's Shinri clearly came prepared, offering a nonchalant explanation.

About a year ago, Shinichi Kudo came here to investigate the case. In the end, the case was closed because the village chief killed someone and then committed suicide. The motive for the murder was that the village chief discovered he had cancer and, in a moment of despair, killed his family members and took them with him.

However, according to her investigation, the tumor that the village chief had was not cancer, but a benign tumor. The doctor told the village chief the news the day after he learned that he had cancer.

Later, the nurse also revealed to her that when the village chief learned about this, he was overjoyed and showed no signs of wanting to commit suicide.

But the case back then was a suicide...

Thinking about it this way, the answer becomes self-evident.

If the motive for murder is wrong, then why would the village chief want to commit suicide? And why would he want to take his family with him?
She thought the only possibility was that an outsider had killed the village chief's family, robbed the villa of its valuables, and then escaped.

However, a confident high school detective mistakenly concluded that this wrong case was a suicide.

Feeling confident that he had discovered the truth and overturned the famous high school detective's reasoning, Kawauchi Fukasato stared sharply at the fake Kudo.

"The evidence is irrefutable, what excuses do you have left?"

"I...I can't remember anything."

The fake Kudo covered his head, looking completely bewildered.

The journalist simply scoffed, looking disdainful: "Heh, still pretending to be innocent even now?"

"But I really don't know anything..."

"..."

Looking at the great master in front of him and the bewildered fake Kudo, Fujino couldn't help but fall silent for a moment.

What we're saying is that the evidence is irrefutable and conclusive.

Something's not quite right about this fake Kudo and this old lady!

Both of them are on summer vacation.

Fujino mentally made this comment.

Beside him, Conan, seemingly lost in thought, suddenly spoke up: "But if the village chief didn't commit suicide, then who killed the village chief and his wife?"

As he spoke, he turned to Bingchuan Mengsheng and asked, "Big sister, the village chief's family must be quite popular in the village, right?"

“Yes, that’s right.” Bingchuan nodded. “The village chief is very kind-hearted. He’s taken care of both Wuda and me, and of course, everyone in the village loves and respects him…”

Conan asked curiously, "If that's the case, then who exactly killed the village chief's family?"

Hanoi Fukasato seemed to have been waiting for this question, pushing up his glasses: "I think it should be the Death God that's been rumored in the village."

"what?"

Hattori Heiji was speechless. "Come on, how could someone who doesn't even know if a legend is true actually come out and kill people?"

“It’s true!” Bingchuan exclaimed excitedly, “That evening, I went into the forest and saw that guy squatting on a tree branch with a ferocious smile on his face!”

"what?"

Ran and Kazuha both turned pale at this moment.

In contrast, the more composed person, Fu Zi, continued, "But if you saw him, how come you're still alive?"

Glacier Sprout: "..."

Something doesn't feel right about what I'm saying...

"Of course, it's because the conditions for killing him haven't been met."

Fujino couldn't stand it any longer and spoke up at this moment: "According to the rules, this so-called Death God's rule is that she will only attack people after they enter the forest at night. She entered the forest at dusk, so of course she won't be killed."

"That's true..."

Hattori Heiji responded, "But how did the village chief and the others get killed by that Grim Reaper?"

This media professional was, of course, prepared for this question.

The story directly cites the village chief's development plan for the village in an effort to address its population decline, explaining the reason given by the idea of ​​cutting down forests to build a tourist area. This is how the god of death explained his motive for killing the village chief.

Incidentally, it was also mentioned that the village chief was an athlete in his youth and had won numerous awards.

Fujino didn't quite understand how these things were connected.

What I'm saying is, compared to the village chief committing suicide because of cancer, the motive you mentioned is obviously much more outrageous, okay?

Also, why did we suddenly switch to the topic of athletes?
I guess this is another forced plot jump to provide clues for the story...

Fujino inwardly complained, but still followed the others to the second floor of the villa to see the medals of the deceased village chiefs.

The village chief has a lot of medals, but it's impossible to tell what events they represent. After all, medals awarded at sports meets are usually purchased in a standardized manner, with the most minor changes being made to the ribbons.

However, these medals didn't even have ribbons.

Next to the medal is a statue of Nioh Kongo Rikishi. Normally, there should be two Nioh statues together.

According to the accompanying police officer, the statue had disappeared without a trace a year ago, along with the jewel.

It's very likely that it was stolen.

After all, it's said that this statue is worth about five million.

Here, Fujino couldn't help but say: We're just saying, five million yen, is that a lot? My Rolex is worth ten million yen.

However, considering that he was actually quite unassuming in his wealth.

Let's not discourage the two kids who are doing all this work for free.

Then, he began to look around.

As always, there must be evidence here now.

According to the core theory of the Detective Conan world, Shinichi Kudo's reasoning cannot be wrong.

In other words, the village chief did indeed commit suicide.

As for the technique...

It's estimated that he staged a robbery, killed someone, and then committed suicide because he couldn't live with his conscience.

Motive for murder...

Fujino didn't know.

Anyway, something like this is definitely incredibly amazing.

While everyone was still investigating the village chief, Kazuha and Ran had already arrived at a room inside the villa.

Then they discovered a huge poster of Shinichi Kudo, and the walls were covered with case files related to Shinichi Kudo solving cases.

Fujino and Hattori Heiji were ushered into the room.

The beginner's face sticker is a large image of Shinichi Kudo's face.

Both of them were startled and almost lost their composure.

I thought I had seen some legendary figure.

The result is just a front-loading washing machine?

Conan, who followed in, had an even more complicated expression. Wait, buddy, I'm not dead yet, why did you just hang me on the wall?
Haibara Ai glanced at Conan, whose expression was complicated, and then crossed her arms and teased, "It seems that the owner of this room is a huge fan of Shinichi Kudo."

"really……"

Heiji Hattori agreed with the young lady's statement, saying with a hint of sourness, "Anyone who didn't know better would think they'd stumbled into some Shinichi Kudo museum."

Fujino, who is purely interested in having fun, added, "If we hung two flags with the Teitan High School crest next to it, and bowed to the portrait every day, the effect would be even better."

"..."

Ai Haibara paused for a moment, feeling that what Fujino said was a bit too extreme.

what is that?
Hitetten?

Conan thought about the scene and then wanted to find a hole to crawl into.

This is so embarrassing for Talking Tom!
"This is Makoto's room..."

Bingchuan Mengsheng followed and explained to everyone.

Makoto is a huge fan of Shinichi Kudo, which needs no further explanation; you can tell from the layout of his room. When he heard that Shinichi Kudo was coming to investigate, Makoto was very happy, thinking that if it was Kudo, he would definitely be able to catch the murderer of the village chief.

However, after Kudo concluded that the village chief had committed suicide, Makoto's faith completely collapsed.

Makoto is an orphan. His mother died, his sister died, and his father died after that.

The village chief who adopted him is, in a sense, his second parent.

That's why the young man found it hard to believe that the village chief would do such a thing.

Hikawa was quite angry about this and shouted at the fake Kudo, "Although he thinks it's impossible, he's still thinking about accepting it, after all, you're his favorite high school detective!"

"For this matter, Chengren wrote you countless letters, made countless phone calls, and even went to your house to ask you to help him reinvestigate!"

"But you're never home!"

Do you know how much pain he was in?!

Faced with his childhood friend who was standing up for Makoto, the fake Kudo remained silent for a while before finally speaking up: "Sorry, I can't remember any of these things."

"But could I have this room to myself for a while?"

"I feel like I might be able to remember something..."

"Eh?!"

Ran and Kazuha were pleasantly surprised upon hearing this: "Really?"

"I don't know... but we can give it a try."

"Okay, don't worry, you can stay here as long as you want, until you remember!"

"Lan, let's go!"

"And you, don't disturb their memories!"

"Conan, let's go outside and wait too..."

Kazuha seemed happier than Ran when Kudo appeared to be recalling past memories, and she pulled her childhood friend Hattori away from the room.

As they left the room, Conan and Heiji Hattori, both of whom knew the truth, glanced back at each other.

The two of them had no idea what this imposter was up to...

What can I really remember?

Fujino narrowed his eyes, and the world in his eyes became black and white.

There is no other reason...

Simply because this guy was about to pull out a gun.

In Fujino's memory, this case was similar to what had just been discussed, and there wasn't much else to say. Shinichi Kudo's reasoning was correct.

Although I can't remember the details, I can still deduce the answer by reasoning.

However, he was still impressed by the fact that this guy had a gun.

So where is the gun?
Once it was pulled out of the lake, this guy had no chance to escape.

Now it's clear.

The rest was much easier.

Once you have a gun, you don't need to think too much or need any reason to do anything to someone.

…………

When the fake Kudo came out of the room, Ran and Kazuha asked him some questions.

However, nothing came of it.

Hanoi Fukasato seemed to have seen through the truth all along, and laughed mockingly: "I thought you could come up with some tricks, but in the end you still can't remember anything!"

As she spoke, she glanced around: "Kudo, your scheme might work on that nice-natured lady, and her foolish friend who idolizes Kudo, but not on that incompetent cop, and this group..."

She glanced at Fujino halfway through her sentence. She had originally wanted to belittle this group of 'Shinichi Kudo's companions,' but considering that one of them was a cunning old fox, she gave up the idea.

He then continued, "But your true colors can't be hidden from my eyes!"

"If you're determined to tell everything, come find me at the Hudong Hotel."

"Perhaps, I can put in a good word for you since you confessed."

Watching the middle-aged woman leave after uttering those harsh words, Toyama Kazuha was speechless: "So, what exactly was that woman talking about?"

"Kudo clearly has amnesia, so what else is he explaining?"

"Xiao Lan, do you know?"

"I am not sure as well……"

As night deepened, the investigation came to an end.

The group returned to the inn.

After dinner, since half of them knew the fake Kudo's identity and the other half didn't, they had nothing to say and returned to their respective rooms.

The fake Kudo was assigned to the boys' room.

Therefore, Conan and Hattori, who knew the fake Kudo's identity, couldn't talk about anything important and ended up going to sleep early.

Seeing this, Fujino tacitly lay down on the bed and began tinkering with his system to pass the time.

The long night was not quite over yet, and there were occasional chirping sounds of insects and birds outside the window.

The sleeping fake Kudo suddenly opened his eyes.

He glanced around and looked at the three people next to him.

After confirming that the group of people were still asleep, he slowly walked out of the hotel.

There was no one in the hotel at night. He observed carefully and left the hotel quietly.

However, I had just left the hotel and hadn't even taken two steps.

A voice suddenly came from behind:

"Kudo, where are you going so late?"

The fake Kudo was startled by the sound, and his guilty conscience made him jump.

Turning around, I saw a perfectly round moon.

On the rooftop under the moonlight, the detective who had just been sleeping had somehow climbed up to the roof.

Fake Kudo: "..."

So, you were still sleeping when I came out.

How did you manage to climb onto the roof in the blink of an eye?
Wait, what are you doing climbing onto the roof?

(End of this chapter)