Ke Xue: This police officer is too martial

Chapter 203: The Crane Returns a Gratitude
Soon after, Manager Matsumoto, Inspector Megure and others brought the suspect Kenta Nagayama back to the Metropolitan Police Department.

In the interrogation room of the Investigation Division 1, Inspector Megure was personally interrogating Kenta Nagayama, while Makino and others were watching outside the interrogation room.

Although Kenta Nagayama confessed on the spot when he was arrested, such an interrogation was naturally unavoidable for the sake of safety and to obtain more detailed information about the case from the suspect.

At this moment, in the interrogation room.

The suspect, Kenta Nagayama, looked at the layout of the interrogation room curiously. Judging from the expression on his face, he did not seem to have any obvious emotional fluctuations due to his arrest by the police.

Inspector Megure and Makino and others outside the interrogation room naturally noticed this as well.

If it was an ordinary murderer, no matter how rampant he was before being arrested, he would not be so calm after being arrested.

There is no expression of emotion such as "regret for being arrested" or "excitement for successful revenge" on Kenta Nagayama's face.

It was as if this was not an interrogation room in the Metropolitan Police Department, but a place like a cafe.

After a moment of silence, Inspector Megure looked seriously at Kenta Nagayama who was looking around, put a few pieces of paper in front of him, and said, "Mr. Kenta Nagayama, do you admit that you are the murderer of several cases?"

Kenta Nagayama quickly glanced at the information on the table and nodded, "Yes, I killed these people. Although I still want to continue to help others, they have already seen through my identity, so there is nothing I can do."

This inexplicable answer immediately annoyed Inspector Megure: "Continue to help others? Do you know what you have done?!"

Kenta Nagayama looked at Inspector Megure in confusion, as if he didn't know why he was so angry all of a sudden: "Did I do anything to make you angry?"

"What did you say?!" Inspector Megure slammed the table in front of him and stood up.

Seeing that Inspector Megure's emotions were getting out of control, Officer Matsumoto outside the interrogation room looked at Makino embarrassedly, and then immediately called Inspector Megure out of the interrogation room through the intercom.

After doing this, Manager Matsumoto immediately instructed the police officer in charge of recording to stop recording temporarily.

After walking out of the interrogation room and seeing Makino, Manager Matsumoto and others, Inspector Megure calmed down a lot: "I'm sorry, I..."

Before Inspector Megure could finish, Makino shook his head and said, "Inspector Megure, I know why you are angry, but this Kenta Nagayama suffers from schizophrenia. His thinking and action logic are different from those of ordinary people. We cannot interrogate him the same way we interrogate normal prisoners."

"We can first shift the focus from his motive to his method of murder and ask him to describe the details of the crime."

Inspector Megure sighed softly and nodded, "Okay, Counselor, I understand."

After saying this, Inspector Megure turned around and returned to the interrogation room.

Makino looked at Inspector Megure's back and shook his head secretly.

For a police officer like Inspector Megure who is full of justice in his heart, Kenta Nagayama's answer would naturally make him angry.

If Kenta Nagayama was an ordinary prisoner who was sane and had no mental problems, then what he said just now was obviously a "malicious mockery" of Inspector Megure.

But the problem is that Kenta Nagayama is no ordinary criminal.

It may be that this type of criminal is rare in Tokyo, and Inspector Megure has hardly encountered them, so he was unable to control his emotions during the interrogation...

After Inspector Megure returned to the interrogation room, he deliberately avoided the question of the motive for the crime and, according to what Makino said, focused on asking Kenta Nagayama questions about the "process of the crime."

Kenta Nagayama did not hold back and directly revealed everything he knew and had done.

While explaining his experience of committing crimes, Kenta Nagayama mentioned more than once that he committed the crimes in order to repay the "favor" of the victims' relatives.

Fortunately, Inspector Megure and Manager Matsumoto outside the interrogation room had already been reminded by Makino, so they were not affected by Kenta Nagayama's ideas.

Soon after, the interrogation in the interrogation room came to an end.

At this time, Sato, who was beside Makino, asked Makino, "Counselor, how do you know that the criminal's motive for committing the crime was not revenge, but 'repaying a favor'?"

Upon hearing this, Conan, Fūya Rei and others on the side immediately looked at Makino.

They are also very curious about this question.

Especially Conan and Furuya Rei, if it wasn't the wrong timing, they would have called Makino aside to question him.

Could it be that based solely on what the murderer said to the victim's relatives on the phone, Makino concluded that the murderer's motive for committing the crime was to repay a favor and that the murderer might be suffering from schizophrenia?
Makino glanced at Kenta Nagayama in the interrogation room, then turned to look at Officer Sato and the others: "In addition to the murderer's methods of committing crimes, these cases have many similarities. First, the murderer will call the relatives of the victim to report afterwards."

"Secondly, the murderer left a blood-stained handkerchief at each crime scene. These two points are the reason why I speculate that he was 'repaying a favor'."

Hearing this, Conan and Furiya Rei seemed to have thought of something, and an inexplicable light flashed in their eyes almost at the same time.

Officer Sato and others still seemed a little confused.

"This Kenta Nagayama, probably had the seeds of 'schizophrenia' planted when he was young due to family reasons or other external factors." Makino paused and continued, "If you force the two words 'white handkerchief' and 'repay a favor' together, what stories can you think of?"

Maori Kogoro fell into deep thought: "The story..."

At this moment, Conan raised his hand and said, "I know, it's 'The Crane Returns a Gratitude'!"

After hearing Conan's words, everyone immediately realized something and looked at Makino in surprise.

Makino nodded slightly and continued, "Even if Kenta Nagayama suffers from schizophrenia, it's impossible for him to often lose his wallet and keys in public places, right?"

Officer Sato looked at Kenta Nagayama in the interrogation room in astonishment and said absentmindedly: "Could it be that...?!"

Conan and Furuya Rei and others immediately turned their heads to look into the interrogation room with frowns on their faces.

Makino spoke slowly: "This is just my guess. Kenta Nagayama might have deliberately lost his wallet and keys to get help from others. After being helped, he would follow the person who helped him to confirm whether the other party needs his "help". Of course, whether the other party needs help or not is up to him to decide."

Hearing this, the expressions of everyone present became much more complicated.

After a moment's silence, Fūya Rei looked at Makino in shock: "What did Kenta Nagayama mean by 'But they have already seen through my identity, so there is nothing we can do'?"

Makino nodded and said, "That's right. Just like the story of the crane repaying a favor, if the person he was following found him and saw his face, he would give up on 'repaying the favor'. Aren't there still 17 bullets left in the magazine of that Glock 10? The target he originally wanted to kill... may be more than just these four people."

Everyone: "!!!"

Hearing this, everyone looked at Kenta Nagayama in the interrogation room.

At this moment, everyone completely understood why Makino said, "The murderer's purpose is not revenge but gratitude," and "The murderer may have suffered from schizophrenia during adolescence, and his thoughts and actions sometimes appear extremely childish."

After being stunned for a moment, Officer Matsumoto called Inspector Megure, who was about to end the interrogation, over the intercom again, and briefly told him what Makino had said before.

After listening to Officer Matsumoto's explanation, Inspector Megure's eyes widened for a moment, and his expression was shocked. The next moment, Inspector Megure reacted and immediately returned to the interrogation room to ask Kenta Nagayama about "Crane's Gratitude" and "Other Targets".

After hearing Inspector Megure's question, Kenta Nagayama, who had been calm all the time, suddenly became extremely excited, as if he had found a confidant. He excitedly told Inspector Megure in detail his original plan to repay his gratitude and the original "amount of gratitude".

Not long after, with solid evidence and an extremely smooth trial, this "repaying-favors serial murder case" came to a temporary end.

However, Inspector Megure, Conan and others seemed to have not yet fully recovered from this case and their emotions were extremely complicated.

Serial murders are not unheard of by everyone; it can even be said that they are extremely common.

But this case, even among so many serial murder cases, is considered the most special one.

Not only is the murderer himself special, but his motives and logic for murder are also special.

If this case were announced directly to the public, it would probably cause considerable psychological trauma to many children who are familiar with the story of "The Crane's Repaying Gratitude."

Outside the Metropolitan Police Department.

While returning with Maori Kogoro and others, Furuya Rei reviewed everything that happened today.

Since Makino still had to deal with follow-up issues, he could not leave the Metropolitan Police Department directly like them.

It was not until this moment that Rei Furuya recalled that when the six of them had a graduation party a few years ago, the class leader Kou Date seemed to have mentioned something about the graduation exam.

At that time, neither he nor Zhufu Jingguang took the graduation examination.

According to squad leader Ida, Instructor Onizuka arranged a "practical test" for them in addition to the written test for their graduation exam.

The test requires them to go to the scene of a crime that occurred many years ago, and use the clues at the scene and the basic case information provided by the instructor to find the real murderer from several suspects within the prescribed three hours.

It is said that as soon as Makino heard the instructor's description of the case, he immediately raised his hand to indicate that he already knew who the real murderer was.

At that time, Makino seemed to have used this "criminal profiling" technique to directly break the fastest passing time of the "practical test".

Thinking of this, Furugaya Rei turned his head to look at the Metropolitan Police Department building behind him, chuckled and shook his head.

Really, it seems that this guy has been so powerful since then~
……

The next afternoon, Teitan Elementary School.

Ayumi and a few others followed closely behind Haibara Ai, carrying their schoolbags.

"Haibara-san, are you really not going to join us?"

"Yes, Haibara-san, you are so smart and you know Officer Makino. It would be a waste if you don't join the Junior Detective Team!"

"..."

Haibara Ai looked helplessly at Ayumi and the others behind her and sighed secretly.

This is not the first time that Ayumi and others have invited her to join the so-called "Junior Detective Team".

Recently, whenever these kids have time, they would come to her and persuade her to join the detective team.

Although I really want to spend my elementary school years leisurely and peacefully as an "ordinary elementary school student", but...

Thinking of this, Huiyuan Ai sighed again, turned to look at Ayumi and said, "Okay, tell me, what exactly does this 'Boyfriend Detective Team' do?"

Seeing that Haibara Ai finally showed interest in the Junior Detective League, Ayumi and the other two immediately smiled.

The next moment, Ayumi and Genta looked at Mitsuhiko and nodded.

Seeing this, Mitsuhiko nodded quickly and explained, "The Junior Detective Team is a group that helps everyone solve various cases! So far, we have helped everyone solve many difficult cases! We have even been featured in newspapers for helping the police solve cases!"

Before Huibara Ai could speak, Ayumi immediately said, "Huibara-san, why don't you join us~"

"That's right! You should know the famous detective Mouri Kogoro, right? Conan is currently staying in their house! If we add in Officer Makino, whom Haibara knows, then we will not only have a famous detective but also a famous police officer behind us!" Genta said excitedly.

As soon as Genta finished speaking, Ayumi and Mitsuhiko started to refute:
"Genta, how can you say that! The reason we invited Conan and Haibara to join the Junior Detective Team is because of themselves, not because of Detective Mori and Officer Makino!"

"That's right! And Genta, why did you say that Conan was staying at Uncle Maori's house? Conan will be sad if you say that!"

Conan: "..."

Conan glanced at Genta, then narrowed his eyes at Ayumi and the others, and shook his head helplessly.

Although Ayumi and Mitsuhiko said this, he didn't believe that their invitation to Haibara Ai to join the Junior Detective League had nothing to do with Officer Makino.

Should we say that these children are naive, or should we say that they...

After hearing Makino's name, Huiyuan Ai's eyes also flashed with a puzzled look: "After all, what is the job of the Junior Detective Team?"

Hearing this, Guangyan immediately walked quickly to the shoe cabinet at the school gate and pointed at Yuantai's shoe cabinet: "People who have difficulties will put their commissions in Yuantai's shoe cabinet, and we are usually responsible for completing these commissions!"

"That's right. Usually, many people come to us to entrust us with tasks, and the tasks are all very difficult. That's why my shoe cabinet is always full!" Yuantai also quickly walked to his own shoe cabinet and opened it.

Seeing this, everyone's eyes were focused on the shoe cabinet.

At this moment, in the shoe cabinet, besides Yuantai’s shoes, there was only a piece of white paper that looked lonely.

Under the gaze of everyone, Yuan Tai smiled and raised the white paper in his hand: "Hahaha, there is only one letter of commission today? But this must be a big case!"

Before Genta could finish his words, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi quickly stepped forward and snatched the "letter of commission" from Genta's hand.

"Are you looking for a cat again?"

"No, I think today's commission should be to find a puppy!"

"..."

Haibara Ai:"……"

(End of this chapter)