Detective Conan: Birth of the Demon Child

boom! ! !

With a loud crash, the door lock was violently kicked open, and the solid wood door collapsed askew.

"what--"

When everyone saw the scene in the room, Ran Mouri and the twin maids screamed in fright.

Su Fanghongzi was lying on the bed covered in blood, with Xiao Buer's mask scattered all around, just like the scene when Xiao Buer died in legend.

"None of you are allowed to go in, so as not to disturb the scene."

Kogoro Mouri first stopped everyone present, then turned to the twin maids and said, "You two hurry up and call the police, tell them there has been a murder here!"

Judging from the exaggerated amount of bleeding from Su Fang Hongzi's body, Kogoro Mouri was certain that she was beyond saving, so he didn't risk disturbing the scene by going up close to examine her body.

Beep~woo~~Beep~woo~~Beep~woo~~

After receiving the emergency call, Inspector Megure immediately led his team to the scene and had the crime scene cordoned off.

"The messenger of the Cursed Mask?"

Inspector Megure took the threatening letter from Kogoro Mouri, looked at it for a while, and couldn't help but frown and ask, "Brother Mouri, since you had already received the threatening letter, why didn't you notify the police sooner?"

“I was going to notify the police, but the victim, Ms. Su Fang, said that she often receives such threatening letters and told us not to take it to heart, so…”

Hearing Kogoro Mouri's explanation, Inspector Megure could only shake his head helplessly, then turned his gaze to the scattered Shoble masks on the ground.

"Are these the so-called Cursed Masks?"

Looking at the Shoemaker mask that covered the entire bedroom, Inspector Megure felt that something was not quite right.

After all, there are so many of these Sheubull masks, why would the murderer deliberately wear so many masks when committing the crime?

Even if it's to add a sense of ritual, is it really necessary to bring so many masks?

These masks of Shaubuhr are all carved from wood, and the combined weight of the two hundred masks must be at least several tens of kilograms.

Carrying so many wooden masks while committing a crime is not only cumbersome, but also likely to attract attention.

The problem that even Inspector Megure noticed could not escape Conan's eyes.

Conan also suspected that there was something wrong with these Shoble masks, but he couldn't figure out where the problem lay for the time being.

Ran Mouri, seeking security in Ai Haibara's arms, couldn't help but whisper, "Ai, do you think these Shoble Masks might actually carry some kind of ominous curse?"

"..."

Seeing Ran Mouri's superstitious look, Ai Haibara rolled her eyes in exasperation.

Please~

Conan couldn't help but retort, "How could there possibly be any curse in this world?"

"Whether the cursed mask is real or not, I don't know. But with so many masks together, I'm reminded of a monster."

Suzuki Seimei stared at the Shobul masks for a while, then suddenly said, "Don't you think these look a lot like centipede demons?"

"Isn't the Centipede Demon a monster transformed from a centipede? What does it have to do with these masks?" Ran Mouri asked, puzzled.

"A monster transformed from a centipede? Centipede, I get it!"

Upon hearing this, Conan was slightly taken aback, but then a flash of inspiration struck him, and he instantly understood the culprit's modus operandi.

Swish! ! !

Noticing a flash of white light reflecting off Conan's black-rimmed glasses, Suzuki Seimei knew that Conan had received his warning.

In fact, when Suzuki Seimei saw those Shoboru masks, he had already recalled the relevant plot of this case.

Because the Cursed Mask Murder Case can be considered one of the top ten childhood nightmare cases in "Detective Conan", his influence on this case is still very profound.

Furthermore, Suzuki Seimei knew that Aikawa Touya was planning to kill Suhou Akako, but he deliberately pretended not to know and let the murder happen.

For criminals who don't deserve to die, Suzuki Seimei might take pity on them and save their lives.

But Su Fang Hongzi is different; she is just a hypocrite disguised as a philanthropist, and she even caused the death of Lan Chuan Dongya's mother.

The hatred for killing one's mother is irreconcilable!

Suzuki Haruaki had no reason or right to stop a son who wanted to avenge his mother.

It's important to know that the statute of limitations for prosecution in island nations is only fifteen years at most, while Aikawa Touya's mother has been dead for twenty years.

Even if Aikawa Touya finds evidence that Su Fang Hongzi killed his mother, there is no way to send her to prison according to the laws of the island nation.

Therefore, if Lan Chuan Dongya wanted to seek justice for his mother, he had no choice but to kill Su Fang Hongzi himself.

Of course!

Regardless of Aikawa Touya's original intention, he committed murder the moment he took the plunge.

While Suzuki Seimei wouldn't stop Aikawa Touya from killing, he also wouldn't deliberately protect him.

After Conan figured out the culprit's method of committing the crime, he quickly became suspicious of Aikawa Touya.

Connecting two hundred Shambles masks together with fishing line or something similar, and then using the connected masks to kill people, would be a very strenuous physical task.

Unless it's a girl with extraordinary talent like Ran Mouri, an ordinary woman would never commit a crime in this way.

To steal the Shobul masks from the masquerade hall without alerting anyone else, one must have a thorough understanding of Su Fang Hongzi's family.

Guests like Kogoro Mouri, who were visiting for the first time, could naturally be ruled out as suspects immediately.

The twin maids and the middle-aged female secretary were simply not strong enough to commit such a murder, so the culprit could only be Aikawa Touya.

After confirming that Aikawa Touya was the culprit, Conan secretly slipped into his room and quickly found the elastic rope that had not yet been destroyed.

After finding the decisive evidence, Conan decisively used a tranquilizer dart to knock out Kogoro Mouri, and then, in front of Inspector Megure and the others, deduced the murderer's modus operandi and identified Aikawa Touya as the murderer.

---Aside---

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Chapter 247 Gin is a puppy (Fourth update, please vote)

Faced with Kogoro Mouri's on-the-spot reasoning show, coupled with irrefutable evidence, Touya Aikawa confessed to his crime.

However, after learning about Aikawa Touya's motive for the crime, everyone, including Inspector Megure, fell silent.

As Aikawa Touya said, the law was no longer enough to bring justice to his mother, so he had to find justice for her himself.

Although Inspector Megure felt sorry for Touya Aikawa, a crime is a crime.

Since Aikawa Touya has committed murder, he must be prepared to bear the consequences of violating the law.

Watching Inspector Megure and the others walk away, Haruaki Suzuki couldn't help but ask, "Conan, do you think justice delayed is justice denied?"

"..."

Conan remained silent for a moment before finally uttering Holmes' famous quote: "When the law fails to deliver justice, private revenge becomes justified, even noble."

In the case of Touya Aikawa, Conan experienced the limitations of the law for the first time.

Even if Conan knew in advance that Aikawa Touya wanted to kill someone, he probably wouldn't be able to stop him from committing the crime.

Because Aikawa Touya's mother has been dead for twenty years, the statute of limitations has long passed, and even Conan cannot make Su Fang Hongzi confess and submit to the law.

It was at this moment that Conan suddenly understood how Holmes felt when he uttered that famous line; he must have felt more helpless than anything else!

Of course!

Although the law has certain limitations, Conan will not lose faith in it because of that.

The case of Touya Aikawa's mother can only be considered an exception. Conan firmly believes that the law can bring justice to the majority of people.

If even Conan doesn't believe in the law, then there's no point in him continuing to be a detective.

……

Mouri Detective Agency

Who exactly is this person who has helped me so many times recently?

Wearing a princess dress, Ran Mouri said with great emotion, "Ah~ the nameless knight shrouded in black, if you would grant this princess's humble wish."

"Please remove your mask, as black as night, and show me your true face!"

"If this is truly the princess's wish, I am willing to present this face, etched with ugly scars, to her under the moonlight..."

With a shopping bag over his head, Kogoro Mouri recited his lines from the script in a stiff and unnatural tone.

"Dad, can you be serious for once? There are only a few days left until the Teitan High School school festival, and I want to rehearse a few more times!"

"What can I do? The lines in this are so cheesy, how am I supposed to read them?"

Kogoro Mouri said with a helpless expression, "Which love idiot wrote such disgusting lines?"

"It was written by Sonoko! And the Black Knight in the script was even modeled after Shinichi!"

o(*￣︶￣*)o

Upon hearing this, Conan's lips twitched, and he said, "Heh~ Are you kidding me?"

"Wait a moment!"

Kogoro Mouri suddenly noticed a scene in the later part of the script and couldn't help but exclaim excitedly, "Why does it say here that the knight and the princess are to have a passionate kiss?"

"What?!"

Conan's expression changed drastically. He hurriedly picked up the script in front of him and began to read it. Sure enough, he found this part of the story.

How can this be allowed?

That gossipy woman in the garden, isn't she deliberately trying to cheat on me?

Conan, feeling like he was about to be cuckolded, hurriedly ran up to Ran Mouri and asked in an innocent tone, "Ran-neechan, who's going to play the knight?"

╭ (╯ ^ ╰) ╮

Kogoro Mouri said with a displeased look, "I bet it's some good-for-nothing male student!"