Conan: The Heart Thief

Hibiki Eri also saw it in the room and said casually, "It might be used to cover the gun when firing to reduce the smoke reaction."

"It is also possible that the murderer intended to use this to reduce the sound of the gunfire, but failed," Yukiko also said.

Lin Xiao took a closer look at the dirty towel and suddenly smiled, which surprised Inspector Megure. He quickly asked, "Brother Lin, did you find anything?"

"Yes." Lin Xiao nodded.

Lin Xiao's cooperation also made everyone focus their attention on Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao said calmly: "Aunt Fei and Yukiko have already told me what happened just now. I will tell you a little bit of my discovery."

"First of all," Lin Xiao coughed lightly, "Before I came in, or to be exact, before the gunshots rang out, I didn't seem anxious, right?"

Lin Xiao's words stunned everyone. Inspector Megure turned to look at Kisaki Eri, Yukiko, and Ran.

"That's true," Fei Yingli raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "Lin Xiao, why didn't you get anxious at that time? Did you find anything strange at that time?"

"Because the victim was still alive at that time." Lin Xiao explained.

"Still alive?" Inspector Megure asked in surprise.

"Yes," Lin Xiao nodded and said, "After that, we heard two gunshots. After breaking into the house, we saw that Fujieda Kan'ao had been killed. He had been shot three times."

Everyone looked at the used bullet in Officer Takagi's hand, and everyone understood what Lin Xiao wanted to say.

Lin Xiao added: "There is one more thing I need to explain. Before the gunshots, I heard the sound of glass breaking."

"Before the gunshots?" Inspector Megure also understood and frowned and said, "That is to say, before the two gunshots, there was another shot, but it was fired with a silencer!"

"But, Inspector," Officer Takagi said hastily, "We didn't find the silencer!"

"Go find it!" Inspector Megure shouted, "You must find it!"

"Besides that," Hibiki Eri said hurriedly as she watched Officers Takagi and Chiba prepare to leave, "Please investigate the source of the guns and whether there are any suspicious people nearby!"

"Oh, that's right," Yukiko also said, "Please compare the bullet left in the victim's body with the one under the pillow. Maybe the criminal who threatened him and the criminal who killed him are not the same!"

Kisaki Eri added, "Inspector Megure, please bring the medical examiner with us to the living room. After the incident, I have asked everyone in this family to wait in the living room. I will start questioning them after everyone has been given a smoke screen."

"Hey, hey--" Inspector Megure was frowning as he heard this.

It’s fine for Lin Xiao to help, after all, he is a detective. Isn’t the lawyer Kisaki Eri a bit too much?

Yukiko was still beside her and said silently: "Wow, Eri is really trying her best this time, because this is related to 10 million yen!"

"Huh?" Inspector Megure felt even more confused.

However, Yukiko did not explain that it is better not to publicize other people's embarrassing things.

Lin Xiao's eyes flashed and he looked at the client. Fujieda Shigeru seemed to be the most suspicious. He was by his side when the gun went off and had an alibi.

Lin Xiao was thinking, but heard Fujieda Shigeru say: "Ah, Mr. Inspector, can I sit down? Lawyer Fei said not to move before the police come, so I have been standing here until now..."

"Oh, of course," Inspector Megure also looked at Ueki Kusaya and the maids beside him and said, "Butler and maids, please take a seat too!"

The maids took their seats.

But the housekeeper Ueki Kusahachi shook his head and refused: "No... I'm used to standing..."

Lin Xiao raised his head suddenly.

That hint of disharmony, could it be...

Just when Lin Xiao was shocked and had no time to speak, a police officer suddenly rushed in.

"Inspector Megure, we arrested a suspicious man wandering around in the yard!"

"What?" Inspector Megure was shocked.

The police officer turned around and shouted, "Hey! Bring him here!"

The man brought in by the police was the man who had been seen in the yard before, the gardener of the Fujieda family, Tuyi Kenzou.

Although he was brought in rudely by the police, Toei Kozo remained silent.

"Ah, she is the gardener Mr. Doi!" said Yukiko.

"Gardener?" Inspector Megure looked back at Yukiko in confusion, but said puzzledly: "But, with so many things happening, why is he still outside tidying up the garden?" Moreover, he looked like he didn't want to talk.

Looking at Doi Kozo's uncooperative attitude, Inspector Megure frowned.

If a normal person was misunderstood, he would definitely rush to explain, right? Why did this guy react like this? Well, he didn't react at all!

The police officer also chimed in: "He has been like this since just now. He doesn't answer any questions!"

Lan blinked and explained, "Because tomorrow is the previous wife's birthday, Mr. Fan said that he might have gone to sort it out for this reason."

Lin Xiao said: "Just as Xiaolan said, but this person is not a criminal."

"Why do you say that?" Inspector Megure asked in confusion, and said in surprise: "Brother Lin, do you already know the identity of the criminal?"

"Ah, yes." Lin Xiao continued to nod indifferently.

Everyone was surprised that Lin Xiao had found the real murderer without realizing it, and he was worthy of being the most famous high school detective in Tokyo.

Chapter 404: Relaxing with Eri and Yukiko

Fei Yingli was a little surprised when she heard this. She asked, "Lin Xiao, do you have any evidence to prove what you said?"

"Of course." Lin Xiao nodded.

"Brother Lin, please tell me the details!" Inspector Megure urged.

"Well," Lin Xiao thought for a moment and said, "It's a little complicated to explain, but it's actually very simple to say it."

"Huh?" Everyone was stunned by Lin Xiao's contradictory words.

Lin Xiao pulled the corner of his lips and did not continue to explain. He just said: "It is better for us to watch the video to explain it. This way it will be clearer. All the scenes captured by the surveillance camera have been recorded and saved."

Since Lin Xiao said so, the group went to the monitoring room.

Lin Xiao adjusted the video, and the video played the scene of him tilling the soil and tidying up the yard outside.

"Oh, it's that gardener!" said Inspector Megure.

Soon, it came to the point where Fujieda Mikio was killed in the sound room.

"Stop! Right here!" Lin Xiao signaled the videotape to stop.

"Here?" Inspector Megure asked in confusion: "Brother Lin, is there anything here that we have overlooked?"

Others also looked at the screen curiously.

"Here!" Lin Xiao pointed to the book on the table on the screen.

"Is this the book that Mr. Mikio read?" Inspector Megure still didn't understand.

Lin Xiao sighed slightly and said, "What I asked you to read was not the book, but the bookmark inside the book!"

"Bookmark?" Everyone was stunned, and then they realized that there was indeed a bookmark in the book that Fujieda Kan'ao had placed on the table.

Lin Xiao continued, "As we all know, bookmarks are usually put in after reading a paragraph." At this point, Lin Xiao pulled the corners of his lips and said, "Then, here comes the question. Do you think that if someone threatened him with a gun, would he still have the time to put in the bookmark so calmly?"

"That's true!" While Inspector Megure understood what Lin Xiao meant, he was even more confused.

"But this is normal," Lin Xiao continued to explain, "Who made us see those two notes and a bullet before? This is the preconceived concept that the criminal left behind in order to create the idea that Mr. Gan Xiong would be shot!"

Lin Xiao now understood. The reason why she felt that the contents of the two notes were a bit strange was entirely because they were similar to the instructions in hypnosis, which she was good at, and they were all things that needed to be prepared in advance.

"In order to leave a preconceived notion?" Inspector Megure always felt that he could not keep up with Lin Xiao's thinking.

Lin Xiao didn't continue to beat around the bush and just asked, "Inspector Megure, when you get tired of reading and want to take a break, what do you do?"

"Hmm..." Inspector Megure thought for a moment and said, "Stand up, turn your head, rub your shoulders, and rub your waist, okay?"

Officer Takagi also rubbed his shoulders and said, "Or just stretch..."

When Officer Takagi said this, he and Inspector Megure were both stunned.

"Hey, hey...can't it be..." Inspector Megure stared at Lin Xiao in disbelief.

"That's right," Lin Xiao sneered, "Mr. Gan Xiong didn't raise his hands because he was threatened by a gun. He just stood up and wanted to stretch."

Fujieda Moka couldn't help but interrupt at this time: "Ahahaha... That's too stupid, isn't it? Mikio fell to the ground and couldn't get up. How could he faint just by stretching?"

Lin Xiao glanced at Fujieda Suka with a slightly cold look, and after successfully making the woman shut up, he continued coldly: "It's just because Mr. Ganxiong stood up and stretched. In fact, this situation is not uncommon, right? Many people suddenly fainted after standing up. If people who have been sitting for a long time suddenly stand up, it will cause a great burden on the cardiovascular system. At this time, the blood pressure and pulse in the body can easily drop suddenly."

"But..." Although she was frightened by Lin Xiao, Fujieda Suhua still said stubbornly: "How could he faint so easily?"

Even though he was unhappy with Fujieda Suhua, Lin Xiao still explained: "Of course it's not that easy, but there is a drug that can trigger this phenomenon. The name of the drug is isoproterenol, which is the so-called isoproterenol. It is a drug used to induce coma. This drug will induce coma when given to patients who are prone to coma and dizziness. It can be used to investigate whether the cause of the patient's coma is autonomic nervous system disorder, or caused by brain or heart disease."

Having said that, Lin Xiao paused for a moment and took a breath.

Beside them, the well-informed Hibiki Eri naturally chimed in, "So, with this drug, we can make Mr. Kan'o unconscious after stretching, and we preconceived that he would be shot, so we immediately concluded that he raised his hands because he was threatened. Hey, Lin Xiao, is that right?"

Lin Xiao looked back at Hibiki Eri, smiled slightly, and said, "Yes, so, Mr. Ganxiong is still alive at that time."

Kisaki Eri also smiled and said, "But the prisoner felt that the trap he had set was not enough, so he said another sentence to mislead us. He said, 'The master raised his hands.'"

"Eh, eh, eh?" Lan, who had been listening attentively, was stunned when she heard the words, "Mom, you mean...the criminal is..."

All the people present looked blankly at the person who had been silent beside them.

Lin Xiao also looked over coldly and said in a chilly voice: "Butler Ueki Kusahachi, you really have us all fooled around!"

Hibiki Eri was surprised and asked, "So, the drug was put into the coffee?"

"Well... Mr. Kanxiong drinks coffee while reading, and stands up to stretch. The housekeeper should be aware of these habits. Also, the drug isoproterenol has another effect. It can be used to dilate the bronchi. It can be used to treat asthma in moderation. The effect of the drug usually takes effect after tens of minutes. Although there is no guarantee that the victim will faint after raising his hands, the drug is very strong."

Eri Kisaki also said, "Moreover, the criminal deliberately created doubts, making everyone think that the victim was shot, so no one would pay special attention to the coffee. However, if the police suspected that the victim died of poisoning, the coffee would definitely be checked. In other words, the criminal used this to create his own alibi. He pretended to go back to the room to get the key, and when we went to the sound room, he went outside and fired three shots at Mr. Kan'o who had fainted on the ground from the window. Then he rushed to the sound room to meet us. Of course, he probably had the key to the sound room with him."

"So that's how it is." Inspector Megure suddenly realized and asked, "Brother Xiao, where is the evidence? Is it just that sentence?"

"Of course not, Inspector Megure, you haven't found the murder weapon yet, right? Of course it's impossible to find it, because it's right on him!"

"What?" Inspector Megure and the others were stunned.

"Maybe it's hidden in the socks!" Lin Xiao said coldly.

Officer Takagi rushed over immediately. Ueki Sohachi did not resist and let Officer Takagi pull up his trouser legs. Sure enough, the murder weapon was hidden in his socks.

Inspector Megure said in confusion: "Lin Xiaosang, how did you know he hid the weapon in his socks?" It's such a small thing, and it's not a gun, so it shouldn't be visible, right?

"Because he refused to sit down," Lin Xiao explained, "There was only one reason why he refused to sit down. He was afraid that his trouser legs would be pulled up. Once he sat down, the things he wanted to hide might be discovered."

"Is that so?" Inspector Megure understood.