Conan Rick's Investigator

Chapter 34: Sword Cultivator? Or Matthew?

"I don't think so, Detective Maori..."

In the courtyard, a voice drifted slowly and reached the ears of everyone in the courtyard who was reasoning about the case.

When everyone heard the sound and looked, they saw Qin Zhibo walking towards them with a burly man.

"If we simply use the absence of the murderer as the basis for identification, it is still somewhat arbitrary..."

"And the person standing next to me now is Akutsu Makoto."

After hearing Qin Zhibo's introduction, Maori Kogoro was immediately dumbfounded.

"what?"

"Are you Akutsu Makoto?"

Inspector Megure hurried forward and asked Akutsu Makoto if you are Akutsu Makoto.

"Yes, I am the engraver, the great artist Akutsu!"

Would a normal person call himself a great artist?

Qin Zhibo secretly complained in his heart, but continued: "Officer Megure, it seems that a case has occurred here?"

"If possible, could you please let me do my bit?"

Inspector Megure nodded happily.

The detective is responsible for reasoning, and the police are responsible for collecting the bodies.

With the help of Kudo Shinichi over the past year, Inspector Megure has become accustomed to this working mode, so it doesn't matter whether there is one more detective or one less.

As long as I can get some free reasoning, I can collect the bodies and go home early.

……

Under Megure's leadership, everyone returned to the murder scene.

The murder took place in the reception room of Marudenjiro's house. At that time, the reception room looked very messy, with knife marks all over the walls and ceiling, and most of the various decorations in the reception room were broken.

Marudenjiro, the head of the family, was impaled on the wall by a sharp samurai sword. He died standing with the sword in both hands. His body was covered in blood and his eyes were open, which was a horrifying sight.

Needless to say, the people who came to the murder scene for the first time were shocked when they saw this scene. Even Conan, who returned to the scene again, frowned slightly.

But when Conan looked up at Qin Zhibo in front of him, he found that Qin Zhibo was looking at the messy murder scene very calmly.

As calm as if he had seen this murder scene countless times...

But in fact, when Qin Zhibo saw this visually impactful murder scene, he was not without thoughts in his mind.

Marudenjiro was stabbed to death on the wall while standing, which was somewhat similar to the death of the owner of the art museum, Manaka, last time.

This means that the murderer is at least a strong man or a woman with supernatural powers like Mao Lilan.

From this point of view, the big guy Makoto Akutsu is a major suspect.

At this time, the information triggering the side quest also appeared in Qin Zhibo's brain.

Side quest: Find out the murderer of this case

Task requirements: time limit 1 hour

Task reward: 300 general skill proficiency, 120 social credit

……

Next, Inspector Megure explained the basic circumstances of the case.

The deceased, Marudenjiro, was an antique collector who also ran a mortgage lending business.

Today, Marudenjiro's notebook recorded a total of four visitors, and he sent his wife and the servants away in advance.

Kogoro Mori came because of a request from the deceased before his death, but in fact it was the Mori family who came.

Hatano Ikuya, the deceased's attending physician, came for his regular weekly consultation.

The other two are Suwa Yuji, who had borrowed money from Maruden Jiro before and came to repay the money today, and Akutsu Makoto, who has no money to repay.

There is no need to mention Akutsu Makoto's profession, and Suwa Yuji's profession is a kendo coach.

"According to Conan's eyewitness testimony, the deceased Marudenjiro went to the reception room at three o'clock to receive a visitor."

"Then between 3 and 5 o'clock, Marudenjiro never came out, and it was finally the servants who returned home who discovered the body."

"That means the murderer of the deceased is among you!"

Inspector Megure imitated the look of Kudo Shinichi in his memory and pointed at Kogoro Mori, Ikuya Hatano, Yuji Suwa, and Makoto Akutsu in a handsome manner.

Kogoro Mori suddenly panicked.

"Officer Megure..."

Seeing Kogoro Mouri's eyes eager to be freed from suspicion, Inspector Megure coughed lightly twice.

"Ahem, but between 3 and 5 o'clock, Maori-kun has been waiting in another room. Ran and Conan can prove this."

"So the only suspects left are you three."

Now, Kogoro Mouri nodded with satisfaction, jumped to Inspector Megure's side, and united the front against the three murderer candidates.

This scene made Qin Zhibo feel helpless.

Ran Mouri and Kogoro Mouri are blood relatives, Conan is too young and has a foster relationship with the Mouri family, so the testimonies of both cannot be used as evidence from a legal perspective.

I didn't expect that Megure, a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, would also bend the law for personal gain...

However, Qin Zhibo would not be so tactless as to point this out. As long as he could find the murderer among these people, complete the side quest, and gain the favor of Akutsu Makoto, it would be enough.

Looking around the room, Qin Zhibo had at least three points of investigation in his eyes.

A small space like this murder scene is an excellent place for Qin Zhibo to perform his duties, because all the investigation points can be seen at a glance.

So Qin Zhibo quickly started with the most important investigation of the body.

【Survey√】

[Name of the deceased: Marudenjiro]

[Time of death: three to one hour ago]

[Cause of death: slashing wound and fatal penetrating wound]

[Corpse investigation completed, congratulations on obtaining the skill: Fighting Skill (Kendo)]

After the investigation of the corpse was completed, Qin Zhibo naturally acquired a skill.

……

Fighting Skills (Kendo): Fighting Skills (Kendo) refers to your Kendo strength. Increasing the level of this skill will improve your Kendo strength to the corresponding level.

Rating: 1

Proficiency: 100/1000

(A single combat skill's level +1 will increase attribute strength by +5)

……

The skill acquired this time is a fighting skill, and the type is kendo.

Qin Zhibo remembered that when Inspector Megure was analyzing the case just now, he said that Marudenjiro was a junior master of the third degree in kendo, so it was normal to obtain this skill from him.

His current kendo level is 1, which means that Qin Zhibo already has the strength of the first level of kendo.

Kendo, compared to martial arts (Krav Maga), has more room for imagination.

For example, titles such as the Wind Swordsman, the Limitless Sword Saint, the Darkin Sword Demon, and the Ultimate Sword Ghost are all metaphors for people who are powerful in various swordsmanship.

But in real life, Qin Zhibo is not sure which one is better, Kendo or Krav Maga.

However, character attributes can only be improved through the highest-level fighting skills.

If you want to increase your strength and become as "strong" as Xiaolan, it is best to specialize in one fighting skill rather than going the all-around route.

So it was the sword walking repair?

Or Matthew?

(Speaking of Kendo levels, Japanese Kendo dan requires a certain age to take the exam, and those between 16 and 18 years old can only take the Kendo dan exam.

Therefore, the original work never mentioned what rank Hattori Heiji was in kendo, probably because it would be embarrassing to reveal the rank, so they simply didn't mention it.)

Chapter 35 The famous scene appeared!

After investigating the body, Qin Zhibo began to investigate other investigation points.

On the large chest of drawers, a dragon carving indicates a survey point.

【Survey√】

[There's not a single knife mark on the dragon-shaped carving. Is it luck? Or is it intentional?]

The investigation results were not entirely accurate, but Qin Zhibo still had some impression of the dragon carving.

Just now, Makoto Akutsu said that he had pawned a carving, and Makoto Akutsu's father was good at carving dragon and tiger shapes.

Is it...

At this time, Akutsu Makoto's eyes also fell on the dragon carving on the drawer cabinet.

"Great! There aren't any scars."

Akutsu Makoto lived up to his name. He walked up to the sculpture very honestly and looked at the work of art with a smile on his face, but this also attracted the attention of Conan next to him.

All the other ornaments on the cabinet were chopped into pieces, why is this carving still intact?

With this discovery, Conan first glanced at Qin Zhibo next to him.

Seeing that Qin Zhibo had no intention of saying it, he had no choice but to say it himself.

But change the tone.

"Ah?"

"Uncle is really lucky. The room was hacked to pieces, but this carving was the only one that survived."

Conan's innocent voice seemed to awaken the dormant intelligence in Mouri Kogoro's brain, and Mouri Kogoro immediately showed a confident smile like that of a high school detective.

"Hum..."

"I see. I completely understand..."

"Mr. Akutsu, the criminal is you."

"And the proof is that there's not a scratch on your beloved dragon carving!"

With the help of Conan, Kogoro Mouri pointed the finger of elimination at Makoto Akutsu.

Facing Detective Mori's accusation and Inspector Megure's scrutinizing gaze, Akutsu Makoto instinctively shook his head and argued, "I didn't kill anyone!"

……

At this time, Qin Zhibo ignored Mao Li and turned his attention to the third investigation point, which was also the last investigation point on the drawer cabinet.

【Survey√】

[Some knife marks on the chest of drawers are clearly different from those elsewhere in the room]

Investigation Completed

[Reenactment begins]

In the room, the series of actions performed by "Xiao Hei" during the crime began to be re-enacted.

Qin Zhibo stood aside and carefully observed "Xiao Hei's" movements, and found some suspicious things.

"Xiao Hei" did not hack the room full of scars during the fight, but hacked at random, even deliberately hacking at the ceiling.

After "Xiao Hei" finished chopping, he walked to the front of the drawer cabinet and shuffled all the drawers.

This is……

After the reenactment was over, Qin Zhibo began to [reverse] the content of the reenactment, took out Kudo Shinichi's handkerchief, and restored the drawers one by one according to "Xiao Hei's" movements.