Conan Rick's Investigator

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"And even after you confirmed that Chiaki's murder plan had been completed, you chose to abandon him."

"You tear apart your rosary bracelet and keep seven beads.

The only difference is that the bead with the character "智" is replaced with a black bead, which is actually a hint to the detective that Zhi Huang is the murderer.

"If Chihiro is arrested by the police, then the only ones left among the eight adopted children are Ms. Koko and Mr. Zenya."

"From what I can see, the relationship between these two is quite tense among adopted children. You must have already thought of a way to drive them to kill each other, right?"

"After all, if I kill one last person, I'll be able to obtain the entire inheritance of the Inufushi family, without having to share it with anyone else..."

Qin Zhibo said as he walked to the cabinet in the corner of the room.

He reached out and pulled open the drawer of the cabinet, only to see a bunch of bracelets with broken ropes inside, with a large number of white beads flashing next to them.

This was the bracelet Suo Chen pulled open in the middle of the night. Qin Zhibo was out investigating at the time and did not see this scene.

Qin Zhibo took out a seemingly ordinary white bead from it, put it in front of his nose and smelled it, and a fragrant smell hit his nostrils.

Sure enough, this is Liao Dan.

Suo Chen always wore Liao Dan as a bracelet on his hand.

Qin Zhibo gathered the white beads in the drawer and put them all into his pocket.

However, at this moment, Ms. Suochen, who had been lying silently on the floor, suddenly spoke.

"Are you going to hand me over to the police?"

Qin Zhibo turned his head to look at Suo Chen. After a moment of silence, he shook his head.

"No."

"Even if I hand you over to the police, I'm afraid your explanation won't be accepted, right? And it will only cause more trouble and complications..."

"I just want you to understand that this is the end of it."

"In the short time you have left, you will repent here for your actions. Although you are not the direct murderer, your hands are stained with the blood of too many children of the Inufushi family..."

"And you did this just to get revenge on your husband, Inubushi Tsune-nii, right?"

Qin Zhibo looked at Suo Chen and said seriously.

Suo Chen, who was lying on the bedclothes, closed his eyes, and a tear flowed from the corner of his eyes.

Tears flow down the crow's feet at the corners of my eyes,

All the way down to the white pillow.

“I hate it…”

"I hate that I don't have the fertility that ordinary women possess, and I hate that I can't carry on the Inufushi family's lineage."

"So over the past few decades, no matter how many women he had affairs with and how many illegitimate children he had, I chose to endure it all."

"But I didn't expect that before he died, he actually wrote a letter to invite all his illegitimate children to his home, humiliating me, his legal wife, for not being able to bear him a child in my entire life..."

"From that moment on, I could no longer endure it, even though I had endured it my entire life."

"That's right, Detective."

"As you said, my hands are stained with the blood of too many children of the Inufushi family, but he forced me to do this..."

As Suo Chen was talking, the sliding door suddenly opened, and Conan, who had been listening at the door, rushed in from the outside.

"You misunderstood!"

"That's not your husband's real intention at all!"

Chapter 1244: Main mission, completed!

Inubushi City, living room.

When Kogoro Mouri asked Ran Mouri to bring the sheepdog that Inubushi Chiaki secretly raised and trained, it was concluded that the demon dog case had nothing to do with the "curse".

However, when explaining the specific techniques, Mouri Kogoro, who had not seen the crime or props with his own eyes, still made some mistakes.

"Of course, the flaming footprints were left by the coal tied to the dog's neck!"

"Inufushi Chiaki simply laid out deflating lighters on the road and then released the dogs, who would then follow the smell of gas from the lighters."

"The burning briquettes tied to the dog would ignite any passing lighters, making it look as if everything it walked through was on fire."

"But..." Inubushi Zen also frowned and asked in confusion, "If it's a lighter, wouldn't it be discovered later?"

"But the previous times the 'Demon Dog' appeared, no lighters were found at the scene..."

"Yeah..." Inufushi Koko also agreed.

"ah?!"

Mouri Kogoro's face was startled, and he was suddenly dumbfounded, and his mind quickly went through his memories.

The modus operandi this time was not deduced by him, but was what he heard from Conan in the forest just now, and it had been "certified as correct" by Qin Zhibo.

However, when I listen to other people’s reasoning, I don’t always understand it that deeply.

At this moment, when faced with questions about the details of the technique, I naturally felt timid.

While Mouri Kogoro was scratching his head and looking back on his memories, an Osaka accent appeared at the corner between the living room and the corridor.

"It's piano wire..."

"He used piano wire to string the lighters together, and tied a loop at the end of the wire. When the dog left, it would hold the loop in its mouth and take all the lighters away."

"That's why Kazuha and the others saw the flames dancing on the ground as if they had 'life' and making crackling sounds..."

Everyone in the living room followed the voice and found that it was Hattori Heiji who was holding on to the corner and reasoning with half of his body exposed.

"Hattori?" Mao Lilan was a little surprised, "Aren't you resting in your room?"

Toyama Kazuha supported half of Hattori Heiji's body and complained a little, "Really~ I told him to leave the case alone and leave it all to uncle, but he just wouldn't listen..."

Hattori Heiji rolled his eyes at Toyama Kazuha beside him, then retorted to Kazuha in a complaining tone, "Idiot, we finally solved the case, how could we let Gong…"

He was about to say, "Let Kudo be the only one to take the spotlight," but when he looked around the living room, Conan was not there. Mouri Kogoro reasoned with his eyes open.

As we all know, Mouri Kogoro's reasoning ability is very weak with his eyes open, not ordinary weak.

Eh?

That guy Kudo isn't here this time?

That's not his character...

Hattori Heiji thought he knew his good friend very well, and he would definitely personally step in to deduce such an "exciting" case.

But where has he gone?

While Hattori Heiji was wondering, Maori Kogoro saw that Hattori Heiji looked like he had kidney deficiency and asked with some concern: "Osaka boy, are you okay?"

"I don't think you just didn't get enough rest. Do you want to go to the hospital for a checkup?"

After all, he is the crown prince of the Osaka Prefecture Police Department. As the host, Mouri Kogoro must not let anyone cause any problems on his own territory.

With the support of Toyama Kazuha, Hattori Heiji moved forward and sat down on the chair.

He leaned his upper body on the back of the chair and waved his hands, "It's okay, it's okay..."

The anesthesia needle invented by this doctor is really powerful...

"By the way, what's the progress of the case?"

Mouri Kogoro looked a little dull. Why did he say that he would be the protagonist today and then change his mind?

"I've almost finished explaining the technique, now I just need the motivation..."

"Motive..."

Hattori Heiji groaned, he had nothing to say about the motive, because compared to the method, the motive of this case was really obvious.

Many parts of this case are similar to Sherlock Holmes' famous story "The Hound of the Baskervilles."

"As for the motive, let the murderer speak for himself."

As he said that, Hattori Heiji looked at Inufushi Akira lying on the sofa, with a faint smile on his lips.

"Because no one knows the motive for the murder better than he himself..."

After Hattori Heiji's reminder, everyone's attention turned to Inufushi Chiko.

Zhihuang, who was lying on it, opened his eyes at some point, and tears from the corners of his eyes flowed between his temples and temples.

"Faced with this castle filled with memories of Ms. Suchen, who was even more gentle than my own mother, I really don't want to lose it..."

"But the inheritance tax is too high, so in order to increase my share of the inheritance..."

Zhihuang's body was still unable to move, so he told his motives while lying down.

The remaining three adopted children also had a look of realization on their faces when they heard Inufushi Chiaki's motives.

Regarding the issue of inheritance, their eight adopted children had private discussions.

The four adopted children who were killed all advocated selling Inubushi City in advance for money while Ms. Saomi was still alive.

Because Japan’s inheritance law stipulates that inheritance tax must be paid before you can inherit the inheritance, which can be up to 55% of the amount of the inheritance.

Obviously, the value of Inubushi City has reached the applicable 55% level, and none of the eight adopted children have so much money.

However, as long as Ms. Saomi sells Inubushi City to eight people for cents while she is still alive, this problem can be avoided.

The four people who objected believed that Suo Chen was kind to his adopted children, and it was unreasonable to propose selling the house while he was still alive.

Zhihuang's idea is to kill four people and increase the share he can inherit. In this way, even if he borrows loan sharks to pay inheritance tax, he can still pay back the debt afterwards.

Because the inheritance left by the Inubushi family not only includes real estate, but also cash in bank accounts.

Hearing Inufushi Chiko revealed the motive for the murder, Inufuka Kaoko and Zen also looked shocked.

Because they didn't expect that it was because of their unbearable feelings that they could still be standing here alive today.

Even when the other four adopted children proposed this idea, they were not completely unmoved.

When there is really no other way, this is also a way...

"But...why did you want to kill Yukihime?"

"Didn't she also refuse to sell Inufushi Castle?" asked Kaozi.

Zhi Huang glanced at her and said calmly, "Because mother once said that the names of us adopted children were arranged by father according to the 'Eight Virtues', but Xingji's name was not..."

"And when my mother first fell ill, it was while I was picking vegetables with Yukihime..."

Everyone looked surprised and turned to look at Xing Ji.

Because these contents coincide with Mouri Kogoro's initial reasoning.

Yukihime, who had regained her ability to move, was also surprised. "But my mother changed my name after I came here!"

"I originally took my biological mother's surname, Jing Mudi..."

what?

Hattori Heiji frowned slightly, a sharp look flashed in his eyes.

Mu and Di, when combined, form "filial piety", one of the eight virtues.

But Ms. Suo Chen knew clearly that she had changed Xing Ji's name, but she still told Chihuang that there was something wrong with Xing Ji's name.

Could it be that...

Are there any other secrets?

……