Conan: The Heart Thief

"Sure enough...was Grandmaster Liang Zang killed by a snake demon?" Xiaolan felt her panties were wet. She was about to pee her pants out of fear. Although she had experienced many events and seen many corpses, it was rare to see a corpse rotten like this.

Chapter 181 I was so immersed in the play that I even deceived myself

The person who led the police to Qingming Mountain after receiving the report was Inspector Yokogawa who had been there once during the day. He did not expect that someone had just drowned in the lake of Qingming Mountain in the afternoon, and another case would happen in the lake of Qingming Mountain at night.

Just like during the day, the police used professional salvage equipment to pull the body ashore.

When Officer Yokomizo saw the tragic condition of the deceased for the first time, he was also shocked. It was rare to see such a disgusting corpse.

"You said he was swallowed by a snake?" After hearing what everyone said, Henggou was a little confused.

The quick-talking Yuanzi rushed to say, "Yes! The snake demon swallowed him into its stomach, digested half of it and spit it out again, just like what I saw in the movie."

Yokoguro frowned and said, "Snake demon? How could such a thing exist?"

"Officer, it's true! My junior sister and I both saw a giant snake demon." Yagura Morioh stood up and confirmed what Sonoko said, "At that time, my junior sister and I were chatting inside the house. Suddenly the lights went out and a huge snake shadow passed by the window. I thought someone was playing a prank, so I opened the door and chased it out. As a result, I saw a snake as thick as a water tank, and its upper body was taller than the house when it stood up!"

When Yokogami heard about the size of the snake, he thought it was nonsense: "Where did such a big snake come from in this mountain?"

"Officer, we also found snake scales." Xiaolan handed the fresh scales she picked up to Yokogo.

"Such a big scale?" When Yokomizo saw the scales, he didn't believe it belonged to a snake. It must be a prank. After all, he was a criminal policeman. Although he was a little stupid, he was not so easily fooled.

At this time, the forensic personnel also had the results of their examination of the body and reported to Inspector Yokomizo: "Inspector, the time of death of the deceased has been roughly determined. It should be forty minutes ago."

"What was the cause of death?" Yokomizo asked.

"Because the surface of the body is severely damaged. It is impossible to determine it based on surface examination alone. We need to go back and perform an autopsy to know." The forensic officer seemed very calm.

The time of death was 40 minutes ago. Sera Masumi couldn't help wondering, Yagura Morio saw the snake demon about 30 minutes ago, and the nanny said that Ryozo had just gone to Ryoichi's place, which means that after Ryozo went out, he was swallowed by the snake demon before he reached Ryoichi's place?

Oh no! What was I thinking? Being swallowed by a snake demon? How could this happen! This is just a trick of the murderer!

Masumi Sera couldn't help but knock his head, unable to figure out how the murderer had done it.

Mr. Yagura said to himself tremblingly: "So when we saw the snake demon, the teacher had already been eaten by it."

With both witnesses and evidence, people subconsciously believe that the murderer is a snake demon.

Suddenly, Sera Masumi discovered that Lin Xiao was missing.

"Eh? How come the master is gone?"

……

Lin Xiao came to the place where his eldest disciple Yagura Morio and second disciple Mimura Yukari had tea and talked tonight. At this time, Mimura Yukari was here alone. She was too frightened before and her mental state has not recovered, so she stayed here to rest.

After Lin Xiao came into the house, he found that after so much time had passed, Mimura Yukari was still a little dazed.

"Ms. Sancun, are you okay?" Lin Xiao asked.

Yukari Mimura was curled up in a corner. When she heard Lin Xiao talking, she realized someone was coming. She quickly replied: "I'm fine!"

"I have something I want to ask you." Lin Xiao said.

"What's the matter?" asked Yukari Mimura.

Lin Xiao raised his doubts: "Did you and Yagura Morio really see the snake demon? Can you tell me the details of what happened?"

"Why do you ask?"

"I only heard Yagura Morio's one-sided statement. I want to hear your description, Miss Mimura."

Yagura Morio still had lingering fears when she recalled this incident. She said emotionally: "I was chatting with my senior brother, and suddenly through the window, I saw the shadow of a big snake flashing from one side of the house to the other side of the house."

When describing it, Yagura Morio also pointed out to Lin Xiao that the snake shadow was flying from one end of the wall of the bush to the other.

"Very strange!"

"eccentric?"

"Yes."

"What do you mean?"

"This is actually a trick, just a trap."

"Eh?"

"Impossible! I saw it clearly."

Lin Xiao put on white gloves, reached out to pick up the teacup on the table, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it twice.

"Is there something wrong with the tea?" Seeing Lin Xiao smelling the tea, Sanmura Yukari realized that there might be something wrong with this cup of tea.

Lin Xiao replied: "There are hallucinogens in the tea."

"How is that possible?" Yukari Mimura's face turned pale.

"Ms. Sancun, what color was the giant snake you saw?"

Sancun Yukari answered blankly: "It is white, the whole body is snow-white, as smooth as jade, and the two eyes are glowing red."

Hearing this, Lin Xiao thought that it was indeed true. He remembered clearly that the giant snake described by Mr. Yagura was brown and covered with armor-like scales. The two saw the giant snake together. The image described was completely different. In fact, there was no giant snake at all.

"Ms. Sancun, you don't have to be afraid anymore. There is no giant snake at all. You are just being used!"

"what!"

Yukari Mimura naturally understood what being used meant. It meant that she was being used by her senior brother. But why did her senior brother deliberately scare her?

……

After obtaining important information from Yukari Mimura, Lin Xiao returned to Qingming Lake.

When Masumi Sera discovered that Lin Xiao had reappeared, he immediately walked up to him and asked him what was going on.

"Master, where have you been?"

"Searching for the truth."

"So... you already know the truth?"

"more or less."

"Master, please tell me quickly."

Lin Xiao gently pinched Shiliang Zhenchun's face and said, "Before that, tell me first, what did the police find out?"

"Oh. The forensic personnel have just analyzed it! Grandmaster Liang Zang's body was melted by hydrochloric acid! Hydrochloric acid! That's the component of stomach acid, which shows that Grandmaster Liang Zang was swallowed by the snake demon! This is obviously impossible, right?"

“Hehehe… You are right, dear disciple. This was designed by someone. There is no snake demon at all…”

Lin Xiao told Sera Masumi the clues he got from Mimura Yukari.

"So... the real murderer is..."

Sera Masumi looked at Yagura Morio with sharp eyes.

At this time, Morio Yagura was still acting, he was so immersed in the role that he even deceived himself.

"Snake demons really exist! The murderer is a snake demon, officer, you can close the case." Yagura Morio said with fear on his face.

"Please stop talking about the snake demon! How can the police close the case by saying the murderer is a snake demon?" Yokomizo retorted unhappily.

To be honest, designing a murder method based on a ghost story is a pretty stupid approach. If the police chief wants to continue this job, he will never adopt it. Even if he believes in the ghost story, he will continue to investigate until he finds a relatively reasonable explanation.

When Lin Xiao heard what Officer Yokogawa said, he immediately looked at him with new eyes. He remembered that there really was such an idiotic plot in the animation.

Someone invented a monster to deceive Yokomizo, who was frightened and contacted the Self-Defense Forces. As a result, fully armed soldiers really jumped out of a plane to search for the monster.

"Officer Yokomizo, I thought you were going to contact the Self-Defense Forces to capture the snake demon."

"Hehehe...If I really contact the Self-Defense Forces, I will have to transfer to the police station in Kagoshima tomorrow."

Henggou was not that stupid. He knew the stakes, so he asked, "Detective Lin, give me some advice. Is the murderer really a snake demon?"

"Of course it's not a snake demon. As a criminal police officer, how could you believe such a thing?"

"Uh...what's going on there, Detective Lin?"

Lin Xiao did not answer, but cast his gaze towards Yagura Morio: "Mr. Yagura, what color was the giant snake you saw?"

"It's brown. Any problem?" Yagura Morio answered without hesitation.

Lin Xiao looked puzzled: "That's strange. I just asked your sister, and she said that the giant snake she saw was white and smooth like jade. It was completely different from the giant snake covered with scales you mentioned. What's going on?"

When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked and realized that the eyewitness testimony was just Yagura Morio's own talk.

Xiaolan and Sonoko asked in unison: "Why did two people see the snake demon at the same time, but describe it completely differently?"

Sera Masumi crossed his arms over his shoulders: "Isn't this obvious? There is no such thing as a snake demon!"

As a prospective high school detective, Masumi Sera instinctively wouldn't believe the snake demon.

"My junior sister must have remembered it wrongly." Yagura Morio explained.

"No. There is no such thing as a snake demon from the beginning to the end. It is a thing you made up!"

Hearing Lin Xiao's words, Yagura Morio seemed to have his tail stepped on. He immediately became anxious and angrily retorted: "What nonsense are you talking about! My junior sister clearly saw it herself! The shadow of the snake, and the giant snake outside the villa."

"The shadow of the giant snake was just created by you. As for your junior sister seeing the snake, it was because she took hallucinogens. When your junior sister saw the snake shadow, she preconceived that there was a real giant snake. When she came to the outside of the villa, you hinted at her, and the hallucinogen took effect. She regarded the giant snake caused by her inner fear as a real giant snake."

When Yokomizo heard this, his eyes lit up: "Hallucinogens, Yagura Morio gave her junior sister hallucinogens to cooperate with his self-directed and self-acted performance, check it out for me quickly!"

The hallucinogen is the key evidence, so Yokomizo orders the forensic personnel to go back to the villa to investigate the tea that Yukari Mimura took.

Yagura Morio's face turned pale, knowing that he could no longer hide it.

"Oh, Detective Lin, you were right. The giant snake and the like were just a prank of mine. You don't want to say that I was playing a prank and that I was the one who killed Master Liang Zang?"

"Damn it, how dare you play tricks on us!" The furious Yokomizo grabbed Yagura Morio by the collar.

Yagura Morio quickly explained: "I know I was wrong, and I apologize for my prank, but I really didn't kill Master Liang Zang."

Although Yokomizo was angry, he could do nothing about it. He couldn't just beat up Yagura Morio.

however……

Just when Yokomizo let go of Morio Yagura, Ryoichi stepped forward and punched Morio Yagura in the nose, causing his nose to bleed.

"Yakura Morio, you bastard, how dare you make such a joke about my dead lover."

"Well - you dare to hit me, officer, you have to take care of me!"

However, Yokogo pretended not to hear and ignored Yagura Morio, instead continuing to consult Lin Xiao.