Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 100: The Mountain General's Medical Guide

The TV room is just a few steps away from the restaurant, just around the corner from the hallway.

The room is about the same size as an ordinary bedroom.

When you enter the door, you can see a TV and a low cabinet in the corner to the left of the sofa and coffee table, and a fireplace on the right. The front window is covered with cardboard. In the police's photos, the criminal broke into the room by sticking tape on the glass.

Gao Mo walked to the window to reason about the crime scene.

The victim was facing away from the window, immersed in the plot of the TV, and did not notice the subtle sounds mixed in with the wind and snow.

Then the criminal knocked him unconscious from behind or knocked him out directly...

Judging from the scene photos and autopsy report.

Professor Oyama was tied up and gagged by the murderer and was beaten continuously. The fatal injuries were two stab wounds in the back, which accurately pierced his lungs. As a result, the victim was unable to breathe normally and died in agony within 10 to 15 minutes.

It was during this period of vacancy that Professor Oyama had the opportunity to leave a death message on the verge of life and death.

Gao Mo suddenly remembered the 1-star miscellaneous book he had drawn before - "Victim's Guide: How to Leave a Last Message".

Several ways of leaving messages instantly popped into my mind.

If he was killed...

Shaking his head, Gao Mo continued to compare and recall the photos taken at the scene.

In extreme pain, Professor Oyama still struggled to crawl to the table, leaving blood everywhere, and took great effort to write a death message.

"This is it."

Gao Mo stared at the table with bloodstained edges. A tablecloth, also covered in blood, was half hanging on the ground, and the bloodstains on the tablecloth were exactly aligned with the edge of the table.

Generally speaking, this is done because people are worried that the murderer will be the first to discover the scene and destroy the information.

The culprits in this case are most likely the doctors who attended the party that day.

only……

The policeman just now obviously also suspected this, so he returned to the scene to restore the situation.

But in the end he still left with a gloomy face.

It stands to reason that before dying, people would not leave behind complex messages that are too difficult for the police to interpret.

And Professor Oyama also considered that the murderer would destroy the scene...

Gao Mo rubbed his brows.

Although I took a peek at the on-site materials, many details are still vague.

It is unclear what the specific circumstances were at the time of the incident.

Professor Oyama's task [to decipher my death message] doesn't seem to be very easy.

"Ok?"

Gao Mo's eyes lit up slightly, and he suddenly discovered some problems under his eagle vision.

The bloodstains that seemed disorganized were actually layered in his vision.

When I put myself in Professor Oyama's shoes, a lot of unnecessary bloodstains appeared—

Someone discovered the death message in advance and covered it up with blood.

Gao Mo thought of the confession record he had just peeked at.

The incident occurred between 9 and 10 p.m.

The middle-aged doctor took a bath alone.

The girl with glasses washed dishes and cleaned up in the kitchen, then went back to her room to read.

Dr. Tobita went to the ski resort and had a night ticket.

Kaori Nakahara drove to the convenience store at the foot of the mountain to buy snacks for everyone.

The latter two both take more than 40 minutes to go back and forth, and have an alibi.

The only people alone together were the middle-aged doctor and the woman with glasses.

"call!"

Gao Mo's eyes dimmed and he walked to the spot where Professor Dashan was kneeling in the photo.

The message left by the other party is very purposeful, which is to leave an accurate code while ensuring that the information is not easily destroyed.

The bloodstains on the edge of the table are used for positioning, so...

Gao Mo's gaze shifted. The bound Professor Dashan had left numerous bloody rope marks on the edge of the tablecloth, which could be used to locate the true location of the code.

Remove excess blood stains and lock the position at the diagonal opposite to the blood stain - where the tablecloth hangs from the corner of the table, which is also the place with the heaviest blood stain coverage.

Want to cover up.

"Wow!"

Gao Mo once again activated his Eagle Eye Vision, collecting more accurate information while his brain rapidly reasoned and analyzed.

Based on the location of the bloodstains on the rope and the state of the deceased at the time, we can roughly determine the specific method of leaving the message.

If you want to leave the murderer's name in blood, there is no need to go through so much trouble. You can just write it directly on the table.

Besides, the victim was in such a situation that he couldn't leave any blood.

Professor Oyama seemed to have left a message on the corner of the tablecloth with his mouth.

The table and the draped checkered tablecloth, the grid lines were 9*9, diagonal bloodstains, a kneeling corpse...

Gao Mo kept filtering through the death messages in his mind.

Finally, the only game that fits the death news best is chess - Japanese shogi?
What did Professor Oyama bite to put it in a fixed position?

That 1-star miscellaneous book actually has its moments of use...

"is her."

Gao Mo stood calmly in front of the table.

The names of these doctors, including Professor Oyama, have elements of shogi.

Among them, the "fragrant car" represented by Nakahara Kaori's name is placed right in the corner.

Regardless of anything else, the death message definitely points to Kaori Nakahara.

Just as he judged, in cases like this, the more complete the alibi, the more suspicious it becomes.

Among the two female doctors, only Kaori Nakahara has an alibi, and this alibi can actually be overturned - for example, by buying snacks that everyone might need in advance.

But how does Xiao Ai know that the criminal is a woman?
"Are you still researching, Mr. Kido?" Nakahara Kaori smiled wryly as she passed the TV room door. "The police have given up. It must be a robbery and murder. There's nothing to investigate..."

"We're planning to go skiing later. Mr. Kido should come too. It's a rare opportunity, so it would be a shame not to ski."

"There's something missing in this room." Gao Mo suddenly interrupted the woman.

"what?"

"There were ashtrays, cigarette butts... but no lighters or matches."

"This..." Nakahara Kaori's smile was stiff, "It might be on Teacher Daishan..."

"I just looked through the police file. The only thing found on the body was a wallet and a blood-stained gold watch. If a robber killed someone, why didn't they take them?"

Gao Mo pushed the ashtray next to him to the corner of the table.

"And there were death messages at the scene... Does your teacher Oyama also like shogi?"

"W-what do you mean? Mr. Kido, what are you talking about?" Nakahara Kaori's forehead was covered in sweat. "What does this have to do with shogi?"

"Nothing...just pretend I didn't say anything."

Gao Mo didn't sense any malice from Zhongyuan Kaori and glanced at her in surprise.

If he was a weird criminal in this world, his malice would be magnified and people would want to get rid of him.

Although he didn't know the specific reason for the murder, since there was no malicious intent, he was too lazy to delve into it.

The mission has just been completed.

【Task Settlement】

[Obtained "Dashanjiang's Medical Guide", 4 stars]

[Death participation level 1, additional reward 1 star]

Where does the death participation come from?

"Mr. Kido, you..." Nakahara Kaori stood there for a while, looking at the ashtray on the table, her expression constantly changing, "Who are you?"

She was very sure that Gao Mo already knew that she was the murderer.

"Teacher Oyama...took away the thesis I spent six years on...I was writing it to comfort my father who had passed away..."

Gao Mo passed by Zhongyuan Kaori under her suspicious gaze, as if he didn't hear her. He called over Yuanzi and Xiaoai who were helping wash the dishes on the other side: "Okay, let's go back."

(End of this chapter)