Violence supervision in Conan

Chapter 411: Detective Akai Shuichi, the real murderer is exposed, and a sad love story

"Poisoned?"

Shancuncao stared.

On the other side, Takeshi Ono noticed that both Shuichi Hamura and Mrs. Torakura's faces changed, and he immediately realized that Daisuke Torakura's death might be related to these two people.

The key to the problem is evidence.

"In order to dress up Daisuke Torakura as a vampire, the murderer gave him colored contact lenses and heavy makeup to cover up the symptoms of poisoning."

Akai Shuichi analyzed in a calm tone.

"But if you look closely, you can still see that the deceased's pupils are dilated, his skin is an unnatural bright red, there are suffocation bleeding spots on his face, and there are corrosion and burn marks on his oral mucosa. Most importantly..."

"...I smelled a faint smell of bitter almonds in the deceased's mouth. All this indicates that the deceased died of cyanide poisoning."

What he said was well-reasoned and irrefutable.

Shuichi Akai is very familiar with killing people with poison. After all, this is also within his business scope.

Everyone around was shocked when they heard this. They didn't expect that in such a sudden turn of events, Daisuke Torakura actually died of poisoning.

Only Shuichi Hamura and Mrs. Torakura had an uncontrollable flash of panic in their eyes.

Although Yamamura Cao was unreliable, he was not stupid. He immediately came to his senses after hearing this: "Then how did you determine that Daisuke Torakura died of poisoning first?"

Akai Shuichi glanced at him in surprise. How could this guy have such an IQ?

But this did not stump him, as he had already prepared a plan: "Because of the amount of bleeding."

As he said this, he raised his finger and pointed at Daisuke Torakura's heart, motioning everyone to look over there.

"When the heart stops beating, there is no blood pressure. Therefore, if the heart is pierced after death, it will only cause a small amount of local bleeding, and it is impossible to produce splatter-like blood stains."

Shancuncao took a closer look and shouted in surprise: "Sure enough, the blood around the wound is not splattered!"

Akai Shuichi raised his lips slightly: "There is indeed a lot of blood on the victim's chest, but I think the murderer must have deliberately smeared it on to cover it up after discovering that the amount of bleeding was very small. In the end, his cleverness backfired."

"So it's clear that the deceased died of cyanide poisoning, not a ruptured heart!"

When the truth was revealed, Shancun Cao was delighted at first, but then he asked in confusion:
"But when Torakura Daisuke died, the doors and windows of the study were locked. Until Mrs. Torakura, the first person to discover it, found it, the door had never been opened. This is a secret room. Whether it was poisoned or nailed to death, how did the murderer leave?"

Akai Shuichi walked to the inside of the door, pointed at the old-fashioned latch lock, and exposed the murderer's method:

"It's very simple. All you need to do is place a special ice wedge on the slide track of the latch to temporarily jam the latch so that the door appears to be closed but is not actually completely locked."

"Then we just have to wait until the ice wedge melts and the latch automatically slides down and locks due to gravity, and the chamber is formed."

As soon as the words were spoken, everyone, including Shancun Cao, suddenly understood.

This way, the Chamber of Secrets could indeed be explained.

Shancun Cao frowned and questioned again: "But anyone can use this method..."

Akai Hideya nodded: "The murderer is very smart and left almost no loopholes, but it is obvious that there is a third person involved in this case."

His words attracted everyone's attention, except for Shuichi Hamura, whose expression was uncertain.

Gui Yewu gave him a meaningful look.

"It was this third person who pierced Torakura Daisuke's heart with a wooden nail after his death. He arranged all this in order to confuse the public."

The famous detective Shuichi Akai talks freely.

"But if we conduct an autopsy, we won't be able to hide the fact that Daisuke Torakura died of poisoning. It would be a waste of time to do so."

"From this, it can be seen that the third person must have accidentally run into the dead Torakura Daisuke, and for some reason, intended to use this method to cover up the murderer."

"But because the incident happened so suddenly, the third party was unable to be as calm and careful as the murderer. In a hurry, they could only think of dressing up Daisuke Torakura as a vampire, intending to create the illusion of a vampire killing someone and lead the incident to a bizarre situation in order to confuse the public."

"In a hurry, this person inevitably made a mistake and failed to anticipate that even if the amount of bleeding was small, when he drove the wooden nail into Daisuke Torakura's heart at close range, his body would inevitably be stained with the other party's blood."

"So we only need to conduct a luminol test to confirm the identity of this third party. Am I right?"

Akai Shuichi paused and suddenly turned his gaze to someone in the crowd, his eyes as sharp as a knife.

"...Mr. Shuichi Hamura!"

When his name was called, Hamura Shu's face changed drastically.

Everyone's eyes immediately focused on him.

Shuichi Hamura's face turned pale and blue, and finally the blood color gradually faded away.

"The angle at which the wooden nail penetrated the hole can roughly estimate the height of the murderer. The design of the secret room proves that the murderer and the third person are most likely acquaintances of Torakura Daisuke. In summary, you are the only one who meets the requirements."

"So, the one who drove the wooden nail into Daisuke Torakura's heart and dressed him up as a vampire should be you!"

Shuichi Akai's words were like knives stabbing into Shuichi Hamura's heart.

"You're talking nonsense..." He could only make a weak excuse.

Akai Hide pressed on: "Don't quibble. If you want to know whether my reasoning is correct, just accept the test of luminol reagent."

"I……"

Shuichi Hamura was speechless.

How could he dare to test it? The other party was right. It was indeed him who did all this.

Seeing that the truth was exposed and there was no way to quibble, Yucun Shuichi suddenly laughed bitterly like a deflated ball:
"I'm really unlucky. I didn't expect that there would be someone like you in Director Onino's crew."

Take a deep breath.

"Yes, I did everything!"

He did not deny it anymore. The facts were there and it was useless to deny. And...

"I am the murderer. Whether it was poisoning or nailing Daisuke Torakura to death, I did it all!"

Shuichi Hamura admitted the crime with gritted teeth.

"I was the one who killed that vampire! A bastard like that should have died long ago!"

Akai Shuichi was unmoved and said calmly: "I don't know why you, Mr. Hamura, want to protect the murderer, but it is obvious that the person who poisoned was not you, because the two are completely contradictory."

"No, I did it!"

Shuichi Hamura suddenly became agitated and took all the blame on himself.

"It's none of other people's business. There is no real murderer. I am the murderer. I killed Daisuke Torakura!"

Seeing that he admitted it himself, Shancuncao was happy: "Since you have admitted it yourself, then come back to the police station with me."

As he said this, he took out handcuffs and prepared to handcuff Shuichi Hamura.

Onino Takeshi:......

Akai Shuichi:......

Should we say this guy is naive or stupid...heartless?
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Shuichi Hamura is shielding the real murderer.

"Forget it, Xiuyi..."

Suddenly, a faint sigh came from the crowd.

Shuichi Hamura's whole body stiffened, and the excitement on his face suddenly froze, replaced by panic.

"Etsuko, don't..."

"No need to cover up for me."

A graceful figure slowly walked out, it was none other than Mrs. Torakura.

There was a hint of sadness and relief on her beautiful face, and her affectionate gaze fell on Shuichi Hamura.

Then, despite his fierce objections, he turned his attention to Akai Shuichi and others.

A bitter smile appeared on his lips: "It was actually me who killed Torakura Daisuke."

Looking at the beautiful and fragile Mrs. Torakura, everyone was extremely shocked. They never expected that she would be the real murderer.

Only a few people, such as Onino Takeshi and Akai Shuichi, showed expressions of "as expected".

"No! She's talking nonsense. I'm the real murderer. I'm the one who killed that bastard Torakura Daisuke!"

Shuichi Hamura was still shouting wildly, trying to take the blame on himself.

Mrs. Torakura walked up to him, stretched out her hand, gently stroked his face, and smiled gently: "Okay, Shuichi, it's enough, you have done enough for me."

Hamura Shuichi's roar came to an abrupt end. He stared at the woman he loved deeply with complicated eyes. His voice was hoarse and his eyes were full of pain: "Why...why on earth...why did you have to admit it..."

"Because I can't bear to see the person I love so much take the blame for me..."

Mrs. Torakura stared at Shuichi Hamura with her eyes full of affection.

Shuichi Hamura shuddered all over and fell silent with a painful look on his face.

"What a fool..."

"The stupidest thing I have ever done is falling in love with you..."

Looking at the two people who were so affectionate towards each other, the people around them couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Shuichi Hamura is clearly not the murderer, but he is willing to take the blame for Mrs. Torakura just to protect her.

Mrs. Torakura could have kept herself out of trouble, as there was no evidence to prove her identity as the murderer. However, for the sake of Hamura Shuichi, she chose to expose herself.

Although they were murderers, everyone present couldn't help but feel sympathy for them.

Moreover, they knew what kind of person Daisuke Torakura was, and they were probably aware that both of them had their own difficulties.

At this point, the two had nothing to hide, so they told everything.

The truth is similar to what Shuichi Akai deduced.

Mrs. Torakura first took the opportunity to poison Daisuke Torakura with coffee mixed with cyanide, and then used a delay device made of ice wedges to create a secret room, and then destroyed all the evidence.

It can be said that the plan was well thought out.

However, man proposes, God disposes. Just as the ice wedge was melting, Shuichi Hamura suddenly came to find Daisuke Torakura and discovered the body.

He almost immediately guessed that the murderer was Mrs. Torakura.

In order to protect his lover, he thought of using the legend of vampires in desperation, which just fits the impression that Daisuke Torakura gave to the outside world.

This is how it all happened.

The reason why Mrs. Torakura killed her husband was because Daisuke Torakura discovered her relationship with Shuichi Hamura and threatened her to make Shuichi Hamura pay the price and ruin his reputation.

In order to protect Shuichi Hamura, Mrs. Torakura had to take the initiative.

Shuichi Hamura also came to see Daisuke Torakura to confront him, but he didn't expect to find that the other party was already dead.

Shuichi Hamura immediately realized that it was Mrs. Torakura who killed the person.

The second reaction was to never let her get caught by the police!
After listening to their stories, everyone was deeply moved.

(End of this chapter)