Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 766 Admitting Crime
Soga Misao was a little scared at this point. He lived in Beika-cho 5-chome. After hearing Natsukawa's explanation, he suspected that if things continued in this order, his house might be the next one to be set on fire.

He silently distanced himself from Morokazu Akira, the man he had cheated on.

Upon hearing Xia Chuan's question, he answered almost without thinking, "Yes, yes."

"High-power incandescent bulbs are mostly used on construction sites, and are rarely used in homes. If you investigate nearby hardware stores, the staff will definitely recognize you and can absolutely confirm that you have purchased high-power bulbs many times."

"We will take samples of the light bulbs from the several fire ignition points at the scene and compare them with the data from the light bulbs at that hardware store. As long as they match, they can be used as evidence in court!"

Xia Chuan finished speaking in one breath, then gave Conan and Hattori Heiji a provocative look.

Conan pretended not to see it, glancing to the side with a clearly defiant pout.

"As expected of Mr. Natsukawa." Inspector Yumikawa clapped his hands in admiration, "What brilliant reasoning!"

Morozuki Akira looked helplessly at the sky, silent and speechless. His legs had no strength to support his body, and he knelt on the ground, saying nothing. He sobbed, his shoulders trembling. Then, as if he had thought of something that angered him, he slammed his fist on the ground and roared angrily.

Beside her, Yoshiko Morozumi almost burst out laughing.

With Ryoko Morozumi's death and Akira Morozumi becoming the murderer, the entire inheritance of her recently deceased father will fall on her shoulders.

It was just a matter of making two extra trips.

Her gaze toward the police suddenly turned friendly, as if she wanted to present Xia Chuan and the Metropolitan Police Department with a banner.

Zeng Wa Caofu took a step back, still shaken, and tentatively asked, "Amin, do you intend to..."

Morozumi Akira abruptly turned his head, glaring at him with hatred in his eyes: "That's right, the next one was originally you, who lives in Beika Town 5-chome, but unfortunately, that good-for-nothing Genda Takatoku actually exposed himself."

"It's bad enough that I was exposed, but it also got me discovered."

No one paid attention to Akira Morozumi's impotent rage. Inspector Yumina turned to Kogoro Mouri and said, "Mouri, if you had invited Mr. Natsukawa earlier, there might not have been a third or fourth case."

"Holy crap!!!" Kogoro Mouri immediately exploded, "How was I supposed to know that Natsukawa was so amazing, and that he knew anything about psychology?"

He felt that Natsukawa was able to find the answer because he knew that Morozumi Akira was Genda Takatoku's attending physician, and because he had some knowledge of psychiatry and psychology.

He could find no other excuse to comfort himself than to think this way.

Today's reasoning is truly outrageous. The cases he solved before are incomparable to this one, which was solved quickly despite lacking evidence and sufficient investigation.

Natsukawa was right, but the main reason was that Anya had already confirmed the killer's identity.

Unless Akira Morozuki has also been hypnotized.

But that's simply impossible.

A psychiatrist naturally knows a lot about psychology, and hypnosis is only possible if the patient consents.

"Then how do you explain the previous fire?" Conan nitpicked.

“Let’s conduct the experiment,” Xia Chuan chuckled, explaining, “It also reinforces Genda Takatoku’s belief that he is an arsonist.”

"Ms. Morozumi suddenly told us during the day that she didn't need a detective. Perhaps she discovered that Mr. Morozumi was the one secretly spying on us, and even found items related to the arson case in his house, and is using that as an excuse to blackmail him?"

"After all, the case just happened the day before yesterday. Given the interval between the first three cases, the fourth one happened too quickly."

Sitting on the ground, Akira gave a bitter laugh upon hearing this: "Yes, last night, Ryoko suddenly discovered it. However, she thought it was just a perverted fetish of mine and didn't know I was setting the stage for her death!"

"Do you know what happened?" "She actually used this to threaten me into a divorce, threatening to leave me with nothing!"

"When I married into her family, I was so happy. Now that she's tired of me, she wants to dump me. It's not that easy."

Morozumi Akira was like a wronged woman who had been abandoned, shedding tears as she poured out her grievances.

"Hahaha, that's hilarious! If she had called the police, she wouldn't have died at all!"

"That woman, she deserved it!!!"

Morozumi Akira's face turned extremely ferocious. Despite being over forty years old, he nimbly leaped up and pounced on Soga Misao.

"You bastard, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't be in this situation. We were college classmates, why are you treating me like this?"

"That damned feng shui master, all that sweet talk!!!"

Xia Chuan reached out and grabbed Morozumi Akira's shoulder, then kicked him in the back of the knee, forcing him to kneel down and thus controlling the crazed middle-aged man.

With the case solved, after Inspector Yukio bowed deeply three times, Natsukawa and his group turned and went home.

On the way, Conan and Heiji Hattori quietly chirped at Natsukawa at the very back.

They simply didn't believe Xia Chuan was that capable, suspecting that he might have returned to investigate after leaving during the day.

Xia Chuan ignored the two of them, looking at the little girl in his arms breathing steadily with a warm smile, while the old father was anxious to send Anya back to sleep.

The subsequent reasoning was a bit complicated for Anya, and the little girl fell asleep while listening.

Vermouth left halfway, and Conan originally wanted to go with her to her mother's hotel, but he was stopped because the reason given was that children should sleep at this time so as not to affect their development.

Conan dismissed it, thinking his mother was just obsessed with cosplay.

Hattori Heiji also left, since he and Kazuha were two separate people and couldn't possibly sleep at the Mori's house.

Although the case was resolved, they were not in a hurry to leave and planned to stay for two more days, intending to try the cuisine when Joel was on vacation.

“Xia Chuan, you can leave this kind of case to me next time. It’s good that you can solve cases so quickly, but we can’t just guess. We still need to rely on evidence.”

The sleeping detective was a little jealous; things had moved too fast, and he hadn't even had time to impress his old boss.

For him, the case was not difficult at all; all he needed was enough time and the urge to fall asleep.
"It was mainly due to good luck, plus I had some understanding of psychology. I had heard of similar cases in the United States before. This is actually very similar to one of Agatha Christie's cases. When I heard that the other party was a psychiatrist, I almost guessed the answer."

"As for that match, I happened to see it fall out when he was taking it out of his pocket earlier. Assuming he doesn't smoke, that's a pretty obvious clue."

Kogoro Mouri nodded slightly, seemingly unconcerned.

Only Conan rolled his eyes, thinking that Natsukawa was showing off.

Natsukawa definitely went to Morozumi's house that afternoon, or to his friend Frank.

"Hey, have you guys noticed that it's a bit too bright over there?"

At 10 p.m., there were very few pedestrians on Beikacho 5-chome. Following the direction Kogoro Mouri pointed, a brightly lit area could be vaguely seen.

It appeared orange-red against the dark sky.
"It looks like a fire." Xia Chuan squinted, feeling that the location looked somewhat familiar.
(End of this chapter)