Conan's Exorcist Detective

Chapter 21 Shocking Change
It was completely dark outside, and the door to the crime scene was open, keeping the air circulating inside.

Some mosquitoes took the opportunity to fly into the room, hitting the light tubes on the ceiling, making slight crackling sounds.

Other than that, the room was completely silent.

Everyone looked at Kousaka Haruhiko, waiting for him to give a reasonable explanation.

"Have you made any new discoveries, Brother Kousaka?" Inspector Megure asked in confusion.

"Yes, I have seen through the murderer's trick, the very bold trick that almost deceived us all."

"A trick?" Inspector Megure opened his mouth wide. "Could it be that the murderer isn't Mr. Akutsu?"

Maori Kogoro interrupted, "What are you talking about? Such an obvious clue, can't you see it?"

"No, this is a sleight of hand the murderer had to resort to." Haruhiko paused, "Actually, the real murderer is Mr. Suwa Yuji!"

"What?" everyone exclaimed.

Suwa Yuji appeared calm on the surface, but his heartbeat began to accelerate again.

Why did this high school student's eyes give him the feeling that he saw through everything?

Suwa Yuji calmed down and said, "But wasn't it Mr. Mori who first proposed the theory that I was the murderer? Hasn't that been disproven?"

"Yes, Mr. Suwa is a master swordsman, so he wouldn't make such an obvious mistake, right?" Inspector Megure pondered. "Besides, that sculpture looks suspicious."

"But what if all this is a bait set by Mr. Suwa?" Haruhiko said.

Inspector Megure also came to his senses at this time: "You mean, the murderer deliberately set up a flawed arrangement to trick us? But, is it necessary to do so?"

"That's right. Generally speaking, doing this would only backfire. That's why I say the murderer resorted to this daring trick out of necessity."

Suwa Yuji quietly approached the samurai sword on the knife rack in the corner of the room and said nonchalantly, "That is to say, if I really was the murderer, why would I arrange the scene like this?"

Haruhiko smiled and said, "Because Marudenjiro left evidence in this room that could prove you were the murderer, and you didn't have enough time to destroy the entire evidence, you suddenly had an idea and chose to use this evidence to frame Mr. Akutsu."

"Really?" Inspector Megure looked around the room.

Suwa Yuji took another small step towards the knife block and said, "Then tell me, what exactly is the evidence?"

Haruhiko walked over to the scratched cabinet and said, "Could you please help me with a little favor, officers?"

Inspector Megure gave a look, and the two officers walked over to Haruhiko.

Kosaka Haruhiko: "Please move the drawers as I instructed. First, move the first drawer in the second row to the third drawer in the fourth row..."

Haruhiko began to give orders, and before long the drawers on the cabinet were completely restored to their original appearance.

And he didn't need to explain anything more.

Because the two words "Suwa" clearly written on the cabinet are enough to prove everything.

Inspector Megure walked up to Suwa Yuji and said, "Do you have anything else to say, Mr. Suwa?"

Suwa Yuji looked at the very clear marks on the cabinet and stood there in a daze.

He didn't understand why his trick was exposed, as it was about to succeed.

These stupid policemen didn't realize at all that the famous sleeping Kogoro had also become a supporter of the brilliant idea he came up with on the spur of the moment.

Both the evidence and the motive pointed perfectly to Akutsu. As long as the police took Akutsu away, he could get away with it.

However, after the high school student named Kosaka opened his mouth, things took a completely different direction than he had expected.

Suwa Yuji felt that the high school student was like a cunning beast, pushing him into a desperate situation step by step, and then baring its fangs and swallowing him in one bite.

Suwa suddenly remembered that the high school student had been wandering around the cabinet since he entered the door, mumbling something.

Did he determine the key to the matter from the very beginning?
The reason why you didn't say it directly is just to enjoy the pleasure of toying with the other person and letting him applaud?

Thinking of this, Suwa looked into Haruhiko's eyes, and he read an emotion similar to joy in Haruhiko's eyes.

As expected, Suwa Yuji felt a surge of anger at being toyed with.

In that case, then I have no choice but to...

Suwa Yuji sighed and said, "I was planning to pay back the money today, but that guy Marudenjiro actually sold my precious sword..."

Suwa Yuji started to confess.

...

Conan watched Suwa Yuji, who was constantly accusing Marudenjiro of his evil deeds, with mixed feelings in his heart. The confidence he had built up in the previous cases began to waver.

Was it because I was too eager to prove myself that I fell for the murderer's obvious trap? If I had calmed down, maybe I would have discovered the clue on the cabinet.

But Conan knew very well that sometimes such subtle differences were the important factors that distinguished a good detective from a bad one.

This is also the truth his father often taught him.

Today he almost let a criminal go because of his mistake. If it weren't for Kosaka-kun, he might have made a big mistake.

Conan looked at Haruhiko Kousaka who was standing in the corner of the room, humming a strange tone like singing a poem, and thought to himself that he must beat him next time.

Haruhiko Kousaka has no idea what Suwa Yuji and Conan think of him.

He stood in front of the rice cooker, all he was thinking about was how to liberate the evil spirits.

Just now, Haruhiko suddenly thought that since the murderer was a kendo coach, the deceased was also a kendo master, and the cause of death was that he was killed with a Japanese sword.

With these three conditions combined, wouldn't it be inappropriate to give him a kendo skill?

He began the salvation ceremony with great anticipation. He had already set up the barrier during the investigation. The walls on all four sides were covered with divine patterns that emitted faint light. Of course, only Haruhiko himself could see these patterns.

Haruhiko chanted a spell, and the lid of the rice cooker opened, and the soul of the deceased Marudenjiro entered. Then, the lid automatically closed, and a countdown began on the display.

Haruhiko was stunned for a moment. This is not right!
Isn't there another vengeful spirit? Where is the vengeful spirit that squatted on Suwa Yuji's shoulder and tempted him to commit a crime?
Haruhiko looked around in confusion, and finally saw the vengeful spirit that had fallen off had returned to Suwa's shoulder, looking at him with a ferocious expression.

Haruhiko secretly thought it was not good.

Suwa Yuji has completed his confession and the police are preparing to take him away.

"I've finished my story. Don't you think it's unnecessary for people like Marudenjiro to live in this world?" Suwa suddenly said.

Inspector Megure said sternly, "It's not your turn to judge! Save these words for the prosecutor."

Suwa's originally depressed shoulders straightened up: "In that case, don't blame me..."

Suwa suddenly rushed forward and hit Inspector Megure with his shoulder. Because the incident happened suddenly, Inspector Megure was knocked to the ground by him.

Suwa Yuji also took the opportunity to pull out the knife from the knife rack behind him. The shining knife emitted a creepy cold light under the light.

Everyone was shocked by his sudden attack and was unable to react for a moment.

Suwa's target was also very clear. He slashed directly at Haruhiko in the corner.

If this knife hits, with the sharpness of the knife and Suwa Yuji's strength, it might directly cut off Haruhiko's arm.

Because Kousaka Haruhiko had a little more reaction time than the others, he took a small step towards the door in advance.

Then Haruhiko rolled down the wooden stairs into the yard, avoiding the fatal blow.

Suwa Yuji, knife in hand, took a step over the small wooden stairs and chased after him.

But after leaving the room, Suwa found that there were still many police officers outside. It seemed difficult to chase the high school student in front of so many people.

So Suwa Yuji subconsciously grabbed the person closest to him and held him hostage.

"Don't come over here, or my hand will shake and she will be dead." He grabbed Suzuki Sonoko's hair and put the knife on her slender neck.

At this time, everyone rushed out of the room, and Inspector Megure took the lead and said, "Suwa, calm down!"

"Don't come over here, stay in this yard, or I will cut her throat!" Suwa's expression was very ferocious.

Inspector Megure was worried that he might do something extreme, so he had no choice but to do as he asked.

Moreover, since there were not many light sources in the yard, the police officers did not dare to shoot randomly in the low visibility situation.

Just like that, Suwa Yuji took Sonoko hostage and walked out of the gate, disappearing from everyone's sight.

Inspector Megure quickly arranged personnel to give chase and contacted the Metropolitan Police Department to mobilize various forces. The entire scene became a mess.

Megure Juzo held the phone in his hand, hesitating whether to request the mobilization of a sniper. If there was really no way to rescue the criminal head-on, he would have no choice but to kill the criminal directly from a long distance.

But this kind of thing also has risks, so Megure is always hesitant.

At this moment, a police officer ran in from outside: "Report to the officer, according to nearby witnesses, a man who looks like a high school student with a knife in his hand chased the direction the criminal fled."

Inspector Megure's eyes widened: "What?"

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