Conan's Exorcist Detective

Chapter 10 Solving the case at the speed of light

Kosaka Haruhiko walked up to the body of Boss Manaka and said, "First, I would like to ask Officer Megure to take a closer look at the note."

The police officer immediately handed the note in a transparent evidence bag to Inspector Megure.

"Is there anything wrong with this note?" said Inspector Megure.

"Besides the two words 'Kubota', there are other words on the note."

"Other words?" Inspector Megure stared at it for a long time. "What other words are there? Kousaka-kun, do you know the consequences of disrupting the police investigation?"

Kosaka Haruhiko emphasized, "Please look carefully. The hidden trace on that note is the name of the murderer left by Boss Manaka."

At this time, the police officer took out a flashlight and shone it on the note.

"There really are words, officer!" the police officer exclaimed.

"What?" Inspector Megure snatched the note and examined it carefully. "These aren't words, they're... scratches?"

"That's right! It's a scratch." Haruhiko walked up to Director Ochiai and said, "This scratch is the murderer's name that Boss Manaka wrote with the pen in the video."

"This... you confuse me. What is going on? What is the relationship between the scratches and Director Ochiai?" Inspector Megure was confused.

Kosaka Haruhiko pointed to the surveillance camera in the corner of the ceiling and said, "The reason why the murderer wore armor and was caught on camera during the crime is because this trick can only be carried out with the help of a camera.

The murderer wrote Kubota's name on a piece of paper in advance and prepared a pen that could not write.

The key to this trick is to let us see the scene where Mr. Manaka writes the murderer's name on a piece of paper, which leads us to preconceived notions that Kubota on the note is the murderer.

Inspector Megure was stunned when he heard this, and circles like mosquito coils seemed to appear in his eyes.

Haruhiko continued, “The murderer used his power to let Kubota handle the work alone, leaving him without an alibi, and then placed the blood-stained armor in his locker.

Although all this seems to be going too smoothly, we have the irrefutable evidence from the video surveillance and we will not be overly suspicious.”

Inspector Megure: "Could it be that the murderer is really...?"

"That's right." Haruhiko walked up to the director and said, "Mr. Director, do you have anything else to say?"

Everyone present exclaimed in disbelief.

It seems hard to believe that this kind old man is the agile armored knight in the surveillance video.

Director Ochiai was extremely shocked when he saw the confident high school student in front of him.

He really couldn't understand why this high school student targeted him directly.

Normally, shouldn't we first find clues, and then follow the clues to guess, overturn, and repeat this cycle to get the right direction?
Because of this, Director Ochiai was actually very confident, because he had dealt with all traces at the scene and pointed all the evidence to Kubota.

But why would this high school student suspect himself?
Director Ochiai was a little suspicious. Was this high school student the one who saw him killing someone?

But then I thought, this is even more impossible, because before he killed Boss Manaka, he deliberately transferred all the staff away from the scene.

Warning signs were also put up and the hell exhibition hall was completely cleared, so it was impossible for a third person to be present at the time.

Director Ochiai looked at the police officers who were slowly surrounding him, and his expression suddenly turned ugly.

"Do you have any evidence?" Director Ochiai still held on to a glimmer of hope.

"Because of the surveillance, there's one item we can't handle at the time." Kousaka Haruhiko paused. "That pen that can't write should be with you, right?"

As soon as he said this, Director Ochiai seemed to lose all his strength.

He really knew everything.

But why?

I have been planning this for so long and rehearsing it countless times every night to ensure that there won't be any mistakes.

Such a perfect plan, an ingenious plan that even the police were led by the nose, was actually seen through by the high school student in front of him.

Director Ochiai suddenly had a strange feeling. Could this be the punishment from the gods for the sins I committed?

Director Ochiai said in a hoarse voice, "Boss Manaka said before that he would run the art museum well, but he recently planned to turn it into a luxury hotel. I really can't tolerate it..."

Director Ochiai began to confess his crimes.

The police surrounded them.

Kousaka Haruhiko hid behind the crowd and started the most important part.

To liberate evil spirits.

Haruhiko discovered that when Director Ochiai began to briefly recount his criminal past, the soul of Boss Manaka on his shoulder naturally fell off and floated in the air in confusion.

The vengeful spirit on the other shoulder turned into a much smaller miniature version than before, floating weakly in the air, and continued to shrink.

Haruhiko guessed that this was probably because the host had completely given up the idea of ​​killing and could no longer provide nutrients for the vengeful spirit. Haruhiko went to the corner and took out the rice cooker while no one was paying attention.

Then, like before, he chanted a spell whose meaning he didn't even know:

“#^*｝$&#&@￥￥%@#%&#￥.”

The lid of the rice cooker was opened, and a huge suction force came out from the pot.

The two spirits floating in the air were like rootless water and were easily sucked into the rice cooker.

Snapped!
Close the lid of the rice cooker.

The red numbers on the display start counting down.

Haruhiko found that the process of [dispelling the evil spirits] this time was smoother than the previous time when he exorcised the cat demon.

Could it be related to the way he used reasoning to make Director Ochiai enter a state of repentance?
He is looking forward to what rewards he will get when the countdown on the rice cooker ends. Will there be new skills?

Haruhiko stood in the corner, lost in thought.

He had no idea that an elementary school student, who looked like a child but was smarter than an average person, was observing him carefully.

Ke Kan pushed the frame of his glasses on his nose, feeling incredible.

In Conan's impression, this classmate Haruhiko Kousaka doesn't seem to have any talent in reasoning?

Even in their few interactions, Haruhiko showed no interest in reasoning.

His impression of Haruhiko Kousaka was that although he joined the kendo club, his strength was average, and he was even a little cowardly. He didn't like to socialize with others, and his academic performance was average.

Taking all these into consideration, it seems that Haruhiko Kousaka does not have what a detective should have: a smart mind, meticulous observation skills, the courage to fight against injustice, and good physical fitness.

But his reasoning just now surprised Conan very much.

Conan felt that the other party's thinking was very similar to his own, but the difference was that Kousaka Haruhiko successfully found the key clue that he had not found, and accurately caught the murderer.

But how did he identify that pen?
This key piece of evidence, as if relying on intuition, rudely and without any reason, broke the carefully planned trick of Director Ochiai.

Conan thought about it for a long time but still couldn't figure it out.

Suddenly, he remembered what Haruhiko had said to him before: I'm talking to the devil, little brother?

Is it...

Conan glanced at the three-headed hellhound statue next to him and couldn't help shuddering.

Impossible, this is a world where there is absolutely no supernatural power.

Conan comforted himself in his heart.

He felt that there must be details that he had not discovered, and that Kousaka Haruhiko must have found information that he did not know in order to confirm the final evidence.

On the other side, the police handcuffed Director Ochiai and prepared to leave the scene.

Director Ochiai made one final request.

The police escorted him to Haruhiko.

Director Ochiai's face did not show much regret, but rather confusion.

"Will a knight be punished by the gods for protecting his beloved things?" Director Ochiai seemed to be asking a question.

"Didn't I explain that to you?" Haruhiko pointed at the painting on the wall. "When the knight killed the demon, he himself was stained with the demon's blood and became a new demon."

After hearing this, Director Ochiai stood there in a daze.

After a long moment, he finally smiled bitterly and said, "It turns out that the moment I attacked, I became a new demon."

Thank you, young detective, for helping me solve the doubts in my heart."

Afterwards, the two police officers took Director Ochiai out of the Hell Exhibition Hall.

Looking at the director's lonely back, Haruhiko felt a little complicated, but before he could digest these complicated emotions.

Beep--

A prompt sound came from the rice cooker in the corner.

　New book, please collect, recommend, and read. or2
　　Thanks, bang bang bang!

(End of this chapter)